All glories to Sri Sri Guru & Gauranga

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Hare Krishna!

Dear Maharaj, I hope all is well with you and I am so glad to be in touch with you.

I was curious as to your stance on what books are good to distribute to the general public? For the past month or so I've been preaching straight from NOI. I feel like there are so many good points/solutions that are in Prabhupada's purports that apply to current day issues and my responses have been great! I do a bit of preaching right here in the temple (we have a restaurant and the curious customers usually make a stop at the book table) and they ask me questions, and most of the time I just repeat the points in the purports and verses of NOI. But I've had a couple of devotees lately discourage me from distributing this particular book to the general public, claiming that it is "too heavy" "too advanced" etc... I of course offer up books like JSD and SSR along with the Bhagavad-Gita as it is (usually people ask about that book) but I have some favor for NOI as it has really inspired me in my service. So please, tell me how you feel about this, I would really really like to hear it and know I can benefit from your thoughts on the matter.

your servant, Gaura Lila Dasa (RTS)

ASA - AGTSP paoho.    Here we are in the Choseeka Temple room.  Finally got Internet connection.  So nice to hear from you.    I thought that NOI was advanced, for devotees also, but then I heard one devotee ask Prabhupada about that, "It's for devotees, no?".

P'pada.   "Why???   It starts with ethics and morality?"

So it seems to be for everyone, but they have to take it seriously, one step at a time.      Next Letter??>>>>