In Laguna Beach, California, temple president Tukaram Das, along with Vedavit and Rupanuga, placed 4

The effort was part of this December s Prabhupada chicago cubs tickets online Marathon, in which ISKCON devotees try to pass out as many copies of the ISKCON founder s books as possible, hoping to give the gift of spiritual fulfillment.
It raised the total tally of motel rooms carrying the Bhagavad-gita alongside the Gideon chicago cubs tickets online s Holy Bible to 135,000. This brings the Motel Gita project, which began in 2006, another step closer to its ambitious goal of 1 million Gitas.
Twelve and a half thousand of the 16,000 Gitas placed in motel rooms were either distributed or sponsored by the ISKCON chicago cubs tickets online Silicon Valley community in San Jose, California, a book distribution powerhouse and current base of the Motel Gita project.
In Laguna Beach, California, temple president Tukaram Das, along with Vedavit and Rupanuga, placed 405 books. In Atlanta, Shyam Bihari Das and his team distributed 500 books. And in Oregon, Manu Patel, a motelier himself, placed 500 books.
chicago cubs tickets online At all these conventions, a booth for a non-profit organization costs $1,500 to $2,000, chicago cubs tickets online he says. But we get everything for free. And even though we don t pay anything, they always make sure we have the best spot and take good care of us. When I went to the D.C. convention this year, the director came by four times just to make sure we were happy and everything was running smoothly.
Many of AAHOA s directors, Rohininandana explains, are Vaishnavas, and have a high regard for the Bhagavad-gita, Srila Prabhupada, and ISKCON s mission. They all recognize our volunteer effort, and want to help us distribute Bhagavad-gita, he says.
Back at the base, Bharani Dasi interfaced with the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust to supply the orders, while Tulsi-Lata chicago cubs tickets online and Nandani Dasi called moteliers to confirm their orders. They then sent them the Bhagavad-gitas throughout the month of December.
Like the Gideon s Bibles, all the Gitas are supplied to motel and hotel rooms for free. ISKCON temples all over the US support the effort by making announcements during their Sunday Feast programs and having boxes of books sponsored.
Donations are also collected from other communities. This holiday season, for instance, Ramananda Sakha and Sradha Devi, a director at California computer company Oracle, collected around $20,000 from their corporate contacts to subsidize Bhagavad-Gitas for motels and hotels.
This December, a businesswoman who was attending a local conference in Boston chicago cubs tickets online read a Bhagavad-gita in her hotel room. Seeing the stamped address of the local temple on the front page, she visited that Sunday and inquired about Krishna consciousness.
The Bhagavad-gita is a profound literature, wrote Jon Rodriguez, a guest who sent in a complimentary Thank You letter to a Washington D.C. motel. I thank the motel authorities who allowed me this opportunity. It has helped me to understand who I am and what this life is about. Life is much happier and less stressful. I still can t believe my luck. Thank you!
Another guest at a California motel, Terrence, wrote, I got my first Gita in a hotel room and ever since I read the first verse my life has been ever increasingly in Krishna chicago cubs tickets online consciousness. Life is a journey back to Krishna. Peace
I often see guests coming in for breakfast with Bhagavad-gita in hand and reading it while they are in the lobby or in the reception room, said Nilesh P., manager of a Sacramento Super 8. It is satisfying to know that I have contributed in spreading this knowledge.
The Motel Gita project is such a hit that as well as the ISKCON communities already participating Silicon Valley, Alachua, Atlanta, Boston, Washington D.C., Laguna Beach, and Oregon others are becoming inspired to join, such as Philadelphia, and Winnipeg in Canada.