Enthusiasm
On our last day of travels, we were in Hastings. Knowing that I do like sankirtan, the mind was feeling particularly unenthusiastic that there was 5 1/2 hours to go, it was raining, there was no van with us that day to go hide and warm up in. I thought about my usual doubts in asking Krishna for help, but also that this was a really good time to try it out. I sincerely wanted to distribute books, make the most of the opportunity of...
Weather break
One day in Marewa , I approached a construction worker. He pointed to the Bhagavad Gita I was holding and said "I met a monk here the other week and bought that book". I asked how the reading was going and to my surprise he said he really liked the authors commentaries, although it was sometimes hard to follow. He enquired if we had a center here. I said that we didn't, but asked if he ever goes to Auckland or...
“Bank” Book Distribution: Gauranga!
On the afternoon of August 7th, I attempted to bank Krishna’s laksmi. My bank is a very good bank, because its employees often buy books about Krishna. At one Brisbane branch, a lady recently bought all three of Kurma's cookbooks for her vegetarian daughter. This particular non-Brisbane branch was no exception. One lady not only confirmed that she already owned some Krishna books but then and there added a copy of...
Paramatma Uvaca
In Auckland I attempted to distribute in the midst of the passionate flow of Queen St. I hit a real lull and was struggling to stop passersby. I also found myself being increasingly distracted by a talented and acrobatic street artist. Determined to "get back into it," I shouted, "Krishna" and spun around to look for the next customer. I was amazed to see a young Indian lady, who stopped dead in her tracks, being...
More big steps towards Krsna
A few years back I met this dentist, Dr Vera Zdarsky, and sold her a Srimad Bhagavatam set. I tried several times to get her to come to the Loft in Auckland but she seemed to never make it. Recently at New Varshan (the temple in west Auckland), on a Sunday, I saw Khela Tirtha Prabhu talking to this lady in the temple shop and I immediately recognized her as Dr Vera. I naturally said hi and soon found out that she had read three of the...
Synchronized Encounter in the library
In the midst of our winter marathon in Wellington NZ, I was coming down with the flu and wasn't feeling up to standing on the cold windy streets as usual. Racking my brains for an alternative, I decided to try out distributing in the library which offered a warm environment and shelter from the elements. In the hushed, studious library space I gently approached persons as they browsed through the books on the shelves. After some...
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