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| .: Prabhupada Letters :. Anthology a.c. bhaktivedanta swami |
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February 21, 2009 1966 February 21: "Todays meeting was attended by greater number of members than other days. They liked the Introduction recording very much. Some of them brought fruits for me and Mrs. Leblanc paid $3.00."Prabhupada Letters :: 1966 letters | 05:30 | 1968 February 21 : "There are different kinds of hellish life for different kinds of sinful activities. One is sent to a particular type of hell and when practiced to suffer the hellish condition, one is given a similar body as reaction." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 05:08 | 1969 February 21 : "So far as the bowing down in Deity worship, there is no restriction on bowing down. As many times as you can is all right." Prabhupada Letters :: 1969 letters | 04:49 | 1970 February 21: "I will suggest one thing - that you can organize a mass Sankirtana procession on the Advent Day of Lord Caitanya. If George and John Lennon both lead the procession, I think that will be a great successful program." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 03:36 | 1972 February 21 : "If the money invested comes back manyfold in the form of books sold, then we may spend thousands on radio advertisements and make Krishna Book very famous all over your country." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 03:34 | 1972 February 21 : "There is a Bengali proverb "When you pay the price it becomes purified'', just like if I purchase something and it is unclean in so many ways, but, because I have paid, it becomes purified." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 03:32 | 1973 February 21 : "We must become recognized not only by the mass but also by the class. Hearing is the first step; therefore if we can simply convince these big men to hear, then gradually they will accept." Prabhupada Letters :: 1973 letters | 03:15 | 1973 February 21: "It is our duty to rectify him. To create a devotee takes much labor and to reject him in a minute is not to our credit." Prabhupada Letters :: 1973 letters | 02:22 | February 20, 2009 1957 February 20 : "The Hon'ble Mr. Chief Justice, I have a programme by the order of my spiritual master and I have come to Bombay to enlist some sympathisers. Will your Lordship be kind enough to hear me for a few minutes and oblige?" Prabhupada Letters :: 1947-64 letters | 19:08 | 1966 February 20 : "Today, recorded Introduction to Geetopanishad, two sides, three Hours. Mr. Banerji did not come. Cohen and Salak came." Prabhupada Journal :: 1966 letters | 12:00 | 1968 February 20 : "Krishna is very kind. He does not let go anyone who might have done a little bit of service. So how can He allow you to forget Him?" Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 11:54 | 1969 February 20 : "I lost my mother when I was only 14 years old. But in my old age, Krishna has given me so many young mothers to take care of me." Prabhupada Letters :: 1969 letters | 11:27 | 1970 February 20 : "Perhaps you are now the eldest amongst us living disciples of Srila Prabhupada. As your younger brother I shall always be ready for your service." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 10:46 | 1972 February 20: "If we neglect even for a moment our regular program - rising early, 16 rounds, classes, street sankirtana, etc., then everything else we may try will fail." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 10:17 | 1972 February 20: "I was with my Guru Maharaja only four or five times, but I have never left his association, not even for a moment. Because I am following his instructions, I have never felt any separation." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 10:12 | 1972 February 20: "Personal association is not so important as association through service. There are some of my Godbrothers who had constant personal association with Guru Maharaja, but who are neglecting his orders." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 10:10 | 1975 February 20: "I am very interested to hear of your progress there. Are things going nicely? How is Maharaja doing? How is his preaching? How are the people accepting? You can write me these things promptly." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 07:55 | February 19, 2009 1966 February 19 : "In the evening Mr. Paul and Mrs. Leblanc came. Attended meeting from 6/8.30 pm. Mr. Banerji invited to come here tomorrow evening Expenditure -- Butter .40" Prabhupada Journal :: 1966 letters | 08:54 | 1968 February 19 : "I thank you very much for the Istagosthi notes. I am very pleased to read how my students are relishing the discussions of Krishna and his associates." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 08:48 | 1969 February 19 : "Many such orders will follow this in the month of April next. In the future also many Sri Murtis may be dispatched from Vrindaban and you will have to take care of them. They are all free gifts." Prabhupada Letters :: 1969 letters | 08:42 | 1970 February 19: "We are all new and weak. Everyone in the hospital is diseased, and although trying to become well may relapse, still that does not mean the hospital should be closed." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 06:44 | 1972 February 19: "I asked my Spiritual Master only one question, 'How shall I serve you?' If you are sincere to serve continuously and always chanting, all questions become answered automatically." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 05:10 | 1972 February 19: "You have understood rightly. We enter without hesitation into the heart of the biggest cities and preach to anyone and everyone the message of Lord Caitanya who Himself was like the lion in strength." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 05:05 | 1973 February 19 :"Krishna is everywhere, He is even between the atoms. If your prayers are sincere then Krishna will accept and if Krishna accepts then automatically I accept." Prabhupada Letters :: 1973 letters | 04:15 | 1975 February 19: "You are invited to the opening celebration of our Krishna-Balarama Temple in Vrndavana. I am now on tour and very soon I will be in Calcutta and you can see me there. I shall advise you personally." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 03:29 | February 18, 2009 1957 February 18: "The preaching of Bhagavad-gita must be in the line of it's parampara system as described in the 4th chapter. If it is not done so, even if done by the erudite scholars, it will be a sheer waste of time, energy and money." Prabhupada Letters :: 1947-64 letters | 09:04 | 1966 February 18: "I sent one letter to the Prime Minister. Two other letters also despatched to the Ambassador of Nepal for an interview and the Ambassador of India requesting him to arrange for my meeting with the President of U.S.A." Prabhupada Letters :: 1966 letters | 08:47 | 1967 February 18 : "Let us take help from Krishna by honestly working for Him rather than on utopian theories. Even there are three centres, I can stay one month in each centre every quarter and see things going in order." Prabhupada Letters :: 1967 letters | 08:06 | 1968 February 18 : "Now you can order any amount of Indian goods from Brindaban De, my younger son. I think you should allow him 10% commission, because unless he gets some profit, it does not become very encouraging." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 07:57 | 1970 February 18: "There is a great future for this Krsna Consciousness movement in every part of the world, and I am getting such indications from every where. So please continue and I am sure you will be successful in your mission." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 07:10 | 1972 February 18 : "I am very pleased that you are running for Mayor of such important city. Now you may present the simple program to the citizens for becoming purified by meeting together frequently to chant Hare Krishna, that's all." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 06:37 | 1973 February 18 : "My father was pure Vaisnava and he gave me and my sister Deities to worship. And to this day my sister is worshiping these same Deities in Calcutta. So like this, the children must be trained." Prabhupada Letters :: 1973 letters | 06:35 | 1973 February 18 : "My heart becomes very joyful upon seeing the progress in construction. When this is completed it will be a great boon. Devotees from all over the world will come to Vrindavan see Krishna and Balarama." Prabhupada Letters :: 1973 letters | 06:34 | February 17, 2009 1967 February 17 : "I want the house more than you. My only objection is that this is not regular. Why not make it regular now? What is the difficulty in getting the sale contract as suggested by me." Prabhupada Letters :: 1967 letters | 08:47 | 1968 February 17: "My only request is that you all sincere boys and girls, spread this Krishna Consciousness to every home, to every village and town, and to take this mission very seriously." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 08:41 | 1969 February 17 : "Regarding reprinting of my letters, if it will not detract from your other important engagements you may do it." Prabhupada Letters :: 1969 letters | 08:17 | 1970 February 17: "In London there is some clashing between the police and our men. Probably there will be a great agitation then the whole world will know automatically the importance of this movement." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 00:34 | 1973 February 17 : "He has become deviated from the four basic principles therefore there must be another co-editor to replace him. He must be brought back to the standard immediately." Prabhupada Letters :: 1973 letters | 00:30 | 1974 February 17: "You should know the value of accepting a bona fide spiritual master is more than we can calculate. It is no mere formality." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 00:29 | 1975 February 17: "Don't try to manufacture some artificial process. The process I have already given. Now you simply have to follow it strictly and Krishna will give you all help." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 00:28 | 1975 February 17: "Prepare seven dances from Caitanya Caritamrta for the Mayapur festival and seven dances from Krishna Book for the Vrndavana festival. When you come to India, I shall give you personal direction concerning these dances." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 00:25 | February 16, 2009 1966 February 16: "Now I am anxiously awaiting your favorable reply. My Visa period will be finished by the end of March, 1966 and I will have to submit application for increasing the period at least a fortnight before." Prabhupada Letters :: 1966 letters | 09:01 | 1968 February 16 : "I will simply cite one nice verse: 'Oh Lord! When will You be pleased with me and call me to the shelter of Your Lotus Feet which are soothing like the smiling beams of ten million autumnal moons?'" Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 08:49 | 1970 February 16: "John Lennon and his wife were very kind upon me when I was staying at Tittenhurst Park as their guests. I have dreamt something very nice about John which I shall disclose in proper time." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 08:31 | 1971 February 16: "Yes, progress of devotional service becomes choked up when there is offense to the Spiritual Master. So far I am concerned, you always have my blessings. Do not think otherwise." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 08:25 | 1972 February 16: "We should not compromise in any way just to accommodate the public idea, but we can so tastefully present the real thing that we will change the people to accommodate us." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 07:44 | 1972 February 16 : "What do they know of boy or girl at such young age? A little girl asked, 'Father, when you were little, were you a boy or a girl?'" Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 06:49 | 1972 February 16 : "If he is shaky, how he can teach the children? Unless one is firmly convinced about Krishna Consciousness, I don't think the children will learn properly from such a person." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 06:42 | 1973 February 16 : " Any deviation is the responsibility of the local GBC to rectify immediately. Within these Vaisnava standards which I have put forward lies the spiritual strength of our movement." Prabhupada Letters :: 1973 letters | 06:02 | February 15, 2009 1967 February 15: "We should not ask Krishna to give us a house - let Krishna give us when He likes. We should only wait for Krishna's mercy and not jeopardize the hard earned money." Prabhupada Letters :: 1967 letters | 11:02 | 1968 February 15: "Regarding apartment: we are mendicant, we can adjust things in any kind of place. I shall stay in any place hell or heaven, if it is approved by you." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 10:30 | 1968 February 15: "I am servant of the servant of Krishna, and because you are all sincere servants of Krishna, I am your servant. I shall be glad to stay wherever like me to stay." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 10:25 | 1968 February 15 : "There is variegatedness in transcendental activities. Sometimes we like to chant, sometimes we like to wash dishes. There is no difference on the Absolute plane." Letters :: 1968 letters | 10:14 | 1971 February 15 : "From the beginning it was my program in India not to sell books but to make life members. They are not accustomed to pay so much for books but when we speak of membership they agree very easily." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 03:25 | 1972 February 15 : "I have just received a cable that Mr. Saraf has given us the land. So draw up all the legal papers and we shall settle up our Vrindaban program when we meet in Mayapur." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 03:07 | 1972 February 15 : "We have just purchased a very large and beautiful plot in Bombay so I shall be staying in India one month longer. When I go to Australia I shall gladly stop for a visit in Djakarta." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 03:06 | 1973 February 15 : "If no one hears you the walls will hear. My Guru Maharaja said it does not matter if anyone comes to hear. You go on with your chanting." Prabhupada Letters :: 1973 letters | 01:25 | |
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