Receptive Traveler
On the bus, en route to the Grahamstown Arts Festival in South Africa, we stopped at a rest stop. Coming back into the bus, I noticed a young man, and said to him: "By the way you are dressed, it looks like you are on your way to the Grahamstown Arts Festival." He replied that he was going to the festival, and his accent sounded Spanish. So I greeted him in Spanish, and he said that he is from Brazil. I introduced myself, telling him that I am a traveling monk and that I am also going to the festival. I told him that I teach yoga...
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My wife and I currently reside in India. Usually, when we travel by train, I take books with me to distribute. En route from Kolkata to Chennai, I went to distribute and, as sometimes happens, could distribute only one big book. On my way through the compartments one morning I met a young Muslim and showed him the books. He told me in broken English that he lives in Navadvip, nearby our Mayapur temple and was now traveling to his work place. After that I went back to our compartment. Later, in the afternoon, I again tried my luck, but people...
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by Mahatama dd While staying in Stratford, Connecticut, employed as a care-giver, I try to go out every weekend to do some book distribution. Sometimes I went to New York City with some Gitas. One cold morning I arrived at the Metro North Station in Stratfordand and spotted a nice young Indian gentleman. My first thought was "He could be a good prospect to receive a Gita." But then I noticed he was smoking a cigarette, so I decided to wait for a while, not wanting to approach him while he was doing that. I kept walking and sat down...
read moreThe Gita Arrives Timely
Janardana was accompanying me on door-to-door book distribution in Adilade Australia for the day. Before we left, I had prayed to Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai and Sri Sri Radha-Shyamasundara here at Adelaide temple that They send us to some souls ready for the mercy of Srila Prabhupada. We ended up at a small beach town and parked the car. We went to the first house. It was a flat with a couple and their two children. I presented the Gita and explained that it is for relieving stress and teaching about higher values in life. They both seemed to...
read moreForty years ago, I was visiting the Montreal temple.
I spoke to an old gentleman: "We are Hare Krishna devotees distributing literature." The man's facial features suddenly changed, and he said, "I was visiting the Montreal temple forty years ago. Thank you for telling me about this sweet chanting, I can still recall." He said his name was Jake and promised to join us in the Toronto temple, and he bought a book. As he was giving a donation his hands were shakening. I thought: "Krishna! If he spent all those forty years for nothing, please engage him in devotional...
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