A Transcendental Adventure
The Greenstone Mall is a short drive from the BBT Africa house in Johannesburg. Doing some book distribution there, I approached a young man pushing a trolley packed with duvets and pillows. I said that I am a traveling monk and teach yoga and philosophy and have been traveling mostly in South and East Africa for sixteen years. I do not know why, but I said, "My friend it looks like you have been undergoing a crisis. Is there something that you would like to tell me." He looked surprised and replied, "Well, now that you ask, I...
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by Sudarshan Dasa I have always felt that by going on book distribution, Krishna and Srila Prabhupada make the arrangements for the books to go out. Last week while I was on sankirtan in Singapore, it was really a tough day and nobody was taking the books. I persevered and kept going–meditating that ‘today is a day of purification' and the more people say 'no' it will be an opportunity to purify my anarthas and develop qualities conducive for my spiritual life. As I knocked on one door, a Chinese man opened...
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by Vaisesika Dasa Today was the first time anyone had worked at this particular Walmart in Mt. View, since Malini had opened the spot for us. The ‘Free Speech' area is next to the entrance, rather than near our favorite spot by the exit. Despite our location, many people were coming and going, so we had no problem staying engaged. The very moment we had set up the table, an American man who lives nearby had just driven over to the Walmart. He immediately asked us about what we were going to sell. I opened the boxes, and seeing the...
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by Mahamuni Dasa In the early days of ISKCON, not many books were available, and so we used to distribute Back To Godhead magazines. I was one of the top book distributors, distributing one to two hundred BTG's a day. I would carry a large stack of BTG's in my left arm, and hit the streets, approaching people. However, my motive was material. Since I had a heavy load on my arms, I thought the sooner I could get rid of them, the better it would be. So I would aggressively pursue a prospective customer and more or less, force...
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By Raxit Jariwalla Dear Devotees, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! Here is a summary of the final results from the Bhaktivinoda Thakur MSF that were offered during his disappearance day celebration held at the ISV temple on Tuesday, June 19th. It was Bhaktivinoda Thakur who said: Jive doya, Krishna-nam-sarva-dharma-sar “The showing of compassion to all fallen souls by distributing Krsna nama is the essence of all religious principles” He revived the Sankirtan mission of Caitanya Mahaprabhu to...
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