Hare Krishna!!!
I am wondering which book or pamphlet would be best to give out as a gift to coworkers and family members? I am thinking perhaps of A Higher Taste for a good "stocking stuffer" and On Chanting Hare Krishna pamphlet for general free distribution / preaching activities like Harinam.
Also, I saw a Mataji giving out free copies of A Higher Taste last weekend during the New Orleans RathaYatra. Is there perhaps a bulk order site for ordering a box of a particular title to distribute freely?
Thank you in advance for any advice. - David
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How are you doing? I'm happy that you've join our little group. ;)
I would say that the book "A higher taste" seems to be perennial favorite and standard for spreading Krishna consciousness to the unsuspecting general public in a way that is palatable and non objectionable to them.
It's important to realize that for many, you may well be their very first exposure to Krishna consciousness. It is such a potent and powerful spiritual inner process, that by simply giving them their first taste of the Mahamantra, as well as some pics displaying the Lord and His giving them darshan through those pics, along with exposing them to Prasadam is a very good start to put into the hands of people. You do that, and the Lord will do the rest.
Hare Krishna/ Hari Bol,
Sriman John Martini
Hi again John,
Yes, I actually came to the conclusion last month that A Higher Taste was the book I felt most comfortable with giving everyone (including coworkers in my corporation), and I was able to get a very reasonable wholesale rate on boxes of the book. I still like distributing other books of Srila Prabhupada but I found more acceptance using A Higher Taste when I go out on my own.
Hare Krishna!
Your eager servant,
David
Yes David,
This is exactly what Prabhupada wanted from us all. Book distribution was the corner stone, the foundation and the key to ISKCON according to him. He felt book distribution to be more important than even the Temples. You are making your guru very pleased with you, and if the Guru is pleased, then KRSNA is pleased.
Hari bol, my dear Prabhu! ~~~P.S. I am also not against the "Hard Sell" appraoch either. It's just that I thought that perhaps I would support a more conservative manner, being as I don't know who or what you folks are capable of. I don't want to scare anyone to do things beyond what they are comfortable with. But be it soft sell or hard sell, both are indeed rendering devotional service unto KRSNA.
And thank you for your kind offer of assistance too. Hare Krsna!