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”

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”