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A Few incidents during the Prabhupada marathon
A Surprise I approached a couple of middle-aged men and presented the Bhagavad Gita to them. Immediately one of them said, "Cool, I'm into this." As I showed him the book, I handed a Gita to the other man, who said, "I don't think so," and gave it back. Then I started showing both of them the illustrations. After my presentation, I handed a book to the one who was interested, but to my surprise he said, "You know, I probably won't get around to reading it." But to my bigger surprise, the one who had...
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I met a young man from Canada while I was distributing in Covent Garden. He was smiling at me from a distance, and I smiled back. When he got closer, I told him that I am a monk distributing books on yoga meditation. He began to laugh, because it turned out that the previous night he had dreamed he was involved in a procession with monks, who were playing hand cymbals and waving incense. I did not need to tell him anything more about the book. He grabbed it from my hands and asked me how much I wanted for it. He and his father were on their...
read moreWhy We Distribute Books by Navina Nirada Prabhu with Russian Translation
Why We Distribute Books by Navina Nirada Prabhu with Russian Translation on 27 May 2009 Download
read moreBook Distribution Class Given by Navina Nirada Prabhu With Russian Translation
Book Distribution Class Given by Navina Nirada Prabhu With Russian Translation Download
read moreCelebrating the Advent of Bhagavad Gita
By Pancharatna Dasa Dear prabhu, Please accept my most humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. Today is the auspicious celebration of the advent of Bhagavad-gita, delivered by Sri Krishna to Arjuna in Kuruksetra more than 5000 years ago. For me it is especially a day to thank Srila Prabhupada for bringing us Bhagavad-gita As It Is. We all know how much of himself Srila Prabhupada gave to his books.He stayed up at night to write them. He said they were the essence of his mission. We've all read them, been...
read moreDistribute as many books as humanly possible…
The internal substance of our movement will be recognized to the degree the devotees actually live by what Srila Prabhupada has taught us, and live by the example that he has set. That is where the real integrity will manifest. Prabhupada wanted us to distribute his books by the millions. Now is the December marathon. How wonderful it is that we have the opportunity to actually accept inconveniences, tolerate the dualities and approach every type of living being and try to give them Krishna. That sacrifice is so dear to Krishna. So let us...
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Sivarama Swami writes: Thirty years ago I was doing the Prabhupada marathon at the Chicago airport. One afternoon, we devotees were so intoxicated by distributing books that we decided to show that one doesn't have to speak to sell books, that book distribution just depends on our state of consciousness. So we didn't speak. Just after loading my bookbag with (20) maha books I tapped a man on the arm and looked him in the eye. He stopped, expecting me to say something. I didn't. I put a book in his hand, pointed at Prabhupada's...
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I am distributing a few books in London during this marathon. I met a girl from Boston who is studying at Cambridge University for a year. We talked about her field of study (classics), and she got a book about the classical Indian culture. A retired BBC journalist with lots of time to read also got one. So did a young beer-drinker about to sit down at a table on the sidewalk outside Little Jack Horner's pub. An Estonian girl with a degree in business (who speaks five languages) got a book. She said that she had just bought another book,...
read moreReading of SMS Sent to Sankirtan Devotees during Marathon by Sivarama Swami, New Vraja Dham
Audio lecture on Reading of SMS sent to Sankirtan Devotees during Marathon by His Holiness Sivarama Swami at New Vraja Dham on 12 December 2007 Download
read moreSrimad Bhagavatam Class on Book Distribution by Navina Nirada Prabhu 12 Dec 2007
Srimad Bhagavatam Class (07-12-16) on Book Distribution by Navina Nirada Prabhu “Whatever Possible for Sankirtan Yajna” on 12 Dec 2007 Download
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