Book Distribution in Mahattan and Los Angeles
In Manahatan New York Rama Raya has done harinam every day for eight months in Union Square, so the atmosphere is transcendental. It is very easy to distribute book there because the kirtan is making everyone happy. Tovah, dressed like a conservative Jew, was excited about the Gita since her yoga teacher always told stories about Krsna. She gave such a big donation that she also got the KRSNA book. Another girl was just coming from a...
Russia – A Special Place
Recently, while attending the annual Russian festival, I heard from the sankirtan devotees about some special book distributors. There is one team of distributors, father and son, both clad in saffron, who have great success distributing books together. During the sankirtan awards ceremony, they received awards for their outstanding service. Then there is Vacaspati Prabhu, who has no arms. He's been distributing books for the the...
Indian Youth at a Crossroads
Inspired by a godbrother expert at distributing books, I accompanied him to a mall in Bangalore, as a newbie book distributor, to distribute Bhagavad Gita As It Is. Bangalore is one of India's westernized cities, with a widespread technology industry and supporting technology schools. I walked up to a pair of technology students who had just entered the mall and placed a Bhagavad Gita in their hands. Young adults in India are at a...
The Gita Arrives Timely
Janardana was accompanying me on door-to-door book distribution in Adilade Australia for the day. Before we left, I had prayed to Sri Sri Gaura-Nitai and Sri Sri Radha-Shyamasundara here at Adelaide temple that They send us to some souls ready for the mercy of Srila Prabhupada. We ended up at a small beach town and parked the car. We went to the first house. It was a flat with a couple and their two children. I presented the Gita and...
A Pleasant Surprise Going Door to Door
On June 24th, our book distribution team decided to go door to door in the residential area called Asherville, just outside the Durban CBD in South Africa. The slow start quickly turned into many sales, resulting in the distributors retreating to their cars to restock. Being weary of dogs and moving in pairs, they reached a rather quiet street called Zinnia Road. Nearing the end of the road, the team members were enthusiastically...
Unfavorable Christian Helps Sell Books
My husband (Prithusrava dasa) & I went to the University of Nebraska in Lincoln for four days of book distribution. On the first day, a Christian carrying a 6' x 10' sign reading "Surrender now to Jesus before it's too late" plus other Christian warnings, was shouting and parading back and forth just fifty feet from us for about an hour. When he noticed us distributing Bhagavad-gita, he took it upon himself...