Obeisances
Dec30

Obeisances

Here is a nice message from Srila Prabhupada to all those who are distributing his books. O my lord, great philanthropic souls travel on the earth on behalf of the Supreme Personality of Godhead to show compassion to the fallen souls who are averse to the sense of subordination to the Lord. PURPORT To be obedient to the wishes of the Supreme Lord is the natural position of every living entity. But due only to past misdeeds, a living...

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Books are going out
Dec29

Books are going out

Pamho agtsp! Here is some stories from czech yatra during the marathon time. Tirtha-kara das met some day in one bigger city in the shopping center one young man,which has a interesse for budhism, at least he knows the story of Buddha and some basic philosofical points of this doctrine.Although he knows also the vedic literature a little bit, he did not want any of the Prabhupadas books,but TKD was a mercyfull to him and tries to...

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Sankirtana in the land of 0z Again.
Dec28

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...

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Simply Show the Books to one and all
Dec25

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...

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Mercy in Malasia
Dec23

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...

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Patita Pavana in Perangud
Dec20

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...

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