{"id":33382,"date":"2016-11-14T13:35:52","date_gmt":"2016-11-14T12:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=33382"},"modified":"2016-11-14T13:44:17","modified_gmt":"2016-11-14T12:44:17","slug":"200k-book-marathon-the-final-offering-26th-nov-24th-dec-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=33382","title":{"rendered":"200k Book Marathon: The Final Offering [26th Nov-24th Dec 2016]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/YBt5eCp.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>As ISKCON\u2019s 50th Anniversary draws to a close, Bhaktivedanta Manor would like to make an epic final offering. Every December the entire ISKCON world focuses all attention on distribution of transcendental literature, something we all know was so close to Srila Prabhupada\u2019s heart. Indeed, he said it gave him life. When a new book was printed, Prabhupada felt as though he had conquered an empire. He told one disciple &#8211; &#8220;the best of me is in my books.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Last year\u2019s historic \u201c100k Effort\u201d at the Manor was a resounding success, with a record number of devotees participating. This year the team is aiming to distribute 200,000 books for the pleasure of Srila Prabhupada!<\/p>\n<p>For more Information:<\/p>\n<p>Facebook: \u201c200k \u2013 The Final Offering\u201d<\/p>\n<p>200k Marathon Video:<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n       <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k06aXjwtPuI?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p>Please contact Sutapa das if you have any ideas, and he\u2019ll do his best to assist. (email below)<\/p>\n<p>You can also get involved in the following initiatives:<\/p>\n<p>1) Sacred Street Party \u2013 go out on Saturdays with a team of devotees from the Manor!<\/p>\n<p>2) Door-to-Door \u2013 go out in the evenings \/ weekends and visit homes!<\/p>\n<p>3) Street distribution \u2013 visit the bustling town centres during the week!<\/p>\n<p>4) Sanga Groups \u2013 if you would like to participate as a sanga \/ nama hatta)<\/p>\n<p>5) Gita Jayanti \/ Sponsorship \u2013 Sponsor books which will be placed in Schools, Universities, Hopitals, and Jails!<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s make it a marathon to remember!<\/p>\n<p>Sutapa das: sutapa@krishnatemple.com<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis, our book distribution, is the most important task in our society. Therefore I am giving so much stress and  I am working so hard on this. Because this is my life and soul according to the order of my Guru Maharaj\u201d (Srila Prabhupada, 1976)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/ZqbfOzj.jpg\" alt=\"Hare Krishna\"\/><strong>By Radha Mohan Das<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> As ISKCON\u2019s 50th Anniversary draws to a close, Bhaktivedanta Manor would like to make an epic final offering. Every December the entire ISKCON world focuses all attention on distribution of transcendental literature, something we all know was so close to Srila Prabhupada\u2019s heart. Indeed, he said it gave him life. When a new book was printed, Prabhupada felt as though he had conquered an empire. He told one disciple &#8211; &#8220;the best of me is in my books.&#8221;  Last year\u2019s historic \u201c100k Effort\u201d at the Manor was a resounding success, with a record number of devotees participating. This year the team is aiming to distribute 200,000 books for the pleasure of Srila Prabhupada!<!--more--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-distribution"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33382"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33386,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33382\/revisions\/33386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}