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...
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...
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