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| .: Prabhupada Letters :. Anthology a.c. bhaktivedanta swami |
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April 4, 2009 1966 April 4: "Poornima. Today I have replied the letter of State Department regarding visit to the President. I went to see Mr. Bogart. His publisher Mr. Laughton interested in publishing Srimad Bhagwatam. Then I came to Paul's place. There was meeting and Kirtan, Hari Katha." Prabhupada Jounal :: 1966 letters | 14:13 | 1971 April 4: "Anyone who you recommend, I shall immediately initiate him. One Krishna book sold means we go forward one step in our Krishna Consciousness. We should always remember this." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 14:11 | 1971 April 4: "Just work sincerely and follow the regulative principles. We are respected everywhere on our purity platform. This should be maintained." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 14:07 | 1971 April 4: "I have got confidence in you because Krishna has given you special talent for chanting. I enjoyed your chanting so nicely that I thought myself immediately carried to Vaikuntha." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 14:04 | 1971 April 4: "Here we are having massive Sankirtana Festival where 20,000 to 30,000 people are attending daily. Many important men are interested. We will have our permanent center here soon." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 14:01 | 1972 April 4: "Simply by agreement you have changed everything, so what is this? Inform the other GBC members that there shall be no change within the society." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 13:56 | 1972 April 4: "If my right-hand men are making such big big changes without consulting me then what can I do? There should be no change. Both the meeting and the resolution are irregular." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 13:53 | 1974 April 4: "It is not possible to accept any big scheme. We now have to import men from foreign countries. We are not going to make any big scheme anywhere else unless we have sufficient manpower." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 13:45 | April 3, 2009 1969 April 3: "Although it resembles the material way, our separation is completely different. Separation is simply another feature of meeting. In the spiritual world, separation is eternal, and meeting is also eternal." Prabhupada Letters :: 1969 letters | 21:02 | 1969 April 3: "Don't do anything whimsically. The direction comes through the Spiritual Master, and any one who abides by the order of the Spiritual Master, he is perfectly surrendered soul. So stay there." Prabhupada Letters :: 1969 letters | 20:57 | 1969 April 3: "You should take the indication given by Krishna: the press is already there, the press worker is coming, and the scholar has joined. Don't you see the indication by Krishna?." Prabhupada Letters :: 1969 letters | 20:55 | 1972 April 3: "N.B. Regarding changes made in GBC zonal management. I do not favor these changes. Tell them to stop everything. Why they have done this without consulting?" Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 20:54 | 1972 April 3: "There is no other literatures like ours in the world, and this information, 'Here is God, just see Him,' this clear understanding of God is not available anywhere else but from our books." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 20:53 | 1973 April 3: "Today is Tuesday so I hope that the court case will be heard. If the judge takes seriously that the land must be given to one of us, that will be a great success." Prabhupada Letters :: 1973 letters | 20:48 | 1973 April 3: "Regarding the house at Puri – the place of Srila Prabhupada. I understand that Sripad B.D. Madhav Maharaj is also eager to purchase, so I do not wish to make a competitive price." Prabhupada Letters :: 1973 letters | 20:46 | 1974 April 3: "If we cannot utilize the land then why purchase it at such expenditure? Self help doesn't mean Rs 10,000 spent monthly." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 20:43 | 1974 April 3: "Why are the cows suffering from no good shelter? I sent $5,000 and then $4,000 previous to that, for construction for the cows. Why have you not built them something solid?" Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 20:41 | April 2, 2009 1968 April 2: "Offer Pradyumna my blessings and congratulate him on his coming back from the hospital. Please take care of him as best you can. If need be I can pay his hospital bills from my book fund." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968: letters | 15:08 | 1969 April 2: "As people in your country are very much receptive to new ideas, we can give many valuable articles from political or social points of view so much so that they will have completely novel spiritual ideas." Prabhupada Letters :: 1969: letters | 15:06 | 1970 April 2: "Now you are managing these things. I want just that my books may be printed somehow, somewhere; that is all. So do it as you see fit, there is no need of checking with me. I give you full responsibility in the matter." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970: letters | 15:05 | 1972 April 2: "If we are not very careful to always stick to the purest standards of high living, then everything will spoil very quickly and the whole show will be a farce." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 15:02 | 1972 April 2: "These fair-skinned Americans and Europeans are like angels by coming to Krishna Consciousness increasingly and very soon the whole world will become filled with such angels, and so I am very optimistic." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 15:01 | 1972 April 2: "These four books: Krishna, TLC, NOD, and Bhagavad-gita, if distributed widely, alone they are sufficient to give everyone the whole contents of Krishna Consciousness subject matter." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 14:59 | 1972 April 2: "I have just now received one letter which has described your GBC meeting. I have cabled the following message: 'GBC Meeting irregular. My strong disapproval, Make no changes.'" Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 14:57 | 1972 April 2: "It is said that good parents are no guarantee for good children, medicine is no guarantee for health, a ship is no guarantee for a drowning man--all are useless if a man is not protected by Krishna." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 14:55 | 1975 April 2: "We will all be going to Vrndavana for the opening of our Krishna-Balarama temple there on April 20th, 1975. You and your family are cordially invited to attend." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 14:53 | 1974 April 28: "As for political speaking, first of all, don't go so much into the details of the affairs. Our message is that people should elect pure God Conscious leaders, that is our main statement. We cannot go into details. As a side touch you can speak on inflation." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 04:29 | April 1, 2009 1961 April 1: "While I was on tour a letter from you was sent to me. For the present I have come to Delhi from Vrindaban and am staying at the above camp address. If you please send me a copy of the same by return post." Prabhupada Letters :: 1947-64 letters | 21:01 | 1966 April 1: "Dwadasi. I passed the night at Paul's 94 Bowery Place. It was nice. In the evening the meeting was experimentally held there. Attendance was four only. Mr. Pop came to see me. He saw the books. Took one copy of the 1st Part." Prabhupada Journal :: 1966 letters | 20:56 | 1970 April 1: "Radha Krsna topics are for both liberated and conditioned souls, but conditioned souls should not much discuss. This should be discussed with advanced students, not with ordinary men." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 20:55 | 1970 April 1: "If George Harrison gives us a place, just like Lennon, then you can start a similar temple there. But unless there is some tangible program there, I think you should not divert attention." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 20:52 | 1971 April 1: "I am so much appreciative. Simply you are going, husband and wife, chanting Hare Krishna, and preaching pure Krishna Consciousness. May Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu bestow upon you His full blessings." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 20:48 | 1971 April 1: "The philosophy should be illustrated, but everything must be done with clear intelligence according to the Parampara revealation of the Absolute Truth and Krsna will give you good understanding for the purpose." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 20:46 | 1974 April 1: "We have our political party under the name, In God We Trust. In England if the leading personalities cooperate we can have the whole Parliament as Krsna conscious men including her Majesty the Queen." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 20:44 | 1974 April 1: "Your program to meet her Majesty is very attractive. That George Harrison is preparing some wonderful surprises like my classes with Prince Charles etc. will be a great opportunity." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 20:42 | 1975 April 1: "Encourage Siddhasvarupa Maharaja to continue to speak as much as possible and give him all facilities. Whenever there is some question or if he speaks something incorrect, you may humbly correct him." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 20:38 | March 31, 2009 1966 March 31: "Ekadasi. Only two persons came today to meet me. Thirty days notice served to land Lord. He repaired the window according to his liking. It is not approved by me. The door is still insecure." Prabhupada Journal :: 1966 letters | 18:23 | 1971 March 31: "My Dear Dayalaji Birla, My attempt at the Cross Maidan has become very successful. I hope you will generously contribute so that your example may be followed by other rich men in India." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 18:21 | 1973 March 31: "You have committed a very grave error. I am depending on you leaders for the future of our Society. This is causing me heartache worrying how things will go on. What can I do?" Prabhupada Letters :: 1973 letters | 18:16 | 1973 March 31: "You have begged for my blessings and I give them to you because you are my spiritual son. But from now refrain from any sex life at all, that can be your austerity." Prabhupada Letters :: 1973 letters | 18:15 | 1973 March 31: "There is no need of adding further Deities. Once installed it cannot be changed. Do not make it childish, too much addition of Deities will encumber us." Prabhupada Letters :: 1973 letters | 18:11 | March 30, 2009 1966 March 30: "Dashami. Praying Lord Chaitanya for guidance whether I shall go to Paul's loft in Bowery. Evening meeting was held and seven ladies and gentlemen attended. It is settled that Susman and Paul will come on Friday 1st April to take me to Paul's loft." Prabhupada Journal :: 1966 letters | 18:14 | 1967 March 30: "I am aware that you are feeling my absence just as I am feeling the absence from you. But in the meantime this must be so and Krishna will provide for you as long as you keep chanting Hare Krishna." Prabhupada Letters :: 1967 letters | 18:12 | 1968 March 30: "I am extending my stay here. We had many engagements in radio and television and we are going to have more. The kirtanas are going on nicely and people are taking interest in them." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 18:09 | 1969 March 30: "Certainly I am pressed with heavy work but by the Grace of Krishna, it does not depress me. In comparison to the Goswamis, this engagement in insignificant." Prabhupada Letters :: 1969 letters | 18:07 | 1970 March 30: "I am very glad to learn of your ten hour daily Sankirtana schedule, and that you have found a very good house for a new Temple. So why not acquire it as soon as possible?" Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 18:04 | 1970 March 30: "The picture of George Harrison chanting Hare Krsna Mantra along with you is very nice. I am pleased with his dealing with us and I pray to Krsna that he shall make more and more advancement." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 18:02 | 1971 March 30: "The mercy of the bona fide spiritual master is there equally for everyone. Just like the sun is shining equally everywhere, yet there are those who refuse to come out completely into the light." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 17:58 | 1974 March 30: "Last time I was in Vrindaban we decided we shall take both lands. If they are available we are prepared to pay immediately. If they are prepared, arrange for the purchase." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 17:55 | March 29, 2009 1961 March 29: "You know that I am a Sannyasi without any relation with Bank neither I am attached with financing institution. But the Japanese organizers want me to be present there." Prabhupada Letters :: 1947-64 letters | 22:09 | 1966 March 29: "Navami. Today I went to see the loft of Mr. Paul. I do not know if Lord Chaitanya wants me to change my present place just to facilitate my missionary work. I do not mind my loss for the typewriter and tape recorder if I am given the facility of my missionary work." Prabhupada Journal :: 1966 letters | 22:06 | 1968 March 29: "You practice chanting, husband and wife together, and Krishna may send some friends. We have to create the atmosphere of Krishna Consciousness, and thus create devotees also." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 22:05 | 1968 March 29: "Father and Mother should be offered proper respect but you cannot accept their non-Godly instructions. Try to keep our friendship with everyone in the world, but we cannot sacrifice our principles." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 22:04 | 1970 March 29: "Caitanya Mahaprabhu was selling the transcendental commodity in exchange for eagerness. If people simply become faithful, that will be the price for our transcendental commodity, Hare Krsna Mantra." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 21:56 | 1970 March 29: "The path of Krsna Consciousness is compared to a sharpened razor blade. If you carefully manipulate it, the blade helps by clean shaving; but a little inattention causes a bloody cheek." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 21:54 | 1974 March 29: "Everyone has to accept a particular leader and follow his instructions. But because the leaders are all fools and rascals, the ultimate result is disappointment." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 21:52 | 1974 March 29: "India has gone from dependence to independence, but factually the situation has deteriorated from bad to worse. This is due to imperfect leaders." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 21:51 | |
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