Sankirtan story from Singapore
Apr23

Sankirtan story from Singapore

Dear Prabhus, Please accept my humble obeisances.all glories to Srila Prabhupada. I always felt on book distribution that Krishna and Srila Prabhupada always make the arrangements for the books to go out. Last week while I was on sankirtan,it was really a tough day and nobody was taking the books. I perserved and kept going, meditating that today is a day of purification and the more people say "No" it is an opportunity to...

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[Nectar] “I will only read Prabhupada’s books”
Apr20

[Nectar] “I will only read Prabhupada’s books”

In the late seventies I was distributing books on a parking lot in front of a huge shopping mall in Switzerland – just on the border of Germany and Austria. It still is a very popular place for neighbouring Germans and Austrians. Particularly on weekends. It was a busy Friday afternoon. I was going from car to car, offering "nourishment for the soul" in the form of transcendental literature. As I approached one car...

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Becoming Fearless
Apr19

Becoming Fearless

by Bhakta Corey I was distributing in a Walmart parking lot in San Antonio, Texas the other day. I handed a book to a young mother who was carrying her two or three year old daughter in her arms. She took the book looked at it, and then her daughter grabbed it from her. I said "See, she likes it too" and then she gave me a donation. Next, I distributed an Easy Journey to Other Planets to one family, and the father...

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Sankirtan Adventure
Apr18

Sankirtan Adventure

By Krsna-Rupa Devi Dasi   Hare Krishna! Inspired by the email aboutChaitanya das and the Brahma Kumaris on the train. Yes it is true that the Lord protects his devotees. A difficult situation occured to me on sankirtan last month in Newcastle, near Sydney, Australia. My husband took me to a market where he had been distributing books, so that we could do a harinama for the nice people he had been meeting there. I wasnt so keen, I...

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Changing Matter Into Spirit
Apr17

Changing Matter Into Spirit

by Jaya Gurudeva Dasa Today was a typical Saturday afternoon at a local shopping center. It could be anywhere in the world, but this happened to be at the precincts of Prague. Nervous drivers were looking for an empty parking space, agressive shoppers were making their way to their cars and filling their trunks with shopping bags. I eagerly approached a man who was just about to start his engine and leave. "Hello sir. Here's...

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