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October 7, 2011 1967 October 7: "I have not heard for a long time from you but I am always thinking of you and your good husband. I hope you are all doing well. I am now almost cured & I wish to return as soon as possible. Please remain in Krishna consciousness fully and you will always be happy." Prabhupada Letters :: 1967 letters | 02:06 | 1968 October 7: "One should first give protection to the soul, then he should take care of his particular type of faith, then material things, like this body, and anything in relation with this body, or wealth. If you can protect the soul from being fallen a victim of this material existence that is the greater service." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 02:03 | 1970 October 7: "You have left and it is like a thunderbolt for me. How is that? Have you also been contaminated? Please tell me frankly. Come to India and live with me and start a press here. I await your reply with great anxiety." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 01:58 | 1972 October 7: "The best thing is to find out for yourself who you think is the right person in the matter of science of God. So if a man loves God more than anything else, he is the perfect man. I wish that you may follow this principle and be happy." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 01:56 | 1972 October 7: "Actually there is no problem. Krsna has provided everything sufficiently. Only blind leaders in the name of swamis, yogis, politicians and philanthropists are misguiding the whole world and entangling everyone more and more in problems." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 01:54 | 1974 October 7: "I am glad you are taking the recommendation seriously. Yes, it is a serious matter. Not that I take Spiritual Master as a pet and do whatever I want. No, one must follow the order of the Spiritual Master with life and soul." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 01:48 | 1974 October 7: "Just like Srimati Kunti devi, she prayed to Krishna. That is Krishna consciousness. Not that when there is difficulty I shall forget Krishna. Whatever the material condition may be, we should just cling to Krishna's lotus feet." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 01:46 | 1974 October 7: "Now you finish your old birth with the fire of Krishna consciousness. Worship Krishna with love. If you love Krishna, you will worship Him very nicely. And if you get Krishna, then what more can you want? That is the qualification for Deity worship." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 01:38 | October 6, 2011 1955 October 6: "My Dear Sripada Gosvami Maharaja, Some non-Bengali gentlemen are demanding my Hindi edition of Caitanya Caritamrta. Your Holiness has already seen the manuscript. I wish to get it out part by part. I would request you to invest for this purpose. I hope you will give this starting & oblige. ACB." Prabhupada Letters :: 1947-64 letters | 11:18 | 1967 October 6: "By the mercy of the Spiritual Master one can please the Lord and one who has not pleased the Spiritual Master cannot have any access in the realm of Krishna Consciousness. By misuse of one's independence one loses all importance in Krishna Consciousness." Prabhupada Letters :: 1967 letters | 11:09 | 1968 October 6: "The priestly class could not do anything very nice, the dogmatic way of thinking is going on. They are afraid for their own system of religiosity, so naturally, they are not very satisfied. So we may be facing some difficulty by them in future." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 11:06 | 1970 October 6: "When the scientist, philosopher, and medical men will get the opportunity to study systematically what is God, what are His energies, what is my relationship, how to approach Him, then only there will be paradise. Paradise in ignorance of God is parasite in a temporary paradise." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 11:04 | 1973 October 6: "I thought our men were becoming like hippies, but now I understand from you that that is not the case. So I have no objection. In Caitanya Mahaprabhu's Movement, everyone is preacher, whether man or woman it doesn't matter." Prabhupada Letters :: 1973 letters | 10:59 | 1974 October 6: "In material life there is simply envy of others progress, but in spiritual life one encourages another, "Oh you are doing very nice." That is Radharani. She says, oh here is a very nice devotee. Please Krishna, you accept him." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 10:56 | 1974 October 6: "You can start a temple there provided you are strong enough. If you stick to our principles it will not be difficult. That will please me very much. But you must consider carefully. Once a temple is started, it cannot be closed in any circumstances." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 10:54 | 1975 October 6: "Our principle is to simply repeat what is there in my books. We need not give up the association of devotees simply because there is a difference of opinion how to preach. If your conviction is strong, convince the others. But living outside the association of devotees will not be beneficial to your Krsna consciousness." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 10:49 | October 5, 2011 1967 October 5: "Please guide your innocent God-sisters who have come to our shelter. All these girls who are so qualified, good looking, intelligent, educated & seriously engaged in Krishna Consciousness, should always be give protection from the attack of maya." Prabhupada Letters :: 1967 letters | 09:56 | 1967 October 5: The advanced Krishna consciousness student should know it well that sex life also should be dovetailed. Better to avoid it; if not possible, have a regulated married life. But in all circumstances, our primary necessity is to advance in Krishna consciousness." Prabhupada Letters :: 1967 letters | 09:55 | 1970 October 5: "One has to hear the message of Godhead from the lips of the pure devotee of the Lord. Religion is presented practically by the bona fide Spiritual Master. Simply performing empty ritual is condemned. Religion without philosophy is sentimentalism." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 09:46 | 1970 October 5: "Your program of visiting different cities weekly is very nice. Krsna is giving you good intelligence. In future maintain a permanent Sankirtana Party and regularly visit the cities and in this way distribute our literatures without any difficulty." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 09:38 | 1974 October 5: "In Vrindaban Krishna calls the cows each by his own name. When cows were purchased in the beginning I have seen them crying because the calf was taken for killing. They can understand. Not that they are animal and cannot understand." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 09:30 | 1975 October 5: "There is a very good potency for introducing Krsna consciousness here on a wide scale. We had one meeting and all big government officers, ministers, ambassadors came to hear me and they appreciated. Most important the local boys are coming. So I am prepared to personally take up this program and remain here." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 09:24 | 1975 October 5: "The boys here are educated and intelligent. Kindly arrange for some devotees to come here for preaching. Sober, intelligent men are required who can preach. Now we have so many literatures, this is a great opportunity." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 09:22 | 1975 October 5: "These reports are very disturbing. Their own original face is coming out. This is not at all good. Now you have to rectify." Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 letters | 09:20 | October 4, 2011 1967 October 4: "From the very beginning of your meeting with me you have very sincerely & honestly carried out my orders & I am so much obliged to you for your simple and plain behavior. So combinedly perform great blitz for bombarding the Western World with Krishna philosophy. This I want." Prabhupada Letters :: 1967 letters | 10:46 | 1967 October 4: "Two very important things are resting with you. First arrangement with MacMillan and second to get my permanent visa. I am always anxious to be with you for the remaining days of my life, for preaching Krishna Consciousness in the Western World. Prabhupada Letters :: 1967 letters | 10:45 | 1969 October 4: "Your nice poetry is worthy to be offered to my Guru Maharaj. However I am quite unfit for such words. Whatever I am doing, it is due only to my Guru Maharaj. He is the power behind me, I am only instrument." Prabhupada Letters :: 1969 letters | 10:36 | 1970 October 4: "Although my party from London has reached Bombay, because no arrangement for my passage was made I am unable to join you. However if my disciples there can do the work, then I do not require to go, leaving aside my important engagements here." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 10:33 | 1972 October 4: "We must have that land. We are in possession. We shall not give any concession. We shall go to the courts. I want that the land should be purchased, that's all." Prabhupada Letters :: 1972 letters | 10:27 | 1973 October 4: "He has become a leader due to his inspired service. That is the real thing - one who has inspiration - utsaha - enthusiasm, he can do anything. So please continue with all enthusiasm and determination and win the hearts of your fellow countrymen." Prabhupada Letters :: 1973 letters | 10:25 | 1973 October 4: "You are doing the greatest service to the world by giving up everything for preaching this Krishna consciousness philosophy, now please continue. This is the greatest welfare activity, and for engaging yourself and others in this way, certainly you will go back to home, back to Godhead." Prabhupada Letters :: 1973 letters | 10:24 | 1973 October 4: "Our process is simple, all-embracing, we have something to offer for everyone. There is chanting, dancing, feasting and very perfect philosophy, so everyone may be satisfied with our Krishna Consciousness Movement." Prabhupada Letters :: 1973 letters | 10:24 | October 3, 2011 1967 October 3: "He was so much frenzied to meet his old friends that he forgot the order of Krishna and indulged in a sort of sense gratification. It is certainly a shocking incident which I never expected from a disciple like him." Prabhupada Letters :: 1967 letters | 04:40 | 1967 October 3: "Whenever there is new branch of our society for Krishna Consciousness I become very very happy and my blessings in heart and soul are with you. Although I am not physically present there, spiritually I am always with you." Prabhupada Letters :: 1967 letters | 04:39 | 1967 October 3: "Regarding my return. I may inform you that I am now 90% cured and I can immediately return but I want to return with permanent visa. Please therefore do all the necessary action." Prabhupada Letters :: 1967 letters | 04:29 | 1968 October 3: "I am very happy to learn that you are going to various homes and lecture halls, and holding kirtana and delivering lectures from these transcendental literatures. Continue to preach in this way to all you meet." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 04:17 | 1970 October 3: "It is very simple: God is great, everyone is His servant. Nobody can be equal to or greater than God. In quality we are one, but in magnitude we are different. This is the whole philosophy of the four Vaisnava sampradayas." Prabhupada Letters :: 1970 letters | 04:12 | 1971 October 3: "You are alone doing such marvelous work and it is impossible for a person without being blessed by Krishna. So you should always be conscious of this special favor upon you and continue to work more vigorously." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 04:10 | 1971 October 3: "I am so glad to hear there are many new devotees. All newcomers should be welcomed and well treated. Out of many thousands one may come. So it is our duty to help them. That is one of our most important activities." Prabhupada Letters :: 1971 letters | 04:08 | 1974 October 3: "The materialists are trying to adjust the disturbances of nature in so many ways. But after so many attempts have they been able to stop suffering? After so many attempts still they are suffering and still they do not ask why." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 04:02 | October 2, 2011 1973 October 2: "By Krsna’s grace I have settled with her. The charges of the several litigations have all been withdrawn and preparations for the conveyance is in progress. After a great struggle for existence it appears that I have won." Prabhupada Letters :: 1973 letters | 08:33 | 1973 October 2: "Whatever I have been able to do all over the world it has been due to the help all of you, my disciples, have given me. Here there are hardly fifty devotees to do all the projects, so this is a great strain. Therefore, I want that from all over our Society fifty more men may immediately come here bringing to a total of one hundred men." Prabhupada Letters :: 1973 letters | 08:32 | 1973 October 2: "Now I shall go to Vrndavan and Delhi, then from there to Nairobi. Then I go to South Africa, then Sydney, then Hong Kong, and if your Japanese program is fixed I can go there and then to Hawaii on my way to Los Angeles." Prabhupada Letters :: 1973 letters | 08:30 | 1974 October 2: "We are presenting ideal living on Vedic principles of purified life. We are demonstrating how people can live peacefully and simply. Our ideas are not man-made imperfect ideas, but perfect scientific conclusions." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 08:29 | 1974 October 2: "Another meeting should be held with all members present and an election should be held. Out of the two candidates whoever is elected by the majority vote, they should be the temple president." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 08:26 | 1974 October 2: "Record selling is temporary. Even George Harrison's record sales do not continue for long. But a book sold becomes a permanent matter. When there is time I go on reading my own books." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 08:14 | 1974 October 2: "Yes I expect better service from you. Therefore I have appointed you BBT Trustee. Why their attention should be diverted by going to USA. It is better if the local men are trained up to do it, like by the boy Tripurari." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 08:12 | 1974 October 2: "Worship in the temple means to personally call the Lord, and Krsna personally comes. The Deity is not an idol; it is Krsna. We cannot say to Krsna, now go away. It is a great offense." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 08:10 | 1974 October 2: "Yes the temple should be re-opened. Closing a temple we cannot do. It becomes farce and it is against the bhakti cult. Once opened, a temple cannot be closed." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 08:09 | 1974 October 2: "Henceforward completely forget the idea that any present temple can be closed. That you should forget. Don't do it again. Re-open Hamburg and Edinburgh and transfer the Deity there once again." Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 letters | 08:06 | October 1, 2011 1951 October 1: "Mayavadins have no entrance into Vedanta Darsana. Sankara made a misinterpretation for his own purpose. They have unnecessarily cast a cloud over Bhagavad-gita and have misled the common people." Prabhupada Letters :: 1947-64 letters | 05:10 | 1951 October 1: "Indian philosophy means Sada Darsana. The last Darsana compiled by Sri Vyasa is accepted by all Indian scholars and nobody is recognized as bonafide who has no interpretation of this Vedanta Darsana." Prabhupada Letters :: 1947-64 letters | 05:08 | 1968 October 1: "I am so pleased your program is going on although you have not got yet our own temple. Why not get Back To Godhead? That is our backbone. Here the Sankirtana party, headed by Jayananda is collecting $45 daily and selling an average 100 copies of Back To Godhead." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 04:58 | 1968 October 1: "Our Bhagavad-gita As It Is, and Teachings of Lord Caitanya are coming out by the end of this month. So Kirtana plus distribution of our books is the basic principle of our success.If we can hold Kirtana 24 hours, and distribute our publications, that is our great success." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 04:57 | 1968 October 1: "I am little concerned. We should not form a separate organization. The basic principle of our preaching work, methods and management must be the same. I do not know why a separate registration is required." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 04:54 | 1968 October 1: "All participants must follow our principles. You should be careful on this point. Our main principle is Krishna Consciousness on the basis of Bhagavad-gita As It Is, and Lord Caitanya's Teachings. If management falls to other hands it will be difficult for preaching our principles." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 04:52 | 1968 October 1: "My final desire is that whatever you do, you must do it strictly on the principles of our society as we are doing here in the US. Do not be misled that because some of the Hindus are taking interest in this movement, they are of the same opinion. You have seen the affairs elsewhere." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 04:50 | 1968 October 1: "If the local Englishmen come forward, that is welcome. So far Indians are concerned, there are so many varieties of split-up Hindu society. So I hope you will take necessary precautions." Prabhupada Letters :: 1968 letters | 04:48 | |
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