An unexpected switch
While I was distributing books at Balboa Park in San Diego, a couple came to my table. I made my presentation, and the girl showed some interest. I asked for a donation. She said, “I don’t have any change.” I responded, “I have change.” Her boyfriend took the book from her to give it back to me and said, “No thanks. Not interested.” I said, “Your girlfriend is interested in some wisdom. To interfere with her getting this wisdom is bad karma.” I handed the book back to her and said,...
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I continue to distribute books in Chernivtsi. I meet a lot of refugees who come from varios cities (Kyiv, Kharkov, Mariupol, Chernigov, Nikolaev). They receive Srila Prabhupada’s books, which previously they may have hesitated to buy for various reasons, but which now have relevance for them. I also tell them that the devotees continue to feed refugees prasadam, no matter what, even in hot spots. People are appreciative of the help of the devotees. They are very grateful and donate lakshmi to this program. Here’s a photo from...
read moreHumility
Hare Krishna, We have heard that humility is a proper mood for book distribution and it’s good that Krishna reminds us of this on the streets. One afternoon I was out on books in Sydney, having had a nice early start with books practically flying out of my hands, it was only natural for me to start thinking that I was the doer. Welling with pride, I could only see this day getting better when a young man walks up to me and asks if he could see one of the books, my thinking is, “wow I’m so pure, people are now approaching me!...
read moreStories from Ukraine, from a devotee who goes out every day
2,022 books were taken in 72 days! 44 books distributed today! Such a beautiful day that it can not be expressed in words, despite the bad weather and few people. Nevertheless they took books. They were interested in the Vedas, and large books also went well. An ocean of positive energy. I met the controller in the trolley bus, and she let me on the bus for free, so I gave her a book. I passed a cafe and offered books to three men. One man immediately became interested because he was listening to Torsunov O. G. Then the three of them...
read moreAnother innovative way to distribute sets
When I was visiting the Los Angeles temple, I honored prasad at the recently renovated restaurant. A devotee named Syama Murari Prabhu, who works there, said, “We have a new way to distribute Bhagavatam sets. We set up a Bhagavatam set at the end of the buffet line, and if someone is interested, we show it to them. So far, in the past two months, we’ve distributed three sets.” Bhrghupati Prabhu came up with this great idea. Your servant, Vijaya Dasa...
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