Thank you!
Dear exalted Prabhu's, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! I want to thank you all for your participation in the Prabhupada Marathon commemorating the 108th appearance of Srila Prabhupada. I'm sure there were many wonderful moments exchanged with the conditioned souls as well as some trying times. That we go on year after year during the hard times and the nectar times is a sign of love, and a sign that one is sure to receive the mercy of Krsna, as Prabhupada writes in a purport in the SB 2.9.24....
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by Aisvarya Prabhu Yesterday Parama Karuna, Mathuradhis and I were at a mall in San Jose reading about Radharani in the Nectar of Devotion. Srila Prabhupada (and Srila Rupa Goswami) was talking about how devotional service is greater than Krsna because it attracts Him and that the symbol of devotional service in the highest degree is Radharani. So when we were about to distribute books again Parama turned to me and said, “Isn’t it amazing that no one here has heard of Srimati Radharani?!” Around us was the mayhem and madness...
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While I was distributing yesterday another devotee came and started distributing with me, without me knowing, he put some of his books on my box so when I pulled my books out to go to another spot his books fell to the floor. Immediately a man bent down to pick them up and respectfully handed them to me. I said, "thank you", and then handed him the Bhagavad Gita. I asked if he was from India. "No, I'm from Iran" Oh really, did you know that the word Iran came from a sanskrit word, "aryan" which means...
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Dear devotees, the Marathon here in LA is fully on, Brghupati Prabhu yesterday distributed 112 big Bhagavad Gita's and 75 big books, he's our inspiration. Although he's 52 years old, he has so much energy you would tink he is 19, he's in transendental samadhi. Then there's Dvarakesh das from South India who has only been distributing for the past 8 months, every day for the past 3 days of the marathon has been distributing over 200 big and maha big books in the LA airport. Then there is Parameshvara das who went out...
read moreA Few short stories by Tulasi Devi Dasi
I tried to speak to one man who quickly said, "No. No time! I said, "No time? What's your job"? "Drug salesman". "Really, what's the biggest selling product"? "Maalox (for ulcers). "No time? You better take time to read this book or you'll gave to take Maalox like everyone else". He then said, "You're right". And quickly took a book and gave a donation. I was speaking to a simple farmer who didn't want a book but somehow in our conversation it came out that all...
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