Dear Śrīla Prabhupāda!
Please accept my humble obeisances!
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.20.17 states (as quoted in the purport to Bhāgavatam 4.23.28):
nṛ-deham ādyaṁ sulabhaṁ sudurlabhaṁ
plavaṁ sukalpaṁ guru-karṇadhāram
mayānukūlena nabhasvateritaṁ
pumān bhavābdhiṁ na taret sa ātma-hā
When one wants to cross a large ocean, he requires a strong boat. It is said that this
human form of life is a good boat by which one can cross the ocean of nescience. In the
human form of life one can obtain the guidance of a good navigator, the spiritual master.
One also gets a favorable wind by the mercy of Kṛṣṇa, and that wind is the instructions
of Kṛṣṇa. The human body is the boat, the instructions of Lord Kṛṣṇa are the favorable
winds, and the spiritual master is the navigator. The spiritual master knows well how to
adjust the sails to catch the winds favorably and steer the boat to its destination. If, how-
ever, one does not take advantage of this opportunity, one wastes the human form of life.
Wasting time and life in this way is the same as committing suicide.
In 2020, when there was a lockdown, we organized an online reading group and have now read
all of your books over these two and a half years. We are now reading your books for a second
time. Many devotees from this group had been thinking that they would not be able to read all of
your books in their lifetime. It’s much easier to read your books together! Also, after reading, the
book distributors shared their stories, and many devotees in this group became inspired and now
also distribute books!
Devotees in Russia are making a big effort to distribute books in a more organized way – we
are actively participating in the Bhadra Pūrṇimā campaign and making an educational program
for saṅkīrtana leaders. We made a list of all the book distributors in Russia – we have seven hun-
dred of them – and are trying to help them in any way possible. On this most auspicious day, I
want to ask for your blessings to continue this effort for your satisfaction!
The servant of your servants,
Bhakti Ratnakar Ambarish Swami

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