Rock Festival Distribution in Finland
Jaya Srila Prabhupada! For the last four or five years we have distributed books to the crowd at the annual Tuska ("Pain") Open-Air Metal Festival in the center of Helsinki. The festival runs from Friday through Sunday during the first weekend of July. Compared to some other rock festivals, the crowd at this one is a little less intoxicated. They mainly go there because of the music. Actually, the fact that they're a bit...
Stalker or Seeker?
By Banke Bihari Dasi (Burnaby, BC, Canada) Once while I was out doing books I noticed a man staring at me. He made me so nervous that I was very careful not to make eye contact with him, let alone try to preach to him. He stood near the bus stop — but he never got on a bus! As nightfall approached I couldn't believe he was still standing in the same spot. I kept glancing at him out of the corner of my eye because I thought...
Even the Most Sinful Buy Books
One time I took out one of our young Indian devotees from the Sydney temple selling books door to door. He was enthusiastically preaching. We came to a butcher shop and proceeded to walk in the door but the stench of dead carcasses and the sinful atmosphere made him turn right around and walk outside. I preached to him that these people are all spirit souls and being the most fallen desparately need the mercy of Lord Caitanya. I could...
WSN May 2010 – World Sankirtan Newsletter
By Vijaya das Hare Krsna Prabhus, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. I hope everyone is inspired by the transcendental words of Krsna and Prabhupada to distribute their message far and wide. Vrndavana had a great month of May, racking up over 11,000 book points and more than doubling the total for the same month last year. Pancagauda Prabhu is now the temple president of this holy place, and it looks...
Govinda Dasa Recollects how it all began in the trains of Mumbai:
Some of the most exciting book distribution incidents have taken place at the Mumbai Central Railway Station. It all began in the mid 80's, when book distribution as a part of regular service in the Radha-Gopinatha temple in Chowpatty was still at a nascent stage. With very few devotees distributing books, nobody had ever thought of going to the railway station. One day Krishnananda Prabhu decided to take the initiative and told...
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