Unexpected Busload
Dear Prabhu's, Please accept my humble obeisances! All glories to Srila Prabhupada! On the 14th of April H.G.Eka Gauranga dasa(JPS) and myself were distributing Srila Prabhupada's books in an open parking lot area in Kansas. The area was slow in regards to traffic flow and for the most part we just walked around. There is one spot where we park and it is near two fast food eateries. When first arriving there was a notion to...
Warm Welcome for Book Distributors
Bhakta Manoj reports on his activities: For the past three fortnights, since February 1, I was ably supported by three other devotees: Amit Prabhu ( a student and a devotee at Radha-Gopinath Temple, Mumbai), Achyutanand Prabhu (Lokanath Maharaja's disciple and a householder), and Janaki Ballabh Mataji (also a disciple of Lokanath Maharaja, and the wife of Achyutanad). Whenever I thought of book distribution, I could never foresee...
Simple Follow up Technique
Dear book distributors, Please accept my humble obeisances. ALl glories to Srila Prabhupada. Naikaja dasa tought me the following simple and effective tool for making people we meet on Sankirtana become deeply touched by ISKCON devotees: When you meet someone that you consider worthwhile keeping in contact with, you ask them, in the course of your discussion with them, what their birthday is. Then you change the subject and you...
Nectar
This is a sankirtan anecdote from Vraja Vihari das – Book distribution in the local trains of Bombay (Mumbai) is a very intense experience with hundreds of people pushing and nudging one another in a small compartment. In one such compartment we were facing a huge crowd of around 150 people. Some were seated while most were standing before us. It was Aniruddha Prabhu's ( a brahmachari from the Manor) first experience of Book...
Distributing Srila Prabhupada’s books as they are ki jay!!
Here is some sankirtan nectar: I was on my way back to the temple after distributing Srila Prabhupada's books at passing through the parking lot of the Greenacres shopping centre 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 Prabhupada's books to him. He refused saying, that he...
Speech by His Holiness Jayapataka Swami, Mayapur Dhama
Speech by His Holiness Jayapataka Swami Book distribution awards ceremony Sri Dhama Mayapur March 9th 2001 Book distribution, as we have heard from the speakers tonight, is very dear to Srila Prabhupada. Normally we have this ceremony on this night, but since the past 2 years our festival's orientation has changed so that the last 5 days are more oriented towards preaching to the visitors and the more international ISKCON aspect...
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