Krsna ‘s books are all attractive
We were scheduled to distribute in Liverpool, one of the suburbs in Sydney, Australia. Maya's agents were out to get us from square one. The elevators and escalators were closed all throughout the underground system, our choice of transport for the day. This caused us great delays and even caused some boxes to topple over but finally we made it. Liverpool was a very multicultural area and we were seeing more eastern clothing...
Caitanya Gets the Mercy of Lord Caitanya
In San Jose California I was at a book table when a young teen indian boy stood by the table suddenly, I asked him, "What is your name?" He replied,"Caitanya." I became instantly happy and showed him picture of ord Caitanya. Then I explained to him about the Bhagavad-gita and the concept of the soul. I asked him, holding his hand, "What is this?" He replied, "This is my hand." Then I pointed to...
Battlefield Bhajans Vol. 38
Pretoria to Durban, South Africa I waited to check in for my flight to Durban and a young man was staring at me. He finally approached me, and asked me if I was a monk. I replied yes, I am a Hare Krishna. He went to say that he works at a new age yoga studio, and he had some questions for me. I sat next to him and just listened to what he had to say. He opened his heart to me; he started describing how he started practicing yoga to...
The Joy of Book Distribution
I exerted a little extra effort one night at the Coachella music festival (stayed out till midnight) in California. I got up at 4am to finish my rounds and do a morning program to have a charge for the day. When I finished my rounds I took a little rest and had this "dream". Prabhupada's murti was there and I affectionately touched him on the shoulder. He moved in a surprised way and looked at me. I was stunned that he...
Congregational Book Distribution: Monthly Sankirtan Festivals
By Rita Gupta “Monthly Sankirtan Festivals are a great way to engage the entire congregation in book distribution,” says Vaisesika dasa. “At our temple, we combine the festival with a holy day on the Vaisnava calendar. Our meditation during the Monthly Sankritan Festival is that the sankirtan results are our special offering to the Lord.” Vaisesika dasa is the Temple President of the ISKCON Silicon Valley (ISV)...
First day First Prayer
Bhakta Saurabh has joined the Brahmchari Trainee batch that has just begun in Sri Sri Radha Gopinath Mandir. On his first day of book distribution he had a nice experience: I was distributing books in the local trains. From 2:15- 3:45 pm I could only distribute 4 small books. Then I remembered the words of Balaji Prabhu, one of the top book distributors from the previous BT batch. "Book distribution is all about prayers," he...
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