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A Letter from Czech Republic
Dear Maharaja, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! Thank you for the samkirtan story below. I wanted to share something related to what this samkirtan devotee had said about being more difficult to distribute in the winter: ". Now when winter came it is more difficult to be out in dhoti." This is quite true. I surrendered to Krsna in Detroit, Michigan [Sri Sri Radha-Kunjabehari ki jaya!!!} and doing samkirtan in the winter was the highest austerity. Especially in parking lots with no tree...
read moreSomebody Joined !!!
I am sitting in the temple room chanting my last rounds on an island in the middle of nowhere, in a land that has yet to discover the wheel, and where deer and rabbits roam wild eating all our trees and flowers. Then in comes Arjuna dasa with a stranger. A young man in his twenties. Stunned momentarily upon seeing another human being from the outside world in this remote mandir, I stammered out a quiet "Haribol". This young man wanted to join our temple and dedicate his life to iskcon by moving into the asrama and doing whatever was...
read moreKerry Receives Bhagavad Gita As It Is
US Presidential Candidate Kerry Receives Bhagavad-gita As It Is BY KRSNA PREMA DASI FORT MYERS, FLORIDA, Oct 19 (VNN) – Krsna Prema dasi reads Bhagavad Gita As It Is to Senator John Kerry During a recent trip to Southwest Florida to survey hurricane damage, US Presidential candidate Senator John F. Kerry met with Krsna Prema dasi on The tarmac along side the Kerry/Edwards campaign jet at Southwest International Airport in Fort Myers, Florida. Krsna Prema and her husband Bala das drove in the Senator's motorcade on a trip to talk to...
read moreEcstatic Symptoms from Book Distribution
In continuation to our report on library book distribution, here are some of this week's orders that we've received. Every time we get an envelope and I see which remote library in India has ordered Prabhupada's books, all the ecstatic symptoms appear as if I were with Prabhupada again telling him our book scores. So here is some of the nectar, and I pray that whoever is able to, please send us addresses of schools in your zone to help expand this programme. This system could also work outside of India. If anyone wants a sample of...
read moreAll glories to Srila Prabhupada’s book distribution ki jay!
Dear Maharajas, prabhus and matajis, Please accept my humble obesances, all glories to our most dearly beloved Srila Prabhupada,all glories to Sri Guru and Sri Gauranga, all glories to the sankirtan devotees of the Lord! Please accept this preaching report for you pleasure in my service to Srila Prabhupda, Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and the devotees of the Lord! So I am here in the ancient port city of Mombassa here on the eastern coast of Kenya this is the last leg of my trip here in East and Central Africa before I go back to the SA. It...
read moreSupporting the Enemy
Recently, in New York, my parents came to visit me. Actually they didn't come to see me, they came to the restaurant, but I happened to be there. (Prabhupada laughs) So they related a very unusual incident that one of their friends is a lawyer in New York. So they were having dinner with him the other day, and he mentioned that recently he had gone to Las Vegas for a vacation. In Las Vegas there are many gambling casinos. So when he was about to depart on the plane, one of his friends gave him a five dollar bill and told him that "In...
read moreSankirtan Story from Italy
From Raghunath dasa: In June, in Forlì, Italy, as I was entering a big office building, I was suddenly stopped by a security guard who inquire boldly: "Who are you? Where are you going?" She was a young lady, and she seemed quite severe and determined to not let me enter. When I presented myself and explained in a few words about our mission she changed positively and asked: "Don't you need a security guard for your community? I'm tired of working for these people." I replied, "There is an ancient...
read moreBecome less efficient
While visiting the Miami Temple an old friend came up to me while I was in the temple room. His name is Patita Pavana das, a retired doctor. We've known each other for about twenty-five years so he knows I have some affection for book distribution. He asked me how book distribution is going around the world, I mentioned it was increasing. Then he went on to tell me an experience he had. When he was a doctor he had a waiting room where people would wait to see him. In the waiting room he kept some Bhagavad Gita's and other books his...
read moreBook Distribution in the Big Apple
While distributing on the street called "Avenue of the Americas" in New York City, there was a big street festival, thousands of people buying their "things" for material enjoyment. I approached two gentlemen from India and offered them Srila Prabhupada'a Bhagavad Gita. One of them was a life member and very much appreciated that I was doing this service. The other had not yet read the BG and was interested in reading it. When I asked for a donation however, he declined. I mentioned to him that he is so fortunate to be...
read moreBook Distribution Seminar by HG Vaisesika Das at New Vrndavana Festival of Inspiration
Sometimes devotees are afraid to go out on book distribution because they think so many horrible things may happen, but if we just go out, overcome the tricks of the mind then you'll find so many wonderful things will happen. There is one way to distribute that I and others have found is not so difficult and is respectable, distributing from a table. In many cities at least in the US you can set up a table and distribute legally. We can set up at downtown areas, yoga centers, Indian stores, etc. Book distribution is based on faith, the...
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