More Mercy from Lord Nrsimhadeva
May06

More Mercy from Lord Nrsimhadeva

by Manidhara das It was sometime in the year 1979. The city was Freiburg, South Germany. It has several small shopping streets connected with small water channels at the sides of the city. As I distributed in one of the small side streets I could suddenly hear the shouts of people. Then I saw a big crazy man running around half naked, attacking people with a big leather belt. A very unusual sight. I decided to turn into another side...

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In Convent Gardens, London
May04

In Convent Gardens, London

by Candrasekhar Aacarya Dasa In Convent Gardens, near the Soho temple, I met a young man as he walked along with a very beautiful girl. I asked him, "Is this beautiful lady your girlfriend?" He replied modestly yet with confidence, "Yes, she is." I said, "Wow. That's great." I continued, joking, "But you know what? This ancient scripture from India says that when a man has a very beautiful wife...

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The Friend of everyone
Apr28

The Friend of everyone

This verse describes the qualifications for devotees or persons highly elevated in spiritual consciousness. Devotees are always equal to everyone, seeing no distinction between lower and higher classes. pasitah sama-darinah [Bg. 5.18]. They look upon everyone as a spirit soul who is part and parcel of the Supreme Lord. Thus they are competent to search for the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Understanding that the Supreme...

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Book Distribution is Chowpatti
Apr22

Book Distribution is Chowpatti

You definitely wouldn't want to give him a second look. A tall wily fellow bearded and with unkempt hair and sullen eyes was simply gazing through me. He pushed himself nearer to me. As I pulled back defensively, his person was repelling enough as he was stinking of alcohol. His trousers had probably seen a dozen summers unwashed and his shirt was jazzily incongruent with his dreary personality. Wanting to avoid an embarrassing...

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England Preaching
Apr21

England Preaching

Dear Prabhu's, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! Recently while in England I heard about some dynamic preaching activities. The sankirtan devotees go to a remote town around London, distribute books for one week and give out invitations to a program at the end of the week. The program is called "Meet the Monks". At every program there are twenty to thirty people attending. Krpa Maya...

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