“This Bhagavat Gita will purify me”.
I was distributing at Ashfield, Sydney Australia. I stopped one elder India man just about to cross the road. He wasn't very happy to have me stop in his tracks. "Apka nam kya?" (what is your name Sir). I said "Mira nam Uddhav." He was a little surprised to hear a young Australian speak Hindi. I said "Deko bahagavan!" (look the Supreme Personality of Godhead)."Prabhupada book lelo." (lelo...
Gold in rubbish and the world is slowly becoming Krsnaized
While distributing books door to door in Thames, New Zealand, I came across a very sinister and vile man who spared no energy in his attempts to completely ruin my day with a torrential downpour of vulgarities and obscenities. It was as if he had been saving all of the frustration borne of a lifetime of unfulfilled desires and had finally found a suitable person on whom to deposit them. He even tried to sic his dog on me. Needless to...
Radhastami
Hare Krsna Prabus, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to Srimati Radharani! This is a movement of compassion, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saravati out of his compassion sent Srila Prabhupada to the west. Srila Prabhupada travelled all over the world spreading Krsna consciousness out of compassion for the condictioned souls. Now devotees throughout the world are exhibiting their compassion by...
Be More Aware and Picking up where he left off
Our ISKCON center in Seattle Washington is interesting because although no one lives in the temple there are quite a few devotees, sixty initiated. They recently had a four day Kumbha Mela Festival (the only one in the west) with Janmastami being the main attraction during the festival. Thirteen thousand people visited the temple during the four days of the mela and the devotees distributed almost three thousand dollars worth of...
Surprise Surprise
After a hard day of book distribution on Queen street, which is the main street in Auckland, New Zealand, our team decided to venture south for a bit of door to door, just to top off the evening. I was having a hard time on the street (as I usually do) and was not in the most devotional mood, still, out of duty we trudged our way through the unfortunate town of Old Papatoetoe, determined to acheive fame and adoration. Obviously, my...




