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A Blockage Released
I was out on harinama & book distribution (in Totness in the UK) with my friend Bhakta Neil. A woman (Linda ) and her family approached us, and she was trying to explain something to us. I asked her what had happened. This is what she said: "While I was walking down the other side of the street, I heard drumming. It was lovely, and when I got closer I could hear the chanting of Hare Krishna. I turned to my daughter and said, 'I'm using that Hare Krishna mantra in my meditation.' All of a sudden I felt as if a blockage was...
read moreWSN August 2012 – World Sankirtan Newsletter
For complete results and to send in your scores go to www.SankirtanNewsletter.com (password: wsnhome) Deadline for scores is the 15th of the next month WORLD WORLD SANKIR NEWS LETTER WWW WWW SSS TAN NEWS NEW WWW WWW SSS SSS NEWSLE NEW WWW WWW WWW SSSSS NEW NEWS NEW WWW WORLD WWW SANKIR NEW NEWS NEW WORLD WORLD SSS TAN NEW LETTER WWW WWW SAN SSS NEW NEWSL WW WW KIRTAN NEWSL ETTER ********************************************************* W O R L D S A N K I R T A N N E W S L E T T E R *********************************************************...
read moreWrong Turn
On an Ekadasi, seven of us left the asrama in a minibus for book distribution. Hriman Krishna Prabhu dropped off the first three devotees at their spots. We then continued on, planning to go to North Shore spots. However, in a 'transcendental moment' Hriman 'accidentally' took the turn for the Western motorway. Taking this as Krishna's arrangement, we continued, and Gadai Gauranga and I were dispatched to Lincoln Road, a popular sankirtan spot not far from New Varshana. The day was ecstatic. One exchange stood out. Quite...
read moreBook Distribution Nectar by Raja Gopal Dasa
Krsna is conscious for the Krsna conscious Lord Krsna has a unique relationship with every devotee and has a unique plan for their purification. During my early days in Krsna consciousness, everything was sweet; the only thing I was uncomfortable with was book distribution. I felt ashamed to be seen as a salesman persuading anyone to sell his books. I was very concerned about my image what if any of my friends saw me? Very soon, Krsna’s plan for me was revealed. I was distributing books in a long distance train...
read moreBook Distribution Lecture by Vijaya Prabhu, Chowpatty
Audio lecture on book distribution by His Grace Vijaya Prabhu at Chowpatty on 03 Oct 2012 Download
read moreArmy Man to Monk?
We drove to Thames from Hamilton (New Zealand) for a day of book distribution. I was distributing outside a mall and a supermarket and meeting some nice people. I stopped a couple and fortunately hit it off with them. The man had been in the New Zealand army and gotten depressed. He'd managed to get out and happened to find a small book on Buddhism. He read it and wanted to be a monk. He had come to the mall and brought along another book on Buddhism. He felt happy to meet me, beinga monk and all, and liked our books, but didn't have...
read moreA Intoxicated Michigan Mother Begins her “Journey Home”
I met a lady named Amanda sitting on a bench in downtown Grand Rapids with a bottle of wine in her hand. I'd approached her to give her the book "The Journey Home," by Radhanath Swami. I gave a regular introduction about the book. Upon enquiry, I clarified that it's not about any specific religion. It's about spiritual realization. She was wearing a cross, but she truthfully opened her heart, saying, "I have tried so many religions, but not a single one works for me. All these religions are useless to me." I...
read moreBook Distribution is a miraculous service
In central London I met Rex, a Court judge. He has Srila Prabhupada's Bhagavad Gita and informed me with a big smile that he had just eaten at Govinda's. Jaya! Next day I met Linda, a retired psychotherapist. In her words she is "really seeking" and has done some meditation. She lit up when she got the Veda book (a book similar to SSR), Chant and Be Happy, and A Higher Taste, I told her about chanting Hare Krishna and about the Sunday Feast. She felt very enthusiastic to go. Next day I met Julia, who was from Denmark. At...
read morePeople Read more than we think, and the World is Becoming Vaikuntha
I was distributing books at the Hollywood farmers' market when I approached a man and showed him the Bhagavad Gita. As I was showing it he said to me, "I've read that book six times my favorite book in the world." I said, "You mean this one by A. C. Bhaktivedant Swami Prabhupada?" "Yes, He's a great writer." We had a talk about the BG, and I gave him an invitation to our Sunday program. An hour later I was speaking to another man about the Gita. Then he said, "I've read that book three...
read moreChanting Together with Book Buyers
Vaisesika Prabhu is like an incarnation of book distribution. He has made the service of sankirtan approachable for all sorts of new people and taught new things to veterans. Especially dynamic for me has been adopting Vaisesika's practice of giving everyone who has bought a book a mantra card and reciting the Hare Krishna maha-mantra together. Yesterday evening, after I picked up Aron from her workplace at Natural Grocers, we got out on sankirtan. We had only a bit of daylight left, and a half dozen people bought Srila Prabhupada's...
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