Bhagavat Gita
Jan29

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...

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Battlefield Bhajans Vol. 33
Jan25

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,...

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Vaikuntha Restaurant and the Magician
Jan21

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...

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The Compassion of the sankirtan devotees
Jan19

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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Nectar
Jan16

Nectar

Hare Krishna. Please Accept my Humble obeisances. All Glories To Srila Prabhupada and His Most Wonderful Book Distribution Mission. In Late September I left my motor home in the U.S. and travelled around the globe to distribute books in Australia. On the way I stopped off in L.A., one of my favorite stops. I met Brgupati, Vijaya, Partha Sarathi, Prem Sankirtana, Sacitanoi, and many other great Sankirtana devotees. The New Dvaraka...

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Protected by Krsna

The December book distribution in Mumbai started right after the notorious terrorist attack in the CST station and other places. The atmosphere was tense and full of suspicion and mistrust. Devotees had planned to distribute books at prominent railway stations and also in the local trains, but the attack had raised fears of uncertainty about the reaction of commuters as well as the Railway authorities. Will the permissions be...

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