Krishna is all-attractive, which attracts people to ISKCON
After a Food for Life program in Florianópolis, Bhakta Gustavo entered the temple and noticed two women outside, standing in front of the gate, looking inside at the temple room and the altar (visible from the street sidewalk). He invited them in, and their conversation culminated in them happily acquiring a Gita. (first picture) Carla and Paulo followed daily online classes and then finally visited us. They liked it so much that from then on Carla didn’t miss any of the big recent festivals. She always brings flowers for the Deities...
read moreA great example of the power of a single book by Srila Prabhupada
In sankirtana on the streets, the devotees of the Florianópolis temple met Alessandro (first photo), a public elementary-school teacher, who took a book and visited us at a festival. He was so impressed with the experiences that he invited us to a program to present our culture to his students. A team led by Temple President Rasarnava Gauranga Prabhu was then assembled, with Bhakta Gustavo and Bhakta Enoque and Bhaktin Marília (a couple from the congregation). The programs were incredible. In three schools, hundreds of children chanted Hare...
read moreThe magic happens, if you go out on book distribution
Vinay Sri Nitai Prabhu met a girl who, though nice, was reluctant to keep the books. Suddenly a random person shouted from the distance, “Gabriela! Now is your time!” Her name is Gabriela, making the scream so providential that she was startled. Vinay said, “Well, to get a clearer signal from the universe than that, it would maybe be a slap in the face!” She smiled, agreed, and said, “Yes, I really have to buy it!” Gabriela then called a friend, and when he arrived, she had to go away for a while,...
read moreRainy-day revelation
It was such a cold, windy, rainy day in Hastings, New Zealand that I dared to stand inside a Kmart and distribute indoors. Confident that Krishna would protect me from the security, I was doing okay. An hour later a friendly mall cleaner told me that the manager was watching me through the camera the whole time, and if I didn’t leave now they would call the police. It had been a while since I hit Queens Street in Hastings, so it looked like that was where Krishna wanted me to go. It was unusually productive, and besides that I ran into...
read moreAppreciative people encourage a book distributor
On a rainy day in Curitiba, Brazil, Mahananda Murari Prabhu (JPS) did sankirtana on buses. Inside a bus, one man was on his phone, so he excused himself. It could have been a trick to avoid the monk, but no, because when he and Mahananda got off at the terminal, the man approached him with money in his hand and said, “I want to talk to you.” His name is Vilmar, he said, and he really appreciates our work. He bought a bottle of water for Mahananda and took a cookbook. (See photo.) Soon after that, a guy who had already bought a...
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