On the advent of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura
“Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada immediately took up the land. He continued that ‘There is no need of establishing many temples. Better we publish some books.’ He said like that. “He said that ‘We started our this Gaudiya Matha in Ultadanga. The rent was very small, and if we could gather two to two-hundred-fifty rupees, it was very nice, going on. But since this J. V. Datta has given...
Excerpt from Madhumangala’s Preaching Diary
Submitted by Madhumangala Dasa Dar es Salaam Diary Entry 1st March 2012 This morning I went to Prakash Prabhu’s office to get more Swahili Science of Self Realizations. Outside there were some men sitting and having a conversation – when they saw the books, they became curious and asked me what type of books they were. Just next to me was a table with some Muslim books, I think they must have thought that they were similar...
Los Angeles Sastra Dana Newsletter
Tamala Krishna Goswami reads part of a letter to Srila Prabhupada: "They claimed I was brainwashed by Srila Prabhupada and the devotees, and they were here to get me to think for myself again. They kept me up for ten hours at a time for so-called deprogramming, just blaspheming Srila Prabhupada and Krishna and telling lie after lie. Finally they let me go to sleep, and in the morning it was time for more blaspheming and lies. But...
A Way we can Promote Transcendental literature
Dear Maharajas and Prabhus, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. Recently in the course of my service, I have been thinking of ways of increasing the sales of Alien Identities and other of Sadaputa Prabhu's books, and one idea came to mind that might be applicable for the promotion of devotee-authored books in general. Amazon.com, a very popular Internet bookstore, displays customer reviews for the...




