BBT books in Arabic and other languages for distribution worldwide
Aug16

BBT books in Arabic and other languages for distribution worldwide

We have great news about printing Srila Prabhupada’s books. For the first time, the BBT's Far East/Middle East division has printed Arabic books. Srila Prabhupada once said, “Anyone who preaches in any way in the Muslim world, I take the dust of their feet on my head!” Preaching in Muslim countries can be risky, and that is why Prabhupada said this. But now we find Muslims all over the world, and the book...

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Nellore residents rescued from kaliyuga
Aug13

Nellore residents rescued from kaliyuga

Hare Krsna, In Nellore, a Caitanya-caritamrita and Srimad Bhagavatam marathon is going on nowadays. That Lord Gauranga is the only hope for kaliyuga is what we realise when we see people welcoming a Caitanya-caritamrita set into their house. For the last two months, two of our devotees, Revati and Jyotsana, were trying to meet one person, but he was the type of person who didn't reject their invitation, but neither was he ready to...

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Preaching in rural Arkansas
Aug11

Preaching in rural Arkansas

Hare Krsna, Today we drove two hours to Winthorp, Arkansas; population: 186. Driving through the town, we saw a few shops closed and dilapidated. Now there was no one there except a dog scavaging around. We drove onward, two miles out of town, to visit Alfred. He had telephoned the Dallas temple after finding a Bhagavad-gita As It Is in a secondhand bookstore in Hot Springs. He was interested in the philosophy. He showed us his...

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Finding the solutions to miseries
Aug11

Finding the solutions to miseries

I met a man who at first turned down the Bhagavad-gita. But then we got talking, and it turned out that he was dying from cancer and searching for truth. So he ended up taking a Bhagavad-gita to find out what happens after death, and he also took a vegetarian cookbook, being interested in changing his diet. The most important thing is to connect with people's hearts, and usually at the core, people want to find solutions to...

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Seven Srimad Bhagavatam Sets on Ekadasi
Aug08

Seven Srimad Bhagavatam Sets on Ekadasi

Hare Krsna, Today is a very auspicious, joyful day: We distributed seven Srimad-Bhagavatam sets, which we were able to do by the mercy and inspiration of Vaisesika Prabhu. In the morning I was doing a japa walk, and a person told me that today is Ekadasi. He said that whatever auspicious activity we perform gives a multiplied result. This gave me the impetus to set a goal of distributing ten Bhagavatam sets. When I returned home, I...

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Eulogy to Madhu-dvisa Prabhu by Hridayananda Goswami
Aug08

Eulogy to Madhu-dvisa Prabhu by Hridayananda Goswami

Hare Krsna, I justed learned of the passing of my dear Godbrother Madhu-dvisa Prabhu, one of the greatest Hari-nama sankirtana leaders in the history of ISKCON. When I joined ISKCON in Berkeley, in September 1969, Madhu-dvisa Prabhu was president of ISKCON San Francisco, on the other side of the Bay Bridge. I first met him in the fall of 1969. The following is a true account of that meeting: One evening, the Berkeley devotees were on...

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