Campus Conjurer Gets Gita
By Bhakta Corey Yesterday I approached a student sitting in his car and showed him a Bhagavad Gita. He became interested and said, "My girlfriend is into this stuff." After giving a donation, he asked, "Does this teach you yogic powers?" I said, "The yogic powers are kind of a side-track or distraction. Sometimes bogus 'saints' in India produce gold out of thin air and thus convince foolish people that...
The Nectar Of Book Distribution
Please Accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. I've been distributing books in Madison, Wisconsin, USA for the last few days. I had been sick with a terrible flu that had similar symptoms to Malaria for a week and a half, so it was hard to get started again. Especially since One day it was 80 degrees and the next day it dropped to near freezing. With great effort I dragged myself out of my sleeping bag at...
Patience pays off
In Thailand it has very very slow to get things, esp. book distribution, going. Recently many young Nepali students are coming there to study, and many of them are already devotees. They are trying successfully to distribute books. One mataji, Sneha devi is especially powerful She met on Veterinarian who, after failing to understand Buddhism, is very happy to contact Srila Prabhupada's books. When HG Gopiparanadhana Prabhu was...
A young monk and transcendental teamwork
Here is some nectar about traveling book distribution in New Zealand, from the 2010 Prabhupada marathon. I was in Hastings-in-Taranaki, around 6 or 7 in the evening. There were only a few people walking on the street, and one of them was an elderly lady. I approached her. When I said I was a monk, to my surprise she became very delighted and took in her hand the soft Gita I was presenting. After less than a minute of my telling her...
“Salted Bread”
Sri Sri Guru Gaurangau Jayatah Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. Recently, I read a book "Salted Bread", which speaks about difficulties and struggles of Krishna's devotees in the early days of our movement in the former Soviet Union. "Salted Bread" is a great source of inspiration for all book distributors who are daily meeting different challenges. It is especially effective...
ISV Celebrates Gaura Purnima 2012 with a Sankirtana Festival of Abundant Bhajans
By Raxit Jariwalla Dear Devotees, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! The Monthly Sankirtana Festival (MSF) of Abundant Bhajans, which was conducted over the last 2 weekends to honor Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, was concluded yesterday (March 7th) on Gaura Purnima, and the final MSF results were offered on this auspicious occasion to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Srila Prabhupada and their Lordships at the...




