The First Lady of Japan accepts Bhagavad Gita
By Sanjay Krsna Candra Das Hare Krishna dear Prabhus, Please accept our humble dandavats. Jai Srila Prabhupad. Today there was an inauguration ceremony of new premises of my daughter’s school. The first lady, Mrs. Abe (wife of Prime Minister of Japan) was the chief guest. It is generally difficult to have close audience of VVIPs. So, we were praying hard that we can gift Japanese “Bhagavad Gita As It Is” to her. Mrs....
Books, the First Step in Making Devotees
By H.H. Jayapataka Swami (Delivered as a speech during the Book Distribution Seminars in Sridham Mayapur, Gaura Purnima Festival 2007) There is a lot of discussion about core preaching, such as book distribution, harinama, prasada distribution. But right from the very beginning, Prabhupada also spoke about making devotees among the people neighboring our temples. And Srila Prabhupada certainly did house programs. He wrote [1 June...
Book Distribution in Holland
By Mayapura Chandrodaya dasa In Utrecht two young girls from Surinam approached me curious about my mission. I showed them books. One of them became fired up like anything. She said:”I love Krsna and spiritual matters.” Her eagerness to have books was increasing, and so was my desire to give her more. I briefly described her the story of Maharaja Pariksit and showed her how the books all fit together. She was in ecstasy to...
Srimad Bhagavatam, A Transcendental Road Rage Cure
by Visvambhara dasa I met a man in a parking lot and began speaking to him about Srila Prabhupada's books. He was browsing through the Srimad Bhagavatam when suddenly a strong gust of wind blew the open door of his car into the one parked next to him. Its driver immediately got out and cursed as he inspected the dent, threatening to call the police. The owner of the other car, still gripping the Bhagavatam, offered...
Drops of Nectar
by Nityananda dasa A few days ago, while visiting Vrindavana with some friends, I met a group of devotees from Tamil Nadu in front of Srila Prabhupada's samadhi mandir. A pukka devotee from the group, dressed in dhoti and with clear tilaka, approached us and, pointing at me, said to his friends, "He came to my home for the first time a few years ago and sold us The Science of Self-Realization. That was my first contact...
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