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| .: Prabhupada Letters :. Anthology a.c. bhaktivedanta swami |
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June 20, 2009 1966 June 20 : "Tritiya. One artist has drawn a picture of Sri Sri Radha Krishna. So I have hung over the present Lord Chaitanya's picture. It is looking nice. There was meeting: 16 persons attended and the contribution was $9.00, book collection $1.25." Prabhupada Journal :: 1966 letters | 03:52 | 1968 June 20: "Your simplicity is a great asset for Krishna Consciousness. Krishna is very kind to the meek and simple. Better to remain dull and simple as you are, and thus make advancement in Krishna Consciousness." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 03:50 | 1968 June 20: "This is very good opportunity that your mind, hand, and attention are all absorbed in Krishna samadhi, and tongue chanting Hare Krishna. This is first class samadhi, and the highest position of the greatest yogis." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 03:49 | 1972 June 20 : "We have got enough followers, let us train them up perfectly. Unless all of my students become very much fixed up in their spiritual progress, what is the use of so many programs for expansion?" Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 03:47 | 1972 June 20 : "If we are able to make a whole generation of our children into fine Krsna Conscious preachers, that will be the glory of our movement. But if we neglect or if we lose even one Vaisnava - that is very great loss." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 03:46 | 1975 June 20: "It is my habit to see that money is not being squandered. We are collecting with great effort, if money is spent unnecessarily, I feel very badly. Now I am very much doubtful. I think there has been some cheating." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 03:24 | 1975 June 20: "Yes, I shall arrange to pay. Don't worry. This I have already said. Why are you speaking of a loan when you have already taken two lakhs from the Book Fund? What do you mean that you want another loan?" Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 03:23 | 1975 June 20: "My mission started by selling my books, and still whatever money we are getting it is coming from selling my books. You simply have to apply your brain to selling my books - then you will have plenty of money." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 03:14 | June 19, 2009 1968 June 19: "Your sentiments expressed in this letter are transcendentally relished. Certainly you are mine and I am Krishna's, therefore you are also Krishna's. By following the disciplic succession, beginning from Krishna, everything becomes ultimately connected with Krishna." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 10:59 | 1970 June 19: "The first and foremost thing is regular printing of our Back to Godhead magazines. Our next printing will be KRSNA, second volume, minimum 5,000 copies, but if we get good response on the first volume, then it may be increased to 10,000 copies." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 10:57 | 1970 June 19: "I wish to send some free copies of KRSNA Book to George Harrison for distribution amongst his intimate friends as he likes. Recently I have recorded some songs. If you so desire, I can send them for George." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 10:54 | 1970 June 19: "Now my desire is that I completely devote my time in the matter of writing and translating books, and arrangement should now be done that our Society be managed automatically. I think we should have a central governing body for dealing with important matters." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 10:50 | 1972 June 19: "Now we have got so many students and so many temples but I am fearful that if we expand too much in this way that we shall become weakened and gradually the whole thing will become lost." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 10:48 | 1972 June 19: "Just like milk. We may thin it more and more with water for cheating the customer, but in the end it will cease to be any longer milk. Better to boil the milk now very vigorously and make it thick and sweet, that is the best process." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 10:46 | 1972 June 19: "You must encourage the students to read our books as much as possible. Let us concentrate on training our devotees very thoroughly by discussing always and in so many ways instruct them in the right understanding." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 10:44 | 1974 June 19: "A difficulty has arisen in that we have not yet received visa permission from the Australian government. Do not go outside of India. I want to discuss on some important subject matter and want to meet you." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 10:35 | June 18, 2009 1968 June 18: "You should know that you are always with me. Because you are sincere servitor of Krishna and following my direction sincerely, so you are always with me. In future I shall try to keep you in my association." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 11:33 | 1969 June 18: "Rest assured this Sankirtana Movement is specifically benedicted by Lord Caitanya for achieving all kinds of success. Stick to the principles seriously and faithfully, and there will be no difficulty." Prabhupada Letters :: 1969 letters | 11:31 | 1970 June 18: "Rathayatra day feast should consist of bhuni kitchari which you make by first frying the dahl and rice in ghee. Other preparations may be a fruit salad, sweet rice, puris, a chutney, and a vegetable which is neither wet nor dry." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 11:29 | 1973 June 18: "Preaching means to increase our family members. Initiation means "to begin" not that when one is initiated a disciple becomes slack; rather upon initiation one begins spiritual life in earnest." Prabhupada Letters :: 1973 letters | 11:25 | 1974 June 18: "You are traveling widely and managing many projects. Krsna will give you stamina and intelligence provided you are sincere and remain strong spiritually by following the regulative principles." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 11:18 | 1974 June 18: "I am always eager to hear that Gurukula is going well so be very vigilant that this program is just to the standard as I introduced it. There is no more important school in the world." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 11:16 | 1974 June 18: "You have very carefully considered the candidates and had several interviews. I am especially concerned that second initiation not be taken cheaply and devotees who do not even rise early be recommended for brahmana." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 11:14 | 1975 June 18: "Biological evolution is taking place on account of the soul's desire. It takes place because of infection. Krishna Consciousness is the vaccine for all the diseases (different forms of material bodies)." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 10:19 | June 17, 2009 1966 June 17: "Chaturdasi. In the evening Mr. Goldsmith hanged the notice on the door to be so remained for 15 day in terms of the Law. It is expected that the incorporation will take place sometimes after the 6th July 1966." Prabhupada Letters :: 1966 letters | 07:45 | 1968 June 17: "We want some facilities for presenting our formulas to the different nations of the world. If the United Nations hear the basic principles of our Movement, they will feel obliged to get this enlightenment." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 07:42 | 1970 June 17: "I am simply an instrument in the hands of my Spiritual Master. I do not know how far I have got the capacity to carry His order, but I may say that I have a sincere desire to do it." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 07:37 | 1971 June 17: "Try especially to distribute our literatures. These books are so much potent that anyone who reads them is sure to become Krishna Conscious. So we want to make propaganda in that way." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 07:36 | 1972 June 17: "Now you all leaders must become very much responsible and do the work that I am doing to the same standard. If there is any forgetfulness everything will be spoiled in time." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 07:33 | 1973 June 17: "There is nothing that can stop the Sankirtana Movement because it is the will of God Himself, Lord Caitanya. We should just be determined to carry out our mission against all opposition, demons, nuclear war, whatever." Prabhupada Letters :: 1973 letters | 07:32 | 1973 June 17: "Preach all over the world that the only way to be saved from collective and individual devastation is to take to the chanting of Hare Krsna. Always chant Hare Krsna and seek Krsna's protection." Prabhupada Letters :: 1973 letters | 07:30 | 1975 June 17: "Any position we remain in, we must have full dependence on our spiritual life. This will maintain our spiritual strength. And if we maintain our spiritual strength, then anywhere we live, we live under the protection of Krishna." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 07:24 | June 16, 2009 1968 June 16: "What is the difficulty of enforcing these rules? They are rules, and they are simple rules, and must be followed. One must be prepared to follow the rules for Krishna. Otherwise where is the proof that he loves Krishna?" Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 06:58 | 1969 June 16: "Visala Das will be your name eternally. Eternally you are the servant. It is not very important. It is sufficient for you to know that you are always the servant of Visala, or Krishna." Prabhupada Letters :: 1969 letters | 06:56 | 1969 June 16: "Whatever is offered goes through the Spiritual Master. The Spiritual Master offers it to Krishna then Radha Krishna eats, then Caitanya Mahaprabhu eats, then the Spiritual Master eats, and it becomes Mahaprasadam." Prabhupada Letters :: 1969 letters | 06:50 | 1971 June 16: "One who goes against the rules and regulations of scriptures is causing pain to the supersoul. Parching the body means parching the supersoul. Remembrance of Krishna's lila should come automatically, not that you are remembering artificially." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 06:47 | 1972 June 16: "All my senior disciples and leaders now you must become very, very much aware of your grave responsibility to the human society and utilize every moment in the best manner possible." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 06:45 | 1972 June 16: "As GBC man you shall be my personal secretary for maintaining the highest level of Krishna Consciousness amongst the devotees in your zone." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 06:44 | 1972 June 16: "I am very much concerned that the devotees should be given all good instruction. That is the duty of the GBC man. If the devotees, especially the responsible officers, do not have any knowledge, how can they preach?" Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 06:42 | 1975 June 16: "Regarding these sannyasis, I have never approved of this action. You can tell them. Everyone is concocting something of their own. It must be checked." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 06:35 | June 15, 2009 1969 June 15: "With this taste we become more and more attracted, and more and more Krishna gives encouragement, and more and more we increase in our desire to serve Krishna in pure Krishna Consciousness." Prabhupada Letters :: 1969 letters | 03:50 | 1969 June 15: "I am so much encouraged that one very nice boy has come to live in your temple. You are all working sincerely to serve Krishna, and now one sincere soul has been so attracted by this, that he is also coming to join you." Prabhupada Letters :: 1969 letters | 03:48 | 1970 June 15 : "Since you met with the motor accident, although I am getting your news time to time, still I was very much anxious to write you directly. Do not be worried, Krsna has saved you, and very soon you will regain strength." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 03:38 | 1971 June 15 : "Whatever GBC members decide, I have nothing to disagree with. But economically the existing proposal is not very sound. If the printing takes two years, then what becomes the total cost of Bhagavad-gita As It Is?" Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 03:37 | 1972 June 15 : "Are you again acting upon your old principles in the guise of a Sannyasi from our disciplic succession? This cannot be allowed. If you are sincere to our line of action, please come here and live with me for some time." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 03:36 | 1972 June 15 : "I act like a king because no one can defeat me, and similarly, you should take your responsibility very, very seriously as the representative of Caitanya Mahaprabhu." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 03:35 | 1972 June 15 : "I have worked alone, now you are so many. Our scope is unlimited, our resources unlimited. Now we have got 100 branches, so when I finish Srimad Bhagavatam there must be at least 1000 branches." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 03:34 | 1972 June 15 : "Don't be too much concerned with nondevotees, now we must fix-up what devotees we have got - then we will succeed. What good are many, many devotees if none of them are knowledgeable?" Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 03:32 | 1972 June 15: "Remain always compact in Vaikuntha yajna. Don't do anything artificially - that is sahajiya. You remain the beautiful maid servant of Krishna. Don't try to be ugly before Krishna. Krishna does not like ugly gopis." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 03:30 | June 14, 2009 1967 June 14 : "I think we can continue our centers in rented houses without endeavoring more for our own house. Rather we may train up boys for preaching work and send them back to all the parts of the world to preach this gospel." Prabhupada Letters :: 1967 letters | 19:01 | 1968 June 14 : "Whatever I am trying to bestow upon you all is the gift of Lord Krishna directly - I am just doing the work of a bearer. There is nothing of my personal contribution and I ask your mercy that I may do it without deviation." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 19:00 | 1969 June 14 : "Many of the American girls and boys are very qualified to take up this sublime movement. We simply have to instruct them nicely, and surely many will understand that here is such a nice thing - they must take to it." Prabhupada Letters :: 1969 letters | 18:59 | 1970 June 14 : "Spiritual life is just like handling a sharpened razor. Handle it nicely we become clean shaven, but a little inattention causes bloodstain. So always remember this and depend on Krsna and make your life progressive." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 18:58 | 1972 June 14 : "So far attending pujas at the houses of the Hindus, we can hold our kirtana but we should not take prasadam there. If they insist then we can take fruits and milk and offer them to Krishna." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 18:56 | 1973 June 14 : "So we must be prepared to fight. We cannot stop this movement. It is a fight against Maya. So Maya may sometimes cause casualties in our camp. We must only thank Krsna and seriously dedicate everything for Him." Prabhupada Letters :: 1973 letters | 18:55 | 1974 June 14: "We have to be patient. Like a woman who becomes married; if she immediately desires to have a child, that is not possible. But after due time, because she is with her husband, she will have child." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 18:49 | 1975 June 14: "Because you are my very intimate friend from college life, I wish that you may retire from family life and live in one of our so many centers wherever you like, and preach the cult of Krishna Consciousness." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 18:48 | |
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