You’re a beggar, you’re nothing but a beggar
Dec21

You’re a beggar, you’re nothing but a beggar

Yesterday someone walked past me and said, “You’re a beggar, you’re nothing but a beggar”. He then walked off. His comment was said with malice yet I knew he was sent by Caitanya Mahaprabhu to remind me that yes I am a beggar, a beggar begging for the mercy and love of God. I also realized that as a book distributor I’m on the streets begging myself and others to awaken our spiritual identity in order to be able to relate to each...

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Meet Jim and John
Dec20

Meet Jim and John

Meet Jim (left) and John (right). Yesterday, in Coventry, UK, as I was speaking to someone, John came over and started to look at the Veda on top of my trolley. As I finished speaking to the person, I approached John and he asked me what the books were about. I had quite literally only just started to brief him, and in an instant, he took a note out of his wallet and placed it in my hand and walked off with the book. I was...

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MARATHON MEDICINE
Dec11

MARATHON MEDICINE

By Janananda Gosvami Well, feeling a bit slow and down in old age. Digestion problems, sleep problems, things ain’t what they used to be in ISKCON either, and I got no taste for chanting and hearing. Where’s the movement going? So many ask. Maybe we should ask, where am I going? Well, I’ll speak for myself, I’m going on the Marathon – at least as much as possible with all the other services going on simultaneously. I would...

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Where is Kesava now?
Dec11

Where is Kesava now?

Today I met a family in Uxbridge. After they received a Gita from me, they said, “Our son Kesava received the same book three months ago from an Italian priest called Raffaele from Watford mandir. Kesava was on a wheelchair. When he came home, he was reading it every day.” When I asked, “Where is Kesava now?” they replied, “He passed away last month with the Gita on his chest in hospital. He was eighteen...

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The glories of Hotel Gita
Dec09

The glories of Hotel Gita

One hotel owner was initially very reluctant to keep Bhagavad-gitas, worrying that guests would react negatively. Devotees convinced him to put the sacred books in just some of his rooms as an experiment. Soon after, a guest approached the hotel owner. He shared that he had checked into his hotel room in a depressed state of mind, planning to commit suicide. When he found a Bhagavad-gita in his bedside drawer and began to read it,...

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