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The compassion of Advaita Acarya
TRANSLATION Seeing the activities of the world, the šcarya felt compassion and began to ponder how He could act for the people’s benefit. PURPORT This sort of serious interest in the welfare of the public makes one a bona fide acarya. An acarya does not exploit his followers. Since the acarya is a confidential servitor of the Lord, his heart is always full of compassion for humanity in its suffering. He knows that all suffering is due to the absence of devotional service to the Lord, and therefore he always tries to find ways to...
read moreFrom Sankirtana dd “Cookie mercy”
I went out a few days just before Christmas but not since. It was so ecstatic, that it has me wanting MORE!!!! I have one small story to relate. I was in a Wal-Mart parking lot, and approached a man (around 20 or so) with a small book, (Coming Back), and asked him If he has any opinions on reincarnation. He said yes, but was looking at the book very suspiciously. Then says "wait a minute, what religion is this?" I said, it's the Hare Krishnas… He immediately put his hands out in front of him and said with firm conviction...
read moreGood news
Dear devotees, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! I want to congratulate and thank all the devotees that have worked so hard to please Srila Prabhupada by distributing his books throughout the world for this past year of 2003. After looking at the results of book distribution for 2003 in which we distributed 3,627,182 I compared these results with 2002 in which we distributed 2,710,231 and found that 916,951 more books were distributed in 2003 than in 2002. This is very auspicious, it shows that this book...
read moreNational Bookdistribution festival in Tirupati
Dear devotees, Please accept my humble obeiances.All glories to Srila Prabhupada. There is a very important national bookdistribution festival organized in Tirupati from 28 jan. till 31 jan. to boost India book distribution.(See details in the general presentation below.) Those of you who feel heart and soul for book distribution and who are close by, please come and join this ecstatic festival, accommodation no problem. We are also inviting HH Bhakti Vikas maharaja. This festival is organized by Vijay prabhu, minister for bookdistribution....
read moreA partial India Marathon report by Amitachara Prabhu
This is a small report of the book distribution marathon 2003 in India with of course still a lot of nectar missing. * The marathon in New Delhi was very good, up to 40 000 BG's or more were distributed. * Here in Tirupati we had more than 30,000 Book Points (equivelent to 30,000 big books). We want to do more and more, please pray all for more blessings! *I heard the news recently on coimbatore Rathayathra from the devotees of Salem. In 20 days they distributed 2,300 BG's (Bhagavad Gita's) with only 5 devotees distributing quite...
read moreA letter to Kavicandra Swami from Atmananda Dasa
Hare Krishna, Please accept my obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!!! I took train from Kolkata to Tundra in route to Vrindavan after the Mayapur yatra. On the train I distributed 10 Intro to Bhagavad Gita, 4 On the Way to Krishna and 2 Teachings of Lord Chaitanya. The Harinam was very nice. This time many people were stopping me and inviting me to chant for longer periods in their compartments. One man was just dancing and chanting in ecstacy for half an hour. The Harinam went on for four hours and many more people were still...
read moreLines…
Dear devotees. This is a letter written by Aisvarya Prabhu which was requested by a devotee that wanted to know of some lines to use on Sankirtana. Dear Mataji Pamho. AgtSP! In regard to your questions; You have the desire to distribute Srila Prabhupada's books success will naturally come from that desire! I'm sure you know all the following but just for my own purification I'll go over a few points that help me to do this service. I'll go through my main lines but before that I'd like to emphasize sadhana. I've also...
read moreFrench revival
Dear Vijay prabhu Please accept our humble obeissances, all glories to Srila Prabhupada. This month of december 2003 has been for a few of us here in France an auspicious time of revival and rejuveneration.From external apparent setbacks of management problems,which could just plunge us in an ocean of despair ,Krishna has shown that the only soothing way out of it was and is forever book distribution. Not many of us on the call, but enough to build up a part time team.My wife,Ananta Rupini devi dasi, Gopaswami prabhu, both of them...
read moreAnother glorious preaching year ahead in the service of Srila Prabhup
By Madhu Mangala Prabhu, Dear devotees, Please accept my humble obeisances at the dust of your lotus feet (although I am not worthy to serve them), all glories to our most beloved Srila Prabhupada, all glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga, all glories to the sankirtan devotees of the Lord. I have just recently returned last night from travelling sankirtan together with Makunda Caran, Radha Raman Prabhu and myself to Knysna and Plettenberg Bay. We Had another 6 day mini marathon after Srila Prabhupada's 2003 December Book Distribution...
read moreThe Easiest way to realize Krsna
Prahlada Maharaja ultimately instructed his class friends, the sons of the demons, to accept the process of devotional service by preaching the science of Krsna consciousness to everyone. Preaching is the best service to the Lord. The Lord will immediately be extremely satisfied with one who engages in this service of preaching Krsna consciousness. This is confirmed by the Lord Himself in Bhagavad-g…ta (18.69). Na ca tasman manuyeu kacin me priya-kttamaƒ: "There is no servant in this world more dear to Me than he, nor...
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