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| .: Prabhupada Letters :. Anthology a.c. bhaktivedanta swami |
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October 17, 2009 1967 October 17 : "One who reads Brahma Samhita very scrutinizingly can understand everything of Krishna without any fault. I recommend all my students read Brahma Samhita very carefully." Prabhupada Letters :: 1967 letters | 13:44 | 1967 October 17 : "Simply by his sannyas dress he thought himself a liberated patient. Under the spell of maya, he deliberately disobeyed me & consequently his disease has relapsed." Prabhupada Letters :: 1967 letters | 13:42 | 1967 October 17 : "Instead of opening new centers he has begun to deliver his nonsense sermons. He is undoubtedly a good soul, but he thinks too much of himself - even at the risk of disobeying his Spiritual Master." Prabhupada Letters :: 1967 letters | 13:40 | 1971 October 17 : "I am very pleased that Indira Gandhi is now personally well known to you. For your presence only she has given special order for our devotees stay in Delhi. Certainly this is a good achievement." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 13:38 | 1971 October 17 : "The MPs, the leaders of the country, are all there. If they can be convinced of our movement then in India we shall have a very good holding." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 13:36 | 1972 October 17 : "Yesterday evening the Chief Minister of Assam came to see me and I have requested him to write a letter to the Chief Minister of Maharastra. I hope this will be advantageous for your purpose." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 13:34 | 1973 October 17 : "This is the deficiency of our movement. Only mediocre Indian men are joining and not the very intelligent class. The more we distribute books, the more we get solid ground of preaching work." Prabhupada Letters :: 1973 letters | 13:32 | 1973 October 17 : "How they could have left this place I cannot imagine. Let it go on for the time being, and we shall see later on. They cannot go outside the clutches of Krsna consciousness." Prabhupada Letters :: 1973 letters | 13:30 | October 16, 2009 1967 October 16: "Kirtanananda has not rightly understood Krishna Consciousness philosophy. He has been attacked by maya; he is a victim. We shall pray to Krishna for his recovery but we cannot allow him to speak on my behalf." Prabhupada Letters :: 1967 letters | 14:59 | 1967 October 16: "Why are you disturbing the whole situation in my absence? You have not understood Krishna properly, please therefore do not misrepresent me. If you love me please do not talk but chant in solitary place - anywhere you like." Prabhupada Letters :: 1967 letters | 14:59 | 1968 October 16: "The Ravana class want Sita without Rama and therefore havoc. We want to perfect everything with Krishna Consciousness. Our policy is without Krishna, everything is zero. But zero by the side of Krishna, then it is 10, 1,000, 1,000,000." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 14:59 | 1968 October 16: "In future we can open centers in Hong Kong, Tokyo, Fiji, Bangkok, Sydney, New Zealand, and all neighboring islands. And Hawaii will be our center for spreading Krishna Consciousness in the Pacific." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 14:58 | 1968 October 16: "I have come here on the order of my Spiritual Master, I am nonentity; there is no credit for me, all the credit goes to my Spiritual Master. He has arranged everything, and I am simply to abide by His order." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 14:58 | 1971 October 16: "Somehow or other on account of their previous pious activities, they have come to Krishna Consciousness. So amongst ourselves we should treat one another very sympathetically so that our missionary activities may go on unhampered." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 14:58 | 1971 October 16: "I hope the Deity worship is going on very nicely; dress, flowers, ornaments, arati, cleanliness, foodstuffs, all of them must be regular, accompanied by kirtana, street sankirtana, distribution of literature, etc." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 14:58 | 1973 October 16: "As soon as the older boys can read Sanskrit and English, they should read our books, such as Bhagavad-gita As It Is. Their attention will be always in Krsna consciousness. That will save them from the clutches of maya." Prabhupada Letters :: 1973 letters | 14:58 | October 15, 2009 1968 October 15: "Let us try our best to spread this Krishna Consciousness movement with sincerity and Krishna will give us all facilities. After all, it is Krishna's business. Our sincere desire is to serve Him and this is our bona fide position." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 13:54 | 1968 October 15: "So people might think you mad if they heard of your crazy work. So spiritual activities are like that. But Krishna can adjust opposing elements. By His inconceivable power, yes can be no, and no can be yes." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 13:54 | 1968 October 15: "Our business is to try our best. Result we leave it for consideration of Krishna. One may or may not be inclined, if we try our best to make one person Krishna Conscious, then our duty is carried nicely. That is recognized by Krishna." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 13:54 | 1968 October 15: "Whatever amount of service we do it never goes in vain. It will eternally remain. And it will act. So there is no question of failure in Krishna Consciousness. It is only success. So we must try sincerely, that's all." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 13:54 | 1973 October 15: "News has come to me that you want to sell our temple. You have been in charge and now you have taken it as your personal property. This is all amazing to me. Please do not make this mistake. It will be a great calamity for you." Prabhupada Letters :: 1973 letters | 13:54 | 1974 October 15: "You must recruit local devotees. That is wanted. I went to New York without anyone to help me. One experienced man must go and create local man anywhere; that is real preaching." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 13:53 | 1974 October 15: "Just follow the order of your Spiritual Master. This is the motto of our spiritual life: yasya prasadad bhagavata prasado. That is how I went to your country and by the blessings of my Guru Maharaja it has come out successful." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 13:20 | 1974 October 15: "I thank you for following the order of your Spiritual Master. My other godbrothers they are concerned with litigations, politics, and diplomacy, so what is their pracara? As far as I am concerned I have the blessings of my Guru Maharaj. I do not need anything else." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 13:18 | October 14, 2009 1967 October 14: "I am very sorry he is exploiting his position. He has no right to dictate as he is without my sanction. He has cut all link with me, therefore any instruction given by him is unauthorized & should at once be rejected." Prabhupada Letters :: 1967 letters | 08:17 | 1967 October 14: "Please therefore stop Kirtanananda from making his mental concoctions. Do not be misled by him. This is very much disturbing to me & has caused me much pain. He should not be allowed to indulge in such nonsensical activities." Prabhupada Letters :: 1967 letters | 08:13 | 1968 October 14: "When a devotee is seriously prepared to serve Krishna, the Lord gives him both intelligence and opportunity. Please therefore utilize the opportunity of service diligently and it will be a great spiritual achievement for you and a great service to your country." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 08:10 | 1971 October 14: "I consider Sivananda as one of my foremost disciples. I always remember his smiling face and when I was in Hamburg he was my constant companion and my personal attendant also. So I cannot forget Sivananda's good behavior and gentle nature." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 08:09 | 1971 October 14: "I have noted your several complaints against the devotees but it would be better for you to set the example by your personal behavior and try to reform the others not by criticism but by your friendly behavior." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 08:08 | 1971 October 14: "Young boys and girls sometimes commit mistakes due to age but rejection of illicit sex life is our first motto. So stop immediately all this nonsense and remain fixed up in your good character so that there may not be any more accusations against you." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 08:07 | 1971 October 14: "Regarding children, when you are married you will have children undoubtedly, but you should wait for the opportune moment when Krishna will bestow upon you all good fortune. Our line of action is enthusiasm and patience." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 08:05 | 1973 October 14: "For transcendental writing one must be an authorized Vaisnava and should write to purify oneself, not for credit. It may or may not be published, but one who is actually sincere in writing, all his ambitions will be fulfilled." Prabhupada Letters :: 1973 letters | 07:54 | October 13, 2009 1967 October 13: "I am very sorry to inform you that Kirtanananda is playing the part of a foolish man. Since he is dictating something which is not sanctioned by me, all his instructions should be neglected. Please inform this to all centers." Prabhupada Letters :: 1967 letters | 13:32 | 1968 October 13: "Your mission was to serve the cause of the society and if you both come back without doing anything it will be a mark of defeat on your part. I think you should try once more to work for the society." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 13:31 | 1968 October 13: "I want Englishmen to join more than from the Indian community because they are not fixed up, neither they are very serious about Krishna Consciousness. They are more interested in something else." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 13:30 | 1971 October 13: "So whatever has been done in the past you forget. So now do things in consultation with others and rectify the situation. I have also apprehended a scandalous situation; so do things nicely and immediately begin." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 13:26 | 1971 October 13: "When George came to our L.A. temple he remarked - why not a nice temple in London like this one? If we attempt to do something the Indian community will contribute, George will also contribute. So try and Krishna will help you." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 13:23 | 1972 October 13: "Rs. 70,000 and Rs. 29,000 were transferred from the Book Fund, whether this money has been returned to Book Fund? Mahamsa knows it, Giriraja knows it and you as secretary should also have known it. So when I return you should inform me." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 13:12 | 1973 October 13: "We don't want babaji class. We want active preachers. Our students have no time to read our own books, but they have time to read other's books, and the money to purchase them? Stop this practice. Why this mentality is there?" Prabhupada Letters :: 1973 letters | 13:07 | 1973 October 13: "All Gurukula students should be educated free of charge. We must give free education to our children. We cannot enforce that if you do not pay, then take back your child. Rather the opposite." Prabhupada Letters :: 1973 letters | 13:06 | October 12, 2009 1971 October 12: "Combinedly together, go on with your preaching work. All translations should be checked by you because those who are not our students, if they write some wrong conclusion, then the whole thing will be murdered." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 07:21 | 1971 October 12: "All these yogis are mostly bluffers. They have no substance to give. You can openly declare this fact. Try to distribute our books very widely and preach also. These bogus yogis and swamis will vanish." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 07:20 | 1973 October 12: "It is good that your party is traveling. To be stagnant is not good. Just like I am an old man, but I am always traveling. Our success is our enthusiasm. So everything we do should be done with enthusiasm." Prabhupada Letters :: 1973 letters | 07:18 | 1973 October 12: "I am told dhoti is an impediment but his book distribution success was done in dhoti. If he can distribute in dhoti 105 Gitas and 105 Isopanisasds in one day, why not try this in other places as well?" Prabhupada Letters :: 1973 letters | 07:17 | 1973 October 12: "Wherever there are Deities there must be first class care, arati, bhoga, cleanliness, dressing, regular classes. If this is not possible, then better to travel." Prabhupada Letters :: 1973 letters | 07:12 | 1973 October 12: "Do not stop the Festival programs because they are uneconomical. Earn from book-selling and spend for the festivals. They are attracting so many people, then you can easily inject the Krsna conscious poison into them." Prabhupada Letters :: 1973 letters | 07:11 | 1974 October 12: "I can see you have a desire to assist me in spreading this movement all over the world. But before saving others we must first see that we ourselves are protected from the dangerous effects of maya." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 07:03 | 1974 October 12: "You're right, although the application may be difficult, the formula is simple. Now follow the devotional practices I have given you. This is the simple formula for victory in our struggle against maya." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 06:59 | October 11, 2009 1967 October 11: "Whatever he is doing nowadays has no sanction from me. And he has deliberately disobeyed me by not going to London. Now he appears to be out of my control and therefore I advise you not to follow his principles." Prabhupada Letters :: 1967 letters | 05:32 | 1967 October 11: "Reject all idle talks. A Krishna conscious person must be seen by ears and not by the eyes. One should try to know the depth of realisation by a Krishna conscious person." Prabhupada Letters :: 1967 letters | 05:31 | 1967 October 11: "Every Krishna conscious person must be clean shaved, must have Tilakas on the forehead and other eleven places and must have the Sikha on the top of the head besides beads on the neck as usual." Prabhupada Letters :: 1967 letters | 05:30 | 1967 October 11: "We must have our books printed, we have wasted much time. When I was alone there were three volumes published but during the last two years I could not publish a single volume more. It is a great defeat." Prabhupada Letters :: 1967 letters | 05:27 | 1972 October 11: "He has purposefully delayed with a motive to cheat us as he had done with others. But this time he cannot cheat us because we are in possession of the land and our deity Radha-Krsna is installed there." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 05:20 | 1974 October 11: "Any discrepancy, that can be corrected. A change of management, that is not good. All faults shall be corrected. You are already trained up man. Do not worry." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 04:34 | 1974 October 11: "I am very thankful for your cooperation for spreading Krishna consciousness all over the world. Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Vallabhacarya were good friends, and Vallabhacarya many times visited Him." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 04:18 | |
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