...all these yogis are mostly bluffers. They have no substance to give. You
can openly declare this fact. Try to distribute our books very widely and
preach also. These bogus yogis and swamis will vanish.
Letter to: Citsukhananda -- Nairobi 12 October, 1971
"I promise you this: If you distribute my books until your dying day, Lord
Chaitanya will personally come and take you back home, back to Godhead."
Pita das, Memories of Srila Prabhupada: Anecdotes of a Modern-Day Saint
3.358.
Gaur Kirtan Prabhu, a member of bus party of Sri Sri Radha Gopinath Mandir,
Chawpatty, narrates this experience:
We went for distribution in an industrial area. Our first company
was big but we faced a very uncooperative manager. "Visitors' time is
between 10-5 pm only," he said, and thus did not allow us to cover the
evening shift and the night shift. We left disappointed. The next company
was mediocre. All our hopes were on the final company which had around 900
employees.
When we reached the office the next day, the manager came to meet us. He
I was distributing on the east Atlantic coast in Canada, in the north of New
Brunswick province, in the French speaking Acadian town of Tracadie - Sheila,
population 10,000. No books have ever been distributed here before, to the best
of my knowledge. Although French is not my main language, I tried the best I
could to speak it.
Going store to store I walked into a jewlery store and presented four
of the last books I had with me in the French language. I told him that I
spoke in schools to encourage the students not to become influenced by our
A couple of weeks ago I was in the LA airport distributing books and I was
having a very difficult time. I also had severe lower back pain that was
keeping me up at night. The books were just not going out and the pain in my
back was keeping me distracted from my duty. I begged to Krishna that, "I do
not mind if my back hurts, but if you like you could ease the pain a little
so I can concentrate a little better on distributing these books." A minute
later I met a nice guy from Nicaragua who was currently living in Sydney. He
I met a very nice couple while going door-to-door, who live just a few blocks
down the road from our brahmacari ashrama in South Auckland (New Zealand). Both
are from China and are practicing disciples of Master Chang Hai.
Ultimately the philosophy that Master Chang Hai advocates is
impersonal, but nonetheless all of her disciples are either vegan or
vegetarian and follow codes that are extremely similar to our four
regulative principles. They have a strong environmental focus, and very
enthusiastically encourage people to become either vegan or vegetarian to
Dear Prabhus.
Pleace accept my humble obeisances.All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
It was heavy day, I distributed something but not as much as I wanted and
as was used to distributing in the marathon. One of the first persons I met
that day was a young lady, she took Srimad Bhagavatam first canto, she already
had BG. I took her phone number and continued.
It continued being a difficult day, I came to the van that evening sad, not
inspired at all, envious of my sankirtan partner who was doing good. I was in
very bad consciousness...
I was distributing when a student, Steve, came to the table, he was interested
but had no money. An hour and a half later a girl came to the table, I showed
her the books and she immediately gave a donation without my asking for one.
She then said, “I was at home when my friend called, told me to get some money,
go to the campus and get a book called the Bhagavad-gita from a monk at a table
in the free speach area.” I asked her what his name was, she said, “Steve.”
Sent by Bhakti Vikasa Swami
Bhagavad-gita 16.6 -- South Africa, October 18, 1975
Unless one is bhagyavan, very fortunate, he'll not go back to home, back to
Godhead. He will rot here. So this Krsna consciousness movement means we are
trying to make people bhagyavan. If he wants, he can become bhagyavan. That
is our attempt. We are creating so many centers. We are teaching how to
become bhagyavan, fortunate, how to go back to home, how he can be happy.
Now, if one is fortunate, they will take this instruction and turn his life.
The managing director of an organization met us and informed us that he likes
the ISKCON New Delhi Temple. He liked it so much that he brought his family
members to the Temple.
While visiting with his family he mentioned that he was having his company's
annual general meeting during the recession and would like to give some gift to
his company's shareholders.
His company's chairman's family knows His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami
Maharaj. So, Maharaj said that Bhagavat Gita is the best gift for everyone. The
Recently on the occasion of the Ganesha festival Sri Sri Radha Gopinath
Mandir, Chowpatty launched the distribution of a special edition of BTG on
Lord Ganesha. Priced attractively at Rs. 5/- and available in three
languages, the edition is meant for mass distribution. In Jan-Feb, the
special low-priced issue of BTG on Lord Shiva also met with high level of
success. Caitanya Ananda Prabhu, who regularly distributes books in the
local trains recalls:
I often meet the same people who have taken books from me and I invite them
