An Old Love Revived
by Mahatama dd While staying in Stratford, Connecticut, employed as a care-giver, I try to go out every weekend to do some book distribution. Sometimes I went to New York City with some Gitas. One cold morning I arrived at the Metro North Station in Stratfordand and spotted a nice young Indian gentleman. My first thought was "He could be a good prospect to receive a Gita." But then I noticed he was smoking a cigarette, so I...
The Gita Arrives Timely
Janardana was accompanying me on door-to-door book distribution in Adilade Australia for the day. Before we left, I had prayed to Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai and Sri Sri Radha-Shyamasundara here at Adelaide temple that They send us to some souls ready for the mercy of Srila Prabhupada. We ended up at a small beach town and parked the car. We went to the first house. It was a flat with a couple and their two children. I presented the Gita and...
Forty years ago, I was visiting the Montreal temple.
I spoke to an old gentleman: "We are Hare Krishna devotees distributing literature." The man's facial features suddenly changed, and he said, "I was visiting the Montreal temple forty years ago. Thank you for telling me about this sweet chanting, I can still recall." He said his name was Jake and promised to join us in the Toronto temple, and he bought a book. As he was giving a donation his hands were...
The Godfather Gets the Higher Taste
I would like to preface the story by relating how I came to shake people's hands on sankirtana while exclaiming "ARooo!!" I would say this very loudly, like a buzzer going off, when they didn't expect it. It would make people laugh and disarm their false egos. I picked up this "ARooo" handshake in Laguna Beach from a devotee named Bhaya Hari Dasa. One day he shook my hand while saying something serious, but...




