Srila Prabhupada Letter to Ramesvara dasa, 14th November 1975
“The report of the BBT Library Party is very encouraging to me that the main library of Harvard told us they would be honored to complete the collection of our books. Just see. This is wonderful. Still University of New Brunswick has ordered our books even though they do not order religious books. This is a success. This quote by the head of their religion department of Oberlin is very important: ‘I think the best feature...
Srila Prabhupada Letter to Madhusudana, 1st February 1968
“Yes, the verse concerning arca-vigraha is like this: arcye visnau sila-dhir gurusu, nara-matir vaisnave jati-buddhir. The meaning is that one should not think of the Deity as made of stone, wood, etc. Another verses is: arcayam eva haraye, pujam yah sraddhayehate. The meaning is that one who worships the Deity with great devotion but doesn't show any devotion to the devotees of the Lord, or doesn't preach Krsna...
Srila Prabhupada Letter to Ramesvara Prabhu, October 25th 1974
“Please accept my humble obeisances. There have been two letters from GBC men to Srila Prabhupada regarding street chanting and book distribution, and there seems to be some discussion about the two. Srila Prabhupada has said that book distribution is more important than street chanting. Book distribution is brhad kirtana. It is literally kirtana in the sense that the books are spoken and therefore, anyone who reads a book is...
Srila Prabhupada Letter to Tamala Krsna Goswami, 23rd October 1974
“Regarding sankirtana and book distribution, both should go on, but book distribution is more important. It is brhad kirtana. In Tokyo airport one boy had come up to me asking if he could speak with me. I said yes, and then he asked me 'Swamiji, where do you get all that knowledge in your books?' Of course it is Krsna's knowledge, not mine. But the effect is there. So for kirtana, book distribution is better. Book...
Srila Prabhupada Letter to Ramesvara dasa, 11th October 1974
“Your report of the book distribution there is very encouraging. Make program to distribute our books all over the world. Our books are being appreciated by learned circles, so we should take advantage. Whatever progress we have made, it is simply due to distributing these books. So go on and do not divert your mind for a moment from this. I have full confidence in...
Srila Prabhupada Letter to Balavanta dasa, 4th October 1976
“The main thing is to distribute books the communist idea has spread practically all over the world on account of distributing huge amounts of literature, but they have no substance. Introduce Ratha-yatra very nicely and distribute...




