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February 28, 2009 1966 February 28: "Engagement with the First Secretary of Permanent Commission of Nepal State to the United Nations at 2 pm. Saw the First Secretary Mr. Kedar P. Kairala and it is hopeful. He will let me know very soon. Expenditure: Bus fare .30" Prabhupada Journal :: 1966 letters | 11:54 | 1969 February 28: "There is no possibility of receiving perfect knowledge without approaching a self-realized Spiritual Master coming down in disciplic succession. The mental speculator cannot deliver the right knowledge." Prabhupada Letters :: 1969 letters | 11:52 | 1970 February 28: "If we finish 15 tapes in a month, it comes to about 300 pages per month. Therefore, we can calculate that every two months we produce one book or, in every year we produce six books." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 11:51 | 1970 February 28: "We wish to print at least sixty books, so it will take ten years. Under this process, the time allowed is quite reasonable. Anyway try to process the work in the above way and let me know how far it is feasible." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 11:49 | 1970 February 28: "By the by, I may inform you that we require many pairs of Deities, but the Vrindaban manufacturer is very slow. Will you kindly take the trouble to find out someone in Jaipur who can supply us such Murtis regularly." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 11:48 | 1972 February 28: "The future preachers of the Krishna Consciousness Movement must learn to be suci, absolutely pure in all respects. Your country will become so much degraded that they will appreciate if we are revolutionary clean." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 11:46 | 1972 February 28: "We have to daily sharpen our intelligence by reading and discussing and preaching to others. You cannot expect that even the great saintly persons are free from thoughts coming and going." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 11:45 | 1972 February 28: "The best remedy is to discuss amongst yourselves regularly all our books in classes, then these doubts will be killed. Without reading books it becomes hackneyed and such obnoxious ideas trouble us." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 11:43 | February 27, 2009 1966 February 27: "Whole day remained at Ananda Ashram, Monroe, NY. Kirtan demonstration in the morning. Recording was made by Mr. Bill but it was not successful. In the evening returned. No income. No expenditure." Prabhupada Journal :: 1966 letters | 12:56 | 1969 February 27: "In my childhood I was very naughty boy, and I used to catch my father in so many ways demanding unreasonable things, and my father used to satisfy me." Prabhupada Letters :: 1969 letters | 12:54 | 1969 February 27: "You say you are my disobedient son, but I think I am your disturbing father. I am putting more and more burden upon you but you have no hesitation to accept my demands." Prabhupada Letters :: 1969 letters | 12:53 | 1969 February 27: "Regarding your kirtana success, it is so much pleasing to me. This is the way of our preaching work. Infuse this Krishna Consciousness idea amongst the student community." Prabhupada Letters :: 1969 letters | 12:51 | 1969 February 27: "When you send news of successful kirtana performance so I experience personally and I am overwhelmed with spiritual joy. Kindly send at least two letters in a week as I am always anxious to hear from you." Prabhupada Letters :: 1969 letters | 12:50 | 1972 February 27: "So-called transcendentalists who have no real knowledge they are fond of these miracles. Krishna Consciousness is not a miracle, it is science, practically we can understand. We do not see anything miracle." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 12:48 | 1972 February 27: "I am an old man. If you help relieve me from this administrative work, that will free me to give you so many more books. So kindly assist me in this way." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 12:46 | 1972 February 27: "Actually, if you simply serve in a surrendered attitude, and go on chanting regularly, the answers to everything will come out automatically." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 12:45 | February 26, 2009 1966 February 26: "The whole day and night remained at Ananda Ashram. Kirtan demonstration was given. Dr. Mishra appreciated it very much. Next morning also invited. No expense." Prabhupada Letters :: 1966 letters | 13:08 | 1968February 26: "I am very much ambitious for leading a kirtana party all over Europe. If you can move with this kirtana party, say a batch of 12 to 15 heads, I am sure we will be more popular than Maharishi." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 13:05 | 1968 February 26: "I am mendicant and sannyasi. We can make our dwelling place anywhere. Simply I require some quiet place to continue my translating work on Srimad-Bhagavatam, that's all." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 13:02 | 1969 February 26: "Kirtana and chanting must be done regularly because that is our strength. We are always in the whirlpool of maya, and only this chanting of Mantra can save us from all pitfalls." Prabhupada Letters :: 1969 letters | 13:00 | 1969 February 26: "We are arranging to print 20,000 copies of Back to Godhead so now we have to sell in large quantities. Seriously consider how to step up this program." Prabhupada Letters :: 1969 letters | 12:58 | 1971 February 26: "Time is short and I am aging but I want to publish all of Srimad Bhagavatam. After returning from India I shall be seriously engaged in translating work." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 12:54 | 1971 February 26: "Although I am getting old, I guarantee I shall give you two tapes daily provided you guarantee to finish printing two tapes daily. That will encourage me more and more." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 12:52 | February 25, 2009 1968 February 25: "My Guru Maharaja wanted this Krishna Consciousness spread all over the Western countries especially, and now in my old age, I am leaving this great responsibility in the hands of all of you, my students." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 12:51 | 1968 February 25: "His heart is so soft, as soft as a good mother's. In Bombay sometimes we lived together and he used to treat my little sons very kindly. I always remember him and shall continue to do so." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 12:49 | 1968 February 25: "There is no evidence in the Vedic literatures that a common, unintelligent person by worshipping the demigoddess Kali can become an incarnation of Godhead." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 12:24 | 1969 February 25: "So we shall save you from the draft. If you stick to the study of our books and continue as a preacher, there will be no difficulty for you to get 4-D classification." Prabhupada Letters :: 1969 letters | 12:22 | 1970 Febuary 25: "I shall be glad to give him so many themes. If George Harrison can compose such songs in his own words, and sings, I am sure it will be an epoch making event." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 12:21 | 1970 February 25: "If George wants to invite famous people from all over the world to come there and get Krsna Consciousness, we shall cooperate with him with full vigor." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 12:19 | 1972 February 25: "This art of dancing, as any art, can be employed in the service of glorifying the Supreme Lord. If she is expert dancer, she can organize a dancing group to depict very exquisitely stories from our Krishna Book." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 12:18 | 1972 February 25: "As for your training in theology, if you simply present some of the popular western points of view of theology and then point by point expose them as speculators, then that will be a very nice service." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 12:16 | February 24, 2009 1966 February 24: "Today one young man, Mr. Robert, came from downtown. The Samkirtan record was played. He liked it. Letter from Captain Pandya received. The plumber did not turn up. No expenditure. Income $1.00." Prabhupada Letters :: 1966 letters | 11:56 | 1967 February 24: "Today I have sent you the first installment of Narada Bhakti Sutras. Please let me know how you like it. Here there is no typewriter nor any typist. Therefore you have to type the tapes there is no other alternative." Prabhupada Letters :: 1967 letters | 11:54 | 1970 February 24: "I have full sanction for this marriage and you can perform the ceremony on my behalf. Under your care they will be trained as good husband and wife, and following your example, be happy in this life." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 11:52 | 1971 February 24: "Krishna is there in your heart and the more you surrender to Him, the more He takes charge, and seeing your sincerity, He will give you all facility for increasing your service more and more." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 11:50 | 1971 February 24: "We want to influence these misguided college students. And if we can establish a seat here these students may take their doctorate degree in Krishna Consciousness and go out and preach all over the world." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 11:48 | 1972 February 24: "I have heard the Nobel Institute is in Sweden. Why don't you present them our books? Find out what to do so we can win the Nobel Prize." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 11:46 | 1972 February 24: "Go on in this way and spend your whole time preaching and engaging others to hear and become themselves engaged in Krishna's service, that will cure you of all misgivings and miserable conditions." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 11:44 | February 23, 2009 1966 February 23 : "Meeting was held; International Institute of God Consciousness today signed by the floating members. Mrs. Leblanc took away the tape-record for writing Introduction to Geetopanishad. Today no letter received. The collection $6.00. " Prabhupada Journal :: 1966 letters | 08:42 | 1967 February 23 : "I hope you have received the goods from Jaladuta. Keep one Mrdanga and six pairs of cymbals. They are arranging kirtana at different places and Mrdanga and cymbals will increase the dignity of kirtana." Prabhupada Letters :: 1967 letters | 08:38 | 1969 February 23: "The Spiritual Master is not alone. He is never without His followers, so to serve the Spiritual Master means to be the servant of His disciples. We are not impersonalists." Prabhupada Letters :: 1969 letters | 08:35 | 1969 February 23: "It is important that we preach the message exactly as we have heard it from our Spiritual Master. The spirit of the disciplic succession may not be changed." Prabhupada Letters :: 1969 letters | 08:34 | 1970 February 23: "I am enclosing a preface which I have written for Krsna Book. Please edit nicely and send edited version back to me. Regarding your change of title to "Kamsa Begins His Persecutions," it is alright." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 08:30 | 1970 February 23: "We should always remember that we are in the kingdom of Maya and her influence is very strong. So, unless we are very, very careful in our dealings, there is always chance of falling down." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 08:28 | 1971 February 23: "So far cooperating with my Godbrothers is concerned, that is not very urgent business. Until now they have regularly not cooperated with me and by the grace of my Spiritual Master, things are still going ahead." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 05:39 | 1971 February 23: "Bhaktivinode Thakura predicted someone would come very soon who would individually preach this cult all over the world. So if his benediction is there and my Guru Maharaja's blessings, let us go ahead." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 05:38 | February 22, 2009 1969 February 22: "The essay is not very practical. It contains some ideal discussions only, and I know this person is personally deviated from all of these ideas. So I don't think it is very much valuable for publishing." Prabhupada Letters :: 1969 letters | 08:50 | 1970 February 22: "The mistake which you committed on the first verse of Isopanisad I marked, but I ignore it as very insignificant. I am very glad to know that you are so much repentant even for this insignificant mistake." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 08:40 | 1970 February 22 : "I came here empty handed and without any friend. You are doing so much for fulfilling the desire of my Spiritual Master. I can only pray to Krsna to take care of you, otherwise I cannot repay your sincere service." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 08:39 | 1971 February 22 : "Just keep yourselves to the standard by regular and attentive chanting, study, preaching, working, Sankirtana, and distribution of literatures and Prasadam. Then everything will be alright." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 08:37 | 1971 February 22 : "I am so glad that you are developing the center there and now have gone to open yet another center. If you think so, I can send Deities for installing. Any boy recommended by you will be initiated." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 08:36 | 1972 February 22: "This surrender to Supersoul is in the advanced stage. So long one is not advanced, he has to take direction from the representative of Supersoul or the Spiritual Master." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 07:18 | 1972 February 22 : "Kindly request MacMillan Co. to publish with all haste at their disposal because there is so much worldwide demand for this book that I think 40,000 copies will be sold out within a few months'time." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 07:16 | 1972 February 22 : "You are waking up your new deities too early. Although Krishna is the Master of Sleep, still, we must allow Him sufficient rest for herding cows all day and playing with His cowherd friends." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 07:09 | |
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