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...
Ways Householders can Distribute Books
By Bhakta Corey Every one of us wants to distribute books. But what if someone is entangled in householder life, and just don’t have time? Well, there is good news for them. There are a few innovative ways that have been recently created by the Sastra-dana team, where householders can also engage in book distribution, directly and indirectly. One way is to support the Sastra-dana program, which has become quite popular. The...
A Satisfied Customer
From Wellington NZ I received The Srimad Bhagavatam set (thank you so much). What an awesome set of books. I would have to say it's the book of books. When I look at it physically it seems to have this glow or radience about it (truely) and I've found that it has changed the entire atmosphere of my flat, I guess that's because its the literal incarnation of the Lord. I've been reading the first canto on my lunch break...
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