The Godfather Gets the Higher Taste
I would like to preface the story by relating how I came to shake people's hands on sankirtana while exclaiming "ARooo!!" I would say this very loudly, like a buzzer going off, when they didn't expect it. It would make people laugh and disarm their false egos. I picked up this "ARooo" handshake in Laguna Beach from a devotee named Bhaya Hari Dasa. One day he shook my hand while saying something serious, but then he suddenly grabbed my hand tightly and let out an "ARooo!!" I laughed hysterically, and from...
read moreGood news with the van for Nigeria
Hare Krsna Prabhus, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. I recently got word that a very nice devotee (who wants to remain anonymous) has given $15,000 for the sankirtan van for Nigeria. He is also going to supply them with all the books they need! Lord Caitanya has inspired this devotee from within and now there will be thousands of books going out to the people of Nigeria. This devotee told me, "I often remember the statement that Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati made to Prabhupada, 'If you ever get...
read moreNitai Pada Kamala
Dear Maharajas, Prabhus and Matajis, Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. We are writing you on behalf of the Bhaktivedanta Academy, Mayapur. Recently the Mayapur authorities gave us the opportunity to be responsible for the repair and maintenance of Srila Prabhupada's Nitai Pada Kamala boat. Our plan is to have it fixed by the coming Gaura Purnima. We would like to use the Nitai Pada Kamala for preaching with our Gurukula boys, especially during Gaudiya Vaisnava festivals held in different holy places of...
read moreBuddha helps Book Distribution
Hare Krsna Prabhus and Matajis Here are some nectar stories about how Buddha helps the book distribution. Buddha helps Chinese man get Gita I was distributing door to door with Bhakta Rori in Hamilton, New Zealand. We were walking by one house when I saw that a Chinese man was already standing outside. I called out hello in Chinese and said the Chinese words for monk and temple. He seemed to be ready for me to approach him. I showed him the Bhagavad Gita using every single Chinese word I knew and he turned out to be receptive and ripe for...
read moreAn Ever Expanding Ocean of Bliss
I was doing sankirtana on the main shopping street in Cardiff. I approached a well-dressed lady, who said she was a lawyer. I asked her " . . . . But do you know about the laws of material nature?" I opened the book "Veda" and showed her the picture of how the modes of nature move the living entity like a puppet. She seemed interested. However, as we talked a boy I met earlier interrupted by asking how much the book was. I didn't want to loose the momentum with the lady, so I asked the boy to let me finish with her...
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