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Book Distribution Graduate Course in Mayapur festival 2009
Dear devotees, Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. We hope that you are having an enlivening Prabhupada marathon. Below is the information about the graduate course on BD which will be taught in Mayapur at the beginning of the festival 09. best wishes and hope to see you soon in the dhama Your Servants Navina Nirada Dasa and Anakadundubhi Dasa VTE Graduate Course on Book Distribution at Mayapur festival 2009 !!Attention Preachers and Book Distributors!! Are you already in the fire of preaching? How was your...
read moreA Sparrows Effort
Sri Sri Radha Gopinath Temples bus-party is currently distributing books in the factories. The devotees set up stall in the company and then distribute set of Srila Prabhupada's books on credit to the workers. The amount is deducted from next monthês salary. Often the management deducts the amount in two installments enabling the workers to buy a set consisting of Bhagwad Gita, Krishna Book, Science of self realization and some small books. This is an incident that happened with Bh Rahul Prabhu. Rahul Prabhu is a lawyer with...
read moreIn Every Town And Village
I am travelling in a remote part of Eastern Canada, in the province of Nova Scotia, about 14 hrs from the nearest temple. I arrived in a town known as New Glasgow, and walked into a new age boutique known as the White Lotus. I showed the owner the two large volumes of the original Krsna Book, explaining that these were 94 chapters of the superhuman histories of Lord Krsna when he resided on the planet for 125 yrs, 5000 yrs ago. I also presented her with the hardbound Bhagavad Gita, and Perfection of Yoga and Beyond Birth and Death. I told her...
read moreEnviromental cleansing begins from within
Giriraja Maharaja wrote a very nice Prabhupada Marathon letter to us about how preaching will help us to really know and understand Srila Prabhupada. I had an experience recently which made me remember Srila Prabhupada very much and try to remember what he would say in such a situation. When you hear Prabhupada preach you can't help but wonder how he can be so stubborn. He does not give an inch. Just when you think maybe he should just try to appeal to the person's material personality he is like a spiritual stick of dynamite. He just...
read moreOld Srila Prabhupada Story..
Now it is the end of the marathon, and you must be exhausted. Please note that My realizations (being that I am a pujari-cook by nature) of book distribution is: you can only enthusiastically distribute the book that you personally love. Unless that book has changed your life personally, You will not be able to continue to change other peoples lives with that book for very long time. some devotees distribute for a few years, but because they only sell and don't read, they cannot continue it. Srila Prabhupada in 1976 told us members of...
read moreRemembering Book Distribution in Dorval Airport by Sivarama Swami, Montreal
Audio lecture on Remembering book distribution in Dorval Airport by His Holiness Sivarama Swami at Montreal on 21 December 2008 Download
read moreThe Prabhupada Marathon in Finland
Please Accept Our Humble Obeisances Jaya Srila Prabhupada We started our marathon from an area called Pohjanmaa. Here the people are known for being straightforward and to some degree honest. Some of our boys did up to 60 books a day in Pohjanmaa. On the second week we lived in Karkola, near to Lahti, in south Finland, Avadhutacandra and Isvara Puri did over 70 books some days. For my fallen self the first week is usually very hard, and this year was no exception, but by the Vaisnavas grace more books went out on the second week in Lahti....
read morePrabhupada Marathon in Bangladesh
For several years I had been meditating on arranging a Prabhupada book marathon in Dhaka – the Bangladeshi devotees haven't been exposed to Srila Prabhupada's view on book distribution, and to the ISKCON tradition of the book marathon. This year was the first time I would be in Bangladesh during the month of December, and on my arrival in Dhaka in October I had suggested to Jagatguru Prabhu: "Let's do a book marathon this year." He had been a little doubtful, saying: "Not this time." He felt there were...
read moreBattlefield Bhajans Vol. 30
written in Olympia, WA by Partha-sarathi Dasa Dedicated to Srila Prabhupada and my dear God-brother HG Vibhu Caitanya and Tota Gopinatha Prabhus. Thanksgiving at ISKCON Silicon Valley Over one year ago, I made a promise to Mother Nirakula. The promise was that I would join her and her wonderful husband HG Vaisesika Prabhu for thanksgiving at their home. Iskcon Silicon Valley has become a second home to me. When I arrived I found out that Friday would be a harinam in San Franscico. For Thanksgiving, there was a small gathering of devotees. The...
read moreA Donation
Dear Prabhus, please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! We are a few book distributors from Sofia Temple, Bulgaria, searching for a camper. Our needs are to have at least a bathroom, some thermo insolation and a heater to be used in winter time. Unfortunately we have only 3500 Euros. We will greatly appreciate donations from any of the vaisnavas, if such charitable devotees can be found. I hope you are in good health ! Your Servant Sthanu...
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