A Suggestion

Hare Krsna, Prabhus, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. I'm in Brazil now, going out with the devotees and giving some talks on book distribution. Brazil is on the rise in book distribution. Many young men and women are joining and taking part in book distribution. An interesting feature of Brazil is that there is a very nice sannyasi here named Dhanvantari Swami, who teaches Bhakti-shastri. Every...

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Param Vijayate!
Apr15

Param Vijayate!

I had only been inside a mall at Manukau (Auckland, New Zealand) for about 5 or 10 minutes when I was stopped by a lady. "Is that a Bhagavad-Gita?" pointing to the Srimad Bhagavatams and "Searching For Vedic India" under my arm. I replied, "This is Srimad Bhagavatam, it is spoken after the Gita. She took a great interest in the books and it happened that she was a yoga enthusiast since the age of 16 in Russia....

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No More Coming Back
Apr12

No More Coming Back

Often book distributors are busy simply passing on Srila Prabhupada's books. But a careful follow up can ensure wonderful changes, as shown in this account by Sudhir Chaitanya Prabhu, of Sri Sri Radha Gopinath Mandir, Chowpatty. I was distributing Srila Prabhupada's books near a police chowky, outside Kurla railway station, a Mumbai suburb. A lady in her early fifties and her young son waited patiently till I finished my...

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Let us do something about human civilization
Apr10

Let us do something about human civilization

On the whole the whole human civilization is not being given a chance to know the value of life and how to conduct life. It is the first time, that we are giving the real idea of life. Otherwise whole world is in darkness. Na te viduh svartha-gatim. They do not know what is the end of life. Adanta… Matir na krsne paratah svato va. Srimad-Bhagavatam, Vyasadeva's real contribution… Ajanatah, lokasyajanato vidvams cakre...

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Sunday Feast Book Distribution
Apr05

Sunday Feast Book Distribution

It was a typical Sunday feast in New Govardhana Australia. I sat next to my brother and I gazed over the crowd, hoping to find some nice people to talk to. Directly across from me was a large group of young people. I could read from their age and dress, what their profession was – students. I picked out a boy, directly in front of me, and started to engage in conversation. He was a psychology and Japanese major, a smart young...

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