Bhakta Prabhajan, part of His Holiness Lokanatha Swami Maharaja’s padayatra, recollects this once-in-a-lifetime experience. This is not a fairy tale but a true account. “The news spread like wildfire. We were already attracting attention with our dress, bulls, cart, etc. and suddenly our padayatra party, thanks to this “crazy” man, was a sensation in this smallContinue Reading
A heart touching short story: I boarded my flight and hoped to catch up on some rest. As I looked for my seat I noticed the man sitting next to me was an amputee. It turned out he lost his legs in a roadside blast in Iraq. I explained toContinue Reading
Although in his fifties, Rajahamsa Dasa, a member of Bhaktivedanta Institute, Mumbai and Berkley, regularly goes out to distribute Srila Prabhupada’s books. This August, I saw him at ISKCON Belgaum. He would pick up books at 2 pm, load them on the carrier of a bicycle, and ride to theContinue Reading
As Gita Marathon is approaching us a very short story related to book distribution. I was distributing books at a university when I motioned for a student to come to my table. He came over, and I began explaining some of Krsna’s teachings in the Bhagavad-gita. He didn’t show much interest.Continue Reading
It was a great joy and a surprise even to myself to find a manuscript with the gloss of Srila Baladeva Vidyabhusana on the Vedanta-syamantaka, a text whose authorship has been disputed over the last two centuries. Even contemporary publishers remain divided: some credit Vidyabhusana as the author, while othersContinue Reading