BBT Presentation
Dear Prabhus, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! A couple of days ago the BBT Trustees did a presentation in the temple room in Los Angeles after their semi-annual meeting. At this presentation, organized by Brahma Muhurta Prabhu of the North European BBT, a number of devotees spoke about book distribution. Gopal Krsna Maharaja related that in 1977 Prabhupada told the devotees, "As long as my...
Finland
Dear Vijay Prabhu!PAMHO. I just came from Finland where I was visiting Tattvadava Prabhu (the president), and the sankirtan devotees. The geographical isolation of Finland forces the local devotees to depend on Srila Prabhupada with whatever devotion they can offer. By nature the Finish people are known to be very tough. The climate, the isolation and also their genetic background makes them ideal survivors under any conditions. As...
Utsaha in the better half
Not to be left behind, the mataji's spearheaded by MadhuPriya Mataji were some of the most active book-distributors during the last marathon. On many occasions, scenting an opportunity, they grabbed the initiative from their better halves and not surprisingly have awe-inspiring stories to narrate. Madhu Priya Mataji had a simple and effective formula. She would always carry Bhagavad-Gita with her each time she stepped out of her...
Gopa Vrndapal talks with Prabhupada about Book Distribution
I remember in Vrindavan, there were just a few book distributors that got an audience with Srila Prabhupada to discuss this very topic of book distribution with him. I remember some of the questions that were posed, and I remember the answers explicitly. One thing I asked was about the quality of our preaching and our book distribution. I suggested that there was one problem that people often said that the only time they see us is...
The Glories of Bhagavad Gita
While visiting Bombay a devotee named Rupa Raghunatha Prabhu a diciple of Rahanatha Maharaja, related this story to me. He was going store to store when I went into a place where about ten men were having a business meeting, usually when there's such a meeting it's very difficult to interest anyone in taking a book. This time however, as soon as one of the men, who was the director, saw me with the Bhagavad Gita's he...
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