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From HG Vaisesika Prabhu and Dhanavir Goswami
Service Opportunity Book Distribution Minister Dear Maharajas and Prabhus, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. It's been almost two years now since me and my family have settled down here in Switzerland near Zurich. I'm happy that my days of continous world travelling have come to a pause. The stable situation of the grihasta ashrama is allowing me to focus and reflect. Realisation: "Quit while you are ahead!" Well then I'm way passed my time. Being a Book Distributor for almost 18 years,...
read moreThe Nectar for which We Are Always Anxious
by Madhumangala Dasa (South Africa) This morning I was unable to get transport from the temple to my regular sankirtan spot, so I went to distribute books in an Indian area a couple of blocks from the temple. Lining one side of the road were many shops selling fruit, clothing, and spiritual paraphernalia. I approached an Indian gentleman and introduced myself. At once he asked, "How can I become a devotee of God? What must I do?" I said, "We're all devotees of God, but we've forgotten Him. We just have to revive our...
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Dear Prabhus, Please accept my humble obeisances! All glories to Srila Prabhupada! On the 6th of Feburary we were distributing books at a local community college in Kansas City. While there I met one very interested student who took a Beyond Illusion and Doubt from me and told me he would come back to talk more. While in the parking lot one security guard drove by and so I headed towards the college building and in the course of walking this same student was coming towards me waving. He told me that his teacher was also wanting a book and...
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I'm out traveling again, and yesterday our party visited the University of Santa Barbara in California. After a full day of sankirtan, it was time to go back to the van. So, praying to do something to please my spiritual master and Krsna, I decided to try to distribute one more book. As I passed by a young couple, I didn't even seriously approach them because they appeared to be stereotypical athlete-cheerleader people. At this point I was just hunting for an obvious sweetie. Anyway, as I walked by them I smiled at them, raised my...
read moreA Satisfied Student
This letter was sent to Shastra krt das, a book distributor in Los Angeles. Dear Shastra, Thank you so much for your dedication in distributing books to many college campuses! I am not sure if you remember me because you encounter many students when handing out books, but we met at Citrus College and you gave me a copy of the Bhagvad Gita (last October or November, 2011). This book is one of the most precious in my life. It gives me motivation during difficult times and keeps me headstrong. Bhagvad Gita offers the best...
read moreOn 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 us this stone, marble stone thakurbari, our competition between the disciples has increased. So I don’t...
read moreExcerpt 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 books. As I showed the book to one man, as usual, I showed him the chapter: The Peace Formula. Just then,...
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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 by Krishna’s mercy I was able to escape out the front door of the house, which was unguarded. I ran...
read moreA 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 different books they sell. Anyone can submit a review for a book they have read. Amazon also displays reviews...
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