By Vijaya dasa
Dear Vaisnavas and Vaisnavis,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
As many of you may know, I have a conference called Book Distribution Seminar (BDS), in which devotees send me book distribution stories and realizations that I then send out to those on the BDS conference. This conference has existed since 1996, when Navina Nirada Prabhu was the minister of book distribution.
I have hundreds of enlightening stories. A few senior devotees have suggested they be put into a book so that devotees around the world can just pick up the book and get inspired to continue the mission. Also, in this way the sankirtan lilas will not be lost over time. If you have any sankirtan pastime you think would be appreciated widely, please send it to me at vijaya.hdg@pamho.net. Also, if you have any inspiring recorded talks about book distribution, you can send those too. We’ll get them transcribed. We have a pretty good number of inspiring stories now, but I know there are many more out there we’ve never read.
BTG distribution began in 1967, big book distribution a few years later. We’re looking for stories from any time in ISKCON’s history. It may be an account of how you received a book or what happened while you were on book distribution, or even an account you’ve heard from another devotee. All the stories are nectar, and we’d like to include as many as possible.
Your servant,
Vijaya dasa