When we think of treasures, like valuable diamonds and gold, we can also consider another type of wealth that is not material, the treasures of spiritual wisdom. We can be wealthy with wisdom, or the knowledge coming from Krishna and His pure devotee Srila Prabhupada. This book is filled with accounts of people becoming wealthy with wisdom by receiving Srila Prabhupada's books. Not only the book recipients but the book distributors become wealthier. There's andventure, humor, excitement, disappointment, and surprise ih this book, but more than anything you will read about the compassion of devotees who go far out of their comfort zones to give people all over the world the greatest treasures on the planet. All this for the pleasure of Krishna and Srila Prabhupada.
One may ask what need is there for another book about book distribution since we already have Preaching Is the Essence, “Distribute Books, Distribute Books Distribute Books,” The Nectar of Book Distribution, and others. All I can reply is ānandāmbudhi-vardhanam—the sankīrtana movement is an ever-increasing ocean of bliss. This book is an attempt to increase this ocean of book distribution.
I’m not a writer; I’m a book distributor. But as the minister of book distribution, I have as one of my services to try to encourage the book distributors. One way I do that is by sending out sankīrtana stories to the world of book distributors through a conference called “BDN,” or “Book Distribution Nectar.”
Through the years I’ve collected hundreds of interesting stories. Many devotees asked me to compile them into a book so they wouldn’t be forgotten over time. So, that’s the main purpose for this book. I hope it inspires those who are already distributing books and pray it will inspire others to take up this glorious activity.
Before the stories or comments I’ve put the name of the devotee speaking them. I didn’t include a biography of everyone in the back of the book, as was done in The Nectar of Book Distribution, because there are too many devotees. Although I’m not a writer, book distribution has been my service for over thirty years, and so Krishna has inspired me to write much more than I thought I would. To avoid seeing my name before everything I’ve written in the book, I’ve put my writings in italics.
A main feature of this book is a series of quotes from Śrīla Prabhupāda expressing the importance of book distribution. Another comprises descriptions of the many ways one can distribute books.
I pray that this book will inspire devotees around the world who are distributing books to continue
with greater determination, and that it will inspire those who are not engaged in this activity to somehow take it up in whatever small or big way they can.
Vijaya Dāsa
Minister of Book Distribution
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Hardbound, 635 pages, 6" x 9".
