Fall Down by Murari Gupta Dasa
Exploits of a young book distributor No, we are not talking about someone's falling from the path of devotion. We are speaking about the modus operandi of one of the youngest book distributors in last December's marathon: Vanamali, the son of Rajesh Dodeja and Gita Mataji. He is seven years old, but the devotional mood he displays clearly points to wisdom beyond his years. His technique? Just grab a book, go to anyone nearby, fall down prostrated at the person's feet and beg that person to take the book And if...
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My name is Mahatma Das, and I am a new disciple of Krishna Das Swami. I attend the Coventry temple (UK). I had the great fortune to go out on a harinam in the centre of Coventry with devotees on Lord Nityananda's appearance day. A pleasant gentleman called Robert, who was with his young daughter, wanted to talk with us, as both he and his daughter loved the harinam and wanted to know more about us. We were suprised when he told us his daughter's name was Ananda, an unusual name for a girl of English descent. He told us the story...
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The following was posted to our Weekend Warrior yahoo group by Bhaktin Brinda Ran, an ISKCON Atlanta congregation member, after our monthly Weekend Warrior Super Saturday Distribution Day this January. I'm amazed to see how our working grhastra community, generally in their 30's, 40's, and a few 50 and above, has developed great attachment and determination to distribute books. anandambudhi vardhanam prati padam purnamrtasvadanam sarvatma snapanam param vijayate sri krsna sankirtanam All glories to the sankirtan movement, which...
read moreNever Give Up Book Distribution
Hare Krishna. Please Accept my humble obeisances. All Glories To Srila Prabhupada. Somehow or other due to the incredible mercy of Srila Prabhupada, My Spiritual Master, Gaura Nitai and all the wonderful Vaisnava's I've been able to continue distributing books. Whenever I feel that I can't continue with full time preaching I analyze why that might be and try to eliminate the obstacle that's in my path or I beg Krishna to give me the strength to overcome it. Lately I've found a natural way to cure chronic fatigue from...
read moreThe Making of Srila Prabhupada
by Madhava Smullen After the visual tour-de-force of deity meditation that wasDarsana, it made sense to the Mediterranean BBT that their nextbook should be about the person who gave us darsana: Srila Prabhupada. When the BBT trustees responded, “Why do we need another book of Prabhupada pictures?” photographer Nitya-tripta Dasi set out to show them by searching through every photo of Prabhupada available. This book had to be like nothing that had been done before. It would be a deep, personal meditation, boasting a...
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