1818 devotees spread over 50 countries distributes over 64,000 Books
OFFERING OF THE RESULTS From the Bhaktivinode Thakura Monthly Sankirtana Festival of 2011 Offered June 30, 2011
We offer our respectful obeisances unto his Divine Grace Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura whose disappearance day we are observing here today.
Our respectful obeisances are unto you O Vaishnav Thakur, the Great Acharya and 7th Goswami, empowered by Krishna, who envisioned the cooperative spreading of the message of Lord Caitanya all over the world by people of all nations.
You revived the Sankirtana mission of Caitanya Mahaprabhu to spread the Holy Name and envisioned a marketplace for distributing it that would do the highest good to all living beings in this world.
In 1896, in a pioneering spirit, you sent the transcendental teachings of Sri Caitanya beyond the tiny borders of India and to the West in the form of a small booklet you had written in Sanskrit and translated into English called ‘Caitanya Mahaprabhu, His Life and Precepts’
It was you who said:
Jive doya, Krishna-nam-sarva-dharma-sar
“The showing of compassion to all fallen souls by distributing Krsna nama is the essence of all religious principles”
“The showing of compassion to all fallen souls by distributing Krsna
nama is the essence of all religious principles”
In keeping with your spirit and to continue the work that you started,
ISV devotees inspired by HG Vaisesika Prabhu organized an
unprecedented international effort over several weeks to recruit a
team of over 1,000 members from the Bay Area and different parts of
the world to actively distribute transcendental books to spiritually
benefit people of the world.
The goals for this Monthly Sankirtana Festival (MSF) were:
• To have at least 1,008 persons go out on book distribution;
• To distribute at least 8,008 books and
• To collect at least $9,000 in Laxmi points
To accomplish these goals, a team of ISV devotees, technically skilled
in information and internet technology, created an elaborate website
called 7thgoswami.com to facilitate participants worldwide to register
their names and report their book scores. Side by side, ISV devotees
held Hari Nama Sankirtana performances in Palo Alto and participated
in massive book distribution all across the Bay Area over a period of
5 weeks. They went out door-to-door to distribute books through
several apartment complexes, went shop-to-shop to distribute
Vietnamese books, traveled to university campuses, festival sites and
parks, and arranged special Sunday Sankirtana events for adults and
kids. The ISV Sunday school kids held their own Kids Sankirtana
crossing their goal of 108 distributors and with the help of kids from
several schools in India got in all 240 kids to go out on book
distribution, distributing in total 2962 books within and outside of
ISV.
The MotelGita team dispatched over two thousand Bhagavad Gitas for
placement in motels, with participation of devotees from several
different states in the US. Books were also distributed books via the
smart box placed at various establishments in the Bay Area.
In the international effort, the 7thgoswami website recorded
participation of distributors from over 50 countries. Arrangements
were made by ISV devotees with several centers in India to provide
books to local residents for distribution in the Bhaktivinode Thakura
marathon. Inspired by this ISV-sponsored effort, huge participant and
book scores were generated by centers in Tirupati, Bangalore,
Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune and other cities.
All the ISV-related scores were compiled and those from the
international effort were reported and recorded on the 7thgoswami
website.
On this occasion of the divine disappearance day of Bhaktivinode
Thakura, we hereby make this offering of the results from this
Sankirtana Yagna to our Great Acharya, to Srila Prabhupada and their
Lordships. Here’s a summary of the final results. We are pleased to
announce that all goals were not only met and surpassed but also
smashed.
In all,
• 1818 members (adults and children) participated in a worldwide book
distribution effort, a new record for ISV
• ISV devotees on their own distributed 14,492 books, surpassing this
year’s goal and last year’s total of 10,048 Books set during the
Bhaktivinode Thakura marathon of 2010
• ISV devotees collected $23,776 dollars in Laxmi points (including
donations for ISV Books and MotelGita program
• In the International Effort, more than 64,371 books were
distributed, as reported on the 7thgoswami website.
On behalf of Team ISV, we would like to thank all participants, all
donors who contributed, and all planners of this MSF, without whose
hard work and expertise this historic event would not have been
possible. Our special thanks go to HG Vaisesika Prabhu whose
enthusiasm and inspiration were instrumental in achieving the goals.
Bhaktivinoda Thakura MSF of 1,008 Book Distributors ki Jaya!
We offer our respectful obeisances unto his Divine Grace Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura whose disappearance day we are observing here today.
Our respectful obeisances are unto you O Vaishnav Thakur, the Great Acharya and 7th Goswami, empowered by Krishna, who envisioned the cooperative spreading of the message of Lord Caitanya all over the world by people of all nations.
You revived the Sankirtana mission of Caitanya Mahaprabhu to spread the Holy Name and envisioned a marketplace for distributing it that would do the highest good to all living beings in this world.
In 1896, in a pioneering spirit, you sent the transcendental teachings of Sri Caitanya beyond the tiny borders of India and to the West in the form of a small booklet you had written in Sanskrit and translated into English called ‘Caitanya Mahaprabhu, His Life and Precepts’
It was you who said:
Jive doya, Krishna-nam-sarva-dharma-sar
“The showing of compassion to all fallen souls by distributing Krsna nama is the essence of all religious principles”
“The showing of compassion to all fallen souls by distributing Krsna
nama is the essence of all religious principles”
In keeping with your spirit and to continue the work that you started,
ISV devotees inspired by HG Vaisesika Prabhu organized an
unprecedented international effort over several weeks to recruit a
team of over 1,000 members from the Bay Area and different parts of
the world to actively distribute transcendental books to spiritually
benefit people of the world.
The goals for this Monthly Sankirtana Festival (MSF) were:
• To have at least 1,008 persons go out on book distribution;
• To distribute at least 8,008 books and
• To collect at least $9,000 in Laxmi points
To accomplish these goals, a team of ISV devotees, technically skilled
in information and internet technology, created an elaborate website
called 7thgoswami.com to facilitate participants worldwide to register
their names and report their book scores. Side by side, ISV devotees
held Hari Nama Sankirtana performances in Palo Alto and participated
in massive book distribution all across the Bay Area over a period of
5 weeks. They went out door-to-door to distribute books through
several apartment complexes, went shop-to-shop to distribute
Vietnamese books, traveled to university campuses, festival sites and
parks, and arranged special Sunday Sankirtana events for adults and
kids. The ISV Sunday school kids held their own Kids Sankirtana
crossing their goal of 108 distributors and with the help of kids from
several schools in India got in all 240 kids to go out on book
distribution, distributing in total 2962 books within and outside of
ISV.
The MotelGita team dispatched over two thousand Bhagavad Gitas for
placement in motels, with participation of devotees from several
different states in the US. Books were also distributed books via the
smart box placed at various establishments in the Bay Area.
In the international effort, the 7thgoswami website recorded
participation of distributors from over 50 countries. Arrangements
were made by ISV devotees with several centers in India to provide
books to local residents for distribution in the Bhaktivinode Thakura
marathon. Inspired by this ISV-sponsored effort, huge participant and
book scores were generated by centers in Tirupati, Bangalore,
Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune and other cities.
All the ISV-related scores were compiled and those from the
international effort were reported and recorded on the 7thgoswami
website.
On this occasion of the divine disappearance day of Bhaktivinode
Thakura, we hereby make this offering of the results from this
Sankirtana Yagna to our Great Acharya, to Srila Prabhupada and their
Lordships. Here’s a summary of the final results. We are pleased to
announce that all goals were not only met and surpassed but also
smashed.
In all,
• 1818 members (adults and children) participated in a worldwide book
distribution effort, a new record for ISV
• ISV devotees on their own distributed 14,492 books, surpassing this
year’s goal and last year’s total of 10,048 Books set during the
Bhaktivinode Thakura marathon of 2010
• ISV devotees collected $23,776 dollars in Laxmi points (including
donations for ISV Books and MotelGita program
• In the International Effort, more than 64,371 books were
distributed, as reported on the 7thgoswami website.
On behalf of Team ISV, we would like to thank all participants, all
donors who contributed, and all planners of this MSF, without whose
hard work and expertise this historic event would not have been
possible. Our special thanks go to HG Vaisesika Prabhu whose
enthusiasm and inspiration were instrumental in achieving the goals.
Bhaktivinoda Thakura MSF of 1,008 Book Distributors ki Jaya!
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