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By Madhu Mangala
Dear Prabhus, Please accept my humble obeisances, all glories to our most beloved Srila Prabhupada, all glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga, all glories to the sankirtan devotees of the Lord. Srila Prabhupada's December 2003 marathon has come and gone. All over this world thousands upon thousands have received the mercy of Srila Prabhupada and the eternal blessings of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. One of the first things I realized during the annual holiday season here in Cape Town when giving our Srila Prabhupada's books, is how many...
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One of the leading distributors, Sridhama, had to take his box of books into a lavatory, and on his way out a British gentleman stopped him and said, "Excuse me. In the loo (bathroom), I saw in your box the Bhagavad-gita. Could I get one? I have a Hindu girlfriend, and this will be a good Christmas present for her." Meanwhile, another leading distributor, Bhakta Richard, stopped a couple of British girls who have been studying Hinduism for some time and they began telling Richard how cool they thought Lord Vamana and Lord Rama are....
read moreBy Madhu Mangal das
Dear Devotees, Please accept my humble obeisances, all glories to your Guru Maharaj, all glories to our most beloved Srila Prabhupada, all glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga, all glories to the sankirtan devotees of the Lord. Srila Prabhupada's December 2003 marathon has come and gone. All over this world and thousands upon thousands have received the mercy of Srila Prabhupada and the eternal blessings of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. One of the first things I realized during the annual holiday season here in Cape Town when giving our Srila...
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Here is a nice message from Srila Prabhupada to all those who are distributing his books. O my lord, great philanthropic souls travel on the earth on behalf of the Supreme Personality of Godhead to show compassion to the fallen souls who are averse to the sense of subordination to the Lord. PURPORT To be obedient to the wishes of the Supreme Lord is the natural position of every living entity. But due only to past misdeeds, a living being becomes averse to the sense of subordination to the Lord and suffers all the miseries of material...
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Pamho agtsp! Here is some stories from czech yatra during the marathon time. Tirtha-kara das met some day in one bigger city in the shopping center one young man,which has a interesse for budhism, at least he knows the story of Buddha and some basic philosofical points of this doctrine.Although he knows also the vedic literature a little bit, he did not want any of the Prabhupadas books,but TKD was a mercyfull to him and tries to preach to him.He spoke about the origin and authority of vedic culture.The young man listened patiently,but he...
read moreSankirtana in the land of 0z Again.
Hare Krishna Maharaja's and prabhus. Pamho agtsp. There are a few days left in this years Prabhupada marathon, but I couldn't wait to write in some of the nectar stories from this month. H.H. Kavicandra Maharaja is here in Perth, Western Australia and has been here for most of the month enlivening the sankirtana troops. Now he is down south of here with some brahmacaries and will be back with some nectar soon. Here in Perth there isn't much opposition to Sankirtana, people here are quite favorable, but the first day we were'...
read moreSimply Show the Books to one and all
Some devotees have preconceived notions of who will take a book and who won't. This becomes more common as the book distributors find expected responses from certain people. Krishna however mercifully reveals to us how we are simply insignificant. This truth gets more credence as certain unpredictable behavior is seen amongst people, which is completely inexplicable by mundane logic. We had almost emptied our book bags with only one Gujarati Gita left and for the last one-hour were hoping someone takes the book. In this holiday crowd it...
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VANCA KALPA… LIFE-LONG PLAN By Mahat Tattva Dasa There are three types of devotees: uttama-adhikäré, madhyama-adhikäré and kaniñöha-adhikäré, or 1st, 2nd and 3rd class devotees. Kanistha-adhikari or the 3rd class devotee is the beginner, neophyte. His faith in the Lord is not very strong, his realizations not very profound and, because he is not strongly attached to spiritual life, he is not appreciating other devotees as 2nd and 1st class devotees are. Such a devotee engages only in...
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SANKIRTANA MOVEMENT Çré Caitanya-caritämåta Ädi-lélä 3.77–78 Lord Çré Kåñëa Caitanya is the initiator of saìkértana [congregational chanting of the holy name of the Lord]. One who worships Him through saìkértana is fortunate indeed. Such a person is truly intelligent, whereas others, who have but a poor fund of knowledge, must endure a cycle of repeated birth and death. Of all sacrificial performances, the chanting of the Lord’s...
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DECEMBER MARATHON By Mahat-tattva dasa As you can see from the list of institutions we have distributed books to, some of the devotees are swimming in the ocean of Christmas book distribution marathon. Bhaktins Sara and Anastasia are distributing books to local Los Angeles Nail/Beauty shops. Bhaktin Maureen (Mo) is distributing books to Orange County Libraries, Coffee shops, Nail/Beauty salons and motels. Several devotees ordered huge quantities of books to give them as gifts to whomever they know. I just came back from a Target store where...
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