Be a prize fighter
Jan11

Be a prize fighter

I felt nostalgic living in a van with two bramacaris in December, because this was how I spent my youth in the 1970s and 80s. Back then, on our first day out, Brajananda told me that he is always grateful for the training he received: “If you can stay in the ring, you will be a prize fighter.” “Good advice,” I replied. A lot of books have been sold in Asheville, North Carolina, and I seemed to be running into...

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Srila Prabhupada Letter to Karandhara, 6th October 1973
Jan11

Srila Prabhupada Letter to Karandhara, 6th October 1973

“Yes you can go on with your book distribution as you were doing before, there is not any harm. I thought that our men were becoming like hippies, but now I understand from you that this is not the case. So I have no objection. Our main business is to distribute books, and from the reports I am receiving from all over the world, the progress is very...

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Jayadvaita Swami’s 2003 vyasa-puja offering
Jan11

Jayadvaita Swami’s 2003 vyasa-puja offering

nama om visnu-padaya Krsna-presthaya bhutale srimate bhaktivedanta-svamin iti namine namas te sarasvate deve gaura-vani-pracarine nirvisesa shunyavadi-pacatya-dea-tarine Lately I have been doing some research about the days in America when Srila Prabhupada had begun his preaching and was now trying to publish his books. It was 1966, and some young men had come to him and begun to take to Krsna consciousness. They had only the...

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Book Distribution in South Africa with Madhu Mangal Prabhu
Jan10

Book Distribution in South Africa with Madhu Mangal Prabhu

On my way to buy a juice at a Quick-shop, I approached a young man sitting on the pavement, his attache case next to him. He was obviously waiting for a lift home after work I surmised.. I introduced myself to him, and asked him what he was doing sitting on the pavement. As I thought, he was waiting for his lift. I asked him where he worked. He told me that he was an accountant. I showed him Srila Prabhupada's books – he...

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Book Distribution is our Right and Duty by Sivarama Swami, Budapest
Jan10

Book Distribution is our Right and Duty by Sivarama Swami, Budapest

Audio lecture on Book distribution is our right and duty by His Holiness Sivarama Swami at Budapest on 20 November 2011 Download

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