The Book Distribution Initiative
by Madhava Smullen Book distribution has changed since the “glory days” of the 1960s and 70s. Most devotees are now householders with jobs rather than fulltime missionaries. But is this necessarily a bad thing? Perhaps we can use change in our favor, take advantage of newfound experience, maturity, and wisdom, and create new, innovative methods that will usher in the most successful era of book distribution yet....
Krishna Consciousness is for the simple hearted
Today we were distributing in Oxford, the intellectual capital of England. I tried stopping Anglican Priests, College Professors, Buddhist Monks and a Nun, but had to settle for a humble 83 year old Bus driver,in his uniform and still working for the same company since 1948! He took a book with glee and promised he would read it when he got home from work. It made me realise how Prabhupada’s message really is for the simple...
Book distribution in Tiruvannamalai
Dear Devotees, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. Some of you might heard about Tiruvannamalai, a place located at about 200 kms from Chennai in south west. It is famous for Lord Siva's temple as well as the hill associated with it. Every year there is a huge gathering of people for the festival of lightning a huge ghee lamp at the top of the hill. Lakhs of people circumambulate the hill (16 kms)...
Get out Your Wheelchair If You Have To
Hare Krishna. Please Accept My Humble Obeisances. All Glories To Srila Prabhupada. Now that the Srila Prabhupada Marathon is here I just wanted to share some of my realizations that I've had over the last few days while distributing. I'm In Perth, Western Australia for the winter. It's summer here though so on Xmas day it can be over 100 degrees! Santa wears shorts here and can even be seen riding a surf board at the...
Prabhupada, the greatest inspiration
Caution! Beware! Reading quotes from “If You Want to Please Me…” or “Distribute Books, Distribute Books, Distribute Books,” can put a person in an altered state of awareness during the holiday season. And if you read them out loud others may become similarly affected. The other day a devotee read these words aloud as we listened: There is no doubt about it; to distribute books is our most important...
Srila Prabhupada ki jay!
After a day distributing books at the neuroscience conference at the San Diego Convention Center, I was on my way to catch the bus back to the temple. As I passed the Hilton Hotel, I saw a young man carrying a camera coming out of the entrance. I introduced myself and said, "Nice camera. I do a bit of street photography myself. The pictures I take give me higher realizations." He told me he was from England and was visiting...
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