UK-The Final Offering. Manor devotees surpassed last year’s number of SP’s books distributed during the Marathon!
Sutapa Das: We finished counting the scores yesterday evening. More to come in, but we have to stop somewhere. Nikhil prabhu and myself went to Srila Prabhupada’s darshan room to offer him the final results. In that transcendental tirtha, Mahaprabhu’s commander-in-cheif looked effulgent and absorbed, ever exuding the purity and potency which drives this movement forward. As Prabhupada glanced over each devotee’s name, I prayed for compassion, conviction and creativity. Aside from serving the preaching mission, I thought, what else is worthy of our energies? This is the family business - the best job in the world - and many devotees experienced that in the last month.
In this 2016 Marathon, the Manor devotees, as a final offering to Their Lordships and Srila Prabhupada in this 50th anniversary year, distributed… 142,402 transcendental books!
We didn’t quite reach 200k, but surpassed last year’s historic marathon by 11000 books, making it another record-breaking effort. Thanks for taking part, giving your heart, and making it a resounding success. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.