How to sell Sri Caitanya-caritamrta set

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ktv€ ca k€ku-ataˆ etad ahaˆ brav…mi

he s€dhavaƒ sakalam eva vih€ya d™r€d

gaura‰ga-candra-caraŠe kurut€nur€gam

 

>From Caitanya Candramrta by Srila Prabhodananda Sarasvati

 

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Prabodhananda Sarasvati, he is speaking that "With a straw in my mouth,"

dante nidhaya trnakam. Dante, "teeth," padayor nipatya, "I am just falling

down at your lotus feet, and I have come before you with this straw very

humbly." Dante nidhaya trnakam padayor nipatya kaku-satam krtva ca: "And I

am flattering you hundred times." Then naturally any rogue, any rascal will

be pleased: "All right, you can speak something." If you become so humble

and meek, there is no man in the world who will say, "No, no, I am not going

to hear you." Of course, there are many rascals. They will say so, that "I

have no time." So anyway, generally people will hear. So when he says, "All

right, what do you want to say?" Dante nidhaya trnakam padayor nipatya

kaku-satam krtva ca aham brav..., he sadhavah, again flattering: "O the

great sadhu, you are...," although you know he is a great rascal. (laughter)

Still, I will have to speak to him. This is the process of preaching. Is

that all right? You tell him, "Oh, you are a great sadhu." Then he will be:

"Oh, yes, yes. (laughter) You are right. You are right. What do you want

from me? Tell me." Then you can say, he sadhavah sakalam eva vihaya durad:

"What every rascaldom you have learned, please forget. (laughter) Please

forget.Then what I have to do?"

Caitanya-candra-carane kurutanuragam. "You become adhered to the lotus feet

of Lord Caitanya. That is my... That's all. So I have brought this

Caitanya-caritamrta, seventeen volumes. If you kindly take this..." So they

will take. They have got money. And if he reads one line, he'll be perfect.

This should be your process of preaching.

 

SP on Bhagavad-gita 7.3, Nairobi, October 29, 1975