Overcoming religious prejudice
I stopped a nice black lady and showed her the books. She was super excited about getting the books, but she didn’t have any money. She went to her car parked nearby, to get some cash from her husband. She returned with a nice donation, but she said her husband is a Christian and won’t let her take a Hindu book. I said, “These books talk about love of God, not just for Hindus. It’s universal.” With full enthusiasm she said, “That’s...
I PRAYED TO KRISHNA AND JESUS by a Russian devotee
Exactly twenty years ago, with a group of three people, I came to the ancient Russian city of Suzdal to distribute Srila Prabhupada’s books. It was a bold decision to go to a place where almost every second resident is a nun or a priest, and almost every corner has a church or a temple. On the first day, inspired by the morning program, I was walking around this exotic little town for about nine hours and offering books...
Good association is important
I was distributing books at Balboa Park, in San Diego, when three ladies came to my table. One of them already had the Gita, and another one was excited to buy one and gave a nice donation for it. The third lady reads only Spanish, so I showed her our Spanish Gita but she wasn’t interested. Then they went on their way. Ten minutes later they all came back. The two that already had Gitas said to me, “We persuaded our friend...
The Prabhupada Marathon
Devotees are gearing up for the Prabhupada Marathon, a time when we focus on giving people what is their prime necessity: knowledge of Sri Krsna. Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura said that the only lack in society is Krsna consciousness. So many people haven’t heard about the most amazing, wonderful, kind, beautiful, funny, and compassionate Lord Krsna. Book distribution means reminding them of this Supreme Person....
Challenges on book distribution with nectar at the end
In Los Angeles, I was asked to leave the first college I went to, owing to a Covid restriction created on the spot by a campus policewoman. All of the police officers were fine with me being there for many weeks, but she was different. I showed her my mask, my disinfectant spray, and my vaccination card. She was unimpressed. Then I asked her to let me go in the bathroom and cry, before I could take my table down. When I came back, she...
He just looked at the cover and looked back at the beers
Recently, my sankirtan partner and I went out and set up a book table outside Kilbirnie Countdown, Wellington City, just for a few hours. We were originally inside the mall, in the foyer area, but that interrupted the pedestrian traffic, so we got permission to move outside as customers walked in. We decided to use time efficiently, so my partner went on the street and I stayed at the table. Out of the corner of my eye I saw a young...
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