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| .: Prabhupada Letters :. Anthology a.c. bhaktivedanta swami |
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October 31, 2009 1974 October 31: "The registration cannot be applied for unless my express sanction is there. No papers should be filed without my permission. Any papers you may draw up must be submitted to me first before filing." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 10:38 | 1974 October 31: "My books are the foundation stone of our movement. This should be our only motto. Whatever we are is resting on these books, so far reading them and distributing them." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 10:30 | 1974 October 31: "Show yourself as an ideal Vaisnava, then you are my representative in full. We are not after titles and designations. We must teach by personal example. Do this and the future of our movement will be glorious." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 10:27 | October 30, 2009 October 30 There are no recorded letters for this date. letters | 12:29 | October 29, 2009 1966 October 29: "Our path is genuine, sublime and easy. So there must be a world wide organization for pushing this movement in the human society. This is only medium to save the people from ruination." Prabhupada Letters :: 1966 letters | 11:15 | 1966 October 29: "There is good prospect for this Society being a World organization and you must try to have a centre at Montreal as soon as possible. I am sending you the newly published literatures. As my representative you can arrange things as you think best." Prabhupada Letters :: 1966 letters | 11:11 | 1967 October 29: "I am a bonafide teacher as long as I follow the instructions of my Spiritual Master. That is the only one qualification for becoming a teacher. As soon as one deviates from this principle one is no longer a teacher." Prabhupada Letters :: 1967 letters | 11:08 | 1967 October 29: "Everyone of my disciples may become a teacher strictly following my instructions. I do not know how he is speaking but if there is any deviation you can point it out & adjust things between yourselves." Prabhupada Letters :: 1967 letters | 11:06 | 1967 October 29: "There is no necessity of thinking wife as impediment to Krishna Consciousness. We are concerned more for Krishna Consciousness. While I am living you should act according to my instructions & there is no question of impediment." Prabhupada Letters :: 1967 letters | 11:03 | 1968 October 29: "I received your letter in Montreal and today I have come to Santa Fe. From here I am going to Hollywood. You will be glad to know that I have been admitted as permanent resident as ordained Religious Minister." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 10:59 | 1973 October 29: "Regarding your book, I have already given you the points, so you can inquire from me any intricate question and I shall try to reply. In my presence both of you can discuss threadbare all questions." Prabhupada Letters :: 1973 letters | 10:58 | 1973 October 29: "To your book may I add one concluding heading: 'Original Life is God.' Because the whole world is full of demons we have to fight with all these so-called leaders, scientists, and philosophers, just like Krsna came to kill all the demons." Prabhupada Letters :: 1973 letters | 10:56 | October 28, 2009 1967 October 28: "Narayana understood Dhruva's sincerity & sent Narada to initiate him. This Krishna Consciousness is a parallel process of worshiping the Supreme Lord & the Spiritual master simultaneously." Prabhupada Letters :: 1967 letters | 16:03 | 1967 October 28: "Thank you very much for your letter. I am so happy that a boy of 17 years can feel so nicely about Krishna Consciousness. I am so happy that this movement is attracting young innocent hearts of America. I think the future is very hopeful." Prabhupada Letters :: 1967 letters | 15:57 | 1969 October 28: "It is very, very encouraging that you propose to go to Australia. If you can start a center there now, it will be certainly all glorious. By the order of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu we shall not leave any place within this world without Krishna Consciousness." Prabhupada Letters :: 1969 letters | 15:54 | 1970 October 28: "Maya is insurmountable but one who surrenders to Krsna - Maya does not touch him. So all my books are as good as Krsna therefore taking shelter of my books means taking shelter of Krsna - there is no doubt about it." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 15:50 | 1970 October 28: "I've sent the sannyasis letters requesting them to preach from different centers. Why they are together? Sannyas means they should travel extensively, create new centers and new devotees--that is sannyasa business." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 15:34 | 1970 October 28: "In regards to Swami Tirtha, forget all these past incidences. Let us now work with new life and new vigor. They are all nice boys but maya has made them something else. In course of time, they'll all become nice again." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 15:32 | 1970 October 28: "If the Hamilton House in Dalhousie Square is available for purchase, immediately all of you see it. I am very much anxious to have a center in Calcutta, so if it is suitable for our purposes, you work for it immediately." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 13:57 | 1973 October 28: "If the men you bring to India come as tourists and then go away this kind of coming and going is a waste of money. I think you can get local men here. That is the preaching process." Prabhupada Letters :: 1973 letters | 13:50 | October 27, 2009 1965 October 27: "The Bhagavata Cult is not here at all. The Rama Krishna Mission is busy in preaching a misrepresentation. The so called Yogis are after material gains. I am thinking of bringing a Sankirtana party from India but I do not know how to do it." Prabhupada Letters :: 1965 letters | 13:45 | 1965 October 27: "The clergymen were cautious. They didn't want the students converted to Hindu ideas. They did not know that devotional service of the Lord is the common religion for everyone including the aborigines and cannibals." Prabhupada Letters :: 1967 letters | 13:41 | 1967 October 27: "Regarding Kirtanananda's article, I do not know what he has written but I can guess that it must be polluted with impersonal poison, so for the time being you can keep this article aside." Prabhupada Letters :: 1967 letters | 13:34 | 1970 October 27: "You can speak of the Spiritual Master as Servant God whereas Krishna is Master God. You have been branded as Mayavadi because you are identifying the Spiritual Master as God. That is Mayavadi." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 13:27 | 1970 October 27: "They said it was a mystic influence. Why that was wasn't cleared up until now? That mystic influence was widely spread. Before preaching you never consulted me whether it was right. This means you were inspired by some external influence." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 13:24 | 1970 October 27: "For my disciples there is no punishment. Rather, there is reward. You have been awarded Sannyas. Directly write me and I will give you instructions on how to go on preaching." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 13:20 | 1972 October 27: "Now we are staying in Radha-Damodara Temple and the programme of speaking morning and evening in the courtyard is going on very nicely. Vrindaban atmosphere is very peaceful. Everywhere, wherever Krishna is being glorified, that is Vrindaban." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 13:18 | 1972 October 27: "In the spiritual sky Krsna has no need for living in the heart. They are seeing Krsna face to face always, so what is the use of being in heart? Outside, inside, they are the same, even their heart that is also sat-cid-ananda." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 13:13 | October 26, 2009 1967 October 26: "In spiritual life there is no allowance of association of man and woman without being married. In your country such association is without restriction; thus the result is known to you better than I am able to explain." Prabhupada Letters :: 1967 letters | 12:52 | 1967 October 26: "Yesterday we have all come to Navadvipa, a place of one of my Godbrothers. We shall observe his birthday ceremony tomorrow and the brahmacaris shall learn how to celebrate the Spiritual Master's birthday." Prabhupada Letters :: 1967 letters | 12:49 | 1968 October 26: "If your parents don't receive you as their beloved son you shall live with me. I don't wish to keep you in that blazing fire. At least I shall not make your life miserable even though I am not as rich as your parents." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 12:46 | 1970 October 26: "I am very pleased with your sincere service attitude in pushing on our preaching work in these parts of the world and yes, Krsna will give you strength because the more you serve Him, the more intelligence He will give you." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 12:44 | 1970 October 26: "There is no question of new or strange. This Hare Krsna Mantra is understood in any part of the world, therefore the beginning should be chanting in any place and then people will gather and a center will develop by the grace of Lord Krsna." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 12:42 | 1970 October 26: "Lord Caitanya has warned. Don't mix with any Swami who has no knowledge of Krsna Consciousness. Their speaking is simply maya. Anyone who listens to their philosophy is doomed, all devotion dries up." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 12:39 | 1970 October 26: "Preach steadily our Krishna Conscious philosophy in defiance of all atheistic propaganda so much current. The whole Hindu society is absorbed in this demigod business, so unless our preaching work is vigorous it will be very difficult to stop them." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 12:34 | 1972 October 26: "I am very pleased how our children are making nice advancement. Children have to be to trained how to obey, otherwise they will be simply spoiled. But the art is how to apply authority and discipline so they will enjoy it and not reject it." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 12:25 | October 25, 2009 1970 October 25 : "I was thinking of going to Delhi and Vrndavana but my presence in Bombay will be more beneficial. Therefore we have all reserved our seats. On this basis you can make arrangements for meeting the respectful gentlemen and ladies mentioned by you." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 13:06 | |
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