Nitya Krishna Prabhu
Oct03

Nitya Krishna Prabhu

While hearing book distribution scores being read out at ISKCON's Moscow center, I was surprised that an especially appreciative cheer went up when the name of Nitya Krishna Prabhu was announced, as his score was not among the highest. On inquiry I discovered that Nitya Krishna Prabhu was the blind devotee I had seen a few times at ISKCON Moscow, and that he somehow or other goes out alone daily for book distribution, either to...

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We Want to get a Certificate from Krsna
Oct02

We Want to get a Certificate from Krsna

"What if people don't want to hear our message?" Pradyumna asked. "The people might not understand our message, but Krsna will be pleased," Prabhupada replied. "And that is our mission. They thought Jesus Christ's mission was stopped. They killed him. But his mission was attained. He preached three years only, but so many followers. He pleased Krsna. We must not be disappointed that no one is hearing...

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Prabhupada Quote
Sep30

Prabhupada Quote

This should be the standard of determination for all Krsna conscious persons. A Krsna conscious person should free himself from the clutches of illussion, and he should also be compassionate to all others suffering in those clutches. The activities of the Krsna consciousness movement are meant not only for oneself but for others also. This is the perfection of Krsna consciousness. One who is interested in his own salvation is not as...

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You Never Know who you Give a book to.
Sep30

You Never Know who you Give a book to.

Hare Krsna Prabhus, Please accept my humble obeisances, all glories to Srila Prabhupada. As I was staying at the Kyiv temple in Ukraine a Prabhupada disciple named Misra Bhagavan das came to stay here as well. He began telling me about his life in and out of Krsna consciousness. He used to be on the Radha Damodara traveling party with Visnu Jon Swami and Tamal Krsna Maharaja, those good old days, but eventually because of the unusual...

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Visvaretha Prabhu recall Book distribution in the 70’s in the USA
Sep28

Visvaretha Prabhu recall Book distribution in the 70’s in the USA

Buddhimanta Sankirtana Hero By Visvaretah Dasa The 100 degree fever of Sankirtana in the early 1970s in America can only be described as an epidemic. At one point, when we were completely out of Books, waiting for Dai Nippon's shipment of Krishna Books to arrive, the leader on the west coast, the pre-GBC mega-authority was Karandhara. His office was in the breezeway of the Temple in New Dvaraka. During mangal arti, the rumor...

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Ukraine Book Distribution

Hare Krsna Prabhus, Please accept my humble obeisances, all glories to Srila Prabhupada. The devotees in Ukraine just had an great festival with over fifteen hundred devotees participating. Ten sanyasis were there to enliven the devotees. Niranjana Swami was the host Sanyasi as everyone was invited by him, thus after the first kirtan of the festival he introduced and glorified all the devotees that would be giving seminars, about...

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