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...
A Brahmacari’s Prayer Fulfilled
by Suresvara dasa One evening I was selling books at the back of Tower Records on Sunset Boulevard, in Hollywood. It was nine o'clock at night and completely dark. I stopped a strikingly beautiful woman, and showed her a Krishna book. She liked the pictures, so to make a little conversation before asking her to buy one, I asked what kind of work she did. She replied that she was a prostitute. I was a little taken back. I...
Results from 32 Years of Sweet Rice Prasad
by Mishra Bhagavan dasa Recently, I went out on sankirtan alongside a Harinama party in London, and I handed a Perfect Questions, Perfect Answers to a man and his wife from Libya. He told me that he could not buy a book from us because he was a Muslim. I said, "This book is for anyone, whether they are a Muslim, Christian, or Hindu, because God is none of those." He paused as he looked over the book and the...
What happens when a new devotee is met by an opponent who tries to test him?
By Vijaya dasa If the devotee can answer him back, he may save himself otherwise the encounter may disturb his faith. Does it mean that one should not preach unless he completely masters the philosophy? Or should he just go ahead and depend on Lord Krishna. Find out what happened in this story told by H.G. Balrama Lila Prabhu of Sri Sri Radha Rasabihari Temple. We were distributing books on the railway bridge during the December...
The First Christmas Marathon
by Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami Excerpted from Srila Prabhupada-lilamrita, Vol. 2, pp. 265 67 "It was on December 22, 1972, that we accidentally discovered the Christmas marathon in Los Angeles. Of course, we noticed a great increase in the number of people going into the stores, and the stores were staying open sometimes until midnight. I was standing in front of a Burbank Zody's. We were having an intense competition with prizes...
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