Giving Srila Prabhupada's books means, what..? | Śrīla Gopāl Kṛṣṇa Goswāmī #shorts

31 Dec 2021 · 1 min

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In this short, Śrīla Gopāl Kṛṣṇa Goswāmī recounts a 1975 letter from Śrīla Prabhupāda that stresses the importance of organizing book sales in India. Prabhupāda notes the abundance of English books and publishing houses, urging the use of small, affordable English books as a primary preaching tool. He emphasizes that giving these books creates an impression of the movement’s philosophy and ties book distribution to the process of making someone a life member. The speaker underscores that the core business of the organization is to disseminate the philosophy as explained by Prabhupāda and senior ācāryas through the strategic distribution of these books.

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In a letter that Śrīla Prabhupāda wrote about book distribution, he wrote this to me in '75. He said, one thing I want is for the book sales to be organized there in India. There are many English books selling there on the market, and there's so many English publishing houses. Even the clubs, they can purchase a small book. We have so many small books. This kind of preaching work is very important. The people must be given some impressions of our philosophy. So Prabhupāda was very keen that people get impression about our philosophy, and impression about philosophy means giving them Śrīla Prabhupāda's books. When you go to make a person a life member, you're giving him a book. When you go to on book distribution, you're also giving him a book. So our business is to give people the philosophy as explained by Prabhupāda and the great ācāryas.