Free Brochures for your Temple & Preaching Programs

Free Brochures for Your Preaching And Temple
by Sri Nandanandana dasa
Posted November 22, 2006
Dear Prabhus,
Hare Krishna. This is an invitation to see if you might be interested in
using several free brochures that have been developed for helping explain
various aspects of Vedic knowledge. These brochures are made to assist you in
answering common questions about our philosophy. It has been seen that they
help
others get a better understanding of the concepts it contains. These are
especially designed to be concise and give succinct explanations of complex
topics, and to fit in the space of a brochure.
They are already formatted and ready for you to use and print for easy
distribution. They are made in Microsoft Word so you can easily change them
according to your own needs or liking. You can add special graphics to them if
you
wish, or merely leave them the way they are and print them on different
colored paper and let them fly as much as possible. The more inexpensive they
are
for you to print, the more you can pass out. However, be sure to change the
contact information on the back page to list your own temple address, phone
number, website, etc., so people can be sure to get in touch with you later, or

know that they are invited to your Sunday program.
So far these brochures that I have developed consist of:
1. Karma: What Is It? 2. Reincarnation: A Simple Explanation, 3. Vedic
Description of the Soul, 4. Why Be Vegetarian, 5. Vedic Culture: As Relevant
Today
As Ever, 6. Who Is Krishna? 7. The Significance of Deities and Deity
Worship, 8. Prasada: The Power of Sacred Food, 9. What is the Hare Krishna
Movement,
10. Who is Srila Prabhupada, 11. Welcome to Our Krishna Temple, 12. On
Chanting Hare Krishna (by Srila Prabhupada), 13. The Peace Formula (by Srila
Prabhupada).
Many temples used to have brochures for freely passing out but somehow the
use of them seems to have decreased. However, here in Detroit we use them very

effectively in several ways. We have them on a brochure rack so guests can
take them freely, according to their interest. We also use them in "Welcome
Packs" that we put together for the Sunday program for anyone who is visiting
for the first time. These packs are small bags that contain the brochures, a
postcard size picture of the Deities, a few sticks of incense and a small book

like "Coming Back" or "Higher Taste". This way all guests feel a special
welcome.
The brochures are also passed out to people when devotees go out on
sankirtana. They are also taken to pass out when doing classes with students
in
schools. They can also be used on book tables because if someone does not have

money for a book, they can always take a few brochures. There have been times
when someone will take a brochure, read it and come back for a book. So these
have been quite useful and certainly help introduce people to the basics of
our philosophy.
If you are interested to receive these brochures for your own use, please
email your request for the brochures to me at _Srinandan (AT) aol (DOT) com_
(mailto:Srinandan (AT) aol (DOT) com) , and I will freely email them back to you. Thank
you for your
interest, and may these help you with your preaching efforts.
Hari bol,
Sri Nandanandana dasa (Stephen Knapp)
_www.stephen-knapp.com_ (http://www.stephen-knapp.com/)



Malati devi dasi