Preacher Gets the Mercy of the Book Distributors
Book distribution in Malawi, Africa by Murari and Rama Gaura We arrived a week back and have started going out on book distribution in the shops and outside colleges. Its quite different compared to other places I have been and so we are happy even when 1 book goes out. In one shop, (an ISUZU motorcar display showroom) I entered and went into the 'spare parts' manager's office. He was African bodied and looked quite the...
Srimad Bhagvatam can free us from all anxieties
I did a home program in Auckland. At the end of the talk this Indian lady approached me with some questions. She was under lots of stress. She witnessed one of her friends committing suicide, a big shock. She is very attached to her father and for some strange reason she thought "What if my father dies"? Sure enough she got a call from india saying her father had a stroke and went into coma. Both these combined she was going...
Where There is will, there is a Way
Abhinandan Prabhu, a 67-year young devotee is a veteran book distributor in Sri Sri Radha Gopinath Mandir, Chowpatty. He has undergone 15 operations including hernia, prostate, ear and abdominal wall, and suffers from diabetes, high BP, partial deafness and vertigo. Yet his spirits are indomitable. He recalls his experience of 2009 December Marathon: The whole of 2009 I was terribly sick. I had severe abdominal pain due to an...
We are not in control
Dear Prabhus, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! Here is a nice realization I had. By the mercy and grace of the Vaishnavas I've had the privilege of being able to serve on the illustrious Paramesvara Prabhu's North American Traveling Sankirtan Party for the past year and half. As a part of my service, he told me to help expand the party by getting more sankirtan devotees. Ever since I've...
A little extra effort can go a long way
Madhavendra Puri Prabhu and I were at a college trying to engage in Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's most glorious sankirtan movement by distributing books. We spent an entire week at this one college and told everyone that on Friday we were going to have a class to discuss and try some Bhakti Yoga. On the fateful day at least 10 students showed up and enthusiastically chanted the holy names of Lord Hari and Krishna. Afterward I asked...




