Book Distribution: inspiration

B. A. Paramadvaiti Swami: Srila Prabhupada brought us all these books, and he inspired us to dedicate our lives to the distribution of these books. This he did in a very sweet way. He mentioned to us that his own spiritual master would be extremely satisfied if a brahmachari distributed only two or three copies of The Harmonist or the Gaudiya.

He also told us that he would stay in that place where the devotees distributed the most books. He enthused us to translate most of his beautiful books into many different languages.

He inspired his artistically talented disciples to decorate his books with the most wonderful art, even though initially, they were not so expert. Over the years some of Prabhupada’s artist disciples gained such expertise that they painted the most astonishing pieces of Krishna-lila art. Right from the start though, Srila Prabhupada immediately inspired the love in them to paint the beautiful Sri Krishna. These paintings went into the books making them so attractive and colorful. They were like windows to the spiritual world.