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| [[Category:Management]] | | [[Category:Our Management (Disciples of SP)|2]] |
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| <div id="Lectures" class="section" sec_index="4" parent="compilation" text="Lectures"><h2>Lectures</h2> | | <div id="Lectures" class="section" sec_index="4" parent="compilation" text="Lectures"><h2>Lectures</h2> |
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| <p>Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: They have to also be included in the decisions of the BBT. It can't simply be that managers make decisions.</p> | | <p>Tamāla Kṛṣṇa: They have to also be included in the decisions of the BBT. It can't simply be that managers make decisions.</p> |
| <p>Prabhupāda: Yes. Without their sanction, there will be... Let them... These all rascals...</p> | | <p>Prabhupāda: Yes. Without their sanction, there will be... Let them... These all rascals...</p> |
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| | <div id="Correspondence" class="section" sec_index="6" parent="compilation" text="Correspondence"><h2>Correspondence</h2> |
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| | <div id="1970_Correspondence" class="sub_section" sec_index="5" parent="Correspondence" text="1970 Correspondence"><h3>1970 Correspondence</h3> |
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| | <div id="LettertoHanumanPrasadPoddarLosAngeles5February1970_0" class="quote" parent="1970_Correspondence" book="Let" index="77" link="Letter to Hanuman Prasad Poddar -- Los Angeles 5 February, 1970" link_text="Letter to Hanuman Prasad Poddar -- Los Angeles 5 February, 1970"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Hanuman Prasad Poddar -- Los Angeles 5 February, 1970|Letter to Hanuman Prasad Poddar -- Los Angeles 5 February, 1970]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">The management of our different centers is made by three officers; namely a President, Treasurer, and a Secretary. They have got separate banking accounts in each center. The checks are signed by two officers out of three. Although in each banking account my name is there as Acarya, and when I am in a center sometimes I sign the checks, still, usually I do not. I try to keep myself aloof from business transactions; but as far publications is concerned, I manage the book fund personally.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LettertoBalimardanaLosAngeles15July1970_1" class="quote" parent="1970_Correspondence" book="Let" index="425" link="Letter to Bali-mardana -- Los Angeles 15 July, 1970" link_text="Letter to Bali-mardana -- Los Angeles 15 July, 1970"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Bali-mardana -- Los Angeles 15 July, 1970|Letter to Bali-mardana -- Los Angeles 15 July, 1970]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">I am very glad to know that you are keeping your accounts up to date with BTG and the book fund. This is good and proper management. So you continue to keep these accounts weekly.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="1971_Correspondence" class="sub_section" sec_index="6" parent="Correspondence" text="1971 Correspondence"><h3>1971 Correspondence</h3> |
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| | <div id="LettertoAdvaitaBombay18March1971_0" class="quote" parent="1971_Correspondence" book="Let" index="102" link="Letter to Advaita -- Bombay 18 March, 1971" link_text="Letter to Advaita -- Bombay 18 March, 1971"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Advaita -- Bombay 18 March, 1971|Letter to Advaita -- Bombay 18 March, 1971]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Regarding Bhagavad-gita As It Is, this book is very urgently required. You had previously quoted a price of $17,000. So why print in Dai Nippon for $20,000 and lose $3,000? If it is possible to print on our press, that is better, but if not then Dai Nippon may do the printing. It is understood that BTG department has become debtor to Dai Nippon by $52,000 and they wanted to stop printing on BTG. I have therefore immediately paid them $20,000 out of my book fund so that BTG may not be stopped. I think that there is a lack of management in realizing the return on BTG. The idea is like this: If you print 200,000 BTG and collect at least 25 cents per copy, the collection is $50,000. Out of that, $14,000 is paid to Dai Nippon. So why there should be scarcity of money? It is simply mismanagement.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LettertoBalimardanaBombayApril161971_1" class="quote" parent="1971_Correspondence" book="Let" index="163" link="Letter to Bali-mardana -- Bombay April 16, 1971" link_text="Letter to Bali-mardana -- Bombay April 16, 1971"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Bali-mardana -- Bombay April 16, 1971|Letter to Bali-mardana -- Bombay April 16, 1971]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">That you are distributing KRSNA book so nicely is very encouraging. Please sell as many as possible. I want to make a book trust of all my books. The idea is that the book trust will manage all publicity and distribution. One-half of the money should be spent for building our temples, and one-half should be used for reprinting our books. Unfortunately the building fund portion is being swallowed up by eating. I shall be glad to know if you can take up the responsibility of managing these affairs because I want to make the trust body as soon as possible.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="1972_Correspondence" class="sub_section" sec_index="7" parent="Correspondence" text="1972 Correspondence"><h3>1972 Correspondence</h3> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LettertoAllTemplePresidentsTokyo22April1972_1" class="quote" parent="1972_Correspondence" book="Let" index="187" link="Letter to All Temple Presidents -- Tokyo 22 April, 1972" link_text="Letter to All Temple Presidents -- Tokyo 22 April, 1972"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to All Temple Presidents -- Tokyo 22 April, 1972|Letter to All Temple Presidents -- Tokyo 22 April, 1972]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Now, so far the BTG and Book Funds are concerned, these matters shall be managed separately from the GBC by a body known as The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust. The Book Trust shall be comprised of Srila Prabhupada, Karandhara dasa, and Bali Mardan dasa. They shall combinedly collect the sales proceeds from each Center and utilize all funds for the printing of Srila Prabhupada's books and the construction of ISKCON Centers all over the world. Not a farthing is to be spent for any other purpose.</p> |
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| | </div> |
| | <div id="1973_Correspondence" class="sub_section" sec_index="8" parent="Correspondence" text="1973 Correspondence"><h3>1973 Correspondence</h3> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LettertoDamodaraBombayIndia9January1973_0" class="quote" parent="1973_Correspondence" book="Let" index="23" link="Letter to Damodara -- Bombay, India 9 January, 1973" link_text="Letter to Damodara -- Bombay, India 9 January, 1973"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Damodara -- Bombay, India 9 January, 1973|Letter to Damodara -- Bombay, India 9 January, 1973]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">We must learn how to do all kinds of varieties of engagements on Krsna's service, not that we shall expect anyone else to act for us and thus avoid something ourselves. But for reasons of spreading Krsna Consciousness movement, we may sometimes centralize, just like the books and money for BBT are managed by Karandhara in Los Angles. In that case, for more than one man to be dealing with Dai Nippon, overseeing the general production and financial condition of the books, if that were left for each temple to manage, there would be great difficulty and the books would get neither printed nor paid for nor distributed widely. So in that case, centralized management is preferable. But in the case of new temples, it is better if they must have to struggle a little while to establish themselves in their cities, become familiar with the local city officials and leading citizens, elicit support from all quarters of the city, like that, otherwise these things will be neglected and there will be false dependency upon the outside supplies. This will deteriorate everything. Our purpose of Krsna consciousness movement is to create first class servants of Krsna, that means they know how to do everything.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LettertoYasodanandanaGurukrpaLosAngeles1December1973_1" class="quote" parent="1973_Correspondence" book="Let" index="395" link="Letter to Yasodanandana, Gurukrpa -- Los Angeles 1 December, 1973" link_text="Letter to Yasodanandana, Gurukrpa -- Los Angeles 1 December, 1973"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Yasodanandana, Gurukrpa -- Los Angeles 1 December, 1973|Letter to Yasodanandana, Gurukrpa -- Los Angeles 1 December, 1973]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">I have been informed by Karandhara Prabhu that you both are presently traveling and collecting money for our Vrindaban Project. I am very glad to hear this. Just today we have received a letter from Guru das that the construction has stopped there due to lack of funds. Somehow or other we must complete this Vrindaban Temple so in this connection we require at least $10,000 per month from the U.S.A. for one year. Karandhara can manage $5,000 per month for the BBT and M-V Fund so I request that you both remain in America for 1 year further and collect and send a minimum of $5,000 per month to Guru das for the Vrindaban Temple.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LettertoTamalaKrsnaLosAngeles24December1973_2" class="quote" parent="1973_Correspondence" book="Let" index="441" link="Letter to Tamala Krsna -- Los Angeles 24 December, 1973" link_text="Letter to Tamala Krsna -- Los Angeles 24 December, 1973"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Tamala Krsna -- Los Angeles 24 December, 1973|Letter to Tamala Krsna -- Los Angeles 24 December, 1973]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Whether or not the Rs. 30,000 has been repaid to my fixed deposit account from the money I advanced for purchasing our Juhu Beach property? It was supposed to be repaid before my coming back but I do not know if it has been done. Yes you keep the Rs. 2 lakhs reserved for purchasing the Mahatma Gandhi building. One thing is the Rs. 65,000 from the BBT savings account actually belongs to the Mayapur-Vrindaban Trust. This I have discussed fully with Giriraja and Karandhara and Giriraja will explain what is to be done in this connection henceforward. Whatever has been done in the past we shall not try to make up for but I want that now this Mayapur-Vrindaban Trust money to be very carefully managed and deposited into a separate bank account and not be spent under any circumstances without my direct order. Giriraja will explain the details to you in full.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="1974_Correspondence" class="sub_section" sec_index="9" parent="Correspondence" text="1974 Correspondence"><h3>1974 Correspondence</h3> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LettertoAksayanandaPancadravidaParis14June1974_0" class="quote" parent="1974_Correspondence" book="Let" index="247" link="Letter to Aksayananda , Pancadravida -- Paris 14 June, 1974" link_text="Letter to Aksayananda , Pancadravida -- Paris 14 June, 1974"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Aksayananda , Pancadravida -- Paris 14 June, 1974|Letter to Aksayananda , Pancadravida -- Paris 14 June, 1974]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Continue to send your collections to the BBT in Bombay. I shall be glad to hear the progressive reports of your preaching, and now you may report regularly to Karandhara Prabhu and take up management affairs with him, as he has gone today to India to take over GBC affairs. Hope this finds your sankirtana party members in good spirits by careful following of all regulative principles.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LettertoKarandharaMathura31August1974_1" class="quote" parent="1974_Correspondence" book="Let" index="360" link="Letter to Karandhara -- Mathura 31 August, 1974" link_text="Letter to Karandhara -- Mathura 31 August, 1974"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Karandhara -- Mathura 31 August, 1974|Letter to Karandhara -- Mathura 31 August, 1974]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Please accept my humble obeisances. I have received your letter with enclosure dated August 21, 1974 and presented your proposal to Srila Prabhupada of his writing a memo to the negligent temples. The following was his reply:</p> |
| | <p>"I am not going to manage Spiritual Sky. This is ridiculous. Why they are dragging me into the management. Now the acharya is meant for handling business? Jayatirtha should handle this. He is the manager. Jayatirtha and Karandhara are the chief men. they should manage. Why I have to manage? They have big, big brains. Why they are failing? Now the Founder-Acarya has to manage. Without my consent the BBT has financed."</p> |
| | <p>He has suggested that the GBC take steps to correct the Spiritual Sky mismanagement, and that local GBC men request the temples under their jurisdiction of those listed in your letter to pay instead of Srila Prabhupada writing himself. He said that this is not the business of the Founder-Acarya of ISKCON.</p> |
| | <p>A memo to all GBC is being sent in this regard.</p> |
| | <p>I hope this meets you in good health.</p> |
| | <p>Your servant,</p> |
| | <p>Brahmananda Swami</p> |
| | <p>Personal Secretary</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LettertoBalimardanaVrindaban5September1974_2" class="quote" parent="1974_Correspondence" book="Let" index="371" link="Letter to Bali-mardana -- Vrindaban 5 September, 1974" link_text="Letter to Bali-mardana -- Vrindaban 5 September, 1974"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Bali-mardana -- Vrindaban 5 September, 1974|Letter to Bali-mardana -- Vrindaban 5 September, 1974]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">BBT management should be rigidly done very carefully, and I think Ramesvara is a good manager. He can be appointed BBT secretary. I approve BBT moving to New York, because of their freehand dealing. Ramesvara may be made your assistant and remain with you. It is all right that no others be appointed as Trustees at present.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LettertoHamsadutaMayapur29September1974_3" class="quote" parent="1974_Correspondence" book="Let" index="442" link="Letter to Hamsaduta -- Mayapur 29 September, 1974" link_text="Letter to Hamsaduta -- Mayapur 29 September, 1974"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Hamsaduta -- Mayapur 29 September, 1974|Letter to Hamsaduta -- Mayapur 29 September, 1974]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Regarding the International Publishing House under one roof, the principle of management is that everything will be managed by BBT. We have so many centers but the management is done by the GBC and myself. So what is the difficulty? It is a question of management, but not that all staff come together. Any big establishment has got different works and staff in different place. Recently I met one big manufacturer from Kannauj. He has got his factories in Orissa, Mysore, etc., but the whole thing is being managed from Kannauj. What is being manufactured in Orissa cannot be brought to Mysore. It is the capacity of management, but not that we bring everyone together.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="1975_Correspondence" class="sub_section" sec_index="10" parent="Correspondence" text="1975 Correspondence"><h3>1975 Correspondence</h3> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LettertoHamsadutaMelbourne19May1975_1" class="quote" parent="1975_Correspondence" book="Let" index="258" link="Letter to Hamsaduta -- Melbourne 19 May, 1975" link_text="Letter to Hamsaduta -- Melbourne 19 May, 1975"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Hamsaduta -- Melbourne 19 May, 1975|Letter to Hamsaduta -- Melbourne 19 May, 1975]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Regarding BBT affairs, European publications are your main business, but for the time being, you must also see to the accounts and managing of the BBT in USA. Bhagavan can also be another BBT trustee. His name can be added to the list. It is approved by me that you get the books for only 20% above the cost of printing.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LettertoGopalaKrsnaLosAngeles21June1975_2" class="quote" parent="1975_Correspondence" book="Let" index="352" link="Letter to Gopala Krsna -- Los Angeles 21 June, 1975" link_text="Letter to Gopala Krsna -- Los Angeles 21 June, 1975"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Gopala Krsna -- Los Angeles 21 June, 1975|Letter to Gopala Krsna -- Los Angeles 21 June, 1975]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">It is my habit to see that money is not being squandered. If money is spent unnecessarily, I feel very badly. You are collecting with great effort, and I do not like to see it spoiled. I am thinking that Guru-krpa's collections may be used for book publishing only. He can print books in Japan and send there to you for selling in India. From these sales, you can spend 50% on construction and 50% on Hindi publishing. And anyone who can manage such an organization, he can manage the BBT. But one must do it. It is simply a matter of organization. We can send you unlimited number of books. You simply have to apply your brain how to sell them. Then you will have plenty of money. This my mission you know started when I came alone to your country by selling my books, and still whatever money we are getting it is coming from the book selling. So it is already proven how important the book-selling is.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <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="LettertoRamesvaraHonolulu26May1976_0" class="quote" parent="1976_Correspondence" book="Let" index="309" link="Letter to Ramesvara -- Honolulu 26 May, 1976" link_text="Letter to Ramesvara -- Honolulu 26 May, 1976"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Ramesvara -- Honolulu 26 May, 1976|Letter to Ramesvara -- Honolulu 26 May, 1976]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">I am interested to know the details of several expenditures. Firstly, it appears from your report that the BBT is paying for 50% of the Diorama project. Why the BBT should spend money for the Diorama project? Secondly, I want to know how it requires $50,000 per month to maintain ISKCON Press as you have mentioned this on page 2 of the report under "Budget Projections." Concerning the need for a new larger warehouse for stocking and disbursing our books, why not use one entire floor of the new New York building. That will be very nice. There would be a warehouse on the West coast, and one on the East coast as well. The management should not be difficult as Tamala Krsna Goswami is going to make his office in New York and he will have a staff to assist him. Then we could avoid having to locate a new place in Los Angeles for the time being.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="LettertoGopalaKrsnaLosAngeles9June1976_1" class="quote" parent="1976_Correspondence" book="Let" index="342" link="Letter to Gopala Krsna -- Los Angeles 9 June, 1976" link_text="Letter to Gopala Krsna -- Los Angeles 9 June, 1976"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Gopala Krsna -- Los Angeles 9 June, 1976|Letter to Gopala Krsna -- Los Angeles 9 June, 1976]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">The printing should be managed by the BBT. Yasodanandana Swami is printing through the agency of the BBT, simply for convenience sake due to the inefficiency of the order department in Bombay. Even a letter from Fiji was not replied. However, the accounts should be kept by the BBT. The printing of Yasodanandana Swami is only for some small books. The quality of the big books must remain, and so they should not be printed by Yasodanandana Swami independently. So you can keep the account what is being sold, and what is the profit. But what is the wrong if Yasodanandana Swami prints the books on behalf of BBT for convenience. You are accusing him of so many bogus complaints. What is bogus? What is genuine? If all these complaints come to me it is too much taxation for me.</p> |
| | </div> |
| | </div> |
| | <div id="1977_Correspondence" class="sub_section" sec_index="12" parent="Correspondence" text="1977 Correspondence"><h3>1977 Correspondence</h3> |
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| | <div id="LettertoGopalaKrsnaBhuvanesvara28January1977_0" class="quote" parent="1977_Correspondence" book="Let" index="39" link="Letter to Gopala Krsna -- Bhuvanesvara 28 January, 1977" link_text="Letter to Gopala Krsna -- Bhuvanesvara 28 January, 1977"> |
| | <span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Gopala Krsna -- Bhuvanesvara 28 January, 1977|Letter to Gopala Krsna -- Bhuvanesvara 28 January, 1977]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">On the whole, the report from Vrindaban and BBT is pleasing; just go on enthusiastically and Krsna will give you all intelligence how to manage affairs expertly. Hoping this finds you in good health.</p> |
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