I Only Read Books by Swami Prabhupada
by Jaya Gurudeva Dasa In the late seventies, I was distributing books in a parking lot in front of a huge shopping mall in Switzerland, just on the border of Germany and Austria. It is still a very popular place for neighbouring Germans and Austrians particularly on weekends. It was a busy Friday afternoon, and I was going from car to car, offering ‘nourishment for the soul' in the form of transcendental literature. As...
Determination in Thailand
By Kavicandra Swami In Thailand it has been very, very slow getting things going especially in regards to book distribution. Recently, many young Nepali students have been coming to study, and several of them are already devotees. They have now been successfully distributing Prabhupada’s books. One mataji, Sneha devi is especially powerful. She met a veterinarian, who after failing to understand Buddhism, was very happy to come...
The First Lady of Japan accepts Bhagavad Gita
By Sanjay Krsna Candra Das Hare Krishna dear Prabhus, Please accept our humble dandavats. Jai Srila Prabhupad. Today there was an inauguration ceremony of new premises of my daughter’s school. The first lady, Mrs. Abe (wife of Prime Minister of Japan) was the chief guest. It is generally difficult to have close audience of VVIPs. So, we were praying hard that we can gift Japanese “Bhagavad Gita As It Is” to her. Mrs....
Books, the First Step in Making Devotees
By H.H. Jayapataka Swami (Delivered as a speech during the Book Distribution Seminars in Sridham Mayapur, Gaura Purnima Festival 2007) There is a lot of discussion about core preaching, such as book distribution, harinama, prasada distribution. But right from the very beginning, Prabhupada also spoke about making devotees among the people neighboring our temples. And Srila Prabhupada certainly did house programs. He wrote [1 June...
Book Distribution in Holland
By Mayapura Chandrodaya dasa In Utrecht two young girls from Surinam approached me curious about my mission. I showed them books. One of them became fired up like anything. She said:”I love Krsna and spiritual matters.” Her eagerness to have books was increasing, and so was my desire to give her more. I briefly described her the story of Maharaja Pariksit and showed her how the books all fit together. She was in ecstasy to...
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