A prophecy come true
I was on South Street in Philadelphia, just about to leave for home, but my partner was in a queue in a store, so while waiting I was doing some books. An African-American couple, Dana and Peter, appeared to be from around here, when I met them. I asked whether they had a busy afternoon planned. They are Philly locals, but they had just gotten off a plane after a holiday in South Korea. They were walking around during the afternoon...
Laksmi and Narayana can never be separated
As Golokanath drove us to the town center, he asked whether we should take a detour along the shoreline, to which I responded, “It's up to you.” Fortunately, this led to our passing a very opulent car parked in a driveway, whose number plate read LAKSMI. Thinking of my initiated name, Narayana, and that I could maybe fathom some wit to the more than likely Indian owner, as soon as we had parked I made the...
Arabic Gita sold in Atlanta
I set up outside Patel Brothers, an Indian grocery store in Atlanta and prominently displayed Arabic Gitas on the book rack. I had just finished distributing books to an Indian gentleman, and we were chatting. Suddenly in the background I heard someone read aloud in a Middle Eastern accent: "Bha-ga-bad Gee ta." I looked up and saw a man staring at the Arabic Gita. I quickly excused myself from the Indian man and started...
If you’re short of time do a power hour or just ten minutes
During the community sankirtan festival in March in NZ, Krishnaloka and I were both unable to go out because of some unfinished projects. However, Caitanya Vihar's class in the morning was very inspiring. He stressed that we shouldn't be unmotivated to distribute books just because we might not be able to do many hours in one day. A power hour, or even thirty minutes is beneficial. Or perhaps just ten minutes, if you're...
Kids sankirtan and little girl enthusiasm
Recently, we had an austere day, but toward the end of it, by Sri Gauranga’s mercy, we distributedss a SB set. We first tried the Rivermart (in Santa Clara) – individual houses – for three hours, but could not distribute the SB set. Sukehswari Mataji and Vijay Damodar Prabhu were very enthusiastic and wanted to distribute at least one SB set. So we moved on to an apartment complex named Cherry Hill. We tried only one...
He got a book then became a book distributor
We set up a book table at a local college that we usually go to, only to find that a permit was required on that particular day. Thankfully, as we were setting up, a nice boy from the booth across kindly offered us his permit, since he was leaving. We gave him a couple books in exchange for his kindness. He told us that he had been searching online how to become a monk, and he gladly took the books. Then he called us yesterday, saying...
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