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The Need of the Hour
Dear Devotees, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. Recent events reminded me of the following statement by Srila Prabhupada: "Human society, at the present moment, is not in the darkness of oblivion. It has made rapid progress in the field of material comforts, education and economic development throughout the entire world. But there is a pinprick somewhere in the social body at large, and therefore there are large-scale quarrels, even over less important issues. There is need of a clue as to how humanity...
read moreA Sweet Dream
Dear devotees, Please accept my humble obeisances, all glories to Srila Prabhupada. While I was in Poland at the wookstock festival a devotee told me of a dream he had. Prabhupada came to him and said, "Tell the sankirtan devotees that by this activity of book distribution I personally will take them back home back to Godhead." Your Servent Vijaya...
read moreTo Sell Books is an impetus to Remember Krsna
One may sell books or enlist life members or render some other service, but these duties are not ordinary duties. These duties serve as an impetus for remembering Krsna. When one goes with a sa‰k…rtana party or sells books, he naturally remembers that he is going to sell Krsna’s books. In this way, he is remembering Krsna. When one goes to enlist a life member, he talks about Krsna and thereby remembers Him. Smartavyah satataˆ visnur vismartavyo na Ctucit. The conclusion is that one must act in such a way that he...
read moreCruzin’ on
"The tree's still alive!" My old friend greeted me to another day of book distribution on Pacific Garden Mall in Santa Cruz [see last installment]. To add to the hallucinatory ambiance that the Cruz has to offer, one gentleman walked up to me just after i had parked my cart of books and asked me if i was from another planet? I replied that i wasn't. Though i did take the precautionary measure of asking him if he was from one? He reassured me that he was from Earth but added that he had met many people from different planets...
read moreLos Angeles SD Newsletter VOL.3, ISSUE 18
YOUR LETTERS THE MERCY AND BLESSINGS Letter from Térthärthé däs Dear Prabhus, Please accept my obeisances, all glories to Srila Prabhupada!!! Just a note of sincere thanks for the wonderful CD "Ask Srila Prabhupada" that you so kindly sent me. I have recently been blessed with a computer so your timing was perfect. I would also like to say what a novel and wonderful idea this was introducing this program. Everyone benefits!!! The person or institution receiving the books, but also fallen souls like myself in...
read moreLos Angeles SD Newsletter VOL.3, ISSUE 18
…LILAS… THE TIME BOMBS By Candraçekhara Äcärya däs Srila Prabhupada called his books, "the time bombs." The people buy them, and in due course of time, they explode. 20 years ago, Mr. Ragbir Singh, a current aspiring disciple of His Holiness Bhakti Caru Swami, was walking casually down Oxford Street in London. All of a sudden, a charming Western lady dressed in a sari approached him and gave him a "Sri Isopanisad" in exchange for a donation. Mr. Singh never read the book, but he kept it...
read moreYour own place in Sri Mayapur Dhama, a unique opportunity!
Dear Maharajas and Prabhus, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. The Vaishnava Academy, formerly known as Book Distribution Academy in Mayapur is giving devotees the opportunity to get their own place in the Dhama. It is situated in the peaceful surroundings of the gurukula and the goshala, just 5 min. walk from the temple and the Jalangi. All 21 guestrooms are equipped with a private shower and toilet, balcony and furnished with two beds, a table, chair and built-in almirah. With high ceilings and spacious...
read moreNectar from Chowpatty
Hare Krsna Prabhus, Radha Gopinath Mandir had a very special guest and visitor during the Pune yatra, H.G. Durgama Prabhu, a disciple of Srila Prabhupada since the early 1970s. During his three-week stay in Mumbai, he inspired all the devotees with his steady and determined book distribution everyday. His day started immediately after the morning Bhagavatam class, when he would be seen at the book godown, filling his bag with many books. At 1.30 p.m. he would be back for lunch and at 2.00 p.m. he was out again. Devotees were amazed to see...
read moreAmazing Thailand
Thailand, a country with a very monk-friendly culture, tropical climate and delicious fruits, awaits to get Srila Prabhupada's books. H.H. BVV Narasimha Maharaja is inviting brahmacaries to join him in the Thailand preaching, distributing hard and softbound books in the local language. Please contact:...
read moreGet the Mercy
When Srila Prabhupada was present on the planet although there were a few thousand devotees, people thought there were millions of devotees all over the world. Wherever one would go he would meet devotees. There are still many devotees but now when people meet us they ask "Where have you guys been all these years?" I guess it is time to wake up and go out. My experience on harinam is that people are very eager to meet devotees and ask questions. But unfortunately for some reason it is so hard to get devotees out. I don't know...
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