Increased youth interest in Gita
Today on sankirtana, on three occasions, students came to my table and looked at the Bhagavad-Gita and flatly interrupted me while I was trying to show it to someone else, saying, "I want this. How much is it?" This has happened before, but three times in one day is a charm. The kids I talk to nowadays are concerned about global warming and terrorism. They do not have the same assurance of the somewhat predictable world that...
Book Distribution at a Party
One Saturday I went door to door in Hamilton, NZ. After a stretch of houses, I could hear someone playing a guitar in the next driveway on the other side of a hedge. As I came around the corner I recognised Regan, a guy who studies law and once came to the Krishna House. He had a drum with him, so we tried to jam and chant Hare Krsna to a famous "Nirvana" riff. Befitting the band's name, it was a nice beginning to my...
Touching the Soul
By Sivarama Swami Just after loading my bookbag with (20) maha books I tapped a man on the arm and looked him in the eye. He stopped, expecting me to say something. I didn’t. I put a book in his hand, pointed at Prabhupada’s picture, to the Sanskrit inside and then up to the sky indicating the books are meant to elevate you. I remember being absorbed in the desire to give out books and after looking deep into his eyes...
Book Distribution Success Through Kirtan
Dear Devotees, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. During a recent visit to one main city in Khasadesa, our party distributed 225 Chinese Bhagavad-gitas. We did this through holding kirtan programs and making short, convincing presentations of Bhagavad-gita As It Is. We have found that once we capture peoples' hearts through kirtan, it is much more likely they will then purchase a book. I strongly...
A Hostel in Downtown San Diego
USA Hostels A hostel in downtown San Diego Bhakta Pedro was first exposed to Krishna consciousness in Portugal, the country where he grew up. At one point he moved to the US where he spent the first couple of years traveling and enjoying himself. Eventually he settled down in Ocean Beach, one of the towns that make up the city of San Diego. There he lived and worked at the local youth hostel. During this period he again came in...
South American BBT
by Madhava Smullen Spanish is the second most widely-spoken language in the Western World. And while many of the people of South America are poor, their piety and respect for religion is such that they will part with their last pennies in exchange for a spiritual book. On top of that, even staunch Catholics show a warm receptivity to yoga and Indian philosophy. Yet rather than triumph, history only reveals a dark struggle for...
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