This year in India I had my most ecstatic time. First off, usually I don't distribute books in Mayapur during the festival, because there's so much going on. But upon seeing so many book distributors this year, I got inspired to distribute.
Interesting: there were so many devotees, so what I found was that I had to look for the people who didn't have beadbags and didn't wear dhotis and kurtas. They had to be wearing pants and shirt and no tilak.
It was pretty easy. I would just ask, " Do you like Krsna?"
They would always say, "Yes!"
Then I'd say, "Well, this is about Krsna, so please take this with you and give a donation."
An ISKCON devotee-family (four children and their father) has been distributing books in Mayapur for the past eight years and has distributed over 20,000 books. It would be hard to beat that example of an ideal family. I must have seen fifteen devotees distributing books in Mayapur this year. One girl, eight years old, came up to me and offered a BTG saying, "Only fifteen rupies." I couldn't say no. Distributing books in Mayapur brings with it an inconceivable spiritual benefit. Also, purchasing books is pretty auspicious.
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