|
|
Line 1: |
Line 1: |
| <div id="compilation"> | | <div id="compilation"> |
| <div id="facts"> | | <div id="facts"> |
| {{terms|"guru maharaja"|"my guru maharaj"|"my guru maharaja"}} | | {{terms|"My Guru Maharaja"|"Our Guru Maharaja"|"guru maharaja"|"my Guru Maharaj"|"my Guru Maharaja"|"my guru maharaj"|"my guru maharaja"}} |
| {{notes|}} | | {{notes|}} |
| {{compiler|Visnu Murti}} | | {{compiler|Visnu Murti|Matea}} |
| {{complete|}} | | {{complete|ALL}} |
| {{goal|0}}
| |
| {{first|27Feb11}} | | {{first|27Feb11}} |
| {{last|27Feb11}} | | {{last|06Mar11}} |
| {{totals_by_section|BG=0|SB=0|CC=0|OB=0|Lec=0|Con=0|Let=125}} | | {{totals_by_section|BG=0|SB=0|CC=0|OB=0|Lec=0|Con=0|Let=164}} |
| {{total|125}} | | {{total|164}} |
| {{toc right}} | | {{toc right}} |
| | [[Category:My Guru Maharaja|1]] |
| | [[Category:Compilations from Letters]] |
| </div> | | </div> |
| <div id="Correspondence" class="section" sec_index="6" parent="compilation" text="Correspondence"><h2>Correspondence</h2> | | <div id="Correspondence" class="section" sec_index="6" parent="compilation" text="Correspondence"><h2>Correspondence</h2> |
Line 91: |
Line 92: |
| </div> | | </div> |
| </div> | | </div> |
| <div id="LettertoPradyumnaLosAngeles17February1968_8" class="quote" parent="1968_Correspondence" book="Let" index="66" link="Letter to Pradyumna -- Los Angeles 17 February, 1968" link_text="Letter to Pradyumna -- Los Angeles 17 February, 1968"> | | <div id="LettertoPradyumnaLosAngeles17February1968_7" class="quote" parent="1968_Correspondence" book="Let" index="66" link="Letter to Pradyumna -- Los Angeles 17 February, 1968" link_text="Letter to Pradyumna -- Los Angeles 17 February, 1968"> |
| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Pradyumna -- Los Angeles 17 February, 1968|Letter to Pradyumna -- Los Angeles 17 February, 1968]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">I am glad to know that you are working hard to expand the Krishna Consciousness propaganda in Boston. I may say that this practical devotion is the secret to understanding the Sastras. My Guru Maharaja used to say that for one who is not engaged in devotional service, reading all the books is simply like licking the outside of the honey jar. One who thinks the books is the thing is content in this way. But we should learn the secret to open the jar and taste the honey. In this way, if we can simply understand one book, or one sloka, the perfection is there. Lord Caitanya warned about reading too many books, although I see in America this is very popular to get volumes and volumes of books and not understand one. Anyway by sincerely working by carefully executing the instructions of the Spiritual Master, you will be all successful by Krishna's Grace. I am always praying to Krishna for your advancement in Krishna Consciousness, all of you, sincere souls.</p> | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Pradyumna -- Los Angeles 17 February, 1968|Letter to Pradyumna -- Los Angeles 17 February, 1968]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">I am glad to know that you are working hard to expand the Krishna Consciousness propaganda in Boston. I may say that this practical devotion is the secret to understanding the Sastras. My Guru Maharaja used to say that for one who is not engaged in devotional service, reading all the books is simply like licking the outside of the honey jar. One who thinks the books is the thing is content in this way. But we should learn the secret to open the jar and taste the honey. In this way, if we can simply understand one book, or one sloka, the perfection is there. Lord Caitanya warned about reading too many books, although I see in America this is very popular to get volumes and volumes of books and not understand one. Anyway by sincerely working by carefully executing the instructions of the Spiritual Master, you will be all successful by Krishna's Grace. I am always praying to Krishna for your advancement in Krishna Consciousness, all of you, sincere souls.</p> |
| </div> | | </div> |
| </div> | | </div> |
| <div id="LettertoBrahmanandaLosAngeles24February1968_9" class="quote" parent="1968_Correspondence" book="Let" index="82" link="Letter to Brahmananda -- Los Angeles 24 February, 1968" link_text="Letter to Brahmananda -- Los Angeles 24 February, 1968"> | | <div id="LettertoBrahmanandaLosAngeles24February1968_8" class="quote" parent="1968_Correspondence" book="Let" index="82" link="Letter to Brahmananda -- Los Angeles 24 February, 1968" link_text="Letter to Brahmananda -- Los Angeles 24 February, 1968"> |
| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Brahmananda -- Los Angeles 24 February, 1968|Letter to Brahmananda -- Los Angeles 24 February, 1968]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 19 Feb. 1968, and am so glad to learn that you have delivered the manuscript of Bhagavad-gita to MacMillan & Co. on the date of my Guru Maharaja's birthday ceremony.</p> | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Brahmananda -- Los Angeles 24 February, 1968|Letter to Brahmananda -- Los Angeles 24 February, 1968]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 19 Feb. 1968, and am so glad to learn that you have delivered the manuscript of Bhagavad-gita to MacMillan & Co. on the date of my Guru Maharaja's birthday ceremony.</p> |
| </div> | | </div> |
| </div> | | </div> |
| <div id="LettertoKarunamayiLosAngeles25February1968_10" class="quote" parent="1968_Correspondence" book="Let" index="85" link="Letter to Karunamayi -- Los Angeles 25 February, 1968" link_text="Letter to Karunamayi -- Los Angeles 25 February, 1968"> | | <div id="LettertoKarunamayiLosAngeles25February1968_9" class="quote" parent="1968_Correspondence" book="Let" index="85" link="Letter to Karunamayi -- Los Angeles 25 February, 1968" link_text="Letter to Karunamayi -- Los Angeles 25 February, 1968"> |
| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Karunamayi -- Los Angeles 25 February, 1968|Letter to Karunamayi -- Los Angeles 25 February, 1968]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Your enthusiasm is very encouraging to me; there is great need for the spreading of Krishna Consciousness, and we need so many enthusiastic boys and girls for carrying on this great mission of Caitanya Mahaprabhu. My Guru Maharaja wanted that this Krishna Consciousness be spread all over the Western countries especially, and now in my old age, I am leaving this great responsibility in the hands of all you my students.</p> | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Karunamayi -- Los Angeles 25 February, 1968|Letter to Karunamayi -- Los Angeles 25 February, 1968]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Your enthusiasm is very encouraging to me; there is great need for the spreading of Krishna Consciousness, and we need so many enthusiastic boys and girls for carrying on this great mission of Caitanya Mahaprabhu. My Guru Maharaja wanted that this Krishna Consciousness be spread all over the Western countries especially, and now in my old age, I am leaving this great responsibility in the hands of all you my students.</p> |
| </div> | | </div> |
| </div> | | </div> |
| <div id="LettertoAndreaTempleLosAngeles26February1968_11" class="quote" parent="1968_Correspondence" book="Let" index="89" link="Letter to Andrea Temple -- Los Angeles 26 February, 1968" link_text="Letter to Andrea Temple -- Los Angeles 26 February, 1968"> | | <div id="LettertoAndreaTempleLosAngeles26February1968_10" class="quote" parent="1968_Correspondence" book="Let" index="89" link="Letter to Andrea Temple -- Los Angeles 26 February, 1968" link_text="Letter to Andrea Temple -- Los Angeles 26 February, 1968"> |
| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Andrea Temple -- Los Angeles 26 February, 1968|Letter to Andrea Temple -- Los Angeles 26 February, 1968]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">So far my coming to Bahamas, I am willing to come there and continue the work of my Guru Maharaja of spreading this Sankirtana movement all over the Western countries. Caitanya Mahaprabhu wanted that this Hare Krishna Mantra be sung and chanted in every village and town of the globe, and I am simply trying to carry out the order of my Guru Maharaja to give this Divine Message to the people of the Western world.</p> | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Andrea Temple -- Los Angeles 26 February, 1968|Letter to Andrea Temple -- Los Angeles 26 February, 1968]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">So far my coming to Bahamas, I am willing to come there and continue the work of my Guru Maharaja of spreading this Sankirtana movement all over the Western countries. Caitanya Mahaprabhu wanted that this Hare Krishna Mantra be sung and chanted in every village and town of the globe, and I am simply trying to carry out the order of my Guru Maharaja to give this Divine Message to the people of the Western world.</p> |
| </div> | | </div> |
| </div> | | </div> |
| <div id="LettertoAndreaTempleLosAngeles6March1968_12" class="quote" parent="1968_Correspondence" book="Let" index="106" link="Letter to Andrea Temple -- Los Angeles 6 March, 1968" link_text="Letter to Andrea Temple -- Los Angeles 6 March, 1968"> | | <div id="LettertoAndreaTempleLosAngeles6March1968_11" class="quote" parent="1968_Correspondence" book="Let" index="106" link="Letter to Andrea Temple -- Los Angeles 6 March, 1968" link_text="Letter to Andrea Temple -- Los Angeles 6 March, 1968"> |
| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Andrea Temple -- Los Angeles 6 March, 1968|Letter to Andrea Temple -- Los Angeles 6 March, 1968]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Yes, whoever you tell the chant to, it is effective. You have heard it from me and my disciples, similarly I have heard it from my Guru Maharaja, and so on, and on. Because you have heard it from a pure devotee of the Lord, therefore it is transmitted from you to another. Just as an aerial message, is transmitted from one place to another, similarly, this Guru parampara system is working. My disciples are my agents, my representatives, so by hearing it from them, you are receiving it from me. And because you are a sincere soul, those who are hearing the Mantra from you are receiving it in disciplic succession, from Lord Caitanya and from Lord Krishna.</p> | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Andrea Temple -- Los Angeles 6 March, 1968|Letter to Andrea Temple -- Los Angeles 6 March, 1968]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Yes, whoever you tell the chant to, it is effective. You have heard it from me and my disciples, similarly I have heard it from my Guru Maharaja, and so on, and on. Because you have heard it from a pure devotee of the Lord, therefore it is transmitted from you to another. Just as an aerial message, is transmitted from one place to another, similarly, this Guru parampara system is working. My disciples are my agents, my representatives, so by hearing it from them, you are receiving it from me. And because you are a sincere soul, those who are hearing the Mantra from you are receiving it in disciplic succession, from Lord Caitanya and from Lord Krishna.</p> |
| </div> | | </div> |
| </div> | | </div> |
| <div id="LettertoBrahmanandaSanFrancisco21March1968_13" class="quote" parent="1968_Correspondence" book="Let" index="118" link="Letter to Brahmananda -- San Francisco 21 March, 1968" link_text="Letter to Brahmananda -- San Francisco 21 March, 1968"> | | <div id="LettertoBrahmanandaSanFrancisco21March1968_12" class="quote" parent="1968_Correspondence" book="Let" index="118" link="Letter to Brahmananda -- San Francisco 21 March, 1968" link_text="Letter to Brahmananda -- San Francisco 21 March, 1968"> |
| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Brahmananda -- San Francisco 21 March, 1968|Letter to Brahmananda -- San Francisco 21 March, 1968]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">So far the order of photos in the Teachings of Lord Caitanya is concerned, they should go like this: My photo, Guru Maharaja's photo, Srila Gaura Kisora, Srila Bhaktivinode, Lord Caitanya, and lastly, Lord Caitanya's Birthplace. For Lord Caitanya's photo, you may use a photograph of one of Jadurani's recent paintings of Panca-tattva. The other five pictures will be with the reading matter.</p> | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Brahmananda -- San Francisco 21 March, 1968|Letter to Brahmananda -- San Francisco 21 March, 1968]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">So far the order of photos in the Teachings of Lord Caitanya is concerned, they should go like this: My photo, Guru Maharaja's photo, Srila Gaura Kisora, Srila Bhaktivinode, Lord Caitanya, and lastly, Lord Caitanya's Birthplace. For Lord Caitanya's photo, you may use a photograph of one of Jadurani's recent paintings of Panca-tattva. The other five pictures will be with the reading matter.</p> |
| </div> | | </div> |
| </div> | | </div> |
| <div id="LettertoJanardanaNewYork26April1968_14" class="quote" parent="1968_Correspondence" book="Let" index="151" link="Letter to Janardana -- New York 26 April, 1968" link_text="Letter to Janardana -- New York 26 April, 1968"> | | <div id="LettertoJanardanaNewYork26April1968_13" class="quote" parent="1968_Correspondence" book="Let" index="151" link="Letter to Janardana -- New York 26 April, 1968" link_text="Letter to Janardana -- New York 26 April, 1968"> |
| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Janardana -- New York 26 April, 1968|Letter to Janardana -- New York 26 April, 1968]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Regarding the action of Bon Maharaja: We shall discuss the matter when we meet. For the present, you may know that this gentleman is very much materially ambitious. He wants to utilize Krishna Consciousness for his material name and fame. Sometimes he greatly offended our Guru Maharaja, and it so happened that at the last stage, practically Guru Maharaja rejected him. And the result, we can find that instead of becoming a great preacher of Krishna Consciousness, this gentleman has become artificially a head of a mundane institution. To become a very important man in the mundane estimation is not success in Krishna Consciousness. He was first deputed by my Guru Maharaja, along with our late God Brother, Bhakti Pradip Tirtha Maharaja, to open a missionary center in London, and they stayed there for 3 years, but didn't make any appreciable advance. Except that spent enormous money of my Guru Maharaja, and later on they were called back to India. So that is a great history; it is not possible to say everything in this letter, but for the present, be satisfied with these words, and later we shall talk more and more. On the whole, you may know that he is not a liberated person, and therefore, he cannot initiate any person to Krishna Consciousness. It requires special spiritual benediction from higher authorities.</p> | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Janardana -- New York 26 April, 1968|Letter to Janardana -- New York 26 April, 1968]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Regarding the action of Bon Maharaja: We shall discuss the matter when we meet. For the present, you may know that this gentleman is very much materially ambitious. He wants to utilize Krishna Consciousness for his material name and fame. Sometimes he greatly offended our Guru Maharaja, and it so happened that at the last stage, practically Guru Maharaja rejected him. And the result, we can find that instead of becoming a great preacher of Krishna Consciousness, this gentleman has become artificially a head of a mundane institution. To become a very important man in the mundane estimation is not success in Krishna Consciousness. He was first deputed by my Guru Maharaja, along with our late God Brother, Bhakti Pradip Tirtha Maharaja, to open a missionary center in London, and they stayed there for 3 years, but didn't make any appreciable advance. Except that spent enormous money of my Guru Maharaja, and later on they were called back to India. So that is a great history; it is not possible to say everything in this letter, but for the present, be satisfied with these words, and later we shall talk more and more. On the whole, you may know that he is not a liberated person, and therefore, he cannot initiate any person to Krishna Consciousness. It requires special spiritual benediction from higher authorities.</p> |
| </div> | | </div> |
| </div> | | </div> |
| <div id="LettertoUddhavaBoston3May1968_15" class="quote" parent="1968_Correspondence" book="Let" index="155" link="Letter to Uddhava -- Boston 3 May, 1968" link_text="Letter to Uddhava -- Boston 3 May, 1968"> | | <div id="LettertoUddhavaBoston3May1968_14" class="quote" parent="1968_Correspondence" book="Let" index="155" link="Letter to Uddhava -- Boston 3 May, 1968" link_text="Letter to Uddhava -- Boston 3 May, 1968"> |
| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Uddhava -- Boston 3 May, 1968|Letter to Uddhava -- Boston 3 May, 1968]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Please be happy in separation. I am separated from my Guru Maharaja since 1936 but I am always with him so long I work according to his direction. So we should all work together for satisfying Lord Krishna and in that way the feelings of separation will transform into transcendental bliss.</p> | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Uddhava -- Boston 3 May, 1968|Letter to Uddhava -- Boston 3 May, 1968]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Please be happy in separation. I am separated from my Guru Maharaja since 1936 but I am always with him so long I work according to his direction. So we should all work together for satisfying Lord Krishna and in that way the feelings of separation will transform into transcendental bliss.</p> |
| </div> | | </div> |
| </div> | | </div> |
| <div id="LettertoMukundaAllstonMass6May1968_16" class="quote" parent="1968_Correspondence" book="Let" index="160" link="Letter to Mukunda -- Allston, Mass 6 May, 1968" link_text="Letter to Mukunda -- Allston, Mass 6 May, 1968"> | | <div id="LettertoMukundaAllstonMass6May1968_15" class="quote" parent="1968_Correspondence" book="Let" index="160" link="Letter to Mukunda -- Allston, Mass 6 May, 1968" link_text="Letter to Mukunda -- Allston, Mass 6 May, 1968"> |
| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Mukunda -- Allston, Mass 6 May, 1968|Letter to Mukunda -- Allston, Mass 6 May, 1968]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Yes, I am keeping well by the Grace of my Guru Maharaja, and I am working also on Srimad-Bhagavatam as well as for a nice edition of Caitanya Caritamrta. The Teachings of Lord Caitanya is being printed, 5000 copies in Japan; and the Bhagavad-gita As It Is, is being published by MacMillan Co. very shortly. The arrangement is complete and things are going on.</p> | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Mukunda -- Allston, Mass 6 May, 1968|Letter to Mukunda -- Allston, Mass 6 May, 1968]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Yes, I am keeping well by the Grace of my Guru Maharaja, and I am working also on Srimad-Bhagavatam as well as for a nice edition of Caitanya Caritamrta. The Teachings of Lord Caitanya is being printed, 5000 copies in Japan; and the Bhagavad-gita As It Is, is being published by MacMillan Co. very shortly. The arrangement is complete and things are going on.</p> |
| </div> | | </div> |
| </div> | | </div> |
| <div id="LettertoRayaramaMontreal12June1968_17" class="quote" parent="1968_Correspondence" book="Let" index="195" link="Letter to Rayarama -- Montreal 12 June, 1968" link_text="Letter to Rayarama -- Montreal 12 June, 1968"> | | <div id="LettertoRayaramaMontreal12June1968_16" class="quote" parent="1968_Correspondence" book="Let" index="195" link="Letter to Rayarama -- Montreal 12 June, 1968" link_text="Letter to Rayarama -- Montreal 12 June, 1968"> |
| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Rayarama -- Montreal 12 June, 1968|Letter to Rayarama -- Montreal 12 June, 1968]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">My blessings are always with you. You are very sincere boy trying your best to serve Krishna and by His Grace you are quite fit for this business, and considering all these points, I have entrusted Back To Godhead in your hand. Because this paper is the beginning of my spiritual life. During the time of my Guru Maharaja's passing away, His last instruction was to me that "You try to preach whatever you have learned from me in English, and that will do good to you and the people who will hear you." This instruction was given to me in 1936, and I started this paper in 1944.</p> | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Rayarama -- Montreal 12 June, 1968|Letter to Rayarama -- Montreal 12 June, 1968]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">My blessings are always with you. You are very sincere boy trying your best to serve Krishna and by His Grace you are quite fit for this business, and considering all these points, I have entrusted Back To Godhead in your hand. Because this paper is the beginning of my spiritual life. During the time of my Guru Maharaja's passing away, His last instruction was to me that "You try to preach whatever you have learned from me in English, and that will do good to you and the people who will hear you." This instruction was given to me in 1936, and I started this paper in 1944.</p> |
| </div> | | </div> |
| </div> | | </div> |
| <div id="LettertoRayaramaMontreal22June1968_18" class="quote" parent="1968_Correspondence" book="Let" index="213" link="Letter to Rayarama -- Montreal 22 June, 1968" link_text="Letter to Rayarama -- Montreal 22 June, 1968"> | | <div id="LettertoRayaramaMontreal22June1968_17" class="quote" parent="1968_Correspondence" book="Let" index="213" link="Letter to Rayarama -- Montreal 22 June, 1968" link_text="Letter to Rayarama -- Montreal 22 June, 1968"> |
| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Rayarama -- Montreal 22 June, 1968|Letter to Rayarama -- Montreal 22 June, 1968]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">He has heard about my activities and he is interested in all our literature. I shall be very glad if you send him all our Back To Godheads publications, as well as newspaper clippings at your earliest convenience. He is very influential man and has rendered sincere service to my Guru Maharaja by translating many Goswami literatures in Telugu language, as well as in English. With his cooperation there is possibility of opening a branch in Bombay. I hope you will do the needful immediately.</p> | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Rayarama -- Montreal 22 June, 1968|Letter to Rayarama -- Montreal 22 June, 1968]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">He has heard about my activities and he is interested in all our literature. I shall be very glad if you send him all our Back To Godheads publications, as well as newspaper clippings at your earliest convenience. He is very influential man and has rendered sincere service to my Guru Maharaja by translating many Goswami literatures in Telugu language, as well as in English. With his cooperation there is possibility of opening a branch in Bombay. I hope you will do the needful immediately.</p> |
| </div> | | </div> |
| </div> | | </div> |
| <div id="LettertoBalaiAdvaitaMontreal19August1968_19" class="quote" parent="1968_Correspondence" book="Let" index="265" link="Letter to Balai, Advaita -- Montreal 19 August, 1968" link_text="Letter to Balai, Advaita -- Montreal 19 August, 1968"> | | <div id="LettertoBalaiAdvaitaMontreal19August1968_18" class="quote" parent="1968_Correspondence" book="Let" index="265" link="Letter to Balai, Advaita -- Montreal 19 August, 1968" link_text="Letter to Balai, Advaita -- Montreal 19 August, 1968"> |
| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Balai, Advaita -- Montreal 19 August, 1968|Letter to Balai, Advaita -- Montreal 19 August, 1968]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Of course, in Montreal there is sufficient place, and more students are coming here, being chased by the draftboard, under the circumstances, if it would have been possible to have a nice press here, then we could engage all the draft-age boys in the press work. But you say that NY is the best place, so we must start the press in the best place. That is first consideration, and Krishna will give us all strength, and printing of Bhagavatam and other Vaisnava literature is my life and soul, so press is the biggest mrdanga, recognized by my Guru Maharaja, so I shall request you to qualify yourself for such work as soon as possible, and with Krishna's Name, let us start it as soon as possible.</p> | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Balai, Advaita -- Montreal 19 August, 1968|Letter to Balai, Advaita -- Montreal 19 August, 1968]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Of course, in Montreal there is sufficient place, and more students are coming here, being chased by the draftboard, under the circumstances, if it would have been possible to have a nice press here, then we could engage all the draft-age boys in the press work. But you say that NY is the best place, so we must start the press in the best place. That is first consideration, and Krishna will give us all strength, and printing of Bhagavatam and other Vaisnava literature is my life and soul, so press is the biggest mrdanga, recognized by my Guru Maharaja, so I shall request you to qualify yourself for such work as soon as possible, and with Krishna's Name, let us start it as soon as possible.</p> |
| </div> | | </div> |
| </div> | | </div> |
| <div id="LettertoKirtananandaHayagrivaMontreal23August1968_20" class="quote" parent="1968_Correspondence" book="Let" index="280" link="Letter to Kirtanananda, Hayagriva -- Montreal 23 August, 1968" link_text="Letter to Kirtanananda, Hayagriva -- Montreal 23 August, 1968"> | | <div id="LettertoKirtananandaHayagrivaMontreal23August1968_19" class="quote" parent="1968_Correspondence" book="Let" index="280" link="Letter to Kirtanananda, Hayagriva -- Montreal 23 August, 1968" link_text="Letter to Kirtanananda, Hayagriva -- Montreal 23 August, 1968"> |
| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Kirtanananda, Hayagriva -- Montreal 23 August, 1968|Letter to Kirtanananda, Hayagriva -- Montreal 23 August, 1968]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">You told me that you will arrange for the electricity immediately, so as soon as electricity connection is there, I shall go and stay in New Vrindaban for some time. Maybe, Krishna desiring, I may make my headquarters there. Your suggestion that Pondicherry was made famous on account of press work, it is good suggestion and my Guru Maharaja's opinion is that press is the brihat mrdanga, or the biggest, or the greater mrdanga. The sound of press goes long long distance, long distant places, so the organization of press and literature and public sales, should be our main business.</p> | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Kirtanananda, Hayagriva -- Montreal 23 August, 1968|Letter to Kirtanananda, Hayagriva -- Montreal 23 August, 1968]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">You told me that you will arrange for the electricity immediately, so as soon as electricity connection is there, I shall go and stay in New Vrindaban for some time. Maybe, Krishna desiring, I may make my headquarters there. Your suggestion that Pondicherry was made famous on account of press work, it is good suggestion and my Guru Maharaja's opinion is that press is the brihat mrdanga, or the biggest, or the greater mrdanga. The sound of press goes long long distance, long distant places, so the organization of press and literature and public sales, should be our main business.</p> |
| </div> | | </div> |
| </div> | | </div> |
| <div id="LettertoSivanandaMontreal24August1968_21" class="quote" parent="1968_Correspondence" book="Let" index="284" link="Letter to Sivananda -- Montreal 24 August, 1968" link_text="Letter to Sivananda -- Montreal 24 August, 1968"> | | <div id="LettertoSivanandaMontreal24August1968_20" class="quote" parent="1968_Correspondence" book="Let" index="284" link="Letter to Sivananda -- Montreal 24 August, 1968" link_text="Letter to Sivananda -- Montreal 24 August, 1968"> |
| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Sivananda -- Montreal 24 August, 1968|Letter to Sivananda -- Montreal 24 August, 1968]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">I understand that one Finland young boy has joined you, similarly many other young men will come and join, because the whole world is in necessity of Krishna Consciousness. My Guru Maharaja used to say that there is no scarcity of anything in this world, save and except Krishna Consciousness. Keep your present attitude, intact; have good faith in your Spiritual Master and Krishna and everything will be all right. You have already taken this secret of success, sincerity, and pull on with that mentality. And Krishna will give you all help.</p> | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Sivananda -- Montreal 24 August, 1968|Letter to Sivananda -- Montreal 24 August, 1968]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">I understand that one Finland young boy has joined you, similarly many other young men will come and join, because the whole world is in necessity of Krishna Consciousness. My Guru Maharaja used to say that there is no scarcity of anything in this world, save and except Krishna Consciousness. Keep your present attitude, intact; have good faith in your Spiritual Master and Krishna and everything will be all right. You have already taken this secret of success, sincerity, and pull on with that mentality. And Krishna will give you all help.</p> |
| </div> | | </div> |
| </div> | | </div> |
| <div id="LettertoMalatiSanFrancisco18September1968_22" class="quote" parent="1968_Correspondence" book="Let" index="307" link="Letter to Malati -- San Francisco 18 September, 1968" link_text="Letter to Malati -- San Francisco 18 September, 1968"> | | <div id="LettertoMalatiSanFrancisco18September1968_21" class="quote" parent="1968_Correspondence" book="Let" index="307" link="Letter to Malati -- San Francisco 18 September, 1968" link_text="Letter to Malati -- San Francisco 18 September, 1968"> |
| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Malati -- San Francisco 18 September, 1968|Letter to Malati -- San Francisco 18 September, 1968]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">And I am so pleased to hear of your Kirtana in Trafalgar Square and Hyde Park Corner, and at the Hindu Center. This is giving me so much pleasure to hear how nicely you are carrying on this movement in London. It was originally my Guru Maharaja's desire that there should be a center established in London, and by His Mercy, now you have successfully begun this mission; so please keep me informed how you are progressing there. I am very anxious to hear in each letter. I hope you are well, and convey my blessings to your good husband and little child, Miss Sarasvati devi.</p> | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Malati -- San Francisco 18 September, 1968|Letter to Malati -- San Francisco 18 September, 1968]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">And I am so pleased to hear of your Kirtana in Trafalgar Square and Hyde Park Corner, and at the Hindu Center. This is giving me so much pleasure to hear how nicely you are carrying on this movement in London. It was originally my Guru Maharaja's desire that there should be a center established in London, and by His Mercy, now you have successfully begun this mission; so please keep me informed how you are progressing there. I am very anxious to hear in each letter. I hope you are well, and convey my blessings to your good husband and little child, Miss Sarasvati devi.</p> |
| </div> | | </div> |
| </div> | | </div> |
| <div id="LettertoHayagrivaLosAngeles23November1968_23" class="quote" parent="1968_Correspondence" book="Let" index="445" link="Letter to Hayagriva -- Los Angeles 23 November, 1968" link_text="Letter to Hayagriva -- Los Angeles 23 November, 1968"> | | <div id="LettertoHayagrivaLosAngeles23November1968_22" class="quote" parent="1968_Correspondence" book="Let" index="445" link="Letter to Hayagriva -- Los Angeles 23 November, 1968" link_text="Letter to Hayagriva -- Los Angeles 23 November, 1968"> |
| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Hayagriva -- Los Angeles 23 November, 1968|Letter to Hayagriva -- Los Angeles 23 November, 1968]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">I am very much pleased by your renewed and serious efforts to help me in my service to my Guru Maharaja. Please continue in this attitude and Krishna will save you, you need have no doubt.</p> | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Hayagriva -- Los Angeles 23 November, 1968|Letter to Hayagriva -- Los Angeles 23 November, 1968]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">I am very much pleased by your renewed and serious efforts to help me in my service to my Guru Maharaja. Please continue in this attitude and Krishna will save you, you need have no doubt.</p> |
| </div> | | </div> |
| </div> | | </div> |
| <div id="LettertoUpendraLosAngeles2December1968_24" class="quote" parent="1968_Correspondence" book="Let" index="467" link="Letter to Upendra -- Los Angeles 2 December, 1968" link_text="Letter to Upendra -- Los Angeles 2 December, 1968"> | | <div id="LettertoUpendraLosAngeles2December1968_23" class="quote" parent="1968_Correspondence" book="Let" index="467" link="Letter to Upendra -- Los Angeles 2 December, 1968" link_text="Letter to Upendra -- Los Angeles 2 December, 1968"> |
| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Upendra -- Los Angeles 2 December, 1968|Letter to Upendra -- Los Angeles 2 December, 1968]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">On the Disappearance Day of my Guru Maharaja, you may hold meeting to discuss His activities and offer respect to His Memory. Practically, this movement is His because it is under His order that I have come to your country.</p> | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Upendra -- Los Angeles 2 December, 1968|Letter to Upendra -- Los Angeles 2 December, 1968]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">On the Disappearance Day of my Guru Maharaja, you may hold meeting to discuss His activities and offer respect to His Memory. Practically, this movement is His because it is under His order that I have come to your country.</p> |
| </div> | | </div> |
| </div> | | </div> |
| <div id="LettertoJaduraniLosAngeles14December1968_25" class="quote" parent="1968_Correspondence" book="Let" index="493" link="Letter to Jadurani -- Los Angeles 14 December, 1968" link_text="Letter to Jadurani -- Los Angeles 14 December, 1968"> | | <div id="LettertoJaduraniLosAngeles14December1968_24" class="quote" parent="1968_Correspondence" book="Let" index="493" link="Letter to Jadurani -- Los Angeles 14 December, 1968" link_text="Letter to Jadurani -- Los Angeles 14 December, 1968"> |
| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Jadurani -- Los Angeles 14 December, 1968|Letter to Jadurani -- Los Angeles 14 December, 1968]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">These two pictures, if nicely painted, will look very good in our temples. Also, there is one very nice photograph of my Guru Maharaja which I want you to paint, and I will send it to you there. It was found by Gurudasa in London and he has sent me two copies of it. It was taken just after His acceptance of sannyasa, and with the Srimad-Bhagavatam opened before Him. So I shall send it.</p> | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Jadurani -- Los Angeles 14 December, 1968|Letter to Jadurani -- Los Angeles 14 December, 1968]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">These two pictures, if nicely painted, will look very good in our temples. Also, there is one very nice photograph of my Guru Maharaja which I want you to paint, and I will send it to you there. It was found by Gurudasa in London and he has sent me two copies of it. It was taken just after His acceptance of sannyasa, and with the Srimad-Bhagavatam opened before Him. So I shall send it.</p> |
| </div> | | </div> |
| </div> | | </div> |
| <div id="LettertoBrahmanandaLosAngeles19December1968_26" class="quote" parent="1968_Correspondence" book="Let" index="504" link="Letter to Brahmananda -- Los Angeles 19 December, 1968" link_text="Letter to Brahmananda -- Los Angeles 19 December, 1968"> | | <div id="LettertoBrahmanandaLosAngeles19December1968_25" class="quote" parent="1968_Correspondence" book="Let" index="504" link="Letter to Brahmananda -- Los Angeles 19 December, 1968" link_text="Letter to Brahmananda -- Los Angeles 19 December, 1968"> |
| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Brahmananda -- Los Angeles 19 December, 1968|Letter to Brahmananda -- Los Angeles 19 December, 1968]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">You have got a nice temple by the grace of my Spiritual Master. It is very encouraging to me. You should always pray to His Divine Grace because naturally He will be more affectionate to you than to me. Generally one is more affectionate to the grandchildren than to the children directly. So I am sure that my Guru Maharaja will be easily inclined to your prayers than that of mine. You will do good always by offering your prayers to His Divine Grace Bhaktisiddhanta Goswami Maharaja.</p> | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Brahmananda -- Los Angeles 19 December, 1968|Letter to Brahmananda -- Los Angeles 19 December, 1968]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">You have got a nice temple by the grace of my Spiritual Master. It is very encouraging to me. You should always pray to His Divine Grace because naturally He will be more affectionate to you than to me. Generally one is more affectionate to the grandchildren than to the children directly. So I am sure that my Guru Maharaja will be easily inclined to your prayers than that of mine. You will do good always by offering your prayers to His Divine Grace Bhaktisiddhanta Goswami Maharaja.</p> |
| </div> | | </div> |
| </div> | | </div> |
| <div id="LettertoRukminiLosAngeles19December1968_27" class="quote" parent="1968_Correspondence" book="Let" index="505" link="Letter to Rukmini -- Los Angeles 19 December, 1968" link_text="Letter to Rukmini -- Los Angeles 19 December, 1968"> | | <div id="LettertoRukminiLosAngeles19December1968_26" class="quote" parent="1968_Correspondence" book="Let" index="505" link="Letter to Rukmini -- Los Angeles 19 December, 1968" link_text="Letter to Rukmini -- Los Angeles 19 December, 1968"> |
| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Rukmini -- Los Angeles 19 December, 1968|Letter to Rukmini -- Los Angeles 19 December, 1968]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">I am happy to learn that you are painting a portrait of my Guru Maharaja and that it is coming along nicely. As our movement continues to spread around the world we will be requiring so many of such paintings so that so many devotees and friends may engage their eyes in seeing Krishna and His devotees. So please try to improve your artistic abilities as far as possible. I am sure that Jadurani will always be a help to you in this matter.</p> | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Rukmini -- Los Angeles 19 December, 1968|Letter to Rukmini -- Los Angeles 19 December, 1968]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">I am happy to learn that you are painting a portrait of my Guru Maharaja and that it is coming along nicely. As our movement continues to spread around the world we will be requiring so many of such paintings so that so many devotees and friends may engage their eyes in seeing Krishna and His devotees. So please try to improve your artistic abilities as far as possible. I am sure that Jadurani will always be a help to you in this matter.</p> |
| </div> | | </div> |
Line 336: |
Line 337: |
| </div> | | </div> |
| <div id="LettertoJayaGopalaLosAngeles11January1970_2" class="quote" parent="1970_Correspondence" book="Let" index="15" link="Letter to Jaya Gopala -- Los Angeles 11 January, 1970" link_text="Letter to Jaya Gopala -- Los Angeles 11 January, 1970"> | | <div id="LettertoJayaGopalaLosAngeles11January1970_2" class="quote" parent="1970_Correspondence" book="Let" index="15" link="Letter to Jaya Gopala -- Los Angeles 11 January, 1970" link_text="Letter to Jaya Gopala -- Los Angeles 11 January, 1970"> |
| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Jaya Gopala -- Los Angeles 11 January, 1970|Letter to Jaya Gopala -- Los Angeles 11 January, 1970]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">. Our only ambition should be to serve the Lord. It does not matter where the service is demanded. It is exactly like the soldiers are asked to come forward to fight and there is no question of selecting the place. There are many sincere souls like you in the western world and my Guru Maharaja wanted me to come here and to pick up as many of you as is possible. And I am trying my best. By Grace of Krishna, you have joined me to help in this Krishna Consciousness propaganda and Krishna will surely be pleased upon you very much. Please try to continue this activity of cooperation and we are sure to come out successful.</p> | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Jaya Gopala -- Los Angeles 11 January, 1970|Letter to Jaya Gopala -- Los Angeles 11 January, 1970]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Our only ambition should be to serve the Lord. It does not matter where the service is demanded. It is exactly like the soldiers are asked to come forward to fight and there is no question of selecting the place. There are many sincere souls like you in the western world and my Guru Maharaja wanted me to come here and to pick up as many of you as is possible. And I am trying my best. By Grace of Krishna, you have joined me to help in this Krishna Consciousness propaganda and Krishna will surely be pleased upon you very much. Please try to continue this activity of cooperation and we are sure to come out successful.</p> |
| </div> | | </div> |
| </div> | | </div> |
Line 397: |
Line 398: |
| </div> | | </div> |
| <div id="LettertoHamsadutaLosAngeles1April1970_17" class="quote" parent="1970_Correspondence" book="Let" index="211" link="Letter to Hamsaduta -- Los Angeles 1 April, 1970" link_text="Letter to Hamsaduta -- Los Angeles 1 April, 1970"> | | <div id="LettertoHamsadutaLosAngeles1April1970_17" class="quote" parent="1970_Correspondence" book="Let" index="211" link="Letter to Hamsaduta -- Los Angeles 1 April, 1970" link_text="Letter to Hamsaduta -- Los Angeles 1 April, 1970"> |
| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Hamsaduta -- Los Angeles 1 April, 1970|Letter to Hamsaduta -- Los Angeles 1 April, 1970]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">am so glad that Sivananda is going to be married with a German girl; and similarly, Krsna das may be also married. My Guru Maharaja created some Brahmacaris and Sannyasis for preaching work, and I am creating all Grhasthas. This means that we have to adjust things in favor of circumstances in the matter of pushing Krsna Consciousness Movement forward.</p> | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Hamsaduta -- Los Angeles 1 April, 1970|Letter to Hamsaduta -- Los Angeles 1 April, 1970]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">I am so glad that Sivananda is going to be married with a German girl; and similarly, Krsna das may be also married. My Guru Maharaja created some Brahmacaris and Sannyasis for preaching work, and I am creating all Grhasthas. This means that we have to adjust things in favor of circumstances in the matter of pushing Krsna Consciousness Movement forward.</p> |
| </div> | | </div> |
| </div> | | </div> |
Line 528: |
Line 529: |
| <div id="LettertoJagadisaAllahabad30January1971_5" class="quote" parent="1971_Correspondence" book="Let" index="43" link="Letter to Jagadisa -- Allahabad 30 January, 1971" link_text="Letter to Jagadisa -- Allahabad 30 January, 1971"> | | <div id="LettertoJagadisaAllahabad30January1971_5" class="quote" parent="1971_Correspondence" book="Let" index="43" link="Letter to Jagadisa -- Allahabad 30 January, 1971" link_text="Letter to Jagadisa -- Allahabad 30 January, 1971"> |
| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Jagadisa -- Allahabad 30 January, 1971|Letter to Jagadisa -- Allahabad 30 January, 1971]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">From Montreal I've received French BTG no. 9 from Gopala Krishna. The quality of the magazine has greatly improved. From Hamilton I've received one letter from Dharmaraj. The progress he is making there is most encouraging with four new devotees already. Also his good wife Gunamayi has sent some very expertly done portraits of My Guru Maharaja and Myself. She is very talented girl and should continue her painting work very seriously. That Vancouver has last reported 13 new devotees there is most encouraging. Mahatma das is very sincere boy; how else Krishna has sent him 13 new devotees there?</p> | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Jagadisa -- Allahabad 30 January, 1971|Letter to Jagadisa -- Allahabad 30 January, 1971]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">From Montreal I've received French BTG no. 9 from Gopala Krishna. The quality of the magazine has greatly improved. From Hamilton I've received one letter from Dharmaraj. The progress he is making there is most encouraging with four new devotees already. Also his good wife Gunamayi has sent some very expertly done portraits of My Guru Maharaja and Myself. She is very talented girl and should continue her painting work very seriously. That Vancouver has last reported 13 new devotees there is most encouraging. Mahatma das is very sincere boy; how else Krishna has sent him 13 new devotees there?</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LettertoJayapatakaGorakhpur23February1971_6" class="quote" parent="1971_Correspondence" book="Let" index="79" link="Letter to Jayapataka -- Gorakhpur 23 February, 1971" link_text="Letter to Jayapataka -- Gorakhpur 23 February, 1971"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Jayapataka -- Gorakhpur 23 February, 1971|Letter to Jayapataka -- Gorakhpur 23 February, 1971]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">So far as cooperating with my Godbrothers is concerned, that is not very urgent business. So far until now my Godbrothers have regularly not cooperated with me and by the grace of my Spiritual Master, things are still going ahead. So cooperation or non-cooperation, it is the desire of Bhaktivinode Thakura to preach the Caitanya cult all over the world and in 1875 he predicted that someone would come very soon who would individually preach this cult all over the world. So if his benediction is there and my Guru Maharaja's blessings are there, we can go ahead without any impediment but all of us must be very sincere and serious. We have been a little inflicted by public criticism that we Godbrothers do not work together. My Guru Maharaja wanted also us to work together but some how or other it hasn't happened up until now. So your program of cooperating with Madhava Maharaja is not so important. Best thing is that all we Godbrothers work together. Then the criticism will stop, otherwise even we join together, criticism will go on.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LettertoMeenakatanBombay24February1971_7" class="quote" parent="1971_Correspondence" book="Let" index="81" link="Letter to Meenakatan -- Bombay 24 February, 1971" link_text="Letter to Meenakatan -- Bombay 24 February, 1971"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Meenakatan -- Bombay 24 February, 1971|Letter to Meenakatan -- Bombay 24 February, 1971]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">My Guru Maharaja made sannyasis to go out and preach this movement and I am making householder couples and they are doing so nicely to spread Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu's message. So if you are so inclined and you can find a suitable girl, then you have my permission to get yourself married.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LettertoBhavananda_8" class="quote" parent="1971_Correspondence" book="Let" index="99" link="Letter to Bhavananda" link_text="Letter to Bhavananda"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Bhavananda|Letter to Bhavananda]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 20th February, 1971 and have also received the enclosed pictures and newspaper cuttings. All of them were so interesting to me. Thank you very much. You are doing so much for my Guru Maharaja. It is still more encouraging that the number of devotees in N.Y. temple is increasing. I wish that the number of devotees in every temple be more and more increased.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LettertoNityanandaBombay1April1971_9" class="quote" parent="1971_Correspondence" book="Let" index="135" link="Letter to Nityananda -- Bombay 1 April, 1971" link_text="Letter to Nityananda -- Bombay 1 April, 1971"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Nityananda -- Bombay 1 April, 1971|Letter to Nityananda -- Bombay 1 April, 1971]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">I am so much appreciative to you American boys and girls for helping me fulfill the order of my Guru Maharaja. Simply you are going, husband and wife, chanting Hare Krishna, and preaching pure Krishna Consciousness. May Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu bestow upon you His full blessings.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LettertoNandakisoraJahnavaCalcutta27May1971_10" class="quote" parent="1971_Correspondence" book="Let" index="223" link="Letter to Nandakisora, Jahnava -- Calcutta 27 May, 1971" link_text="Letter to Nandakisora, Jahnava -- Calcutta 27 May, 1971"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Nandakisora, Jahnava -- Calcutta 27 May, 1971|Letter to Nandakisora, Jahnava -- Calcutta 27 May, 1971]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">I thank you very much for your very thoughtful letters dated 21st April and 6th March, 1971 respectively. They were so much pleasing to me. I have just now received them, so there must have been some delay in the mail. Anyway, your kindly sentiments are very much appreciated. You are such a nice couple. I am always remembering how nicely you are preaching and helping me to fulfill the order of my Guru Maharaja. Thank you very much. May Krishna bless you both.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LettertoSvarupaBombay15June1971_11" class="quote" parent="1971_Correspondence" book="Let" index="247" link="Letter to Svarupa -- Bombay 15 June, 1971" link_text="Letter to Svarupa -- Bombay 15 June, 1971"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Svarupa -- Bombay 15 June, 1971|Letter to Svarupa -- Bombay 15 June, 1971]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Our acharya Bhaktivinode Thakura was the perfect householder and we should take his example. How nice a householder he was and how nice children he produced; one of them is my Guru Maharaja. That is the example. So follow it and become successful in Krishna Consciousness.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LettertoBillLondon29June1971_12" class="quote" parent="1971_Correspondence" book="Let" index="261" link="Letter to Bill -- London 29 June, 1971" link_text="Letter to Bill -- London 29 June, 1971"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Bill -- London 29 June, 1971|Letter to Bill -- London 29 June, 1971]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">The more you increase your Krishna Consciousness, the more these things such as lust, anger and greed, will automatically decrease; You can surrender by doing your best to preach this Krishna Consciousness in Florida. That will make you perfect. My Guru Maharaja wanted me to preach this cult in the Western world, so I have tried my best.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LettertoSriGovindaSrilekhaBobLeonWillWoodyMikeLosAngeles4July1971_13" class="quote" parent="1971_Correspondence" book="Let" index="275" link="Letter to Sri Govinda, Srilekha, Bob, Leon, Will, Woody, Mike -- Los Angeles 4 July, 1971" link_text="Letter to Sri Govinda, Srilekha, Bob, Leon, Will, Woody, Mike -- Los Angeles 4 July, 1971"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Sri Govinda, Srilekha, Bob, Leon, Will, Woody, Mike -- Los Angeles 4 July, 1971|Letter to Sri Govinda, Srilekha, Bob, Leon, Will, Woody, Mike -- Los Angeles 4 July, 1971]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Thank you so much for your eagerness to see me. I am doing the work of my Guru Maharaja and similarly you also help me and we will be all benefited in Krishna Consciousness.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LettertoLaksmiNarayanaLosAngeles8July1971_14" class="quote" parent="1971_Correspondence" book="Let" index="288" link="Letter to Laksmi Narayana -- Los Angeles 8 July, 1971" link_text="Letter to Laksmi Narayana -- Los Angeles 8 July, 1971"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Laksmi Narayana -- Los Angeles 8 July, 1971|Letter to Laksmi Narayana -- Los Angeles 8 July, 1971]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">I am so pleased to know that you have been recommended by Sriman Bhagavan das Prabhu for gayatri mantra initiation. Actually that is what I am trying to do in your country is to establish a brahminical society. So when I see that these young American boys are becoming eligible by qualification to take second initiation and become qualified Brahmins, I become very much pleased and my Guru Maharaja becomes pleased also.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LettertoVaikunthanathaSaradiaLondon9August1971_15" class="quote" parent="1971_Correspondence" book="Let" index="346" link="Letter to Vaikunthanatha, Saradia -- London 9 August, 1971" link_text="Letter to Vaikunthanatha, Saradia -- London 9 August, 1971"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Vaikunthanatha, Saradia -- London 9 August, 1971|Letter to Vaikunthanatha, Saradia -- London 9 August, 1971]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">I am so much grateful to you both, husband and wife, that you are so much helping me to fulfill the order of my Guru Maharaja and surely Krishna will give you all facility for making our Trinidad center a grand success and surely He will bless you more and more. Just as soon as you have secured a nice temple and have organized a nice program, I will be glad to come and visit there. That will be very nice.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LettertoAcyutanandaLondon14August1971_16" class="quote" parent="1971_Correspondence" book="Let" index="359" link="Letter to Acyutananda -- London 14 August, 1971" link_text="Letter to Acyutananda -- London 14 August, 1971"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Acyutananda -- London 14 August, 1971|Letter to Acyutananda -- London 14 August, 1971]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Actually cottage life for chanting Hare Krishna Mantra is very nice but because we are dealing with the Western people, Americans and Europeans, they require some nice apartment. Therefore we have to construct a nice house for them. My Guru Maharaja's policy was to give nice facility to devotees so that they may chant Hare Krishna Mantra peacefully and make advancement. But we cannot be luxurious. As far as possible minimize the needs of our life but we shall not curtail the bare necessities.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LettertoTamalaKrsnaLondon14August1971_17" class="quote" parent="1971_Correspondence" book="Let" index="363" link="Letter to Tamala Krsna -- London 14 August, 1971" link_text="Letter to Tamala Krsna -- London 14 August, 1971"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Tamala Krsna -- London 14 August, 1971|Letter to Tamala Krsna -- London 14 August, 1971]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Please offer my Vyasa puja blessings to everyone of you. I am so much pleased with the book put together by you. It will be read tomorrow in the meeting. Similar publication was done by ISKCON Press. So I thank you very much, all of you, for appreciating my humble service which I am trying to render as a matter of duty ordered by my Guru Maharaja. I request all my disciples to work cooperatively and I am sure our mission will advance without any doubt.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LettertoSonsandDaughtersISKCONCHICAGO7BuryPlaceLondonWC1ENGLAND15thAugust1971_18" class="quote" parent="1971_Correspondence" book="Let" index="364" link="Letter to Sons and Daughters, ISKCON CHICAGO -- 7, Bury Place London, W.C.1 ENGLAND 15th August, 1971" link_text="Letter to Sons and Daughters, ISKCON CHICAGO -- 7, Bury Place London, W.C.1 ENGLAND 15th August, 1971"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Sons and Daughters, ISKCON CHICAGO -- 7, Bury Place London, W.C.1 ENGLAND 15th August, 1971|Letter to Sons and Daughters, ISKCON CHICAGO -- 7, Bury Place London, W.C.1 ENGLAND 15th 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 Chaitanya Mahaprabhu coming down by disciplic succession to my guru Maharaj. 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 Maharaj, His Divine Grace Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami Maharaj Prabhupada.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LettertoMahamsaKsudhiRsiKumaraNandakumaraTustaKrsnaKrsnaTulasiGurukrpaMadhudvisaothersLondon15August1971_19" class="quote" parent="1971_Correspondence" book="Let" index="365" link="Letter to Mahamsa, Ksudhi, Rsi Kumara, Nandakumara, Tusta Krsna, Krsna Tulasi, Gurukrpa, Madhudvisa, others -- London 15 August, 1971" link_text="Letter to Mahamsa, Ksudhi, Rsi Kumara, Nandakumara, Tusta Krsna, Krsna Tulasi, Gurukrpa, Madhudvisa, others -- London 15 August, 1971"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Mahamsa, Ksudhi, Rsi Kumara, Nandakumara, Tusta Krsna, Krsna Tulasi, Gurukrpa, Madhudvisa, others -- London 15 August, 1971|Letter to Mahamsa, Ksudhi, Rsi Kumara, Nandakumara, Tusta Krsna, Krsna Tulasi, Gurukrpa, Madhudvisa, 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 self and 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="LettertoDamodaraPatitaPavanaMichaelTomEmilyTosanaRosetMrganetriGulabPatrickothersLondon15August1971_20" class="quote" parent="1971_Correspondence" book="Let" index="366" link="Letter to Damodara, Patita Pavana, Michael, Tom, Emily, Tosana, Roset, Mrganetri, Gulab, Patrick, others -- London 15 August, 1971" link_text="Letter to Damodara, Patita Pavana, Michael, Tom, Emily, Tosana, Roset, Mrganetri, Gulab, Patrick, others -- London 15 August, 1971"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Damodara, Patita Pavana, Michael, Tom, Emily, Tosana, Roset, Mrganetri, Gulab, Patrick, others -- London 15 August, 1971|Letter to Damodara, Patita Pavana, Michael, Tom, Emily, Tosana, Roset, Mrganetri, Gulab, Patrick, 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="LettertoISKCONAmsterdam7BuryPlaceLondonWC1ENGLAND15thAugust1971_21" class="quote" parent="1971_Correspondence" book="Let" index="367" link="Letter to ISKCON Amsterdam -- 7, Bury Place London, W.C.1 ENGLAND 15th August, 1971" link_text="Letter to ISKCON Amsterdam -- 7, Bury Place London, W.C.1 ENGLAND 15th August, 1971"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to ISKCON Amsterdam -- 7, Bury Place London, W.C.1 ENGLAND 15th August, 1971|Letter to ISKCON Amsterdam -- 7, Bury Place London, W.C.1 ENGLAND 15th 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 Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, coming down by disciplic succession to my Guru Maharaj. 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 Maharaj, His Divine Grace Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami Maharaj Prabhupada.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LettertoISKCONBoulderKurusresthaDennisBruceNancyEliciaPournamasiMarkMichaelVincentTulsidasaothersLondon15August1971_22" class="quote" parent="1971_Correspondence" book="Let" index="369" link="Letter to ISKCON Boulder, Kurusrestha, Dennis, Bruce, Nancy, Elicia, Pournamasi, Mark, Michael, Vincent, Tulsidasa, others -- London 15 August, 1971" link_text="Letter to ISKCON Boulder, Kurusrestha, Dennis, Bruce, Nancy, Elicia, Pournamasi, Mark, Michael, Vincent, Tulsidasa, others -- London 15 August, 1971"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to ISKCON Boulder, Kurusrestha, Dennis, Bruce, Nancy, Elicia, Pournamasi, Mark, Michael, Vincent, Tulsidasa, others -- London 15 August, 1971|Letter to ISKCON Boulder, Kurusrestha, Dennis, Bruce, Nancy, Elicia, Pournamasi, Mark, Michael, Vincent, Tulsidasa, 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="LettertoISKCONSanDiegoBhaktadasaSuryaRajiblocanAniruddhaParatrikanandaNorahAnnapurnaMarneyNrsimhaCaitanyaMarybelleothersLondon15August1971_23" class="quote" parent="1971_Correspondence" book="Let" index="371" link="Letter to ISKCON San Diego, Bhakta dasa, Surya, Rajiblocan, Aniruddha, Paratrikananda, Norah, Annapurna, Marney, Nrsimha Caitanya, Marybelle, others -- London 15 August, 1971" link_text="Letter to ISKCON San Diego, Bhakta dasa, Surya, Rajiblocan, Aniruddha, Paratrikananda, Norah, Annapurna, Marney, Nrsimha Caitanya, Marybelle, others -- London 15 August, 1971"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to ISKCON San Diego, Bhakta dasa, Surya, Rajiblocan, Aniruddha, Paratrikananda, Norah, Annapurna, Marney, Nrsimha Caitanya, Marybelle, others -- London 15 August, 1971|Letter to ISKCON San Diego, Bhakta dasa, Surya, Rajiblocan, Aniruddha, Paratrikananda, Norah, Annapurna, Marney, Nrsimha Caitanya, Marybelle, 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="LettertoISKCONPortlandDanavirTrilochanaVisnuKamsariKamalaTraidasPramadaothersLondon15August1971_24" class="quote" parent="1971_Correspondence" book="Let" index="372" link="Letter to ISKCON Portland, Danavir, Trilochana, Visnu, Kamsari, Kamala, Traidas, Pramada, others -- London 15 August, 1971" link_text="Letter to ISKCON Portland, Danavir, Trilochana, Visnu, Kamsari, Kamala, Traidas, Pramada, others -- London 15 August, 1971"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to ISKCON Portland, Danavir, Trilochana, Visnu, Kamsari, Kamala, Traidas, Pramada, others -- London 15 August, 1971|Letter to ISKCON Portland, Danavir, Trilochana, Visnu, Kamsari, Kamala, Traidas, Pramada, 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="LettertoISKCONMalaysiaHanumanNooothersLondon15August1971_25" class="quote" parent="1971_Correspondence" book="Let" index="373" link="Letter to ISKCON Malaysia, Hanuman, Noo, others -- London 15 August, 1971" link_text="Letter to ISKCON Malaysia, Hanuman, Noo, others -- London 15 August, 1971"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to ISKCON Malaysia, Hanuman, Noo, others -- London 15 August, 1971|Letter to ISKCON Malaysia, Hanuman, Noo, 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="LettertoISKCONHamburgMandaliBhadraGunnarRolfAndreHarrisonPhillipHaripriyaAntonioMariaPhilipHerbertLilasaktiJyotirmayiothersLondon15August1971_26" class="quote" parent="1971_Correspondence" book="Let" index="374" link="Letter to ISKCON Hamburg, Mandali Bhadra, Gunnar, Rolf, Andre, Harrison, Phillip, Haripriya, Antonio, Maria, Philip, Herbert, Lilasakti, Jyotirmayi, others -- London 15 August, 1971" link_text="Letter to ISKCON Hamburg, Mandali Bhadra, Gunnar, Rolf, Andre, Harrison, Phillip, Haripriya, Antonio, Maria, Philip, Herbert, Lilasakti, Jyotirmayi, others -- London 15 August, 1971"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to ISKCON Hamburg, Mandali Bhadra, Gunnar, Rolf, Andre, Harrison, Phillip, Haripriya, Antonio, Maria, Philip, Herbert, Lilasakti, Jyotirmayi, others -- London 15 August, 1971|Letter to ISKCON Hamburg, Mandali Bhadra, Gunnar, Rolf, Andre, Harrison, Phillip, Haripriya, Antonio, Maria, Philip, Herbert, Lilasakti, Jyotirmayi, 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="LettertoISKCONOceanCityNandakisoraJahnavaBobbieSteveJaneothersLondon15August1971_27" class="quote" parent="1971_Correspondence" book="Let" index="376" link="Letter to ISKCON Ocean City, Nandakisora, Jahnava, Bobbie, Steve, Jane, others -- London 15 August, 1971" link_text="Letter to ISKCON Ocean City, Nandakisora, Jahnava, Bobbie, Steve, Jane, others -- London 15 August, 1971"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to ISKCON Ocean City, Nandakisora, Jahnava, Bobbie, Steve, Jane, others -- London 15 August, 1971|Letter to ISKCON Ocean City, Nandakisora, Jahnava, Bobbie, Steve, Jane, 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="LettertoISKCONNewOrleansNityanandaJosephDebraKanyaKumariAubreyMichaelSusanothersLondon15August1971_28" class="quote" parent="1971_Correspondence" book="Let" index="377" link="Letter to ISKCON New Orleans, Nityananda, Joseph, Debra, Kanya Kumari, Aubrey, Michael, Susan, others -- London 15 August, 1971" link_text="Letter to ISKCON New Orleans, Nityananda, Joseph, Debra, Kanya Kumari, Aubrey, Michael, Susan, others -- London 15 August, 1971"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to ISKCON New Orleans, Nityananda, Joseph, Debra, Kanya Kumari, Aubrey, Michael, Susan, others -- London 15 August, 1971|Letter to ISKCON New Orleans, Nityananda, Joseph, Debra, Kanya Kumari, Aubrey, Michael, Susan, 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="LettertoISKCONLagunaBeachRsabhadevaSivaniIndumatiKalyanaiKapiladevRichardSuruciTajhDruDavidVaidyanathaothersLondon15August1971_29" class="quote" parent="1971_Correspondence" book="Let" index="378" link="Letter to ISKCON Laguna Beach, Rsabhadeva, Sivani, Indumati, Kalyanai, Kapiladev, Richard, Suruci, Tajh, Dru, David, Vaidyanatha, others -- London 15 August, 1971" link_text="Letter to ISKCON Laguna Beach, Rsabhadeva, Sivani, Indumati, Kalyanai, Kapiladev, Richard, Suruci, Tajh, Dru, David, Vaidyanatha, others -- London 15 August, 1971"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to ISKCON Laguna Beach, Rsabhadeva, Sivani, Indumati, Kalyanai, Kapiladev, Richard, Suruci, Tajh, Dru, David, Vaidyanatha, others -- London 15 August, 1971|Letter to ISKCON Laguna Beach, Rsabhadeva, Sivani, Indumati, Kalyanai, Kapiladev, Richard, Suruci, Tajh, Dru, David, Vaidyanatha, 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="LettertoISKCONBostonSatsvarupaAudryRosemaryCarolCarolannieThomasLarryJillJamesBarbaraRogerDonnaPaulMartinVictorNancyJodyJosephHarerNamaothersLondon15August1971_30" 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="LettertoISKCONTucsonSonsandDaughtersLondon15August1971_31" class="quote" parent="1971_Correspondence" book="Let" index="380" link="Letter to ISKCON Tucson, Sons and Daughters -- London 15 August, 1971" link_text="Letter to ISKCON Tucson, Sons and Daughters -- London 15 August, 1971"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to ISKCON Tucson, Sons and Daughters -- London 15 August, 1971|Letter to ISKCON Tucson, Sons and Daughters -- 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="LettertoISKCONDetroitSonsandDaughtersLondon15August1971_32" class="quote" parent="1971_Correspondence" book="Let" index="381" link="Letter to ISKCON Detroit, Sons and Daughters -- London 15 August, 1971" link_text="Letter to ISKCON Detroit, Sons and Daughters -- London 15 August, 1971"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to ISKCON Detroit, Sons and Daughters -- London 15 August, 1971|Letter to ISKCON Detroit, Sons and Daughters -- 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="LettertoISKCONClevelandSriGovindaSrilekhaLeonWoodyDebbieothersLondon15August1971_33" class="quote" parent="1971_Correspondence" book="Let" index="383" link="Letter to ISKCON Cleveland, Sri Govinda, Srilekha, Leon, Woody, Debbie, others -- London 15 August, 1971" link_text="Letter to ISKCON Cleveland, Sri Govinda, Srilekha, Leon, Woody, Debbie, others -- London 15 August, 1971"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to ISKCON Cleveland, Sri Govinda, Srilekha, Leon, Woody, Debbie, others -- London 15 August, 1971|Letter to ISKCON Cleveland, Sri Govinda, Srilekha, Leon, Woody, Debbie, 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="LettertoISKCONPittsburghTrivikramaBibhuKatyayaniothersLondon15August1971_34" class="quote" parent="1971_Correspondence" book="Let" index="384" link="Letter to ISKCON Pittsburgh, Trivikrama, Bibhu, Katyayani, others -- London 15 August, 1971" link_text="Letter to ISKCON Pittsburgh, Trivikrama, Bibhu, Katyayani, others -- London 15 August, 1971"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to ISKCON Pittsburgh, Trivikrama, Bibhu, Katyayani, others -- London 15 August, 1971|Letter to ISKCON Pittsburgh, Trivikrama, Bibhu, Katyayani, 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="LettertoISKCONStLouisVamanadevaSharonBadarinarayanaJudyPamelaJohnNancyCathyStuartEugeneMichaelJayneRichardMahamayaBarryBaladevaIndiraJagannathaothersLondon15August1971_35" class="quote" parent="1971_Correspondence" book="Let" index="385" link="Letter to ISKCON St. Louis, Vamanadeva, Sharon, Badarinarayana, Judy, Pamela, John, Nancy, Cathy, Stuart, Eugene, Michael, Jayne, Richard, Mahamaya, Barry, Baladeva, Indira, Jagannatha, others -- London 15 August, 1971" link_text="Letter to ISKCON St. Louis, Vamanadeva, Sharon, Badarinarayana, Judy, Pamela, John, Nancy, Cathy, Stuart, Eugene, Michael, Jayne, Richard, Mahamaya, Barry, Baladeva, Indira, Jagannatha, others -- London 15 August, 1971"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to ISKCON St. Louis, Vamanadeva, Sharon, Badarinarayana, Judy, Pamela, John, Nancy, Cathy, Stuart, Eugene, Michael, Jayne, Richard, Mahamaya, Barry, Baladeva, Indira, Jagannatha, others -- London 15 August, 1971|Letter to ISKCON St. Louis, Vamanadeva, Sharon, Badarinarayana, Judy, Pamela, John, Nancy, Cathy, Stuart, Eugene, Michael, Jayne, Richard, Mahamaya, Barry, Baladeva, Indira, Jagannatha, 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="LettertoISKCONTrinidadVaikunthanathaSaradiaLondon15August1971_36" class="quote" parent="1971_Correspondence" book="Let" index="386" link="Letter to ISKCON Trinidad, Vaikunthanatha, Saradia -- London 15 August, 1971" link_text="Letter to ISKCON Trinidad, Vaikunthanatha, Saradia -- London 15 August, 1971"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to ISKCON Trinidad, Vaikunthanatha, Saradia -- London 15 August, 1971|Letter to ISKCON Trinidad, Vaikunthanatha, Saradia -- 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="LettertoISKCONTrinidadVaikunthanathaSaradiaLondon15August1971_37" class="quote" parent="1971_Correspondence" book="Let" index="386" link="Letter to ISKCON Trinidad, Vaikunthanatha, Saradia -- London 15 August, 1971" link_text="Letter to ISKCON Trinidad, Vaikunthanatha, Saradia -- London 15 August, 1971"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to ISKCON Trinidad, Vaikunthanatha, Saradia -- London 15 August, 1971|Letter to ISKCON Trinidad, Vaikunthanatha, Saradia -- 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="LettertoNityanandaDelhi12November1971_38" class="quote" parent="1971_Correspondence" book="Let" index="515" link="Letter to Nityananda -- Delhi 12 November, 1971" link_text="Letter to Nityananda -- Delhi 12 November, 1971"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Nityananda -- Delhi 12 November, 1971|Letter to Nityananda -- Delhi 12 November, 1971]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">It is a basic principle that one must accept a bona fide spiritual master in order to achieve the highest perfection of life, love of God. I thank all of you very much for accepting me as your spiritual master, and I promise that I will take you back to home, back to Godhead. I ask you all to promise me to always chant at least 16 rounds, follow the regulative principles, read our books and try to preach this Krishna Consciousness Movement all over the world. So far my qualifications are concerned, I am simply trying to carry out the order of my Guru Maharaja.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LettertoBhaktadasaDelhi20November1971_39" class="quote" parent="1971_Correspondence" book="Let" index="529" link="Letter to Bhakta dasa -- Delhi 20 November, 1971" link_text="Letter to Bhakta dasa -- Delhi 20 November, 1971"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Bhakta dasa -- Delhi 20 November, 1971|Letter to Bhakta dasa -- Delhi 20 November, 1971]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">The language of Krishna Consciousness is ever-fresh and we can explain everything by it, just like my Guru Maharaja once lectured for three months on one verse from Srimad-Bhagavatam. But every precaution must be taken to preserve our basic guiding principles as they are and not change them because we want to hear something new.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LettertoSriGalimDelhi20November1971_40" class="quote" parent="1971_Correspondence" book="Let" index="531" link="Letter to Sri Galim -- Delhi 20 November, 1971" link_text="Letter to Sri Galim -- Delhi 20 November, 1971"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Sri Galim -- Delhi 20 November, 1971|Letter to Sri Galim -- Delhi 20 November, 1971]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">If Bill Prabhu holds a university post, then that is a very important position for spreading Krishna Consciousness and he should try to keep it as long as it will be beneficial in that way. My Guru Maharaja used to say that anything material, if it is used in the service of Krishna, it is a mistake to give it up.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LettertoGovindaDelhi20November1971_41" class="quote" parent="1971_Correspondence" book="Let" index="532" link="Letter to Govinda -- Delhi 20 November, 1971" link_text="Letter to Govinda -- Delhi 20 November, 1971"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Govinda -- Delhi 20 November, 1971|Letter to Govinda -- Delhi 20 November, 1971]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Advaita Prabhu has a full white beard. He was an old man. He was practically older than the father of Lord Caitanya. He was an elder gentleman in the town of Navadvipa, elder of the brahmana community. All should wear Tulasi kunti beads, not less than two strands. Three, four strands or my Guru Maharaja had five strands. Only Lord Caitanya and Lord Nityananda wear crowns and nosepins. Lord Caitanya and Lord Nityananda can be decorated with all kinds of jewelry. For Krishna Tulasi and Rama Tulasi the the worship is the same. There is no difference between Rama and Krishna. Both are the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Simply they are expansions of the same Absolute Truth.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LettertoHamsadutaDelhi20November1971_42" class="quote" parent="1971_Correspondence" book="Let" index="533" link="Letter to Hamsaduta -- Delhi 20 November, 1971" link_text="Letter to Hamsaduta -- Delhi 20 November, 1971"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Hamsaduta -- Delhi 20 November, 1971|Letter to Hamsaduta -- Delhi 20 November, 1971]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Regarding your question about incense, Karandhara has just informed me that our Spiritual Sky incense business is making now $1,000,000 a year to spend for Krishna. How can that be Maya? My Guru Maharaja used to say, "Anything material, if it is used for the service of Krishna, it is a mistake to give it up." Because I have understood this principle, he used to appreciate me in front of my godbrothers. I have given this idea all along—why you big leaders do not understand it? You should take it to heart as a guiding principle that somehow or other we always please Krishna by doing what is practical and necessary, according to time and place. Not that we should be whimsical. But one test is that all the devotees should be satisfied.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LettertoKrsnaDeviDelhi20November1971_43" class="quote" parent="1971_Correspondence" book="Let" index="534" link="Letter to Krsna Devi -- Delhi 20 November, 1971" link_text="Letter to Krsna Devi -- Delhi 20 November, 1971"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Krsna Devi -- Delhi 20 November, 1971|Letter to Krsna Devi -- Delhi 20 November, 1971]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">I am in due receipt of your letter of November 7, 1971, and I am encouraged to note that you are working very nicely in Krishna Consciousness, despite being there in a foreign land with so many obstacles. This kind of service is especially appreciated by Krishna, that some devotees should take risk for His preaching work. And my Guru Maharaja repeatedly requested his disciples to go out into far-off lands for spreading the message of Lord Caitanya. Thank you very much for this.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LettertoBahulasvaVrindaban30November1971_44" class="quote" parent="1971_Correspondence" book="Let" index="549" link="Letter to Bahulasva -- Vrindaban 30 November, 1971" link_text="Letter to Bahulasva -- Vrindaban 30 November, 1971"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Bahulasva -- Vrindaban 30 November, 1971|Letter to Bahulasva -- Vrindaban 30 November, 1971]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">I am very glad that you are challenging all of these so-called swamis and gurus. My Guru Maharaja appreciated devotees who boldly present our Vaisnava philosophy. We must take advantage of every opportunity to defeat these rascals and drive them away, so please continue this strong attitude.</p> |
| </div> | | </div> |
| </div> | | </div> |
| </div> | | </div> |