World Sankirtan Newsletter for August 2016
Hare Krsna, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! During August, in the Large Temples category, Ujjain had the highest increase, 113%, with 10,082 book points. In the middle of India in August it’s hot. So devotees doing the austerity of book distribution in Ujjain’s heat get some extra mercy. Among medium temples, Baroda had the highest increase, with 1,437 book points, an increase of...
Prema Sankirtana
In ISKCON we sometimes experience a real loving exchange. We go to a house, and they welcome us with a lot of prasada. We refuse at first, out of love, but they insist that we take more. We give in, though we wanted more prasada the whole time, and then a loving mood is created. I've also had this experience on book distribution. I'll meet a nice person, we have a great exchange, and then they give an unexpected big donation....
Openheimer Distributes The Gita
Reading a few pages of Vaisesika prabhu's wonderful book 'Our Family Business' before going on the street has been transformative for my waning sankirtan spirit. On one day I had read the first chapter in my car before going to Queen St. in Auckland. Vaisesika, ISKCON's sankirtan legend, had recalled how, as a 16 year old, he had come to receive Back to Godhead magazine while fasting all day, observing a vow of silence...
The Super Soul Does It Again!
Hare Krishna! Recently I was distributing books door to door in Gisborne, New Zealand. I knocked on one door and had the great fortune to meet Caleb (see attached photo), a very pleasant middle aged gentleman and committed Christian. As a successful musician, one of the ways he serves is to glorify God though music at Christian gatherings all around the world. Still, I could understand from his respectful and friendly demeanor...
An Atheist Has A Change Of Heart On The Spot
While distributing in Silicon Valley, we met a Gujarati family at the first door we knocked on. The wife said, “We know all this,” and was about to close the door. Then we asked her to call her husband. When Sankirtan Prabhu was at the door explaining about the Bhagavatam to the husband, his eldest daughter, Dipti, was just sitting on the sofa. Sankirtan asked her whether she was depressed about anything, and she said she is an...
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