Mommy’s Boy
Book distribution is never an experience out of a textbook-no two days are same, no two customers alike. Preparing for challenges help, but one should be ready to expect the unexpected. And with advancing Kaliyuga, the tests will be not only more frequent, but also more bewildering, more so in a metropolis like Mumbai. One day, during the December marathon last year, Bhagwan Pandit Prabhu, a devotee in Brahmchari training in Sri Sri...
Mandire Ma – Margam Gama – an article by HG Lomancita Prabhu
MANDIRE MA – MARGAM GAMA: Step Out Of The Temple And Come Into The Street – This Time, Please, No Excuses! (first published as a marathon inspiration article in the e-magazine of ISKCON Slovenia) A sunny Saturday morning in northern Slovenia lures us into new challenges, fresh adventures, mysterious incidents and unbelievable exploits. I have a meeting scheduled back in the temple immediately after lunch. Govinda Datta...
Bhagavat Gita
Hare Krsna, All Glories to Srila Prabhupada, After attending the Book Distribution Seminar with Vijaya Prabhu in Fiji and taking his association for a short time, our book distribution interests revived. I tried selling Bhagavat Gita at my work place – starting with my Manager. Early Friday morning as soon as I came to work without even going to my desk, I went straight to his office. I told him that I have something for him and...
Battlefield Bhajans Vol. 33
Dedicated to Srila Prabhupada and my Guru Maharaja. Mental Health Assessment It was time for my post deployment mental health assessment. I really don't like going to this appointment. It involves me and a doctor sitting down and talking about what happened in Iraq. I walked in and the doctor greeted me. He asked me to sit down. I placed my backpack down and grabbed a seat. He asked, "So how ya doing?" I said,...
Vaikuntha Restaurant and the Magician
I was in a small town named Yambol, Bulgaria. I was running all day with a big bag a and big stock of books in my hands, the whole day I distributed 1 or 2 books. My mind was very disturbed because it was soo difficult. Then I had a realization: "The problem is in my consciousness." At the end of the day I was completely exhausted, standing before a restaurant in the center of the town I prayed to Krsna to forgive me for my...
The Compassion of the sankirtan devotees
Dear Devotees, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. On Dec. 26 I met a nice Indian gentleman at our San Fransosco Harinama. He said that he was a devotee of Krishna his whole life and now he was facing some hard times. He had lost his job and had no where to sleep. He said that he was losing his faith. We were standing at the book table when he asked, "What can you tell me? I don't know what to...
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