Tirupati: A Beacon for the Rest of the World
Mar25

Tirupati: A Beacon for the Rest of the World

When I was in Mayapura the devotees of Tirupati asked me to visit their Temple. For the past few years I have seen the Tirupati Temple go very high on the charts in the book distribution world newsletter. After being there a few days I could see why they have so much success. The temple president, Revati Raman Prabhu, is very enthusiastic to distribute books and this is the main activity at this temple. Twenty five devotees go out on...

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Aisvaya das in Taiwon – Book Distribution 101
Mar22

Aisvaya das in Taiwon – Book Distribution 101

So I'm in Taiwan and I enter one pharmacist shop. The trouble is that I have all these preconceived ideas that I've been in this area of Taiwan before and nobody will want more books. And these fears have been magnified by a few people already confirming just that. But I have resigned to the fact that I may as well do the duty and try to understand Bhagavan Sri Krsna's in control. What else am I going to do? It's funny...

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Harinam and Book Distribution, the right and left hand of ISKCON
Mar21

Harinam and Book Distribution, the right and left hand of ISKCON

On the last morning of the festival after mangal aroti Hari Sauri Prabhu introduced everyone to the main person who manages the Mayapur festival, his holiness Bhakti Purusotama Swami, a disciple of Jayapataka Swami. He recived a loud round of applause. One addition to the Mayapura festival is a harinam in Kolcutta the day after Gaura Purnima. This year they decided to start it at the birth place of Srila Prabhupada. I had never been...

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The Vrndavana Book Distribution Seminars
Mar19

The Vrndavana Book Distribution Seminars

By Bhrgupati Prabhu There is a sentence in the Bhagavad Gita that is very inspiring to me whenever I read it, it goes as follows: When Krsna wants to do something, simply by His willing everything is performed so perfectly that one cannot imagine how it is being done". Sometimes we want to perform some service such as distributing books and it may be difficult but if we are sincere then Krsna will help in an amazing way, as book...

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Mayapura festival Book Distribution Seminar by Manidhara Prabhu
Mar16

Mayapura festival Book Distribution Seminar by Manidhara Prabhu

Here's some of Manidhara's seminar: When I saw Prabhupada my dreams were over to enjoy this world. It's time to get real. So I joined the movement and within a couple of days I was on the street distributing books. In Kali yuga there are no sruti dharas, whatever they hear it goes in one ear and out the other. Therefore we need books, and we have the best books these books can purify anyone who takes to reading them....

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