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July 2010

July 2010

Lots of great news from your favorite program, Sastra Dana!!! Our publication, 16 Rounds to Samadhi newspaper, has been growing. We now print 30,000 copies per issue. That is 10,000 copies more than what we used to print. We are now making significant presence in the streets [...]

Fifth issue of the 16Rounds publication

Fifth issue of the 16Rounds publication

Sastra Dana’s publication, 16Rounds to Samadhi, is one of the very few printed materials produced to reach out to the non-devotee audiences. The latest issue, issue five, is printing as we speak (type). Here you can preview it before it hits the streets of San Diego and Los Angeles, bringing people spiritual education. To sponsor [...]

The Smell

The Smell

“The Smell” is a club in Los Angeles downtown. It seems to be a place of gathering for artists, musicians, youth, and creative folks.
For the past several weeks I’ve been corresponding on facebook with a fellow who just turned eighteen. He has become a devotee of Krishna and that is what we had in common [...]

16 Rounds To Samadhi

16 Rounds To Samadhi

We have a newspaper rack in front of Henry’s in Pacific Beach, San Diego. Henry’s is is one the largest health food stores in San Diego and, as you can see, our rack is right by the entrance door.

Volume 12, Issue 1

Volume 12, Issue 1

Without The Head, The Body Is Dead

Without The Head, The Body Is Dead

Srila Prabhupada’s letter to Patita Uddharana Dec. 8, I97I
This routine work, such as chanting, speaking, rising early, cleaning, cooking and offering prasadam, arati, reading books–these activities are the backbone of our Society, and if we practice them nicely in a regulative manner, then our whole program will be successful. If we become slack or neglect [...]

Where There is a Will, There is a Way

Where There is a Will, There is a Way

Sastra Dana newsletter: Volume 11, Issue 5. July 2009.
To read it click on an image. To navigate pages click left or right side of an open image.

June 2009, Volume 11, Issue 4

June 2009, Volume 11, Issue 4

May 2009, Volume 11, Issue 3

May 2009, Volume 11, Issue 3

Sastra Dana Newspaper at Smoke This

Sastra Dana Newspaper at Smoke This

One of the obstacles in spreading Krishna consciousness is the tendancy to stay disconnected from the people we are trying to extend Krishna consciousness to. We may consider those people unqualified, fallen, strange, or we may simply have difficulty understanding their situation. If we consider ourselves to [...]

New in the Arsenal: Newspaper

New in the Arsenal: Newspaper

Following came via email from one of the readers: “I’m halfway through the issue of 16 Rounds and it’s a pleasure to read. I enjoyed the article on evidence of reincarnation, and I think any intelligent person who reads it will see the logic in reincarnation”

November 2008, Volume 10, Issue 15

November 2008, Volume 10, Issue 15

Book-racks Bring Customers Into the Shop
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.
VIDEO:

Get [...]

October 2008, Volume 10, Issue 14

October 2008, Volume 10, Issue 14

Dumbed Down, Doped Up, and Distracted
This article’s title is also the name of a compelling video recently added to our website. Just who is dumbed down, doped up, and distracted? I guess lots of people on this planet, but specifically our fellow Americans. Illegal drugs, sex and its industry, the movie and entertainment industry, electronic [...]

September 2008 - Volume 10, Issue 13

September 2008 - Volume 10, Issue 13

The Amin Family
The cover image is misleading. The title of the text is “The Amin Family” but the cover picture doesn’t show the Amin family. It shows only Monique Amin, the daughter of Pradeep Prabhu and Jyoti Mataji. Monique is on the far left. The rest of the people are a medical crew Monique distributed [...]

August 2008 - Volume 10, Issue 12

August 2008 - Volume 10, Issue 12

Empowerment
Kaunteya Prabhu, a disciple of His Holiness Jayapataka Swami is the secretary of the ISKCON Congregational Development Ministry. In our recent conversation in San Diego, he told us that one of the aims of the Ministry is to encourage the empowerment of all the home based devotees, especially in the activities of giving spiritual knowledge [...]

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