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April 18, 2009 1961 April 18: "I was born 1st September 1896 in Calcutta as the third son of my father Late Gaura Mohon De and mother late Rajani Devi in the family of one of very respectable Gold merchant aristocracy of Calcutta." Prabhupada Letters :: 1947-64 letters | 13:28 | 1966 April 18: "Chaturdasi. Today I took delivery of Passport from the New India House. It is renewed to a period of two years more i.e. up to 9th June 1968. Expenditure -- Paul Paid -- $1.00 Bus fare -- .30 Postage -- 1.10 2.40 Income -- $2.00" Prabhupada Journal :: 1966 letters | 13:25 | 1967 April 18: "You will be pleased to know that specially the younger section are accepting. I have now opened three centres, New York, San Francisco and Montreal. This branch is opened by one of my American disciples." Prabhupada Letters :: 1967 letters | 13:22 | 1970 April 18: "All our devotees are supposed to be brahmanas. Whatever they get in the form of contribution they can live barely to keep the body and soul together, and the balance spend for Krsna." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 13:19 | 1972 April 18: "You have retired from material life and Krishna has given you the nicest place in this material world to live in, so stick there and every month send one BTG Hindi composition to Tokyo." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 13:15 | 1972 April 18: "I am very glad to hear that you are all happy in Vrindaban and that our Sankirtana party from Radha Damodara Temple to our new place is being appreciated. Please continue this." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 13:13 | 1973 April 18: "We may not kill the demons but we can kill the demoniac tendency. So you should very enthusiastically lead the Sankirtana party and kill the demoniac tendency of the rascals." Prabhupada Letters :: 1973 letters | 13:11 | 1975 April 18: "If due to some past sinful activities, we are suffering some bodily miseries we should not become discouraged. Devotional service must continue under all circumstances." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 13:07 | April 17, 2009 1966 April 17: "Triodasi. Today up to 5pm I was in the Ashram. Came back at 6/15pm Paul was there. In the evening I came back to Bowery with the suitcase. One book due to Elsy was delivered to via the Studio. Book sale -- $10.00." Prabhupada Journa :: 1966 letters | 14:02 | 1970 April 17: "This Krishna Consciousness movement is not for the Hindus only, it is for everyone, even the animals. Hindus generally are not so liberal, but Lord Caitanya is very liberal." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 13:59 | 1970 April 17: "In KRSNA, Chapter 87, page four, the last line, I do not know what is this editing. This is an extraordinary word, so how it has avoided the vigilance of so many editors?" Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 13:58 | 1970 April 17: "So if none of the editors knew this word, why was it pushed? Nothing uncertain should be pushed. Now what other discrepancies there may be like this? Or what is the use of such editing?" Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 13:57 | 1971 April 17: "Re: Bhagavad-gita As It Is, are the pictures ready? the index, Sanskrit and English editing, layout, composition, etc.?? I am anxious to see this enlarged edition printed." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 13:52 | 1973 April 17: "We are printing Krishna Trilogy, Sri Isopanisad, and NOD, all 100,000 copies each, and Krishna hardback, 50,000. So I am very much engladened. Just continue it solidly, that is my request." Prabhupada Letters :: 1973 letters | 13:46 | 1975 April 17: "Your going away, I did not take very seriously. I am very glad that you have come back. You should remain with him. That is your duty. He is a very good boy." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 13:41 | April 16, 2009 1969 April 16: "Mr. George Harrison is purchasing 172 acres of land and will construct a temple of Radha-Krishna. This is very encouraging news. I shall send you a nice plan for a Radha-Krishna temple, a facsimile of Govindaji's temple in Vrindaban." Prabhupada Letters :: 1969 letters | 14:14 | 1970 April 16: "Regarding the three couples staying with George Harrison, if there is no contemplation of starting a new temple there, simply to take advantage of staying there is no good." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 14:12 | 1970 Aprl 16: "The devotees must live together and execute our Krishna Conscious business in right earnest. Not a single moment should be wasted - that is very important. We shall not act anything which has no connection directly with Krishna Consciousness business." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 14:09 | 1970 April 16: "I wish to see Back to Godhead published and distributed in the American way like Readers Digest, Life, etc., published in millions and distributed all over the world." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 14:04 | 1971 April 16: "I want to make a book trust of all my books. One-half of the money should be spent for building temples, one-half for reprinting our books. Unfortunately the building fund portion is now being swallowed up by eating." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 14:01 | 1973 April 16: "With regard to the Mayapur house I may suggest that you make one roof garden. On the top of the house you can put soil of six inches and then plant so many tulsi plants and nice bushes. I like garden very much." Prabhupada Letters :: 1973 letters | 13:59 | 1974 April 16: "I thank you very much for the astounding figures of book distribution in one day at the Chicago Airport. You are one of the successful pillars of our Krsna Consciousness movement." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 13:57 | 1975 April 16: It is a great service to sell our books to educational institutions. Take standing orders, as much as possible. If they invite me, I shall go there and speak amongst the educated persons." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 13:55 | April 15, 2009 1961 April 15: "I am an Indian Vaisnava Sannyasi dedicated to the cause of spiritual upliftment of the human society. I have therefore taken up the cause of the ensuing congress in your country and wish to meet you conveniently when I am in Japan." Prabhupada Letters :: 1947-64 letters | 14:08 | 1966 April 15: "Ekadasi. Met Assistant to Governor, Mr. Anderson. He is little sympathetic. Collection in the meeting -- $4.00. Books delivered to Elise. Two sets of books for sale in charge of Paul. Yolanda will take me to Ashram tomorrow at 2 P.M." Prabhupada Journal :: 1966 letters | 14:07 | 1967 April 15: "My dear Sri Krishna Panditji, as promised by me previously I am sending herewith the Gramophone Record of my Kirtana and short speech thereof. I hope you will enjoy it." Prabhupada Letters :: 1967 letters | 14:03 | 1970 April 15: "Regarding George's introduction, as he is not settled up and he wants to change it, we should wait for his final decision. For the time being I am holding its publication." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 14:01 | 1970 April 15: "The hypocrite atheist says that he does not believe in God, but he cannot say that he does not believe in death. Death is the representation of God before the atheist." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 14:00 | 1970 April 15: "There is never any question of the presence of God, only the lying rascal atheist tries to cheat by saying that he does not see God. But he cannot deny God when He comes before him in the form of Death." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 13:58 | 1972 April 15: "So far your GBC duties are concerned, everything is going very nicely here so there is no need for you to come. So I shall be very much satisfied if you go on increasing the beauty and importance of our Back to Godhead magazine." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 13:52 | 1972 April 15: "I am very much pleased to hear that your center is developing very nicely so if you like I can come there for about ten days before we must return to Los Angeles. Is that all right?" Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 13:49 | 1973 April 15: "My dear boys and girls, you are working so hard certainly my Guru Maharaja will bestow His blessings thousand times more than me. N.B. Every one should go with the Sankirtana Party as soon as possible." Prabhupada Letters :: 1973 letters | 13:45 | April 14, 2009 1967 April 14: "Although we have spent $500, our Lawyer is not yet successful. He does not advise me to cross the borders and I cannot return to U.S.A. It is very difficult to deal with these lawyers." Prabhupada Letters :: 1967 letters | 18:17 | 1970 April 14: "When I left my household life and was living alone in Vrndavana or travelling for pushing on BTG, they were very hard days. Therefore, when BTG will be published not in hundreds of thousands, but in millions - that will give me great solace." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 18:15 | 1970 April 14: "Three couples from our London temple are living at George Harrison's place. To live in the association of devotees is a great strength. Adjust things that the devotees may live together." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 18:11 | 1971 April 14: "My program here is not yet fixed up. Presently arrangements are being made for me to go to Australia, Malaysia and Russia. I have received one invitation to speak at the University in Moscow. So we shall see what Krishna desires." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 18:01 | 1972 April 14: "Comfort means no bodily discomfort, and for this Krishna Consciousness education, many Calcutta rich men will send their children. Actually the Bhaktivinode Institute was started for this purpose, but they have turned it into an ordinary school." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 17:59 | 1972 April 14: "I have given you one lakh already, so balance you try to raise funds. As soon as you send me, jointly signed, a statement of how the money I gave you was spent, along with vouchers, then I can arrange more in future." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 17:56 | 1972 April 14: "We should avoid any quarrel with our godbrothers, and always be very nice and kind to them, and cooperate with them. So he should beg his forgiveness, and bow and touch his feet. There is no harm in such behavior of begging forgiveness." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 17:54 | 1974 April 14: "Now you are all senior members, please try to rectify this rift amongst yourselves. You must all push on cooperatively and spare me from too much management intervention; that will be your success." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 17:50 | April 13, 2009 1966 April 13: "Navami. Today I received one letter from the chief assistant of the Governor of New York. In the evening eight ladies and gentlemen attended the meeting. Paul's T.R. is alright. Income -- $1.00." Prabhupada Journal :: 1966 letters | 18:04 | 1968 April 13: "You should understand first of all the philosophy. Without understanding the philosophy of Krishna Consciousness, if we try to convert Christians into Krishna Consciousness, it will be utter failure." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 18:00 | 1969 April 13: "Before I came from India, I published three volumes of Srimad-Bhagavatam, each of about 400 pages. Since then I have published Bhagavad-gita As It Is by MacMillan and Teachings of Lord Caitanya." Prabhupada Letters :: 1969 letters | 17:58 | 1969 April 13: "You have mentioned about the disagreement amongst our god-brothers, and it is a fact. But so far as I am concerned, I am trying to execute my humble bit, and if somebody disagrees in these activities, what can I do?" Prabhupada Letters :: 1969 letters | 17:54 | 1971 April 13: "Yes, I acted the part of Advaita Prabhu in one such drama. I organized that theater performance in my youthhood. It was very much appreciated by the highest class of men in Calcutta. We were invited to many places to perform." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 17:51 | 1974 April 13: "I think there is more advantage in Bir Krsna remaining fully engaged in his temple duties than in going back to college. What would be the practical benefit of such degree?" Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 17:49 | 1974 April 13: "After Hyderabad I travel one week in Southern India; then Paris, five days each in Geneva, Rome, Sweden, Germany. Then Australia and back to India by Janmastami. After that England and then the U.S." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 17:47 | April 12, 2009 1966 April 12: "Astami. Today I had been to New India House. Mr. Mukherji of Passport Department kept my undertaking and passport for necessary action. Paul paid for battery $1.00. Bus fare .30. Total Expenditure -- 1.30." Prabhupada Journal :: 1966 letters | 21:56 | 1967 April 12: "The Lord Has millions of holy names and each and every name is full potential. We are chanting Hare Krishna. We follow Lord Caitanya's footprints to achieve very quick result." Prabhupada Letters :: 1967 letters | 21:54 | 1968 April 12: "There are many branches and it is not possible to record all the branches and sub-branches in disciplic succession. We have to pick up the prominent acaryas, and follow from him." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 21:51 | 1969 April 12: "I am always for cooperation, and I don't criticize anybody. I am very busy with my own work. I am prepared to cooperate in every way, but I wonder if the other side is prepared for this also." Prabhupada Letters :: 1969 letters | 21:47 | 1970 April 12: "I think George does not require to become my formal disciple because he is already more than my disciple. I have all blessings for him." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 21:46 | 1972 April 12: "This prasadam distribution is very, very important, and it is so much pleasing to me. Please continue this program rigidly." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 21:44 | 1972 April 12: "So far my chastising you for your questions, it is a father's duty to sometimes reprimand in order to teach. But this harshness is only for the son's benefit." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 21:42 | 1973 April 12: "In the past you were sending me the dried banana, so you please resume sending. The day after tomorrow I am starting for Los Angeles, so I would like to receive some of that dried banana from you." Prabhupada Letters :: 1973 letters | 20:47 | |
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