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| <p>A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami</p> | | <p>A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami</p> |
| <p>N.B.—Regarding Professor Srivastava, please encourage him to participate in understanding our movement, and show him our literatures.—ACBS</p> | | <p>N.B.—Regarding Professor Srivastava, please encourage him to participate in understanding our movement, and show him our literatures.—ACBS</p> |
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| | <div id="LettertoHarerNamaLosAngeles11February1970_1" class="quote" parent="1970_Correspondence" book="Let" index="90" link="Letter to Harer Nama -- Los Angeles 11 February, 1970" link_text="Letter to Harer Nama -- Los Angeles 11 February, 1970"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Harer Nama -- Los Angeles 11 February, 1970|Letter to Harer Nama -- Los Angeles 11 February, 1970]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 2 February, 1970, and thank you very much.</p> |
| | <p>Actually, Sankirtana is our life and soul, and if we execute this transcendental business in all earnestness, then there will be no difficulty in any way. We should not pray to Krishna anything except to ask to engage in His service. If we are engaged in His service then automatically everything will be revealed.</p> |
| | <p>Any foodstuff suspected to contain untouchable ingredients should never be used in the temple. Yogurt can be prepared in the temple, it is not very difficult. Boil the milk at night, put a little yogurt in it, and next morning you will find it full of yogurt. You can ask New Vrindaban, they are practically preparing all these things.</p> |
| | <p>Please let me know how many members are there, what is your source of income, and what is your program of expenditure. I shall be glad to know these things. I would also like to know if the initiated devotees are chanting regularly sixteen rounds and following the regulative principles rigidly. This is very essential.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LettertoHarerNamaLosAngeles23February1970_2" class="quote" parent="1970_Correspondence" book="Let" index="119" link="Letter to Harer Nama -- Los Angeles 23 February, 1970" link_text="Letter to Harer Nama -- Los Angeles 23 February, 1970"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Harer Nama -- Los Angeles 23 February, 1970|Letter to Harer Nama -- Los Angeles 23 February, 1970]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 17 February, 1970, and I have noted the contents. I inquired about your temple's financial condition just to know if you are doing well without any difficulty, there was no other cause for this inquiry.</p> |
| | <p>I am very glad to learn that three new boys have joined with you and are living at the temple. These new boys should be taken care of very nicely. We should always remember that we are in the kingdom of Maya and her influence is very strong. So, unless we are very, very careful in our dealings, there is always chance of falling down. Please therefore chant regularly the sixteen rounds beads and follow the regulative principles; and teach the new boys by practical example, and try to preach Sankirtana as far as possible.</p> |
| | <p>We have our new book, "Isopanisad," published. It is very attractive and instructive also. Try to get them from Boston center.</p> |
| | <p>I am very glad that your good wife is now for some time taking example of devotional service from Silavati and others in our Los Angeles temple. The program here in the L.A. temple is very nice and I am sure she will benefit from such good association in Krsna Consciousness.</p> |
| | <p>Please offer my blessings to Dinabandhu, Neal, and all the others there in Boulder center. I hope this will meet you in good health.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LettertoHarerNamaLosAngeles15March1970_3" class="quote" parent="1970_Correspondence" book="Let" index="174" link="Letter to Harer Nama -- Los Angeles 15 March, 1970" link_text="Letter to Harer Nama -- Los Angeles 15 March, 1970"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Harer Nama -- Los Angeles 15 March, 1970|Letter to Harer Nama -- Los Angeles 15 March, 1970]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 3 March, 1970, and I am very glad to know that you six boys are pushing our Krishna Consciousness Sankirtana movement in the Boulder-Denver area. Please work cooperatively and do it nicely.</p> |
| | <p>Regarding your several questions; yes, it is best to get all such points cleared up so that our understanding may be firmly fixed up in our philosophy. The best process is to rigidly execute one's prescribed devotional duties regularly, and to study the books and literatures very carefully in the company and guidance of experienced devotees. The essence of our program is to chant daily Hare Krishna mantra at least sixteen rounds without fail, and thus one remains strong in spiritual life.</p> |
| | <p>So far chaunce is concerned, I think you have been wrongly advised to burn the cumin seeds and chilis until they are very black. The chili should be added to the hot ghee just after the cumin seed begins to darken in color, and both of them should become brown, but not black or burnt. I think this adjustment with a little trial will improve the dahl for offering to the Deities.</p> |
| | <p>But I see that you have many such questions about our philosophy. Under the circumstances it would be very good if you come to Los Angeles for some time to learn these questions and answers in the daily classes here. This is a good opportunity to clear up any doubts or misunderstandings, and the best program is if you come here for study. I am personally lecturing here weekly especially for our devotees.</p> |
| | <p>Regarding Neil's study of Sanskrit, I am very glad to learn of his seriousness to study, and we need many such Sanskrit scholar devotees. When it is convenient, he may study with Pradyumna in Boston, and there are Sanskrit courses at the university there also. In the meantime, for his studies, Manva Dharma Sastra is not bona fide. The Hitopadesa is alright for study.</p> |
| | <p>Yes, I will visit Boulder temple, so please inform me what is the best time. And when you come to Los Angles, you can advise me in particular how I should come there.</p> |
| | <p>Hope this will meet you in good health. Please offer my blessings to all the boys there with you in Boulder.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LettertoRevatinandanaLosAngeles25March1970_4" class="quote" parent="1970_Correspondence" book="Let" index="196" link="Letter to Revatinandana -- Los Angeles 25 March, 1970" link_text="Letter to Revatinandana -- Los Angeles 25 March, 1970"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Revatinandana -- Los Angeles 25 March, 1970|Letter to Revatinandana -- Los Angeles 25 March, 1970]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">I have gone through the newspaper articles sent by you, and they are very important. Continue to work like this in cooperation with Dininath Prabhu who is a very good devotee. Prabhavati's husband, Harer Nama, is here in L.A. now.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LettertoDamodaraLosAngeles4May1970_5" class="quote" parent="1970_Correspondence" book="Let" index="286" link="Letter to Damodara -- Los Angeles 4 May, 1970" link_text="Letter to Damodara -- Los Angeles 4 May, 1970"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Damodara -- Los Angeles 4 May, 1970|Letter to Damodara -- Los Angeles 4 May, 1970]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Letter to: Damodara</p> |
| | <p>—</p> |
| | <p>Los Angeles</p> |
| | <p>4 May, 1970</p> |
| | <p>70-05-04</p> |
| | <p>Bahulasva Berkeley Rshi Kumara New York</p> |
| | <p>Satsvarupa Boston Umapati Paris</p> |
| | <p>Harer Nama Boulder Subaladas Philadelphia</p> |
| | <p>Rupanuga Buffalo Sridama Providence</p> |
| | <p>Jaya Gopala Columbus Vamanadeva St. Louis</p> |
| | <p>Bhagavan dasa Detroit Madhudvisa San Francisco</p> |
| | <p>Hamsaduta Hamburg Citsukhananda San Jose</p> |
| | <p>Gaurasundara Hawaii Revatinandana Santa Barbara</p> |
| | <p>Durlabh Laguna Beach Gajendra Seattle</p> |
| | <p>Gurudasa London Bali Mardan Sydney</p> |
| | <p>Sripati Montreal Sudama Tokyo</p> |
| | <p>Hayagriva New Vrndavana Jagadisa Toronto</p> |
| | <p>Cidananda Vancouver Damodara Washington</p> |
| | <p>My Dear Damodara,</p> |
| | <p>Please accept my blessings. I hope everything is going on well in your center.</p> |
| | <p>As each and every ISKCON Center is my life and soul for preaching this movement, I hope you are doing your best to conduct the regular routine duties of the Temple—chanting regularly the beads, observing the restrictive regulations, taking Sankirtana Party to the streets, and selling our magazines and books.</p> |
| | <p>Now at the present moment, I am concentrating my energy in this Los Angeles Center as ideal for all other centers in respect of Deity worship, Arati, Kirtana and other necessary paraphernalia. As I have curtailed my moving program, I wish that you may come here at your convenience and stay here for a few days and see personally how things are going on, and by meeting with me personally for necessary instruction, I hope simultaneously in all Centers that activities will be of the same standard.</p> |
| | <p>Hope this will meet you in good health, and more when we meet.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LettertoHarerNamaLosAngeles29June1970_6" class="quote" parent="1970_Correspondence" book="Let" index="388" link="Letter to Harer Nama -- Los Angeles 29 June, 1970" link_text="Letter to Harer Nama -- Los Angeles 29 June, 1970"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Harer Nama -- Los Angeles 29 June, 1970|Letter to Harer Nama -- Los Angeles 29 June, 1970]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">I hope everything is going on well in your center.</p> |
| | <p>I am very glad to know that your sales of our literature and books are very good and improving more. It is natural that such distribution of literatures should increase as the people hear more about Krsna Consciousness Movement, so distribution of our books and literatures is our major propaganda program.</p> |
| | <p>But Gargamuni informs me that the payments for BTGs and books sales are not being sent. So the best thing will be to keep daily count of your stock and how many magazines and books sold. Then, regularly, on Sunday of each week the sales proceeds may be totalled for issuing a check to the amount owed to my book fund and to the BTG accounts. Then on each Monday the check may be sent to Los Angeles. So you do this regularly and it will be very nice.</p> |
| | <p>Please see that the prescribed routine of temple activities is followed according to schedule and all the members are chanting rounds daily sixteen. Please offer my blessings to all the Prabhus there.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <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="LettertoSukhadaLondon4August1971_0" class="quote" parent="1971_Correspondence" book="Let" index="336" link="Letter to Sukhada -- London 4 August, 1971" link_text="Letter to Sukhada -- London 4 August, 1971"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Sukhada -- London 4 August, 1971|Letter to Sukhada -- London 4 August, 1971]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">I beg to thank you very much for your kind letter undated and delivered personally by Harer Nama Prabhu on 1st August, 1971 at New York. Upon his recommendation and the recommendation of Satsvarupa Prabhu I have gladly consented to accept you as my duly initiated disciple and have given you the spiritual name Sukhada Devi Dasi. Sukhada means one who is always giving pleasure to Krishna. That you can do by engaging in His service 24 hours. Surely then He will be pleased and bestow upon you all blessings for making rapid advancement in Krishna Consciousness.</p> |
| | <p>The process is simple. Follow the regulative principles of devotional life undeviatingly, regularly chant 16 rounds of beads daily and without fail, read all our literatures, attend classes and aratis, go for street Sankirtana. If there are any questions, always refer them to your elder godbrothers and sisters. So our method is not so difficult. Rather it is joyful. So engage yourself enthusiastically in this way and you will be happy and in the end go back to home, back to Godhead.</p> |
| | <p>I have chanted on your beads and they were returned to you personally by Harer Nama; you should have received them by now. Hoping this will meet you in good health.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LettertoISKCONBostonSatsvarupaAudryRosemaryCarolCarolannieThomasLarryJillJamesBarbaraRogerDonnaPaulMartinVictorNancyJodyJosephHarerNamaothersLondon15August1971_1" class="quote" parent="1971_Correspondence" book="Let" index="379" link="Letter to ISKCON Boston, Satsvarupa, Audry, Rosemary, Carol, Carolannie, Thomas, Larry, Jill, James, Barbara, Roger, Donna, Paul, Martin, Victor, Nancy, Jody, Joseph, Harer Nama, others -- London 15 August, 1971" link_text="Letter to ISKCON Boston, Satsvarupa, Audry, Rosemary, Carol, Carolannie, Thomas, Larry, Jill, James, Barbara, Roger, Donna, Paul, Martin, Victor, Nancy, Jody, Joseph, Harer Nama, others -- London 15 August, 1971"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to ISKCON Boston, Satsvarupa, Audry, Rosemary, Carol, Carolannie, Thomas, Larry, Jill, James, Barbara, Roger, Donna, Paul, Martin, Victor, Nancy, Jody, Joseph, Harer Nama, others -- London 15 August, 1971|Letter to ISKCON Boston, Satsvarupa, Audry, Rosemary, Carol, Carolannie, Thomas, Larry, Jill, James, Barbara, Roger, Donna, Paul, Martin, Victor, Nancy, Jody, Joseph, Harer Nama, others -- London 15 August, 1971]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">I beg to thank you very much for your kind feelings of appreciation of my humble service unto you. You are all helping me in pushing forward this mission of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, coming down by disciplic succession to my Guru Maharaja. So whatever you have spoken, it is simply due to them. I am simply the via media to receive them, on behalf of my Guru Maharaja, His Divine Grace Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Goswami Maharaja Prabhupada.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LettertoSatsvarupaLondon27August1971_2" class="quote" parent="1971_Correspondence" book="Let" index="428" link="Letter to Satsvarupa -- London 27 August, 1971" link_text="Letter to Satsvarupa -- London 27 August, 1971"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Satsvarupa -- London 27 August, 1971|Letter to Satsvarupa -- London 27 August, 1971]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 24th August, 1971 and have noted the contents. So far your travelling throughout the south, particularly Atlanta center, I have no objection. Just so long there is someone competent to look after Boston temple. If you think Harer Nama can manage all right, that is nice.</p> |
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