Timeline of His Holiness Jayapataka Swami's Life - 1978-1990
1982 August 17 - Meeting Dignitaries. Gifting Thai BBT Books to the Guru of the King of Thailand.. Bangkok, Thailand
New Books in Thai and Indonesian
Bangkok—The Bangkok branch of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust (BBT) has published two new books in Thai: Beyond Birth and Death and The Perfection of Yoga. Both books were originally written in English by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and translated into Thai by Sammohinī-devī dāsī.
Meanwhile, fifteen hundred miles to the south, the Indonesian BBT has released three new titles: Search for Liberation, Rāja-vidyā, and Easy Journey to Other Planets. The three new books, all translated by Gaura-maṇḍala-bhūmi dāsa, bring to seven the number of Indonesian books offered by the BBT.
In Bangkok Śrīla Jayapatākā Swami, a spiritual master in the Hare Kṛṣṇa movement, presents new Thai books and other literature to Somdet Phra Nyanasamvara, the spiritual master of the King of Thailand.
(From Back to Godhead Magazine 1982 August, Issue)