Reading Bhagavad Gita in Calamities like Death of Near One’s
My first day of Book Marathon 2014 2nd December 2014 Gita Jayanti Day The Fight Within Getting down at the railway station; a fight arose in my mind ‐ should i go or should i not ? It was 8:30 p.m. A not so great day in office. The journey on the local train back from office had left me tired & exhausted. On one side was the anticipation of comfort at home after a day of physical & mental exertion. On the other side was the...
Praying for sincere people
Yesterday, when we went out, for the first hour, no one even came close to the book table. I received a call from Paramananda Gopal, and in the course of our talk I requested him to say a prayer from New York (to Krishna) so that we could meet some sincere people here in the Bay area and connect them with Krishna. After the call, we almost planned to pack the books and go to some other location or maybe go back. At that time one...
A Street Beggar Purchases Two Bhagavat Gita
One day I went to near by Ganesh temple to distribute books. First I went to a flower seller, near to Ganesh temple. I thought she is having nice devotional profession as she was selling flower for lord Ganesh. So I approached her to take one book. But to my surprise she became very much irritated and told this is just her business and nothing more. I felt very sad for her and realize that only by Then , After some time I came...
More Stories from Vrndavana bds Seminar
by Vijaya das Once one devotee spoke with a lady enrolled in a university in an East European country. It was summertime and very hot. She was looking out the window and saw a book outside her window that was keeping up the window in the next apartment. She saw the book and was amazed how beautiful it was (the Krsna book). She was spiritually inclined so she could understand by looking at it that in was a spiritual book. She...
A book distribution report to Bhaktivinoda Thakura from ISV
Dear Bhakti Vinoda Thakura, Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to you!! namo bhaktivinodaya sac-cid-ananda-namine gaura-sakti-svarupaya rupanuga-varaya te I offer my respectful obeisances unto Saccidananda Bhaktivinoda, who is transcendental energy of Caitanya Mahaprabhu. He is a strict follower of the Gosvamis, headed by Srila Rupa. We are gathered here on the most auspicious occasion,...
Brazil’s congregational sankirtana – Sangita
The initiative Sangita (Congregational Sankirtana) started in 2012 in Belo Horizonte and then spread in Brazil. Currently, this initiative goes on in four cities (Belo Horizonte, Recife, Caruaru and Campina Grande). But we’ve had some version of the program in other cities: Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Fortaleza and Joao Pessoa. The results are interesting. I’m sharing some details about the program to show the strength that...




