Interfaith Encounter in Dundas Square
A few days ago I was distributing books in Dundas Square, Toronto, when I stopped a young man from Germany who was on vacation. I showed him a copy of "Beyond Birth and Death" and said a little something to pique his interest. In the middle my talk an elderly man distributing free copies of the Koran walked over from the corner and tried to hand him some books on Islam. Here's what ensued: The Muslim representative...
Simple Living Defeats the Evangelist
We were in New Plymouth City, New Zealand, distributing Srila Prabhupada's books. It was the same day hundreds of Christians inundated the whole city after a convention and sausage sizzle in a nearby community park. Groups of them had gathered on most street corners, doing their Christian-style harinam by clapping and singing about Jesus. They were lively and inspired. If they had just added "Gauranga!" to the hymns they...
Gurudev Sends Help
Recently I was distributing on a college campus in San Diego CA. In the middle of the day Kali sent a fanatical Christian lady to disturb my service. About thirty seconds into our discussion I detected her envious purpose and ended the conversation, but she continued hounding me. I walked away to continue my distribution, but she followed me around, heckling me and cheering when students would pass up my offer. If a student showed...
Book distribution in London
Jogging Book Distribution During one of our summer book marathons I was standing by the Covent Garden station in London feeling miserable because books were going out very slowly. Krsna was clearly testing my patience and humility. When I had almost given up and was about to take a break, I noticed someone jogging toward me. The jogger was a young business lady dressed in typical office wear. (Jogging and fitness in general are very...
A world of Difference
Kadamba Kanana Swami I was travelling to India, and there was a lady sitting next to me who was a yoga teacher. She was going to India for training with Iyengar. She was a serious yoga teacher, because Iyengar is serious yoga. So anyway, she was a serious person, wasn't just in general but a thoughtful serious person. We had a nice discussion on spiritual topics, but I didn't immediately tell her that I was from the Hare...
Traveling Book Distribution in Canada
Hare Krishna. Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. Recently, by the mercy of many devotees, our brahmacarya ashram in Eastern Canada was able to purchase a bus. We converted it into a sankirtan vehicle, and we’ve been traveling around Canada since 1 July 2011. There are eight of us, and our program is to visit a new town, chant and distribute books, and also find people to help us facilitate an...
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