Category:Purchasing My Books (Prabhupada)
Theme Analysis
The act of purchasing these transcendental literatures is not a mundane commercial transaction, but a vital step in awakening one's dormant Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Śrīla Prabhupāda emphasizes that distributing and purchasing these books is the highest form of preaching, as reading even a single line can transform a conditioned soul's life and vanquish material contamination.
- The Power of a Single Line: Even if someone purchases a book out of mere curiosity, reading just one line can profoundly impact their life and draw them closer to Kṛṣṇa.
- The Highest Preaching Activity: Convincing people, libraries, and universities to purchase these literatures is considered the most successful and essential preaching endeavor.
- Spiritual Economics: Although dealing with money and sales, the distribution and purchasing of these books are entirely spiritual activities, completely free from material motives.
- Purification Through Reading: Regular reading of the purchased books vanquishes the material contamination of the conditioned soul, even in the face of initial opposition.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Purchasing My Books - Prabhupāda's Ultimate Preaching Activity.
Pages in category "Purchasing My Books (Prabhupada)"
The following 41 pages are in this category, out of 41 total.
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- A book purchased will remain, and once even one line is read, that will benefit the reader
- After hearing me they clapped. They purchased books. Now they are selling books. So I think my books are more important. We shall give more concentration for pushing on and publishing
- Also inquire from them if they are interested in being the sole selling agency in India. In this case, they must purchase at least 500 books. If not, they can help us by sending a list of leading book sellers in India who can help in selling our books
- Americans purchased many copies of my Bhagavatams and they left standing order for any further books which I might publish in future
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- I (Prabhupada) am convinced that if you simply glorify Krsna and our books in the best descriptive manner, that anyone and everyone, no matter even atheist or otherwise, they can be convinced to purchase
- I am also pleased to note that they are going to purchase my books, 30-35 sets. That is a great boon for us. If we can introduce our books in these colleges and universities, it will be great prestige for the society and myself also personally
- I have heard that in some of the airports they are making announcements telling the people not to purchase our literature. This is impeding our religion and is therefore blasphemy
- I submitted a note of purpose in which it was stated that the money was meant for purchasing books and securing a small piece of land. You may find out this note in our file
- I was surprised when, after my meeting, they purchased books, because these South African white men, they do not like very much Indians
- I was very much satisfied with how my movement is being received there. After my lecture in the University the Europeans clapped and they were very enthusiastically purchasing my books
- I was very pleased to see how you are getting top-ranking men to read my books. That is real preaching. If all the government officers at least purchase some of our books, it will be a great credit so do it very nicely
- If anyone hears something philosophy from us, that will help him. But if he purchases one book that may turn his life. So selling books is the best preaching activity
- If he buys a book that is the real successful preaching
- If I purchase from you and give it, distribute it free to somebody else, that is not wrong thing
- If one takes one book, at least one day he'll read it: "Let me see what is this book I have purchased the other day." And if he reads one line his life will be successful
- If someone wants to understand a little philosophy, he can purchase one of our books. We have got so many big, big books. So in this spirit carry on with great enthusiastic endeavor and this will please me very, very much
- If there is good response for purchasing our books and asking intelligent questions, that is the test of your preaching capacity
- If we give the job to others for distributing all our books, then where is the opportunity for our students to canvass all the citizens to purchase our books to give them good training how to preach?
- If you actually want good government not only for India but also for all the world over, you must promote the sales of this publication either or you may purchase some thousands of copies of this publication at concessional rate & distribute the same
- In our preaching work also, we deal with so much property and money and so many books bought and sold, but because these dealings all pertain to the Krsna consciousness movement, they should never be considered material
- It is approved by me that you get the books for only 20% above the cost of printing
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- The American Congress library purchasing department in India are pleased to purchase 18 copies of my Srimad-Bhagavatam, as soon as it is published and they have open order for it
- The library party is doing very nicely. It is nectar to my ears to hear the list of schools which are taking our standing order
- They can purchase books from the temple at regular wholesale price and sell, and whatever profit there is above wholesale price they must give at least 50% to the local temple out of good will. That will be nice
- Third class. But they attended my lecture, they purchased my books and they clapped
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- We are stressing on pushing on these books because a modern man, if he purchases one book, then at least he will see one line, "What these nonsense have written?" So if he reads one line, if he is intelligent man, he will understand the value
- We charging very low price, just to printing charges. If somebody wants to purchase, we have got our magazine, monthly magazine, Back to Godhead. But if one does not pay, the same thing we are repeating daily in our meetings. So he can come and hear
- We have got business. Why shall I keep in the bank? This is the policy. If your money is idle, we can spend it in our books, in our purchasing land in temple, constructing temple, developing...
- When we actually see people come to our center, chant, dance, take prasadam, become jubilant and purchase books, we know that certainly Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is always present in such transcendental activities, and He is very pleased and satisfied
- Where ever you deliver your lectures to students try to introduce at least our small books. If the students purchase these cheaper, smaller books, they will get a permanent impression of Krishna Consciousness