Book ditribution in the land of Dharma

Article Courtesy of Book Distribution Conference.

Once one of our devotees in India — Nitai Prabhu — was trying to distribute a
Krsna Book. But the man was reluctant and gave many excuses for not taking the
book. Finally he said that he would purchase it next time. A man seated
opposite him heard the conversation, and afterward the man said to the person
refusing to buy a book, “You should take it; it’s a very nice book. I’ve
bought this book and completed reading it.” When he heard this, the
person who had refused to buy the book readily bought it. In this way,
we often we meet people who appreciate our books.

Most surprising for us is that almost every day Continue reading “Book ditribution in the land of Dharma”

An Unlikely Hero in the World of Sankirtana

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”

Reggie Gets the Mercy

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”

Maha Harinama & 4200 Books Distributed

By Madri dasi

Spiritual Bliss

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”

Srila Prabhupada’s books arrive in Mafikeng Libraries

Hare Krishna, Please accept our humble obeisances, All glories to Srila Prabhupada By the divine causeless mercy of Srila Prabhupada and the Vaisnavas, 3 Medium Sets were delivered to 3 libraries in Mafikeng. This is a humble attempt to assist an African Preaching centre who are striving to serve SriChaitanya Mahaprabhu’s mission. We are deeply indebted to Jayadeva Prabhu and Narottama Prabhus for their kind interaction … Continue reading Srila Prabhupada’s books arrive in Mafikeng Libraries

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Sastra Dana steps outside SA borders

Hare Krishna Please accept our humble obeisances, all glories to Srila Prabhupada. By the causeless mercy of Srila Prabhupada the Sastra Dana project stepped outside of South African borders, with 2 medium sets being delivered to the National Library of Swaziland in Mbabane and to the library of the University of Swaziland. We are deeply indebted to Savyasaci Prabhu for delivering the 2 sets to these to libraries. We … Continue reading Sastra Dana steps outside SA borders

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A Last Minute Decision

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”

Sankirtana Realizations

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”

Sankirtana in Nairobi

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”

Preaching at Gateway

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”