By Gadi das ACBSP

Hare Krsna… recently on a last minute effort, on Nov.18, I picked up Sikhi das and headed to Birmingham Al. from Murari Sevak….. It was good… Good decision….

At the Sheraton in Birmingham was a small regional convention of AAOHA members…. Asian American Hotel Owners Association. At the last international convention in June in Chicago, where I had met and made friends with the vice chairman of AAOHA, Mr. Hemant Patel,(next year he will be the chairman), my goal was to get a picture of he and I holding the Bhagavad Gita… Continue reading “A Last Minute Decision”

By Dvaraka-Vasini dasi

For my personal realisation this time round was that it doesn’t really matter how many books one is able to distribute, the important factor is that it should be done with Love and Devotion.

Before the marathon started we had a book committee meeting, discussing how we were going to distribute books. I was so fired up that I mentioned we had to be the top distributors in Africa and also in the small town category as well as finish all the books we had in the store. Continue reading “Sankirtana Realizations”

Submitted by Dvaraka-Vasini dasi

SRILA PRABHUPADA IS THE PERFECT MASTER

We were distributing books on one of our busy streets in the city centre (Nairobi)

When three men approached my friend Snehal, the first person hurriedly took,  The Science of self realization from her hand, and exclaimed the cover has changed, after going through the book he said: Srila Prabhupada is the perfect Author Continue reading “Sankirtana in Nairobi”

by Madhumangala das

Please accept my humble obeisances, All glories to our most dearly beloved Srila Prabhupada. All glories to Sri Guru and Sri Gauranga. All glories to the Sankirtan devotees of the Lord!

This past Sunday after sankirtan, Bhakta Quinton and I were at the Gateway mall waiting to be picked up to go back to the temple. There was some confusion Continue reading “Preaching at Gateway”

Distributing Srila Prabhupada’s Books : Oct/Nov 2010

Save the Rhinos?

We had to go to Eastgate mall to do some shopping and we carried some of Srila Prabhupada’s books along with us. Pam Mataji easily gave out a few books and got a few donations from a few of the shoppers in the mall. One thing that stood out that day was that the Checkers Hyper outlet had about 2 or 3 people from one of the conservation organisations standing at the door, trying to create some awareness about rhino poaching and to get some donations from the shoppers as well. Continue reading “Gauteng Preaching – October to November 2010”

Distributing Srila Prabhupada’s Books : Jul/Aug/Sep 2010

Still searching…

We visited OR Tambo airport again – there’s always crowds of people from all walks of life and backgrounds. We happened to meet Deryk, who is in charge of the Subway take-away outlet in the airport. We probably spoke to him for over an hour. He explained that he was more scientifically inclined and that he had travelled extensively and interacted with many different groups and cultures but was obviously still searching for the Absolute Truth. Continue reading “Gauteng Preaching – July to September”

Book Distribution Experiences:

 By Srila Prabhupada’s mercy we’ve been able to be involved with book distribution. From roughly middle last year, I’ve had this desire to seriously get involved with this service. Harish Prabhu was kind enough to allow us to assist at the book stall he had in Actonville for the last year or so and I was wanting to expand this service going forward. I had certain ideas plans as to how we could do things but let’s just say Krsna had His plans Continue reading “Gauteng Preaching”

Experiences Distributing Books in Mpumalanga

While staying in Mpumalanga for 6 weeks conducting research with women with chronic disease, I would distribute books at the nearest shopping centre on each Saturday. This is a brief record of the experiences:

Day 1
Books Distributed

• 1 Beyond Birth and Death (Well to do – asked good questions) Continue reading “Mpumalanga – Book Distribution”