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Even as Prabhupāda turned more toward India and his projects there, he continued to encourage his disciples, especially in the …

To the devotees in New York he had written in 1971,

I’m especially pleased to hear that your distribution of books and magazines has increased. Go on in this way, increasing …

To the devotees in Australia he wrote,

The best news is that you are increasing nicely the distribution of my books and literature. This is the best …

And to the devotees of Africa Prabhupāda wrote,

Distribution of books and magazines is our most important activity. Without books, our preaching has no solid basis. Especially the …

Śrīla Prabhupāda said that if there were ample books, then everything else in ISKCON would succeed.

Practically, our Society is built on books. One book is not very impressive. Still, a blind uncle is better than …

Back in 1968, when ten thousand copies of Teachings of Lord Caitanya had arrived at the temple in New York, …

Then a competition had started. Keśava’s boasts that the devotees in San Francisco were the best had drawn challenges from …

Prabhupāda also stressed that all the devotees should regularly study his books. The books were not only for the public; …

Hṛdayānanda Goswami: When Prabhupāda came to Los Angeles in 1972, he started the Bhāgavatam class where everyone chanted the Sanskrit. …

On the first of June Śrīla Prabhupāda left Los Angeles for Mexico City. He said he would return in a …

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Prabhupāda conducted an intensive three-day lecture campaign in Mexico City, speaking at the National University of Mexico, the Masonic Lodge, …

Cit-sukhānanda: On Sunday afternoon there were more than five hundred people in the temple room. After the lecture Śrīla Prabhupāda …

I said, “They are chanting your name.” And I went down to see what was going on. And all the …

And Śrīla Prabhupāda said, “Well, let them come.”