Dear Devotees, For the pleasure of Srila Prabhupada, BBT Africa will be hosting the 3rd Annual BBT Africa conference in Nairobi, Kenya on 04 February 2012. Please click on the link below to access the programme for the conference. BBT Africa Conference Kenya – Programme Continue reading BBT Africa Conference: Kenya
By Madhumangala Dasa
Lord Caitanya’s causless mercy isn’t something mysterious, in one sense. It really enters the hearts of special souls via the medium of the sankirtan devotees. Thus everyone has an opportunity to remember Krishna, though they may be almost unaware of it.
About two weeks ago, coming back to Durban from Johannesburg, as usual I brought books with me on the bus. I began observing the passengers, who looked sleepy or else quite bored while staring out the window. Continue reading “At the right place at the right time”
The December scores for South Africa have been updated due to a late submission from the Chatsworth Temple in Durban. Dear Devotees, Please find below a summary of the Book Scores for December 2011 from the African Continent. Please click on the link below for details per temple. Temple: Books: Points: Ghana 890 217.50 Kenya … Continue reading Africa Book Scores – December 2011 – Updated
Dear Devotees, Please find below a summary of the Book Scores for November 2011 from the African Continent. Please click on the link below for details per temple. Temple: Books: Points: Ghana 715 96.75 Kenya 802 268.75 Malawi 50 28.00 Mauritius 9745 2951.00 South Africa 885 435.70 Total: 12197 … Continue reading Africa Book Scores – November 2011
Editors Note: We are publishing the Updated Scores for October due to a late submission from Mauritius… Dear Devotees, Please find below a summary of the Book Scores for October 2011 from the African Continent. Please click on the link below for details per temple. Temple: Books: Points: Ghana 86 28.45 Kenya 1875 739.65 Malawi … Continue reading Africa Book Scores – October 2011 – Updated
Sankirtana must be pushed on, even there are some difficulties. That is our mission. So tactfully, according to place, time, and surroundings, try to push on this Sankirtana cult as far as possible and Krishna will be very very much pleased upon you. I am also very much pleased for your activities and I have all my blessings for you. Please continue this activity and … Continue reading Push on Sankirtana and be Blessed
Srila Prabhupada personally wrote me, Go on increasing books, and go on increasing my pleasure. Prabhupada’s pleasure means Krishna’s pleasure, and increasing Krishna’s pleasure is the goal of every devotee–exemplified to the highest degree by the eternal residents of Vrindavan, in whose footsteps we aspire to follow. Thank you very much. Hare Krishna. Your eternal servant, Giriraj Swami Continue reading Books and Pleasure
Dear devotees,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to our dearest Srila Prabhupada, all glories to Sri Guru and Sri Gauranga, and all glories to the sankirtan devotees of the Lord!
One evening recently, after relishing the nectar of sankirtan, I was waiting at a gas station for my ride back to the temple. I approached the pump attendants and urged them to chant Hare Krishna. At first they couldn’t understand what I’d said, but after I’d repeated the mantra a few times the normal symptoms of one who hears the Lord’s holy name began to take effect. They all looked at one another, and while smiling and laughing they began to chant in response. Continue reading “Petrol Station Sankirtana”
By Vijaya Dasa Ministry of Book Distribution Hare Krsna Prabhus, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. The new book on book distribution, called “The Brhat Mrdanga,” is now in the editing stage. Dravida Prabhu is editing it. Along with all the wonderful stories and realizations of devotees, I want to have pictures of senior devotees distributing books. In the middle of … Continue reading “Book Distributors Should Go to the Mayapur Festival” – Srila Prabhupada
By Vijaya Dasa
Ministry of Book Distribution
I was distributing at Pierce College in Los Angeles. It was slow — very slow. Hardly any books were going out. It’s been quite some time since I’ve been able to go on book distribution (health problems), so it was nice to be out on the front lines again. But this was not what I expected. So I decided to save my energy for the next day. As I was leaving, a student came to me and asked, “What are these books about?” I explained to him, “These books help us understand higher spiritual values in life and how to live peacefully in a world filled with so much stress.”
“Really! Wow, I’m into this. Tell me more about them.” Continue reading “Warming Up Before the Prabhupada Marathon”
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