Sankirtana in the land of 0z Again.
Hare Krishna Maharaja's and prabhus. Pamho agtsp. There are a few days left in this years Prabhupada marathon, but I couldn't wait to write in some of the nectar stories from this month. H.H. Kavicandra Maharaja is here in Perth, Western Australia and has been here for most of the month enlivening the sankirtana troops. Now he is down south of here with some brahmacaries and will be back with some nectar soon. Here in Perth...
Simply Show the Books to one and all
Some devotees have preconceived notions of who will take a book and who won't. This becomes more common as the book distributors find expected responses from certain people. Krishna however mercifully reveals to us how we are simply insignificant. This truth gets more credence as certain unpredictable behavior is seen amongst people, which is completely inexplicable by mundane logic. We had almost emptied our book bags with only...
Mercy in Malasia
Preaching in Malaysia is more of an art than in most places. In Malaysia, a Muslim country, devotees are not allowed to distribute books to, or preach to the Muslims, anyone else is OK. If someone from another faith convinces a Muslim to take to another religion there can be trouble both for the person that was converted and to the religion. Even in the times of Lord Caitanya this problem was there with Haridas Thakura, he was a great...
Patita Pavana in Perangud
During the last marathon, Bhakta Rajeshs risk paid off. Shuttling constantly between Pune and Mumbai, he has the best of devotee friends in both places. Prompted by some enthusiastic brahamacharis, he too joined the book marathon. One evening at Perangud, a small town on the outskirts of Pune, he ventured to the busy market areas. He got a mixed response as he slowly moved amongst the various vegetable vendors, engrossed in bargaining...
Distribution in Mcdonalds
Please accept our humble obeisances all glories to Srila Prabhupada One nice incident took place during the first day of Srila Prabhupada marathon. We were distributing in Tampere, the second biggest city in Finland, with our fellow brahmacaries. It was quite nice mood. Beginning was not easy, after being involved in many other things beside book distribution for last couple of months, but by Prabhupada`s mercy some books had went...
Story of an Auspicious Departure
Hare Krishna, please accept my humble obeisances, all glories to Srila Prabhupada! In October we were on a marathon for the pleasure of our spiritual masters, and our party was distributing books for the whole week in the industrial area of Ostrava and its surroundings. By the mercy of my spiritual master, I experienced a very intense week, rich in realizations and personal purification. One story surpasses everything else, so I have...