Kids go out
Mar03

Kids go out

After the Vyasapuja, Advaita told me he was feeling sleepy and did not want to go on book distribution. I told him, "Sure, you can take rest. But do you know that today's book distribution is an offering to Vaisesika Prabhu for his vyasa-puja day?" He responded "Oh, then I will go." At ISV, kids are growing up watching offerings being made to Srila Prabhupada throughout the year, and I felt it certainly has...

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A very unusual donation
Mar02

A very unusual donation

What a great day for door-to-door sankirtana! One exchange really touched me. A young, beautiful teenage girl of Caribbean descent opened the door. When I asked to see her parents, she said that they weren't home. Then she asked why I was there. I showed her the books in my hand and asked her whether she'd heard of yoga. She looked at the books I had and wanted the one with the yogi on the picture (The Perfection of Yoga). I...

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Chanting saved my life
Feb28

Chanting saved my life

Hare Krsna, Jagannath Mishra Prabhu and I happened to knock on a door, and a devotee named Meghnauth Baboo Ram opened the door. He looked surprised to see us holding up the Bhagavat-gita and other books. He said that he'd just finished reading the Gita and had placed the book on his altar when he heard us knocking. So we gave him the Krsna book. Jagannath Mishra wanted him to say the Hare Krishna maha-mantra along with us. Some...

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A Receptive Soul
Feb27

A Receptive Soul

I met a lady, Natalia, who worked as a clinical psychologist at a health and well being centre in Adelaide, Australia. I showed her the Bhagvad Gita. She excitedly told me that she had recently heard about the book but could not remember the context in which she heard about it. I showed her the pictures and told her that we are not this body. Then I talked to her about the subtle body and explained the picture with the chariot and the...

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Our little Niece Ksanavani Distributes Prabhupada’s Books
Feb25

Our little Niece Ksanavani Distributes Prabhupada’s Books

Dear devotees, The Mayapur jiva doya ladies sankirtan wants to announce the youngest participant last Saturday. Ksanavani, 3 years, who came with her fahter, Nrsmhananda Prabhu. Nitya Kishora dd met him after the feast and boldly challenged him, after hearing the most inspiring Prabhupada katha by the Prabhupada disciples in the pandal. "Prabhu, please come to our book table and distribute 3 books for Srila Prabhupada today, you...

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A bus for Nepal
Feb24

A bus for Nepal

Hare Krsna! Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! As you all know, last year a devastating earthquake hit Nepal. Eight thousand people died, twenty-one thousand were injured, thousands lost their homes. The people then had very little money, so it was difficult for them to donate for books. They were suffering, and the devotees were letting them know that the knowledge in the books they were offering...

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