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The Mayapur Festival and a phone call mistake
Hari bol Prabhus, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. Today begins the Maypur Festival. Thousands of devotees are here by the causeless mercy of Srila Prabhupada, to take advantage of all the mercy flowing in the Holy Dhama. Yesterday Jayapataka Maharaja gave the Srimad Bhagavatam class. Everyone was impressed, it was shastric, amusing, and interesting. Last night he also spoke at the Mayapur book distribution awards night inspiring the book distributors, but there he used a translator because it's not...
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Hare Krishna Prabhus, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. Here's an inspiring story about how Krishna consciousness can change things in this world. There was a nuclear sub stationed off the coast of America during the sixties. They were just waiting for the command to launch the missles to get WW III going. One day they got a notice instead to come home. The war was cancelled. The commander of that sub later read Srila Prabhupada's biography getting it from his grandson who had become a devotee. While...
read moreThird generation book distributors
Haribol Prabhus, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. Recently I had an interesting experience in Australia. Fifteen years ago I distributed books in Melbourne with a devotee named Atul Krsna Prabhu, a disciple of Prabhavisnu Swami, and on my last trip I distributed books in Sydney with his son, Uddhava Prabhu, a fired up book distributor. It is really encouraging to see that some third-generation devotees are now taking up the service of distributing books. In a week or so we'll have the book distribution...
read moreGitas distribution by references during Dec 2008 Marathon.
Hare Krishna ! All glories to Sri Sri Guru and Sri Gauranga ! All glories to Srila Prabhupada ! All glories to all the Sankirtan devotees at all the timesÊ ! The chairman of a very large oil company visited ISKCON New Delhi and met His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami Maharaj. Maharaj spoke with him about ISKCON and our deeds. And inspired him to participate in ISKCON's book distribution – our most important activity.Ê He and from his oil industry; they gave order for twenty one thousand Bhagavat Gitas of ISKCON. This is...
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Plesse accept my humble obeisances All glories to Srila Prabhupada Some stories for the pleasure of the devotees.. I was in Liverpool, a western suburb known for its drugs and crime. I saw one middle aged lady covered in tattoos and and piercings, she looked miserable and run down, so I thought what a perfect recipient for Lord Caitanyas mercy. I stopped her to show the books she glared at me and scrunched her face like she just saw a dead body. She said Naa!Naa! and briskly paced away. about ten minute later I see her again, but this time...
read moreMommy’s Boy
Book distribution is never an experience out of a textbook-no two days are same, no two customers alike. Preparing for challenges help, but one should be ready to expect the unexpected. And with advancing Kaliyuga, the tests will be not only more frequent, but also more bewildering, more so in a metropolis like Mumbai. One day, during the December marathon last year, Bhagwan Pandit Prabhu, a devotee in Brahmchari training in Sri Sri Radha Gopinath Mandir, was faced with one such challenge. Bhagwan Pandit Prabhu is a young devotee from Orissa....
read moreMandire Ma – Margam Gama – an article by HG Lomancita Prabhu
MANDIRE MA – MARGAM GAMA: Step Out Of The Temple And Come Into The Street – This Time, Please, No Excuses! (first published as a marathon inspiration article in the e-magazine of ISKCON Slovenia) A sunny Saturday morning in northern Slovenia lures us into new challenges, fresh adventures, mysterious incidents and unbelievable exploits. I have a meeting scheduled back in the temple immediately after lunch. Govinda Datta Prabhu and myself sit into the car and drive out of the garage. The phone beeps. A message. A question bothers...
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Hare Krsna, All Glories to Srila Prabhupada, After attending the Book Distribution Seminar with Vijaya Prabhu in Fiji and taking his association for a short time, our book distribution interests revived. I tried selling Bhagavat Gita at my work place – starting with my Manager. Early Friday morning as soon as I came to work without even going to my desk, I went straight to his office. I told him that I have something for him and presented Bhagavat Gita. He was surprised at my approach and really appreciated it. He bought the Bhagavat...
read moreBattlefield Bhajans Vol. 33
Dedicated to Srila Prabhupada and my Guru Maharaja. Mental Health Assessment It was time for my post deployment mental health assessment. I really don't like going to this appointment. It involves me and a doctor sitting down and talking about what happened in Iraq. I walked in and the doctor greeted me. He asked me to sit down. I placed my backpack down and grabbed a seat. He asked, "So how ya doing?" I said, "Good, how are you?" The doctor replied, "Good thanks." I said, "Yes, but can you be better? He...
read moreVaikuntha Restaurant and the Magician
I was in a small town named Yambol, Bulgaria. I was running all day with a big bag a and big stock of books in my hands, the whole day I distributed 1 or 2 books. My mind was very disturbed because it was soo difficult. Then I had a realization: "The problem is in my consciousness." At the end of the day I was completely exhausted, standing before a restaurant in the center of the town I prayed to Krsna to forgive me for my lack of proper consciousness and help me to be the instrument He would like me to be in this restaurant. The...
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