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| .: Prabhupada Letters :. Anthology a.c. bhaktivedanta swami |
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January 3, 2009 1972 January 3: "I am the only one in India who is openly criticizing, not only demigod worship and impersonalism, but everything that falls short of complete surrender to Krishna." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 11:08 | 1972 January 3: "This we must declare boldly to the whole world. My Guru Maharaja never compromised in His preaching, nor shall I - nor should any of my students." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 11:06 | 1972 January 3: "So with full faith in Krishna and Spiritual Master, push on this work with full force. We have got a great mission to fulfill, and these books and magazines are the torchbearers of Truth which can save the world." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 11:04 | 1973 January 3: "Let any man see our devotees working so hard for Krishna, then let anyone say that they are not better than many millions of so-called yogis and transcendentalists, that is my challenge." Prabhupada Letters :: 1973 letters | 11:00 | 1973 January 3 : "Just go on preaching His message. Remain always without anxiety for destination and comfortable situations, always relying only on the mercy of Krishna for your plan." Prabhupada Letters :: 1973 letters | 10:52 | 1974 January 3 : "You are trying your best especially even though the weather is cold you are emphasizing Sankirtana book distribution. So that is very important and that is why we are opening Centers." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 10:32 | 1974 January 3 : "Keep strong by following the spiritual practices as I have taught them and do not unnecessarily add anything; otherwise, everything will automatically degrade." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 10:24 | 1975 January 3 : "Swami has left our camp. He has his own plans. He has violated our rules and regulations and thus fallen down from the spiritual platform. Under these circumstances, please do not act under his advice." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 10:09 | January 2, 2009 1970 January 2: "Forty years before when two of my eldest God-brothers came to London with this mission they simply devoted their time in lecturing in some renowned public place and inviting some leading politician to preside over the meeting." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 03:46 | 1970 January 2: "When I began my preaching work in New York I never followed this policy of lecturing amongst stereotyped politicians or society elites. If I had, I think I would have gone back to India without any success." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 03:44 | 1970 January 2: "By the grace of my Guru Maharaja and Krishna, this policy of Sankirtana, Prasadam and Srimad-Bhagavatam has become successful in the practical field. Please follow this transcendental policy with heart and soul." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 03:42 | 1972 January 2 : "In the spiritual world the center is one. If you draw innumerable circles they will not overlap. Similarly, whoever is rendering service, there is never competition or maliciousness." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 03:40 | 1972 January 2 : "Krishna Consciousness means practical living, not something utopian, idealistic or vague. We simply do the needful, whatever pleases Krishna most, that's all. That you will learn by studying our books." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 03:38 | 1973 January 2 : "Krsna Consciousness movement rests upon the words of Krsna, so if people can read for themselves what Krsna is saying, then they shall understand. Otherwise it will be very difficult to convince them." Prabhupada Letters :: 1973 letters | 03:38 | 1973 January 2 : "So many big big lawyers, doctors, government ministers, professional men are there. So make many, many life members amongst this class of men, that will be your great contribution." Prabhupada Letters :: 1973 letters | 03:36 | 1974 January 2 : "When I was alone in India I introduced my books in so many libraries and schools. The American Library of Congress took 18 copies. If you try you will get also an order for 18 copies of all our books." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 03:34 | 1974 January 2 : "An initiated disciple although he has respect for the Christian Bible, nevertheless must understand the Bhagavad-gita and must apply all study there and not spend time unnecessarily with other literatures." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 03:32 | 1975 January 2 : "We should have a little common sense in all activities. Deity worship or lecturing in the colleges is just as important as book distribution. Not that we should do one thing at the sacrifice of another." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 03:30 | January 1, 2009 1971 January 1 : "If you keep to the standard of pure spiritual life as I have humbly instructed you there is no doubt that this Sankirtana Movement will overtake all the earth and all opposing parties will be cracked down to nothing." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 15:30 | 1972 January 1 : "I wish that it be noted down in history that this Krishna Consciousness Movement was responsible for saving the world." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 12:13 | 1972 January 1 : "Krishna will bless you a million times over for doing this work. I am so much grateful to you. By distributing my books profusely you are giving me great encouragement to translate." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 12:08 | 1972 January 1: "Where will I go at the time of death if I am thinking of my spiritual master? You will go to Him. Whatever we are thinking about at the time of death - we shall attain to that nature without fail." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 12:07 | 1974 January 1 : "I am asking you to take new heart and try to cooperate with each other. If we have to constantly move until we find the situation where there is no personal difficulty then we may never get down to our real work." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 10:49 | 1974 January 1 : "You are my dear and beloved son and because you are carrying out my instructions exactly as I have taught you, Krsna will be very pleased with you." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 10:45 | 1975 January 1 : "You can make ISKCON FOOD RELIEF cards. But the money collected using this card must be sent to India where we are actually feeding people. We should not do anything which will create a bad impression or make us unpopular." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 09:58 | 1975 January 1 : "People are after these books, they are hankering for them. We don't need to take cheating method. I never had to use any cheating method when I first began. I simply presented the real thing." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 09:54 | December 31, 2008 1967 December 31: "Let us go on for Krishna's satisfaction and for the benefit of the whole world. I am confident of my future hopes in the sincere students like you; & now if I die I will die blissful, the work will go on." Prabhupada Letters :: 1967 letters | 12:37 | 1970 December 31 : "London is the most important city in the world and it is my desire to see it come to full blossom under your expert management. So if the two of you take charge I will be satisfied that things are all right there." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 12:33 | 1968 December 31: "They are all mundane and have no entrance into actual spiritual activities. Superficially they pose themselves as great devotees, but we can feel their pulse; ultimately they are impersonalists." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 12:29 | 1971 December 31 : "If he comes, please try to save this foolish boy. I like him very much; unfortunately he pretends now as the incarnation of St. Paul. Try to save him." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 12:09 | 1972 December 31 : "You have some desire to become famous Vaisnava and jagad-guru. But Vaisnava means no material desire, what to speak of sex desire. First become without any sex desire, then think famous Vaisnava." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 11:39 | 1972 December 31 : "I am convinced that if you simply glorify Krsna and our books in the best descriptive manner, than anyone, no matter even atheist, they can be convinced to purchase one of our books." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 11:36 | 1972 December 31 : "Act now or Krsna may take away this golden opportunity, being disappointed by our lack of enthusiasm and labor. George is now convinced of our movement, he will pay, so why the delay and difficulty?" Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 11:34 | 1972 December 31 : "Enthusiasm to serve Krsna is our price for entering into Krsna's kingdom. And maya is always trying to take it away - because without enthusiasm everything is finished." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 11:33 | 1973 December 31 : "If the devotees become angry and leave then our work is defeated. We have to manage our men in such a way that they may bend but not break. After all, our work is purely voluntary." Prabhupada Letters :: 1973 letters | 11:30 | 1974 December 31: "Ultimately Ganesa Puja is not required, but if you have some sentiment to get the blessings of Ganesa in order to get huge sums of money for service of Krishna, then it can be done, but privately." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 11:03 | 1974 December 31: "For the time being, continue doing what you are doing. I shall advise you. Whatever income you are getting, give to the temple. Go regularly to the temple and raise your child. There is no need of loitering here and there." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 11:00 | 1974 December 31: "Stay with me, both of you are my disciples. It is my duty to guide you for spiritual advancement. Let us see what can be done for all the misunderstandings that have taken place." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 10:59 | 1974 December 31: "So, make nice arrangement for all the devotees there. The principle is that we make propaganda for devotees to come. Don't ask any of them to go away. That is not our principle." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 10:56 | 1974 December 31: "Sankirtana if it is not possible, never mind. Try to organize meeting and impress upon the people Srimad-Bhagavatam philosophy. This is also Sankirtana." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 10:54 | 1975 December 31: "I am prepared to organize Gujarat by traveling village to village. You said that you could help me in this respect and also supply a car. So as soon as it is ready I shall accept, please let me know." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 10:17 | 1975 December 31: "Thank you for your nice invitation card. Thousands of Caitanya Mahaprabhu temples may be established all over Australia so that I may receive one such invitation card at least every month." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 10:16 | 1975 December 31: "We are getting perfect knowledge from Krishna through the disciplic succession, so our position is very firm. We do not have to manufacture anything new." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 10:13 | December 30, 2008 1967 December 30: "You will be glad to know that yesterday I have signed the agreement with MacMillan for publishing Gitopanisad. So far my health is concerned, Gaurasundara is keeping me fit by massaging and Govinda dasi is supplying me upma." Prabhupada Letters :: 1967 letters | 08:35 | 1970 December 30 : "Enclosed is one letter to the editor of the Times replying the several letters you sent me. Hand it in personally so it is published immediately. We invite all kinds of men to discuss on this high philosophy of life." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 07:23 | 1970 December 30 : "On the 4th we are all going to Bombay and from there my party of about 25 men will go to Allahabad for Ardhakumbla mela. I am reaching Calcutta on the 5th and shall attend an important meeting & then come back to Allahabad & then to Gorakhpur, etc." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 06:46 | 1971 December 30 : "Increase our preaching programs by using all the mass media which are available. We are modern day Vaisnavas and we must preach vigorously using all the means available." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 06:40 | 1971 December 30 : "The success of our Movement is due to my books and BTG being distributed throughout the world. So I hope you will see that the magazine comes out regularly and that my books can be published in Hindi." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 06:32 | 1971 December 30 : "Please see that we acquire land in Vrindaban immediately. We are ready to begin construction of a large Temple there. So do whatever is required, but somehow secure the land." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 06:30 | 1972 December 30 : "There is no question that he is only pure devotee and no one else is pure devotee. All of my disciples, as soon as they surrender themselves to Krsna, they become pure devotees." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 06:28 | 1972 December 30 : "If you simply do as I am doing, then without doubt you will remain always fresh and enthusiastic for working very energetically on Krsna's behalf, without any falldown." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 06:26 | 1972 December 30 : "That is wanted, that all of you take upon yourselves the responsibility of preaching widely everywhere the message of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu without any compromise or deviation." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 06:24 | 1972 December 30 : "If you yourself remain always pure, then your preaching will have effect. As soon as there is little impurity, the whole thing will deteriorate and go to hell." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 06:22 | December 29, 2008 1967 December 29: "Regarding Mr. Alan Watts introduction, if the books will sell nicely by Mr. Watts introduction I do not mind his nonsense. I give you full power of attorney in this connection. Whoever you like you can accept." Prabhupada Letters :: 1967 letters | 10:48 | 1968 December 29: "Even if our language is broken we must speak of Krishna Consciousness without caring for literary or grammatical style. I try to speak English, not to be a big scholar, but to be a servant of Krishna." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 10:46 | 1970 December 29 : "If you can please the Deity by your sincere service, then your temple will flourish. To be able to personally serve the Deity is a great privilege and such a person is very fortunate indeed." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 10:44 | 1971 December 29 : "Regarding your question about the Bible, you should just answer, 'You follow your Bible and I follow my Bhagavad-gita.'" Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 10:40 | 1972 December 29 : "Yes, one must without exception follow the four rules and regulations, plus the other regulative principles. We should not be over anxious to recruit men if they will not be of the best quality." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 09:51 | 1972 December 29 : "One very fixed-up devotee can manage everything nicely, even in huge temple with many students. The problem is not the facility, rather the ability of the manager." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 09:50 | 1972 December 29 : "Krsna is so kind upon me for creating this condition of struggle, thus He is relieving me of so many billions of lifetimes of sinful reactions. The devotee should always see his difficulty in this light." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 09:49 | 1972 December 29 : "I shall be in Calcutta for nine days and I am prepared to speak every night for nine nights. Make big propaganda and let us see if the respectable men of my birthplace will respond." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 09:44 | 1972 December 29 : "Dedicate yourself completely to the preaching work. That is important. Running-on of factories, family, these are ordinary affairs and anyone may do them. But you are not ordinary, that I know." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 09:43 | 1973 December 29 : "Almost all Indians have ignored this injunction. Now by the grace of my Guru Maharaj I have brought this message to the West and now you are helping me to bring it back to the people of India." Prabhupada Letters :: 1973 letters | 07:50 | December 28, 2008 1968 December 28: "For Krishna we can execute any activity, but this is not free license to act whimsically. Such practices are against the principles of Krishna Consciousness." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 20:26 | 1970 December 28 : "The response to our Sankirtana Movement has been tremendous. By Lord Caitanya's mercy we are again reviving their dormant Krishna Consciousness just as we are doing all over the world." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 20:12 | 1971 December 28 : "Wherever there is preaching strength there is success, no matter it may be pandal-show, making members, or travelling Sankirtana. Just maintain our strong position of purity and preach, that's all." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 20:08 | 1971 December 28 : "Our Society means books. If there are no books, how can we preach? If the Press is running 24 hours, then everything is all right. Something must always be produced." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 20:00 | 1971 December 28 : "Our unique asset is our purity. That will be noticed and appreciated as long as we do not diminish or neglect the highest standard of purity. We don't require to display ourselves in very clever ways to get attention." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 19:30 | 1971 December 28 : "I am not much fond of the idea of changing things to accommodate the public - better to change the public to accommodate us." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 19:28 | 1971 December 28 : "You are feeling some separation, as I am also feeling some separation from you. You are some of my first disciples. I am always hoping you will again join me and work under my personal instruction." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 19:28 | 1972 December 28 : "I wanted that you should attend regularly our Temple, preach sometimes and give our young boys your experienced advice not that you should become silent and go away." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 19:26 | 1972 December 28 : "You have got now the golden opportunity of this human form of life, and it is no accident that you have got now your Spiritual Master - now the rest is up to you." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 19:24 | 1972 December 28 : "If you want to make progress in kicking out maya from your life, then utilize your energy for which you are best able and help me to push on this Krishna Consciousness movement all over the world." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 19:22 | 1974 December 28: "It is not necessary for us to utilize these different musical talents for spreading Krsna Consciousness. We are not musicians. We are Krsna bhaktas." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 19:20 | 1974 December 28: "Simply with mrdanga and karatala, traveling and chanting Hare Krsna, this is the process. There is no need for us to try and add anything to this simple method. It will only be a distraction." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 19:18 | 1974 December 28: "Yes let the Indians take part and help us to push on. In that trust you must be very careful to make sure that I am to be the ultimate authority. My decision should over-rule all the other trustees combined." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 19:09 | 1974 December 28: "Immediately try and get the church in Toronto. Take it immediately. There are so many churches. Gradually you should buy all the churches and make them into temples." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 19:05 | 1974 December 28: "Television shows, no, that is not important now. If they see us on television then the next moment they will forget. But if they come to a festival and participate that is eternal benefit." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 19:03 | 1974 December 28: "Marble altars are not necessary for now. We shall see later on. Deities are satisfied with bhakti not marble. Therefore try to increase the bhakti." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 19:01 | 1974 December 28: "I am always praying to Krsna that my disciples will not fall away. My simple request is that you very strictly follow without any deviation whatsoever. And by your example show others how to do the same." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 19:00 | |
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