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| .: Prabhupada Letters :. Anthology a.c. bhaktivedanta swami |
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May 16, 2009 1966 May 16: "I know you well and I think once we met at Vrindaban and I took prasadam in your Matha behind the Ranganatha Temple. Perhaps you saw my paper also Back to Godhead." Prabhupada Letters :: 1966 letters | 10:08 | 1971 May 16: "It is so much encouraging to hear how eagerly the high school boys and girls are taking to your preaching, so continue this program. And thank you very much for your good feelings. I shall be returning very soon." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 10:06 | 1972 May 16: "If the Americans can take this up seriously, why not others? We are trying to unify the whole population of this globe by this movement. There are blessings of Lord Caitanya in this connection, and if we try sincerely it will be successful." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 10:04 | 1972 May 16: "My dear Acyutananda, sometime ago you asked my permission for accepting some disciples, now the time is approaching very soon when you will have many disciples by your strong preaching work." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 10:01 | 1972 May 16: "Last time you told me that Lalita Prasad wanted to see me and according to his desire I saw him. And the proposal was accepted by him. Now it appears he has changed his mind so what can be done?" Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 10:00 | 1973 May 16: "Regarding fourth canto, go on and prepare for publishing as quickly as possible. The first six volumes are selling very well so we may print more volumes and they will also sell." Prabhupada Letters :: 1973 letters | 09:57 | 1974 may 16: "Religious systems up to the idea of liberation are cheating. Actually there is no religion in the world accept Bhagavat religion, namely surrendering to the lotus feet of the Lord. This means the bhakti marga is the only religion." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 09:56 | 1974 May 16: "I have not done anything personally, very wonderful. If I have done anything of credit it is that I have not changed their teachings. I have not added anything of my own interpretation." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 09:53 | May 15, 2009 1966 May 15: "Ekadasi. The whole day I was in Ananda Ashram I came back at 5 P.M. Yolanda brought me back by her car. She has promised to come here on Wednesday next." Prabhupada Journal :: 1966 letters | 00:46 | 1969 May 15: "If we cannot organize these sales, there is no use of printing books and stocking them in our store room. It would be better to hand it over to the MacMillan Company." Prabhupada Letters :: 1969 letters | 00:45 | 1971 May 15: "Now you say August 1st, but last time you said June 1st, so how long this delaying business shall go on? Our Bhagavad-gita As It Is is too much important to the world." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 00:44 | 1972 May 15: "So far our investing, where is our money to invest? We have no money to invest. Our process is to collect and spend, from left hand to right hand, or from right hand to left hand." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 00:42 | 1972 May 15: "We have taken a very responsible task. At the present moment, to speak the truth, the whole population of the world are demons and animals. It may be a very strong aspersion but this is the fact." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 00:41 | 1972 May 15: "The people are so mad, they are talking so many nonsense things - nonsense philosophy, nonsense science - and our task is to meet all of them and at the same time pacify them in their lunatic condition." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 00:40 | 1974 May 15: "There is a Festival in Rome, and then Geneva for another festival and for meetings with the World Health Council. Then Paris and Amsterdam and on to Koln, and then Heidelberg and Sweden. Rathayatra in Chicago and then San Francisco on July 8th." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 00:38 | 1975 May 15: "Why these books are not being published? This is our first business. Immediately, these pending books must all be published. Why the delay?" Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 00:25 | May 14, 2009 1966 May 14: "Dasami. Paul was paid for Expenditure $1.00. There was meeting at noon. Sanskrit class contribution $4.00. I went to Ananda Ashram there was Keertan in the evening." Prabhupada Journal :: 1966 letters | 00:21 | 1968 may 14: "Our only business is to spread Krishna Consciousness to the best of our possibility, and Krishna has given us discrimination and judgment. So, Krishna is within you, you chant and ask Him, Krishna and He will give you proper instruction." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 00:19 | 1969 May 14: "You should always have Sankirtana going on. All other things are subsidiary. This chanting is our life and soul, so we must arrange there will be as much chanting on the streets and at college engagements as possible." Prabhupada Letters :: 1969 letters | 00:18 | 1970 May 14: "My hearty thanks are to George Harrison because now he is chanting Hare Krsna so enthusiastically. I am marking that George has the serving spirit, and that is making him advance gradually." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 00:15 | 1972 May 14: "Too much business or paperwork, vouchers, plans, these things become too much cumbersome for our spiritual growth, they take us away from our real emphasis of work, namely, to go back to Home, back to Godhead." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 00:13 | 1973 May 14: "Then it is to be understood that all the sevaits have combined together to evict us. Then we'll have to take the matter to the rent controller. In India we have got experience, there are so many cheaters. So be very careful of them." Prabhupada Letters :: 1973 letters | 00:12 | 1975 May 14: "This policy is not good. Why this change has been made? I never said they should not use their beads. That is the trouble with you Westerners, always changing." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 00:10 | 1975 May 14: "I wanted to see you very urgently to know about your family affairs. When I was grhastha, I had visited your home two or three times. Now, I am a sannyasi. So, it will be very kind of you to write me how I can see you." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 00:09 | May 13, 2009 1969 May 13: "Your next festival will be Rairaya - on this day the Gopis played by making Radharani a Queen, and She is seated on a gorgeous throne, and Krishna is made as Her doorman. There is nice feasting, dancing and singing." Prabhupada Letters :: 1969 letters | 13:14 | 1970 May 13: "The policy of the BTG should be always writing articles which can be understood by people in general. Vedic literatures like Brahma Samhita may be published in separate books, but assimilated ideas may be published in BTG." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 13:11 | 1970 May 13: "Aurobindo does not belong to the Bhakti school. He is more or less a dry philosopher, mental speculator, with some mystic ideas. We are simply concerned with pure devotees, so we have nothing to learn from Aurobindo." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 13:09 | 1970 May 13: "There is a sort of conspiracy by some of our God-brothers. The money is there, the sanction is there, the land is there, and still if it does not take place, I shall understand it that this is not the desire of Srila Prabhupada." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 13:07 | 1972 May 13: "You must construct something wonderful. Otherwise, it will be a discredit to you American boys. And in every temple food distribution must go on profusely with American food supplies. That will exalt the position of America in India." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 13:05 | 1972 May 13: "Simply supplying food is nonsense. Spiritual education means just to inject in their ears about our philosophy, externally they chant beads, wear tilak, without any discrimination of Hindu or Muslim or anything." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 13:03 | 1974 May 13: "When Krsna comes all the incarnations are within him. Actually this is a very intricate question. So not be so concerned about it now. When you become more advanced you will be able to realize these things." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 12:57 | 1973 May 13: "The physician said that I should come back to India immediately. I will stay at Mayapur. In Calcutta, the ayurvedic physician felt my pulse and said there is something very wrong within me but I left the next day." Prabhupada Letters :: 1973 letters | 12:54 | May 12, 2009 1966 May 12: "Astami. Today I enquired about registration of the League of Devotees. It is understood the expenditure will be about $300.00 (including Lawyer's 200.00)" Prabhupada Journal :: 1966 letters | 15:45 | 1972 May 12: "Practically, this ISKCON organization is there because I have been always travelling. I never sat down in my old age, no. So you follow my example and preach widely all over the world, that is Caitanya Mahaprabhu's version." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 14:11 | 1972 May 12: "You may borrow the $15,000 from me, I have no objection. But now you have agreed to give him $4000 per month, that was a great mistake. I am simply surprised how you all GBC men agreed. So the mistake has been made, now it has to be corrected by other ways." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 14:09 | 1972 May 12: "I want now that all of my GBC secretaries do my work. Now you be always travelling seeing how the students are making spiritual progress. That is our real concern, the spiritual progress of life. That is duty of GBC." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 14:07 | 1974 May 12: "I regard Hong Kong as an important center. But we need experienced devotees. Now I know you are an experienced manager but sometimes you have left. So do not leave anymore and stay, then it is alright." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 14:05 | 1975 May 12: "Now, I am on world tour. I am staying in Perth, Australia, then in one week, I shall go to Melbourne, then Fiji, then Honolulu where I will stay for at least one month. Then I shall go to Philadelphia and San Francisco, etc." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 14:00 | 1975 May 12: "Get some land near the Buddha Jayanti Park. I wish to develop a Janmastami Park and construct a grand temple of Krishna Balarama there and keep many cows and invite all the residents of New Delhi to observe a grand festival on Janmastami day. That is my ambition." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 13:58 | May 11, 2009 1966 May 11 : "Saptami. In the evening there were nine or ten ladies gentlemen attending today's meeting. Two sets of books taken by instalment. Discussed with Carl about L.S.D. He is convinced about my arguments that there is no necessity of it for spiritual revelation." Prabhupada Journal :: 1966 letters | 10:12 | 1970 May 11 : "What happened to the other two pairs of Deities? They are immediately required for Paris and Berlin. Kindly treat this as urgent, and let me know what is the situation." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 10:12 | 1971 May 11 : "Sydney HERE DEITY INSTALLED. BIG PUBLICITY. YOUR LETTER 7TH MAY. REACHING 13TH NITE 93C BOAC 719 WITH BALIMARDAN--BHAKTIVEDANTA." letters | 10:11 | 1972 May 11 : "I have sent many men to help you, now engage them, that is leadership - how to engage everyone in their respective duties and properly utilize their energy." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 10:11 | 1972 May 11 : "What is there in occupying a post? We simply want to serve Krishna." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 10:10 | 1973 May 11 : "This man is playing some trick so we shall also play some trick. In this way we have to deal with these men." Prabhupada Letters :: 1973 letters | 10:09 | 1974 May 11: "The karmis who the boys deal with here are always cheating them, and only because I am here I catch so many things. As I am leaving soon, I am fearful what will happen here in my absence?" Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 06:28 | 1975 May 11: "Wherever you live, you can follow the regulative principles and my instructions along with chanting. That will make you happy. Do not deviate from the path I have chalked out for every one of you." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 06:20 | 1975 May 11: "Unfortunately, both of you fell victim to sense enjoyment and now both of you are fallen from service. Anyway, what can I do? I can simply pray to Krishna for revival of your old Krishna Consciousness." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 06:19 | May 10, 2009 1966 May 10 : "Sasthi. Today also did not go out. Letter received from Robert Nelson who tried Harper Row for publication. Two letters written; one to Brindaban De and the other to Captain Pandya. Both Brindaban and Captain Pandya written about khola, kartal and harmonium." Prabhupada Journal :: 1966 letters | 15:35 | 1967 May 10 : "Here new youngsters are coming more and more to take interest. We require a bigger place and there is a nice building in this area. We are negotiating but do not know what is Krishna's plan. " Prabhupada Letters :: 1967 letters | 15:35 | 1968 May 10 : "I am so pleased to learn that you are constantly trying to follow my instructions. Of course, I have no particular instructions, save and except the instructions which I have heard from my Spiritual Master." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 15:34 | 1970 May 10 : "Why do the leaders of this movement fight amongst themselves for supremacy? If the Prabhus have surrendered to the Prabhupada, why there shall be such mentality of occupying the superior position?" Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 15:33 | 1973 May 10 : "Most people cannot approach Krsna Consciousness. Like a rare gem, only a few can purchase, only a few may be capable of grasping it's importance." Prabhupada Letters :: 1973 letters | 15:32 | 1973 May 10 : "If just 1% of the world's population becomes Krsna Conscious, the whole situation on the earth will change. Just see what has happened. I started alone and in just seven years it is growing more and more." Prabhupada Letters :: 1973 letters | 15:31 | 1974 May 10: "Everyone has some potency. You have special potency. Do not waste it in the service of maya. Although there is inconvenience, we must endure it with a vow to finish our business in Krishna conscious service." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 05:54 | 1975 May 10: "Mahatma Gandhi wanted this village organization. The people should give their labor for their own food and clothing, and then chant Hare Krishna Maha-mantra and cultivate Krishna Consciousness." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 05:18 | |
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