It was Prabhupada's strong desire, that we distribute his books and make them widely known as far as possible. If we study the pastimes of Srila Prabhupada when he first started writing about Krsna and Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, we will be astonished at his immense faith in Krsna and the instructions of his spiritual master, Bhakti Siddhanta Sarasvati Maharaj. He told Srila Prabhupada, that if he ever got money, that he should print books. Today many years later, the manifestation of that perfect instruction, given by the perfect Person, Lord Sri Krsna, is being witnessed all over the world, from north to south and from east to west. Millions of Srila Prabhupada's books and his Back to Godhead magazine from the BBT's printing press are going out daily. There is hardly a place on the face of the globe where Srila Prabhupada's books are not distributed. Every day thousands of Srila Prabhupada's book distributors are going out handing out the mercy to people to all walks of life and they are becoming devotees of Krsna. By distributing Srila Prabhupada's books, not only are we fulfilling his desires, but we are making spiritual progress with every book that we distribute. The servants of God come to propagate God consciousness, and intelligent people should cooperate with them in every respect. By serving the servant of God, one can please God more than by directly serving the Lord. The Lord is more pleased when he sees that His servants are properly respected because such servants risk everything for the service of the Lord and so are very dear to the Lord. The Lord declares in the Bhagavad-gita (18.69) that no one is dearer to Him than one who risks everything to preach His glory. By serving the servants of the Lord, one gradually gets the quality of such servants, and thus one becomes qualified to hear the glories of God. The eagerness to hear about God is the first qualification of a devotee eligible for entering the kingdom of God. SB 1.2.17 when we distribute a book, the person who receives the book is benefited and the one who distributes the book is benefited. By distributing Srila Prabhupada's books, we are personally assisting lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu in his sankirtan mission, in this way He will become pleased with us and we will be recognized by Him. In such a way, the mercy that He is giving us will be increased and we will be eligible for entering the kingdom of God.

In the ten years that I have been distributing Srila Prabhupada's books, I have been astonished at the potency that his books have on peoples lives. Each day when I am distributing his books, I have amazing encounter with the special spirit souls who take them. What makes me even more enthusiastic to distribute his books, is when I see how with enthusiasm, people are taking his books. Sometimes people are completely bewildered why they take the book in the first place. I once distributed a book to a lady lawyer who was in a hurry. I could see that she was in the mode of passion, which of course is quite understandable, considering that downtown; the material energy is the prime factor, as people scurry like ants to their anthills to increase their desire for their material betterment. She gave me a donation and I gave her a book, which I thanked her for taken. As she turned around to leave, she said, "yes thank you, I don't know why I am doing this?" I replied to her, it was because she was a sincere seeker of the Supreme Absolute Truth. Some times a person might not want to take a book, but a the last minute takes one. George Harrison writes in the Krsna book, "Everyone is looking for Krsna. Some don't realize that they are, but they are." So there are so many devotees out there, we just have to go out and find them and give them Srila Prabhupada's books.

Who does not read books? One just has to pass by news agents, book stores and libraries to see the vast variety of books there are to read. But if we study what is on the shelf, we will discover that such books do not have any significance on the lives of people who read them, they do not liberate them from material bondage. Srila Prabhupada's books contain knowledge of the spiritual world and Krsna, which will liberate them from such bondage and suffering, the result of which will bring them peace in their lives. Bhaktisiddidanta Sarasvati Maharaj described the printing press as a brhat mrdanga , a big mrdanga. Although the mrdanga drum had traditionally been used to accompany kirtana, even during the time of Lord Caitanya, and although Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Maharaj himself led kirtana parties and sent groups of devotees chanting in the streets and playing on the mrdanga's, such kirtans could be heard only for a block or two. But with the brhat mrdanga, the big mrdanga drum of the printing press, the message of lord Caitanya could be spread all over the world. So Srila Prabhupada's books are travelling all over the world, we just have to help him, and in no time, the world will be flooded with love of God and the causeless mercy of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu!