OFF-DUTY BOOK DISTRIBUTION
“Get books, show books, sell books” is a slogan from Vaisesika Prabhu, meaning we can all distribute Srila Prabhupada’s books if we do those three things. Even me. I am a reservoir of sinful activities, yet with a little effort Srila Prabhupada gets some use out of me on sankirtana. After hearing a great Sunday Feast lecture from Rtadhvaja Swami about the benefits of chanting the Hare Krsna maha-mantra, I went across...
AN INMATE PREACHER
Vaisesika Prabhu told me of a person who’s in jail for life but became an inspired devotee. Here’s his story: Before he went to jail, he was a violent skinhead, a white racist who killed people who weren’t white. He killed two people and was sentenced to life in prison, with no possibility of parole. While he was in prison he came in touch with ISKCON’s prison ministry. He loved the knowledge and got involved...
SAVED BY PRABHUPADA
In 1986 I stopped in Singapore with a devotee for a few days before attending the 500th anniversary of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s advent in Sridham Mayapur. We visited Govinda’s Boutique, a small shop that sold many items, including Srila Prabhupada’s books 📚 Walking around after visiting the boutique, we heard a big boom 💥 A multistory building had collapsed right around the corner. Hundreds of people were in the...
THOSE GUYS WITH THE BOOKS
I was doing sankirtan on Auckland’s Queen Street when I stopped a guy who looked vaguely familiar. Turns out we’d met four years ago, and apparently I tried to give him a book back then. “Yeah, I almost took it,” he reflected, “but I wasn’t ready for the good stuff yet.” Then he surprised me: “It’s crazy seeing you because for the past two yers I’ve been trying to find you guys on Queen Street!” I laughed. We’re...
Enthusiasm is all we need
Today, outside Tottenham Court Road Station, I met Carl, originally from Paris. I asked him what his proudest achievement in life is. He smiled & said it was arriving in London some years ago, learning English from scratch, completing his MBA & now serving as Head of Sales at a Finance Technology company near the London Bridge Monument. I offered him a copy of the Bhagavad Gita, however, Carl declined to take it. He explained...
KRISHNA REALLY CARES
Saturday evening I was having a rough time on sankirtana. Though books were going out, the pace was slow. One might think that Mayapur would be an easy place to sell Srila Prabhupada’s books. Then one needs to try it and see how it goes. I started wondering if the Supreme Personality of Godhead cared about my efforts to distribute His message. I knew that the people who purchased Srila Prabhupada’s books from me were...
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