No 1 Women Sport Star Receives Bhagavad – Gita
By bh. Mohan The day before elections we set a book stall in Laksmi Narayana Temple in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka. All of a sudden the crowd became excited seeing famous athletic Olympic medallist and ex. world record holder in running Mrs. Susanthika Jayasingha entering the Temple. She was accompanied by election candidate Mr. Priyanda Patiran and the body guards. After taking darshan of the Lord she passed by our book stall where we called her closer and asked her which language she prefers. She told that Singhala, and we immediately gave her...
read moreLove is the Power
During 21 year of sankirtana practice I understood that the most important thing in spiritual book distribution is your purity. The more you love God, the more spiritual vision you have to help people. Sankirtana is divine love and compassion. Nothing more. It does not have anything with material business. You can try, but nobody will take scriptures from your hands. Rather some of them will spit in your face, because they are demoniac or atheistic. Or see your real motive. And even more, they do not know Who Krishna is, so they don't...
read moreSelling Books After Class in Russia
by Mahadyuti Dasa In Nizhny Novogorod, a city in Russia, after a Bhagavatam class attended by about thirty devotees, I told everyone that Srila Prabhupada once said that anyone who doesn't attend mangal-arotik will be fined and the fine is to sell one KRSNA book (lecture in Los Angeles, 1 June 1972). And then I said that since most of them had missed mangal-arotik, they each had to buy a KRSNA book and distribute it. Here's what they bought: 14 KRSNA books (six sets and two singles) 2 Bhagavatams...
read moreThe August Weekend Sankirtana Festival in Los Angeles
There is a monthly festival in New Dwaraka, recommended by Vaisesika Prabhu and organized by the Bhakti House devotees. They and their guests start the weekend with a kirtan and interactive talk, then go to the Friday-night harinama in Santa Monica. On Saturday, they distribute books after eating breakfast and holding another kirtan, then travel in a van and break up into groups. The people in the small groups help one another distribute books. The sucessful teamwork helps anyone feel comfortable. Finally, the large group eats a picnic lunch,...
read moreSankirtan Enthusiasm in Toronto, Canada
Hare Krishna Everyone! Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories ti Srila Prabhupada. I would like to share with you the nectar stories of sankirtan during the last two days. One of our new book distribution superstars is Jessica Mataji. She is really amazing, and her interactions are among the most amazing book distribution experiences I have ever witnessed. The way she talks to people on the street is quite unusual, how she uses concepts in Krishna consciousness. Amazing! Amazing! Amazing! Starting very close to our temple in...
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