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...
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:...
Message from Janaki Rama Dasa
Dear Devotees on the Book Distrabution Conference, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. I am not a member of this conference, but wanted to post something of relevance. I am former full-time book distributor, and now I am a student at the University of California at Santa Barbara. Everyday I speak with students and professors about the Hare Krishna Movement. Recently I have been speaking with a young...
Big Mac & Lord Siva
O demigods, one who has no compassion for humanity in its suffering and does not sacrifice his impermanent body for the higher causes of religious principles or eternal glory is certainly pitied even by the immovable beings. If one is unhappy to see the distress of other living beings and happy to see their happiness, his religious principles are appreciated as imperishable by exalted persons who are considered pious and benevolent....
From Madhumangala – Distributing Srila Prabhupada’s books as it is,
Please accept my most humble obeisances, all glories to our most beloved Srila Prabhupada, all glories to Sri Gutru and Sri Gauranga, all glories to the sankirtan devotees of the Lord! Here is some sankirtan nectar from today, whilst it is still fresh in my fading memory. Today at Simonstown, I approached a couple sitting outside at a table at a coffee shop. The lady and the man were both wearing black biker's leather jackets. The...




