If you only take two you’ll regret it…
A pious lady walks over to my book table and says, “Sorry to interrupt your dinner. Do you any have books about Caitanya Mahaprabhu?” With a huge smile, I respond, “Just on this rare occasion, I happened to have a nine-volume Caitanya-caritamrita set waiting to go to your beautiful home with you.” When I showed her the set, she replied, “No, no. I don’t want nine books. I want only one or two. May I take just two books?” I...
Overcoming resistance
“Hare Krishna! Can I have a few minutes of your time, please?” A man looking at the Gita in my hand says, “Sorry, not interested in religion.” “Fine. Can I ask you a question?” “If it’s not related to religion.” “Just want to know the meaning of religion. What do you think it is?” “Sorry. It’s a question related to religion.” “Why are you so conscientious not to accept any...
Now it’s his turn
Recently, book distribution in Gurugram (India) was interesting, because it helped someone who was showing a paramount interest in distributing the Bhagavad-gita. I said, “Do you have a few minutes? Do you have the Gita?” This man said, “I knew it would be my turn, if Krishna wanted.” “Means?” “When you were persuading people, one after another, to accept a Gita, I was listening to the views...
Australia’s first “fired up” Book distributors
The first Australian Book Distributor pioneers built the foundations of Australian ISKCON by selling 10s of thousands of Srila Prabhupada’s Books. I remember the first day Buddhimanta prabhu went out selling big Krsna Books in Sydney in February 1973, he first showed Caru dasa and Yasomatinandana dasa then gradually we all learned how to distribute big books. I had the good fortune to go out on Book distribution many times with...
Another life saved from distributing books
I was distributing books in Mexico. It was a very difficult day. Everyone was saying no, all day, and I had many books in my bag. It felt heavier as the day went on. Then I saw a young lady, and I was thinking of not approaching her because I had already received so much rejection. But I thought, “What’s one more rejection?” I approached her and offered her the Bhagavad gita. She didn’t say anything. Then I started telling...
Appreciation is an encouraging motivator
Last week I stopped a guy outside the Warehouse in Hamilton, CBD. His name is Kedan, and he studies at WINTEC (Waikato Institute of Technology). I showed him “Hiding In Unnatural Happiness”. Taking the book, he flipped through it. As I talked about the book, he asked, “Does this have anything to do with Hare Krishna and the guys playing music on the streets? Because if it does, I’d be interested. That looks...
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