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Questions from the Field by Rohini Suta Dasa
BY THE MERCY OF Srila Prabhupada, I have been distributing his books for many years, and I often travel to ISKCON centers to talk about this service. Because devotees face many challenges when distributing books, they naturally have questions both about techniques and, especially, about the right spiritual consciousness for a book distributor. Here are some questions devotees have asked me, along with my responses. Q: I've been a top book distributor for the past three years. But lately I've been feeling a lack of...
read moreThree Days in Nicaragua by Lavangalatika Devi Dasi
In pre-glasnost days a veteran book distributor finds a way to get Bhagavad-gita As It Is to the Russians. After going through immigration at the Agosto de Sandino Aeropuerto at Managua. I stood in line to purchase $60 worth of cordovas (the local currency), which is required for anyone entering the city. Having been told, inaccurately, that everything is inexpensive in Nicaragua, I had brought only $200 in cash with me. More important, I had two hundred copies of the Russian translation ofBhagavad-gita As It...
read moreSubway Saviors by Muralivadaka Dasa
At Christmastime these kids go underground to give the gift of love. The screeching of the subway car announces our arrival at the next station. "Gentlemen, this is it!" I say, lifting a box of Back to Godhead magazines as I get up. The subway grinds to a halt, and seven young men surge toward the sliding doors. As we step onto the platform, a disembodied voice crackles: "Thirty-fourth Street-Harold Square Macy's. Have a nice holiday." "Is this where we distribute?" Nine-year-old Jaya Saci,...
read moreClose Encounters by Vanamali Dasa
From apprehension to confidence to bliss a devotee's first day distributing Srila Prabhupada's books. Being a devotee of Krsna and a follower of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada brings with it certain responsibilities: rising early, bathing regularly, maintaining regulative principles (including abstinence from meat-eating, illicit sex, intoxication, and gambling), and of course daily chanting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra. But as well as these basic principles of spiritual life. Srila Prabhupada's...
read moreClose Encounters
From apprehension to confidence to bliss a devotee's first day distributing Srila Prabhupada's books. Being a devotee of Krsna and a follower of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada brings with it certain responsibilities: rising early, bathing regularly, maintaining regulative principles (including abstinence from meat-eating, illicit sex, intoxication, and gambling), and of course daily chanting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra. But as well as these basic principles of spiritual life. Srila Prabhupada's...
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