Announcing Books Are The Basis Week 2024

Dear Devotees

We are delighted to announce this years “Books Are The Basis” week! This global celebration will be held from September 18th to 24th, commemorating the significance of Srila Prabhupada’s arrival in America.

In the spring of 2020, the GBC Body passed a resolution encouraging all ISKCON centers to emphasize the importance of reading Srila Prabhupada’s books during this week. We invite all temples and communities worldwide to highlight the value of reading through lectures, addresses, and discussions.

This year, we will host various panel discussions featuring leaders and senior devotees who will share ways to inspire a culture of reading Srila Prabhupada’s books. Srila Prabhupada himself emphasized that promoting this culture is a crucial responsibility of leaders:

“GBC member means they will see that in every temple these books are very thoroughly being read and discussed and understood and applied in practical life.” — Letter to Haṁsadūta, June 22, 1972

ISKCON leaders are encouraged to inspire devotees by organizing lectures and seminars on how and why to read Srila Prabhupada’s books regularly. The primary goals of the “Books Are The Basis” initiative are to make Srila Prabhupada’s books the most widely read spiritual literature globally and significantly increase the time devotees spend daily reading his works.

To celebrate this week locally, we suggest the following steps:

1. Create Awareness: Share the “Books Are The Basis” posters and videos with everyone in your community.
2. Organize Events: Host lectures, seminars, workshops, reading sessions, panel discussions, interviews, and group discussions focusing on the importance of reading Srila Prabhupada’s books.
3. Showcase Your Activities: Update your events at iskconeducation.org so we can share your activities with the global community and inspire others.

The ISKCON Ministry of Education has developed various engaging resources to assist you in organizing events, whether for small groups or larger audiences. These materials are available at any time on iskconeducation.org.

We are grateful for your participation and eagerly look forward to hearing about your events. Every soul inspired during “Books Are The Basis” week will have a significant impact on our collective spiritual journey.

Stay connected with the ISKCON Ministry of Education for more updates and resources.

Yours in service,
ISKCON MINISTERIO DE EDUCACIÓN

Invocation

Let us invoke auspiciousness for this Books Are The Basis Week festival by hearing from our beloved Srila Prabhupada in this instructional video:
“I am laboring so hard for you, but you don’t take advantage.”

How to Celebrate?

Following three simple steps, you can easily celebrate this festival locally with your friends and in your native language.

¿Cómo puedes ayudar?

• Personally, read more of Śrīla Prabhupāda’s books every day.
• No book? Not to worry, we have for you complete videos of Bhagavad-Gītā As It Is and Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, with full purports and reflections by HH Keshav Bharati Das Goswami. Click here to access those.
• If you prefer to read live with others then you can participate in an online reading club within your community or join an already established one.
• All leaders are requested to read more every day and to inspire their community to participate in online reading groups of Śrīla Prabhupāda books and to establish new reading groups so that everyone can get the opportunity to participate.

There is no doubt that Śrīla Prabhupāda’s books are the world’s saving grace, especially at this time of crisis. Thousands have already taken shelter of them and seen their lives transformed positively.
Why not transform your and your loved ones’ lives too?
¡Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada!

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