My New Trailer
Jun01

My New Trailer

LILAS “MY NEW TRAILER” Madhumangala dasa (Cape Town South Africa) I was on my way back to the temple after distributing Srila Prabhupada’s books. While passing through the parking lot of the Greenacres shopping center in Port Elizabeth, I approached a man standing next to one of those imported Japanese 4×4’s with a fancy-looking trailer hooked up to it. I introduced myself to him and presented Srila...

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Great Story
May25

Great Story

The following letter was written to me by bhaktine Sara, who is currently chanting 16 rounds as a full-time student at Oregon State University. But first, a little history: 3 summers ago, Navina Nirada Prabhu sold Sara a book on Haight Ashbury, San Fransisco. Several days later, as all the travelling Sankirtana devotees were taking a week vacation at the beautiful "BIG SUR" National park 2 hours South of San Fransisco,...

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An Amazing Thing Happened
May25

An Amazing Thing Happened

I was distributing at Venice Beach in LA, it was one of those necter days when you meet a lot of nice people and they happily take a book and give a donation. Then to top it off when I got back to the Temple a devotee approached me and asked if he could have a word with me. He went on to tell me a pretty amazing event that took place. A few guru-kulies and one friend of there's who wasn't a devotee but liked to hang around the...

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Los Angeles Sastra Dana Newsletter Vol. 3, Issue 11
May25

Los Angeles Sastra Dana Newsletter Vol. 3, Issue 11

VANCA KALPA… THERE IS NOTHING BETTER TO REQUEST By Mahat-tattva das When the demon Kamsa learned about how the 8th child of Devaki was to kill him he decided to mercilessly kill all of Devaki’s children including the 8th one, Krishna. When Krishna finally appeared Devaki was in fear of Kamsa killing her baby. Although she knew that Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead and that no one can harm Him still because of...

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Los Angeles Sastra Dana Newsletter Vol. 3, Issue 11
May25

Los Angeles Sastra Dana Newsletter Vol. 3, Issue 11

ON MY WAY TO JOIN THE TEMPLE Narrated by Sarabha das, written by Mahat-tattva das (Continued from the previous issue) The remaining walls revealed that the houses had been new, and built in a modern style. A little further down the road a haystack was burning, giving off the only source of light in that part of the village. The unpleasant silence of the whole village was enough to make one’s hair stand on end. I was thinking:...

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