I was doing door to door book distribution south of Dublin (Ireland) when a lady answered the door of one house. She was talking on her mobile phone. All of a sudden she said to the person on the mobile, "I'll ring you back in five minutes." She turned to me and said, "You're a Hare Krishna, I used to love seeing you people on the streets ten years ago, the sound had me in trance!"

She asked what my visit was about, I explained as well as I could Prabhupada's books and by his mercy she took several books and gave a nice donation.

Always remember Krishna and Never forget him!

I was out in a very rich area of Dublin called "Howth" a seaside town, every house has a long driveway and a boat parked to the side to complete the status image.  At one particular house a man answered the door, he looked at me and said "I'm not interested."  I said, "Look, this is a book written by a multi-millionaire who gave up everything to live under a tree and write spritual books for the upliftment of mankind! You may ask, why would someone do that? Would you like to find out?" The man replyed, "Well, in that case, yes, I would." He took the book (The nectar of devotion) and gave a nice donation.

I was walking near the Culver Hotel in Los Angeles, and I saw a woman on a bench, smoking (and looking freaked out). I showed her a Bhagavad-Gita. She said she could not sleep because she was sure there was a ghost in her hotel room. I said that this will solve the problem: These sacred mantras liberate ghosts.

We chanted a mantra together from the second chapter. She was amazed. She had almost died eleven times, and she is used to seeing herself from outside her body. She is a bit ghostly herself. She has severe grand maul seizures of epilepsy. She was in town to appear on a talk show to discuss near-death experiences.

It's Krsna's mercy that there is this a time of the year thoughout the world when people receive gifts from their friends and loved ones. This fits in nicely with our Vaisnava culture because we are all about giving.

Giving the highest gift: knowledge about Krsna. There is nothing better that people can receive than this, for this is what everyone is looking for.

Because people are in maya, they don't know they want it, but a pure devotee like Srila Prabhupada knows what is best for them. Therefore he said, "If you want to please me, distribute my books."

He knew that the Krsna consciousness found in his books will give people the happiness they search for.

One late Friday afternoon we received a call from Reverend Ntombe, the leader of one of the Methodist churches in Pretoria. He said, "I was told you are from a society that is giving books to libraries. Could you donate some books for our church library?" The reverend went on to explain that he was starting a library for his church's congregation and wanted as many quality books as possible. That sounded like a really nice thing for a religious leader to do.

He explained that a member of his congregation is a librarian in one of the community libraries where we had earlier donated books, and that he had gotten our number from her. That was truly inspiring to hear: in her own way this librarian was helping Srila Prabhupada's book distribution. Hari Bol!

The devotees at 'ISKCON desire tree' have launched a new book distribution website called  ISKCONbookdistribution.com  It's very nicely done with videos, seminars on book distribution, screen savers in relation to book distribution, and of course the stories. Basically it's an ocean of inspiration for those who want to go on book distribution and will hopefully inspire those who don't go on book distribution to go out and get the mercy of Gaura Nitai!

His Grace Dravida Prabhu has been teaching me slokas from Lord Rsabhdeva's 5th Canto instructions. Amazing. I met a teenage boy the other day at the beach who only had a few dollars. I presented the book, and he was interested, but he declined because he wanted to use the money to buy an ice cream snack.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, I recited 5.5.1 "Nayam deho" and explained matter-of-factly that animals live for sense gratification. If
humans only eat, sleep, mate and defend, then they are no better thanstool-eating animals like hogs and dogs. Human life means spiritual
inquiry. So please take this book and perfect your human life.

I was stopped by a police man while distributing books in Daley Plaza in Chicago. He said "What's in the bag?" My heart rate went up and I thought I was going to be harassed and told to move on. Then this big burly cop asked "Got any of those sweets?"

Turns out he had received some prasadam sweet at the Chicago Ratha yatra and had never forgotten the taste. I did have some excellent mangal aroti burfy in my lunch bag. I gave it to the cop who immediately popped it into his mouth. He smiled, shook my hand, and walked off saying "Don't be caught out here without some of those sweets".

I'm here at Grand Canyon again for another summer of SKP. As usual, I'm amazed by the kinds of people who walk away with a book--generally, the rule being, the most unlikely. Seems like this is a special place for learning the lesson that "you can't judge a soul by her cover". And also for learning patience, knowing that although nothing happens for hours on end, that just one good hour can salvage the whole day. Grand Canyon is a place of extremes--one minute, calm as can be, the next a 60 mph gust sweeping up everything in its path. The same goes for the preaching.

http://iskconbookdistribution.com/interview-on-book-distribution-of-nidr...

This is an interview that Vijaya Prabhu had with one of the most stalwart book distributors in our society, I'm sure it will be an inspiration to you.