The price is one’s intense desire
While distributing books in Santa Cruz, I was showing books to a Spanish lady and her small son. Presenting the Gita, I said that this book teaches you how to love God. She just took a small book and left a donation. After a few minutes, her son came back and asked, “Please give me the book which teaches how to love God.” It was inspiring and touching to see his sincerity and eagerness. He was very grateful and happy. Somehow I...
More good news about Chaitanya Charitamrita sets from ISKCON Silicon Valley
Tuba, from Turkey, was very favorable. Devotees presented her a Gita, which she accepted with an open heart. Then Kameshwari Dasi decided to present a Chaitanya Charitamrita set. Tuba hesitated, but owing to her piety and the devotees’ strong desire, Mahaprabhu showed His mercy to her, and she happily accepted the Chaitanya Charitamrita set. It’s really amazing that people from various cultures, religions and countries...
Everything going wrong was actually going right
We are in peak summer here in Sydney, so not much room to have things go wrong, and everything seemed to go wrong for me on this day – too many to list. I was trying to catch up and saying to myself, "Patience, patience!" Then, on the street, I see Sunny (a very thoughtful Chinese girl), riding and zooming past on her bike. I showed my palm big and clear asking her to stop. And so she did. Initially, I didn't...
Getting books and surrendering to Krishna without reading them
While visiting the Kolkata temple, I met another devotee visiting the temple, who told me about the interesting way in which he joined. He’s from Algeria. As a young man visiting London in 1977, he would see the devotees, and they would sell books to him, which he wouldn’t read. But he would take them to the youth hostel and give them to the young people there. Sometimes he would find our books lying around the city, and...
A book-distribution vacation
In 2008, I was able to take an early retirement from my job. I decided to fill my van with books and visit temples I had never seen before. One place I visited was Philadelphia. After getting permission to stay in the temple, I was told to go near Rittenhouse Square for book distribution. I had decided I would sell books in dhoti and tilak and use a table. I have an efficient “book distribution kit” that fits on a two-wheel baggage...
A lady named Faith My Kay
She introduced herself with a Maori name, which translates into English as Faith My Kay. In the beginning of the interaction, she came off a little abrasive. We told her we were doing a study on consciousness and that she looked very conscientious. She said, “I doubt that.” We were showing her Hiding in Unnatural Happiness, and asking her how she stays so peaceful. In response, she told us that she tries to see the...
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