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Maybe we could make the Mayapura festival along such themes. "To advance the supremacy of God's word at the onset of the twenty first century, Jehovah's Witnesses are organizing three day conventions this summer, with the theme, "Teacher's of God's Word", to which millions will attend worldwide….. The convention program parts are designed to imress upon those who attend the importance of becoming "Teacher's of God's Word amid this turbulent world. The sessions include the following: Keynote...
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Some lila, Last saturday I met an older mexican man at termimnal six and handed him the Srimad Bhagavatam. He told me: "Oh I know this man. I read his lifestory, so unbelievable that he came with so many years to create such a big movement here in America." So I kept talking to him a little more and he revealed to me that he was defending the rights of the workers of the airport. Especially the foreign people are exploited there so heavily, he told. But one day ten years ago in the Chicago airport after people having pushed and...
read moreRemembering Prabhupada
Dear Prabhus, Something happened to me in the Los Angeles Airport that made me think. I was distributing books on terminal one and talking to some lady when I heard somebody say:"They are completely bogus!" and I saw some older man pass by. So afterwards I thought: Wasn't it actually Srila Prabhupada who introduced this word for challenging the mayavadis? Perhaps somebody can confirm my idea and inspire me with some lila or explanation. I'm really curious about it. Your Servant Bhakta Andreas Get Your Private, Free E-mail...
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Dear Prabhus, Please accept my humble obeisances all glories to Srila Prabhupada I asked one devotee here in Berlin how he became a devotee, his answer was what I quite often hear, 'The Bhagavad Gita.' He was visiting his grandmothers house one day and saw this attractive looking book in her shelf so he pulled it out and started reading. He asked his grandmother where she had got it, she said she had never seen it before and didn't know how it got there. He took it home and being impressed with the teachings he started practicing...
read moreChowpatti (Mumbai) Book Distribution
"I had heard this one before. Not wanting to waste any more time with him, I left hurrying to catch up with the other devotees of the Gaur Nitai Harinam party". Rakshit Shetty Prabhu, a regular member of this fired up group, doing Harinaam Sankirtan all over Mumbai, witnessed this event as his convictions about book distribution became stronger. "I am sorry, I don't have any change. Actually I want to buy a book but unfortunately I…", these are standard excuses, offered by many reluctant people during book...
read morePrabhupada Quote
Dear Lord, Your personal associates, devotees, wander all over the world to purify even the holy places of pilgrimage. Is not such activity pleasing to those who are actually afraid of material existence? PURPORT There are two kinds of devotees. One is called go˜hanand… and the other bhajananand…. The word bhajananand… refers to the devotee who does not move, but remains in one place. Such a devotee is always engaged in the devotional service of the Lord. He chants the maha-mantra as taught by many acaryas and...
read moreWarped… Over and Out
[Due to little time for editing I apologize for any mistakes in the following] "That's exactly my next move!" This response to receiving one of Srila Prabhupada's books may not have been delivered with the greatest sincerity but Scott was definitely open to spiritual life. He had seen me holding a JSD, walked over and asked what it was. After making a financial sacrifice for it and chatting with me for a short while he resumed his march in the blazing afternoon sun across Pier 30 that juts out into the San Francisco Bay. At...
read moreFrom Bhaktisidhanta Swami
One Wednesday the LA skp crew went to one of the Warp tour concerts outside of SanDiego and after the incoming of cars, Bhrigupati and myself decided to visit one devotee named Radhanatha das who became a disciple of Srila Prabhupada at the age of 16. He lives off the beaten path up in the mountains next to the Cleveland National Forest near a cluster of Indian reservations. For the last 20 years this devotee has been paralyzed from the neck down and he maneuvers about within his fields of service in a semi bed wheel chair. Our plan was to do...
read moreKoln Book Distribution
Hare Krsna Prabhus, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. It was just suggested to me by Tattvavit Prabhu (a disciple of Srila Prabhupada) that I could make the conference more interesting if I send messages that mention where I am and how the book distribution is going in that particular place. I'm now in Koln (Cologne), Germany, one of the strongholds of book distribution in Europe. Mangal Maya Prabhu and Sada Siva Prabhu provide the main encouragement. By their sincere efforts and the efforts of another...
read moreThe Missing Link…The Follow Up and Character Cultivation
One event leads to another One Wednesday the LA skp crew went to one of the Warp tour concerts outside of SanDiego and after the incoming of cars, Bhrigupati and myself decided to visit one devotee named Radhanatha das who became a disciple of Srila Prabhupada at the age of 16. He lives off the beaten path up in the mountains next to the Cleveland National Forest near a cluster of Indian reservations. For the last 20 years this devotee has been paralyzed from the neck down and he maneuvers about within his fields of service in a semi bed...
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