Preaching in prisons within a prison
Hare Krsna, A while back, I was invited to the Ladies' Prison in Durban, South Africa, by Anasuya Dasi. What an awesome, ecstatic, purifying experience! It was well worth our every effort, as these inmates were not only reading Srila Prabhupada's books but studying two basic books: The Science of Self Realisation and Bhagavad-gita As It Is. The experience was a purification of my heart. Sure enough, I am a...
Enthusiasm is contagious
Berlin, Germany, I met one young kid and after going through the normal opening lines handed him a few books. It turns he was from Sweden, and as is normal with people of Scandinavian descent, was a dedicated atheist (studying molecular chemistry in Berlin), and had a very one-dimesional personality. He was very skeptical of the books and began to fire off a load of very mechanical questions- "What is this?" "What will...
Sankirtana Ki Jai
I was in Northern Wisconsin fixing my RV for a week and then went to The Twin Cities in Minnesota for a while to distribute some books and see some family members. There is now a good group of devotees in Minnesota so I went to one of their nice programs. They rent a hall once a month and have a big program and invite many people. They also have a program at the University of Minnesota once a week. This is one of the biggest...
Peacock feather
Yesterday I was distributing books on the busiest street in Melbourne City center when I saw a young man coming along with a peacock feather in front of his cap. I stopped him and said "Hey, is that a peacock feather?" He said "Yes, just like what Krsna wears". I said, "Yes, and where did you get it from?" The man replied, "I have a friend that lives far away on a farm and there are many peacocks...
The Fish and the walrus: from Aisvarya das
Vijaya Prabhu has been very persuasive in encouraging me to write something on this forum for the pleasure of the Vaisnavas. My appreciation and respect for Vijaya Prabhu is very deep and now that he has gone global – diligently working to inspire, motivate and increase sankirtan even in the farthest reaches of our negativity and indifference to the Lord’s mission – my respect for him increases unlimitedly....
There’s the cell phone blues, here’s the cell phone ecstacy
from Vedavyasa das My obeisances and Thank you Vijay prabhu Your story reminded me of one day when I was going door to door at a university in Vancouver. The Bhagavad gita's were going very well. At one door one lady student wasn't interested but then I heard some noise in the basement. I requested, can you ask the person downstairs? The lady tried and the person downstairs said, "not interested". Then I heard...
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