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This Krishna Consciousness is a Science

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This Krishna Consciousness is a Science

by Suresvara Dasa By Krishna's mercy I found that no one could defeat me in any argument, no matter how educated they might be by any material estimation. I spoke to a college professor once when I was selling books in Knoxville, Tennessee. He said he was a scientist. He looked at my devotee dress and said that our movement was just a bunch of sentimentalists just dancing and chanting in the street. In response I repeated something word for word that I had read in one of Prabhupada's books: “This Krishna Consciousness is a...

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Lipovec Hit by Thirty eight Bombs

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Lipovec Hit by Thirty eight Bombs

by Tirthakara Dasa When I have an opportunity and I happen to be in Daruvar, where there are many Czech villages, I distribute books door to door. Recently, I completed my distribution in a small village called Lipovec. I have to say it was tough. Village people are often covered heavily by ignorance, because they kill so many animals cows, pigs, chickens. They kill them directly and they breed them for the slaughterhouses. I doubted there was a chance there for direct preaching. However, by the mercy of guru and Krishna everything is...

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Transcendental Time Bomb Finally Went Off

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Transcendental Time Bomb Finally Went Off

by Vijaya Dasa While in Mayapur at a seminar given by Jayadvaita Swami, I was sitting next to a young devotee, Jean, who had recently joined. During a break I asked him how he had found his way to Krishna consciousness. He said, "My sister was attending high school and was known at the school as an avid reader. One day the librarian asked if she would like to have some books that had been gathering a lot of dust. My sister took the whole box of them. As she was looking through them she found a copy of...

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The Powerful words of Prabhupada

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The Powerful words of Prabhupada

By Suresvara dasa By Krsna’s mercy I found that no one could defeat me in any argument; no matter how educated they might be by material estimation. I spoke to a college professor once when I was selling books in Knoxville Tennessee. He said he was a scientist. He looked at my devotee dress and said our movement was just a bunch of sentimentalist – just dancing and chanting in the street. I stated something which I had read that Srila Prabhupada had spoken word-for-word: “This Krishna Consciousness is a science to understand...

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Kalachandji’s Sponsors Book Table and Prasada at Musical Concert

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Kalachandji’s Sponsors Book Table and Prasada at Musical Concert

by Gita Govinda Dasi Indranuja Dasa met a man a musician and a vocalist at a Whole Foods store. He had read the Bhagavad-gita and liked Arjuna, so had bought another book from the devotees. Now he was preparing to perform a concert. Indranuja Dasa asked him if we could distribute prasadaand books inside the theater. The man eagerly agreed. So Kalachandji's restaurant sponsored pakoras, tamarind chutney, and other delicacies, and we distributed the prasada and had a book table inside the concert hall. The...

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