Here's some of Manidhara's seminar:
When I saw Prabhupada my dreams were over to enjoy this world. It's time to get real. So I joined the movement and within a couple of days I was on the street distributing books.
In Kali yuga there are no sruti dharas, whatever they hear it goes in one ear and out the other. Therefore we need books, and we have the best books these books can purify anyone who takes to reading them.
Sankirtan helps us come to the point of why we came to the Krsna consciousness movement: To become a devotee, and then to help others. While spreading this knowledge, Krsna is so pleased that He gives a higher taste to those who are engaged in this way.
There was one new devotee that was trying to distribute books but he was very timid, I tried to get him to talk to the people but he was very nervous and shy. So then I told him to give the book to the person and just chant Hare Krsna. So he gave the book to one elderly lady and just started chanting. The lady looked at him and asked what he had said. So the devotee said, "I'm praying to God that you take the book". So she said, "Oh, then I must take the book". She gave a nice donation, and he became inspired.
One day I had the best day ever, 108 big books, but even though it was the biggest day ever for me, In my mind I could hear Prabhupada saying, "Now double it".
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