Dhoti SKP
Oct28

Dhoti SKP

Hari bol prabhus, Even from a cultural point of view, some people enjoy the experience of meeting a devotee in a dhoti or a sari. For me, in my experience, it was always purifying to distribute books and preach while wearing a dhoti and purifying for the onlooker as well. Prabhupada has indicated that our appearance with dhoti, tilak, tulsi beads, shaved head and sika; or sari; reminds the conditioned soul of Krsna and consequently...

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Chess
Oct21

Chess

by Tattvavit Das Jyoti Prabhu, a French devotee who now preaches in Brussels, used to play tournament chess. He quit playing after he became a devotee because he would become so absorbed in the game that he forgot about his devotional schedule and would arrive late for his services. He does book distrubtion sometimes, and once he was distributing at a man's house, where he saw a chess set. The man was reluctant to buy books, so...

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Demigods help the devotees – story from travelling sankirtan in Londo
Oct21

Demigods help the devotees – story from travelling sankirtan in Londo

Here is a nice story that happened to us a few weeks ago on travelling Sankirtan: " A demigod takes pleasure in seeing someone go back to Godhead. He is always pleased with the devotee of the Lord, so much so that by his adhidaivic powers he may help the devotees in all respects. And by their actions, the Lord is pleased with them. There is an invisible chain of complete cooperation between the Lord, the demigods and the devotee...

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Volume 5, Chapter 27 – Sankirtan Determination
Oct21

Volume 5, Chapter 27 – Sankirtan Determination

Diary of a Traveling Preacher by Indrabyumna Swami Volume 5, Chapter 27 September 12 – 24, 2004 "My Chest Swells Up With Pride" This year's summer tour was especially successful, with over 300,000 people all together visiting our programs, including the Woodstock festival. It was a sad moment indeed when the tour came to an end and most of the devotees packed up and headed home to return to school or work. Even...

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Book Distribution in Dhotis
Oct20

Book Distribution in Dhotis

(From Vasudeva Datta Prabhu, TSKP leader in Slovenia) There are also some good news from sankirtan in Slovenia. We were following your instruction that we can try to do SK in dhotis. And the results are above all expectations. We are now distributing 3 or 4 times more than before and all devotees here are in extasy because now every week goes out around 250 books. And our young SK devotees are becomming more bold and they are...

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