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| .: Prabhupada Letters :. Anthology a.c. bhaktivedanta swami |
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February 7, 2011 1968 February 7: "He is very clever man to collect fund. He is proposing individual mantra and he is charging and allowing his disciples to enjoy life as they like. It is folly to be wise where ignorance is bliss." iPrabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 07:19 | 1968 February 7 : "If some of my selected followers form a Kirtana party and have an extensive tour all over the world I am very much hopeful of being successful . We shall consult together. " Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 07:16 | 1968 February 7 : "Regarding your proposal for opening a center in London: I am prepared to go there at any moment. Even I do not mind the severe cold." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 07:09 | 1968 February 7 : "Man proposes, God disposes. I do not know what is Krishna's desire, but I have chalked out my program. Pray to Krishna that He may give me strength to render some service to you and humanity at large." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 07:08 | 1969 February 7: "Why this mentality of suppressing the facts? Will you kindly let me know why you have suppressed so many facts? Don't you know the history?" letters | 06:52 | 1969 February 7: "This is against the will of Srila Bhaktivinode Thakura and Srila Prabhupada Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura. I therefore request you to give me a plot of land within the precincts of Sri Caitanya Math." Prabhupada Letters :: 1969 letters | 06:51 | 1975 February 7: "It is the mercy of Krishna that you are getting fair warning of your nearing death. You must be very careful and always praying to Krishna that you will not forget Him at the time of dying." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975: letters | 05:48 | 1975 February 7: "Everyone has to die sometime. Take advantage of this advance notice, consider it a blessing and prepare yourself to go back to home, back to Godhead." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975: letters | 05:44 | February 6, 2011 1966 February 6 "Cohen with Salak and other two ladies attended today's meeting. I took meals at Dr. Mishra's apartment. President Case replied to his letter. There was no expenditure." Journal :: 1966 letters | 01:17 | 1969 February 6: "I have sent six boys and girls, neither elderly nor very conversant with Vedic philosophy but by their character, behavior, and devotion, they are attracting many people in London." Prabhupada Letters :: 1969 letters | 00:11 | 1969 February 6: "Poet Tagore became very popular in the West by presenting his Gitanjali which is full of Vaisnava sentiments. We have immense literatures. These should all be presented to the Western world." Prabhupada Letters :: 1969 letters | 00:10 | 1971 February 6 : "If we can get some Chinese followers it will be a great success. I know amongst them there are many scholars and learned cultured gentlemen. I shall be glad to go there whenever you will call me." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 00:09 | 1973 February 6: "This taking of sannyasa should not be an excuse for becoming irresponsible. Sannyasis have great responsibility to become fearless preachers of our Krsna Consciousness movement." Prabhupada Letters :: 1973 letters | 00:09 | 1975 February 6: "Every volume of Srimad-Bhagavatam as well as Caitanya Caritamrta must be fully complete with an index, list of references, glossary, Sanskrit pronunciation guide, and index of Sanskrit verses. This will be best." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 00:08 | 1975 February 6: "Thank you for distributing my books everyday. This is a nice program for the press workers to increase enthusiasm. I will be glad to see all 15 of you in Mayapur for our festival." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 00:06 | February 5, 2011 1966 February 5: "Srila Prabhupada wanted such temples in foreign cities such as New York, London, Tokyo, etc and I had personal talks with him when I first met Him at Ultadingi in 1922. Now here is a chance for me to carry out His transcendental Order." Prabhupada Letters :: 1966 letters | 18:15 | 1968 February 5: "This was appearing in the very popular magazine New Yorker, and even they are chanting Hare Krishna in mockery, still, it doesn't matter. So long they are chanting Hare Krishna, that is the success of our mission." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 18:14 | 1968 February 5: "In mockery the Kazi's men chanted Hare Krishna, and thereafter, their tongues could not stop. Our tongues should be like that, unable to ever stop chanting Hare Krishna. We practice, and someday it will be like that." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 18:13 | 1969 February 5: "If we can appoint one sales agent in each city, selling an average of only 100 copies of Back to Godhead, the total comes to 30,000 copies. This is not an Utopian idea. It is completely practical. Simply we have to arrange and organize." Prabhupada Letters :: 1969 letters | 18:09 | 1969 February 5: "MacMillan will publish the first canto to see the result. If their experiment is not successful, then let us go on printing all other cantos as usual. This is my decision, and you can arrange accordingly." Prabhupada Letters :: 1969 letters | 17:59 | 1972 February 5: "Is there good possibility for preaching there? If you are only preaching among the Indians, the populace may not be taking up this philosophy of Krishna Consciousness very seriously. There may be better scope for opening a center in Europe." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 17:47 | 1974 February 5: "Krsna is Bhavagrahi Janardana so your decision to improve the plan is certainly very much appreciated by Him. Krsna has many Temples big and small so all our plans are under the jurisdiction of Bhavagrahi. Let us fulfill the job as soon as possible." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 17:43 | 1975 February 5: "Now, you must become very serious to meet death without fear. Everyone has to die, but most men your age are thinking, 'I will live another fifty years.' Take advantage of this advance notice and prepare yourself to go back to Godhead." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 17:37 | February 4, 2011 1968 February 4: "Lord Caitanya instructed us to be more humble than the grass on the street, and more tolerant than the trees, and to offer all respects to all, demanding no respect for ourselves. All these nice qualifications make one worthy to chant Hare Krishna." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 16:13 | 1969 February 4: "Our movement is not for some theoretical teaching, it is for developing practical character. By their exemplary character our boys and girls have drawn the attention of many respectable persons and public papers. Our exemplary character will conquer the whole world." Prabhupada Letters :: 1969 letters | 16:11 | 1972 February 4: "I am very much pleased that you want to remain there because the people are in desperate need of Krishna Consciousness. That is our policy, once we enter a place, to sit down, then to lay down and eventually occupy everything!" Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 16:10 | 1972 February 4: "Teaching Krishna consciousness in the schools, this is our best field. Simply demonstrate chanting and dancing, and induce them to participate, give them nice philosophy talk, distribute prasadam profusely, ask them to buy our books and study them closely - that's all." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 16:08 | 1972 February 4: "We cannot become very good preachers in such difficult language but if we take a few weeks to train some local men in Krishna Consciousness philosophy, then they can preach like anything. In this way, we shall expand very rapidly." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 16:00 | 1972 February 4: "We shall not expect that anywhere there is any Utopia, even in the Krishna Consciousness Society. Utopians cannot find anyone without faults, so they want to become void, merge, nothing - that is their Utopia." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 15:59 | 1974 February 4: "Please see that accounts are kept carefully, not that money is taken for whimsical expenditure. This kind of thing should be carefully watched. Let us all work together for the glory of Lord Caitanya's sankirtana movement." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 15:39 | 1975 February 4: "One copy of our book, Lord Caitanya in Five Features may be handed over to Svami Cinmayananda as our humble presentation. As far as possible, all big Mayavadis sannyasis should be presented with this book." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 15:34 | February 3, 2011 1966 February 3: "Today there was a very nice demonstration of tape-record Samkirtan by me. These Americans cannot understand even a word's meaning yet they were so much attracted? It is all Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's power." Prabhupada Letters :: 1966 letters | 08:11 | 1967 February 3: "I think you are now expert account keeper and may Krishna bless you for your talents. Now you should become little cautious to sign checks. " Prabhupada Letters :: 1967 letters | 08:10 | 1970 February 3: "Our duty is heavy. If we can save even a single soul from the clutches of Maya, the value of such act is millions of times better than any kind of altruistic and philanthropic activities." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 07:58 | 1970 February 3: "Mr. Allen Ginsberg promised before me that everywhere he would chant Hare Krishna Mantra, and actually he is doing it. So he may be able to understand our philosophy in the future." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 07:01 | 1974 February 3: "Sankirtana is imported from Goloka Vrindaban - it is not material rock and roll. Work combinedly and Europe can be made filled with Sankirtana." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 06:30 | 1974 February 3: "I am glad you are cooperating. That I want. As long as we are sincere there is no question of split amongst us. Split means only someone is not sincere, otherwise there is no question of it." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 06:29 | 1975 February 3: "Without accepting our basic rules and regulations seriously, there is no question of spiritual life. So, I hope you understand the utmost necessity of these things and are remaining pure in your activities." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 06:22 | 1975 February 3: "I have given all of my disciple instructions to follow for making spiritual advancement, but if they do not have the desire to follow, then what can I do?" Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 06:20 | |
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