Book distribution on the front line, in Ukraine
One of those days on sankirtana: Today is a cleansing day, there were few people on the street, cloudy weather, then the alarm started, then I heard some bombing, it turned out that some rocket was shot down. But still, Krishna sent interesting people: One woman said, “This is what I have been looking for for all my life, I have long lacked spirituality in my life. I really want to come to the temple. There are many problems in the world due to the fact that there is little spiritual knowledge. It will be enlightening to read the books...
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Attached is a newsletter from December 1974, very interesting. Sankirtan Newsletter 1974 December 22small
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There’s even a book for a fan of Heavy Metal
For the past six months a party of brahmacaris has preached in Lyon, France. Recently, Rasananda Sankirtan Dasa from Spain joined them, and here he writes about a recent preaching adventure on the streets of Lyon. ~~ I met the man in the attached photo a while back and offered him a book, but he did not break his meditation on Heavy Metal even to look at me. Today, however, when we arrived in a park and passed this man, he said, “If you have a book on Heavy Metal, I will take it!” The subculture influenced by Heavy Metal music is isinterested...
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Devotees from the whole world (esp. nearby Delhi) flocked to Vrindavan to observe the anniversary of Srila Prabhupada disappearance day. Thousands of devotees were participating in the festival. One particular devotee went the other way -> Vrindavan to Delhi. Dayasindhu Srivas Prabhu (see att. photo), a member of the book distribution team, was in Vrindavan for the last few days. He then decided that he will celebrate the festival by distributing books on the streets. “Let me do my seva and offer it to Srila Prabhupada”. He...
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