Stop them if you can

Originally posted by Radha Sakhi Dasi for ISKCON News

Dvaraka Vasini
People happily takes Srila Prabhupada`s books from Dvaraka Vasini

Being threatened, being jailed, being harassed, couldn’t stop them. They zealously continue distributing Srila Prabhupada’s books in the streets of Nairobi.

Srila Prabhupada always said that: “The Books are the basis” and “Preaching is the essence”. A couple of dedicated Nairobi Temple devotees proved this by relentlessly distributing books, getting arrested, being threatened, but still fearlessly continuing to distributing Srila Prabhupada’s books.

In this degraded Age of Kali, the streets are considered temples for the devotees of Krishna. Hence Kirtanam in the form of Book distribution becomes a very important form of service unto the Lord. Dwarka Vasini Dasi, her niece Bhaktin Amrita and Bhakta Lewis throughout the year carry out book distribution in the streets of Nairobi. In Nairobi, to distribute books in the streets one has to have a legal permit issued by the City Council or the Local Municipal Council. Dwarka Vasini carries this permit with her every single day she goes out to distribute books on the streets.

The Municipal officers always are under cover, hence, difficult to recognise. Continue reading “Stop them if you can”