First dispatch of books to South African prisons

Stephen Lekau
Stephen Lekau

Dear devotees,

Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
After 9 months of patiently waiting, finally the moment we were praying for arrived. The first batch of Srila Prabhupada’s books were delivered to the headquarters of the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) in Pretoria on 9 January 2013. For months the Sastra Dana team had been entangled in the long red-tape of the government department. Continue reading “First dispatch of books to South African prisons”

An interview with Nidra dd

Hare Krsna Prabhus, Please accept my humble obeisances.  All glories to Srila Prabhupada! This is an interview that I had with one of the most stalwart book distributors in our society, I’m sure it will be an inspiration to you all. http://iskconbookdistribution.com/interview-on-book-distribution-of-nidra-devi-dasi/ Your servant, Vijaya das Continue reading An interview with Nidra dd

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New Print of Chant and Be Happy – Now Available

EN-CAB-11-frontThe BBT is pleased to announce a new special print of Chant and Be Happy that is now available.

So, what is special about this book? Firstly, this is printed using FSC Environmentally friendly paper. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_Stewardship_Council   https://ic.fsc.org/

Second, this is the BBT’s first English mass distribution title for our new concept, the ‘Print/ebook Combo’.

South Africa, along with Slovenia, Lithuania, the UK, and Russia are the first countries where devotees are now able to distribute print books and ebooks via the ‘Print/ebook Combo’ concept. Continue reading “New Print of Chant and Be Happy – Now Available”

Journey to East Africa

Murari Dasa

Dear Devotees,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All Glories to Srila Prabhupada.

Recently I had to travel to Nairobi – Kenya from Blantyre – Malawi and the period of my journey included the first week of December. As this would mean missing the Marathon during this period I tried to distribute books during the journey which was done by bus. I couldn’t distribute on all of the bus journeys since in some of them the passengers wouldn’t know English and I didn’t have Swahili books on me. The following is an account of my preaching during different legs of this journey. Continue reading “Journey to East Africa”

Africa Book Scores – November 2012 ( Updated )

Dear Devotees, Please find below a summary of the Book Scores for November 2012 from the African Continent. Please click on the link below for details per temple. Country Books Points Ghana 1133 327.25 Kenya 777 279.35 Malawi 102 104.75 Mauritius 5105 1827.00 South Africa 746 218.95 Tanzania 1305 450.00 Total: 9168 3207.30 Africa Book Scores – November 2012 Continue reading Africa Book Scores – November 2012 ( Updated )

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The Broad Spectrum Remedy

Submitted by Dwaraka Vasini { Kenya } A friend shared a tip with me from the medical perspective. She said as a medicine student they are taught how not to lose a patient. When a patient comes for treatment to a doctor for the very first time, if the doctor sends him to run some tests before treating him, more than often the patient will … Continue reading The Broad Spectrum Remedy

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In Every Town and Village

BOOK DISTRIBUTION MARATHON 2012 – TANZANIA
EVERY TOWN…EVERY VILLAGE
LEG 1: TANGA, DAR-ES-SALAAM, MOROGORO
29TH November 2012
Dear Prabhus,
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to transcendental Book Distribution.
Hare Krishna! By the mercy of our spiritual master H. H. Gopal Krishna Goswami and the guidance of our Regional Secretary H. G. Umapati Prabhu we have successfully completed Leg 1 of our book distribution tour across Tanzania. We distributed 1305 books including books in Swahili. Breakdown as follows:
Small books: 1020
Medium books: 250
Maha books: 35
Please find photos below. The books were mainly distributed in public libraries, medical institutes, schools, colleges and Universities. Continue reading “In Every Town and Village”