Lost and Found
Walking back from work, I noticed a couple standing outside the Wellington Information Centre looking lost and confused. Walking by them, I called out: "You look a bit lost." Grateful that someone had noticed, they immediately turned to me and handed me a map. Pointing out their destination, a "freedom" camping site on Owhiro Bay, a scenic ocean-side spot in Wellington, they asked: "Can you tell us how to get...
Young European men take up bhakti at the Loft in Auckland
One Saturday, I had a nice exchange with a young man from France, who was interested in, though not overly enthusiastic about, our books and philosophy. He said he wouldn't take a Gita because he'd already picked one up from someone named Bhakti in Melbourne. A few months prior, I'd been in Melbourne and met an amazing devotee named Bhakti Sara. He is very inspiring – enthusiastic to get out on book distribution, to...
Young Brazillion in Auckland finds Krishna
A young, sincere Brazilian man arrived one Thursday in Auckland. One of his purposes in traveling was to find himself. Come Friday, day two, he walked up Queen Street and met Simon, our new French bhakta, who was having his first experience on the street. Simon invited the Brazilian to the Loft and gave him a magazine; then the Brazilian came across me, further up Queen Street. On day three in Auckland his good fortune increased when...
Childen in Auckland demand books
Recently, I've been meeting many nice children in Auckland. Often when I stop a parent and child, the parent has little interest and is about to end the exchange, but the child intervenes by grabbing the book. Some children are attracted to Srila Prabhupada's books. It's extraordinary to see. The children then refuse to return the book. In a mood of determination and gravity (rarely seen in children so young), they clearly...
What never happened in twenty-five years happened today
In celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of Srila Prabhupada's arrival in the West, Bhaktivedanta Manor plans to distribute 100,000 books in 2015. To move forward in fulfilling this dream, the Manor and ISKCON London came together for a day of sankirtana in the heart of London on a sunny mid-April Saturday. A harinama that included book and prasada distribution gave a taste of book distribution to nearly a hundred devotees. The...
Man reading part of a Gita
While listening to a nice lecture about book distribution by Vaisesika Prabhu, I was reminded me of an interesting encounter I had years ago with a man in Southern California. I was distributing books when I saw a man sitting at table in front of a restaurant. He was reading a section of a book that had been torn out of a book. The section looked about forty pages long. I looked closer; it was part of the Bhagavad-gita. So I said to...
Watch 24X7 Television Channel
Follow us
