Rage in NYC Train Station
We were at Roosevelt Ave. station in Queens, NY. We had both a bhajan table and person-to-person books in action. So the mercy was flowing. I was on the other end of the platform. It's always tough in places where people are in the middle of transfers from train to train. They usually do not let anything interrupt them. We do meet a lot of nice people out there that are very receptive to spirituality, but every now and then we run...
Dallas Neighbor gets Prabhupada at thresehold of death
Dear Prabhus, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! During one recent evening, my missus, Sri Rangavati Dasi, cleaned out an old basket containing knickknacks and filled it with Srila Prabhupada's books. She announced that the next day we would be going door to door around our house and distributing books. I was not very hopeful about this Little Red Riding Hood approach in our middle-class...
Fruit for the Deities
Hare Krsna Responding to the story of the "crack man" who gave bananas in exchange for "perfection of yoga", the trick is to give the bannanas to the deities. My husband says that this way, the person giving gets the most benefit. And as we all know, there are a lot of people out there who really need the benefit! One day we had set up a book table in the main street of Sydney city and we were trying to stop people...
Mind and Madness
This event took place during the recent ISKCON Youth Services Yatra to Naimisharanya and Ayodhya, arranged by Sri Sri Radha Gopinath Mandir, Chowpatty. Bhakta Amit Kini says: Our train halted at Ratlam Junction. Since the stop lasted for more than 20 minutes, devotees entered the platform to perform hari-nam sankirtan. It was boisterous, with 200 boys singing and dancing. Many waved to the bewildered onlookers, and some like Murgesh...
Great Service Opportunity! Give Krishna To Soldiers
By Mahat-tattva Dasa Aristide LaVey is a US Army soldier, a devotee of Sri Krishna. He first found out about the Bhagavad-gita as a child when he received a copy from a sankirtana devotee. Ever since he’s been a regular reader of Srila Prabhupada’s books and a visitor to the Iskcon Los Angeles temple. Recently he was called to active duty service in the Army and is based in Ft Bragg, North Carolina. Aristide distributes...
Only Krsna
Often book distributors feel that they should mention indirect spirituality by using terms that a common man in the street can relate to. They speak about stress control, peace of mind, meditation, personality development, yoga etc. They feel that directly mentioning about Lord Krishna will put off secular or atheistic minded crowd. Although this approach has its uses an attitude of presenting pure Krishna Consciousness may also work...
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