Srila Prabhupada’s book save a killer
We were on traveling sankirtana in Zenica, Bosnia. There was a slaughterhouse near the house where we stayed, and in the city center were butcher shops under the same name: Zmajevac. It sounds a bit hellish. We were trying to reach the main director during sankirtana, but without success. However, one morning, by Krishna's mercy, Bhakta Denis and I decided to try again. That morning we did our best to properly chant the holy names of the Lord. The agreement was that, if we enter, Denis would pray in his mind, while I did the talking. We...
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In my engineering days in Bangalore, I was reading Bhagavad-gita in my class, and since the lecturer was absent my fellow classmates were asking me questions. This went on for two hours, and then I promised to give them some books the next day. The next day when I was giving them books, another classmate who was not in the previous day’s discussion saw the books. Being curious, he asked for one, and I gave him “Civilization & Transcendence.” In a few days his life transformed. He was mentioning his distaste for movies, mundane music and...
read moreEurope and America are in great danger
I read your sankirtana newsletter with great relish. Europe and America are in great danger; this Hare Krsna movement is enveloping them. The sankirtana devotees are very, very dear to Krsna because you are doing the field work of distribution, Krsna has immediately recognized them as true servants. Just like during war time, a farm boy or ordinary clerk who goes to fight for his country on the front, immediately becomes a national hero for his sincere effort. So Krsna immediately recognizes a preacher of Krsna consciousness who takes all...
read moreTranscendental blitz book distribution
Recently, while I was in Kathmandu, there was a small Srila Prabhupada festival. Present for this festival were some devotees who were instrumental in spreading Krsna consciousness in Nepal: Mahavishnu Swami, Dadhi Bhaksa Prabhu, and Hamsagati Prabhu. They spoke about Srila Prabhupada and how Krsna consciousness spread in Nepal. Dadhi Baksa Prabhu is the only disciple of Srila Prabhupada from Nepal. So, naturally, hearing from him about his exchanges with Srila Prabhupada endeared him to the local devotees. Hamsagati Prabhu is from America,...
read moreKrsna works in mysterious ways
During the 2017 Prabhupada Marathon, I was in a McDonald’s car-park in Keri Keri NZ. I approached a car with two ladies sitting inside. They happened to be sisters. They told me they had the same astrological sign. So I said, “Okay, I am just going to put this out there: Are you both Pisces?” They looked at me with disbelief and asked, “How did you know?” Well, I didn’t, but Krsna did. I said that the universe told me, and I explained that I was a monk and showing books. Needless to say, during the rest of...
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