Be a prize fighter
I felt nostalgic living in a van with two bramacaris in December, because this was how I spent my youth in the 1970s and 80s. Back then, on our first day out, Brajananda told me that he is always grateful for the training he received: “If you can stay in the ring, you will be a prize fighter.” “Good advice,” I replied. A lot of books have been sold in Asheville, North Carolina, and I seemed to be running into...
Jayadvaita Swami’s 2003 vyasa-puja offering
nama om visnu-padaya Krsna-presthaya bhutale srimate bhaktivedanta-svamin iti namine namas te sarasvate deve gaura-vani-pracarine nirvisesa shunyavadi-pacatya-dea-tarine Lately I have been doing some research about the days in America when Srila Prabhupada had begun his preaching and was now trying to publish his books. It was 1966, and some young men had come to him and begun to take to Krsna consciousness. They had only the...
Book Distribution in South Africa with Madhu Mangal Prabhu
On my way to buy a juice at a Quick-shop, I approached a young man sitting on the pavement, his attache case next to him. He was obviously waiting for a lift home after work I surmised.. I introduced myself to him, and asked him what he was doing sitting on the pavement. As I thought, he was waiting for his lift. I asked him where he worked. He told me that he was an accountant. I showed him Srila Prabhupada's books – he...
The Pioneering Job
Recently, in Mayapur, during a disciples meeting, a devotee from Zurich asked Srila Bhakti Charu Swami why book distribution was sometimes so difficult. He replied, “It is difficult right now because people don’t yet understand the value of Srila Prabhupada’s books. But the day will come when people will understand their value, and then, people will LIGN UP to buy Srila Prabhupada’s books.” He added,...
The Most Dangerous Thing You’ll Ever Do
I met a young man with some numbers tattooed on his arm. I asked him what they meant, and he responded that because he did many dangerous things, his friends call him “9-lives Ryan,” meaning he had nine chances to escape death. So he got tattooed with the numbers 1 through 9 to give him encouragement to keep living life on the edge. I showed him a Srimad Bhagavatam, and we discussed a bit about reincarnation and Himalayan...
Distribution from Chawpatti India
Prabodhananda Prabhu said, "This is the most disappointing day". We had been distributing books for more than two hours without anyone even looking at a single book, leave alone taking one. It was becoming more austere as temperatures soared in the summer heat of Mumbai. It was late afternoon and we were exhausted. We began praying intensely and desperately hoped our bags would lose some weight, for we had been pushing them...
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