Book Distribution By His Grace Navina Nirada Dasa For many years, members of the Hare Krishna movement around the world have gone out daily to distribute Srila Prabhupada’s books. These devotees want to give everyone the chance to learn about the transcendental knowledge contained in the Vedic literature. Many people have come to Krishna consciousness simply because they met such a dedicated devotee who presented Srila Prabhupada’s books with enthusiasm and conviction. But why should only devotees living full-time in temples distribute Srila Prabhupada’s books? Book distribution is not a service limited only to them. In many spiritual organizations, members of the congregation do most of the work of passing out books and spreading the message. Just imagine the effect of all ISKCON temple devotees and congregation members taking part in distributing books. As a member of ISKCON’s congregation, you can distribute books anywhere, in any community. You may start small, but your every effort is most valuable. Every day offers a special opportunity to give Srila Prabhupada’s books to our friends, to people we know, or to whomever we meet. To gain inspiration in this service, we can commit ourselves to one or more of the following programs: 1. To distribute one book a day 2. To go out one day a week to distribute books. 3. Srila Prabhupada Marathon Each December devotees in ISKCON make special efforts to distribute large numbers of Srila Prabhupada’s books. You can take part. During last December’s marathon ISKCON’s Radha-Gopinatha temple in Chowpatty, Mumbai (Bombay), had tremendous success in increasing book distribution. How? The members of the congregation took a big part in making it happen. Some gave books as gifts, some sold books to friends, and some sold books door to door, some paid for books that others distributed. Some sold books from stalls at railway stations and other prominent locations. Some passed out books in their offices or persuaded their clients to buy books to give to employees or business associates. Some did service in the temple to free other devotees to go out. Here are two examples of congregation members who distributed books while tending to their regular duties: Sakhi Sarana Dasa: He inspired a man who owns a cloth shop to take five hundred Bhagavad-gitas to be given free to any customer who bought a certain amount from his shop. Madhupriya Devi Dasi: She is a devotee from the congregation, a housewife with three small children. She became the top book distributor for the temple simply by going out every evening and selling Srila Prabhupada’s books in crowded places. If you would like to distribute Srila Prabhupada’s books, inform the president of your local temple. He’ll be happy to guide and encourage you in this important service of helping people by giving them the highest knowledge.
Posted on: Wed, 09 Oct 2013 05:46:19 +0000
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