Los Angeles Stories
Oct30

Los Angeles Stories

A couple of weeks ago I was in the LA airport distributing books and I was having a very difficult time. I also had severe lower back pain that was keeping me up at night. The books were just not going out and the pain in my back was keeping me distracted from my duty. I begged to Krishna that, "I do not mind if my back hurts, but if you like you could ease the pain a little so I can concentrate a little better on distributing...

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Even the impersonalists support the sankirtan movement
Oct28

Even the impersonalists support the sankirtan movement

I met a very nice couple while going door-to-door, who live just a few blocks down the road from our brahmacari ashrama in South Auckland (New Zealand). Both are from China and are practicing disciples of Master Chang Hai. Ultimately the philosophy that Master Chang Hai advocates is impersonal, but nonetheless all of her disciples are either vegan or vegetarian and follow codes that are extremely similar to our four regulative...

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A Difficult Day, But Sweet Result
Oct25

A Difficult Day, But Sweet Result

Dear Prabhus. Pleace accept my humble obeisances.All glories to Srila Prabhupada. It was heavy day, I distributed something but not as much as I wanted and as was used to distributing in the marathon. One of the first persons I met that day was a young lady, she took Srimad Bhagavatam first canto, she already had BG. I took her phone number and continued. It continued being a difficult day, I came to the van that evening sad, not...

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Book Distribution at the Universities
Oct23

Book Distribution at the Universities

I was distributing when a student, Steve, came to the table, he was interested but had no money. An hour and a half later a girl came to the table, I showed her the books and she immediately gave a donation without my asking for one. She then said, “I was at home when my friend called, told me to get some money, go to the campus and get a book called the Bhagavad Gita from a monk at a table in the free speach area.” I...

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Our Mission, To Make Them Fortunate
Oct17

Our Mission, To Make Them Fortunate

Sent by Bhakti Vikasa Swami Bhagavad-gita 16.6 — South Africa, October 18, 1975 Unless one is bhagyavan, very fortunate, he'll not go back to home, back to Godhead. He will rot here. So this Krsna consciousness movement means we are trying to make people bhagyavan. If he wants, he can become bhagyavan. That is our attempt. We are creating so many centers. We are teaching how to become bhagyavan, fortunate, how to go back to...

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Ganesa
Oct13

Ganesa

Recently on the occasion of the Ganesha festival Sri Sri Radha Gopinath Mandir, Chowpatty launched the distribution of a special edition of BTG on Lord Ganesha. Priced attractively at Rs. 5/- and available in three languages, the edition is meant for mass distribution. In Jan-Feb, the special low-priced issue of BTG on Lord Shiva also met with high level of success. Caitanya Ananda Prabhu, who regularly distributes books in the local...

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