Changing Minds and Hearts Compiled by Navina Nirada Dasa
Navina Nirada Dasa HERE ARE SOME experiences and realizations of devotees who give people Krsna consciousness through books by Srila Prabhupada and his followers. Follow the Leader In Lithuania we went to a construction site to distribute books. We found five Russian workers in a hut, preparing for lunch. "Hello, I have something for you," I said. Experience told me I had only a small chance of success. They seemed to be...
Candidates for Mercy by Navina Nirada Dasa
Navina Nirada Dasa HERE ARE SOME experiences and realizations of devotees who give people Krsna consciousness through books by Srila Prabhupada and his followers. Big Change for a Big Woman Another devotee and I and were distributing books in Lithuanian villages. In Darbenai, one of the larger villages, I was going to homes that were not much more than huts. I wondered how people could survive in such places. Hardly anyone was...
Solace for All
HERE ARE SOME experiences and realizations of devotees who give people Krsna consciousness by giving them books by Srila Prabhupada and his followers. Death Wish Stopped Once I was distributing Srila Prabhupada's books in a small city in Belgium, and I met a woman who listened very emotionally as I showed her a book. She told me she didn't need the book, because she had just bought some pills in the pharmacy (she showed them...
Expressions of Gratitude by Navina Nirada Dasa
Navina Nirada Dasa IN TODAY'S MATERIALISTIC world, to interest people in Krsna consciousness is difficult. Devotees who perform the spiritual service of offering others books about Krsna often meet with rejection and indifference. When a guest once asked Srila Prabhupada how his disciples dealt with such negativity, he replied that they were not fickle; they could persevere because they understood the ultimate value of their work....
Something Worth Hearing by Navina Nirada Dasa
Navina Nirada Dasa HERE ARE SOME experiences and realizations of devotees who give people Krsna consciousness by giving them books by Srila Prabhupada and his followers. I start with an experience of my own. While distributing books recently I met a young man very interested in Krsna consciousness. As we were speaking, he put in hearing aids to understand me. He told me that when he was a child his parents quarreled so much he wanted...