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Mr. Baweja has been keeping a Sastra Dana book-rack in his shop for over a year now. Besides getting the pleasure of performing this vital service, he says that the rack brings customers to his shop. The following is a short excerpt from an interview we recently did with him.

Mr. Baweja has been keeping a Sastra Dana book-rack in his shop for over a year now. Besides getting the pleasure of performing this vital service, he says that the rack brings customers to his shop. The following is a short excerpt from an interview we recently did with him.

As I was speaking to someone in the airport, a man came up to me who was so nasty — cussing and criticizing — that the person I was speaking to left. Then the nasty man got even worse. He was so loud that everyone in the airport lobby, whether at the ticket counter, the [...]

A king or governmental official should be so well qualified that he acts as a father, maintainer and protector of the citizens because of affection and love. He should give the citizens good advice and instructions according to the standard scriptures and should be equal to everyone. Yamaraja does this, for he is the supreme [...]

ISKCON Prison Ministry is looking for a copy to be donated of each:

Caitanya Caritamrta - all in one volume
Srimad Bhagavatam - all in one volume

This will be for one very interested inmate who would like to study these books. The books could be new or used.To see the catalog of books available through Sastra [...]

The catalog is finaly ready. See what books are available and in what quantities. Sastra Dana members get books at the printing cost. Order books to your heart’s content. To go to the catalog CLICK HERE.

Do you remember, any one of you, this verse from the Bhagavad-gita? Eh? But you don’t read. So I am writing all these books simply for selling, not for reading. This is not good. And if somebody asks you, ‘You are so much eager to sell your books. Do you read your books?’ Then what [...]

You will be pleased to know that we are in the process of rebuilding the Sastra Dana newsletter archives. This far we have almost completed the 2008 archive. Other pages and sections will be worked on too. Let us know if you would like to help rebuild the Sastra Dana site. Most of the work [...]

Srila Prabhupada:
Don’t take this so-called material civilization has got any value. Reject it. You see? And be prepared for going back to home, back to Godhead. That should be aim. Don’t be allured by these rascal leaders. And the another rascal, the Mayavadi, they cannot believe all these things — “Make it zero.” Sunyavada. They [...]