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Fall Down by Murari Gupta Dasa
Exploits of a young book distributor No, we are not talking about someone's falling from the path of devotion. We are speaking about the modus operandi of one of the youngest book distributors in last December's marathon: Vanamali, the son of Rajesh Dodeja and Gita Mataji. He is seven years old, but the devotional mood he displays clearly points to wisdom beyond his years. His technique? Just grab a book, go to anyone nearby, fall down prostrated at the person's feet and beg that person to take the book And if...
read moreSastra Dana Newsletter – March 19, 2008
By Satradana.com OurNewsletter………………………………………………………………………………………… March 2008: Volume 10, Issue 5 See PDF newsletter (420 KB) YOU CAN’T SIT IDLY TO SHOW YOUR GORGEOUSNESS, YOU MUST PREACH AN APPROPRIATE MEDITATION FOR THE UPCOMING APPEARANCE DAY OF SRI CAITANYA MAHAPRABHU “My spiritual master...
read moreKrsna is always trying to deliver us.
Only Krsna can deliver us from this material existence. Indeed, He is always trying to deliver us…. He is within our hearts and is not at all inattentive. His only aim is to deliver us from material life. It is not that He becomes attentive to us only when we offer prayers to Him. Even before we offer our prayers, He incessantly tries to deliver us. He is never lazy in regard to our deliverance…. It is the causeless mercy of the Supreme Lord that He always tries to bring us back home, back to Godhead. God is liberated, and He...
read moreSastra Dana Newsletter – March 2008
SD: How did you come to know Krishna Consciousness? M: I was sitting outside a café in down town San Diego. Some young women walked by and one of them handed me a flyer. It was an invitation to the Hare Krishna Festival. I always identified with Eastern philosophies. It seemed like I aspired toward Krishna consciousness before I knew anything about it. It was natural. SD: What did you think of your first visit to the temple? M: I liked it. I thought the music was nice. SD: Was that a Sunday Festival?...
read moreAnanda
My name is Mahatma Das, and I am a new disciple of Krishna Das Swami. I attend the Coventry temple (UK). I had the great fortune to go out on a harinam in the centre of Coventry with devotees on Lord Nityananda's appearance day. A pleasant gentleman called Robert, who was with his young daughter, wanted to talk with us, as both he and his daughter loved the harinam and wanted to know more about us. We were suprised when he told us his daughter's name was Ananda, an unusual name for a girl of English descent. He told us the story...
read moreNot my mantra or any tactic, only Krsna’s name
The following was posted to our Weekend Warrior yahoo group by Bhaktin Brinda Ran, an ISKCON Atlanta congregation member, after our monthly Weekend Warrior Super Saturday Distribution Day this January. I'm amazed to see how our working grhastra community, generally in their 30's, 40's, and a few 50 and above, has developed great attachment and determination to distribute books. anandambudhi vardhanam prati padam purnamrtasvadanam sarvatma snapanam param vijayate sri krsna sankirtanam All glories to the sankirtan movement, which...
read moreNever Give Up Book Distribution
Hare Krishna. Please Accept my humble obeisances. All Glories To Srila Prabhupada. Somehow or other due to the incredible mercy of Srila Prabhupada, My Spiritual Master, Gaura Nitai and all the wonderful Vaisnava's I've been able to continue distributing books. Whenever I feel that I can't continue with full time preaching I analyze why that might be and try to eliminate the obstacle that's in my path or I beg Krishna to give me the strength to overcome it. Lately I've found a natural way to cure chronic fatigue from...
read moreThe Making of Srila Prabhupada
by Madhava Smullen After the visual tour-de-force of deity meditation that wasDarsana, it made sense to the Mediterranean BBT that their nextbook should be about the person who gave us darsana: Srila Prabhupada. When the BBT trustees responded, “Why do we need another book of Prabhupada pictures?” photographer Nitya-tripta Dasi set out to show them by searching through every photo of Prabhupada available. This book had to be like nothing that had been done before. It would be a deep, personal meditation, boasting a...
read morePower of Prayer
From Murari Gupta Dasa: During the marathon in December at Sri Sri Radha-Gopinatha Mandir, in Mumbai, Bhaktin Radhika Mehta set a record by distributing 5900 Bhagavad Gitas in 14 days. She was among the top ten book distributors in the world during the marathon. She says, "First, I sought the blessings of H.H. Radhanath Maharaj, Srila Prabhupada, Nrisimhadev, Panchatattva and Krishna Bhagavan. I prayed to Gopinathji, 'Please speak through me and touch and transform people's hearts.'" She continued to describe what...
read moreBBT Reports 28% Sales Increase for 2007 – Report from the 1st day of the GBC meetings 2008
By Anuttama das Mayapura, West Bengal Trustees of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust (BBT), the publishing arm of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, reported today at ISKCON’s Governing Body Commission Annual General Meeting in Mayapura, West Bengal, that its international sales for the year 2007 had increased by 28% over the previous year. The BBT exclusively publishes the books and other source materials of Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the founder-acarya of ISKCON. North European BBT Trustee, Brahma Muhurta...
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