BBT Mail Order department in Los Angeles, informed Prabhupada of the mailing of 200,000 copies of The Krishna Consciousness Movement Is Authorized to the
A letter from Ranadhira dasa, who runs the BBT Mail Order department in Los Angeles, informed Prabhupada of the mailing of 200,000 copies of The Krishna Consciousness Movement Is Authorized to the "leading citizens of the United States." As well as this they are compiling a list of over 2,500 professors who have ordered one or more of Prabhupada's books. In addition, Ranadhira enclosed a list of every library and all the professors who have taken a standing order of the full set.
Prabhupada was very pleased to receive the material. He asked Pushta Krishna Maharaja to keep the lists in his standing file. (Prabhupada's secretary carries two files. One is for correspondence and is cleared out every few months. The other is a "standing file" containing important documents, news clips, etc. which Srila Prabhupada uses in his preaching). In his reply Prabhupada asked Ranadhira to "please continue with this important work."
There was a letter from a devotee in Nairobi, Mahavirya dasa. Written on the appearance day of Srila Jagannatha dasa Babaji, it described a dramatic reason why he now wants permission to take babaji initiation. "Recently while here in the Nairobi ISKCON center, the temple was attacked, and I was practically sliced to death by thieves and murderers. I was unconscious for two days, hospitalized for twenty-eight, and now I presently have the use of only one hand and arm. I consider this the Lord's mercy. I am suffering still, conditional, fallen and the greatest fool, so I beg you to please give me permission to chant daily ninety rounds."
Even with that heartfelt plea, Prabhupada was cautious. Mahavirya is still only twenty-seven years old. So Prabhupada wrote back, deferring his decision until next time he goes to Nairobi. As he told him, "I gave babaji initiation to one other devotee but now he is off somewhere restless."
Reference: Transcendental Diary Volume 1 by Hari Sauri Dasa
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