The World Sankirtan Newsletter for February 2015
February turned out to be a great month for the Pune temple: It was the No. 1 temple in the world. Look out, Mayapur and New Delhi! Pune is entering the transcendental competition. Rightly so, since 160 brahmacaris live there. I just visited the recently constructed Pune temple, where the presiding Deities are Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai, Sri Sri Radha-Vrndavana-chandra, and Jagannatha, Baladeva and Subhadra – all very beautiful...
Student Sees Auras of Book Distributor
I was distributing in front of Innsbrucks University (Austria), and I stopped a student — small, round and sweet — and offered him SB 1.1. He took it and said tht he will return to tell me if he liked the book and if he didn't he would give it back. I agreed. A few hours later he came back telling me that he was against the caste system. I explained the original meaning of the varnashram system and its supperiority...
Two Drunks and a Book Distributor…..
One evening a drunk came to our stall and picked up a Gita and told me that it is an incomplete Bhagavat-gita. He said that by reading the first page, he understood that it is not complete. Instead of arguing, I was trying to avoid him & looking for an interested person. But the drunk stayed at our stall arguing with me. Suddenly another drunkard showed up and told the first drunk, ”You cannot take the Bhagavad-gita, because...
There are No Material Impediments To Book Distribution…….
I want to acknowledge an amazing feat of faith, surrender and dedication. Srila Prabhupada's warrior, Adhoksaja Prabhu, born in Russia, has been living and preaching in Germany for quite some time. He has almost completely lost his sight. He has only 20% vision in one eye, while the other is blind. In a such a state, most people become dependant on others and angry at God. But he took it upon himself to go out during the...
Devotees at ISV Distributed 31,099 Books During MSF of Selfless Service
By Raxit Jariwalla Hare Krishna Dear Devotees, Please accept my humble obeisances. All Glories to Srila Prabhupada! Our annual books marathon referred to as ‘The MSF of 25,000 Books, an Occasion for Selfless Service’, which began in the second week of October 2010 was concluded yesterday, January 5th, the day of offering, when the final results were offered to Srila Prabhupada and their Lordships at the Wednesday Night...