Little Free Libraries
Mother Nidra in Denver put me in contact with a devotee named Bhakta Hal who sets up routes to find “Little Free Libraries” for sankirtan devotees. He has maps and info from the people who install Little Free Libraries all over North America including Canada. Bhakta Hal sends many routes, and my daughter Gaura has become our Google maps navigator. We get to access the cornucopia of books which is our temple book room, then go out looking for these funny little altars stuck in people’s front yards or in popular business...
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I got to the Kumeu New World market with Khela Tirta Prabhu at around 4pm. I stopped Austin and handed him a HIUH. He looked at me and said, “Is this book about going back to Godhead?” I couldn’t believe what this guy just said, “how do you know that?” I replied. Turns out his friend Chris had given him Srila Prabhupada’s “Coming Back” during the lockdown. He told me the truth of his frustrations in life and we exchanged numbers then spoke about chanting Hare Krishna. He gave $20, took a HIUH...
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On Friday, August 27, 2020, Vaisheshika Prabhu posted a video of Indradyumna Swami and Jayapataka Swami stressing the importance of distributing Srimad Bhagavatam on that special day. Although busy, I felt like I had to get out. It was late in the evening in Texas, with a little daylight remaining. I put a Srimad Bhagavatam in my book bag and went to the closest shopping area near my home. Approaching people who were coming out of an Albertsons, I was getting the usual rejections that come with getting going. I had on a face mask and a glove....
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A nice family I met a few months back bought japa beads from me, and Ididn’t think much of it. We didn’t talk much. But today Manish reminded methat we’d met a few months back and and said that now he and his family arechanting two rounds daily. I asked him where he first met the devotees and how he developed interest inchanting. He told me that 25 years ago the Chowpatty devotees would visit his medicalschool in Mumbai, and Manish used to eat prasad and casually attend the Gitatalks by Gauranga Prabhu and others. Now 25 years later,...
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Harinam sankirtan goes on regularly in Zagreb, Croatia. Because of this,Krishna is now “the most popular God in town.” I was distributing booksdowntown with the harinam, and I observed that the majority of people likethe chanting. Some stop, and some also chant and dance with us. With harinam, book distribution is easier because you can see who isfavorable and who is not. I approached a nineteen-year-old who was veryfavorable and showed him books. He said, “Yesterday, I already bought one from your friend.” I...
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