Caitanya Mahaprabhu
By Yadavendra Das My dear readers, Please accept my humble obeisances and all glories to Srila Prabhupada, the Founder-Acarya of Iskcon and Institutor of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust! Here is a very wonderful and true sankirtan story: Yesterday, 20 July 2010 while on Book Distribution in Brisbane, Australia, I met an Indian lady from South India of all places, who gave her name as Tanya. I replied to her:” But that’s not...
Krishna Immediately Recognizes a Preacher
letter, December 11, 1975 "The Sankirtana devotees are very dear to Krishna. Because you are doing the field work of book distribution, Krishna has immediately recognized them as true servants. Just like during war time, a farm boy or ordinary clerk who goes to fight for his country on the front immediately becomes a national hero for his sincere effort. So Krishna immediately recognizes a preacher of Krishna Consciousness who...
The Multilevel Marketplace of the Holy Name
By Akruranatha Dasa The devotees of ISKCON of Silicon Valley (ISV) in San Jose are still glowing after recently completing the annual Bhaktivinoda Thakur Monthly Sankirtan Festival. They set for themselves the daunting goal of mobilizing 300 book distributors, but when the dust settled a record 556 people had gone out, with a net result of over 10,000 books distributed and over $18,000 collected in donations! On July 17th I...
Rock Festival Distribution in Finland
Jaya Srila Prabhupada! For the last four or five years we have distributed books to the crowd at the annual Tuska ("Pain") Open-Air Metal Festival in the center of Helsinki. The festival runs from Friday through Sunday during the first weekend of July. Compared to some other rock festivals, the crowd at this one is a little less intoxicated. They mainly go there because of the music. Actually, the fact that they're a bit...
Stalker or Seeker?
By Banke Bihari Dasi (Burnaby, BC, Canada) Once while I was out doing books I noticed a man staring at me. He made me so nervous that I was very careful not to make eye contact with him, let alone try to preach to him. He stood near the bus stop — but he never got on a bus! As nightfall approached I couldn't believe he was still standing in the same spot. I kept glancing at him out of the corner of my eye because I thought...
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