THE BHAKTIVEDANTA BOOK TRUST NORTH AMERICA•NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER•2021

Dear Mahäräjas and Prabhus, if we take to devotional service and just Please accept our humble obeisances. try to please Rädhäräëé, then Kåñëa can All glories to Çréla Prabhupäda! be very easily realized. Rädhäräëé is such a There are many auspicious celebrations great devotee that She can deliver Kåñëa.” in September: the Appearance of Çrématé — Elevation to Kåñëa Consciousness 5: Rädhäräëé (13th); the Appearance of Lord Knowing Kåñëa’s Energies Vämanadeva and Jéva Gosvämé (17th); the appearance of Çréla Bhaktivinoda Öhäkura 17 FRIDAY (18th); and the 56th anniversary of Çréla We are now on the dockyard of Boston, Prabhupäda’s arrival in the USA, in 1965. and at 10 a.m. the custom officers and others came on the ship. They have now ÇRÉLA PRABHUPÄDA SAID . . . issued the admittance permission after THE BHAKTIVEDANTA “We are Kåñëa’s parts and parcels and due checking, etc. I saw the Boston BOOK TRUST have been created to give pleasure to Town with captain. It is very nice and I Founder-Äcärya: His Divine Grace Kåñëa. The chief pleasure potency is shall describe it in a separate note. 36th A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupäda Rädhäräëé,­ and so Rädhä-Kåñëa are al- day from starting from Calcutta Port. P.O. Box 341445 ways together. Whereas the material en- Today we are expected to reach Boston Los Angeles, CA 90034, USA Phone: +1-310-837-5283 ergy is conducted by the external potency, Port U.S.A. in the morning ACB—/9/65 Fax: +1-310-837-1056 Mäyä, the spiritual world is conducted We stayed the whole day & night at www.facebook.com/BBT.NorthAmerica by the internal potency, Rädhäräëé. We Boston till 4 p.m. next day. MISSION often pray to Rädhäräëé because She is Jaladuta Diaries The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust is the world’s the pleasure potency of Kåñëa. The very largest publisher of ’s classic books of word “Kåñëa” means all-attractive, but BOOK PRODUC­ TION/PRINTING­ spirituality. We introduce people to the teach- Rädhäräëé­ is so great that She attracts Ordered: BGH … 50,000; TLCH … ings of consciousness, encourage and support people’s interest in those teach- Kåñëa. If Kåñëa is always attractive to 12,000; SSRH … 50,000; SSRS … ings, and help people understand and apply everyone, and Rädhäräëé is attractive 100,000; NOD … 22,000; KB … 30,000; those teachings and thus progress toward to Kåñëa, how can we imagine the po- SB1.1–8 … 50,000; POY … 100,000. the perfection of life. We serve as the of- ficial worldwide publisher for the books of sition of Çrématé Rädhäräëé? We should NOTE: A 40-ft. container of books that a His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami try humbly to understand­ and offer Her few months ago cost $5,000 to ship from Prabhupada, the founder and preeminent our obeisances, saying, ‘Rädhäräëé, You China to Los Angeles now costs $20,000! spiritual teacher of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. Both in print and are so dear to Kåñëa. You are the daugh- Due to this global, astronomical rise in in other media, we publish his books — and ter of King Våñabhänu, and You are shipping costs, we will have to raise the works by other authors — in an ever-increas- Kåñëa’s beloved. We offer our respectful price of affected books! ing number of languages. obeisances unto You.’ Rädhäräëé is very NECTAR OF THE MONTH ORDERS dear to Kåñëa, and if we approach Kåñëa This month’s nectar is the January- through the mercy of Rädhäräëé, we can The N.A. BBT wholesale price list is available August 2021 BBT Remittance Report. on the internet in PDF format. easily attain Him. If Rädhäräëé recom- Files are located at mends a devotee, Kåñëa immediately ac- http://audiokrishna.com/news cepts him, however foolish he may be. Please check item availability online. Consequently in Våndävana we find that To order call: 1-800-927-4152. devotees chant Rädhäräëé’s name more Phone orders can be made Monday–Friday 10 A.M–4 P.M., PST. often than Kåñëa’s. Wherever we go in Wholesale orders are shipped on India we will find devotees calling, ‘Jaya Mondays and Wednesdays only. Rädhe!’ We should be more interested in Same day shipping is not available! worshiping Rädhäräëé, for however fallen we may be, if somehow or other we can PLEASE NOTE please Her, we can very easily understand The 9th of each month is the last Kåñëa. If we try to understand Kåñëa by day for your remittances to be the speculative process, we will have to included in the newsletter. spend many lifetimes of speculation; but BBT Remittance Report — January to August 2021 —

TOTAL 10% Jan-Aug Jan-Aug Inc./Decr. SB/CC 2020 Increase 2021 2020 % sets Anuttama Dasa 311,820 343,002 284,554 81,408 plus 249% 322 204 Baltimore/ Nila Madhava d 73,000 80,300 86 27 Wash., D.C./ Ananda Vrndavanesvari dd 34,650 38,115 33 14 Philadelphia/ Balabhadra Bhattacarya d 20,113 22,124 270 0 36 FOI/ Madhuha d 1,674 1,841 Krishna Village/ Krishna Kirtana d 17,895 19,685 4,479 13,895 minus 68% 15 0 Alachua/ Mukhya dd 31,425 34,568 27,338 3,289 plus 731% 30 6 Chicago/ Hemangi dd 47,128 51,841 52,233 24,055 plus 117% 33 19 Naperville/ Premananda dd 5,000 5,500 27,279 48 48 RVCTSKP/ Suresh Kumar 22,954 25,249 5,814 21,954 minus 74% 14 0 St. Louis/ Ananda Vardhana d 18,822 20,704 10,510 7,000 plus 50% 6 5 New / Jaya Krsna d 29,531 32,484 55,439 4,834 plus 1,050% 49 25 HCTSKP 233 256 84,096 5 0 Tampa 7,427 8,170 11,201 5,269 plus 113% 3 17 Ft. Lauderdale 5,895 700 plus 742% 0 7 Minneapolis 1,968 2,165 412

Badrinarayan Swami 375,533 413,086 274,958 147,117 plus 87% 155 61 Boise/ Ananta Rupa d 6,054 6,659 2,956 1,915 plus 54% 12 4 Denver/ Tusta Krishna d 31,650 34,815 19,718 21,247 minus 7% 47 0 Laguna/ Tukarama d 26,246 28,871 8,064 13,491 minus 40% 43 30 L.A./ Svavasa d 256,903 282,593 202,533 98,498 plus 105% 41 8 San Diego 32,168 35,385 24,672 6,168 plus 300 % 4 12 Honolulu/ Kusa dd Utah/ Caru d 483 531 4125 Phoenix/ Prema Dhatri dd 5,667 6,234 3,636 2 0 Tucson/ Sandamini dd 10,334 11,367 7,691 4,734 plus 62% 2 5 Portland/ Parama Karuna d 4,544 4,998 1,327 1,064 minus 25% 4 2 Las Vegas/ Bhagavata Priya d 1,484 1,633 236

Bhaktimarga Swami 98,781 108,658 47,817 17,152 plus 179% 196 56 Milton/ Yoga d 8455 9300 Brampton/ Radha Gopinatha d 19,467 21,414 22,783 11,150 plus 104% 57 33 Scarborough/ Dwarka dd 4,191 4,610 Montreal/ Anubhava d 3,484 3,832 7,071 Ottawa/ Guru Prasada d 3,613 3,974 18 6 Calgary/ Atmarama d 3,821 4203 2,802 3 0 Toronto/ Karuna Sindhu d 42,340 46,574 17,963 3,200 plus 461% 91 14 Vancouver/ Manu d 13,410 14,751 27 3

Bir Krishna Goswami 44,931 49,424 45,850 19,846 plus 135% 96 16 New Goloka/ Lila Shakti dd 25,933 28,526 35,061 13,668 plus 157% 77 10 Richmond/ Divyanam d 596 656 2,480 2 2 Charlotte/ Temple of the Holy Name 8,474 9,321 5,747 6,178 minus 7% 13 2 New Talavan/N.O./ Yogindra-vandana d 9,928 10,921 2,562 4 2 TOTAL 10% Jan-Aug Jan-Aug Inc./Decr. SB/CC 2020 Increase 2021 2020 % sets Nityananda Dasa 79,388 87,327 35,846 23,790 plus 51% 69 23 Dallas/ Nityananda d 13,500 14,850 1,649 9 0 Houston/ Syamasundara d 32,684 35,952 17,508 18,440 minus 5% 60 23 Austin / Mahasundari Madhavi dd 17,826 19,609 4,293 4,124 plus 4% Hare Krishna of Austin/ Jaya Subhadra 9,687 10,656 El Paso 4,461 Austin ISKCON 5,691 6,260 7,935 1,226 plus 547%

Vaisesika Dasa 683,420 751,763 31,889 10,153 plus 214% 449 44 ISV 667,785 734,564 30,000 440 36 Sacramento 3,608 3,969 812 5,349 minus 84% 3 4 Team Yamuna Mayi/ Ronald Singh 12,027 13,230 1,077 4,804 minus 96% 6 4 Berkeley/ Jagannatha Swami d

Malati Devi Dasi 42,635 46,898 34,502 19,704 plus 75% 73 13 Columbus 16,635 18,298 17,574 5,566 plus 276% 45 6 Detroit/ Bharata d 2,758 3,034 5,268 10 5 Farmington Hills/ Yugala Kishore d 10,776 11,854 11,501 7,200 plus 60% 16 1 Indianapolis 4,390 4,829 159 1,604 minus 90% 1 0 Ypsilanti 5,334 5,867 5,334 1 1 Cincinnatti 2,742 3,016

Niranjana Swami 23,290 25,619 29,372 11,649 plus 152% 43 5 Boston/ Vanamali Pandita d 6,928 7,621 17,263 3,744 plus 361% 11 0 Glastonbury, CT/ Pyari Mohana d 16,362 17,498 12,109 7905 plus 53% 32 5

Radhanatha Swami/ Devamrita Swami 49,840 54,824 35,483 22,699 plus 56% 16 21 Bhakti Center 3,198 3,518 11,483 206 4 0 New York 46,642 51,306 24,000 22,493 plus 7% 12 21

Devamrita Swami 84,825 93,308 37,412 52,976 minus 29% 36 17 Atlanta/ Vedasara d 29,296 32,226 13,250 16,214 minus 18% 26 10 Bergen County 8,894 9,783 1,387 0 4 Mantra Lounge/ Muipo Ciuk 24,585 27,044 8,162 13,325 minus 39% 0 3 Central New Jersey/ Madhupati d 22,050 24,255 16,000 22,050 minus 27% 10 0 Towaco/ Nilamani d

Sesa Das 45,963 50,560 28,889 32,854 minus 12% 6 5 Gainesville/ Kalakantha d 6,550 7,205 10,427 6,550 plus 59% Miami/ Shanto Maharaj 2,797 3,077 1,973 Seattle/ Damodara Prasada d 34,867 38,354 13,186 23,581 minus 44% 6 5 Orlando/ Dvaipayana d 1,749 1,924 5,276 750 plus 603%

College TSKP/ Ganapati Swami 3,000 3,300 TBBTSKP/ Sura d 10,670 11,737 5,830 5,438 plus 7% FTA 19,719 21,691 42,451 7,519 plus 464% 63 16 Krishna Life/ Rama Raya d 122,074 134,281 105,068 68,637 plus 53% 26 5 Tallahassee 1,042 233 plus 347% 5 0 Misc. 8,154 8,969 3,774 295 3 1 Hudson NJ 394 433 394 South Richmond Hill/ 8,623 9,485 3,779 3,753 even 1 1 Totals 2,013,043 2,214,347 1,048,516 525,617 plus 99% 1,559 488 BBT MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION RANKINGS

August 2021

TOP TEN

1. Los Angeles $28,000 6. New Goloka $8,892 2. New Vrindavan 25,451 7. FTA 8,839 3. HCTSKP 20,970 8. Farm Hills 7,004 4. Chicago 14,540 9. Alachua 7,001 5. Denver 10,552 10. Brampton 6,980

OTHERS

11. Detroit $5,268 16. Charlotte $1,293 12. St. Louis 5,101 17. Glastonbury 1,188 13. Columbus 4,151 18. Atlanta 784 14. Boise 2,956 19. Tucson 391 15. Dallas 1,649 20. Team Yamunamayi 199

Book Distribution Report NORTH AMERICA (21 temples) June 2021

Maha-Big Books 21,293 Big Books 16,294 Medium Books 10,321 Small Books 20,531 BTGs / Magazines 3,108 Full Sets 105 BBT CUMULATIVE REMITTANCE TOTALS

January–August 2021

Alachua ...... $27,338 Los Angeles ...... $202,533 Atlanta ...... 13,250 Madison ...... 0 Austin ISKCON ...... 7,935 Mantra Lounge ...... 8,162 Austin Krishnas ...... 2,521 Miami ...... 0 Baltimore ...... 0 Milton ...... 0 Bergen County ...... 0 Minneapolis ...... 0 Berkeley ...... 0 Montreal ...... 7,071 Bhakti Center ...... 11,483 Naperville ...... 27,279 Boise ...... 2,956 New Goloka ...... 35,061 Boston ...... 17,263 New Talavan/New Orleans ...... 2,562 Brampton ...... 22,783 New Vrindavan ...... 55,439 Calgary ...... 0 NY ...... 24,000 Central NJ ...... 16,000 Orlando ...... 5,276 Charlotte ...... 5,747 Ottawa ...... 0 Chicago ...... 52,233 Philadelphia ...... 270 Cincinnatti ...... 0 Phoenix ...... 3,636 College TSKP ...... 0 Portland ...... 788 Columbus ...... 17,574 Richmond ...... 2,480 Dallas ...... 1,649 RVC ...... 5,814 Denver ...... 19,718 Sacramento ...... 812 Detroit ...... 0 San Diego ...... 24,672 El Paso ...... 4,461 Scarborough ...... 0 Farmington Hills ...... 11,501 Seattle ...... 13,186 Festival of India ...... 0 St. Louis ...... 10,510 Ft. Lauderdale ...... 5,895 S. Richmond Hill ...... 3,779 FTA ...... 42,451 Tallahassee ...... 1,042 Gainesville ...... 10,427 Tampa ...... 11,201 Glastonbury ...... 12,109 TBBTSKP ...... 5,830 Honolulu ...... 0 Team Yamunamayi ...... 1,077 Houston ...... 17,508 Toronto ...... 17,963 HCTSKP ...... 84,096 Towaco ...... 0 Indianapolis ...... 159 Tucson ...... 7,691 ISV ...... 30,000 Utah ...... 4,125 Krishna Life ...... 105,068 Vancouver ...... 0 Krishna Village ...... 4,479 Washington, D.C...... 0 Laguna Beach ...... 8,064 Ypsilanti ...... 0 Las Vegas ...... 236 The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust Founder / Acarya His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada PO Box 341445 • Los Angeles, CA 90034 • 800-927-4152 Fax: 310-837-1056 Category Code BBT Mass Distr. 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