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<div id="LettertoJayanandaMontreal12July1968_0" class="quote" parent="1968_Correspondence" book="Let" index="233" link="Letter to Jayananda -- Montreal 12 July, 1968" link_text="Letter to Jayananda -- Montreal 12 July, 1968">
<div id="LettertoJayanandaMontreal12July1968_0" class="quote" parent="1968_Correspondence" book="Let" index="233" link="Letter to Jayananda -- Montreal 12 July, 1968" link_text="Letter to Jayananda -- Montreal 12 July, 1968">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Jayananda -- Montreal 12 July, 1968|Letter to Jayananda -- Montreal 12 July, 1968]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Yes, I have received Sriman Vinode Patel's letter, and I have replied the same also promptly. He appears to be a great help to your temple, and please try to keep him nicely. This is the sequence of Krishna Consciousness. He is a foreigner and belonging to a different country and culture, but Krishna Consciousness is so nice that one forgets his material designations and one tries to associate with similar Krishna consciousness persons.</p>
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Jayananda -- Montreal 12 July, 1968|Letter to Jayananda -- Montreal 12 July, 1968]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Yes, I have received Sriman Vinode Patel's letter, and I have replied the same also promptly. He appears to be a great help to your temple, and please try to keep him nicely. This is the sequence of Krishna Consciousness. He is a foreigner and belonging to a different country and culture, but Krishna Consciousness is so nice that one forgets his material designations and one tries to associate with similar Krishna consciousness persons.</p>
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<div id="LettertoGurudasaSeattle29September1968_1" class="quote" parent="1968_Correspondence" book="Let" index="339" link="Letter to Gurudasa -- Seattle 29 September, 1968" link_text="Letter to Gurudasa -- Seattle 29 September, 1968">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Gurudasa -- Seattle 29 September, 1968|Letter to Gurudasa -- Seattle 29 September, 1968]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">I am concerned to preach this gospel amongst the Europeans and Americans, and I am not at all interested to preach amongst the Indians, because they have now become hodge-podge, due to so many years of subjugation by foreigners, and having lost their own culture.</p>
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<div id="1969_Correspondence" class="sub_section" sec_index="4" parent="Correspondence" text="1969 Correspondence"><h3>1969 Correspondence</h3>
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<div id="LettertoJayagovindaNewVrindaban22May1969_0" class="quote" parent="1969_Correspondence" book="Let" index="299" link="Letter to Jayagovinda -- New Vrindaban 22 May, 1969" link_text="Letter to Jayagovinda -- New Vrindaban 22 May, 1969">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Jayagovinda -- New Vrindaban 22 May, 1969|Letter to Jayagovinda -- New Vrindaban 22 May, 1969]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Some way or other he has to inform his neighbors there is a fire in his house so that they can help him. So if the foreigner cannot express himself in very good language, he is not at fault. So there is a blazing fire of maya, and we have to inform the people, even if we must use broken language. That is no fault. But by Krishna's Grace this problem will soon be solved. Don't worry.</p>
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<div id="1970_Correspondence" class="sub_section" sec_index="5" parent="Correspondence" text="1970 Correspondence"><h3>1970 Correspondence</h3>
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<div id="LettertoRadhaMadhavaSharanLosAngeles6June1970_0" class="quote" parent="1970_Correspondence" book="Let" index="347" link="Letter to Radha Madhava Sharan -- Los Angeles 6 June, 1970" link_text="Letter to Radha Madhava Sharan -- Los Angeles 6 June, 1970">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Radha Madhava Sharan -- Los Angeles 6 June, 1970|Letter to Radha Madhava Sharan -- Los Angeles 6 June, 1970]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">I am so glad to receive a letter from a 70 years old young man. Sometimes they say about me "74 years young holy man", and sometimes they say "jet-age parivrajakacarya." They also very kindly have written that I have done magic to the foreigners. So I thank you all for your good wishes, although I am not elegible for these honors. Whatever is being done, it is Lord Krishna's mercy.</p>
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<div id="1971_Correspondence" class="sub_section" sec_index="6" parent="Correspondence" text="1971 Correspondence"><h3>1971 Correspondence</h3>
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<div id="LettertoTamalaKrsnaLondon20August1971_0" class="quote" parent="1971_Correspondence" book="Let" index="401" link="Letter to Tamala Krsna -- London 20 August, 1971" link_text="Letter to Tamala Krsna -- London 20 August, 1971">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Tamala Krsna -- London 20 August, 1971|Letter to Tamala Krsna -- London 20 August, 1971]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Delhi is the most important city in India because the capital is established there. Mostly the population is educated. Many foreigners are there also and embassies of different countries. So from the cultural point of view Delhi is the most important city. Many cultural centers are there also, many libraries, many schools, colleges, varieties of merchantile offices and different presses. So if you can influence them it will be a great propoganda center. I think in Delhi also you should hold one festival pandal meeting like in Calcutta and Bombay.</p>
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<div id="1972_Correspondence" class="sub_section" sec_index="7" parent="Correspondence" text="1972 Correspondence"><h3>1972 Correspondence</h3>
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<div id="LettertoNiranjanaBombay5January1972_0" class="quote" parent="1972_Correspondence" book="Let" index="23" link="Letter to Niranjana -- Bombay 5 January, 1972" link_text="Letter to Niranjana -- Bombay 5 January, 1972">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Niranjana -- Bombay 5 January, 1972|Letter to Niranjana -- Bombay 5 January, 1972]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">So the great respect we are getting here in India and throughout the rest of the world is due to these restrictions. Actually our students have surpassed the category of brahmana because they are Vaisnavas which means they are transcendental to any material position, and brahmana is a material order of life, part of the Varna Ashrama system. Many times I have been told by other so-called holy men that I should not expect that foreigners will be able to avoid these sinful activities. But I have never compromised in any way and as a result of our sticking strictly to our principles our position is unique.</p>
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<div id="LettertoGurudasaYamunaSydney2April1972_1" class="quote" parent="1972_Correspondence" book="Let" index="151" link="Letter to Gurudasa, Yamuna -- Sydney 2 April, 1972" link_text="Letter to Gurudasa, Yamuna -- Sydney 2 April, 1972">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Gurudasa, Yamuna -- Sydney 2 April, 1972|Letter to Gurudasa, Yamuna -- Sydney 2 April, 1972]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">We are now propagandising Krishna consciousness, so that many here will be interested to come to Vrindaban. So just like there is Dalmia dharmasala for foreigners, so we shall now have also such place, and we may eventually get bus and offer all facilities to them.</p>
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<div id="LettertoPuriMaharajLosAngeles26May1972_2" class="quote" parent="1972_Correspondence" book="Let" index="280" link="Letter to Puri Maharaj -- Los Angeles 26 May, 1972" link_text="Letter to Puri Maharaj -- Los Angeles 26 May, 1972">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Puri Maharaj -- Los Angeles 26 May, 1972|Letter to Puri Maharaj -- Los Angeles 26 May, 1972]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Jagannatha Puri is one of the main headquarters of the Vaisnavas, so if the outsiders have trouble in entering Jagannatha Temple it will be a great scandal, so the government must be liberal on this point and co-operate, as we are trying to interest so many foreigners and tourists to come there. And if they co-operate we shall build a very nice center there. At least the government must agree to admit anyone who is certified by ISKCON. I know that they admit foreigners into the temple who are certified by some mayavadi sannyasis living there. So why not they shall allow anyone who is certified by me or the society?</p>
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<div id="LettertoKsirodakasayiLosAngeles26May1972_3" class="quote" parent="1972_Correspondence" book="Let" index="284" link="Letter to Ksirodakasayi -- Los Angeles 26 May, 1972" link_text="Letter to Ksirodakasayi -- Los Angeles 26 May, 1972">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Ksirodakasayi -- Los Angeles 26 May, 1972|Letter to Ksirodakasayi -- Los Angeles 26 May, 1972]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">It is a new thing that American and European Vaisnavas will come to Vrndavana, so it is the duty of rich men like Singhania to construct something very nice for the foreigners so they will come and see. And if he is impressed with our kirtana then it will be very easy to convince him and many other rich men.</p>
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<div id="LettertoBhavanandaLondon14July1972_4" class="quote" parent="1972_Correspondence" book="Let" index="367" link="Letter to Bhavananda -- London 14 July, 1972" link_text="Letter to Bhavananda -- London 14 July, 1972">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Bhavananda -- London 14 July, 1972|Letter to Bhavananda -- London 14 July, 1972]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Yes, we should stand in our position and defy all nonsense propositions. Our math in Mayapur is not for Bengalis, the math is for you foreigners, to give you facility for offering respects to Lord Caitanya.</p>
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<div id="LettertoNityanandaLosAngeles16August1972_5" class="quote" parent="1972_Correspondence" book="Let" index="443" link="Letter to Nityananda -- Los Angeles 16 August, 1972" link_text="Letter to Nityananda -- Los Angeles 16 August, 1972">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Nityananda -- Los Angeles 16 August, 1972|Letter to Nityananda -- Los Angeles 16 August, 1972]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">This so-called resurgence of feeling for Christ by the young people is due to our Krishna Consciousness movement. They are seeing that the foreigners are here, there is some national feeling and they think why not our Christ? Whatever they are doing we do not approve. But that does not mean that they should stop their work, this factionalism will go on. But one can see by the results. It is better not to talk with these people. Better let them remain as Christians and Buddhists, we do not want to convert them. You tell them that if you stick to Christ you will come out all right. It is better to avoid these comparative studies.</p>
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<div id="LettertoJayapatakaLosAngeles26August1972_6" class="quote" parent="1972_Correspondence" book="Let" index="459" link="Letter to Jayapataka -- Los Angeles 26 August, 1972" link_text="Letter to Jayapataka -- Los Angeles 26 August, 1972">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Jayapataka -- Los Angeles 26 August, 1972|Letter to Jayapataka -- Los Angeles 26 August, 1972]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">So far the people asking you what is the actual birth site of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, ask them to go to Tirtha Maharaja. We do not bother about these things. He is in charge of the Caitanya Math. We are foreigners and we have come here the last. There are so many other temples before us, why don't they go there for asking. They should inquire from our predecessors like Caitanya Math. This is a long controversial point, do not bother with it. We accept our predecessor's version, that's all. Navadvipa means nine islands or dvipas and the present Navadvipa city is Koladvipa.</p>
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<div id="LettertoDrKaranSinghLosAngeles18September1972_7" class="quote" parent="1972_Correspondence" book="Let" index="504" link="Letter to Dr. Karan-Singh -- Los Angeles 18 September, 1972" link_text="Letter to Dr. Karan-Singh -- Los Angeles 18 September, 1972">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Dr. Karan-Singh -- Los Angeles 18 September, 1972|Letter to Dr. Karan-Singh -- Los Angeles 18 September, 1972]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Now we have created interest all over the world in Krsna and Vrndavana, for instance the Air India is using the Krsna theme in their advertising campaign, so we have created this atmosphere of interest in Krsna in the Western countries, and I think that cooperatively we may work together to increase the foreign tourism in our country of India. What will be the arrangement for foreigners to see the temples, will they be allowed or what is the situation for government sanction for foreigners to see the temples?</p>
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<div id="1973_Correspondence" class="sub_section" sec_index="8" parent="Correspondence" text="1973 Correspondence"><h3>1973 Correspondence</h3>
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<div id="LettertoBhavanandaBombay3January1973_0" class="quote" parent="1973_Correspondence" book="Let" index="3" link="Letter to Bhavananda -- Bombay 3 January, 1973" link_text="Letter to Bhavananda -- Bombay 3 January, 1973">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Bhavananda -- Bombay 3 January, 1973|Letter to Bhavananda -- Bombay 3 January, 1973]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Actually, our main business in this country shall be to distribute our books profusely. Mayapur, Vrindaban, these temples shall be utilized for the most part by foreigners. So far the work in India of spreading Krsna consciousness, there are already millions of temples, so what shall our two more temples accomplish for spreading Krsna consciousness? They are meant for the foreigners and big life members. But our emphasis for preaching work will be on these books.</p>
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<div id="1974_Correspondence" class="sub_section" sec_index="9" parent="Correspondence" text="1974 Correspondence"><h3>1974 Correspondence</h3>
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<div id="LettertoGurudasaHonolulu17January1974_0" class="quote" parent="1974_Correspondence" book="Let" index="31" link="Letter to Gurudasa -- Honolulu 17 January, 1974" link_text="Letter to Gurudasa -- Honolulu 17 January, 1974">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Gurudasa -- Honolulu 17 January, 1974|Letter to Gurudasa -- Honolulu 17 January, 1974]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">If there is a little inconvenience, still the devotees must visit Vrindaban. In Mathura there are dharmasalas of Krsna-janma-bhumi and Jaya Dayal Dalmia constructed just for foreigners.</p>
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<div id="LettertoSriPannalaljiBombay16May1974_1" class="quote" parent="1974_Correspondence" book="Let" index="204" link="Letter to Sri Pannalalji -- Bombay 16 May, 1974" link_text="Letter to Sri Pannalalji -- Bombay 16 May, 1974">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Sri Pannalalji -- Bombay 16 May, 1974|Letter to Sri Pannalalji -- Bombay 16 May, 1974]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">We are of course increasing the number of centers all over the world, but the difficulty is that as soon as foreigners accept the cult our men in India especially the rigid Brahmin society does not accept them as regular Vaisnavas. In some temples they are not even allowed to see the deity. The learned sanskrit scholars with English education must be well versed in the Vaisnava sastras, especially Bhagavad-gita and Srimad bhagavatam. In the Bhagavad-gita it is clearly said that anyone even from the lowest papayoni can be elevated to Krsna Consciousness and thus go back to home, back to Godhead.</p>
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<div id="LettertoDhananjayaBombay15November1974_2" class="quote" parent="1974_Correspondence" book="Let" index="569" link="Letter to Dhananjaya -- Bombay 15 November, 1974" link_text="Letter to Dhananjaya -- Bombay 15 November, 1974">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Dhananjaya -- Bombay 15 November, 1974|Letter to Dhananjaya -- Bombay 15 November, 1974]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">I am glad to note that the Home Minister is looking into the visa problem for our men. The idea is that we are spending so much for constructing these projects but no local Indians are coming forward to join us. So who will manage these projects? We require the foreigners to manage. In Vrindaban we will keep at least 50 foreigners.</p>
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<div id="LettertoTamalaKrsnaBombay21November1974_3" class="quote" parent="1974_Correspondence" book="Let" index="594" link="Letter to Tamala Krsna -- Bombay 21 November, 1974" link_text="Letter to Tamala Krsna -- Bombay 21 November, 1974">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Tamala Krsna -- Bombay 21 November, 1974|Letter to Tamala Krsna -- Bombay 21 November, 1974]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Many Indians and foreigners criticize us how we can create brahmanas. They are under the impression that brahmanas are born like horses and asses are born. According to Bhagavad-gita brahmanas are according to guna and karma. So the training of brahmanas should be so nice that people will be forced to accept them as brahmanas by guna, quality, and karma, action.</p>
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<div id="1975_Correspondence" class="sub_section" sec_index="10" parent="Correspondence" text="1975 Correspondence"><h3>1975 Correspondence</h3>
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<div id="LettertoKartikeyaMahadeviaNewDelhi2May1975_0" class="quote" parent="1975_Correspondence" book="Let" index="221" link="Letter to Kartikeya Mahadevia -- New Delhi 2 May, 1975" link_text="Letter to Kartikeya Mahadevia -- New Delhi 2 May, 1975">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Kartikeya Mahadevia -- New Delhi 2 May, 1975|Letter to Kartikeya Mahadevia -- New Delhi 2 May, 1975]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">I have already decided to make a trust board for Hare Krishna Land in which there will be twelve trustees. Out of them seven will be Indians and five will be foreigners. Foreigners means, not only Americans, but members of the Commonwealth like England, New Zealand, Australia, etc.</p>
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<div id="LettertoSriTikandasJBatraVrindaban9December1975_1" class="quote" parent="1975_Correspondence" book="Let" index="745" link="Letter to Sri Tikandas J. Batra -- Vrindaban 9 December, 1975" link_text="Letter to Sri Tikandas J. Batra -- Vrindaban 9 December, 1975">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Sri Tikandas J. Batra -- Vrindaban 9 December, 1975|Letter to Sri Tikandas J. Batra -- Vrindaban 9 December, 1975]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">There is really a place as Vaikuntha, beyond this dark material universe. In the material world if our consciousness is changed to Krishna then even here is vaikuntha consciousness. This is very easy to understand. Suppose one is a foreigner in India, but still he can continue his European or American consciousness. The process for doing this is bhakti yoga and the beginning of that process is hearing and chanting the Holy Name of Krishna, Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare, Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare. Please chant Hare Krishna and be always in Krishna consciousness.</p>
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<div id="1976_Correspondence" class="sub_section" sec_index="11" parent="Correspondence" text="1976 Correspondence"><h3>1976 Correspondence</h3>
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<div id="LettertoGirirajaHonolulu4May1976_0" class="quote" parent="1976_Correspondence" book="Let" index="250" link="Letter to Giriraja -- Honolulu 4 May, 1976" link_text="Letter to Giriraja -- Honolulu 4 May, 1976">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Giriraja -- Honolulu 4 May, 1976|Letter to Giriraja -- Honolulu 4 May, 1976]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Our Vaisnava injunction is there in the sastra, that devotees should dwell in the Holy Dhamas; many hundreds and thousands of devotees live in places like Vrindaban, Haridwar, and many other such places. Similarly, foreigners who have accepted this sect and religious process, they should be allowed on our recommendation to stay in India. So if some Parliament members debate on this question on the basis of cultural platform, it is a glory for India that our Krishna Consciousness Movement is being accepted all over the world, why the government of India should not accept?</p>
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<div id="LettertoGirirajaHonolulu4May1976_1" class="quote" parent="1976_Correspondence" book="Let" index="250" link="Letter to Giriraja -- Honolulu 4 May, 1976" link_text="Letter to Giriraja -- Honolulu 4 May, 1976">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Giriraja -- Honolulu 4 May, 1976|Letter to Giriraja -- Honolulu 4 May, 1976]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Even taking into consideration the economic point of view that India has already got overpopulation, that is not a very sound ground. Even it is accepted, these foreign devotees are ready not to take a grain of India's production. They can bring their own food sufficiently for taking prasada themselves, as well as for distribution to others. There is no question of economic problem. Why these cultural and religious facilities should not be given to the foreigners who have accepted them as their life and soul. Our students from India go to foreign countries for learning higher technology, why the foreigners should be be denied to learn the higher transcendental science in India.</p>
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<div id="LettertoGirirajaHonolulu4May1976_2" class="quote" parent="1976_Correspondence" book="Let" index="250" link="Letter to Giriraja -- Honolulu 4 May, 1976" link_text="Letter to Giriraja -- Honolulu 4 May, 1976">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Giriraja -- Honolulu 4 May, 1976|Letter to Giriraja -- Honolulu 4 May, 1976]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">At least visa should not be limited to three months, six months, like that. The devotees should be accepted as permanent residents on our recommendation. If it is a question of economics, then they can bring food, and cloth from abroad sufficient for themselves and others. Neither they are going to occupy big, big tracts of land for residential purposes. No, they are trained up to lay down on the floor for taking rest. Whatever is required we shall do, but let them stay. The government allows Christian missionaries to stay, and the foreigners come to learn Indian religion, they are not allowed to stay? This is not a very good policy.</p>
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<div id="LettertoBhavabhutiDetroit15June1976_3" class="quote" parent="1976_Correspondence" book="Let" index="346" link="Letter to Bhavabhuti -- Detroit 15 June, 1976" link_text="Letter to Bhavabhuti -- Detroit 15 June, 1976">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Bhavabhuti -- Detroit 15 June, 1976|Letter to Bhavabhuti -- Detroit 15 June, 1976]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">But, where is the local devotees who are coming? You are all foreigners, so how long it will go on? Madras especially they are losing interest in Deity worship. Sometimes the political party is insulting. These atheists class of men who have done this, they should be converted into theism by preaching Bhagavad-gita.</p>
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<div id="LettertoJayapatakaVrindaban23October1976_4" class="quote" parent="1976_Correspondence" book="Let" index="581" link="Letter to Jayapataka -- Vrindaban 23 October, 1976" link_text="Letter to Jayapataka -- Vrindaban 23 October, 1976">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Jayapataka -- Vrindaban 23 October, 1976|Letter to Jayapataka -- Vrindaban 23 October, 1976]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">We cannot expect all foreigners to come and manage Mayapur affairs. The best management is to turn the local men into devotees. Make the management perfect in this way. Things should be developed in such a way, based on devotional service, that there may not be any racial feelings. This is Kali-yuga. Very easily racial feelings are awakened on the material platform, but on the spiritual platform there is no such thing.</p>
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Correspondence

1967 Correspondence

Letter to Mukunda -- New York 12 April, 1967:

I heard that for appointing a teacher-foreigner expert in particular subject one has to submit application with $25.00 fees and certificate of bona fides of the teacher sponsored by some American. The form I got from the office of Immigration is perhaps lying at San Francisco.

1968 Correspondence

Letter to Jayananda -- Montreal 12 July, 1968:

Yes, I have received Sriman Vinode Patel's letter, and I have replied the same also promptly. He appears to be a great help to your temple, and please try to keep him nicely. This is the sequence of Krishna Consciousness. He is a foreigner and belonging to a different country and culture, but Krishna Consciousness is so nice that one forgets his material designations and one tries to associate with similar Krishna consciousness persons.

Letter to Gurudasa -- Seattle 29 September, 1968:

I am concerned to preach this gospel amongst the Europeans and Americans, and I am not at all interested to preach amongst the Indians, because they have now become hodge-podge, due to so many years of subjugation by foreigners, and having lost their own culture.

1969 Correspondence

Letter to Jayagovinda -- New Vrindaban 22 May, 1969:

Some way or other he has to inform his neighbors there is a fire in his house so that they can help him. So if the foreigner cannot express himself in very good language, he is not at fault. So there is a blazing fire of maya, and we have to inform the people, even if we must use broken language. That is no fault. But by Krishna's Grace this problem will soon be solved. Don't worry.

1970 Correspondence

Letter to Radha Madhava Sharan -- Los Angeles 6 June, 1970:

I am so glad to receive a letter from a 70 years old young man. Sometimes they say about me "74 years young holy man", and sometimes they say "jet-age parivrajakacarya." They also very kindly have written that I have done magic to the foreigners. So I thank you all for your good wishes, although I am not elegible for these honors. Whatever is being done, it is Lord Krishna's mercy.

1971 Correspondence

Letter to Tamala Krsna -- London 20 August, 1971:

Delhi is the most important city in India because the capital is established there. Mostly the population is educated. Many foreigners are there also and embassies of different countries. So from the cultural point of view Delhi is the most important city. Many cultural centers are there also, many libraries, many schools, colleges, varieties of merchantile offices and different presses. So if you can influence them it will be a great propoganda center. I think in Delhi also you should hold one festival pandal meeting like in Calcutta and Bombay.

1972 Correspondence

Letter to Niranjana -- Bombay 5 January, 1972:

So the great respect we are getting here in India and throughout the rest of the world is due to these restrictions. Actually our students have surpassed the category of brahmana because they are Vaisnavas which means they are transcendental to any material position, and brahmana is a material order of life, part of the Varna Ashrama system. Many times I have been told by other so-called holy men that I should not expect that foreigners will be able to avoid these sinful activities. But I have never compromised in any way and as a result of our sticking strictly to our principles our position is unique.

Letter to Gurudasa, Yamuna -- Sydney 2 April, 1972:

We are now propagandising Krishna consciousness, so that many here will be interested to come to Vrindaban. So just like there is Dalmia dharmasala for foreigners, so we shall now have also such place, and we may eventually get bus and offer all facilities to them.

Letter to Puri Maharaj -- Los Angeles 26 May, 1972:

Jagannatha Puri is one of the main headquarters of the Vaisnavas, so if the outsiders have trouble in entering Jagannatha Temple it will be a great scandal, so the government must be liberal on this point and co-operate, as we are trying to interest so many foreigners and tourists to come there. And if they co-operate we shall build a very nice center there. At least the government must agree to admit anyone who is certified by ISKCON. I know that they admit foreigners into the temple who are certified by some mayavadi sannyasis living there. So why not they shall allow anyone who is certified by me or the society?

Letter to Ksirodakasayi -- Los Angeles 26 May, 1972:

It is a new thing that American and European Vaisnavas will come to Vrndavana, so it is the duty of rich men like Singhania to construct something very nice for the foreigners so they will come and see. And if he is impressed with our kirtana then it will be very easy to convince him and many other rich men.

Letter to Bhavananda -- London 14 July, 1972:

Yes, we should stand in our position and defy all nonsense propositions. Our math in Mayapur is not for Bengalis, the math is for you foreigners, to give you facility for offering respects to Lord Caitanya.

Letter to Nityananda -- Los Angeles 16 August, 1972:

This so-called resurgence of feeling for Christ by the young people is due to our Krishna Consciousness movement. They are seeing that the foreigners are here, there is some national feeling and they think why not our Christ? Whatever they are doing we do not approve. But that does not mean that they should stop their work, this factionalism will go on. But one can see by the results. It is better not to talk with these people. Better let them remain as Christians and Buddhists, we do not want to convert them. You tell them that if you stick to Christ you will come out all right. It is better to avoid these comparative studies.

Letter to Jayapataka -- Los Angeles 26 August, 1972:

So far the people asking you what is the actual birth site of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, ask them to go to Tirtha Maharaja. We do not bother about these things. He is in charge of the Caitanya Math. We are foreigners and we have come here the last. There are so many other temples before us, why don't they go there for asking. They should inquire from our predecessors like Caitanya Math. This is a long controversial point, do not bother with it. We accept our predecessor's version, that's all. Navadvipa means nine islands or dvipas and the present Navadvipa city is Koladvipa.

Letter to Dr. Karan-Singh -- Los Angeles 18 September, 1972:

Now we have created interest all over the world in Krsna and Vrndavana, for instance the Air India is using the Krsna theme in their advertising campaign, so we have created this atmosphere of interest in Krsna in the Western countries, and I think that cooperatively we may work together to increase the foreign tourism in our country of India. What will be the arrangement for foreigners to see the temples, will they be allowed or what is the situation for government sanction for foreigners to see the temples?

1973 Correspondence

Letter to Bhavananda -- Bombay 3 January, 1973:

Actually, our main business in this country shall be to distribute our books profusely. Mayapur, Vrindaban, these temples shall be utilized for the most part by foreigners. So far the work in India of spreading Krsna consciousness, there are already millions of temples, so what shall our two more temples accomplish for spreading Krsna consciousness? They are meant for the foreigners and big life members. But our emphasis for preaching work will be on these books.

1974 Correspondence

Letter to Gurudasa -- Honolulu 17 January, 1974:

If there is a little inconvenience, still the devotees must visit Vrindaban. In Mathura there are dharmasalas of Krsna-janma-bhumi and Jaya Dayal Dalmia constructed just for foreigners.

Letter to Sri Pannalalji -- Bombay 16 May, 1974:

We are of course increasing the number of centers all over the world, but the difficulty is that as soon as foreigners accept the cult our men in India especially the rigid Brahmin society does not accept them as regular Vaisnavas. In some temples they are not even allowed to see the deity. The learned sanskrit scholars with English education must be well versed in the Vaisnava sastras, especially Bhagavad-gita and Srimad bhagavatam. In the Bhagavad-gita it is clearly said that anyone even from the lowest papayoni can be elevated to Krsna Consciousness and thus go back to home, back to Godhead.

Letter to Dhananjaya -- Bombay 15 November, 1974:

I am glad to note that the Home Minister is looking into the visa problem for our men. The idea is that we are spending so much for constructing these projects but no local Indians are coming forward to join us. So who will manage these projects? We require the foreigners to manage. In Vrindaban we will keep at least 50 foreigners.

Letter to Tamala Krsna -- Bombay 21 November, 1974:

Many Indians and foreigners criticize us how we can create brahmanas. They are under the impression that brahmanas are born like horses and asses are born. According to Bhagavad-gita brahmanas are according to guna and karma. So the training of brahmanas should be so nice that people will be forced to accept them as brahmanas by guna, quality, and karma, action.

1975 Correspondence

Letter to Kartikeya Mahadevia -- New Delhi 2 May, 1975:

I have already decided to make a trust board for Hare Krishna Land in which there will be twelve trustees. Out of them seven will be Indians and five will be foreigners. Foreigners means, not only Americans, but members of the Commonwealth like England, New Zealand, Australia, etc.

Letter to Sri Tikandas J. Batra -- Vrindaban 9 December, 1975:

There is really a place as Vaikuntha, beyond this dark material universe. In the material world if our consciousness is changed to Krishna then even here is vaikuntha consciousness. This is very easy to understand. Suppose one is a foreigner in India, but still he can continue his European or American consciousness. The process for doing this is bhakti yoga and the beginning of that process is hearing and chanting the Holy Name of Krishna, Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare, Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare. Please chant Hare Krishna and be always in Krishna consciousness.

1976 Correspondence

Letter to Giriraja -- Honolulu 4 May, 1976:

Our Vaisnava injunction is there in the sastra, that devotees should dwell in the Holy Dhamas; many hundreds and thousands of devotees live in places like Vrindaban, Haridwar, and many other such places. Similarly, foreigners who have accepted this sect and religious process, they should be allowed on our recommendation to stay in India. So if some Parliament members debate on this question on the basis of cultural platform, it is a glory for India that our Krishna Consciousness Movement is being accepted all over the world, why the government of India should not accept?

Letter to Giriraja -- Honolulu 4 May, 1976:

Even taking into consideration the economic point of view that India has already got overpopulation, that is not a very sound ground. Even it is accepted, these foreign devotees are ready not to take a grain of India's production. They can bring their own food sufficiently for taking prasada themselves, as well as for distribution to others. There is no question of economic problem. Why these cultural and religious facilities should not be given to the foreigners who have accepted them as their life and soul. Our students from India go to foreign countries for learning higher technology, why the foreigners should be be denied to learn the higher transcendental science in India.

Letter to Giriraja -- Honolulu 4 May, 1976:

At least visa should not be limited to three months, six months, like that. The devotees should be accepted as permanent residents on our recommendation. If it is a question of economics, then they can bring food, and cloth from abroad sufficient for themselves and others. Neither they are going to occupy big, big tracts of land for residential purposes. No, they are trained up to lay down on the floor for taking rest. Whatever is required we shall do, but let them stay. The government allows Christian missionaries to stay, and the foreigners come to learn Indian religion, they are not allowed to stay? This is not a very good policy.

Letter to Bhavabhuti -- Detroit 15 June, 1976:

But, where is the local devotees who are coming? You are all foreigners, so how long it will go on? Madras especially they are losing interest in Deity worship. Sometimes the political party is insulting. These atheists class of men who have done this, they should be converted into theism by preaching Bhagavad-gita.

Letter to Jayapataka -- Vrindaban 23 October, 1976:

We cannot expect all foreigners to come and manage Mayapur affairs. The best management is to turn the local men into devotees. Make the management perfect in this way. Things should be developed in such a way, based on devotional service, that there may not be any racial feelings. This is Kali-yuga. Very easily racial feelings are awakened on the material platform, but on the spiritual platform there is no such thing.