World Sankirtan Newsletter October 2023
Dear Maharajas and Prabhus, Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada! Please see the attached PDF file for the latest worldwide book distribution results, which contains charts and images. ys, Mayapur Sasi dasa WSNmobile.com (mobile and desktop – password: krishna) Download here -> World Sankirtan Newsletter October...
December Book Distribution
My dear devotees, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. In a letter to me dated December 1971, Srila Prabhupada wrote, “Go on increasing books and go on increasing my pleasure.” December is a special opportunity to focus on Srila Prabhupada’s desire that we distribute books and thus increase his pleasure. As he wrote in the same letter, “I am most pleased especially to hear that...
Book distribution anecdotes from Brazil
On a cold and difficult day in Curitiba, Brazil, Mahananda Murari Prabhu remembered that it is only by Krishna’s mercy that everything happens. He prayed that if it was Krishna’s desire, would He please allow nice people to emerge. Gabriela and Matheus then appeared, excited, saying: “It wasn’t by chance that we met!” He held the books for Mahananda to take the photo. In another photo, Mahananda was in...
Unveiling a nurse and mother’s highest purpose
“Often the answer to our prayer does not come while we’re on our knees, but while we’re on our feet serving the Lord and serving those around us.” — Dieter F. Uchtdorf Nair, a devoted nurse, had just completed a demanding night shift and was en route to her home. Despite being a single mother of three, juggling a full-time job, and even working overtime today for extra income, her passion for her...
A poem from the early days of book distribution, mid 70’s
Sankarshan Das I was a young monk out to save the world. By teaching pure love of God And distributing a magazine Back to Godhead. Do you find that to be quite odd? At a mall in Leesburg, Florida, While showing folks how to attain the divine, The police came and put me in jail For committing this most heinous crime. Which side of the bars are you on? Which side of the bars are you on? They gave me a solitary cell, But I did not feel...