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14-DAY BOOK DISTRIBUTION MARATHON AT MT. RUSHMORE (Album of photos)
\nDanakeli Dasi: With the completion of our first two-week permit for a book table at Mt. Rushmore, we\u2019re happy to report that the results are already better than we were expecting. 3,434 pieces of literature were distributed in 14 days:
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\n996 copies of Beyond Birth & Death
\n880 copies of Chant & Be Happy
\n800 copies of On Chanting Hare Krishna
\n204 copies of Bhagavad-g\u012bt\u0101 As It Is
\n554 copies of other titles
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\nMany nice people took \u015ar\u012bla Prabhup\u0101da\u2019s books home, but we were too busy to take photos or to document the stories. Some examples, however, are:
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\n\u2022 a young woman who had never heard of Krishna before but kept having dreams of Him. A psychic told her it was Lord Krishna. When she saw the BG on our table, she said, \u201cThat\u2019s Lord Krishna! I\u2019ll take that book!\u201d
\n\u2022 a girl fresh out of high school who said that when people say \u201cMerry Christmas,\u201d she replies \u201cHare Krishna,\u201d though she doesn\u2019t know how she got into that habit
\n\u2022 an older lady who lost her husband years ago to cancer, then her son in an auto accident, & later her daughter to a disease. She was searching for answers & took a stack of books home.
\n\u2022 a 13-year-old girl, who upon seeing the title Journey of Self-Discovery, said, \u201cI want to learn how this works!\u201d
\n\u2022 a young man just out of high school & traveling to search for truth. He took several books.
\n\u2022 a woman who was supposed to be in TN to attend a meditation seminar but who whimsically decided to visit Mt. Rushmore instead. She took a stack of books.
\n\u2022 two Buddhist monks from Thailand who received Chant & Be Happy
\n\u2022 a local jail inmate on a weekend furlough who took two books
\n\u2022 a spiritually awake, vegetarian couple who retired early in order to travel full time in an RV for the sake of spiritual seeking. They took several books.
\n\u2022 a college-aged girl from Chicago who was traveling by herself in search for a higher purpose & who understood she didn\u2019t bump into our table by chance
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\nWe were unable to get another permit for the rest of July since several other groups also applied to use the First Amendment Rights areas. But we did secure a two-week permit for Aug. 1. So we\u2019ll take a break, restock titles which we ran out of, & return to Mt. Rushmore soon.
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\nAll glories to \u015ar\u012bla Prabhup\u0101da!
\nPlease see the photos and their captions here: https:\/\/is.gd\/FXoujJ<\/a><\/p>\n