Treasures of the Brihat Mrdanga by Vijaya Das

Treasures of the Brihat Mrdanga by Vijaya Das When we think of treasures, like valuable diamonds and gold, we can also consider another type of wealth that is not material the treasures of spiritual wisdom. We can be wealthy with wisdom, or the knowledge coming from Krsna and His pure devotee Srila Prabhupada. This book is filled with accounts of people becoming wealthy with wisdom by receiving Srila Prabhupada’s books. Not only the book recipients but the book dis- tributors become wealthier. There’s adventure, humor, excitement, disappointment, and surprise in this book, but more than anything you will read about the com- passion of devotees who go far out of their comfort zones to give people all over the world the greatest treasures on the planet, for the pleasure of Krsna and Srila Prabhupada. FRONT COVER: Srila Prabhupada at the temple in Brooklyn, New York, in the early 1970s, with the first books he published in America. In the painting is his guru, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Goswami Thakura, who coined the term ‘brhat mrdanga’ to describe the printing press. A regular mrdanga drum can be heard for only a block or two, but books from the brhat mrdanga, the printing press, carry and spread the sound of transcendental knowledge all over the world.