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| .: Prabhupada Letters :. Anthology a.c. bhaktivedanta swami |
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July 11, 2009 1966 July 11 : "To the surprise of the people gathered Mr Goldsmith stood up and made a short announcement asking for signers on an incorporation document for the Svami's new religious movement." Prabhupada Journal :: 1966 letters | 05:04 | 1967 July 11 : "On the plane I had no inconvenience and I got down safely and was received by the anxious devotees. Jayananda in a nice car brought me to the house, which is situated in an exceptionally nice spot." Prabhupada Letters :: 1967 letters | 05:03 | 1969 July 11 : "You have asked, is it true that the Spiritual Master remains in the material universe until all of His disciples are transferred to the Spiritual Sky? The answer is yes, this is the rule." Prabhupada Letters :: 1969 letters | 05:02 | 1970 July 11 : "Each and every one of our books should have pictures as many as possible. That is my desire. People become attracted and even without reading they become inclined to purchase. It is simply to the pictures." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 05:01 | 1971 July 11 : "I have not heard from you and I am anxious to know what is your program; how construction is going on, what plans are being made there, etc. So please let me know all the details as soon as possible." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 05:01 | 1972 July 11 : "Yes, Bhagavat Dasha, or ten day festival of reading from Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam will be nice. If I am in India at that time, I shall be pleased to attend." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 05:00 | 1973 July 11 : "We can use everything in Krsna's service. When Krsna gives us a nice big house that does not mean we use it for our eating and sleeping - but we work harder in His service." Prabhupada Letters :: 1973 letters | 04:58 | 1973 July 11 : "People are fed up with materialistic propaganda so you will find good response simply by chanting, speaking from Bhagavad gita, and distributing prasadam to everyone." Prabhupada Letters :: 1973 letters | 04:57 | July 10, 2009 1968 July 10: "Our mission is to reach the Supreme Planet, in the Spiritual Sky, namely the Abode of Krishna. As such, we cannot compromise that all sorts of meditation gives the same result. There is no Vedic evidence, neither any proof of the Acharya principles." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 16:38 | 1969 July 10: "One who has implicit faith in Krishna and the Spiritual Master, to such person the real import of the Vedas is revealed. At present your most important duty is to compose books. You have written nothing about your training in working the composer machine." Prabhupada Letters :: 1969 letters | 16:36 | 1969 July 10: "There is no question of any separation or divorce. The basic principle of married life in Krishna Consciousness is not whimsical lusts, but it is the eternal principle of rendering devotional service to Krishna." Prabhupada Letters :: 1969 letters | 16:33 | 1969 July 10: "So far human frailties are concerned, they can all be adjusted by dovetailing everything in Krishna Consciousness. Our Krishna is a great family Personality and our ambition is to enter into Krishna's family." Prabhupada Letters :: 1969 letters | 16:30 | 1970 July 10: "I am very glad that both of you went to Babu Ghat for chanting Hare Krsna. The same process I adopted when I started my Sankirtana in Tompkins Square. After all it is not a question of the place, but it is the person who chants which is important." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 16:28 | 1973 July 10: "The Rathayatra in London was very successful. The Guardian had a front page picture of our cart and how we are competition to the Lord Nelson monument in Trafalgar Square." Prabhupada Letters :: 1973 letters | 16:21 | 1973 July 10: "I talked with a very famous sculptor and today George Harrison is going to visit. They are arranging for visits by other famous men. This policy of important men being invited to talk with me should be implemented wherever I go." Prabhupada Letters :: 1973 letters | 16:17 | 1975 July 10: "Enclosed are some photographs of a lake here where I take morning walk. Now I want that our lake in Mayapur should be like this. You can make the stone stairway on four sides, one at each end and one at the middle of each side." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 16:12 | July 9, 2009 1963 July 9: "His Excellency Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, President of India: the Governor Of U.P., the Congress President and others all have sent their valued comments on my Srimad-Bhagavatam. I am also expecting your opinion on the publication. This will help me very much." Prabhupada Letters :: 1947-64 letters | 23:12 | 1968 July 9: "I am anxious about you because you are conducting one of the important departments of our activities and this will make your life successful. Keep yourself always healthy because you have to work so much for Krishna, and whenever you feel some difficulty, you may immediately inform me." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 23:08 | 1969 July 9: "So far as I am concerned, I have accepted you as my disciple and you have accepted me as your Spiritual Father. This relationship cannot be ended anymore. It is eternal. So it will be my duty always to pray to Krishna for your further and further improvement." Prabhupada Letters :: 1969 letters | 23:05 | 1970 July 9: "It is very difficult to deal with these misguided people. We don't accept manufactured avatara. If Meher Baba or any other Baba claims to be Krsna, why will any intelligent man will go to the substitute leaving aside the original?" Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 23:03 | 1971 July 9: "You have been in this movement since the very beginning and you say that you don't understand. And you have so many questions, but you will go on questioning throughout your whole life and never understand. So what is the use of asking questions?" Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 22:59 | 1971 July 9: "GBC members are simply to see that things are going on. They are simply to examine that things are going on nicely, that is all. Other centers have got president, secretary, etc. and they are managing separately. That is the formula." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 22:58 | 1972 July 9: "Now you GBC members, and other leaders must become very serious to actually give the human kind the greatest welfare. Your task ahead is very huge, but it will be quite simple and easy if you simply do as I am doing." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 22:52 | 1974 July 9: "I think the convent is suitable for us and it is possible we can purchase it. How much financial help you require from the BBT you can talk on this and we should do the needful." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 22:50 | July 8, 2009 1966 July 8: "Sasthi. Electric light fitted today and there was about twenty men attending. It is encouraging. The collection was $15.00. One boy Gerald was very much interested." Prabhupada Letters :: 1966 letters | 17:46 | 1967 July 8: "So far remembering me and Krishna, it should be simultaneous. Those who are sincere souls, Krishna helps them to have a bonafide Spiritual Master, and the bonafide Spiritual Master helps the disciple to approach Krishna. This is the process." Prabhupada Letters :: 1967 letters | 17:44 | 1969 July 8: "Now organize the center very nicely. If you require more men, the LA center is now specially meant for training devotees and dispatching them to different centers wherever they are required." Prabhupada Letters :: 1969 letters | 17:41 | 1970 July 8: "Our all activities must be open so that no one may criticize our mission. We cannot misrepresent ourselves for the purpose of taking monies from the public." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 17:37 | 1971 July 8: "So you must live up to the rules and regulations of brahminical life. A brahmana's name is suci. In the kitchen, things should be kept spotless and cooking should only be done by brahmanas; others may assist." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 17:34 | 1972 July 8: "We are Hari Kirtana men, that's all. We can attract people by some gorgeous show, but inside there must be strict purity and seriousness, otherwise, we shall be attracted by the gorgeous show only." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 17:31 | 1975 July 8: "So you go to Saurastra and see what is the possibility of opening centers there. I want that we should open up more centers in India. When I return to India I shall go there to Saurastra." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 17:29 | 1975 July 8: "Best that you raise the money through your own efforts. His men are working very hard to raise money for important projects. Why his collections should be used for other purposes such as plane fare, etc." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 17:27 | July 7, 2009 1953 July 7: "Sir--With reference to the letter published in your columns. It is wrong to interpret that Vedic religion is not proselytistic. The proselytising method of Bhagavad-gita is to turn the face of all mundaners towards the transcendental service of the Absolute Personality of Godhead Sri Krishna." Prabhupada Letters :: 1947-64 letters | 17:02 | 1958 July 7: "The Leaders of India have carefully set aside the treasure house of India's spiritual assets and they are imitating the Western material way of life constantly engaged in acts of error of judgment, misgivings, imperfectness and duplicity." Prabhupada Letters :: 1947-64 letters | 16:59 | 1966 July 7: "Panchami. Today I saw Mr. Goldsmith in his office. It is expected that the Society shall be registered by the next week. He says everything is alright. In the evening two Indian gentlemen talked with me till 10 at night." Prabhupada Journal :: 1966 letters | 16:55 | 1968 July 7: "I read your letter describing very emotionally the nice success of our Rathayatra festival. Now you can understand the specimen of transcendental pleasure in which the human society as a whole can take part and realize transcendental bliss." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 16:53 | 1969 July 7: "But this is all tapasya. The whole world is full of fanatics. Without tapasya, nobody can approach Krishna and Krishna takes note of such tapasya and the devotee is recognized by Him." Prabhupada Letters :: 1969 letters | 16:39 | 1970 July 7: "As our devotees become more devotional, the non-devotees will come to hear. To become advanced means to acquire spiritual strength, and this spiritual strength is for impressing devotional service into the hearts of the fallen souls." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 16:29 | 1974 July 7: "My Dear Sridhara Maharaja: I am so much thankful for your appreciating my preaching work in the Western countries. So I think there is some plot to check up this fast growing movement. We are trying our best to counteract this opposing element but everything will rest upon Krishna." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 16:27 | 1975 July 7: "Sripada Sridhara Maharaja said Caitanya Mahaprabhu's prediction would remain a dream only, but I have done it practically. I do not know how things are going on automatically by His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada, because I have no other assets except his causeless mercy." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 16:23 | 1966 July 6: "Chaturthi. In the meeting at 26 Second Street Store, it is settled that the Society shall be incorporated and the name of the Society shall be: International Society for Krishna consciousness. Eleven Trustees were agreed." Prabhupada Journal :: 1966 letters | 00:25 | 1968 July 6: "I shall be very glad to accept an intelligent disciple like you, but first we must meet and you should know whether you can accept me as your Spiritual Master, or I can accept you as my disciple. This is preliminary necessity." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 00:23 | 1968 July 6: "I wish to live my remaining days in the Western world to propagate this movement. In San Francisco, they are developing a New Jagannatha Puri and in Florida we shall develop a New Vrindaban, and it may be that Montreal can be developed into New Mayapur." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 00:21 | 1971 July 6: "The restaurant proposal is very nice. In the center should be Guru Gauranga altar. Everything prepared should be offered and kept on a table and the guest should come and take prasadam on a plate to his full satisfaction." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 00:18 | 1971 July 6: "The menu items are kachori, luglu, samosa, sweet balls, simply wonderful, vegetables, chutneys, puspana, halava, etc; Anyone who pays more than $5.00 can be presented with a small book and a copy of our magazine." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 00:16 | 1971 July 6: "All these initiation beads should be kept very carefully and protected. You should be careful and instruct others also. So keep your beads in a bag and keep the bag around your neck. Then you won't lose." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 00:10 | 1973 July 6: "Thank you for appreciating my humble efforts on behalf of my Spiritual Master. Whatever I have done it is due to His potency in Krishna Consciousness. My only achievement is that I have not changed what He has taught." Prabhupada Letters :: 1973 letters | 00:08 | 1975 July 6: "By chanting and giving prasadam you will get so many devotees. Purity is attractive. Our only asset is our purity. You cannot reach Krsna without being pure, because He is the supreme pure." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 00:06 | July 5, 2009 1949 July 5 : "Mahatmaji started another spiritual movement known as the temple entry movement irrespective of caste distinction. He himself installed the deity of Sri Radha Krishna at Noakhali when he was there and that is very significant." Prabhupada Letters :: 1947-64 letters | 05:20 | 1949 July 5 : "People should be given chance to become harijana with equal facilities for all. The Gandhi Memorial Fund should be utilized mainly for this purpose. Myself with a batch of sincere workers are ready to take up this work." Prabhupada Letters :: 1947-64 letters | 05:19 | 1969 July 5 : "I marked it in your person and I prayed to Krishna that this good soul may be aware of the importance of Krishna Consciousness. With my blessings I am sending herewith your beads, duly chanted upon by me." Prabhupada Letters :: 1969 letters | 05:18 | 1969 July 5 : "So in the spiritual world, the same Maya works auspiciously, and in the material world the same Maya works inauspiciously. This auspiciousness and inauspiciousness is our own choice." Prabhupada Letters :: 1969 letters | 05:17 | 1969 July 5 : "You should attract new devotees from your quarters. Instead of importing devotees, it is better to attract devotees from your own area. And the basic principle for doing this is Sankirtana Party." Prabhupada Letters :: 1969: letters | 05:16 | 1971 July 5 : "We want good preachers. Preaching shouldn't depend on me only. My disciples should all become good preachers, and that depends on studying the books nicely so that you can arrive at the right conclusion." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 05:15 | 1975 July 5: "I think he has given you good, sane advice. You should not think of relinquishing your job without meeting me and discussing the matter deeply. Don't do anything out of sentiment." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 05:08 | 1975 July 5: "I very much like these bus programs. They are greatly increasing the scope of our book distribution and many new men are being attracted. So hand over the management of your temple affairs and come here immediately." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 05:06 | |
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