Tag: Sankirtan

The sankirtan hero

19 Mar 2018 | Book distribution kī jaya!

Getting ready for another day of book distribution, I quickly finished my prasadam, turning back to the four bhaktas cramped together in the back seat of the car. We parked in the corner of a wast public parking lot in middle of a "nectar city"…

Srila Prabhupada on medical issues

13 Mar 2018 | Śrīla Prabhupāda said

What is the explanation of split-personality, actually, there are not two personalities, there is only change of mind. Therefore, the mind has to be fixed up in Krishna...

How can devotees cooperate?

23 Feb 2018 | Questions and Answers

With all due respect to our "professional" ISKCON counselors, mediators and other socially and humanistic thinking well-wishers, here for our inspiration a most wonderful letter from Srila Prabhupada to

What is needed to train a devotee on book distribution?

21 Feb 2018 | Questions and Answers

To start with: to find a devotee who is willing to accept this service is certainly extremely rare. I had the privileged to join a movement and a particular yatra where EVERYBODY was engaged in book distribution.

What did Srila Prabhupada mean by stating that "Books are the Basis"?

21 Feb 2018 | Questions and Answers

It is not difficult to understand that HIS books are the philosophical basis of ISKCON. Many many times He pointed out that He is living and will continue to live in His books. His books are so unique that Srila

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(by a temple president) How can a temple president or the leader of the local preaching center benefit most from a visiting preacher?

21 Feb 2018 | Questions and Answers

It is almost unavoidable to answer such a question in a somewhat "controversial" fashion. Traveling for more as ten years trough Europe, I came across the same dilemma shared with me by various local

How can we preach better?

21 Feb 2018 | Questions and Answers

Purity is the force, Srila Prabhupada said. People can easily detect the purpose in our preaching. When it is done purely for Krsna’s pleasure, they sense that purity. Innocent ones get curious, pious ones

How can we progress internally in Krsna consciousness?

21 Feb 2018 | Questions and Answers

There is no "internal progress" and "external progress" once one is engaged in Srila Prabhupada’s mission. Whatever is done for enhancement of His mission is of transcendental nature. Srila

How can we attract more people to the temple?

20 Feb 2018 | Questions and Answers

SRILA PRABHUPADAS TEMPLES, KRSNAS EMBASSIES…. OR LUNATIC ASYLUMS? Looking back 40 years, not much changed for a visitor of a Hare Krsna Temple, at least in the European parts of the world. There are of

What is the role of women in Srila Prabhupada´s preaching mission?

20 Feb 2018 | Questions and Answers

Maybe it is not known to everybody that originally Srila Prabhupada wanted to follow the classical Vedic system which doesn’t permit women to live directly in the temple. It is understood that women can

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