A book and association conquers hearts
It was time for yoga and kirtan guests to arrive, I was doing some work behind the servery at Bhakti Lounge when a young lady walked up to the bookshelf. She went straight for Bhagavad Gita. I started up a conversation and learned that her partner had met Bhakta Jordan on books, bought a Science of Self Realisation and they had attended the kirtan program and Soul Feast a couple of times. She LOVED kirtan and...
Book distribution can quite often be an adventure……..
Hare Krsna, Please accept my humble obeisances, all glories to Srila Prabhupada! I just returned from a few hours of sankirtan in downtown Toronto. I'm really excited about this year's December marathon. I'm recalling with great feeling a special outing last year that I am now inspired to finally share. On a cold and wet day last year we went to the Eaton Centre. And within an hour we got the boot by...
Setting Goals
Hare Krsna, Please accept my humble obeisances, all glories to Srila Prabhupada! Three years ago, the North American leaders began setting collective goals for North American Sankirtana. In 2012, the leaders set a goal to increase book distribution by 20% and achieved a 26.5% increase. In 2013, they set a goal to again increase by 20% and they achieved an additional 28% increase. In the beginning of this 2014, the...
The Marathon
Hare Krsna, Please accept my humble obeisances, all glories to Srila Prabhupada! Worlwide, people are wasting their human lives by “chewing the chewed,” or gratifying their senses. Imagine someone picking up from the ground a chewed piece of gum and chewing it to get some pleasure. Disgusting! Well, that's material life: a disgusting existence. They don't know that by satisfying the senses of Krishna...