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Twenty eight devotees from the Santiago Yatra along with 250 books of Srila Prabhupada, made their way to one of the most famous prisons in Chile called "Santiago 1".
There, they faced an endless ocean of grim, impenetrable seriousness and an attitude of distrust which reeked from the defendants, many who had been charged with serious crimes. A brief talk and explanation of the Maha-mantra helped break the ice and the devotees began to sing. Several minutes later, the inmates joined in and began dancing joyfully. All glories to the Sankirtan movement!
Please bless the Chilean devotees to continue in their wonderful service to Srila Prabhupada and expand their prison preaching.
Hare Krsna:
PAMHO - AGTSP
We would like to know if you could help us to promote the latest book written by His Holiness Jayapataka Swami, The Sri Godruma Kalpatavi. This book is available in English, Russian and Bengali.
Sri Godruma Kalpatavi ("The Desire-tree Grove of Godruma") is an English translation of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura's newsletter collection.
Sri Godruma Kalpatavi was originally produced in Bengal one-hundred-and-twenty years ago by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura, to guide leaders and members in his preaching movement. The topics discussed are very practical issues often faced by those with families and careers who also want to fully engage in practicing and preaching Krishna consciousness.
His Holiness Jayapataka Maharaja felt Godruma Kalpatavi to be so relevant to the lives of devotees today that he translated the text and inspired the current publication.
From the introduction by His Holiness Jayapataka Swami:
Householder devotees who hold a normal job, raise children, chant sixteen rounds, help temples in various ways, and do regular Nama-hatta preaching should be recognized for their high standard of dedication. We cannot underestimate the sacrifice it takes to do these things!
Being Krishna conscious with these various responsibilities is certainly a great sacrifice. Yet in ISKCON communities a large number of such dedicated devotees continue to follow Srila Prabhupada's footsteps.
During Srila Prabhupada's grhastha period he also fulfilled all his normal duties while giving high priority to fulfilling and furthering his Guru Maharaja's mission. Some community recognition of such devotees is eventually needed as they are important role models for other grhasthas to take inspiration from.
Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura stressed the importance of whole households that were sincerely following a Krishna conscious life style and standard. Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura wrote in his newsletter Sri Godruma Kalpatavi that such households should be recognized as sraddha-kutirs, or "faithful homes."
In ISKCON the importance of Krishna conscious households should not be under estimated. The more families that are predominantly Krishna conscious, the more generations of Krishna conscious children that can be produced. Also the whole neighborhood around such families is sanctified and blessed. If ISKCON Temples can recognize such households it will focus on how we encourage Krishna conscious families and appreciate them.
We would highly appreciate if you could help us to promote this book on your site since our dear Guru Maharaja is requesting to distribute as many books as possible worldwide.
We can provide you with the information and pictures of this book so your contacts can see it and hopefully purchase it through our website. http://www.iskconcongregation.com/ebooks
Thank you in advance for any help you can provide.
ys,
DDD
Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and to all his faithful followers.
From the Congregational Development Ministry, we thank you for your continuous support.
We are very happy to inform you that we have e-Books available on our website at http://www.iskconcongregation.com/ebooks . The following titles are on hand : Sri Godruma Kalpatavi, Free to Preach, The Nectar of Congregational Preaching and Super Sunday.
We would appreciate if you could share this information with other devotees in your Yatra.
Please to contact us for any questions or suggestions you may have.
Your servant,
Madhavi Kirti devi dasi
Congregational Development Ministry Coordinator
Sri Mayapur Dham
Dear Devotees,
We would like to take this opportunity to let you know about the latest book and article regarding prison preaching, which is a very important part of our Ministry.
Holy Jail is a touching compilation of the activities of ISKCON Prison Ministries (IPM) by His Holiness Candramauli Swami.In over thirty years of operation, the lives of hundreds of inmates have changed due to the practice of Krishna consciousness and the support received by devotees.
Please visit our website at http://www.iskconcongregation.com/books to see more information on our publications.
On behalf of ISKCON's Congregational Development Ministry,
Your servant,
Madhavi Kirti devi dasi
CDM Coordinator
ISKCON Congregational Development Ministry
