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| .: Prabhupada Letters :. Anthology a.c. bhaktivedanta swami |
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November 22, 2008 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, 2008 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, 2008 1968 November 20: "So gradually turn your father to Krishna consciousness. You can work at his business and live like an aristocratic American gentleman. But your temple attendance must continue." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 07:08 | 1969 November 20: "Our policy should be to collect millions and to spend millions also and sometimes more. But we should be very careful that we may not be extravagant. The eating program should be simple not luxurious." Prabhupada Letters :: 1969 letters | 06:56 | 1971 November 20: "All the devotees should be satisfied. Their service is voluntary, they have given their lives to Krishna so we should see they are always happy. If they go away that will be a great loss." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 06:50 | 1974 November 20: "Your attempt is very good, and it will be my great pleasure to give you guidance from the Bhagavad-gita. But if we follow the pasandis then any attempt to help the people in general will be failure." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 06:41 | 1975 November 20: "It is very surprising how they distributed 800 big books in one day. This is the advantage of the Western countries. There is enough resources, but simply it should be used for Krsna's service." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 04:56 | 1975 November 20: "If you start trading business, then so many problems will be there. You should produce just enough for our own use. Trading leads to envy and jealousy and cheating, then everything is lost." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 04:55 | 1975 November 20: "One must show by personal example, not preach something and do something else. That is called cheating and that is going on in all religions. We are not that kind of cheater. We are not that kind of religion." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 04:54 | 1975 November 20: "The whole world is misled. You must apply your brains how to spread Krsna consciousness. I am an old man. I can give you the idea. Now you have to carry it out." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 04:52 | November 19, 2008 1965 November 19: "On this occasion of her third birthday, I should have presented her some ornaments. She cannot now read otherwise at least I should have presented her a set of my books." Prabhupada Letters :: 1965 letters | 06:09 | 1968 November 19: "We should always remember that we do not belong to any group. We belong to pure devotional service group, following the footprints of great mahajanas." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 06:04 | 1968 November 19: "Krishna consciousness is based on pure understanding, not by any sentimental provocation. People must be intelligent enough to catch up this movement without being carried away by any sentimental wave." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 06:02 | 1969 November 19: "I am very sorry to learn that our press is lying idle, I would advise you to print the paperback edition immediately. After this you can reprint the first volume of Srimad-Bhagavatam." Prabhupada Letters :: 1969 letters | 06:00 | 1973 November 19: "The magazine is very nice. The get-up, the printing, the types are all nice. These are tangible services that you are doing, recognized by my Guru Maharaja and Krsna. So let us conjointly publish in all languages." Prabhupada Letters :: 1973 letters | 05:55 | 1975 November 19: "Why are they doing business? We shall only do one business and that is book-selling. That's all. As soon as you become karmis after business, then spiritual life becomes damaged." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 05:31 | 1975 November 19: "I note that for the new printing of the abridged Gita, there were mistakes. Why there should be mistakes? Mistakes makes the book useless. You must be very, very careful." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 05:28 | 1975 November 19: "Anyone who is not biased and fanatically sophisticated will like our books. Yes, I am doing Srimad-Bhagavatam, trying to finish. I am trying my best." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 05:24 | November 18, 2008 1967 November 18: "Even amongst our God-brothers we have misunderstanding but none of us is astray. My Guru Maharaja ordered us to execute his mission combinedly. Unfortunately we are now separated." Prabhupada Letters :: 1967 letters | 20:14 | 1968 November 18: "Regarding the editing of Srimad-Bhagavatam, I am glad that you are not omitting anything, but just making grammatical correction, and phrasing for force and clarity, that is very nice." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 20:12 | 1970 November 18: "Regarding the Gaudiya Math, our position has nothing to do with them. They cannot do anything and if somebody does something, they will be envious. That is the nature of third class men." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 20:08 | 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 | 20:07 | 1972 November 18: "We are not so much after big, big buildings, we are interested to preach only. You are the first-class business brain, so if you can get that place without too much difficulty, that will be a very great asset for preaching." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 20:00 | 1974 November 18: "If you kindly give me your consent, we can print your Excellency's name as Chief Guest and Inaugurator of the temple. We shall feel it a great privileged if you kindly agree to this proposal." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 20:00 | 1975 November 18: "We do not criticize the communist idea. The real communist idea is perfectly enunciated in the Srimad-Bhagavatam. Any communist country, if they take help from us, their communistic ideal will be perfect." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 19:58 | 1975 November 18: "There are two things: there's Krsna and there's sex life. If you want to have Krsna, one must be above illicit sex. But that requires strength by chanting Hare Krsna. Unfortunately, we have no taste for this." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 19:56 | November 17, 2008 1970 November 17: "If our program is kept pure according to my many instructions, you will be respected as being the topmost members of society. This is very much wanted so we may hope to change society as a whole." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 06:03 | 1971 November 17: "I am successful in my teaching work because I have not deviated one inch from my Spiritual Master's instruction, this is my only qualification. So if you simply remain pure, your preaching will have effect." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 05:58 | 1972 November 17: "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 | 05:56 | 1972 November 17: "So why these things are being imposed? Why they are inventing such new things? What can I do from such a distant place? If no one is there who can manage in the right way, what can I do?" Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 05:48 | 1972 November 17: "If we make suggestion then others will respect and take action to rectify. That is cooperation. And we must exist on such cooperation - otherwise the whole thing is doomed." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 05:46 | 1974 November 17: "Since you left Bombay, I have been to many places, Rome, Frankfurt, Paris, Sydney, Fiji, Honolulu, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Dallas, New Vrindaban, New York, London, and then here to India." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 05:43 | 1975 November 17: "I met a very major car accident in Mauritius, and still there is some little sore on my knees. So by the middle of December I shall go back to Vrindaban via Delhi. Surely at that time we shall meet." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 05:31 | November 16, 2008 1968 November 16 : "She is quite competent and doing very nicely, but the only thing is that she is young girl and I am a Sannyasi." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 21:26 | 1970 November 16: "In all circumstances Krsna Consciousness comes first. One must adjust things properly, that is the program." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 12:21 | 1970 November 16: "Everyone should think they have been assigned their particular task by Krsna and they should be satisfied to do their best for the pleasure of Krsna only. One advances swiftly by such service attitude." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 12:18 | 1970 November 16: "Do not care for the temporary excuses of the unwilling and unfortunate. If you vibrate these sounds everywhere, they will pierce the ears and enter the hearts and one's natural attraction for Krsna will be revived." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 12:17 | 1970 November 16: "Regarding the recent upheavals in our Society, that business is finished. If you remain pure by following the instructions of the Spiritual Master there is no chance for maya to enter." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 12:16 | 1972 November 16 : "Real business is preaching work, and if there is full attention on this matter only, all other businesses will be automatically successful." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 10:36 | 1972 November 16 : "These books and magazines are our most important propaganda weapons. The more we produce and sell profusely all over the world, the more we shall deliver the world from it's suicide course." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 10:35 | 1972 November 16 : "Best thing is to be above suspicion yourself, then if you make a suggestion, others will respect. That is cooperation. And we must exist on such cooperation - otherwise the whole thing is doomed." 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