Stalker or Seeker?
By Banke Bihari Dasi (Burnaby, BC, Canada) Once while I was out doing books I noticed a man staring at me. He made me so nervous that I was very careful not to make eye contact with him, let alone try to preach to him. He stood near the bus stop — but he never got on a bus! As nightfall approached I couldn't believe he was still standing in the same spot. I kept glancing at him out of the corner of my eye because I thought...
Even the Most Sinful Buy Books
One time I took out one of our young Indian devotees from the Sydney temple selling books door to door. He was enthusiastically preaching. We came to a butcher shop and proceeded to walk in the door but the stench of dead carcasses and the sinful atmosphere made him turn right around and walk outside. I preached to him that these people are all spirit souls and being the most fallen desparately need the mercy of Lord Caitanya. I could...
Govinda Dasa Recollects how it all began in the trains of Mumbai:
Some of the most exciting book distribution incidents have taken place at the Mumbai Central Railway Station. It all began in the mid 80's, when book distribution as a part of regular service in the Radha-Gopinatha temple in Chowpatty was still at a nascent stage. With very few devotees distributing books, nobody had ever thought of going to the railway station. One day Krishnananda Prabhu decided to take the initiative and told...
The Bhagvad Gita wins the hearts of yoga students….
We were invited to teach mantra meditation at a small hatha yoga group's gathering in Vancouver Canada. About 15 students came. In the course of our presentation we mentioned the uncontrolled senses being like untamed horses, pulling the chariot each to its side, the reins being the mind, the driver the intelligence, the passenger the soul… and passed around a Bhagavad-gita open on the painting of that description. I saw one...
Mind Reader
It was mid year marathon in Sydney city. I was distributing books outside a busy shopping mall with HG Yasodeva Prabhu. I was amazed that books were actually going out for a change. It was a strange crowd and I was throwing out every sankirtana line I knew. I saw a group of young islander girls. "Are you girls students, workers or dancers?" I said. They seemed too preoccupied to hear what I was saying but they somehow...
Thirsty For the Nectar…..
For about a month Thailand was very unstable because of the Red Shirt protests. Every night for about a week there was a curfew, and major crowded places that are usually approached for Sankirtan were completely closed. The roads have been open for about two weeks now. And during this time we have seen a great change in the people here. Devotees have grown more and more inspired as the people have grown more receptive. Last Sunday we...
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