From Fear to Ecstacy
Dear Prabhu's We begin the New Year by offering a wonderful nectar story from the recently concluded December book distribution marathon. The entire month saw the Radha-Gopinath congregation and resident devotees immersing themselves completely in the fire of the sankirtana yajna, resulting in a score that was heretofore unseen in the history of the temple. We begin with the story of Bhakta Ashish, who comes for His Grace Shikshashtakam Prabhu's Wednesday meeting in the temple. He recalls: Before the beginning of the marathon, I was...
read moreKGB Speaks Out Against Book Distribution
By Karma-jna Das Once I had a discussion with one of my friends. He was a son of a highly placed KGB man. His father was a captain for a boat that was ‘exporting goods’. Actually they were transporting weapons. My friend’s father was involved in bringing weapons to Vietnam and also participated in the conflicts in Egypt and in Greece. So we were discussing once about religious movements. My friend said his father embarked on one occasion at some Western harbor. He went to visit the Soviet embassy near the harbor to do some...
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By Acyuta Gotra das In June 2006 all congregation devotees in Czech Republic got an opportunity to take part in distributing BBT books. We were inspired by already running Sastra Dana program for distribution of sponsored literature in Los Angeles and San Diego. During several months of 2006 it distributed almost 400 books and in 2007 already 1006 books (444 Maha Big, 461 Big, 101 Medium), mainly to public libraries and libraries in basic schools, high schools and universities. Many congregation devotees gradually took part. Some give...
read moreDecember Marathon
At Terminal 7 at Los Angeles Airport, I met a nice-looking black girl from Nairobi who lives in LA. She was crying when I tried to present the books, and she just said, "Please wait a little" and continued to sit there and cry. Then she showed me an invitation card, to let me know that someone else already approached her. She also said something like "I know about Krishna". I asked her, "Can I help you? why are you crying?" She said, "No one would take care of the children. My mother doesn't understand...
read moreMarathon news from a sankirtan team in Surat
The Prabhupada Marathon in Surat India We were able to distribute more than 11,111 Bhagwad Gita As It Is! All the devotees in our team worked very hard. Every day they were going out to distribute after their work. Matajis were preparing prasadam. Prabhujis & matajis were calling BTG members on the phone to ask them to take & donate Bhagavad Gita As It Is. A few devotees visited nearby villages & distributed many B.G. Arvindaksha pr. & Jagannatha Damodara Pr. visited some donors' house to donate BG to their relatives &...
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