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A Gift
This happened in Aurangabad, India . . . . Rasayatra Prabhu, one of our enthusiastic brahmacaris, loves to go out practically every day to distribute Srila Prabhupada's books. It's now the hottest part of the year, and he distributes at railway stations and on trains, as these are the most crowded places because of summer vacation. One day he made announcements on a train and was showing books to everyone. He was doing quite well. He noticed someone at the door watching him. Most of the time TTE (Travelling Ticket Examiners) are...
read moreSankirtan Stories form Santa Monica College CA USA
Hare Krsna, I had an unusual day on book distribution recently. I have had plenty of dull days but this was different. I feel very grateful to Krsna. I could only stay for three hours but so much happened during that time… First a girl who started out by photographing all of the pictures in the books as I showed them to her. She loved the pictures. Then she came back later and said she wanted to read the books so she bought three of them and gave a nice donation. I took her e-mail address. Next came a guy who said he read Civilization...
read moreLord Nrsimhadeva’s Mercy
Dear Vijaya Prabhu, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! This recent Nrsimha Caturdasi was a very auspicious time for book distribution. I had to be back at the Los Angeles temple by one o'clock for the festival, so that morning I was begging Lord Nrsimhadeva to engage me. During japa I was begging that since I could only go out for three hours that uses me to distribute twice as many books. As soon as I got out of the car and started walking towards the airport I could feel His extreme mercy. The first...
read moreMonthly Sankirtana Festivals Turn Little into Lots
By Madhava Smullen In Silicon Valley’s Hare Krishna community, a new book distribution effort is turning into a juggernaut that could be the future of ISKCON’s outreach. When the predominantly householder community decided in 2004 to find a new way to fit book distribution into their nine-to-five lives, they created a “Monthly Sankirtana Festival.” Their motto? “Many people doing a little bit.” The program grew gradually, but attracted more and more devotees with its unique approach. No one was...
read moreSastra dana Radhadesh
Hare Krsna, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! We would like to let devotees know about how successful is the Sastra dana program here in Radhedesh, Belgium. Mother Rupa Manjari and her son-in-law Mahaprabhu prabhu are taking care of it and in only two months they got very nice results. There are many visitors coming almost every day here and four displays have been installed in the Reception, in the Bakery, in the Cafeteria and in the Guesthouse. Only small books are being distributed and because still there...
read moreNew Book Distributors First Taste of Nectar
During the December marathon at Daulatabad, Aurangabad . . . by Rajiev Puri. Our spot for selling books, a book stall, at Daulatabad (a tourist spot en route to the famous Ellora Ccaves) was the same as last year's. But the vendor crowd around there was unhappy to see us there. When the official in charge came and objected to our stall being put up at the entrance of the fort and asked us to remove it immediately, the vendors supported him and asked us to remove the stall from that spot. They suggested putting it at some far-off spot....
read moreDayaya: showing mercy to all condictioned souls
These are some of the ways in which the Supreme Personality of Godhead can be satisfied by the devotee. The first item mentioned is dayaya sarva-bhtesu, showing mercy to all conditioned souls. The best way to show mercy is to spread Krsna consciousness. The entire world is suffering for want of this knowledge. People should know that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the original cause of everything. Knowing this, everyone should directly engage in His devotional service. Those who are actually learned, advanced in spiritual...
read moreEveryone should engage in Preaching
When a person actually revives his consciousness with thoughts of Krsna by the mercy of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, he revives his spiritual life and becomes addicted to the service of the Lord. Only then can he act as an acarya. In other words, everyone should engage in preaching, following in the footsteps of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. In this way one will be very much appreciated by Lord Krsna and will quickly be recognized by Him. Actually a devotee of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu must engage in preaching in order to increase the followers of the...
read moreMore stories from the villages
Stories about our last week in Finland . . . I approached a lady sitting in the car and showed her The Science of Self-realization. She put it aside immediately and took a big bible into her hand. "I already have a book. I'm on the way to a Bible-group meeting, and I work for the Lutheran church," she informed me. Good, I said happily. Then you can also take one to your priest there! She was suprised, looking like a big question mark – WHY? I explained to her that my mother also used to go to similar meetings. Really! she...
read morePrabhupada’s Books – The Ultimate Prison Escape Plan
ISKCON’s Prison Ministry traces its roots all the way back to 1962, when Srila Prabhupada visited Tihar Prison in New Delhi. “If you give me the chance to speak to all the members of the Jail,” he wrote to superintendent Sri Puri, “It is quite possible for me to turn them into ideal characters.” Yet it wasn’t until 1988 that Candrasekhara Dasa established the official ISKCON Prison Ministry in the USA, as an outlet for householders to preach without having to leave their homes; all they had to do was write...
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