WSN February 2024 – World Sankirtan Newsletter
Please see the attached PDF file for the latest worldwide book distribution results, which contains charts and images. WSN 2025 – February
read morePAWS THAT GAVE HIM PAUSE
As told by Pandava Sakha Prabhu, the following incident happened somewhere in Western Europe: While out on harinama and book distribution one day, a group of devotees were confronted by some Christian ministers, who constantly insulted them and even hired some skinheads (neofascists) to attack them. Dressed in black shirts with swastikas, the skinheads came in front of the devotees brandishing stakes, clubs, and chains. Not knowing what to do, the devotees froze until one brave devotee stepped up to the skinheads and started insulting them,...
read moreFROM BUDDHA TO KRSNA
While visiting Milan, Italy, I met a devotee who had previously been a Buddhist monk. When I asked him how he became a Vaisnava, he said he once had a teacher who taught Shaolin Kung Fu. He would come to the Buddhist monastery to teach the monks. “One day when he came he was singing. He had brought a harmonium and was singing very beautifully. When I later asked him what he was singing, he said he was singing the Damodarastakam. I wrote down the name and later looked it up online and found out it’s about Krsna. “The next...
read moreTHE OFFENSE, THE REMEDY, AND THE REMINDER
I went to one factory in Russia to distribute books. On meeting the secretary I asked to see the director. She went to tell the director that someone wanted to meet him. When he came out and saw me, he asked if I was a Hare Krsna. I said, “Yes, I am.” He then said to the secretary, “Don’t let him go, I’m going to call the police. These people should be crushed like cockroaches.” I quietly slipped out the door and went on to other places. What happened afterwards was amazing. When the director went home, he...
read moreTHE MIRACLE OF SRILA PRABHUPADA’S BOOKS
One year ago, a young girl named Kavita Kukde met me. She looked troubled, lost, and full of doubts about life, and even about the existence of God. As we spoke, I felt inspired to give her a copy of Srila Prabhupada’s Bhagavad Gita, told her how powerful this book is, and encouraged her to read it with faith. That was all. I never expected to see her again. But on 6 March 2025, after one whole year, we met again. And when I saw her, I could hardly believe my eyes. She was not the same girl I had met before. Her face glowed with peace, her...
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