The Kindness of Devotees
Alexy and I were at Ryerson University today. It was extremely windy and snow flakes were tearing across our eyeballs. It very hard to stop anyone. But one lady stopped, and she said she had met us before and had our books. Amazed, I asked her how. She said that twenty years ago she was a homeless, hungry kid, and now she is a professor at Ryerson University and she cannot forget how, when she was in need, a devotee kindly gave her a...
If you have the Guts to do This, Then I want to Read What You Read
A hefty man stepped out of the subway, and we started talking. He revealed that people are afraid of him. I said he looked like a gentleman. I asked what he was into, and he mentioned a martial arts school. I said, "See, this book is for you! It was not taught just to anyone, but to a warrior. It is a must for warriors." After a conversation, he appreciated what the books were about and took the book for a nice donation,...
Yes, I want to connect! Yes, I want to connect!
At the end of my shift for the evening, I had a hardcover Bhagavad-gita and a "Chant and Be Happy" in my hands. I saw a young man outside a bar with a drink in one hand, a cigarette in the other. He was leaning against the wall, head down, looking dejected and morose. I asked him whether he’d ever tried yoga or meditation, and he said he’d done “hot yoga” (this is an aerobics-style workout in a...
Marathon Remembrances from Toronto
Cousin Nick! A lady was walking down the street when I waved to her. She stopped, came right up to me, and said, “Hey, Nick, how are you? It’s been so long.” When I looked at her doubtfully, she took a more careful look and said she thought I looked like her Greek cousin Nick who stands the way I stood and waves the way I waved, and smiles the way I smile. Well, thanks Cousin Nick! Your cousin took seven books on...
Doctor Gets Books
I stopped a smart looking man in Bethlehem, Tauranga: “Sir, looking smart today. Are you the Mayor?” He explained that he was actually a doctor and already knew Bhagavad Gita and the devotees from Murwillumbah. He was so favorable, and I showed him the ‘Teachings of Lord Kapiladeva.’ I saw he was wearing an ice breaker thermal, and I said jokingly that he could donate that but he opted to donate a $20 instead....
Butcher’s Material life Butchered
I was going door to door in Hamilton with Bhakta Christian and we went to a house where we met Quinton. He was a young man (mid 20s) and a father of three. He supported his family by being a butcher at a local slaughterhouse (or freezer works as they call them in New Zealand), where, he told me, they kill 2700 calves per day. For this he gets a thousand dollars per week. He mentioned that at another slaughterhouse in the...
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