Article Courtesy of Book Distribution Conference.

Ayodhya Dasa, a devotee of Indian descent, joined ISKCON in 1976 in
Detroit and was initiated by Srila Prabhupada in 1977. While in Detroit
he distributed books while serving in the life membership department.
But for many years he wanted to go to Vrndavana. In 1995 Krsna made the
arrangement. That year his brother-in-law passed away in India and he
was asked to attend the funeral ceremony because he was the only
surviving male in the family. He took the opportunity to visit
Vrndavana. He loved Vrndavana and decided he would move there. Dina
Bandhu Prabhu told him that Prabhupada wanted Continue reading “An Unlikely Hero in the World of Sankirtana”

Article Courtesy of BDN Conference on Pamho.

On the first day of the 2010 Prabhupada Marathon we (myself and Bhakta
Alexey, on his first marathon) were on Oxford Street in London, waiting
for a bus to take us to our destination, further up the street. We
started to distribute books at the bus stop.

When the bus arrived, the driver held my books as I got on. He was from
Indonesia. I asked him to take a Bhagavad-gita Continue reading “Reggie Gets the Mercy”

By Madri dasi

For three hours last Saturday, 6th August 2011 two hundred devotees participated in a maha harinam in downtown Johannesburg, South Africa.

4200 of Srila Prabhupada’s books and 9500 packets of caramelized peanut prasad were distributed to Native African citizens.

This is the third such program held here during this year. In March this year Continue reading “Maha Harinama & 4200 Books Distributed”