Mayapur and Service to Lord Caitanya
Hare Krsna Prabhus, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. By the mercy of Lord Caitanya I'm in the holy dham of Mayapur. We just finished the Nama Yajna, four days of ecstatic twelve-hour kirtans with the best kirtaniyas in the movement. Last night was the last kirtan, led by Madhava Prabhu. It went on till 11:20 PM. Imagine thousands of devotees being swept up in a kirtan. It was indeed a very...
A more important trek
When I arrived in Katmandu, Nepal, I was surprised we had to pay for a visa on arrival. I turned to a couple of young men next to me and asked how much we had to pay. One of them said, "It's $25 if you stay for less than ten days, more if you stay longer." "OK, thanks." Two days later I was distributing books in Katmandu near where the temple devotees were having harinam. As I approached people I noticed a...
A Cliff Hanger
While I was in Dhaka, Bangladesh, one of the temple leaders there — Jagat Guru Prabhu — invited me to join him at a university program. At the school there was a festival in honor of Goddess Sarasvati. "We have a book table there," he explained, "and book distribution should be good." I took him up on his invitation and went to check out the Sarasvati festival, hoping that by Krsna's mercy I could...
An unsatisfied customer
Hare Krsna Prabhus, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. Below is a letter a lady sent to Krsna.com after an uncomfortable experience with a book distributor. She complains about what I have for many years been trying to get sankirtan devotees to avoid doing. A devotee handed her four books and gave her the impression they were free. But when she didn't give enough money, he took three of them back....
Book Distribution Lecture by Vijaya Prabhu, Kualumpur Malaysia
Audio lecture on book distribution by His Grace Vijaya Prabhu at Kualumpur Malaysia on 24 Jan 2012 Download