Book Distribution Nectar
by Krishna-kumara Dasa (USA) I'm out traveling again, and yesterday our party visited the University of Santa Barbara in California. After a full day of sankirtan, it was time to go back to the van. So, praying to do something to please my spiritual master and Krsna, I decided to try to distribute one more book. As I passed by a young couple, I didn't even seriously approach them because they appeared to be stereotypical athlete-cheerleader people. At this point I was just hunting for an obvious sweetie. Anyway, as I walked by them I...
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by Ananta Nitai Das (Ireland) A funny incident happened on Grafton Street in Dublin. Two girls were rollerblading near the local park. I rode up near them on my bike and started talking to them. They stopped. Eva was very favorable and took two books for herself and her friend Sinead "The Higher Taste" and "The Science of Self-realization." I found it easy to get Eva to chant, and soon she and I started chanting Hare Krsna together, as Sinead looked on glumly. I said to Sinead, "Look! Eva is chanting. She's very...
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Preaching in South Gujarat by Guru Dasa We are a small group of brahmacaris distributing books in South Gujarat. We've had several interesting incidents while on sankirtana. We often distribute books on a moving train. Many of the conductors know us due to our famous temple in Juhu, Mumbai. Normally they don't give us any trouble. But one day they did. Two of our brahmacaris were distributing books on a train going to Mumbai. A conductor approached them for their tickets and asked them to stop distributing. So for some time they...
read moreBritish Celebrities Get Prabhupada’s Bhagavad Gita
by Bhakta Alexey (London) I was fortunate to be invited to a function at which I accompanied my seniors Jai Nitai and Sachi Kisore Prabhus. The function was dedicated to a senior British lady named Jo Fillippou upon her being formally honored as a Member of the British Empire (something like Paul McCartney's being knighted.) Somehow she knew our Jai Nitai Prabhu, so we were invited as well, but he didn't prepare a speech. Jai Nitai was formerly a major book distributor, so he asked me to take a box of Bhagavad-gitas. The party itself...
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By Yadavendra Das This morning, the second stop was a small shopping center with only two or three shops open for business. The question on my mind was whether to stop or not to stop. I decided to stop anyway. It was a Vietnamese area and from experience I know that Vietnamese people generally like to engage freely and liberally in the Sankirtan Movement of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. This is indeed a great credit to the Vietnamese people. As I entered the beauty shop the whole family was present; that is the young mother, father and daughter....
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