The most interesting Krsna and another life saved
I was distributing at a touristy area in Denver Colorado when I approached a man offering him the Bhagavad Gita. He said, “No, not interested.” So I asked him, “Do you know what it is?” “No.” “Then how do you know you’re not interested?” “Good point, alright show it to me.” I showed him the pictures and explained a little. Then He said, “This is actually very interesting and I’d like to give you a donation. He gave a nice donation and went on his way with Krsna, who...
read moreThe beginning
From Mitra das conversation with Jambavan das Jambavan was in SF when book distribution started. The temple was broke, the rent took all the money they had, there was nothing left for food or anything else. Keshava, the temple president got some wooden begging bowls and cheap rose incense sticks and sent us to Market and Powell. We’d collect a little out there to keep us going a little longer. We ran out of Back To Godhead magazines. We had nothing else to sell. Meanwhile, this shipment of Krishna books sat in our basement. They’d...
read moreThe biggest Bhagavad gita
While visiting an influential friend in London, I noticed a very large Bhagavad-gita in his living room, five times bigger than our Deluxe Gita. Only a hundred and eight of them were printed by the Meditteranean BBT (Madhu Sevita Prabhu). They cost about $1,300 each. They were published with top VIPs in mind. The London temple gave a copy to my friend because of his long-time support of the temple. It must have weighed around twenty pounds. Your servant, Vijaya Dasa...
read moreHow to distribute a Gita in the forest
Just as I was leaving London, Ananta Prabhu, a book distributor, told me an amazing story. He was in a forest near London and somehow lost his phone. Then a friend of his called. The phone was lying on the ground ringing, and a person walking by hears and sees the phone, picks it up, and answers it. The friend calling soon finds out that it is someone else, not Ananta. The devotee-friend asks the man, “My friend must have lost his phone, so can you do me a favor and bring it to me? I’ll give you a reward.” The man agrees to bring it,...
read moreLucy got the mercy
While in Alachua, I gave a Bhagavatam class about book distribution. A Vaisnavi, Guru Prasad dd, commented on an experience she had distributing books. She was distributing at Dallas airport without much success, but she was still happily approaching people. A lady sitting nearby was watching and finally walked up to her and asked what she was doing. This lady was shown the books, and she was surprised that people were not interested, because they appeared to be nice books. She said, “I’ll take one.” She told her husband to give a...
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