In the middle of June we did some book distribution in the Town of Siem Reap. Guna Avatara and Bhakta Philips went to some hotels to submit an introductory letter along with one Khmer (Cambodian language) book. Most of the staff people were very friendly and open minded. We also met with some of the Hotel Managers. The staff people took many days to submit the letter to the General Managers, but none of the General Managers responded to us. We continued to distribute from shop to shop in the town. We have a lot of confidence because we know that actually the Cambodian people are pious and they are respecting very much the worship to Lord Wishnu, since Angkor Wat Temple is here.
We were trying to explain to the people, in their own Cambodian language, that we come from the Asrham where every day we worship the deities of Lord Wishnu, Rama, Krishna, and also we are obeying the teachings of Lord Buddha and worshipping Him as one of the Lord’s incarnations. Every Sunday and Purnima we have a program/ceremony for the Lord and we distribute food that has already been offered to the Lord. We explain to them like this: “We would like to serve the Lord by giving this book to you, and we invite you to kindly join hands with us to serve the Lord by giving some donation for this book so we can print more. This book is very important to distribute. It is not only about the religion or propagation to change your religion, but this book is more about the knowledge about the soul, reincarnation, birth, death, old age, disease and karma. If you do good to others you will get good results; if you do bad to others, you will get bad results. This is very useful knowledge for you to have. If you would like to join us by offering some donation for the ceremony or to help worship the Lord in the Asrham, as much as you can, we welcome you.” Among 5 people that we meet, one will take some books and give a donation.
For me this is really amazing because it is a new experience. And this spiritual joy connected with Cambodian book distribution is spreading to other countries. For example, Prasannatma Prabhu in Canada, who is helping to translate books into the Khmer language, is very happy with this news. Also, devotees like Sri Rama Prabhu in India, Sri Krishna Purusotama Prabhu in America and many other devotees are also supporting very much this program.
Prepared by Guna Avatara das
Edited by RP Bhakti Raghava Swami
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