Book Distribution Results and Preaching

0:00[looking at Preaching is the Essence?]

Choosing between chanting and reading

0:02Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Each verse is like a separate lecture, Śrīla Prabhupāda.

0:08Prabhupāda: So, we shall...

0:11Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: What, Śrīla Prabhupāda?

0:15Prabhupāda: We shall chant our beads or read book?

0:25Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Well, we can... Which would you like?

0:31Prabhupāda: For me, everything is all right.

0:35Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: So we can chant japa for a little while.

0:37Prabhupāda: All right.

0:38Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: And then we can read again. All right?

1:01Prabhupāda: Hmm.

Congregational japa meditation

1:11[devotees chant japa] [break]

1:11Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Hare Kṛṣṇa.

Extraordinary worldwide book distribution results

1:32We received... I received some results of book distribution from September, worldwide, very extraordinary figures. Actually, they are astounding figures. [chuckles]

1:58Prabhupāda: That is right. He misses news. [?] [whispered aside]

2:08Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Call [indistinct] and find out the most recent newsletter from September. [break]

Resting as sign of recovery

2:22This is very good, Śrīla Prabhupāda. This resting is very good. Kavirāja said that two things, resting and passing urine, are signs of recovery for you. Sleeplessness is bad.

2:40But constant resting means that the body is getting a chance to renew itself and take strength. He said that we should look for that resting as a sign of gradual recovery, called "rest and recuperation." [indistinct background talking]

3:11Prabhupāda: So?

3:19Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: I'll just get it, Śrīla Prabhupāda.

3:21Prabhupāda: Not that pillow.

3:44Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: Not that pillow? Is that all right?

September book distribution statistics

4:36Says, "Book distribution, worldwide." Says here... These are the world totals for the month of September, Śrīla Prabhupāda.

4:50In the month of September all over the world they distributed the following number of big books = 215,914. 216,000 big books in one month, Śrīla Prabhupāda. Medium books = 226,000 in one month. Small books = 237,000.

5:28And Back to Godheads: 433,000.

Financial revenue from book sales

5:35Now I calculated, Śrīla Prabhupāda, also the total amount of money realized by the BBT. In the month of September the BBT sold..., the temples sold 675,000 dollars' worth of books.

6:02In rupees, I figured out it's fifty-nine lakhs the BBT sold. Now, the temples, when they..., if they sell a book, they get double the amount of money. You know what I mean?

6:17If the BBT sells the book to the temple for say $2.50, the temple gets $5.00 when it sells the book.

6:26So I calculated that the temples collected $1,350,000 from selling your books in the month of September, which comes out to one crore, seventeen lakhs collections from book sales.

6:40And then I was calculating what this would mean... [end]