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Tamala Krsna: Srila Prabhupada, shall I continue with this report? Another thing that's beginning to happen is that the professors, after getting your standing orders and after teaching with your books in their courses, they are starting to become very friendly to Krsna consciousness. For example here is one example cited. He says... It says here that "Dasaratha Prabhu went straight to the Chairman of Philosophy who happens to teach in that field, and that chairman also bought a copy of Monograph 2...," which is Svarūpa Damodara's science books; these are also becoming important, "...and promised to review it. During this time, Sesa was meeting with Fritz Blackwell, an Asian language specialist who has used Krsna book in his course as a textbook and has known devotees for four years. Fritz's exchanges with Sesa were so intriguing that we shall simply list them one by one. The two passed in the hallway, not knowing each other, but later, when they met, Mr. Blackwell said, 'Oh, I knew you must have been with ISKCON. No one else would be so nicely dressed.' Sesa had corresponded with Mr. Blackwell previously and sent him copies of 'The Hare Krsna People' and 'Spiritual Frontier' movies to review for a special national survey of audio-visual materials on new spiritual movements. Fritz related that ISKCON's response was the quickest among his many suppliers for the project, and when he told his wife the Hare Krsnas were the first to send their films, she simply replied, 'They would be.' [laughter] Sesa acquired advance copies of Mr. Blackwell's reviews on the two films, which we'll enclose with this report if possible. Introducing Mr. Blackwell to the Readings in Vedic Literature prompted him to say, 'I will definitely use this in my course next year.' He also agreed to send a review by December. Fritz told Sesa, 'It's amazing that you've come today. We're just going to start our study of Krsna tomorrow. Can you come and speak in my class?' Sesa immediately complied. Fritz introduced him as an authority and personal colleague, so the students listened attentively and took notes. Sesa used slides to supplement his academic glorification of Lord Krsna. Interested, the students asked many questions, such as 'Why is Krsna blue?' 'What is prasadam?' Fritz was very pleased with the whole thing and gladly helped Sesa make arrangements to get another Caitanya-caritamrta standing order in the library." They already had one order, and they got another order. "On the same campus, Sesa sold a preview order..." Anyway, then they sold some more books. That's just an example of the way professors are beginning to be more and more helpful, and they're actually becoming devoted to Krsna consciousness. They've been very much impressed with the Library Party. The Library Party devotees come in suits with ties. They look very proper. They're scholarly. The books are the most prestigious, scholarly presentations of the philosophy available. And these people, they first ordered the standing order; now they're ordering course textbooks. And now they're starting to teach your books in the courses, Srila Prabhupada. They're preaching Krsna consciousness right in the classrooms. So automatically, when they see the devotees, they are very much attracted and friendly with our devotees. They want to take prasadam. So the scholars, who are the most intellectual community in America, are becoming devoted now to Your Divine Grace and this movement.    (More...)