Book Distribution to Please Srila Prabhupada and benefit the Rainbow Nation of South Africa
Hare Krishna Dear friends and well-wishers Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. "Don't think that just to take initiation and having a spiritual master will take you back to Godhead. You have to become serious otherwise the opportunity of going back to Godhead will be lost, said His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami. “Actually producing and distributing books is our most important engagement, all other engagements culminate in this one end–distribution of books.”...
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I met Bob Hope twice. First in the mid-80s. I went to the Bob Hope Golf Classic because I was in Palm springs at the time and decided it would be a good place to give some stars some books. Walking around with a shopping bag containing books so as not to be noticed by the security people, I gave books to a few sports legends like Bobby Or, Willie Mays, and Barry Bonds. But Robert Stack from the TV series The Untouchables wouldn't touch a book because he thought it was from a cult, and his son had been in one, so he had a bad taste. I...
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Hare Krishna Dear friends and well-wishers Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. “Actually producing and distributing books is our most important engagement, all other engagements culminate in this one end–distribution of books.” (S.P.L. to Tamala Krsna 27th July 1973) From Umlazi African Township in the South, Miss Zinhle Pretty came to NJPT in Phoenix to find out about other cultures on Krishna Janmastami! She passed our most Munificent Temple, the Sri Sri Radha...
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ISKCON BRISBANE, 32 JENNIFER ST. The Returned Service League Club was created to honor all those men and women who fought for Australia in her many past wars, especially those who made the ultimate sacrifice. In "Bhagavad-Gita As It Is" Srila Prabhupada explains that sacrificing one's life for one's country is an acceptable form of sacrifice and may lead to a higher position of renunciation. "Of course, Krishna consciousness is not dependent on any other experience, because Krishna consciousness itself can purify...
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by Caitanya Chandra Das (Porto Alegre, Brazil) As I distributed books last Sunday morning in the park, I saw one guy who seemed a bit gloomy. I stopped him and started my usual mantra: "Hello, I'm from the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. We're distributing some books about spiritual knowledge. They" He interrupted me and said, "I'm looking for a girlfriend. Can you help me?" Before I could reply he repeated the question, adding a note of desperation: "I reeealy need a girlfriend. Can you...
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