Story From Slaughterhouse
At the end of one day during the maraton I visited a slaughterhouse, overcame the guard, and saw an unpleasant, abominable view, dead cows and calfs, blood everywere (on the floor, on the walls, on the doors, …) and only one Ukraine man cleaning after the slaughtering. Before that I neither saw the slaughterhouses nor something similar. After wieving through this scene, I became litle upset and angery and was looking for someone...
Tapping on the Brhad Mrdangam in Texas
Sankirtan is alive and well in Radha Kalachandji Dhama in Dallas. Srila Giriraj Swami came through and impressed upon everyone the importance of taking part in book distribution. He reasoned that all of our activities should be directed towards that goal, using the example of India Railways where they say that all of the different jobs everyone does are to work together towards keeping the wheels of the train rolling. In an attempt to...
Nectar Story from Down under!
Central Train Station, Sydney, Australia… We were behind enemy lines in the train station complex, dropping bombs in the form of Srila Prabhupada's books with haphazard frenzy. Like timed explosives they were killing the materialistic tendencies of every conditioned soul who ventured near. *Sentries deployed, motion sensors fully activated, acquiring target… A young couple who just finished high school. The girl likes...
Life saver
Cronulla Beach, Sydney, Australia. Bhakta Josh from Brisbane and I were having a great day distributing Prabhupada's books at the beach. We took a short lunch brake and went for a swim to freshen up. On the way back to our books I saw a man with a tattoo on his chin and spontaneously, I said "how's it going mate?". "Good" he said a bit surprised. I had no books at the time, we were just running past in our...
The Mercy was Flowing
Dear Prabhus, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! Today on sankirtana I had a couple of nice encounters. Today I had to pick up my spiritual master from the airport and do a few other things, so I was only able to distribute books for less than three hours. I was begging Krishna that I could do a full day's worth in just a couple of hours. By the mercy of my spiritual master, just about everyone I...
26/11/2008 Revisited
26/11 will always bring memories of the horrifying attack on Mumbai. On the anniversary of the attack many peace programs were organized at the various areas where the attacks took place. Early that morning the phone rang in the reception of Sri Sri Radha Gopinath Mandir in Chowpatty. "Is any devotee coming to Nariman point?" a lady asked. "There are many groups here offering prayers and kirtans." Soon a bunch of...




