The power of Prabhupada’s books
From Sneering Passer to Initiated Disciple By Mahabhagavata Dasa One afternoon, as I walked out of a bustling Mumbai train station, I saw a shaven-headed monk standing close to a big pile of books. I approached him with a sneer on my face, fully intending not to engage with him. The book he held out caught my attention, and something made me stop for a brief moment. It was the Bhagavad-gita As It Is. I briefly gazed upon...
Instead of buying one van, we doubled it!
The back story: Not long ago, I collected $25,000 for the Chittagong temple so that it could get a van. When Devaki Dasi, the regional secretary for Bangladesh, heard about this, she suggested that $12,500 go to Chittagong and $12,500 go to Dhaka, and then they could both collect locally among their congregations to get a van. This sounded like a good idea, so I agreed. Dhaka now has its van, and Chittagong has...
Another time bomb went off
Hare Krsna, While I was visiting Durban I asked a brahmacari book distributor, Krsna Caitanya Prabhu, how he joined. He said, “In the early 2000s some devotees visited the house where my family and I lived. They distributed a Bhagavad Gita to my sister and she put it in a desk drawer, and it sat there for three years. One day, when I returned from work, exhausted and tired of my job, for some reason...
Full set distribution and installation
In Dallas the devotees are distributing full sets of Srila Prabhupada's books and installing them in people's homes with a ceremony that includes chanting mantras and offering flowers (pushpanjali). Last night I was fortunate to participate in the installation in the new home of Sarvajaya Madhava dasa and his family, and I spoke on the following verse from Srimad-Bhagavatam (1.3.40): idam bhagavatam...
Book distribution in Nairobi Africa
As I was distributing books in Nairobi, Krsna gave me a new line for distributing books. After I stopped someone and exchanged a few words, I'd present the book to the person and, as Srila Prabhupada encouraged us to do, show the pictures to them. Showing the changing bodies picture, I'd say the soul is going through the body from boyhood to old age to death and that it would continue after the death of the...
Lord Nityananda encourages the devotees on book distribution
We went to the University of Altiplano, next to the world's highest lake, Titicaca. The lake contains two huge islands at its center. Through its waters navigate commercial and tourist vessels. It marks the border of Peru and Bolivia, which is famous for its icy breezes. Because of that I had trouble keeping my hands out of my pockets long enough to show people the books. Practically I begged people:...
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