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Let us distribute the books with great enthusiasm
The devotees are going out each day to distribute Srila Prabhupada's books. This is such a wonderful, wonderful service. To give a person medical assistance is good because it gives the person relief from the bodies for some time, but to give a person the mercy of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, as Srila Prabhupada has reveled to the world through his books; is to give the person the opportunity to enter into the spiritual world, it is to give a person the only real solution to his problems of life, Krishna consciousness. So those who perform...
read moreHospital book Distribution
I went on book distribution with a Bhaktin who is modest and would not like me to advertise her name in this story. She helped me see a new aspect of book distribution, so I must glorify her. We set up a table in a parking lot where I'd had some luck distributing books in the past. However, only a few people bought books, and several hours had gone by. She said to me, "I think we should distribute books in hospitals. Would it be all right if we went to a hospital after this?" I am twenty years older, and I thought, "Oh, no,...
read moreSomehow Other Give them Books by Sivarama Swami, Budapest
Audio lecture on Somehow other give them books by His Holiness Sivarama Swami at Budapest on 08 December 2007 Download
read moreThe Book Distribution Initiative
by Madhava Smullen Book distribution has changed since the “glory days” of the 1960s and 70s. Most devotees are now householders with jobs rather than fulltime missionaries. But is this necessarily a bad thing? Perhaps we can use change in our favor, take advantage of newfound experience, maturity, and wisdom, and create new, innovative methods that will usher in the most successful era of book distribution yet. Vaisesika Dasa thinks so. Drawing on his years of experience as a book distributor, he’s collected the best...
read moreKrishna Consciousness is for the simple hearted
Today we were distributing in Oxford, the intellectual capital of England. I tried stopping Anglican Priests, College Professors, Buddhist Monks and a Nun, but had to settle for a humble 83 year old Bus driver,in his uniform and still working for the same company since 1948! He took a book with glee and promised he would read it when he got home from work. It made me realise how Prabhupada’s message really is for the simple hearted. Your Servant, Jaya Gopal...
read moreBook distribution in Tiruvannamalai
Dear Devotees, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. Some of you might heard about Tiruvannamalai, a place located at about 200 kms from Chennai in south west. It is famous for Lord Siva's temple as well as the hill associated with it. Every year there is a huge gathering of people for the festival of lightning a huge ghee lamp at the top of the hill. Lakhs of people circumambulate the hill (16 kms) on that day. Naturally that is a good spot for book distribution in mass. Around 30 devotees including few...
read moreGet out Your Wheelchair If You Have To
Hare Krishna. Please Accept My Humble Obeisances. All Glories To Srila Prabhupada. Now that the Srila Prabhupada Marathon is here I just wanted to share some of my realizations that I've had over the last few days while distributing. I'm In Perth, Western Australia for the winter. It's summer here though so on Xmas day it can be over 100 degrees! Santa wears shorts here and can even be seen riding a surf board at the ocean. The first day I went out was nectar. People in this part of the world are Isolated from a lot of the stress...
read morePrabhupada, the greatest inspiration
Caution! Beware! Reading quotes from “If You Want to Please Me…” or “Distribute Books, Distribute Books, Distribute Books,” can put a person in an altered state of awareness during the holiday season. And if you read them out loud others may become similarly affected. The other day a devotee read these words aloud as we listened: There is no doubt about it; to distribute books is our most important activity. The temple is a place not for eating and sleeping, but as a base from which we send out our soldiers to...
read moreSrila Prabhupada ki jay!
After a day distributing books at the neuroscience conference at the San Diego Convention Center, I was on my way to catch the bus back to the temple. As I passed the Hilton Hotel, I saw a young man carrying a camera coming out of the entrance. I introduced myself and said, "Nice camera. I do a bit of street photography myself. The pictures I take give me higher realizations." He told me he was from England and was visiting his sister in San Diego. It is said that the face is the index of the mind, and I could see something was...
read moreCultivations
Last week we were on our way to a small town called Anjalankoski, where there lives a nice man, a multi-engaged psychiatrist, youth leader, idealist, animal-rights activist, named Mr.Lehto. Two years ago he gave the largest donation I have ever received from one person. He took some 30 packets of prasadam, 2 books and 5 CDs, and gave 140 euros. He also attended our program two years ago. That program was externally small, with simple facilities, but enlivening for him. On my way to that particular town again I phoned him. I didn't expect...
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