An unexpected switch
While I was distributing books at Balboa Park in San Diego, a couple came to my table. I made my presentation, and the girl showed some interest. I asked for a donation. She said, “I don’t have any change.” I responded, “I have change.” Her boyfriend took the book from her to give it back to me and said, “No thanks. Not interested.” I said, “Your girlfriend is interested in some wisdom....
More news about book distribution in Ukraine
I continue to distribute books in Chernivtsi. I meet a lot of refugees who come from varios cities (Kyiv, Kharkov, Mariupol, Chernigov, Nikolaev). They receive Srila Prabhupada’s books, which previously they may have hesitated to buy for various reasons, but which now have relevance for them. I also tell them that the devotees continue to feed refugees prasadam, no matter what, even in hot spots. People are appreciative of the...
Humility
Hare Krishna, We have heard that humility is a proper mood for book distribution and it’s good that Krishna reminds us of this on the streets. One afternoon I was out on books in Sydney, having had a nice early start with books practically flying out of my hands, it was only natural for me to start thinking that I was the doer. Welling with pride, I could only see this day getting better when a young man walks up to me and asks...
Stories from Ukraine, from a devotee who goes out every day
2,022 books were taken in 72 days! 44 books distributed today! Such a beautiful day that it can not be expressed in words, despite the bad weather and few people. Nevertheless they took books. They were interested in the Vedas, and large books also went well. An ocean of positive energy. I met the controller in the trolley bus, and she let me on the bus for free, so I gave her a book. I passed a cafe and offered books to three men....
Another innovative way to distribute sets
When I was visiting the Los Angeles temple, I honored prasad at the recently renovated restaurant. A devotee named Syama Murari Prabhu, who works there, said, “We have a new way to distribute Bhagavatam sets. We set up a Bhagavatam set at the end of the buffet line, and if someone is interested, we show it to them. So far, in the past two months, we’ve distributed three sets.” Bhrghupati Prabhu came up with this...
Book distribution on the front line, in Ukraine
One of those days on sankirtana: Today is a cleansing day, there were few people on the street, cloudy weather, then the alarm started, then I heard some bombing, it turned out that some rocket was shot down. But still, Krishna sent interesting people: One woman said, “This is what I have been looking for for all my life, I have long lacked spirituality in my life. I really want to come to the temple. There are many problems in...
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