Traveling Book Distribution in Canada
Hare Krishna. Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. Recently, by the mercy of many devotees, our brahmacarya ashram in Eastern Canada was able to purchase a bus. We converted it into a sankirtan vehicle, and we’ve been traveling around Canada since 1 July 2011. There are eight of us, and our program is to visit a new town, chant and distribute books, and also find people to help us facilitate an...
Always Be Ready for a Lesson
One day during the 2010 fall semester at Louisiana State University, I learned from a person who had no prior experience the proper mood for distributing transcendental books. As I stood on campus late one afternoon, I prayed to Sri Gurudeva to be inspired to try harder to give Srila Prabhupada's books to others. Suddenly I noticed a fellow approaching and quickly recognized him as the same student wearing a tie-dyed shirt who had...
A questionable character, concert mayhem and a prayer in the morning
1. You Never Know Prabhupada Marathon 2010: One night at about 8 o'clock a sketchy-looking fellow called me over into the shadows of the Miami street side. He opened up his heart and told me about the problems he was facing in his life. He seemed slightly crazy or intoxicated. I considered ending the conversation when I thought it was going nowhere, but I decided to give him a little more time and condolence. After a few more...
Prabhupada Nectar
Prabhupad was travelling to South America with his two servants, the temple where they'd been gave them a packed lunch for the plane, so in the air Srutakirti Prabhupad's servant opened Prabhupad's lunch pack and served him his prasadam of puffed rice and peanuts. Prabhupad had his fill and handed over the remnants to Srutakirti who'd just began eating when the lady air hostess comes over and in one motion says that...