Book Distribution Bus Party Stories
Dec18

Book Distribution Bus Party Stories

Bhakta Rajeev Pandit Prabhu, a brahmachari trainee at ISKCON Chowpatty is visiting Villages around Kolhapur (maharashtra) along with 6 more of his batch mates. Here are his 2 good experiences. 1) BARGAINING ON BHAGAVAD GITA DISCOUNT ON DISCOUNT Travelling in villages, you may come across such people many times, who will ask for a reduced rate on an already discounted gita. Patiently answering them with logic...

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Mercy of Lord Balarama
Dec17

Mercy of Lord Balarama

We were in Varna City, Bulgaria, on traveling sankirtan. It was Lord Balarama’s appearance day. I decided to offer all the books I distributed that day to Lord Balarama for His pleasure. There wasn’t so much time to distribute, though, because we had to do some cooking for the festival. I began to distribute around the camper that we travel in, and everything was very easy and blissful. For...

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A devilish smile and impoliteness – but a nice surprise
Dec16

A devilish smile and impoliteness – but a nice surprise

Recently, on a Saturday afternoon, I was distributing books in a small town in Switzerland. A man in his mid-forties approached me and showed interest in Srila Prabhupada's books. As soon as I handed him two books, he just wanted to continue on his way. I stood before him and said, "Sorry sir, but these books aren't free. We're monks, and we sell them at a special price to cover the printing cost." Surprisingly,...

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Siddhivinayak Book Stall
Dec15

Siddhivinayak Book Stall

On specific days Rakesh Prabhu, Mohan Prabhu and their IYS small group puts up a stall at siddhivinayak. Here is one wonderful story, Krishna Tvam Akinchana Gochara : It was Gita Jayanti Tuesday Day of Ambedkar Jayanti . Devotees warned Mohan dont do much pushing on B.Gita. Situation may become tensed. Mohan Prabhu went to the Siddhivinay Temple at the stall as he regularly goes before his office (in Mahalaxmi). He...

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Reading and Distributing Srila Prabhupada’s Books
Dec14

Reading and Distributing Srila Prabhupada’s Books

Recently, while reading the Bhagavad-gita before going out on book distribution at a local university in LA, I read these two sentences from the purport to 2.47: "One who is attached to the result of his work is also the cause of the action. Thus he is the enjoyer or the sufferer of the result of such actions." So while on book distribution I meditated on this reality and prayed to Krsna that I be allowed to just work for...

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Navi Mumbai Book Marathon
Dec12

Navi Mumbai Book Marathon

Vamsidhar Prabhu and his group of devotees are opportunity seekers. Wherever there is a big event in navi mumbai they are all there – BIG GANG of Book distributors – Till now they have done 35 S.B. Sets and many more standing orders . 5 C.C. set , and 2000 B.G. Pls read this amazing story – “Police vehicle suspects Vamsidhar p as smuggler.” One fine day H.G Vamsidhar P was driving...

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