Book Distribution – The Greatest Welfare Activity
Dec30

Book Distribution – The Greatest Welfare Activity

As a child, I remember my mother always motivating and encouraging me to read books. Apart from the regular literary educational books, she would give higher weightage to spiritual books, which she still does. Infact from the very moment I opened my eyes, I have been blessed to relish her mesmerising soulful voice reciting Sanskrit verses from our timeless Vedic Shastras. She always says, "These transcendental books are our real...

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Take this book, it will bring you great fortune!
Dec30

Take this book, it will bring you great fortune!

Here at the Standard Bank National Arts Festival held in the city of Grahamstown, City of Saints, thousands of people from South Africa, and all over the world flock here for ten-days or so, in a "feeding-frenzy" of arts and culture. Part of the vibe and attraction are the exotic traders from Africa and other countries. During this festival while distributing Srila Prabhupada's books I approached a Chinese trader selling...

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Warm Sales and Congregational Book Distribution
Dec30

Warm Sales and Congregational Book Distribution

Lately, a nice trend is growing with respect to distribution of the full set. We have the Bhakti vriksa programs, which involve weekly meetings in the house or apartment, where 7-11 individuals come together for spiritual discussion, kirtan and prasadam. In the eastern horizons, this is a most effective means to interact with people on a personal and family level which can be lacking in the temple settings. It is certainly an...

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Review on Bhagavad Gita AS IT IS from amazon.com
Dec30

Review on Bhagavad Gita AS IT IS from amazon.com

It is easy to see why Swami Bhaktivedanta's commentary on the Gita is so popular in India – that is because it is TOTALLY AUTHENTIC and very much in tune with the commentaries of all the main preceptors of Vedic traditions like Ramanujacarya, Madhvacarya, Nimbarkacarya, and Visnu Swami. His translation of the Gita is actually accepted by other Vedic disciplic successions such as the Sri, Madhva, Vallabha and Nimbarka...

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This is for you Dravida
Dec29

This is for you Dravida

Dear Prabhus, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. I thought the results in the USA were amazing but it wasn't just the US, the whole world was on transcendental fire during the Prabhupada Marathon. Of the 221 temples reporting only 25 did less than last years marathon, that's 196 temples increasing over last year! And some of them really increased. Last year was the most successful year since...

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For Devotees traveling by train to Mayapur and Vrndavana festivals
Dec27

For Devotees traveling by train to Mayapur and Vrndavana festivals

Sri Sri Guru Gaurangau Jayatah Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. We attended the Vyasa Puja of His Holiness Bhakti Vikasa Swami in Dwaraka. From Tamil Nadu in South India to Dwaraka it takes almost 50 hours by train. Usually such long journeys are quite exhausting and boring but this time it was different. This time we took with us a full box of Srila Prabhupada's books for distribution. We...

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