The Mercy of Lord Nityananda
A couple of weeks ago I was in the LA airport distributing books and I was having a very difficult time. I also had severe lower back pain that was keeping me up at night. The books were just not going out and the pain in my back was keeping me distracted from my duty. I begged to Krishna that, “I do not mind if my back hurts, but if you like you could ease the pain a little so I can concentrate a little better on distributing these books.” A minute later I met a nice guy from Nicaragua who was currently living in...
read moreFinal Call for Boarding – My Recent Sankirtan Experience
I had to travel to Coimbatore India from Secunderabad to meet my parents over the weekend. I had to travel by plane due to last minute decision, but still I packed a hand baggage with my cloths and another carry-on with books. After finishing the formalities at the airport counter, I was left with about 40 minutes for Hari Nama Sankirtan. I approached a lady explained Bagavad Gita but she was not interested. I moved away looking for other travelers but was headed in the direction wherein the waiting areas were empty. When I traced back the...
read moreJust How Important is Book Distribution
I shall never forget the ecstasy when we received the first shipment of Bhagavad-gitas. They were delivered right to the door of the storefront one evening at six o’clock, just before the evening kirtana. Afterwards, I stood up to give the customary concluding announcements. But this time, I held in my hands this beautiful purple-colored book and practically cried as I announced that finally your labor of love was published and everyone could take advantage of it. Now the world could read the Bhagavad-gita, as it is, for the first time....
read moreGive me a book, I also want to be happy!
By Haripada dasa Srila Prabhupada transcendental book distribution Ki Jaya! What is a effect or a realization of the distribution of Srila Prabhupada’s books? One answer comes in the Srimad Bhagavatam 1.5.11: tad-vag-visargo janatagha-viplavo yasmin prati-slokam abaddhavaty api namany anantasya yaso ‘nkitani yat srnvanti gayanti grnanti sadhavah ‘On the other hand, that literature which is full with descriptions of the transcendental glories of the name, fame, form and pastimes of the unlimited Supreme Lord is a...
read morePreserving the Vani of Srila Prabhupada
by Madhava Smullen On February 2, 1966, before he founded ISKCON or initiated any Western disciples, Srila Prabhupada purchased a reel-to-reel tape recorder and brought it back to his apartment on New York’s West 72nd street. At $54.02, it cost almost as much as his rent for a month, but it was an invaluable investment; for as he sat down to record his “Introduction toGeetopanisad,” he was leaving us his legacy The Bhaktivedanta Archives. More than ten years later in 1977, his disciple Parama-rupa dasa moved hundreds of...
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