Krishna Reconnected me with “My Faith”
Last night, at a university in Toronto, I set up a table outside our event room, and displayed some books and beads on a nice table cloth. A girl stopped to see this as soon as she arrived at the event. I welcomed her, and we did her registration. I asked, “How did you find us?” She got a card from someone. And a girl in Kensington Market gave her the Bhagavad-gita two years ago. I asked, “Oh, did the girl look like she was from India?” She said no, the girl was white. Then I asked, “Was it...
read moreDistributing Chinese Books in North America
Bhrigupati Dasa & Bhakta Jay Khush distribute Chinese books @ UCLA. More information at www.bbtfeme.com The FAR EAST • MIDDLE EAST division of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust publishes Srila Prabhupada’s books and other BBT titles in fourteen languages of the Pacific Rim and Middle East for distribution in those regions of the world. As a new Western preaching initiative, BBT FEME is also developing titles specifically for distribution in the Western world to foreign language speakers living within large ethnic communities,...
read moreA young Vietnamese man & a man with a $2 bill
While I was distributing at Cal State in LA, a Vietnamese lady approached my table and looked with curiousity at my books. I showed her the Gita and explained some of the contents. She said she had some interest in it, but didn't read English very well. I asked her whether she lived in Los Angeles, and she said yes. So I replied, "Then you must be learning English. You can practice with this book." (Satya-narayana Prabhu's BBT books in Vietnamese are not out yet; otherwise, I probably would have had one with me.) She said it...
read moreHearty exchanges in Cardiff
While travelling with my spiritual master, I had an opportunity to go on book distribution at Cardiff central. On October 7th, I met Mike, who'd already met devotees and gotten a Bhagavad Gita. He read it a long time ago. I tried to inspire him to read it again and try to chant the maha-mantra. Mike agreed, saying that he feels like getting back into it. I suggested that he get Srimad Bhagavatam (1.1). He happily agreed and suggested he would go to get some donation for it. A couple of minutes later he brought back 20 GBP, which would be...
read moreAnother time bomb went off
It was hot summer day in May 2003. I was preparing for medical entrance exam and was completely exhausted by the long hours I had put. Add to it the tremendous anxiety about carrier and future. I desperately wanted to read some inspiring book, which would give me some peace of mind. I started searching books on the shelf. In the corner was Bhagavad-gita As It Is. It had been kept on my book shelf for nearly ten years. I opened it and began to read. I realized that every verse in the Gita was related to me and the Gita had solutions to my...
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