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| .: Prabhupada Letters :. Anthology a.c. bhaktivedanta swami |
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May 2, 2009 1964 May: "I am seeking your help for getting some addresses of the thoughtful men of your country who are leading the public opinion and to whom I may be able to send this important paper for consideration." Prabhupada Letters :: 1947-64 letters | 20:18 | 1966 May 2: "Trayodasi. Today I did not go out the whole day I was engaged with my typewriter. In the evening there was meeting only five gentlemen attended. Mr. Carl brought his Tape recorder the appearance gorgeous but action is very poor." Prabhupada Journal :: 1966 letters | 20:15 | 1969 May 2: "I think Krishna desires to have this machine. You negotiate for the IBM Composer suitable for all of our purposes, books and magazines, and I shall ask Brahmananda to pay $600.00 when the negotiation is complete." Prabhupada Letters :: 1969 letters | 20:13 | 1972 May 2: "I wanted the GBC to see how the students are learning and reporting to me as my secretaries. I do not know how you could have missed these points, as they are clearly spelled out in my original constitution." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 20:08 | 1972 May 2: "So just see how much money you have wasted. No one followed my instructions in this matter, as I repeatedly advised and now so much money has been lost." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 20:05 | 1972 May 2: "My blessings to Visnujan, Silavati and all others. I am very much pleased with all these activities. This is carrying out the order of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. One thing, is prasadam being distributed profusely on this travelling party?" Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 20:03 | 1974 May 2: "Everyone was expecting me to arrive there but this was dependent on his sending tickets. He has now refused. Either he has no money or he has withdrawn his promise. In both cases the dealing is not very happy." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 20:00 | 1974 May 2: "Sometimes in the year 1950 or 51 I first met you in Jhansi and since then we were very intimately connected and you took Hare Nama from me and I also expected in the future both of us would preach the Krsna Consciousness movement all over the world." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 19:57 | May 1, 2009 1967 May 1: "Either I remain here or there my business is to chant the glories of Lord Krishna. I have no idea for sight seeing in any country because I know that all land belongs to Krishna and anywhere I remain I remain at His Lotus Feet." Prabhupada Letters :: 1967 letters | 14:54 | 1969 May 1: "I do not know why I am attached to your country, but I strongly believe if the American boys and girls would accept this philosophy, it would render the greatest service to the rest of the world." Prabhupada Letters :: 1969 letters | 14:51 | 1970 May 1: "I want the Temples should be constructed by the local natives - that is our success. If I bring money from India and construct a Temple here, that is not very creditable." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 14:50 | 1971 May 1: "Maya is always there like a shadow but if we become strong by following the regulative principles and chanting 16 rounds then everything will be all right." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 14:45 | 1973 May 1: "So the first 2 lacs they've already taken. Tactfully they did not give us the conveyance nor returned our money, but the deal is completed. So when they shall give the conveyance, then we shall pay the balance." Prabhupada Letters :: 1973 letters | 14:41 | 1974 May 1: "We are introducing Krsna Consciousness movement for the harmony and good will of humanity. But if you yourselves are suffering from the very ills we are trying to remove, how can the people be influenced favorably?" Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 14:38 | 1974 May 1: "Chanting, reading my books, going on sankirtana, following the regulative principles and worshiping the deity. This is the simple process and if we follow it we will become ideal. Otherwise, you will become victims of women and wealth." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 14:33 | 1974 May 1: "Your main activity should be to distribute books. By this most powerful preaching we are becoming very influential in your country and people are seriously reading the books and considering the importance of Krsna Consciousness." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 14:30 | April 30, 2009 1966 April 30: "At present I am staying in New York city and holding my classes on the culture of musical kirtana as well as discourses on the cult of devotion (Bhakti) which are participated by the American Youths, Ladies and Gentlemen." Prabhupada Letters :: 1966 letters | 16:18 | 1969 April 30: "So far as the songs that you have written, you may send me a copy of them and I shall see them. In Montreal also they are writing songs in the popular Western style of music and it is coming very nicely." Prabhupada Letters :: 1969 letters | 16:15 | 1969 April 30: "If your house can develop into a students home, preaching our philosophy to the residents, it will be a great service. If the occupants take part in kirtana and hear our philosophy, certainly they will take it up." Prabhupada Letters :: 1969 letters | 16:13 | 1970 April 30: "Parivrajakacarya is ordered not to stay more than three days at a place, but at the Paramahamsa stage, one can stop moving. So I have made my headquarters here, still I may go outside." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 16:06 | 1971 April 30: "It is published that four Hare Krishna Movement Missionaries were killed in Dacca by soldiers. I had advised not to go after the civil war began but I am afraid they were very daring and might have gone against my instruction." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 16:00 | 1973 April 30: "To err is human, so in the neophyte stage some discrepancies are there. Kindly forgive their small mistakes. The big thing is they have given everything to Krishna - that is never a mistake." Prabhupada Letters :: 1973 letters | 15:57 | 1974 April 30: "Forget your relationship with him. Now you become mixed up in Krsna business and live like a chaste Hindu widow woman, wear white sari and engage 24 hours a day in chanting Hare Krsna Mantra." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 15:54 | 1974 April 30: "They sit separately in the temple and then outside mix again. Therefore I get the boys and girls married. But nature is so strong that in spite of being married they are attracted to the opposite sex." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 15:51 | April 29, 2009 1968 April 29: "Try to talk about Krishna Consciousness to whomever you may meet. It doesn't matter whether a man is convinced or not, but by your sincere attempts to convince others you will get superior strength and knowledge." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 13:14 | 1969 April 29: "Do not be worried that there is only yourself. You will get more doubtlessly. Don't be agitated. If you have got a nice place and a Sankirtana Party, then success is assured." Prabhupada Letters :: 1969 letters | 13:10 | 1970 April 29: "On page 13 of Three Essays, manasinah is the correct word. And regarding KRSNA chapter 31, page 4, top, the word Hrdaya is correct. You must always ask the Lord's grace to make you in the right position." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 13:09 | 1970 April 29: "I think it will be best if you come here sometime soon at your convenience and we can discuss together our future plans for India. I will be very glad to see you both at that time." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 13:06 | 1973 April 29: "Why divert your attention in this way? There are so many books I have presented already, so whatever you have got, just become expert in that. There are many things still yet to be learned." Prabhupada Letters :: 1973 letters | 13:04 | 1973 April 29: "Regarding purchasing the Washington D.C. Temple, yes, we can do it. So you negotiate, and we shall purchase in name of M-V Trust." Prabhupada Letters :: 1973 letters | 13:03 | 1974 April 29: "So I am very much encouraged by this political field in America. But our political devotees must always stay firmly fixed up in the regulative principles so they will be actually brahmanas." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 13:01 | 1974 April 29: "I want to come to Stockholm. If possible schedule a meeting with some important men or if some of the leading citizens want to meet with me. Please fix up a time when I can come." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 12:58 | April 28, 2009 1966 April 28: "Navami. Today I brought all things from 72nd Street to Paul's loft. Expenses Paul paid $1.00. Sun Rise 5/05. Sunset 6/51. Moonset 1/52." Prabhupada Journal :: 1966 letters | 04:43 | 1969 April 28: "I shall arrive in Columbus on flight 485, United Airlines, at 10:47 on May 9, 1969. I am pleased to learn of your nice Krishna Conscious activities in Columbus, and I shall be happy to see you there soon." Prabhupada Letters :: 1969 letters | 04:42 | 1969 April 28: "You must occupy that house. If George Harrison's letter of guarantee is not sufficient, then I am also prepared to guarantee. Let them know that we are not paupers." Prabhupada Letters :: 1969 letters | 04:40 | 1970 April 28: "Let them follow Lord Jesus Christ. If one is not prepared to advance more, it is better to avoid. If one is limited by some formulas only, he is bound by a chain. So we are concerned only with persons who are not chained by anything." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 04:37 | 1974 April 28: "This early rising, holding classes, going out regularly for sankirtana, worshiping the deity are the very substance of devotional life. By your sincere devotional example you will attract more and more sincere boys and girls to Krsna Consciousness." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 04:32 | 1974 April 28: "The regulative principles are designed to take us gradually. Those who think they have already attained perfection are called sahajiya, or those who take things cheaply and simply imitate." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 04:30 | April 27, 2009 1966 April 27: "I shall open the Radha Krishna worship and Sankirtana in the rented house. The present flat is about 100' X 25' and there is ample place even to have a room for the deities of Radha and Krishna." Prabhupada Letters :: 1966 letters | 10:54 | 1967 April 27: "I have seen in you that Krishna has special mercy upon you and utilize this mercy fully so that in this very life you can be elected as the associate of Krishna in His supreme abode Goloka Vrindaban." Prabhupada Letters :: 1967 letters | 10:51 | 1967 April 27: "I am so glad to learn you had no difficulty on the border. These man made borders are disturbances in the Law of the Lord. As servants of Krishna we have every right to enter any land." Prabhupada Letters :: 1967 letters | 10:50 | 1969 April 27: "I am little disturbed hearing you are in financial difficulty. If you can sell our Back To Godheads and our books, how there can be financial difficulty? You can easily make $1,000 profit simply by selling BTG, and what to speak of our books?" Prabhupada Letters :: 1969 letters | 10:47 | 1970 April 27: "So try to recruit more members for our Society because we have to open many centers, and from each center we shall organize this moving Sankirtana Party." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 10:38 | 1971 April 27: "At least 400 of my foreign disciples must remain in India. They are my good assistants and they are missionaries also. So many Christian missionaries are working in this country. Why not Krishna Conscious missionaries?" Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 10:36 | 1973 April 27: "The steps you have taken are worthy of one who is my disciple. So please revive your old Krishna conscious activities and make your life successful. Do not spoil your life for a woman." Prabhupada Letters :: 1973 letters | 10:34 | 1974 April 27: "Other than the bona fide Vaisnava functions, we cannot divert our attention. This has spoiled the Hindu religion into a hodge podge pseudo religion. We can help them but the function has to be in connection with Krsna." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 10:32 | April 26, 2009 1968 April 26: "He was first deputed by my Guru Maharaja, along with our late God Brother, to open a missionary center but didn't make any appreciable advance. Except that he spent enormous money of my Guru Maharaja." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 10:02 | 1968 April 26: "This gentleman is very much materially ambitious. He wants to utilize Krishna Consciousness for his material name and fame. Sometimes he greatly offended our Guru Maharaja, and it so happened that at the last stage, practically Guru Maharaja rejected him." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 10:01 | 1968 April 26: "I shall always pray to Krishna that you may come out a successful and eminent scholar so that your writings and thoughts may be seriously taken by the mundane wranglers. Our only business is to present Krishna Consciousness to the ignorant mass of people." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 10:00 | 1970 April 26: "It appears you are on the attachment platform. The next platform is ecstasy, and then pure love of God. So stick to your duties and when it is convenient you can go with the Sankirtana Party." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 09:58 | 1971 April 26: "So we shall overflood the whole of Europe and America with KRSNA Book. 5,000 vol. II and 10,000 KRSNA vol. I @ $8.00 per copy less 40% = $72,000.00 to the Book Fund and again reprint." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 09:56 | 1972 April 26: "Get books, as many as possible and sell profusely for as much as you like and all profits above cost you use to buy the church. That is my plan." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 09:47 | 1972 April 26: "Plans, detailed program - they are not your job. The real thing, money, is in your hands. Concentrate on book sales and collecting with your SKP." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 09:46 | 1972 April 26: "Here, Sudama is taking sannyasa to overhaul the whole of Japan. I see these Japanese as better than the Americans, they offered me their obeisances immediately." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 09:45 | |
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