Overcoming a Big Assumption
One morning I was standing just outside a main train station in Melbourne, at a busy location where professionals and uni students exit the station. I spotted a girl a few metres away, who had a crumbled McDonald's package, indicating that she'd probably just eaten a burger and fries for breakfast. I thought, Let her be the proof of Lord Caitanya's and Srila Prabhupada's mercy. I began chatting with her and placed a...
Out of Many Thousands of Men, Only a Few are Named Hectar
In the 1970s I met a man named Hector at Vista Point, across the San Francisco Bay, overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge. He was on a big tour bus. I showed him a book and asked for a donation. "So I can give any donation I want, and I get to keep this book?" he asked. "Yes" I answered. "I want you to dedicate the book to me first. My name's Hector," he said. I wrote on the first page of the Sixth...
Distributing books in Herman Hesse’s town
Hare Krsna, I was recently distributing Bhagavad-gitas in Calw, a small town in the Black Forest in southwest Germany, I noted that Herman Hesse, the famous author (Siddharta, The Bead Game, and so on) lived here. He used to read and like Bhagavad-gita, and his appreciation of the book is included on the back cover of German edition. So I just pointed to his name and asked people, “Do you know of Hermann Hesse?” Of course,...
An Indication That Krsna is The Master of All Mystics
Recently, I heard this: A disciple of Srila Prabhupada's had some difficulty in his early days and left the movement. His service had been book distribution with the Radha-Damodara group, which at one point had six busses touring the USA. The way he and most devotees distributed books back then was to sign the book during the exchange: "To: (name), From: (name). " Later, he was hitch-hicking, and a man picked him up. The...
Book Distribution in Birmingham England
The first amazing event I will describe took place when I went out to distribute books and Ratha yatra leaflets. I went first to my favourite street to give a leaflet to Ashok, a nice Indian gentleman who lives at a house with the number 108. I visit him when I can, because he bought many books from me and he is favourable and his auspicious house number makes my day auspicious. After visiting him, I was wondering where Krishna would...
Cruising Back to Godhead
I was doing books at the ferry terminal, where a cruise ship was docked for a day. While distributing something got in my eye and made it terribly itchy. I thought of taking a break, but then decided to tolerate this and go on. Two minutes later, a young Asian passed by. I showed him Chant and Be Happy, and he stopped. I said it was a book about stress. He said he didn't speak English and that he had to report back to the cruise...
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