Tokyo ISKCON’s Former President Recalls Discovering the Gita
I was recently distributing books in Tokyo. I think Krsna's plan was to speed up my purification. I certainly need it. In the first few days of distributing it was very difficult, then I guess Krsna felt that I had enough purification and the books started going out, but not without lots of praying. While there I spoke to the previous temple president, Madhu Mangala Prabhu. I asked him how he joined — very interesting....
Jilted Jerry Meets a Book Distributor
Jerry’s girlfriend came to Auckland on a student exchange from Canada and asked Jerry to visit her, but a week after he booked his flight, she broke up with him. So he thought, “Well, I might as well still go and check it out”. On the very morning Jerry landed in Auckland, even before he checked into his hotel, I stopped him on the street. He was surprised, because he was looking for a bookshop to buy some reading...
Young People Value the Books
People intuitively know how important these books are, even without knowing much detail. I was on the parking lot of the Warped tour show in San Antonio, Texas. I approached a large SUV with a teenager sitting in the back seat. The door was open. I handed him two books, a Bhagavad-gita and an softcover SSR. I had hardly said anything about the books, just "meditation" when his sister, who was sitting in the front seat, tried...
Begging to Give
Before going to my class in Menlo Park, I had about an hour to spare. I then got the idea, that in the mean time I can distribute a few books as the streets of downtown Palo Alto were quite crowded. They conveyed a great thirst for the Bhagavad Gita and the causeless mercy of Srila Prabhupada, the Parampara, and Lord Nityananda. I have never really ventured to distribute books on a weekday, during rush hour, when everyone is trying to...
An Essential Iten to Include in a New Backpack
While distributing, I see a tall young man walking away from me, about twenty feet away. Seeing a good quality day-pack on his back, I call out clearly, “Excuse me, are you from France or Germany?” figuring he's probably a traveler. He turns and walks toward me as he responds, “I'm from Germany." After he shakes my hand with a friendly smile, we begin talking about his travels. Soon he will be heading to...
A Father and His Triplets Get the Mercy of Lord Krishna
While distributing at Santa Monica Promenade in Southern California I approached a man with three boys (triplets, eight years old). When I offered the book to him, he said, "No money, I'm not giving you any money." I said, "OK. I'll just show them to you." I said to the boys while showing the changing bodies illustration, "Where are all of you in this line up here?" They all pointed to different...
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