By Madhava Smullen
One of the catalysts for this was the 2017 Sanga for Gurus, GBCs and Sannyasis (SGGS) in Mayapur, West Bengal, at which it was felt that there should be a worldwide effort to increase reading amongst ISKCON members and leaders. Following this, ISKCON’s Governing Body Commission made a resolution in February 2020 to introduce an annual “International Sravanam Week.” The week ran from September 3rd to 9th and featured online study groups, webinars and daily Zoom interviews about reading Prabhupada’s books.
Meanwhile, individual devotees are also spearheading their own efforts to promote reading. Among them is Sulalita Dasi, a second generation Russian devotee who grew up in Moscow and has lived in Mayapur for the past eight years. Sulalita’s podcast Sravanam Diaries, in which she reads daily from Srila Prabhupada’s books, is available on all major platforms and recently passed its 100-episode mark.
Attending Moscow’s Bhaktivedanta Gurukula since the age of five, Sulalita was always surrounded by Prabhupada’s books. After doing a variety of services in the arts, education and deity services over the years, in more recent times she has been maintaining the social media pages for her guru Bhakti Bringa Govinda Swami.
When B.B. Govinda Swami gave his disciples the challenge to read all of Srila Prabhupada’s books, Sulalita managed in just two years, amazed that she had succeeded in completing a task she had always seen as massive and unattainable.
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