A coincidence, a blessing
I was distributing Srila Prabhupada’s books in Maribor, Slovenia. Now is the tourist time. Tourists are visiting the city from all over the world. While I was distributing I met a very special person. Why special? She told me that a few years ago she read Bhagavad Gita As It Is, and she noticed at the end of Preface that Srila Prabhupada wrote the Preface on 12 May 1971 in Australia. That is also exactly her birthday, and she is...
With the blessing and instruction from the Vaishnavas anything can happen
I just want to share a nectarian story from the end of May. Because of some family visit, I wasn’t going to be around Auckland for a mid-year marathon, so I tried to increase my book distribution a bit in May. I was aiming to distribute all the books I had in storage. As it came closer to the date of my flight, I was thinking that it seems quite impossible to reach that goal. On the night before my last day on books I did some...
The power of pictures
We had a book table in Hornsby, a northern suburb in Sydney. It was a cloudy day so there wasn’t much crowd. So I decided to walk around and approach people. I saw a young guy smoking and browsing through his phone. I approached him and asked him if he was from Hornsby and caught up a conversation. He said he was working in the supermarket and it is his break time. I presented the Bhagavad Gita but he was a bit reluctant and was not...
Krishna Sends Reminders
There are bumper stickers that say, “I’d rather be hang-gliding”. For devotees of Krishna it could read, “I’d rather be distributing books”. Book distribution is that beautiful experience that melts the heart and is not easily forgotten. However, sometimes we neglect to distribute books, so Krishna sends certain reminders. Here are several reminders I have experienced: Once I was standing outside the LA temple when a couple approached...
The Authorized Version
I was out in a remote village in Gujarat, walking through the village, and many people said, “We already have the Gita.” This is a common response. It’s true, most households do have a copy, so then I ask the question, “Do you read it?” The answer is often no. So I reply, “Please read at least a verse a day.” Or I introduce those stuck on their mobiles, who have “no time” to read to Mayapur.tv or another devotional site. After...
Start reading, girl!
We were showing Ella the small books on our table and getting to know her, when she said, “I have actually never read a book in my life.” We fortunately avoided expressing any dismay at how our culture so criminally deprived such a wonderful young lady of even the basics of a proper education. She lacked a love for reading, which should be her endowment for life. Our response was, “Then this has to be the first book you read!” We gave...
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