The August Weekend Sankirtana Festival in Los Angeles
There is a monthly festival in New Dwaraka, recommended by Vaisesika Prabhu and organized by the Bhakti House devotees. They and their guests start the weekend with a kirtan and interactive talk, then go to the Friday-night harinama in Santa Monica. On Saturday, they distribute books after eating breakfast and holding another kirtan, then travel in a van and break up into groups. The people in the small groups help one another...
Sankirtan Enthusiasm in Toronto, Canada
Hare Krishna Everyone! Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories ti Srila Prabhupada. I would like to share with you the nectar stories of sankirtan during the last two days. One of our new book distribution superstars is Jessica Mataji. She is really amazing, and her interactions are among the most amazing book distribution experiences I have ever witnessed. The way she talks to people on the street is quite unusual, how she...
All Glories to the Higher Taste of Book Distribution
Some time ago, a young lady in Armidale NSW, Australia, told me that her father became a vegetarian after reading A Higher Taste. She also told me how she became a vegetarian. She was working on a farm and felt attached to a gentle, attractive calf. After some time, she noticed the calf's absence and brought up the matter over lunch. The answer to her question about the calf's whereabouts was: "You are eating that...
The Tremendous Effect of Srila Prabhupada’s Books
Last summer I meet a young man at a Rainbow Gathering in Switzerland. He was on a journey to find the goal of life. We had a nice discussion, and I invited him to our temple in Zurich. Already the next day he showed up, and after three days in the temple he decided to stay for the bhakta program, which had started just a week before. One day a friend of his came for the Sunday feast, and when he saw me, shouted, "Hey, I know you!...
This Happened in Coney Island, New York
Sometimes we might feel despair, thinking we are too small or too few to do something. But one grain at a time will help a lot. Today I met a person on the streets of Coney Island. A 92-year-old man, he was whistling in the street, I felt so much affection for him that I had to approach him. I said, "You must be happy today. You are whistling." He replied, "Yes, that makes me happy. What makes you happy?" I said,...
Synergistic Preaching with HG Vaisesika Prabhu
I had a most uplifting time at the Toronto temple this past weekend because I had the exhilirating association of His Grace Vaisesika Prabhu. I was standing outside the temple, waiting to drive the devotees to Kensington Market to do book distribution and Harinama. An older Indian gentleman I had met in the washroom introduced himself as Davinder, and now he came up to me and started to glorify Srila Prabhupada. He said, "Srila...
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