Crazy or not?

Last year I was in LA for a short time. One morning I was waiting for a bus to go downtown to distribute some books when I saw an older women nearby who looked very interesting. She seemed crazy — talking to herself, wearing a simple dress and home slippers. I thought, "Krsna, who is she? She's also a human being and deserves Your mercy." After a couple of minutes she came directly up to me, trying to say something...

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Iraq Nectar
Oct27

Iraq Nectar

Hari bol Prabhus, Please accept my obeisances, all glories to Srila Prabhupada! Just wanted to pas on this story. I was sitting in the ashram reading and someone knocked on the door. Naturally I just called out, "come in," and to my surprise it was an Indian gentleman, he was there to fix something. He walked in and stopped dead in his tracks when he saw the altar with my Thakuraji's and fell flat on the floor to pay...

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Mercy of Durga Mata
Oct24

Mercy of Durga Mata

It is not easy to describe the Durga Puja Festival we just attended in Bangkok. We got a pretty big party ready and a big supply of books and headed for the the "WAT KET" (Indian Temple) on Silom Road. Silom Road is a famous place for tourists where everything genuine and copy is for sale. I was expecting a busy night at the temple, but it turned out to be much more. At least one mile of the street was blocked off and...

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Sankirtan Story from India
Oct23

Sankirtan Story from India

Hare Krishna Prabhus, All glories to Sri Sri Guru and Sri Gauranga ! All glories to Srila Prabhupada ! All glories to Sankirtan Devotees ! In New Delhi a person named Mr. Shamsundar visited ISKCON Temple. He met His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaj and from his association started chanting Hare krishna. We asked him how he felt and he replied that chanting is good. We mentioned to him that he should participate in getting the...

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South Carolina
Oct21

South Carolina

Probably the furthest thing from my mind was showing compassion to conditioned souls, but Lord Nityananda never gives up. While driving through South Carolina late on Sunday night we stopped at a Gas station cum Convenience store. While standing a boy politely asked if I was from India or was a Hindu. He said he was a disciple of someone and was going to India. Jivagoswami das took him to the car where he quickly bought a BHAGAVAD...

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