-HH Sridhara Maharaja — “This idea of creating a database and collecting contacts at all our festivals and in any situation where we come in contact with the public is very important. I tried for a number of years to teach this to devotees and I fully agree with Jayapatäkä Mahäräja as to its importance. […]

-ARCHANA-SIDDHI DEVI DASI — Use discipline, not punishment Discipline teaches; punishment hurts. When our children need to be corrected, choose a consequence that will teach them and increase their self-esteem rather than hurt them. Hitting does little to positively instruct children. Instead, it teaches them that it is okay to hit others when they are

H.G Sarvadrik Prabhu, a senior disciple of Srila Prabhupada, speaks about the importance of following-up on those who are interested in Srila Prabhupada’s books, Srila Prabhupada’s view on Follow up, how follow up can change life of book distributor and receiver and also His personal experience on follows up.

To show gratitude to our donors, we, the Congregational Development Ministry, make a monthly offering to Lord Narasimhadev in your family’s name! If you’d like to part of this offering, please visit our website: https://iskconcongregation.com/cdm-subscriptions/ Here’s a story describing the immeasurable mercy of Lord Narasimha Dev On April 22, 2005, Revati Sundari devi dasi, age

The Christmas marathon was very successful, devotees went out, contacted online all over the world and distributed Srila Prabhupada’s transcendental books. Even during the pandemic so many people were made fortunate and were given these books. The distributors tried novel ways to sell books on the Internet. During book distribution, we meet various types of

CULTIVATE THOSE WHO YOU PREACH HG Pancharatna Prabhu, a senior disciple of Srila Prabhupada, speaks about important steps in order to effectively cultivate our contacts and those who we preach to. This seminar was given at ISKCON Leadership Sanga (ILS) in Sri Dham Mayapur. #followup#cultivate#preach#iskcon

To show gratitude to our donors, we, the Congregational Development Ministry, make a monthly offering to Lord Narasimhadev in your family’s name! If you’d like to part of this offering, please visit our website: https://iskconcongregation.com/cdm-subscriptions/ In 2004, Kavipriya devi dasi of South Kolkata made some bracelets to be offered to Lord Narasimha Dev in Mayapur.

Navina Nirada Prabhu, a successful book distributor, and leadership trainer shares a success story that emphasizes the importance of following-up on those who are interested in Srila Prabhupada’s books. From inspiring someone to explore the realm of spirituality to facilitate a probable life-changing visit to Mayapur, India, there’s a good chance, that someone can benefit

“Training is the essential to make people Krsna conscious.” Although of course acknowledging the power of his books and energetically encouraging devotees to distribute them, Srila Prabhupada was perfectly aware that the dissemination of literature was only part of the broad strategy for making people devotees of Krsna. Therefore, he said: “Immediately, a person cannot