OPINION by Janastotram dasa brahmacari
There are many book distributors out there who can offer you tips about how to sell Srila Prabhupada’s books to the fallen, conditioned souls. Some focus on techniques like getting the book into their hands. Some use a sliding scale for prices. And some even resort to wearing karmi clothes.
But [...]

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BOWLING GREEN, Ky – Goswami das, a resident brahmacari of ISKCON Bowling Green, recently confessed that the compulsory wearing of kaupins has triggered his childhood fear of flossing, commonly known as interdentalphobia.
A Kaupin is a loin-cloth traditionally worn by celibates to reduce the production of semen. The girding assists to raise energy from [...]

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MEMPHIS – In what brahminical sources described as strict attachment to the Krishna conscious philosophy, local brahmacarini, Abhava devi dasi, threw herself against the wall on five separate occasions yesterday to clear the path as saffron-clad male-bodied devotees walked past her in several different hallways.
“It is fact,” said two-year adherent, bhakta Randal, “she is nicely [...]

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The newest influx of recruits to the area Hare Krishna temple are eager and willing to do any service at all for the pleasure of Sri Sri Radha-Krishna and the devotees. However, they’re in a holding pattern until they can be placed on the temple’s payroll.
Typically, this waiting period is 2-3 business days, the [...]

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CINCINNATI – Hundreds of fixed up brahmacaris rallied in front of the Charmin Toilet Paper Factory in Cincinnati, Ohio calling for a moratorium on the manufacturing of all bathroom tissue.
Police said around 400 celibate monks, including several high-ranking sannyasis and vanaprastas had taken to the streets.
The protests, sparked by a reprinting of the classic [...]

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KANSAS CITY – A recent study conducted by Kamadeva das brahmacari has scientifically proven the old ISKCON proverb that a woman is ten times lustier than a cow. Kamadeva began this research while working on his doctoral thesis for the Rupanuga Vedic College last summer. In order to complete the degree, Kamadeva was required to [...]

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SPRINGFIELD, MO – Area ISKCON book distributor, Bhakta Steve, enjoyed several pages of Beyond Birth and Death by ISKCON Founder-Acarya A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada earlier this month during a slow stretch on 25th Street.
“There just weren’t a lot of fallen souls on 25th that day,” recounts Steve, “I got bored with preaching to the bugs [...]

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