The Most Dangerous Thing You’ll Ever Do
I met a young man with some numbers tattooed on his arm. I asked him what they meant, and he responded that because he did many dangerous things, his friends call him “9-lives Ryan,” meaning he had nine chances to escape death. So he got tattooed with the numbers 1 through 9 to give him encouragement to keep living life on the edge. I showed him a Srimad Bhagavatam, and we discussed a bit about reincarnation and Himalayan...
Book Distribution Bliss in the UK
UK Marathon results: All records smashed!!! 131,340 transcendental books distributed!!! Sutapa das: We concluded the counting of scores yesterday evening. More to come in, but we have to stop somewhere. Nikhil prabhu and myself went to Srila Prabhupada’s darshan room to offer him the final results. In that transcendental tirtha, Mahaprabhu’s commander-in-cheif looked effulgent and absorbed, ever exuding the purity and...
The 50/50 campaign for ISKCON’s fiftieth year
The ISKCON 50/50 Campaign is an initiative to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of ISKCON throughout 2016. Everyone is invited to join us and distribute 50 BBT books in 2016. That’s an average of just one a week. Here’s how to get involved: 1. Locate an ISKCON Temple or Centre near you. Go to: www.iskcon5050.com/contact for the international address list. 2. Contact the Temple and ask to take part. Ask for a score sheet. 3....
Pictures from UK Book Distribution
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Prabodhananda Prabhu said, "This is the most disappointing day". We had been distributing books for more than two hours without anyone even looking at a single book, leave alone taking one. It was becoming more austere as temperatures soared in the summer heat of Mumbai. It was late afternoon and we were exhausted. We began praying intensely and desperately hoped our bags would lose some weight, for we had been pushing them...