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A Pleasant Surprise Going Door to Door
On June 24th, our book distribution team decided to go door to door in the residential area called Asherville, just outside the Durban CBD in South Africa. The slow start quickly turned into many sales, resulting in the distributors retreating to their cars to restock. Being weary of dogs and moving in pairs, they reached a rather quiet street called Zinnia Road. Nearing the end of the road, the team members were enthusiastically invited into the home of a friend named Pravin Ram. He quickly arranged his family in the lounge: two sons, his...
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Prasad Distribution along with Books Distribution
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Book Distribution at Sri Vyasa Puja – ISKCON Secunderabad
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read moreBill Clinton Holding up the Bhagavad Gita
Former US President Bill Clinton holding up the Bhagavad-gita on Santa Monica Boulevard, Santa Monica, USA on June 14th
read moreWhat is The Importance of Books For The Most Devoted Sankirtana?
Sankirtana means glorify Krsna, but because He is infinite, there is no end to such glorification. Our problem is that we do not know very well Krishna, so we are not so inclined to praise him. That is why our mission is to become Krsna conscious. If we become Krsna conscious, we will be interested to praise him. On the other hand, when Krishna danced rasa dance with the gopis, the more glorified the gopis Krishna, the more they understand His glory.Therefore, Srila Prabhupada gave us this method: we are trying to understand Krsna, glorifying...
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Unfavorable Christian Helps Sell Books
My husband (Prithusrava dasa) & I went to the University of Nebraska in Lincoln for four days of book distribution. On the first day, a Christian carrying a 6' x 10' sign reading "Surrender now to Jesus before it's too late" plus other Christian warnings, was shouting and parading back and forth just fifty feet from us for about an hour. When he noticed us distributing Bhagavad-gita, he took it upon himself to inform the students how demonic the Gita is and to warn them to stay away from "those Moonies." A...
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