Dear highly-esteemed Team ISV devotees,
Please accept my humble obeisances and best wishes. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
The work of going door-to-door, town-to-town to distribute Bhagavad-Gita, Srimad-Bhagavatam, Caitanya-caritamrta, and so on, is the highest welfare work.
Not only that, it is the yuga-dharma, the specific sacrifice prescribed for Kali-yuga in the Vedas and confirmed by the great Acaryas.
Karabhajana Muni says:
"Those who are actually advanced in knowledge are able to appreciate the essential value of this age of Kali. Such enlightened persons worship Kali-yuga because in this fallen age all perfection of life can easily be achieved by the performance of sankirtana." (SB 11.5.36)
According to our Acaryas, Sankirtana includes not only the congregational chanting of the holy names of the Lord; it also includes the distribution of transcendental books, or written kirtana. In 1974, Srila Prabhupada wrote:
"So I am always emphasizing book distribution. It is the better kirtana. It is better than chanting. Of course chanting should not stop, but book distribution is the best kirtana." (SPL to Srutadeva dasa, 24th October, 1974)
And in his purport to Srimad-bhagavatam 3.25.21, Srila Prabhupada describes the mood of the devotees who go out to distribute transcendental knowledge to the public:
"A sadhu, as described above, is a devotee of the Lord. His concern, therefore, is to enlighten people in devotional service to the Lord. That is his mercy. He knows that without devotional service to the Lord, human life is spoiled. A devotee travels all over the country, from door to door, preaching, `Be Krsna conscious. Be a devotee of Lord Krishna. Don't spoil your life in simply fulfilling your animal propensities. Human life is meant for self-realization, or Krishna consciousness.' These are the preachings of a sadhu. He is not satisfied with his own liberation. He always thinks about others. He is the most compassionate personality towards all the fallen souls."
This weekend is our final opportunity to perform sankirtana together all around the Bay Area, before the divine disappearance day of Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura this coming Tuesday.
We are still working on achieving our goal of distributing at least 8,008 books and collecting at least $9,000.
Please join us!
Tonight, Friday, June 15th, starting at 6:59pm we will meet in Palo Alto, (University and Emerson) to congregationally chant the holy names.
On Saturday and Sunday, we will all be going out to distribute books around the Bay Area in a variety of spots.
There are at least four ways that you can participate:
1. Join the book distribution team.
2. Come out for Harinama Sankirtana.
3. Donate money to support the book distribution.
4. Volunteer for backup services.
The human form is especially given to us for performing yajna, sacrifice. By doing the proper sacrifice, we can attain the highest goal of life.
Take advantage this weekend and be counted by joining this historic event celebrating the life of one of our greatest Acaryas, Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura.
Param vijayate sri krsna sankirtanam!
With gratitude and affection,
Your servant,
Vaisesika Dasa
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