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Los Angeles SD Newsletter VOL. 3, ISSUE 12
PREACHING IS THE ESSENCE LETTER TO GERMAN DISCIPLES To German Disciples, Bombay May 6, 1977 My dear beloved disciples, Please accept my blessings. I know that over the past years you have suffered so many tribulations to push forward Krsna consciousness in Germany. But this has not stopped you from your determination to serve the cause of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. A devotee is pleased when there is difficulty, for in these difficulties he is forced to remember Krsna. We cannot expect that the people of Kali-yuga will welcome our attempt to...
read moreBhagavad Gita will Suffice
There's no experience quite like distributing a Bhagavad gita. Bhagavad gita is unique because it directly emanates from the lotus mouth of Sri Krsna. It attracts all kinds of people. It is sufficient in itself for God realization. gita su gita kartavya kim anyaih sastra-vistaraih ya svayam padmanabhasya mukha-padmad vinihsrta "Because Bhagavad-gita is spoken by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, one need not read any other Vedic literature. One need only attentively and regularly hear and read Bhagavad-gita. In the present age,...
read moreStarting a Discussion
Dear book distributors, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to the ISKCON gurus. Starting with the premises that things can always be improved, that we, as book distributors, are (and should always be) receptive to ideas that could lead to better representation of ISKCON in the world, and that the amount of money we collect (for those who do ask for donations) is much less important than how effective we are at bringing jiva souls closer to Krishna's Lotus feet, I would like to share with you a...
read moreGive up Suffering
I recently remembered an incident that happened a few years ago in New york. I was on a japa walk with Jayadvaita Swami, we had just left the Broklin temple when a police car pulled up next to us, one of the policemen asked, "hey what do ya have to give up to become a Hare Krsna". Jayadvaita Swami replied, "You have to give up suffering! "Well that sounds good" "And if you want to know more about it then we have a temple just a couple of blocks down the street". When we returned to the temple the devotees...
read morePrison Preaching
By Mahat-tattva dasa There is a great thirst for Krishna consciousness in prisons. It seems that when calamities strike, people instinctively turn to God. To ease their difficult situation and put them on the right track, one that leads back to Krishna, devotees take advantage of the situation and preach to prisoners. One portion of the money you donate to Sastra Dana is used to provide these unfortunate souls with Srila Prabhupada’s books. Bhakta David Prabhu, one of the brahmacaris here in New Dvaraka, has been successfully...
read moreLos Angeles SD Newsletter Vol. 4, Issue 9
THE SECRET OF MY SUCCESS Morning Walk April 2, 1974, Bombay Prabhupada: Yes. Krsna says, sarva-dharman parityajya [Bg. 18.66]. You'll take a practical… My Guru Maharaja gave me hint that book publication is more pleasing to me than Matha-mandira. So I took it and I began to publish books and that has come successful. Karyam karma. I took it, "Oh, Guru Maharaja wants that books should be published. So let me concentrate on this instead of…" My creating so many centers, big, big temples, that is not my primary duty. My...
read moreHighest Welfare Work
"When a person is actually in the knowledge that Krsna is the fountainhead of everything, then when he acts in that spirit he acts for everyone. The sufferings of humanity are due to forgetfulness of Krsna as the supreme enjoyer, the supreme proprietor, and the supreme friend. Therefore, to act to revive this consciousness within the entire human society is the highest welfare work. One cannot be engaged in such first-class welfare work without being liberated in the Supreme" (Excerpted from Srila Prabhupada's purport, Bhagavad...
read moreMy New Trailer
LILAS “MY NEW TRAILER” Madhumangala dasa (Cape Town South Africa) I was on my way back to the temple after distributing Srila Prabhupada’s books. While passing through the parking lot of the Greenacres shopping center in Port Elizabeth, I approached a man standing next to one of those imported Japanese 4×4’s with a fancy-looking trailer hooked up to it. I introduced myself to him and presented Srila Prabhupada’s books. He refused, saying that he did not read and that he had his own religion. I tried again,...
read moreGreat Story
The following letter was written to me by bhaktine Sara, who is currently chanting 16 rounds as a full-time student at Oregon State University. But first, a little history: 3 summers ago, Navina Nirada Prabhu sold Sara a book on Haight Ashbury, San Fransisco. Several days later, as all the travelling Sankirtana devotees were taking a week vacation at the beautiful "BIG SUR" National park 2 hours South of San Fransisco, Phalguna Prabhu met her and her highschool friend on a random forest trail near a river (what a transcendental...
read moreAn Amazing Thing Happened
I was distributing at Venice Beach in LA, it was one of those necter days when you meet a lot of nice people and they happily take a book and give a donation. Then to top it off when I got back to the Temple a devotee approached me and asked if he could have a word with me. He went on to tell me a pretty amazing event that took place. A few guru-kulies and one friend of there's who wasn't a devotee but liked to hang around the devotees went to one swimming area where they jumped off these rather high cliffs. at one point the boy who...
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