Krsna made a man feel that he should buy some sets
I was milking the cows in the afternoon, and an Indian family came into the goshalla. We had a talk as I was finishing the milking, and then I engaged them in bottle-feeding the calf Nishta. Afterward I offered to show them some books. The head of the family agreed to take a whole stack and gave a nice donation. I also mentioned that I had full sets of the Bhagavatam and Caitanya-caritamrta at home and encouraged him to consider taking a look at them. The gent replied that he had already spent a lot of money driving up to the farm from Sydney...
read moreMy first distribution of a set of Bhagavatam
During this year’s book marathon in Durban, I met many people who had a change of heart. Not heart transplantations but a transformation of consciousness. A Christian lady whom I spoke with was going through difficulties. I told her about the Fifth Canto and what happens after one is involved in the four sinful activities. I gave her details, such as how eating meat puts you on a hellish planet, where in a pot of boiling oil, you are boiled alive. She became interested and took a Bhagavatam set. That was my first attempt at distributing...
read moreOne tough day on sankirtan turned out well
I’ve been in Germany for a few weeks visiting my family and was trying to sell some books this past week while I had some time off from family visits. In the town where I was, it seemed to be quite difficult to distribute a lot of books to the many hard-wired Germans. A lot of people didn’t speak much German or English, and many other fundraisers besides me were also on the streets. So I was meditating on something Devamrita Swami told me once — I should just think, “I could meet one person whose life could be completely...
read moreCultivating your area
I visited a shop some years ago in NZ. At that time, a lady attendant informed me that she had a male friend who, in a darker period in his life, was helped significantly and crucially by the Hare Krishna yoga process and by the Hare Krishna devotees. She made a donation and received a Hare Krishna book. Today, on 22 December 2021, I revisited this shop and there was a male attendant. I told him the story. I asked the question: “Did that statement refer to you.” His answer was: “Yes, indeed!” With his right hand, he reached into his cash...
read moreKrsna’s arrangements and surprises
Lots of people have taken the books and are very inspired. As soon as we arrived at this station, they quickly took all the books from me. I went for more, but the devotee who had a wheelbarrow of books left to go somewhere, and when I called him, he hung up and turned off his phone. I was upset because time was going by. I still felt tired from doing the morning puja, my body hurt, and now there were no books. I think, “What is this?!” Then a devotee appeared and said that a yoga teacher had invited him, who wanted to arrange for...
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