Jilted Jerry Meets a Book Distributor
Jerry’s girlfriend came to Auckland on a student exchange from Canada and asked Jerry to visit her, but a week after he booked his flight, she broke up with him. So he thought, “Well, I might as well still go and check it out”. On the very morning Jerry landed in Auckland, even before he checked into his hotel, I stopped him on the street. He was surprised, because he was looking for a bookshop to buy some reading material for the three weeks he was spending in New Zealand. And it so happened that Jerry was interested in...
read moreYoung People Value the Books
People intuitively know how important these books are, even without knowing much detail. I was on the parking lot of the Warped tour show in San Antonio, Texas. I approached a large SUV with a teenager sitting in the back seat. The door was open. I handed him two books, a Bhagavad-gita and an softcover SSR. I had hardly said anything about the books, just "meditation" when his sister, who was sitting in the front seat, tried to snatch away the books. My young friend resisted, holding the books to his chest saying: "These are my...
read moreBegging to Give
Before going to my class in Menlo Park, I had about an hour to spare. I then got the idea, that in the mean time I can distribute a few books as the streets of downtown Palo Alto were quite crowded. They conveyed a great thirst for the Bhagavad Gita and the causeless mercy of Srila Prabhupada, the Parampara, and Lord Nityananda. I have never really ventured to distribute books on a weekday, during rush hour, when everyone is trying to get home, catch the train, go out to dinner, or finish off an important phone call. I knew I would meet quite...
read moreAn Essential Iten to Include in a New Backpack
While distributing, I see a tall young man walking away from me, about twenty feet away. Seeing a good quality day-pack on his back, I call out clearly, “Excuse me, are you from France or Germany?” figuring he's probably a traveler. He turns and walks toward me as he responds, “I'm from Germany." After he shakes my hand with a friendly smile, we begin talking about his travels. Soon he will be heading to Malaysia, which is lucky for me, as I'd had the opportunity to travel there for three weeks. We talk...
read moreA Father and His Triplets Get the Mercy of Lord Krishna
While distributing at Santa Monica Promenade in Southern California I approached a man with three boys (triplets, eight years old). When I offered the book to him, he said, "No money, I'm not giving you any money." I said, "OK. I'll just show them to you." I said to the boys while showing the changing bodies illustration, "Where are all of you in this line up here?" They all pointed to different places where they thought they were. Then I showed them the three modes of nature picture, wherein strings are...
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