Sankirtan stories from the RVC
We were on Harinam chanting outside a large cinema which is also a kind of shopping center etc. One middle aged man came out with his wife. Bhakta Ryan approached him and gave him a book. He immediately started to get his wallet out but his wife became very determined not to let him give a donation and started to physically drag him away. He was also quite determined to give a donation and although his wife was dragging him along the street he and Ryan held onto each other and when his wife tried to grab the money out of his hand he slipped...
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I was distributing books at a table at the April Foods day fair in a local community college. And the table adjacent to us was the pagan church. I overheard a conversation between one of the women behind the table and an older man with a long white beard standing out in the aisle. She was explaining that she was a lesbian and the head of the church and that that was ok and I kind of watched his reaction the whole time through the conversation and he was kind of smiling and looking kind of strangee and thinking what is this woman talking...
read moreA Few points by His Holiness Hridayananda Maharaja
Dear Prabhus, PAMHO. AGSP. I have recently have had the opportunity to sit in many evening darshans with His Holiness Hridayananda Maharaja in Los Angeles. What follows are a few points that Maharaja made regarding increasing book distribution. .Book distribution used to be an activity which was done by EVERYONE in ISKCON. Before, EVERYONE felt responsible for making sure that Srila Prabhupada's books were distributed. Today, it has unfortunately become a highly specialized service that only a very small amount of devotees do while the...
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read moreThe Power of Brigupati Prabhu
When I was young I had the idea that I would just be a simple book distributor for this whole life and many future lives. Somehow or other I was not pure enough. It is a great inspiration of see Brgu Pati Prabhu and perhaps in some future life I can join him. Recentely I went out for book distribution, after a long break. As I came outof the station I met one old "bhakta" on the corner. This was in Tokyo were there is over 25 million people at thousands of stations and corners. This boy has been trying to be a devotee for over 20...
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