Vaniquotes:Quote of the day/October 6, 2008

I request you to relieve me of management responsibilities more and more so that I can complete the Srimad-Bhagavatam translation. this task will not be finished without the cooperation of my appointed assistants, the GBC, temple presidents, and sannyasis.

Letter to All Governing Board Commissioners — Honolulu 19 May, 1976: So I request you to relieve me of management responsibilities more and more so that I can complete the Srimad-Bhagavatam translation. If I am always having to manage, then I cannot do my work on the books. It is document, I have to choose each word very soberly and if I have to think of management then I cannot do this. I cannot be like these rascals who present something mental concoction to cheat the public. So this task will not be finished without the cooperation of my appointed assistants, the GBC, temple presidents, and sannyasis. I have chosen my best men to be GBC and I do not want that the GBC should be disrespectful to the temple presidents. You can naturally consult me, but if the basic principle is weak, how will things go on? So please assist me in the management so that I can be free to finish the Srimad-Bhagavatam which will be our lasting contribution to the world.