More Nectar From Other Places
Hari bol Prabhus Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. It's amazing how much nectar is flowing out of New Zealand and Australia. 60% of the BDN nectar is coming from these temples. Srila Prabhupada and Devamrta Swami (the guru of most of them if not all of them) has them on fire, getting the mercy, and giving the mercy. They're swimming in the nectar repeatedly diving in and around the ocean of...
The Order of Caitanya Mahaprabhu & an Unknown Friend
Morning Walk — May 20, 1975, Melbourne Prabhupada: “No, that is missionary activities, that they do not understand, but you have to make them understand. They are not calling you, "I am suffering. Please come," but it is your business to go and let them know that "You are suffering. You take this method." That is the way of becoming very quickly recognized by Krsna. Otherwise, if you think, "They...
Be More Aware and Picking up where he left off
Our ISKCON center in Seattle Washington is interesting because although no one lives in the temple there are quite a few devotees, sixty initiated. They recently had a four day Kumbha Mela Festival (the only one in the west) with Janmastami being the main attraction during the festival. Thirteen thousand people visited the temple during the four days of the mela and the devotees distributed almost three thousand dollars worth of...
Book Distribution in Detroit
I was asked to give the lecture on Janmastami at the Detroit temple, (for those of you in other countries, Detroit is a city in the state of Michigan in the USA). As I was speaking about the pastimes of Krsna something Prabhupada had said entered my train of thought, "Devotees are not satisfied in just hearing the glories of Krsna they also want to distribute His glories." Well, that sparked an interactive discussion on book...
Small World, and “Sorry I want a wife”
I was distributing books on Broadway Ave. in New York City when I apprached a man with his wife. When I showed him the Science of Self Realization he said, "I already have that book." Then he looked at me again and said, "And I think I got it from you last year in Hawaii." I said, "Yes sir, you probably did because I was in Hawaii last year." Then I asked him if he would like to have another book. He...