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September 21, 2003 VNN8362
Prison Ministry Broadcasting Srila Prabhupada Lectures
BY BHAKTA CHRIS
USA, Sep 21 (VNN) — Hare Krsna, all glories to Srila Prabhupada.
Krishna prison ministry would like to announce a first in vaishnava history! The Oregan state prison is broadcasting Srila Prabhupada lectures twice a week to each and every cell in the institution!
The prison has each cell wired with radio allowing the inmates to plug headphones into the wall jacks and hear.
Jivanada dasa, an inmate there, has started broadcasting srila prabhupada lectures twice a week so every man has the oppurtunity to start his journey back home, back to godhead! As far as we know this is the first time in history that a vaishnava acarya has been in every cell in a prison preaching krsna consciousness!
We are ecstatic! Hare krsna! We would also like to take the oppurtunity to thank all those who have donated books, stamps, money, tapes and CD's. Especially Bhaktavadanta archives and kamlesh patel! We would also like to thank those who have written inmates giving them much needed devotee association.
If you would like to help or contribute to spread krsna consciousness to the most fallen souls incarcerated in our world prisons please contact us at
Krishna prison ministry
5437 Meadow Rue Trail
Knoxville TN
37918
c/o bhakta chris matthews
or e mail us at
matthews97@aol.com
With continued support from the vaishnava community we hope to have Srila Prabhupada's books widely available to all inmates by the year 2005. This means making the books available in prison libraries and to individual inmates. We also would like to see devotees going regularly into the prisons and county jails for bhagavatam classes, kirtan, and prasadam by this date.
There are many souls who are contacting us and chandrasekhara of the main iskcon prison ministries daily who need all of our love, association and support. Once again thank you to everyone who has helped make this dream a reality!
Hare krsna! All glories to Srila Prabhupada ki jai
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