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...
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...
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...
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...
Meeting favorable people
In Johannesburg, a devotee was walking along a street when a man outside an office asked him, “Are you a Hare Krishna?” The devotee answered, “Yes.” The man explained that a few years ago he’d bought one of Srila Prabhupada’s books and it immediately changed his life. He went to the temple, met devotees, honored prasada, and started chanting. He said that Srila Prabhupada’s books had all the answers about life, but because of his...
Thirteenth Padyatra Winds through Slovenia
We just successfuly completed this year’s padayatra. It was our thirteenth. It lasted eighteen blissful days: chanting, dancing, feasting, and serving all the time. Full samadhi! We distributed books, the holy names, and prasada cookies. About thirty participated full time, and the highest peak of devotees was fifty-seven. People in general appreciated the padayatra very much. Their responses were quite positive: ‘Please...
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