Even a Butcher Can Take Part
Recently, I tried to distribute Prabhupada's books in the villages in Slovakia. Last week I went door to door and entered a butcher's shop. A woman saw me in Vaishnava clothes, with books in my hand, and she immediately said, "I do not want any books. Some salesman was here last week." I told her that I am not a salesman, but a monk. I showed her books, but she was not at all interested. Then I told her, "Madam,...
Srila Prabhupada Letter to John Milner, April 22nd 1971
“It is so much encouraging to hear how you are introducing this Krsna consciousness movement in the schools and colleges there. Especially this is an ideal opportunity for distributing our books also, so you should make all serious endeavors in this connection. These books are so potent that anyone who reads them is sure to become Krsna conscious. So it is a very valuable service to distribute our...
Increased youth interest in Gita
Today on sankirtana, on three occasions, students came to my table and looked at the Bhagavad-Gita and flatly interrupted me while I was trying to show it to someone else, saying, "I want this. How much is it?" This has happened before, but three times in one day is a charm. The kids I talk to nowadays are concerned about global warming and terrorism. They do not have the same assurance of the somewhat predictable world that...
Srila Prabhupada Letter to Kirtiraja dasa, 28th May 1975
“Thank you for sending the book reviews. They are very encouraging to me. As much as possible, we want our books to be accepted by all learned circles of men. Regarding sending books freely to any library. The system that you can adopt is to send the books and tell them to read them over for one week's time. If they do not like the book, they should send it back at our cost. If they like it and want it, then they can send...
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