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Nitya Krishna Prabhu
While hearing book distribution scores being read out at ISKCON's Moscow center, I was surprised that an especially appreciative cheer went up when the name of Nitya Krishna Prabhu was announced, as his score was not among the highest. On inquiry I discovered that Nitya Krishna Prabhu was the blind devotee I had seen a few times at ISKCON Moscow, and that he somehow or other goes out alone daily for book distribution, either to apartment blocks or on streets; and that he also daily unaided cleans the shoe rack at the entrance to the...
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"What if people don't want to hear our message?" Pradyumna asked. "The people might not understand our message, but Krsna will be pleased," Prabhupada replied. "And that is our mission. They thought Jesus Christ's mission was stopped. They killed him. But his mission was attained. He preached three years only, but so many followers. He pleased Krsna. We must not be disappointed that no one is hearing Krsna consciousness. We will say it to the moon and stars and all directions. We will cry in the wilderness,...
read morePrabhupada Quote
This should be the standard of determination for all Krsna conscious persons. A Krsna conscious person should free himself from the clutches of illussion, and he should also be compassionate to all others suffering in those clutches. The activities of the Krsna consciousness movement are meant not only for oneself but for others also. This is the perfection of Krsna consciousness. One who is interested in his own salvation is not as advanced in Krsna consciousness as one who feels compassion for others and who therefore propagates the Krsna...
read moreYou Never Know who you Give a book to.
Hare Krsna Prabhus, Please accept my humble obeisances, all glories to Srila Prabhupada. As I was staying at the Kyiv temple in Ukraine a Prabhupada disciple named Misra Bhagavan das came to stay here as well. He began telling me about his life in and out of Krsna consciousness. He used to be on the Radha Damodara traveling party with Visnu Jon Swami and Tamal Krsna Maharaja, those good old days, but eventually because of the unusual types of fund raising the devotees were asked to do in the early 80's (specifically selling paintings)...
read moreVisvaretha Prabhu recall Book distribution in the 70’s in the USA
Buddhimanta Sankirtana Hero By Visvaretah Dasa The 100 degree fever of Sankirtana in the early 1970s in America can only be described as an epidemic. At one point, when we were completely out of Books, waiting for Dai Nippon's shipment of Krishna Books to arrive, the leader on the west coast, the pre-GBC mega-authority was Karandhara. His office was in the breezeway of the Temple in New Dvaraka. During mangal arti, the rumor spread that there were 100 cases of Krishna Books stashed in Karandhara's office. That they were...
read moreUkraine Book Distribution
Hare Krsna Prabhus, Please accept my humble obeisances, all glories to Srila Prabhupada. The devotees in Ukraine just had an great festival with over fifteen hundred devotees participating. Ten sanyasis were there to enliven the devotees. Niranjana Swami was the host Sanyasi as everyone was invited by him, thus after the first kirtan of the festival he introduced and glorified all the devotees that would be giving seminars, about twelve devotees. He spoke for about an hour and a half introducing everyone. Then it was his turn, all the...
read moreSaved by the Catholics
In the Twenty-sixth Chapter of the Fifth Canto, Sukadeva Gosvami… has explained that people who commit sinful acts are forced to enter hellish planets and suffer. Now Maharaja Parikshit, being a devotee, is concerned with how this can be stopped. A Vaisnava is para-dukha-dukhi in other words, he has no personal troubles, but he is very unhappy to see others in trouble. Prahlada Maharaja said, “My Lord, I have no personal problems, for I have learned how to glorify Your transcendental qualities and thus enter a trance of...
read moreBefore Going out, a prayer is said
Ambarisa Prabhu, an unassuming and humble devotee, has been one of the steadiest leading book distributors in Moscow for many years. Every day before going on book distribution he recites the poem that Srila Prabhupada composed at Boston Pier, expressing feelings of helplessness and deep compassion for the fallen souls. Ambarish Prabhu tries to enter into that mood before going out to engage in Srila Prabhupada's mission. Several other book distributors in Moscow have also adopted this practice. The translation of some of the verses...
read morePara-dukha-dukhi the duty of all sane men, is to save them.
In the Twenty-sixth Chapter of the Fifth Canto, Sukadeva Gosvami… has explained that people who commit sinful acts are forced to enter hellish planets and suffer. Now Maharaja Parikshit, being a devotee, is concerned with how this can be stopped. A Vaisnava is para-dukha-dukhi in other words, he has no personal troubles, but he is very unhappy to see others in trouble. Prahlada Maharaja said, “My Lord, I have no personal problems, for I have learned how to glorify Your transcendental qualities and thus enter a trance of...
read moreSD Los Angeles Newsletter Vol. 3, Issue 19
Srila Prabhupada AT LEAST ONE OR TWO HOURS DAILY Letter to Madhudviña I am very much stressing at this point that all of my students shall be very much conversant with the philosophy of Krishna Consciousness, and that they should read our books very diligently at least one or two hours daily and try to understand the subject matter from varieties of angles. IT IS HAMPERING OUR REPUTATION Letter to Brahmänanda Hamsaduta was giving stress to selling records using all tricks, by any means. The incident in Germany has caused havoc all...
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