Contagious enthusiasm
This morning I boarded the metro to go to my office, and it was more packed than usual. Almost all the seats were taken. As usual, I was reading the Srimad Bhagwatam during my journey. At Sikanderpur Station, the people sitting next to me left the train, and a new person sat beside me. He was gazing at my book. I could see from the corner of my eye that he was interested in knowing what I was reading. My station was still three stops...
Kayla developed a taste for reading
Kayla is a writer. She kept in contact after getting a stack of books at our Hornsby stall and reading the Prabhupada book. Now she is getting a Srimad Bhagavatam set. Before we drove to her place, she called and said, “Remember, Radhika? We met at Hornsby stall, and you gave me a stack of books.” Then she halted for few seconds and continued to say with a long, relieved breath, “I think it was destiny that I...
Thrilled by receiving more books on top of the first book
Today at Balboa Park in San Diego, I met a lady named Jenny, who looked to be around 25 years old. I shared a Bhagavad Gita with her and said, “This is a great book that teaches people how to refine their intellect and uplift their consciousness.” Jenny was very interested, so I told her that we take donations and asked her if this was okay. She agreed, so I asked, “Would you like to be generous, or would you like to cover the...
Books to Iranians
I was distributing books in December outside a mall in Surrey, B.C. (Canada). I saw two men coming toward me, so I smiled and waved. They stopped, and I started showing them pictures in the Bhagavad Gita. While explaining the modes of material nature, I asked one of them, “Which mode do you think you’re mainly in?” He stared back at me without speaking, and his friend said, “We are students from Iran. I speak English, but he does not....
Oriya bus-station officer helps distribute books
Just outside Jagannath Puri, at the out-station bus stop, we ended up with books. Problem? The station was full of Hindi-speakers, and we had run out of Hindi books. So I approached a bus-station officer and told him that I wanted to distribute the Oriya books I had with me but there were hardly any Oriya-speakers there. So, until my books ran out, after taking a few books himself and making a donation, he took me to every person who...
The nectar of book distribution
Recently, I distributed books at Palomar College in southern California. An African-American was looking at the books, and he asked the price of “Teachings of Lord Caitanya.” I said, “You can’t put a price on wisdom, but for this, people give around $10.” “OK, I’ll be back.” He returned in fifteen minutes and said, “You know, I want that book because of the cover picture, because...
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