Los Angeles SD Newsletter VOL. 2, ISSUE 24
Dec09

Los Angeles SD Newsletter VOL. 2, ISSUE 24

THEY ARE NOT SELLING BOOKS Prabhupada: The thing is that our spiritual master wants to preach Krishna consciousness, and he has repeatedly stressed to distribute books, we shall distribute books by any means, that is good. That is good. And if you become moralist that, "Oh, they're taking this means, that means for selling of book, so I'm big moralist. I'm bigger than him." No, I think that.. I do not know what...

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Los Angeles SD Newsletter VOL. 2, ISSUE 24
Dec09

Los Angeles SD Newsletter VOL. 2, ISSUE 24

MY STORY BHAKTA ISIDRO By Sunil das and mataji Sara Bock At New Dvaraka, Bhakta Isidro is always engaged in Krishna’s service. He can usually be found at Govinda’s restaurant, keeping the buffet clean and organized, and welcoming the customers with a friendly smile. He also cooks delicious prasadam, and helps run the Sastra Dana program. It is hard to imagine bhakta Isidro not engaged in Krishna’s service. But like...

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Los Angeles SD Newsletter VOL. 2, ISSUE 24
Dec09

Los Angeles SD Newsletter VOL. 2, ISSUE 24

(Continued from the last issue) THE ORIGINAL BOOK PRODUCTION MARATHON From the book “All Glories to the Sankirtana Devotees” Nowadays we produce Srila Prabhupada’s books with a staff of ten to fifteen people—a translator, an editor, proofreaders, typists, composers, typesetters, layoutmen, cameramen—but Srila Prabhupada produced his books alone, with a technology that was primitive. The type was set with...

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Be Part of an Educational Awakening
Dec09

Be Part of an Educational Awakening

Dear Devotees, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. Vaisnava Training and Education (VTE) is now in it sixth year of operation, providing devotees with training in "aims-driven" and "principle-based" education. Devotees who have taken VTE courses typically experience tremendous increases in their capacity to preach, conduct seminars, and communicate effectively. Comments from...

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Los Angeles Sastra Dana newsletter Vol. 2 Issue 23
Nov27

Los Angeles Sastra Dana newsletter Vol. 2 Issue 23

VANCA KALPA… MONTH OF DECEMBER By Nitika Thapar Please accept our greetings from the Sastra Dana news-desk. Our last program was held at Antonia Morales's home and was one in a series of organizational-level meetings. In case some of you are not aware, the organizational committee of Sastra Dana meets once a month to discuss issues pertaining to the expansion and future development of the program. The last month of the year...

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