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Will Isopanisad change his mind?
Recently, while I was distributing in Ljubljana (Slovenia), I approached a man and offered him an Isopanisad. I asked him, "What's your name?" "My name is Mrtu." "Interesting. It sounds like a Sanskrit word. This books tells about higher consciousness and unlocks inner happiness." He asked, "How do you feel about the theory of evolution?" "There is no observable evidence," I said, "so I don't accept it as being true. It's no more than a theory and will never be more than a...
read moreFour Things That Happened After I Decided I Am Not The Doer
My godbrother Yasodeva and I were distributing books – the perfection of Vaishnava dealings – in Parramatta, Sydney. Srila Prabhupada called this place "pramada," because its full of crazies. I was off like a rocket. There were a lot of charity workers on the street, so I was walking from one end of Church Street to the other, trying so hard to be the doer. Even with all my expertise, nothing was happening. On my own I could hardly distribute even one book. So I thought, “I'm just going to stand here in this...
read moreFrom a subway to the Temple on Wheels
I was on my way to an evening talk by Radhanatha Swami, and when I got off the subway, I saw a young man and offered him Srila Prabhupada's books. He found them interesting and gave a donation for them. Then I asked whether he would like to go to the evening program and learn something about the ancient Vedic wisdom of India from a very interesting and wise devotee of Krsna. He said that he was a little busy, but that he may be able to make it. So I gave him the address. During the lecture, to my surprise, he showed up and took a seat....
read moreThe Perfection Of Vaishnava Dealings
Me and my godbrother Yasodeva prabhu, the perfection of Vaishnava dealings, were distributing in Parramatta, Sydney (Srila Prabhupada called this place pramada, because its full of crazies :-)). I was off like a rocket. There was a lot of charity workers on the street so I was walking from one end of the Church street to the other trying so hard to be the doer. Even with all my expertise nothing was happening. On my own I could hardly distribute even one book. So I thought, “I’m just going to stand here in this spot under the rail...
read moreThe Big Bang joke
Many years ago I was distributing books from a book table at a rest stop in California, and one man came and saw that we are a spiritual organization. He started speaking about everything actually beginning with the Big Bang. I said, "Earlier this morning there was a pile of rubber and steel on the parking lot here and someone put a stick of dynamite under the pile, blew it up, and now we see that the Mercedes Benz over there has manifested from the explosion." The man said, "Yeah right, funny." "Well, that's what...
read moreBus Tour at Union Square
OAuthException: (#200) Missing PermissionsRecently, book distribution was part of the annual youth tour led by Manorama Prabhu, this year called The Traveling Kirtan Experience Bus Tour in North America (May 21-June 27). Please find att. some photos Manorama posted on facebook of the tour devotees distributing books at the New York City harinam at Union Square. There's even a shot of the famous kirtan leader Madhava Prabhu distributing books. We all know that he's good on the mrdanga; here he's playing the brhat mrdanga. Nadiya Bihari Dasi, the wife of Amala Harinama,...
read moreSaving a life
I did sankirtan in the same spot in Gothenburg, Sweden for the whole month of the 2016 Prabhupada Marathon, except for one half hour on the last day, when, for some reason, I decided to try the other side of the walkway. There I stopped a well dressed man, aged 36. I told him who we are and what our books are about and said that these books help with everyday problems like stress and depression. He looked at me with a shocked look, and then he told me, “Believe me or not, but I am just on the way to go and kill myself by jumping off a...
read moreComing to Krsna by reading books
On my way to take prasada at a devotee's house, I asked him how he joined. "When I was seventeen, I started asking the big questions about life and reading books on philosophy. My father observed this and told me that he'd gotten a book ten years ago from the Hare Krsnas — it was in the attic. So I went up there and found the Bhagavad Gita, very dusty. I brought it down to my room, wiped off the dust, and started reading it. I was thinking it was from another dimension, the most amazing book I'd ever read. Then I moved...
read moreOne cat and a TQK
I got my first book from a book table near the Los Angeles Ratha-yatra site. I took the Teachings of Queen Kunti home with me and read it. I liked the beautiful, classic prayers, but did not want a personal God in my life again, having renounced Christianity. Some friends, recently turned devotees, were regularly bringing me prasada. They were patient with and kind to me, but I had a lot of excuses not to join them. One major excuse was my pregnant pet cat. One night I came home from work to find that my cat had given birth to two premature...
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