Give up Suffering
I recently remembered an incident that happened a few years ago in New york. I was on a japa walk with Jayadvaita Swami, we had just left the Broklin temple when a police car pulled up next to us, one of the policemen asked, "hey what do ya have to give up to become a Hare Krsna". Jayadvaita Swami replied, "You have to give up suffering! "Well that sounds good" "And if you want to know more about it then...
Prison Preaching
By Mahat-tattva dasa There is a great thirst for Krishna consciousness in prisons. It seems that when calamities strike, people instinctively turn to God. To ease their difficult situation and put them on the right track, one that leads back to Krishna, devotees take advantage of the situation and preach to prisoners. One portion of the money you donate to Sastra Dana is used to provide these unfortunate souls with Srila...
My New Trailer
LILAS “MY NEW TRAILER” Madhumangala dasa (Cape Town South Africa) I was on my way back to the temple after distributing Srila Prabhupada’s books. While passing through the parking lot of the Greenacres shopping center in Port Elizabeth, I approached a man standing next to one of those imported Japanese 4×4’s with a fancy-looking trailer hooked up to it. I introduced myself to him and presented Srila...
Great Story
The following letter was written to me by bhaktine Sara, who is currently chanting 16 rounds as a full-time student at Oregon State University. But first, a little history: 3 summers ago, Navina Nirada Prabhu sold Sara a book on Haight Ashbury, San Fransisco. Several days later, as all the travelling Sankirtana devotees were taking a week vacation at the beautiful "BIG SUR" National park 2 hours South of San Fransisco,...
An Amazing Thing Happened
I was distributing at Venice Beach in LA, it was one of those necter days when you meet a lot of nice people and they happily take a book and give a donation. Then to top it off when I got back to the Temple a devotee approached me and asked if he could have a word with me. He went on to tell me a pretty amazing event that took place. A few guru-kulies and one friend of there's who wasn't a devotee but liked to hang around the...
Message from Janaki Rama Dasa
Dear Devotees on the Book Distrabution Conference, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. I am not a member of this conference, but wanted to post something of relevance. I am former full-time book distributor, and now I am a student at the University of California at Santa Barbara. Everyday I speak with students and professors about the Hare Krishna Movement. Recently I have been speaking with a young...
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