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== Correspondence = | <div class="section" id="Correspondence" text="Correspondence"><h2>Correspondence</h2></div> | ||
=== 1947 to 1965 Correspondence | <div class="sub_section" id="1947_to_1965_Correspondence" text="1947 to 1965 Correspondence"><h3>1947 to 1965 Correspondence</h3></div> | ||
< | <div class="quote" book="Let" link="Letter to Mr. Toshihiro Nakano -- Delhi 1 April, 1961" link_text="Letter to Mr. Toshihiro Nakano -- Delhi 1 April, 1961"> | ||
<div class="heading">We should now combine together for uplifting the unhappy human being from the muddy things of gross materialism.</div> | |||
< | <div class="text">'''[[Vanisource:Letter to Mr. Toshihiro Nakano -- Delhi 1 April, 1961|Letter to Mr. Toshihiro Nakano -- Delhi 1 April, 1961]]:''' My advance copy of speech, which I have already sent you, together with the pictographical explanation, may be formed into one book and the pictures may be drawn in colorful expressive tone by your good Japanese artist. Japan is famous for artistic work and India is famous for spiritual culture. We should now combine together for uplifting the unhappy human being from the muddy things of gross materialism. The Book may be published under the auspices of your good foundation and if you like it we can publish many other books for cultivating Human spirit.</div> | ||
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=== 1968 Correspondence | <div class="sub_section" id="1968_Correspondence" text="1968 Correspondence"><h3>1968 Correspondence</h3></div> | ||
< | <div class="quote" book="Let" link="Letter to Cidananda -- Montreal 12 July, 1968" link_text="Letter to Cidananda -- Montreal 12 July, 1968"> | ||
<div class="heading">Water from the sky falling down on the ground looks muddy, but water is not muddy, it is clear. When the water is again filtered, and muddy things are precipitated, the water comes to its original lustre, crystal clear.</div> | |||
< | <div class="text">'''[[Vanisource:Letter to Cidananda -- Montreal 12 July, 1968|Letter to Cidananda -- Montreal 12 July, 1968]]:''' Similarly consciousness is pure spiritual, but when the consciousness desires to enjoy matter, it becomes cloudy and dusty, or contaminated. And then at that time, thinking, feeling, and willing everything becomes polluted. The same example as I have given several times that the proprietor of a car and the car are different identities, but when the proprietor thinks that this car is for his enjoyment, he becomes absorbed in such thought, and as soon as there is some loss or accident to the car, he thinks that he is hurt. This consciousness is false, but one suffers the consequences on account of false identification. Consciousness is not like mist, but when it is materially contaminated, it looks like that. Another example, that water from the sky falling down on the ground looks muddy, but water is not muddy, it is clear. When the water is again filtered, and muddy things are precipitated, the water comes to its original lustre, crystal clear. So our Krishna Consciousness movement is that we have to clear our consciousness by the transcendental addition of Krishna chemical. Then everything will be nice and clear, and we shall be able to see our identification without any designation. I think your questions are answered up to the last part, when you inquired "what exactly takes place when consciousness is becoming purified?''</div> | ||
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=== 1975 Correspondence | <div class="sub_section" id="1975_Correspondence" text="1975 Correspondence"><h3>1975 Correspondence</h3></div> | ||
< | <div class="quote" book="Let" link="Letter to Kirtanananda -- Honolulu 31 May, 1975" link_text="Letter to Kirtanananda -- Honolulu 31 May, 1975"> | ||
<div class="heading">If you give the right protection to the cows, then they will give so much milk, that the ground of New Vrndavana will be muddy with milk.</div> | |||
< | <div class="text">'''[[Vanisource:Letter to Kirtanananda -- Honolulu 31 May, 1975|Letter to Kirtanananda -- Honolulu 31 May, 1975]]:''' Your report is very nice to hear. If you give the right protection to the cows, then they will give so much milk, that the ground of New Vrndavana will be muddy with milk. European and American civilization will be finished on account of this sinful activity of killing the cows. Actually, one should not circumambulate when the Deity is open. It is stated in the Nectar of Devotion. I think you can close the doors to the Deity room during Tulasi puja and then open them again afterwards.</div> | ||
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Correspondence
1947 to 1965 Correspondence
We should now combine together for uplifting the unhappy human being from the muddy things of gross materialism.
Letter to Mr. Toshihiro Nakano -- Delhi 1 April, 1961: My advance copy of speech, which I have already sent you, together with the pictographical explanation, may be formed into one book and the pictures may be drawn in colorful expressive tone by your good Japanese artist. Japan is famous for artistic work and India is famous for spiritual culture. We should now combine together for uplifting the unhappy human being from the muddy things of gross materialism. The Book may be published under the auspices of your good foundation and if you like it we can publish many other books for cultivating Human spirit.
1968 Correspondence
Water from the sky falling down on the ground looks muddy, but water is not muddy, it is clear. When the water is again filtered, and muddy things are precipitated, the water comes to its original lustre, crystal clear.
Letter to Cidananda -- Montreal 12 July, 1968: Similarly consciousness is pure spiritual, but when the consciousness desires to enjoy matter, it becomes cloudy and dusty, or contaminated. And then at that time, thinking, feeling, and willing everything becomes polluted. The same example as I have given several times that the proprietor of a car and the car are different identities, but when the proprietor thinks that this car is for his enjoyment, he becomes absorbed in such thought, and as soon as there is some loss or accident to the car, he thinks that he is hurt. This consciousness is false, but one suffers the consequences on account of false identification. Consciousness is not like mist, but when it is materially contaminated, it looks like that. Another example, that water from the sky falling down on the ground looks muddy, but water is not muddy, it is clear. When the water is again filtered, and muddy things are precipitated, the water comes to its original lustre, crystal clear. So our Krishna Consciousness movement is that we have to clear our consciousness by the transcendental addition of Krishna chemical. Then everything will be nice and clear, and we shall be able to see our identification without any designation. I think your questions are answered up to the last part, when you inquired "what exactly takes place when consciousness is becoming purified?
1975 Correspondence
If you give the right protection to the cows, then they will give so much milk, that the ground of New Vrndavana will be muddy with milk.
Letter to Kirtanananda -- Honolulu 31 May, 1975: Your report is very nice to hear. If you give the right protection to the cows, then they will give so much milk, that the ground of New Vrndavana will be muddy with milk. European and American civilization will be finished on account of this sinful activity of killing the cows. Actually, one should not circumambulate when the Deity is open. It is stated in the Nectar of Devotion. I think you can close the doors to the Deity room during Tulasi puja and then open them again afterwards.