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| .: Prabhupada Letters :. Anthology a.c. bhaktivedanta swami |
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November 22, 2009 1967 November 22: "The disciple may misunderstand a bonafide Spiritual Master being obliged to do so under pressure of Maya's influence. But a bonafide Spiritual Master never lets go a devotee once accepted." Prabhupada Letters :: 1967 letters | 20:11 | 1968 November 22: "You must treat your father as respectful as myself; even if you are sometimes ill-treated, you should tolerate. You should follow the example of Prahlada Maharaja." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 20:10 | 1968 November 22: "That should be your policy, that you will never agree to your father's demoniac principles, but still you will try to serve him as faithfully as a nice obedient son. I am sure your father will be responsive." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 20:05 | 1968 November 22: "We do not hate maya because maya is also a faithful agent of Krishna, but her task is very thankless. I am always praying to Krishna to protect you because I know purposefully I have sent you in a fiery condition of maya." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 20:02 | 1971 November 22: "A man is known by his notions and by his words. But sometimes it may appear that he is doing something, but he may be thinking something else. So a man is really known when he speaks, then everything is revealed." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 19:57 | 1971 November 22: "So if he does not speak, then he can fool everyone. But if you force him to speak he will expose himself, therefore he is silent. Even he remains silent, we shall speak very loudly and expose these bogus men." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 19:57 | 1974 November 22: "Vaisnava philosophy is now being pushed on all over the world under the Hare Krishna Movement, and Sripada Ramanuja is a great support. It is like a combination of nyaya sruti and smrti prasthans." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 19:46 | 1974 November 22: "Following the footsteps of my Guru Maharaj, we accept the principles of all the acaryas. The lotus feet of Sri Ramanujacarya are the strongest fort for combatting the mayavadi philosophy." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 19:43 | November 21, 2009 1956 November 21: "When you will see the papers and programme, I am sure your excellency will be interested in co-operating with me. I am crying alone in the wilderness at the present moment. So please help me in this noble cause." Prabhupada Letters :: 1947-64 letters | 16:52 | 1967 November 21: "I am pleased to learn of your spirit of protest but killing proposal is not good. We have to kill with arguments and reasons not with sticks and weapons. Sometimes we have to tolerate." Prabhupada Letters :: 1967 letters | 16:50 | 1971 November 21: "This is a revolutionary thought. The old system of gurukula should be revived as the perfect example of a system designed to produce great men who know what is the real welfare of the citizens." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 16:44 | 1972 November 21: "As there are in Vrindaban some residents like monkeys and hogs, similarly there are many rascals in the name of Vaisnavas, be careful of them. And do not dare to question impudently before your Spiritual Master." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 16:41 | 1974 November 21: "This will deteriorate from the standard. Every picture is with the gopis. They are not meant for the common man but for advanced devotees. If we would distribute them, they would misuse it." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 16:34 | 1974 November 21: "They criticize how we can create brahmanas. They think brahmanas are born like horses and asses are born. The training of brahmanas should be so nice that by guna and karma people will be forced to accept them." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 16:32 | 1975 November 21: "That you have been victorious in preaching to the big Mayavadis, that is the mercy of Krsna. The process is simply to read my books and learn the purports and then speak to them in your own words." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 14:36 | November 20, 2009 1968 November 20: "Bhaktivinoda Thakura was associating with impersonalists for sometime and then he manifested himself as pure devotee. So there is no misunderstanding. Everything must be understood through the transparent via media of the bona fide Spiritual Master." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 12:23 | 1969 November 20: "We do not mind if there is no savings. Our policy should be to collect millions of dollars and to spend also millions of dollars or sometimes more. But we should be very careful that we may not be extravagant." Prabhupada Letters :: 1969 letters | 12:15 | 1971 November 20: "My Guru Maharaja used to say, 'Anything material, if it is used for the service of Krishna, it is a mistake to give it up.' Because I understood this principle, he used to appreciate me in front of my godbrothers. Why you big leaders do not understand?" Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 12:12 | 1974 November 20: "So we should not be confused. A big nation, a big worker, a big ascetic, and all similar big attempts, if they are devoid of bhagavad-bhakti, then such big qualities are exactly like the decoration of a dead body." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 12:08 | 1975 November 20: "Produce just enough for our own use. If you start trading business, then so many problems will be there. Trading leads to envy and jealousy and cheating, then everything is lost." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 12:06 | 1975 November 20: "Why increase business? This is not required. He came to India simply for business so I gave him sannyasa and now he is finished with all business. Business should be discouraged, our business is simply book distribution." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 12:03 | 1975 November 20: "Personal example - this is our process of preaching - not that we preach something and then do something else. That is called cheating and we are not that kind of cheater." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 12:02 | 1975 November 20: "Whatever is suitable, that you should do. This is the meaning of plain living and high thinking. But if the chanting of Hare Krsna is not there, then no high thinking will be there." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 11:58 | November 19, 2009 1965 November 19: "On her third birthday I should have presented Miss Kamala some ornaments but as I am a Sannyasi I can simply offer my blessing. But you set aside one set of my books for her future reading when she will grow up a beautiful and educated girl with full God consciousness." Prabhupada Letters :: 1965 letters | 16:34 | 1968 November 19: "This man is very intriguing but he has failed to abide by the contract. When he comes before me, he presents himself as a great devotee. But he has not paid me a single cent, so this is the position." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 16:29 | 1969 November 19: "I am very sorry to learn that our press is lying idle and I would advise you to immediately print the paperback TLC edition. You mention some lack of management, but why this should be since you and the others are there." Prabhupada Letters :: 1969 letters | 16:25 | 1973 November 19: "These are tangible services that you are doing, recognized by my Guru Maharaja and Krsna. Books are very important in pushing on our Krsna consciousness movement. So let us conjointly publish in all languages. That will make us successful." Prabhupada Letters :: 1973 letters | 16:21 | 1975 November 19: "When was this transfer of money and why was it done? Please send the details. Also you have deducted $77,000 for the last shipment of books. This money is meant for construction, so you should not deduct this amount." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 16:20 | 1975 November 19: "Why business? As soon as you become after business, spiritual life is damaged. We shall only do one business and that is book selling. That's all." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 16:19 | 1975 November 19: "One has to engage himself in devotional service, giving up the engagement of pounds, shilling, pence. Grhasthas under condition can do other business, only if they give at least 50%, but sankirtana is the best business." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 16:18 | 1975 November 19: "I am doing Srimad-Bhagavatam, trying my best to finish. In the university when I spoke, all the European audience, they clapped and purchased books very enthusiastically. Anyone who is not biased and fanatically sophisticated will like my books." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 16:16 | November 18, 2009 1967 November 18: "Be sympathetic with all persons even if they differ. May our staunch faith not allow any disruption. The only qualification we have to scrutinize is if one is acting in Krishna Consciousness as much as one is able to do it." Prabhupada Letters :: 1967 letters | 13:22 | 1968 November 18: "Regarding Srimad-Bhagavatam, please send me the chapters, I want to see how it is being done. I am glad you are not omitting anything, but just making grammatical correction, that is very nice." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 13:15 | 1970 November 18: "Our position has nothing to do with the Gaudiya Math. They cannot do anything and if somebody does something, they become envious. So many persons were envious of my Guru Maharaja, but He was preaching and did not care for them." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 13:12 | 1972 November 18: "So far advising you, what can I say? You have got experience and you are there, what can I do from such distant place? We are not so much after big, big buildings, we are interested to preach only." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 13:06 | 1972 November 18: "How is that? It will be a very bad example. It is not possible at all. Then you have to give up your sannyasi dress. So give up these thoughts. You cannot live together, that is not possible, neither you can see her or speak." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 13:04 | 1972 November 18: "If you want to keep her, she can remain separately and you can support her but you cannot see her. You may see her some times by chance, but you may not see separately or privately and you cannot talk with her, neither correspond." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 13:02 | 1975 November 18: "If you want to have Krsna, one must be above illicit sex life. That requires some strength. By chanting Hare Krsna, one will become strong. Unfortunately, we have no taste for this chanting. This is our misfortune." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 12:58 | 1975 November 18: "We do not criticize the communist idea, but we want to make it perfect. Let the leading men of any communist country come and talk with us and we are sure to make him convinced about this loftiest philosophy of Krsna consciousness." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 12:57 | November 17, 2009 1970 November 17: "Please see the highest standards are maintained. It will give you the deserved reputation of being the topmost members of society which is very much wanted if we hope to change society as a whole." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 17:43 | 1970 November 17: "I am so glad to learn our Sankirtana is going on so much joyfully now in every one of our branches. We shall not misrepresent ourselves by simply filling our bellies and making a show of devotional service." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 17:34 | 1971 November 17: "When students apply Krishna philosophy they feel the beneficial results. Just like you add hydrogen and oxygen and get water. So let them chant and learn Bhagavad-gita and they will get Krishna's mercy." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 17:32 | 1971 November 17: "Especially I am encouraged by your programs in the schools and colleges. Only the most intelligent persons can understand Krishna consciousness philosophy, so it is very important that we spread this message to the intelligent class of men." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 17:29 | 1972 November 17: "Real business is preaching work, and if there is full attention on this matter only, all other businesses will be automatically successful. If our preaching work is neglected then maya will enter and spoil everything." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 17:22 | 1972 November 17: "So why these things are being imposed? Why they are inventing such new things? If no one is there who can manage in the right way, what can I do from such a distant place?" Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 17:21 | 1974 November 17: "The Rama Krishna Mission authorities told me their charitable dispensaries are mostly run by paid men. So I am not very much enthusiastic for this enterprise." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 17:14 | 1975 November 17: "I am pleased your stay in my Vrindaban temple was not any inconvenience. By the middle of December I shall go back to Vrindaban. From there I shall go to South India and then to Calcutta. Surely at that time we shall meet." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 17:05 | November 16, 2009 1968 November 16: "We know they are a bogus humbug without any substance, why should we bring them prominence by criticizing them? Very soon we shall surpass all missions, asrams and yoga societies. Simply we have to push on the Sankirtana party." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 12:46 | 1970 November 16: "The recent upheavals is finished. I do not think you will find any more these politics. Remain pure following the instructions of the Spiritual Master and there is no chance for maya to enter." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 12:44 | 1970 November 16: "Without being jolly, one cannot make tangible progress in Krsna Consciousness. And without strictly following the regulative principles and chanting the prescribed number of rounds, nobody can become free from the unhappiness of this material world." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 12:43 | 1970 November 16: "Maya and Krsna, always side by side. Either one is serving Krsna or he is serving Maya. Maya is always peeping, ready to take advantage. This full schedule will save you from engagement elsewhere." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 12:42 | 1970 November 16: "Vibrate these transcendental sounds everywhere continually, it will pierce the ears and enter the hearts of such materially absorbed persons and their natural attraction for Krsna will be revived." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 12:37 | 1972 November 16: "These books and magazines are our most important propaganda weapons. The more we produce and distribute our literature profusely all over the world, the more we shall deliver this world from it's suicidal course." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 12:32 | 1972 November 16: "If we fall down in following the regulative principles such as rising before four, chanting 16 rounds, like that, if these things are not strictly observed - then maya will enter and spoil everything." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 12:23 | 1972 November 16: "If we ourselves are above suspicion, others will automatically respect. That is cooperation. And we must exist on such cooperation, otherwise if we go on fighting over small things - the whole thing is doomed." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 12:22 | |
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