The Lord’s evident and wonderful arrangements
In southern Brazil, a woman who was in a hurry approached Bhakta Gustavo just to ask him about the price of the Gita. Gustavo, then, while quickly trying to show her other books, dropped a Sri Isopanisad. She gently picked it up to return it to him and felt inspired to say that she has a tattoo of a Sanskrit mantra that she does not know the meaning of. She showed it to Gustavo. He immediately recognized it and said, “It’s the first mantra in the book that’s in your hand. Look!” As expected, she acquired Sri Isopanisad without blinking....
read moreWSNL for July 2023
July was another glorious month of book distribution for the pleasure of Srila Prabhupada, with at least 435,023 books and magazines distributed worldwide (and even more that are unreported — what to do?). In the Large Temple category, Radhadesh had the biggest increase — 354% and 2,207 book points. That’s good for this rural community in Belgium, which has a traveling sankirtana van, plus Yadurani Devi Dasi distributing Bhagavatam sets to the many visitors. Among the Medium Temples, Milan increased the most — 421% and 8,561 book points. This...
read moreBooks are the Basis Week Announcement
Dear Devotees, Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. ISKCON Ministry of Education cordially invites you to take part in this year’s Books Are The Basis week. The global event is scheduled from 29th September to 5th October 2023, and the topic for this year is _Shastra Caksu_ – seeing the world through the eyes of Srila Prabhupada’s books. We humbly request that you involve your temple and community in celebrating this festival within your local area. The mission of Books Are The Basis week is...
read moreFinding a quick fix on sankirtana
We were returning to the Ljubljana temple from a harinam-sankirtan tour in the Slovenian mountains, and we took the shortest route back through Italy. Driving down through the mountains, a red lamp activated on the dashboard of our van. We stopped within a few kilometers in the closest village. A pipe from the water cooling system had broken down and all the water spilled out. This was a very serious problem. If this was not fixed the engine will overheat and be permanently damaged. One devotee went to look for help, something to patch the...
read moreHave a strong desire to distribute sets and Krsna helps
We arrived in Taupo New Zealand on Monday morning after a chilli night by the river. The streets were very quiet as expected on a freezing mid-winter Monday morning. I dutifully loaded the book trolly with two boxes full of books wondering who Mahaprabhu would send to take the mercy. I looked at the Bhagavatam set hesitating to add the weight to my stack of boxes. I thought to myself — let this be a burden of love and bring the set out on the street, after all miracles happened before; it can happen again. Before I could grab the set,...
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