The First Christmas Marathon
by Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami Excerpted from Srila Prabhupada-lilamrita, Vol. 2, pp. 265 67 "It was on December 22, 1972, that we accidentally discovered the Christmas marathon in Los Angeles. Of course, we noticed a great increase in the number of people going into the stores, and the stores were staying open sometimes until midnight. I was standing in front of a Burbank Zody's. We were having an intense competition with prizes...
A Visit From ‘GOD’
Mumbai, December 2006 Sridama Dasa was inspiring devotees to distribute Srila Prabhupada's books at Malad railway station, a suburb of Mumbai. His heart-felt announcements made the ever-busy, no-time Mumbaites pause and think about God and Gita. Out of thousands running to catch the next fast train, a few glanced at the book-stall and the devotees standing at strategic locations. Fewer ended up actually taking Srila...
How Did You Become So Humble?
by Madhumangala Dasa At Seaport Village today I approached a Vietnam veteran sitting on the side of the walkway smoking a cigarette and holding a signboard asking for money. Next to him lay a magazine and a Bible. He asked me if I had any spare change. I told him I was sorry that I couldn't give him anything because I was a monk and everything I owned had been given to me in charity. I asked him if he could do me a favor....
Buddhimanta Meets Srila Prabhupada
Buddhimanta had never met Srila Prabhupada and Kesava dasa, the Temple president of San Franscisco, thought he should; since he was the ‘biggest book distributor at that time. They were all in Los Angeles and Buddhimanta had just come in from a day of distributing Srila Prabhupada's books. He had distributed about 100 small books at store right near the temple. When he returned from sankirtan Kesava said to Buddhi that...
This Krishna Consciousness is a Science
by Suresvara Dasa By Krishna's mercy I found that no one could defeat me in any argument, no matter how educated they might be by any material estimation. I spoke to a college professor once when I was selling books in Knoxville, Tennessee. He said he was a scientist. He looked at my devotee dress and said that our movement was just a bunch of sentimentalists just dancing and chanting in the street. In response I repeated...
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