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| [[Category:I Request (Prabhupada)]] | | [[Category:I Request (Prabhupada)|2]] |
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| <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> |
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| <div id="LettertoHamsadutaLosAngeles17February1968_2" class="quote" parent="1968_Correspondence" book="Let" index="65" link="Letter to Hamsaduta -- Los Angeles 17 February, 1968" link_text="Letter to Hamsaduta -- Los Angeles 17 February, 1968"> | | <div id="LettertoHamsadutaLosAngeles17February1968_1" class="quote" parent="1968_Correspondence" book="Let" index="65" link="Letter to Hamsaduta -- Los Angeles 17 February, 1968" link_text="Letter to Hamsaduta -- Los Angeles 17 February, 1968"> |
| <div class="heading">I am so happy to hear that you are finding strength to be determined to spread Krishna Consciousness all over the world; my Guru Maharaja wanted like that, especially the Western world, and my only request is that you all sincere boys and girls, to spread this Krishna Consciousness to every home, to every village and town, and to take this mission very seriously. | | <div class="heading">I am so happy to hear that you are finding strength to be determined to spread Krishna Consciousness all over the world; my Guru Maharaja wanted like that, especially the Western world, and my only request is that you all sincere boys and girls, to spread this Krishna Consciousness to every home, to every village and town, and to take this mission very seriously. |
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| <div id="LettertoHamsadutaLosAngeles12December1968_4" class="quote" parent="1968_Correspondence" book="Let" index="486" link="Letter to Hamsaduta -- Los Angeles 12 December, 1968" link_text="Letter to Hamsaduta -- Los Angeles 12 December, 1968"> | | <div id="LettertoHamsadutaLosAngeles12December1968_2" class="quote" parent="1968_Correspondence" book="Let" index="486" link="Letter to Hamsaduta -- Los Angeles 12 December, 1968" link_text="Letter to Hamsaduta -- Los Angeles 12 December, 1968"> |
| <div class="heading">Such French edition was my great ambition and now that you have achieved success, I request you all to improve it continually so the French speaking people will have opportunity to take advantage of our Krishna Consciousness movement. | | <div class="heading">Such French edition was my great ambition and now that you have achieved success, I request you all to improve it continually so the French speaking people will have opportunity to take advantage of our Krishna Consciousness movement. |
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| <div id="LettertoUpendraLosAngeles5July1969_5" class="quote" parent="1969_Correspondence" book="Let" index="422" link="Letter to Upendra -- Los Angeles 5 July, 1969" link_text="Letter to Upendra -- Los Angeles 5 July, 1969"> | | <div id="LettertoUpendraLosAngeles5July1969_2" class="quote" parent="1969_Correspondence" book="Let" index="422" link="Letter to Upendra -- Los Angeles 5 July, 1969" link_text="Letter to Upendra -- Los Angeles 5 July, 1969"> |
| <div class="heading">I hope you have by now received one circular from Brahmananda in which it is stated that you are all requested to write articles of Krishna Consciousness as you have personally realized it, and also send as many pictures as possible of Sankirtana Movement for BTG along with short descriptions. | | <div class="heading">I hope you have by now received one circular from Brahmananda in which it is stated that you are all requested to write articles of Krishna Consciousness as you have personally realized it, and also send as many pictures as possible of Sankirtana Movement for BTG along with short descriptions. |
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| <div id="LettertoMukundaLosAngeles28July1969_2" class="quote" parent="1969_Correspondence" book="Let" index="475" link="Letter to Mukunda -- Los Angeles 28 July, 1969" link_text="Letter to Mukunda -- Los Angeles 28 July, 1969"> | | <div id="LettertoMukundaLosAngeles28July1969_3" class="quote" parent="1969_Correspondence" book="Let" index="475" link="Letter to Mukunda -- Los Angeles 28 July, 1969" link_text="Letter to Mukunda -- Los Angeles 28 July, 1969"> |
| <div class="heading">It is my request to you all that you establish an exemplary character and show how householders can be the first class transcendentalists. | | <div class="heading">It is my request to you all that you establish an exemplary character and show how householders can be the first class transcendentalists. |
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| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Mukunda -- Los Angeles 28 July, 1969|Letter to Mukunda -- Los Angeles 28 July, 1969]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">I am so glad to learn that Mr. Ted Berk, the American poet, is now living with you as brahmacari. Let him become now a Vaisnava poet. There are so many Vaisnava poets in India. Now as Krishna Consciousness is spreading, I think there must be some western Vaisnava poets, and Mr. Ted Berk may be the first one. So far as Trivikrama is concerned, he is a super first-class brahmacari. His service attitude, his submission is very nice although he is still a new member. The thing is that he had the association of Rupanuga who is an ideal householder devotee. I am feeling very much proud personally because my so many householder devotees are preaching Krishna Consciousness so nicely. Caitanya Mahaprabhu did not make any distinction between the so-called brahmacari, householder, or sannyasi. He specifically stressed that these designations are superficial, pertaining to bodies. Krishna Consciousness is the function of the soul, jivatma. In the Vedas it is said that the spirit soul is without any touch of material contamination, but when he forgets Krishna he thinks himself as a material product. That is called Maya. But in any position, if one can understand the science of Krishna Consciousness, he can deliver many, many fallen souls. So it is my request to you all that you establish an exemplary character and show how householders can be the first class transcendentalists. When I feel that my householder disciples are preaching so nicely I actually feel very much proud.</p> | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Mukunda -- Los Angeles 28 July, 1969|Letter to Mukunda -- Los Angeles 28 July, 1969]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">I am so glad to learn that Mr. Ted Berk, the American poet, is now living with you as brahmacari. Let him become now a Vaisnava poet. There are so many Vaisnava poets in India. Now as Krishna Consciousness is spreading, I think there must be some western Vaisnava poets, and Mr. Ted Berk may be the first one. So far as Trivikrama is concerned, he is a super first-class brahmacari. His service attitude, his submission is very nice although he is still a new member. The thing is that he had the association of Rupanuga who is an ideal householder devotee. I am feeling very much proud personally because my so many householder devotees are preaching Krishna Consciousness so nicely. Caitanya Mahaprabhu did not make any distinction between the so-called brahmacari, householder, or sannyasi. He specifically stressed that these designations are superficial, pertaining to bodies. Krishna Consciousness is the function of the soul, jivatma. In the Vedas it is said that the spirit soul is without any touch of material contamination, but when he forgets Krishna he thinks himself as a material product. That is called Maya. But in any position, if one can understand the science of Krishna Consciousness, he can deliver many, many fallen souls. So it is my request to you all that you establish an exemplary character and show how householders can be the first class transcendentalists. When I feel that my householder disciples are preaching so nicely I actually feel very much proud.</p> |
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| | <div id="LettertoMadhudvisaHamburg7September1969_5" class="quote" parent="1969_Correspondence" book="Let" index="551" link="Letter to Madhudvisa -- Hamburg 7 September, 1969" link_text="Letter to Madhudvisa -- Hamburg 7 September, 1969"> |
| | <div class="heading">For so many countless lifetimes the conditioned souls have been giving all of their service and energy to the service of Maya, and I am requesting all of my disciples that for this one lifetime you give all of your energy and service to Krishna. |
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| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Madhudvisa -- Hamburg 7 September, 1969|Letter to Madhudvisa -- Hamburg 7 September, 1969]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Also I very much appreciated the poem that you have written for Vyasa Puja Ceremony, and because it was too late for being published in the Vyasa Puja booklet, I have handed it over to Hayagriva for publication in BTG. This poem was especially nice and I thank you for it. I am always encouraged to learn of your activities in the San Francisco temple, and I think that by the Grace of Caitanya Mahaprabhu you shall do very great service to His Sankirtana Movement. For so many countless lifetimes the conditioned souls have been giving all of their service and energy to the service of Maya, and I am requesting all of my disciples that for this one lifetime you give all of your energy and service to Krishna. The spiritual force is eternal, so to give simply one lifetime to Krishna is not a very difficult thing. And yet if we are serious in executing the devotional principles, this one lifetime of service to Krishna will absolute and final solution to all the problems of life. Sincere devotional service in even one lifetime is sufficient to make one eligible to return to the Vaikuntha world permanently. Krishna Consciousness has got this power. So stick to this path as you are now doing, and as your sincerity and determination increase more and more, Krishna will surely be pleased to bestow all of His blessings upon you.</p> |
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| <div id="1970_Correspondence" class="sub_section" sec_index="5" parent="Correspondence" text="1970 Correspondence"><h3>1970 Correspondence</h3> | | <div id="1970_Correspondence" class="sub_section" sec_index="5" parent="Correspondence" text="1970 Correspondence"><h3>1970 Correspondence</h3> |
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| <div id="LettertoSyamasundaraLosAngeles16February1970_5" class="quote" parent="1970_Correspondence" book="Let" index="100" link="Letter to Syamasundara -- Los Angeles 16 February, 1970" link_text="Letter to Syamasundara -- Los Angeles 16 February, 1970"> | | <div id="LettertoSyamasundaraLosAngeles16February1970_0" class="quote" parent="1970_Correspondence" book="Let" index="100" link="Letter to Syamasundara -- Los Angeles 16 February, 1970" link_text="Letter to Syamasundara -- Los Angeles 16 February, 1970"> |
| <div class="heading">I think Lord Caitanya is planning a situation which will help us in pushing the Krsna Consciousness movement throughout the whole world. I therefore request you all to chant Hare Krsna mantra very rigidly sixteen rounds a day and thus be fixed up in your spiritual strength and everything will come out successful. | | <div class="heading">I think Lord Caitanya is planning a situation which will help us in pushing the Krsna Consciousness movement throughout the whole world. I therefore request you all to chant Hare Krsna mantra very rigidly sixteen rounds a day and thus be fixed up in your spiritual strength and everything will come out successful. |
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| <div id="LettertoHamsadutaLosAngeles12March1970_0" class="quote" parent="1970_Correspondence" book="Let" index="163" link="Letter to Hamsaduta -- Los Angeles 12 March, 1970" link_text="Letter to Hamsaduta -- Los Angeles 12 March, 1970"> | | <div id="LettertoHamsadutaLosAngeles12March1970_1" class="quote" parent="1970_Correspondence" book="Let" index="163" link="Letter to Hamsaduta -- Los Angeles 12 March, 1970" link_text="Letter to Hamsaduta -- Los Angeles 12 March, 1970"> |
| <div class="heading">I am requesting you, all my European and American students, to spread this movement city to city and village to village and make all people of the world happy. | | <div class="heading">I am requesting you, all my European and American students, to spread this movement city to city and village to village and make all people of the world happy. |
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| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Hamsaduta -- Los Angeles 12 March, 1970|Letter to Hamsaduta -- Los Angeles 12 March, 1970]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Now work with great enthusiasm and ask Himavati to take care of the Deities very, very nicely. Both of you have seen in L.A. how much they are careful about Deity worship. We have to make our steady progress, keeping both sides in balance; namely the Pancaratriki Biddhi and Bhagavat Biddhi. The Pancaratriki Biddhi is Arcana or Temple worship, and the Bhagavat Biddhi is to preach by chanting and distributing literature. Although chanting is quite sufficient to cover all the Biddhis, still to keep ourselves pure and sanctified, we must observe the rules and regulations of Pancaratriki Biddhi.</p> | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Hamsaduta -- Los Angeles 12 March, 1970|Letter to Hamsaduta -- Los Angeles 12 March, 1970]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Now work with great enthusiasm and ask Himavati to take care of the Deities very, very nicely. Both of you have seen in L.A. how much they are careful about Deity worship. We have to make our steady progress, keeping both sides in balance; namely the Pancaratriki Biddhi and Bhagavat Biddhi. The Pancaratriki Biddhi is Arcana or Temple worship, and the Bhagavat Biddhi is to preach by chanting and distributing literature. Although chanting is quite sufficient to cover all the Biddhis, still to keep ourselves pure and sanctified, we must observe the rules and regulations of Pancaratriki Biddhi.</p> |
| <p>Our London Deities are certainly very, very nice; and everyone is captivated by seeing the smiling face of the Lord. It is very enchanting. Now everything is there and you are also experienced, therefore go on opening branches as many as possible and preach Sankirtana movement to your best capacity. Srila Bhaktivinode Thakura entrusted the responsibility to my Guru Maharaja, and He also in His turn empowered us to do the work. Similarly, I am requesting you, all my European and American students, to spread this movement city to city and village to village and make all people of the world happy. Actually they are missing the central point—Krsna, therefore they are unhappy. Let us inform them about this missing point, and certainly they will be happy.</p> | | <p>Our London Deities are certainly very, very nice; and everyone is captivated by seeing the smiling face of the Lord. It is very enchanting. Now everything is there and you are also experienced, therefore go on opening branches as many as possible and preach Sankirtana movement to your best capacity. Srila Bhaktivinode Thakura entrusted the responsibility to my Guru Maharaja, and He also in His turn empowered us to do the work. Similarly, I am requesting you, all my European and American students, to spread this movement city to city and village to village and make all people of the world happy. Actually they are missing the central point—Krsna, therefore they are unhappy. Let us inform them about this missing point, and certainly they will be happy.</p> |
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| | <div id="LettertoHamsadutaLosAngeles26April1970_6" class="quote" parent="1970_Correspondence" book="Let" index="269" link="Letter to Hamsaduta -- Los Angeles 26 April, 1970" link_text="Letter to Hamsaduta -- Los Angeles 26 April, 1970"> |
| | <div class="heading">So far you are concerned, I request all my spiritual sons and daughters to help me in this great adventure, and if you all help me, I am sure I shall be successful. |
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| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Hamsaduta -- Los Angeles 26 April, 1970|Letter to Hamsaduta -- Los Angeles 26 April, 1970]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">I thank you very much for your kind appreciation of my humble activities, and you always pray to Krsna that the remaining days of my life may be thus engaged in executing the orders of my Spiritual Master. So far you are concerned, I request all my spiritual sons and daughters to help me in this great adventure, and if you all help me, I am sure I shall be successful.</p> |
| | <p>Now our next program will be to lead a Sankirtana Party round over the world. It is already advertised in India from mouth to mouth that I am coming there next year with forty disciples. So I think we must keep this program in the beginning of our next year. There is already invitation in Africa. One party may go from London via other countries to Bombay, and another party may go from here via Japan to Calcutta, and then they will meet together.</p> |
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| <div id="LettertoBhagavanSurat18December1970_6" class="quote" parent="1970_Correspondence" book="Let" index="641" link="Letter to Bhagavan -- Surat 18 December, 1970" link_text="Letter to Bhagavan -- Surat 18 December, 1970"> | | <div id="LettertoBhagavanSurat18December1970_5" class="quote" parent="1970_Correspondence" book="Let" index="641" link="Letter to Bhagavan -- Surat 18 December, 1970" link_text="Letter to Bhagavan -- Surat 18 December, 1970"> |
| <div class="heading">I request you and all other members of ISKCON to flood the world with Krishna Conscious centers and realize the prediction of Caitanya Mahaprabhu "as many towns and villages there are, my name will be known." | | <div class="heading">I request you and all other members of ISKCON to flood the world with Krishna Conscious centers and realize the prediction of Caitanya Mahaprabhu "as many towns and villages there are, my name will be known." |
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| <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Sankarasana (Stephen Bridge), Parasara (Ron), Pulasta (Chris Pinkard) -- London 12 August, 1971|Letter to Sankarasana (Stephen Bridge), Parasara (Ron), Pulasta (Chris Pinkard) -- London 12 August, 1971]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Visnujana Maharaja tells me that in his absence, while he is opening one center in San Antonio, you three boys are maintaining nicely there in Austin. So you are all very qualified and you have been trained up under the expert guidance of Visnujana Swami. So you should all work cooperatively to push on this movement there in Texas and make our Austin center a grand success. That is my request to you all. Always be engaged in Krishna's business and stay fit in spiritual life by strictly following the regulative principle, by chanting at least 16 rounds of beads daily and without fail, by studying all our books and by regularly going for street Sankirtana. These make for our very strength in spiritual life and if you will follow them faithfully then your going back to home back to Godhead will be certain.</p> | | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Sankarasana (Stephen Bridge), Parasara (Ron), Pulasta (Chris Pinkard) -- London 12 August, 1971|Letter to Sankarasana (Stephen Bridge), Parasara (Ron), Pulasta (Chris Pinkard) -- London 12 August, 1971]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Visnujana Maharaja tells me that in his absence, while he is opening one center in San Antonio, you three boys are maintaining nicely there in Austin. So you are all very qualified and you have been trained up under the expert guidance of Visnujana Swami. So you should all work cooperatively to push on this movement there in Texas and make our Austin center a grand success. That is my request to you all. Always be engaged in Krishna's business and stay fit in spiritual life by strictly following the regulative principle, by chanting at least 16 rounds of beads daily and without fail, by studying all our books and by regularly going for street Sankirtana. These make for our very strength in spiritual life and if you will follow them faithfully then your going back to home back to Godhead will be certain.</p> |
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| | <div id="LettertoTamalaKrsnaLondon14August1971_5" 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"> |
| | <div class="heading">I request all my disciples to work cooperatively and I am sure our mission will advance without any doubt. |
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| | <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> |
| | <p>Regarding Ramananda at Gorakhpur, he is very important hand as Hindi translator. So I do not find any reason why Chopra or other members in Gorakhpur should complain against him. So things should be handled very carefully because everyone engaged in Krishna's service should be given a chance to exercise this transcendental business very nicely. I am getting older and the 76th anniversary of my birth observed by my disciples means that I am getting older. Naturally my health does not allow me to work very hard but still I am working as hard as possible to advance this mission and I request all my disciples to give their full cooperation in this great task.</p> |
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| <div id="1972_Correspondence" class="sub_section" sec_index="7" parent="Correspondence" text="1972 Correspondence"><h3>1972 Correspondence</h3> | | <div id="1972_Correspondence" class="sub_section" sec_index="7" parent="Correspondence" text="1972 Correspondence"><h3>1972 Correspondence</h3> |
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| | <div id="LettertoBhargavaLosAngeles13June1972_2" class="quote" parent="1972_Correspondence" book="Let" index="315" link="Letter to Bhargava -- Los Angeles 13 June, 1972" link_text="Letter to Bhargava -- Los Angeles 13 June, 1972"> |
| | <div class="heading">I am requesting all of my students to read my books very seriously every day without fail. In this way, if your mind becomes absorbed at least one or two hours daily in the transcendental subject matter of Srimad-Bhagavatam, Bhagavad-gita, and other books then very easily you will make your advancement in Krishna Consciousness. |
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| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Bhargava -- Los Angeles 13 June, 1972|Letter to Bhargava -- Los Angeles 13 June, 1972]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Our advancement in Krishna Consciousness is made possible in two ways, by Knowledge and renunciation, jnana and tyaga or tapasya. The more we become renounced from this material world, the more we advance in Krishna Consciousness. But we are only able to make such sacrifices and perform tapasya if we have got knowledge. So first thing is to become knowledgeable in Krishna Consciousness, then the tapasya or voluntary life of austerity will result automatically. So I am requesting all of my students to read my books very seriously every day without fail. In this way, if your mind becomes absorbed at least one or two hours daily in the transcendental subject matter of Srimad-Bhagavatam, Bhagavad-gita, and other books then very easily you will make your advancement in Krishna Consciousness. It is not a matter of changing our engagement, adjusting this or that material condition, in order to find our real happiness. Krishna Consciousness is not like that. It is able to be performed under any variety of material conditions or with any type of engagement. Therefore if your duty as a photographer is very much helpful to our propanganda work and for improving our BTG then there is very much need for your remaining in that occupation and doing it to your best capacity. It is a fallacy to say that my present engagement with the press is not the best for my spiritual advancement, and if we think in this way we may go on trying out one engagement after another and always say the same excuse. This restlessness or agitation of the mind cannot be rectified by altering the material circumstances. If we are Krishna Conscious, any type of occupation will suit me and we shall always be satisfied. Therefore, I recommend you to read books more and more and try to understand the subject matter from different angles of vision and be always discussing it with your godbrothers even while you are working at the press, and when you are working and you cannot read, then listen to the tapes of my lectures and hear in that way. And never neglect to chant your 16 rounds of beads daily, rise early without fail, attend mangal arati, take bath, and follow the other regulative principles, and everything will come out very successfully, you can rest assured of that.</p> |
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| <div id="LettertoAtendriyaAndyWiernszBahusiraBillOliversonJitamitraJudyJonesMaharhaMaryStJohnOmkaraOksanaOlenczukVajasanaVickyBurtBombay23December1972_0" class="quote" parent="1972_Correspondence" book="Let" index="633" link="Letter to Atendriya (Andy Wiernsz), Bahusira (Bill Oliverson), Jitamitra (Judy Jones), Maharha (Mary St. John), Omkara (Oksana Olenczuk), Vajasana (Vicky Burt) -- Bombay 23 December, 1972" link_text="Letter to Atendriya (Andy Wiernsz), Bahusira (Bill Oliverson), Jitamitra (Judy Jones), Maharha (Mary St. John), Omkara (Oksana Olenczuk), Vajasana (Vicky Burt) -- Bombay 23 December, 1972"> | | <div id="LettertoAtendriyaAndyWiernszBahusiraBillOliversonJitamitraJudyJonesMaharhaMaryStJohnOmkaraOksanaOlenczukVajasanaVickyBurtBombay23December1972_0" class="quote" parent="1972_Correspondence" book="Let" index="633" link="Letter to Atendriya (Andy Wiernsz), Bahusira (Bill Oliverson), Jitamitra (Judy Jones), Maharha (Mary St. John), Omkara (Oksana Olenczuk), Vajasana (Vicky Burt) -- Bombay 23 December, 1972" link_text="Letter to Atendriya (Andy Wiernsz), Bahusira (Bill Oliverson), Jitamitra (Judy Jones), Maharha (Mary St. John), Omkara (Oksana Olenczuk), Vajasana (Vicky Burt) -- Bombay 23 December, 1972"> |
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| <div id="1974_Correspondence" class="sub_section" sec_index="9" parent="Correspondence" text="1974 Correspondence"><h3>1974 Correspondence</h3> | | <div id="1974_Correspondence" class="sub_section" sec_index="9" parent="Correspondence" text="1974 Correspondence"><h3>1974 Correspondence</h3> |
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| | <div id="LettertoMadhudvisaVrndavana18August1974_3" class="quote" parent="1974_Correspondence" book="Let" index="326" link="Letter to Madhudvisa -- Vrndavana 18 August, 1974" link_text="Letter to Madhudvisa -- Vrndavana 18 August, 1974"> |
| | <div class="heading">My only request to my disciples all over the world on this day is to go on pushing on this movement with determination and sincerity, rigidly following the principles I have given you. |
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| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Madhudvisa -- Vrndavana 18 August, 1974|Letter to Madhudvisa -- Vrndavana 18 August, 1974]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">I beg to thank you for your kind appreciations on the Vyasa Puja Day. Your sentiments are appreciated by me. It is stated by Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura it is only by pleasing the Spiritual Master that one can be assured of pleasing Krishna. So my only request to my disciples all over the world on this day is to go on pushing on this movement with determination and sincerity, rigidly following the principles I have given you.</p> |
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| <div id="LettertoDevoteesCalcutta24September1974_0" class="quote" parent="1974_Correspondence" book="Let" index="433" link="Letter to Devotees -- Calcutta 24 September, 1974" link_text="Letter to Devotees -- Calcutta 24 September, 1974"> | | <div id="LettertoDevoteesCalcutta24September1974_0" class="quote" parent="1974_Correspondence" book="Let" index="433" link="Letter to Devotees -- Calcutta 24 September, 1974" link_text="Letter to Devotees -- Calcutta 24 September, 1974"> |
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| <p>I have written letters to Ramesvara and Rupanuga in regards to the recent controversies about book distribution methods to be used by our men. You may refer to those letters if you like.</p> | | <p>I have written letters to Ramesvara and Rupanuga in regards to the recent controversies about book distribution methods to be used by our men. You may refer to those letters if you like.</p> |
| <p>Regarding the two boys you mentioned, they can receive initiation in Mayapur as long as they are recommended by the temple president or GBC.</p> | | <p>Regarding the two boys you mentioned, they can receive initiation in Mayapur as long as they are recommended by the temple president or GBC.</p> |
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| | <div id="1976_Correspondence" class="sub_section" sec_index="11" parent="Correspondence" text="1976 Correspondence"><h3>1976 Correspondence</h3> |
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| | <div id="LettertoGurudasaVrindaban18November1976_0" class="quote" parent="1976_Correspondence" book="Let" index="648" link="Letter to Gurudasa -- Vrindaban 18 November, 1976" link_text="Letter to Gurudasa -- Vrindaban 18 November, 1976"> |
| | <div class="heading">I am getting older and older and it is getting difficult for me, therefore I am requesting all my younger disciples to preach all over the world. Otherwise, you are always welcome in Vrndavana. I have no objection. |
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| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Gurudasa -- Vrindaban 18 November, 1976|Letter to Gurudasa -- Vrindaban 18 November, 1976]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">There are many sahajiyas who imitate Rupa Goswami not to go out of Vrndavana, but Caitanya Mahaprabhu remained always outside Vrndavana for preaching purposes, although He is is the master of Vrndavana personally. I have no objection to your coming to Vrndavana, but as you have accepted the sannyasa order, it is more important to preach about Vrndavana rather than to come to Vrndavana. I am getting older and older and it is getting difficult for me, therefore I am requesting all my younger disciples to preach all over the world. Otherwise, you are always welcome in Vrndavana. I have no objection.</p> |
| | <p>I am a little hopeful that if we preach in the communist countries, they will like it. According to our Vaisnava philosophy even a snake or lizard is in the house shall not go without eating, what to speak of other living entities. The communists have an idea for feeding human society, but our idea is expanding. We want to see even a snake not fasting.</p> |
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