WSN March 2022
May04

WSN March 2022

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! March was a successful month, with 363,401 books going out and a whopping 1,766 full sets distributed. Srila Prabhupada is pleased that so many sets and books go out. Among the large temples, Pune had the biggest increase, 601%, with 35,404 book points. And among the medium temple New Mayapur (France) had the biggest increase, 231%, with 3,706 book points. New...

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Krishna will dump out your poison
May02

Krishna will dump out your poison

Paramesvara Prabhu and I stopped to get gas after a nice day of distributing books. It was a bit cold and windy, and sometimes, with my fallen nature, I become forgetful about Krishna’s position, leading me to become irritated or disturbed after a day in the cold, especially when the wind blows books off the table. A homeless man sitting in front of the gas station waddled his way over to the van, begging for money. Seeing the beer in...

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Sankirtana Dynamics
Mar22

Sankirtana Dynamics

About a week ago, at the end of the day, in a Manukau car park in Auckland I met a guy who looked a little like a criminal, so I wasn’t too sure whether I should stop him. But after I approached him and we had a chat, he  told me that he’s read Bhagavad Gita. I sold him a little stack with SB 1.1, and he gave a nice donation. The next day I wanted to try to sell a SB set, and I took the set with me on the footpath of the...

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Ukraine catatrophy
Mar11

Ukraine catatrophy

Hare Krsna, Usually, I send only texts about book distribution, but this is an emergency. Ukraine is a poor country. I’ve witnessed this while visiting it many times. Lots of the devotees don’t even have cars. Some do, so they drive out of the country. Some are walking in the cold with only the clothes on their backs. Some are staying in temples that have no electricity, and it’s as cold inside as it is outside. They...

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WSN January 2022
Mar05

WSN January 2022

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! In Ukraine, there is usually nice book distribution. There are fifty-four centers and thousands of devotees, many of whom came because of getting books. Maybe some determined devotees are distributing in places where there’s no invasion. Let’s pray to Krsna that this unfortunate circumstance soon ends, so that devotees may continue distributing Srila Prabhupada’s...

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