Knowledge is knowledge, and it’s meant for everyone
While I was in Bali, Padma Locana Prabhu told me about an amazing experience he had at the annual arts festival in Bali last year. Here's his account: I was distributing books and a nicely dressed Muslim lady wearing a burqa approached me and asked whether I had the Bhagavad-gita. I said, "Yes, I do. Would you like one?" "I've heard that it is a sacred text and very famous." While I showed it to her, a...
Profound Knowledge Made Someone a Book Distributor
We have a nice farm in southeast Germany called Simhacalam. Lord Nrsimhadeva is the presiding deity. While taking prasada there, I asked a book distributor, Advaita Simha Dasa, how he came to Krsna. Advaita Simha said, “Gaur Mohan approached me, and I gave a donation for a Science of Self Realization. At first I thought it was a cult, so I just wanted to hear what they have to say. But after reading a few chapters I realized...
Adopting new ways of book distribution
Recently, I've had the good association of Hari Bhakta Prabhu (from Los Angeles) here in New Zealand. We were together over the New Year and again for a few days on book distribution until his departure. He was glorifying Jaya Caitanya Prabhu's set distribution: at tables, selling multiple books in one exchange. Inspired by this, and enthused by Devamrita Swami's request for such set distribution on the scene here in New...
Krishna’s mercy in Sydney and Indonesia
While in Melbourne I heard about a Sydney devotee who distributed fifty sets in 2016: Dhira Lalita Prabhu. A few days later I was in Sydney, so I asked him how he did it. He said, “I always carry a set with me on sankirtan, and I always ask people whether they like to read. If they say yes, I take them to my car and show them a Bhagavatam set. Sometimes they take the full set. Krsna sends these special people to take sets....
Sweet encounters at Ohlone College (in Fremont, Claifornia)
It was a very sweet experience distributing books at Ohlone College. One student was so happy and excited to have found our meditation books that she took them and gave a good donation. The donation she gave was meant to be used for buying her college textbooks. Instead, she was glad to use the money for getting the "best education." She emphasized the need for this education in the world today. (She is the sincere student...