A Muslim bussiness man has a change of heart
Around one and a half years ago, while distributing Srila Prabhupada's books on a street in Blantyre, Malawi, I met Mr. Khan, a Muslim businessman from India. He was amused to see an Indian sadhu in a dhoti and kurta on the busy streets of a remote Central African country and asked me in Hindi what was I doing. I explained to him that I was from the Hare Krishna movement and was distributing books about how to develop love for...
The last Bhagavad Gita of the day
Hare Krsna, Quite often Krsna will save the last Bhagavad Gita in my cart for a really special person. Sonny, the last person I met on Dec 22, told me his story about how he tried to commit suicide by jumping off a building. He landed on his head and damaged his spinal cord. He was told that he would never walk again and he couldn't use his body to do anything for himself. He said that he promised God that if he could walk again,...
The Oz festival
Hare Krsna, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! I just attended from the biggest festival in Australia, the Woodford Festival. For those of you that have been on BDN for a while you'll remember this from my wrtiting about it last year. It keeps getting better. About 130,000 people go to this festival during the six days it goes on. We have a portable restaurant there distributing thousands of...
Fourty years later, remembering the Bhagavad Gita
I was walking down Rideau Street in the city of Ottawa some time during the summer of 1973. Although I had still not found what I really wanted in life, I was somewhat relieved that I had been able to walk out of the expected social pressures of modern day society. I had already finished my university studies, graduating from Ottawa U in 1968, had worked for three years as a Social Worker with the Children’s Aid Society in my...
Medical students take to Gita for ‘cure’
BHOPAL: Patients turn to them for healing but these medical students at the Gandhi Medical College (GMC) have found a blam in Bhagwat Gita. In a novel experiment, a group of students at the GMC have turned to Gita for peace to mind and soul and overcome stress. They attend Gita classes every Thursday organized by the Hare Krishna movement. Gita classes have turned out to be novocaine (a drug given to numb away pain) for the group of...
Srila Prabhupada Marathon Book Distribution follow-up
This December, devotees around the world are again intensifying their efforts for the distribution of Srila Prabhupada's books. But, all too often, the next step is missing — following up with the people who receive these books. Most of us appreciate the need for follow-up with contacts we make in various outreach efforts. but often, we lack the tools, resources and experience to implement an effective program. This is why...
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