Air Tme
Jul23

Air Tme

This LA-Boston plane flight proved to be another one of those unexpected arrangements. We often attempt to serve Krsna on 'our time' when in actuality we are meant for service on 'His time'. While having finally reached our aisle seat, I focused on some quiet chanting as this corporate lady next to me began this loud conversation with this Corvette car collector in the window seat. The dialogue ranged from cars to...

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Prabhupada Lilamrita
Jul18

Prabhupada Lilamrita

Some lila, Last saturday I met an older mexican man at termimnal six and handed him the Srimad Bhagavatam. He told me: "Oh I know this man. I read his lifestory, so unbelievable that he came with so many years to create such a big movement here in America." So I kept talking to him a little more and he revealed to me that he was defending the rights of the workers of the airport. Especially the foreign people are exploited...

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Remembering Prabhupada
Jul18

Remembering Prabhupada

Dear Prabhus, Something happened to me in the Los Angeles Airport that made me think. I was distributing books on terminal one and talking to some lady when I heard somebody say:"They are completely bogus!" and I saw some older man pass by. So afterwards I thought: Wasn't it actually Srila Prabhupada who introduced this word for challenging the mayavadis? Perhaps somebody can confirm my idea and inspire me with some lila...

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Grandma’s Ajnata Sukrti
Jul17

Grandma’s Ajnata Sukrti

Dear Prabhus, Please accept my humble obeisances all glories to Srila Prabhupada I asked one devotee here in Berlin how he became a devotee, his answer was what I quite often hear, 'The Bhagavad Gita.' He was visiting his grandmothers house one day and saw this attractive looking book in her shelf so he pulled it out and started reading. He asked his grandmother where she had got it, she said she had never seen it before and...

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Chowpatti (Mumbai) Book Distribution
Jul14

Chowpatti (Mumbai) Book Distribution

"I had heard this one before. Not wanting to waste any more time with him, I left hurrying to catch up with the other devotees of the Gaur Nitai Harinam party". Rakshit Shetty Prabhu, a regular member of this fired up group, doing Harinaam Sankirtan all over Mumbai, witnessed this event as his convictions about book distribution became stronger. "I am sorry, I don't have any change. Actually I want to buy a book but...

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Warped… Over and Out
Jul12

Warped… Over and Out

[Due to little time for editing I apologize for any mistakes in the following] "That's exactly my next move!" This response to receiving one of Srila Prabhupada's books may not have been delivered with the greatest sincerity but Scott was definitely open to spiritual life. He had seen me holding a JSD, walked over and asked what it was. After making a financial sacrifice for it and chatting with me for a short while...

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