Animal killing means “no justice”
May27

Animal killing means “no justice”

It was in a small Australian country town. My first impression was that it was a health-food shop: So and So Natural Foods. The sign in green and white conveyed freshness and lightness. Once inside, I saw that it was in fact a butcher’s shop. Some clever butchers “go with the flow” and advertise with slogans such as “chemical free,” etc. I made my standard presentation, during which the fairly young...

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World Sankirtan Newsletter for April 2014
May26

World Sankirtan Newsletter for April 2014

Hare Krsna, Please accept my humble obeisances, all glories to Srila Prabhupada! In Durban, South Africa, a country permeated by crime, the devotees scored a huge increase. They had the highest percentage increase in the Large temple category, a 408% increase over their monthly average, with 1,637 book points. The last time I visited the Durban temple the devotees told me how dangerous this crime-ridden country is. I was shocked...

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Devotees don’t do wonders, but wonders happen around them
May24

Devotees don’t do wonders, but wonders happen around them

Hare Krsna, Recently, we had a day full of wonders. It was cloudy, but by Lord Krishna's grace the rain stopped. Taking it as the Lord's will, we packed books and made a move to distribute books. We planned to go to a marketplace. But we were just a few steps away from the temple when it started raining again, getting heavy within a few seconds. What to do now? We were already out, and for Srila Prabhupada's sake we did...

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A BTG helped build a temple
May22

A BTG helped build a temple

In the 1980s, devotees procured ten acres in the greater Vancouver area on which to build a temple for Sri Sri Radha-Madanamohan. We didn't have a lot of laxmi, but lots of enthusiastic book distribution was going on. A German gentleman, who had a heavy equipment business, was quite successful, but he had a heart condition. So his wife decided to have an affair with a man who was a lawyer. They acquired a Taser, with which they...

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Sachin Tendulkar receiving the Bhagavad Gita.
May20

Sachin Tendulkar receiving the Bhagavad Gita.

Sachin Tendulkar receiving the Bhagavad Gita.

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