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| .: Prabhupada Letters :. Anthology a.c. bhaktivedanta swami |
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January 24, 2009 1966 January 24: "Saw Mr. Larry Boghart in his office. He advised me to write to Mr. Felix Morrow for an appointment to see. So I am writing him & sending some literature of Srimad Bhagwatam." Prabhupada Journal ::1966 letters | 06:16 | 1969 January 24: "We cannot worship Radha-Krishna now. Radha-Krishna worship is meant for persons who have already developed spontaneous love of God. In the training period we are only worshipping Laksmi-Narayana." Letters :: 1969 letters | 03:33 | 1969 January 24: "There are two kinds of Spiritual Master, initiator and instructor. Anyone who can give instructing in spiritual life is treated as Spiritual Master. So the husband can help the wife as instructor." Letters :: 1969 letters | 03:23 | 1970 January 24 : "As you are always thinking of me, I am also thinking of you; and the best thing will be I shall go there by the next mango season because last time when I was there I could not get any mango." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 03:22 | 1970 January 24 : "All the Goswamis and Acaryas chanted, my Guru Maharaja chanted, and following all their footsteps we are also chanting at least 16 rounds daily. We should not be carried away simply by all the other duties." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 03:20 | 1970 January 24 : "I am very much anxious to know who is taking care of the Deities, whether regular performances are being executed etc. The Deities are now installed there cannot be any scope of neglecting Them." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 03:19 | January 23, 2009 1966 January 23 : "Due to snow fall the whole day, today I did not go either to Dr. Mishra's apartment nor outside the studio. I managed my things here in the studio. No expenditure." Journal :: 1966 letters | 10:42 | 1968 January 23 : "He cannot remain long an Impersonalist because he is devoted to Radha and Krishna. He is not so formidable rascal. Recently he has sent me one letter of appreciation. There is no objection to reading his books." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 10:37 | 1968 January 23: "Regarding the other books; keep them very nicely, and I shall see when I go there. You might have received another book perhaps, by Bhaktisaranga Goswami. This book by mistake was sent: it has to be returned." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 10:36 | 1969 January 23 : "Certainly Krishna will help you in your efforts to solve any of the difficulties that may be taking place. But if you think that staying with me will be better for you then you may consider this." Prabhupada Letters :: 1969 letters | 10:27 | 1970 January 23 : "By hearing this transcendental sound through the ear our heart becomes spiritually purified, and we can realize at that stage the transcendental Name. That is the way of descending process." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 05:56 | 1971 January 23 : "Our program for touring India has been going with all success in every place we are invited. Now we have come to the Ardha Kumbha Mela and we have got undisputed prominence amongst all groups here." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 05:45 | 1974 January 23: "What will be the program at this farm? How will people be attracted there? Who will work it? What about the present temple? He has asked for a decision, but until I know what is his plan, I cannot decide." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 04:17 | 1975 January 23: "He is coming to Mayapur to work on the Caitanya Caritamrta manuscript. Hopefully, he will finish editing the Antya-lila by the Festival at the end of March. Please give him all facilities." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 03:53 | January 22, 2009 1968 January 22: "Immoral sex life and spiritual advancement are incompatible proposition. A determined person tolerates such sex urges as one tolerates the itching sensation of eczema." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 02:54 | 1969 January 22: "To know Who is the Supreme Personality you have to take evidence from the Vedic authorities and the Spiritual Master. Otherwise, what is the use of accepting a Spiritual Master if you can not take His words?" Prabhupada Letters :: 1969 letters | 02:24 | 1970 January 22 : "Read our books and if you reproduce the purport, people will take it very seriously. We should endeavor to simply present the philosophy as we have received it directly and realized it by practical experience." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 02:21 | 1970 January 22 : "Advocate, Supreme Court of India: Your appreciation of my adventure at this part of my life has encouraged me, and by the prayers of good souls like you I may be able to work for sometime more." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 02:19 | 1971 January 22 : "We have to create men. So far I know, not a single Japanese has been initiated. Preaching means to recruite more and more men. This process is called gosthananda which means pleasure by seeing increase of followers." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 02:18 | 1974 January 22: "My advice is that you associate always with Krsna through chanting the Holy Name. And Krsna will give you intelligence through sincere chanting, how to progress further in Krsna Consciousness." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 02:08 | 1975 January 22: "Thank you very much for distributing my books in such severe conditions of cold. This is Krishna Consciousness. No matter what the conditions, still a devotee will always try his best to please his spiritual master and Krishna." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975: letters | 02:04 | January 21, 2009 1969 January 21: "For the first time in history Western boys and girls in the dress of pure Vaisnavas are chanting on the street of the greatest city in the world. This picture is undoubtedly very unique." Prabhupada Letters :: 1969 letters | 10:22 | 1970 January 21 : "I am so much obliged to you that all of our Godbrothers are happy to learn about my activities in the West. Actually, whatever is happening it is due to His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada because personally I am completely incapable." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 10:21 | 1972 January 21 : "Why the Mayapur festival is not held? Just go there like ordinary pilgrims and set up our camp. Anyone will see we are only serious devotees and not Pakistani spies." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 09:52 | 1972 January 21 : "I am happy to hear that he has returned to our camp. He always has my blessings. Now give him all good counsel and friendship. If he develops some enthusiasm by becoming artfully engaged - he will be a great preacher." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 09:51 | 1972 January 21 : "If philosophical speculation is directed by Sastra and Guru, and if the goal of such philosophical attempts is to achieve Visnu, then that philosophical speculation is not mental speculation." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 09:45 | 1972 January 21 : "With pleasure I have noted that you are desiring to be personally present with me again, and I also am looking forward to seeing you all soon. Yes, you may be my cook when we shall meet at that time." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 09:32 | 1975 January 21: "You are so humble and sincere, this is a sign of your success. Krishna has placed you in that position. Now, you should always be fully conscious of your great responsibility." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 06:56 | 1975 January 21: "Try to get some nice farm. That will be very good. If we can produce milk products and grains, there will be grand success." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 06:55 | January 20, 2009 1966 January 20: "I strongly wish that I may take possession of the temple on Srila Prabhupada's Abhirva Teethi. If your holiness will at once see Dr. Radhakrishnan, I think my desire will be possible." Prabhupada Letters :: 1966 letters | 03:21 | 1966 January 20: "The mission of Bhagavatam with which I have come here is altogether a new thing for the Americans. Still the most astonishing thing is that whenever and wherever I speak they take it very nicely. That is good sign." Prabhupada Letters :: 1966 letters | 03:17 | 1968 January 20: "So even if I say that you are required for my service, which will be a kind of luxury for me, and even if I ask him to pay for your passage, the exchange controller will not allow you to come. That is a fact." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 03:08 | 1971 January 20 : "Dr. Bigelow, Cardio-Vascular Unit: It will be a great contribution if the Vedic literature is presented to the modern world on the basis of modern scientific understanding. If you desire, I shall give you more information." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 03:04 | 1972 January 20 : "That is the process, travelling, preaching, taking opportunity wherever Krishna offers it and leaving behind solid centers where propaganda will continue to go on nicely." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 03:02 | 1972 January 20 : "If the routine program - chanting, preaching, temple worship, rising early, street sankirtana, etc. is neglected for other things, then everything else will fail. Business is secondary." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 02:30 | 1972 January 20 : "If you can increase translating more and more, that will advance you more and more. My first concern is that my books shall be published and distributed profusely all over the world." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 02:29 | 1973 January 20 : "My dear Puri Maharajji, I thank you very much for your kind sentiments. I shall be most happy to see you again and I think that we have got many things to discuss." Prabhupada Letters :: 1973 letters | 01:18 | January 19, 2009 1966 January 19 "Temple hopeful. By the Grace of Sri Sri Guru and Gauranga an encouraging letter is received today from Sir Padampat Singhania. Two sets taken back from Paragon. Balance with them 18 sets." Prabhupada Journal :: 1966 letters | 07:43 | 1972 January 19 : "Just continue in this way to produce Hindi magazine regularly, and Krishna will give you all facility to print more and more literatures gradually and increase in every respect." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 06:49 | 1972 January 19 : "No such items should be mentioned as 'miscellaneous.' Anyone who takes money personally for miscellaneous expenditures must sign a voucher. This is accounting." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 06:48 | 1975 January 19: "Our society should be divided into four divisions, but such divisions are not material. Just like Krishna belonged to the Vaisya community, but he is worshiped by the brahmanas. We shall utilize everything for Krishna's service." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 05:10 | 1975 January 19: "Now, we should have self-sufficiency. This means to make our own food grains and grow and weave our own cloth. Then life becomes easy and we can save time for preaching and chanting." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 05:09 | 1975 January 19: "Never let a moment go by without engaging in at least one of the nine devotional processes. Chant 16 rounds daily, attend mangala arati and classes and you will be very happily engaged." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 05:06 | January 18, 2009 1968 January 18: "We want only one moon at night, and we don't care for millions of stars. Character building is the groundwork for seating Krishna Consciousness." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 06:32 | 1968 January 18: "And because we are a little bit strict, we have not a very large number neither do we want any large number of nonsense followers." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 03:46 | 1970 January 18 : "We are staying at the Magh Mela, at the Prayag pilgrimage. Our pandel is very big. We are having daily artik many times with kirtan, prasadam distribution, Sankirtan, and so many activities." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 03:36 | 1971 January 18 : "We want to present the pure thing as taught by Caitanya Mahaprabhu. That will bring in a real change. If this is successful, the whole world will see the transcendental potency of the pure Sankirtana Movement." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 03:35 | 1972 January 18 : "I think you should very quickly join us. I am going to Africa and it is quite likely that I shall not be returning to India for some time. So you can come here to Jaipur and meet me for taking your initiation." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 03:12 | 1975 January 18: "Regarding the controversial talks going on, this kind of talk is not befitting my advanced students. This is childish. The pure devotee never minimizes the importance of other devotees." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 02:16 | 1975 January 18: "Everyone should feel proud of becoming sincere servant of Krishna. One devotee may be proud that his process of service is the best. That is not inglorious. This is called transcendental competition." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 02:15 | 1975 January 18: "There is no more the question of inferior or superior. Krishna is the enjoyer of varieties of service. It is not stuck up with any particular type of service. Everyone should be very very sincere." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 02:14 | |
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