A meeting at the ocean leads to distributing a set
Mahotsaha Prabhu and the sankirtan devotees of Atlanta went down south to Fort Lauderdale, FLorida, for a break after the month-long Prabhupada Marathon in Atlanta. While they were at the ocean beach going for a swim, someone came over to them and said, “Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare, Hare Rama Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. Mahotsaha asked him, “Where do you know the Hare Krsna mantra from?”...
A Sri Vaisnava Priest takes two sets
This evening after kirtan and the Gita reading, this wonderful Sri Vaisnava head priest of Atlanta’s Hindu temple agreed to take home sets of Sri Caitanya Caritamrita and Srimad Bhagavatham. I felt the blessings of our entire Sri and Gaudiya acaryas. Usually when we are distributing a Bhagavatham or Caitanya set, the recipient has very little idea what they are receiving, but in this case the priest, being so pious and humble,...
My first BTG
I had just finished Methodist Christian Elementary School, and I was more than ready to try to fit in at a non-religious Middle School. At the dentist there was a BTG magazine in the waiting room. When I saw the picture of Chaitanya in the upper left corner with his hands raised and all of the people joyfully responding to Him, I was struck with guilt for having left Jesus behind in the elementary school. At the same time I was in awe...
New record and more!
I received a very recent report about the Prabhupada Marathon from Mahotsaha Prabhu. He broke his own record by distributing over 1,500 books in one day. While in Tampa, within minutes he distributed two sets to Srimad Bhagavatam sets to people who knew nothing about Krsna consciousness before getting the sets. Some time later he approached a man and he said, “I’m an atheist. I’m not interested.” Mahotsaha...
A BTG distributed from the Boston temple ended up in Portugal and made a devotee.
It was 51 years ago today, on January 1, 1971, that I saw my first Back to Godhead magazine at a friend’s beach house in São João do Estoril, Portugal. I didn’t even know it existed before that day. A few friends and I were walking along the beach that cold but sunny day when a huge wave came out of nowhere, soaking us to the bone, and we were forced to go to another friend’s house a hundred yards away to dry off. It...
Determination in preaching changes people
Srila Prabhupada wrote in a letter, “There is a lot of ground to be covered to spread Krishna consciousness to millions and millions of our slumbering brothers and sisters!” Sometimes it can feel overwhelming that there is so much work to do and we often don’t see the results of our small preaching efforts. I want to share a wee story that exemplifies how all the devotees’ little attempts to share the books add up to...
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