Acknowledgement (Letters, 1975 - 1977)

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1975 Correspondence

Letter to Sri Mohan Masundar -- Bombay 9 January, 1975:

Please accept my greetings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 29-12-74 and have noted the contents. Regarding my assistance in the producing of your film, if you are producing it in India, it is impossible for me to assist you with manpower. I have no sufficient men in India to give you.

Letter to Dr. Santosh Kumar -- Mexico City 16 February, 1975:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated Jan. 18, 1975 and have noted the contents carefully. Regarding your question, the Supreme Personality of Godhead is recognized through the sastras not otherwise. For instance, in the Srimad-Bhagavatam, first canto, third chapter, all the major incarnations of Godhead are listed. Many times the scheduled time of appearance and family, etc. are also mentioned. The incarnation of Godhead must be indicated in the scriptures, otherwise we cannot accept him as being incarnation. Today, there are so many bogus incarnations, but we do not accept them. The Supreme Lord can appear in this world at any time, but he does so according to the regular scheduled appearances mentioned in the sastras. According to the sastras, the last most recent incarnation was Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu who appeared in West Bengal about 500 years ago. We are following in direct line of disciplic teaching from Him.

Letter to Dr. Wolf -- Caracas, Venezuela 19 February, 1975:

Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated Feb. 12th, 1975 and have noted the contents carefully. I am very soon going to London and I shall meet with Hamsaduta and other secretaries there. I shall seriously see that all such undesirable things may not happen in the future.

Letter to Prof. O.P. Goel -- Perth, Australia 10 May, 1975:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated April 1st, 1975. Please excuse me for my late reply, as I was very very busy in Vrindavan for the opening ceremony of our Krishna Balarama Temple. As I was scheduled to come to Bombay after the ceremony, I thought I shall call you at my Bombay residence, (Hare Krishna Land, Juhu, Bombay) and talk with you in detail.

Letter to Prof. O.P. Goel -- Perth, Australia 10 May, 1975:

By the by, I be to request you to see His Excellency, Sri Aliyavar Jung, the governor of Maharashtra in connection with our temple construction, the sanction for which is pending in his hand. The Governor of U.P., Dr. Channa Reddy, approached him on my behalf on December 18th, 1974, the copy of the letter is enclosed herein. The Governor of Maharashtra acknowledges

Letter to Radheswaranand Goswami -- Perth, Australia 10 May, 1975:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 23-3-75. I expected you at our opening ceremony of the Krishna Balarama Temple in Vrndavana. The Governor of U.P. came and the festival continued for 7 days. Then I went to Kuruksetra, then I have come here in Australia for installing Gaura-Nitai deities in Melbourne. Then I shall go to Fiji and on to Honolulu.

Letter to Sri Ananga Mahan -- Perth, Australia 11 May, 1975:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter in Bengali dated 16-4-75 and have noted the contents. It is understood that you are arranging for passport for going to the foreign countries and if you will get it, there will be no difficulty to see our temples in the foreign countries. I hope you have at least 7,000 rs. for your ticket along with return ticket.

Letter to Taitreya -- Honolulu 19 June, 1975:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter and check for $1,000 and I thank you very much for this contribution. So, fortunately you have got a very good husband, and you are also a very good wife. So, live co-operatively and help him in writing essays which he has done very nicely. In this way, both of you will be happy and successful in life.

Letter to Dr. Ram S. Verma, Mrs. Ram S. Verma -- Evanston, Illinois 4 July, 1975:

I beg to acknowledge with thanks your letter undated with enclosed donation of $50.00 and thank you very much. You have a good position by the grace of Krishna, and I request you to continue on in this spirit of service to the Lord.

Letter to Sri Arjuna -- Vrindaban 5 September, 1975:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated August 31, 1975, and it is very encouraging that you have tried to understand our philosophy so quickly. As I am travelling all over the world, I see that people are not satisfied.

Letter to Bhurijana -- Vrindaban 7 September, 1975:

This is to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated August 15, 1975 with enclosed currency note of $50 Australian. I hope this meets you in good health.

Letter to Kaumadaki -- Vrindaban 7 September, 1975:

This is to acknowledge reciept of your Sri Vyasa Puja offering, August 30, 1975. Thank you very much for it.

Letter to Lokananda, Ramesvarai -- Bombay 9 November, 1975:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letters dated October 17 and October 20, 1975. With regard to your son, let him see the Deity and ask him to offer obeisances. He will see and learn it. Yes, the body is received according to karma, still it is not an impediment to advance in Krsna consciousness by being deaf.

Letter to Tripurari -- Bombay 9 November, 1975:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated October 13, 1975 and have noted the contents. I am glad to learn of your success at the Chicago airport for distributing 800 big books and collecting $4000. I think you should distribute more parties to go in different parts of the U.S.A. Regarding adding the name Krsna to the airport name, anyway you tried.

Letter to W.J. Carpenter -- New Delhi 30 November, 1975:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated nil.

Letter to Manasvi -- New Delhi 30 November, 1975:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated Nov. 18, 1975. Now you are living peacefully with your family, that is good. Best thing is if you continue your employment at the book store, try to sell my books there if possible.

Letter to Gopiparanadhana -- New Delhi 2 December, 1975:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated November 20, 1975. Yes! You have done it very nicely. I thank you very much, so immediately it can be printed in BTG and then later on it can be published in book form. I thank you very much for your sincere efforts, please continue to work sincerely and Krishna will bless you more and more.

Letter to Kirtiraja -- New Delhi 2 December, 1975:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of you letter dated November 17, 1975. Due to traveling I have not received it till just now, but in the meantime I have learned from Hamsaduta Prabhu that you have already arrived in Germany. So you work with Cakravarti and Alanatha Prabhu, they will give you good advice and help.

Letter to Pusta Krsna -- New Delhi 2 December, 1975:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated November 17, 1975. Regarding the car, you just register it in your name in Germany. Hamsaduta Prabhu has agreed to give the 11% tax until export. Then drive it here and when it is here we will see how to manage.

Letter to Tusta Krsna -- New Delhi 2 December, 1975:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 21 November, 1975. Every student is expected to become Acarya. Acarya means one who knows the scriptural injunctions and follows them practically in life, and teaches them to his disciples. I have given you sannyasa with the great hope that in my absence you will preach the cult thruout the world and thus become recognized by Krishna as the most sincere servant of the Lord.

Letter to Acyutananda, Yasodanandana -- Vrindaban 4 December, 1975:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated November 28, 1975. The pictures are very encouraging, and the reports of your life membership and book sales is also nice. There is tremendous field in India for selling books, if you continue this effort you will soon be compete with America. Gopala Krishna Prabhu is arranging to print Srimad-Bhagavatam Hindi, First canto Vol. I 5,000 copies, also Bhagavad-gita as it is.

Letter to Aja -- Vrindaban 4 December, 1975:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated November 17, 1975. I am very pleased to note that you are attempting to preach seriously in the schools and colleges. Prahlada Maharaja, a great devotee and authority in our line said, Krishna consciousness should be taught from the beginning of Childhood. The defect of modern education is that the children are taught all nonsense things.

Letter to Cyavana -- Vrindaban 4 December, 1975:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated November 17, 1975. I have noted the contents carefully. The program you have suggested can be discussed at the Mayapur GBC meeting. At Mayapur each year a program is chalked out for the entire year, and that is to be executed till the GBC meets again.

Letter to Gargamuni -- Vrindaban 4 December, 1975:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 11, November 1975, I have noted the contents carefully. Yes! your present engagement is more important, managing Calcutta temple is not so important. I am pleased that you are selling my books, this is superior engagement, so please continue and increase it more and more.

Letter to Dr. Yogi Raj Dev Svarupa -- Vrindaban 4 December, 1975:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated Nil. In thank you very much for your kind appreciation. Because you are teaching in a respectable University I request you to study some of my books, especially Bhagavad-gita as it is. As stated in the Bhagavad-gita, manah samyamya mac-citto, yukta asita mat parah "One should meditate upon me (Krishna) within the heart and make me the ultimate goal of life." (Bg. 6.13-14).

Letter to Jagadisa -- Vrindaban 6 December, 1975:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated Dec. 1, 1975, I have noted the contents very carefully. I said from the very beginning that we should not move, but you proposed moving, so now you are proposing staying at Dallas. So it is all right, stay at Dallas and develop there.

Letter to Saksi Gopala -- Vrindaban 6 December, 1975:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your nicely decorated letter. Thank you very much. From your letter it appears that you are a little confused. This means that the consciousness is not clear, brahma-bhutah prasannatma, na socati na kanksati (BG 18.54), the clear stage of consciousness is free from hankering and lamentation.

Letter to Jay Krishna Thakura -- Vrindaban 6 December, 1975:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated November 30, 1975. Yes I remember you were coming to see me daily at Bhaktivedanta Manor during my stay there in 1973. Regarding your question about my birth. I was born September 1, 1896, Tuesday at about 4:00 in the afternoon. My rasi is Metthuna.

Letter to Hrdayananda -- Vrindaban 7 December, 1975:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 22 November 1975 and the new books in Portuguese and Spanish. They are very nice and the reports of sales are also very encouraging. If Radhavallabha Prabhu can help you that is all right, but you have to discuss this with the BBT trustees.

Letter to Madhudvisa -- Vrindaban 7 December, 1975:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter with the recommendations for first and second initiation, their names are as follows;

Steve—Visvahetu Das

Dave—Dustamohana Das

Grant—Jitagarisa Das

Letter to Rupanuga -- Vrindaban 7 December, 1975:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated November 24, 1975. Upon seeing the pictures of the doll exhibit I thought it was some of our devotees play acting. This boy Saptaratha Das has done the dolls very very nicely, now make a museum for the public. This doll making was one of the programs of my Guru Maharaja, and the exhibit used to tour India.

Letter to Kadamba Kanana -- Vrindaban 8 December, 1975:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 8.31.75. The mercy of the spiritual master is always there, but we have to take it. Just like the sun, it is there for everyone, but we at least have to stand in a receptive place to get the benefit.

Letter to Mahamsa -- Vrindaban 9 December, 1975:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated December 5, 1975 and have noted the contents. So Gaura Govinda Maharaja has to go to Orissa to get that land in Bhunesvara, so I have given him the documents for necessary action. Unless he is absolutely required in Hyderabad he may go there with the other Orissa devotee.

Letter to Ramesvara Prabhu -- Vrindaban 9 December, 1975:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated December 1, 1975. I have noted the contents carefully.

Letter to Dr. W.H. Wolf-Rottkay -- Vrindaban 9 December, 1975:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated November 23, 1975.

Letter to Hrdayananda -- Vrindaban 11 December, 1975:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated November 25, 1975, I have noted the contents carefully.

Letter to Vishvambar Dayala -- Vrindaban 12 December, 1975:

I acknowledge receipt of donation* from your mother Srimati Narayani Devi, which donation shall be used for the purchase of Gurukula land. The stone bearing your mother's name in both Hindi and English will be laid down at the proper place just after the registration of the land.

Letter to Mahamsa -- Bombay 17 December, 1975:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 9 December 1975. I am pleased to note that everything is progressing nicely. Regarding the loan you do not have to repay it immediately, but as soon as possible.

Letter to Svarupa Damodara -- Bombay 17 December, 1975:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated November 29, 1975. I have noted the contents carefully. Your book is selling very nicely in south India, people are appreciating it very much. This scientific book should be done very carefully, so that people in general may not be mislead by the over intelligent scientists.

Letter to Yasomatinandana -- Bombay 17 December, 1975:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated November 11, 1975, I have noted the contents carefully. The program you have outlined is very nice, however I cannot go on long time procession because I am called by nature, I can go at most one hour.

Letter to Acyutananda, Yasodanandana -- Bombay 18 December, 1975:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated December 11, 1975. The books are already on the way. Sankirtana will always be appreciated, because it is the special blessings of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu on the people of this fallen age of Kali.

Letter to Bhakta Steven Knapp -- Bombay 18 December, 1975:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your long letter how you are appreciating this philosophy. It is said in the Bhagavad-gita that out of thousands of men, only one takes an interest in the perfection of human life. The perfection of human life is to develop one's dormant love for God, and thus be released from the terrible cycle of birth and death.

1976 Correspondence

Letter to Jadurani -- Nellore 5 January, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your undated letter along with enclosed sketches. The sketches are all alright as they are. Please go ahead and make the paintings. Yes, if Lord Visnu appeared as a Saivite then He must have Saivite tilaka. The brahmanas in Krishna lila should have shaved heads and sikhas.

Letter to Jagadisa -- Nellore 5 January, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated December 10th, 1975. I accept all the recommended devotees as my duly initiated disciples. Now hold a fire ceremony, and instruct the new devotees to chant 16 rounds daily and follow the regulative principles of devotional service.

Letter to Radhavallabha -- Nellore 5 January, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated December 27th, 1975 and I have noted the contents carefully. Also, I wish to thank you and all the devotees serving at the BBT for helping to produce these new volumes. Thank you very much.

Letter to Brahmananda -- Nellore 7 January, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated December 17th, 1975. As you report that things have deteriorated in Africa, you can stay there if necessary. Your decision to send Dinanatha to join Tamala is a good idea. Tamala is here now. He says that before coming he telegrammed you to phone him but there was no response.

Letter to Upendra -- Nellore 7 January, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 13rd December, 1975, and I have noted the contents. Sri Deoji Punja came to see me in Bombay and he explained the whole situation, of how you missed him. Now you may write him and he has promised me that he will do the needful. Be determined and Krishna will surely help.

Letter to Nitai -- Bombay 9 January, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your unsigned letter dated January 1, 1976. Regarding the translators, I like the work of Nrsimha Vallabha Goswami best, and I want to settle up with him. I have already written Visvambhara in this regard. Sri Tripathi is after money, so we do not want him. Dr. Premlata Paliwal's translation is not bad. Later on we can decide on her.

Letter to Sri Jayadayal Dalmia -- Bombay 10 January, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 7th January, 1976. As you have suggested that someone from our institution be opted as a member of the Managing Committee., I have selected Sri Vishvambhar Dayala as well as myself. Both of us may be made members, and I shall give instructions through him.

Letter to Rupanuga -- Bombay 11 January, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated December 26th, 1975, and I have noted the contents. The bombastic distribution of Krsna Trilogies in New York is wonderful. I have read the report given in the Sankirtana Newsletter. But one thing is whether they have collected enough to cover all the costs. I have heard that despite all this distribution, now there is a big debt to the Book Fund. The GBC has to manage so expertly that there will not be debts.

Letter to Aksayananda -- Calcutta 13 January, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 8th January, 1976. Why Saurabha should be consulted for Temple functioning and maintenance? He cannot give you any idea for these things. He is busy with other matters.

Letter to Brahmananda -- Calcutta 13 January, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated December 27th, 1975. Our movement is so large it requires expert management and strong vigilence. Now you are finding out so many things were mismanaged, but why didn't you find out before? What is the use of complaining now? It is your fault that you remained absent for so long. The GBC's first business is to manage their zones. You said you were training Cyavana.

Letter to Cidananda -- Calcutta 15 January, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated October 23rd, 1975 which I only received recently. Probably it has been forwarded a number of times before arriving.

Letter to T. B. Randler -- Calcutta 15 January, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated December, 1975. From your letter I can understand that for the time being you are not fixed up. I shall most probably be coming to the U.S. in May, so try to see me at that time and we shall talk about all your points. In the meantime go on chanting Hare Krishna and reading Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam.

Letter to Ajitananda -- Calcutta 16 January, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated November 25th, 1976. Considering your problem I will advise you to chant on your lips since you become tired chanting out loud. Also you can sit and hear your Godbrothers chanting. And you can also hear tapes. Do all of these and there should be no problem.

Letter to Dr. W. H. Wolf-Rottkay -- Mayapur 18 January, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 17th December, 1975 and also your most recent letter, undated, both with enclosures. Karmis are considered like asses because they are working so hard day and night without profit. The Bhagavad-gita states: antavat tu phalam tesam/ tad bhavaty alpa medhasam (BG 7.23). "Men of small intelligence worship the demigods, and their fruits are limited and temporary."

Letter to Rupanuga -- Mayapur 21 January, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 17th January, 1976.

Madhudvisa Swami has come here from Australia and as he is free I am sending him to New York. I have discussed with him how I want my rooms to be. As things have generally not been so well managed there I have asked him to be ad-hoc President of New York Temple until the coming GBC meeting.

Letter to Gopala Krsna -- Mayapur 23 January, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your two letters dated 13rd and 20th January, 1976 respectively, and I have noted the contents. You say my apartment will be ready by mid-March but without an elevator, how can I use it? Here in Mayapur we have begun construction on a 67 room Residential Quarters along the Northern boundary of the land to be ready for use by Gaura Purnima.

Letter to Mr. Morris Lapidus -- Mayapur 23 January, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated January 5th, 1976. I am forwarding your letter to His Holiness Madhudvisa Swami who I have sent to New York to organize things. You may meet with him.

Letter to Sri Debasis Bagahi -- Mayapur 24 January, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 26th December, 1976, which has only now just caught up with me as I was travelling.

Letter to Cyavana -- Mayapur 24 January, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 5th January, 1976.

Your normal life is Krishna Consciousness. If you so desire you can stay in Mayapur without taking any responsibility. Simply read books, take Prasadam, and chant Hare Krishna. Now, for the time being, you stay with your father. Later on you can decide.

Letter to Sri P. L. Khanna -- Mayapur 24 January, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 17th January, 1976, and I have noted the contents. Regarding the person in question, I have no such news so far. Be assured, my devotees in foreign countries do not admit unauthorized persons without first getting my permission.

Letter to Mahamsa -- Mayapur 26 January, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your telegram regarding the Nellore affair. I have already written you one letter on 18th January in this regard. The summary is, don't relax the conditions. We can either purchase for the price mentioned in the deeds or take in charity, but we cannot accept any conditions.

Letter to Dr. Wolf -- Mayapur 29 January, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of a copy of a letter sent to Sriman Vedavyasa dated January 14, 1976. Mundane books are written by imperfect persons. Everyone has his own theory, which means he is imperfect. The Srimad-Bhagavatam says if there is a real presentation of spiritual understanding, then even if it is presented i broken language, it is accepted by high, saintly persons, because it glorifies the Supreme Person.

Letter to Gaura Govinda -- Mayapur 31 January, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 19th January, 1976 and I have noted the contents. Regarding the mutation, I understand the Settlement officer has asked you to wait still another month. Also you have no men nor books.

Letter to Sri I Kulabhandra Singh -- Mayapur 31 January, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated January 8, 1976. I am looking forward to visiting Manipur in April. The list of Foreign and Indian devotees who will accompany me which Mr. L. Kulabidhu Singh has is quite alright.

Letter to Mangalananda -- Mayapur 1 February, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated January, 9th, 1976, and I have noted the contents. Your proposal for a varnasrama college shall be discussed at the GBC meeting at Mayapur, this coming March.

Letter to Aditya -- Mayapur 4 February, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 28th January, 1976. The spirit soul is equal in either a man or woman. One who is actually engaged in the service of Krishna, there is no such distinction as man or woman.

Letter to Sukadeva -- Mayapur 4 February, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter undated. I am very glad to know that you have worked so diligently that the BBT debt has become almost nothing. It is very good that you have gone to Hawaii. It is a very good preaching field and our house there is one of the nicest in ISKCON. It simply requires very enthusiastic preaching and side by side very careful management. So I am confident that you can do both.

Letter to Binoy Krishna Mitra -- Mayapur 7 February, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your Bengali letter dated 5 February 1976. I have noted the contents therein and I wish to invite you to come and stay here in Mayapur.

Letter to Acyutananda, Yasodanandana -- Mayapur 8 February, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 2 February 1976. Now we have books in so many different languages, they simply have to be distributed everywhere. Then gradually by reading them our movement will be appreciated by all.

Letter to Brahmananda -- Mayapur 9 February, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated January 18, 1976. It is good that you are paying your debt to the BBT. Please continue to do that. As far as entering crematorium is concerned, no, we cannot go. That is social system, but we are sannyasis. A sannyasi is in spiritual life, not in social life at all.

Letter to Svarupa Damodara -- Mayapur 11 February, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated February 2, 1976. Regarding your initial points you may refer to my previous letter dated 29th January, 1976. As far as the College and University Lecture Party is concerned that is very important and it may be done very seriously. As a matter of fact Tamala Krishna Maharaja is here and he suggests that our educated gentlemen travel with his buses. So what is the use of working alone. Working conjointly is better. Therefore I have instructed him to call you when he returns to the United States. He has assured me that his college programs are very organized and he is very enthusiastic to increase.

Letter to Dixit -- Mayapur 12 February, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 5th February 1976 and I thank you for it. Regarding your desire to preach in Hindi and English, that is very nice. My suggestion is that you purchase one or two rooms in our Vrindaban centre. The price is Rs. 50,000 for one room or 60,000 for two rooms and you may have your choice of commodes. Thank you very much for your inquiry.

Letter to Gaura Govinda -- Mayapur 12 February, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 8 February 1976. It is very good that you have completed one cottage. We are trying to send one man, but in the meantime just think that Krishna is with you and there is no need of disappointment.

Letter to Sri Ajita Kumar Chatterjee -- Mayapur 12 February, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 7th February, 1976. The message of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu was to give the same message as Krishna in the Bhagavad-gita: "surrender to Krishna". The pastimes of Radha-Krishna relationship are confidential and are not for the distribution to the ordinary public.

Letter to Bhagavan -- Mayapur 14 February, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated February 2. Regarding the first volume of Srimad-Bhagavatam, your ideas are very good. Yes, print Krishna-Balarama on the front and the creation on the end pages as you have said.

Letter to Brahmananda -- Mayapur 14 February, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated February 1, 1976. If you are needed there, it is all right for you to miss the festival. You will have to accept the decisions made by the other GBC. You can gradually train Nanda Kumar. He is undoubtedly a good pujari.

Letter to Gunagrahi -- Mayapur 14 February, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated February 5, 1976. Regarding your question about the brahmacaris, you may consult the GBC regarding this matter. Tamala Krishna Maharaja especially is qualified to give you good answer.

Letter to Rupanuga -- Mayapur 14 February, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated January 31, 1976. I have before me the Sankirtana Newsletter for January 12-18, so why are you standing third? Regarding Philadelphia's move, yes, that is all right. And yes, we require many Ph.D.'s for our Bhaktivedanta Institute for Higher Study.

Letter to Bhaktijana -- Mayapur 15 February, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated January 24, 1976. Regarding preaching in Harlem and taking sannyasa order of life, you may speak to Madhudvisa Maharaja and work with him. He is senior man and sannyasa, so I will consider seriously his recommendation.

Letter to Krishnanga -- Mayapur 15 February, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 4th February 1976. Do not let your mind be disturbed by so many things. Our movement is for chanting Hare Krishna. One can be happy under any condition. Samah duhkha-sukham dhiram. Krishna Consciousness does not depend on any external arrangement. You should not go outside of the shelter of this ISKCON. Just try to be happy by chanting Hare Krishna and following the regulative principles.

Letter to Gadi -- Mayapur 16 February, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated January 27, 1976. Regarding your questions; Arjuna, Yudhisthira Maharaja, and Draupadi were not killed in the battle. They are always personal associates of Krishna. Wherever Krishna goes, they go. The Bhagavad-gita says: bahuni me vyatitani janmani tava carjuna. "Both you and I have passed many lives; I remember, but you do not."

Letter to Hamsaduta -- Mayapur 16 February, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated February 7, 1976. Yes, with great pleasure I will accompany and we shall go village to village. I have seen the pictures and the buses look very nice. They appear costly.

Letter to Vic -- Mayapur 17 February, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated nil. Thank you for the nice sentiments expressed therein. Go on chanting and reading our books, and gradually you will advance in Krishna Consciousness.

Letter to Prabhas -- Mayapur 17 February, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your Bengali letter dated 6 February 1976. In reply I have sent you one telegram as follows: Prabhas immediately come to Mayapur. Signed: Bhaktivedanta Swami.

Letter to Raja Laksmi -- Mayapur 17 February, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 9 February, 1976. My advise is always chant 16 rounds minimum and follow the four regulative principles. All of my disciples must agree on this point otherwise they are not my disciples. Let one live anywhere, but stick to the principles. Disagreements will continue in this material world. So one may live in a suitable place, but one must follow these five principles. My disciples must follow these principles living either in heaven or hell.

Letter to Sri Karani -- India 18 February, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of two checks, one for U.S. $8,000.00 and the other for U.S. $4,000.00 from you and your brother. I thank you very much. The monies will be deposited into our Bhaktivedanta Book Trust account for printing books. I am instructing our Los Angeles BBT headquarters to send half of all of the books printed to you and half to your brother. One full set of all of our books between you. They will send air freight prepaid.

Letter to Amogha -- Mayapur 18 February, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 9 February, 1976. The guests must be pleased when they give a donation. That shows they are pleased. I have received a letter from Gopala Krishna wherein he states that you are distributing our books to libraries. That is solid. Simply by bluffing words these bogus gurus and yogis are actually accomplishing nothing. But when they people read our books then they will get good opinion.

Letter to Batu Gopala -- Mayapur 18 February, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated January 31, 1976. I accept Sriman Dhananjaya Pandit das for brahman initiation. You may hold a fire sacrifice and he should listen to the Gayatri mantra in the right ear from the tape. He can be instructed that the duty of a brahman is to maintain cleanliness. Internal cleanliness is always chanting Hare Krishna and external cleanliness is bathing regularly. You yourself must set the example.

Letter to Hari -- Mayapur 18 February, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 16 February, 1976. Yes, you have better work there. You should stay in Bombay and continue the same work there. I hope this meets you well.

Letter to Prabudha -- Mayapur 18 February, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated February 2, 1976. Regarding the sales and distribution of your fruits, please kindly work out the details with Abhirama and Satsvarupa Maharaja. Satsvarupa Maharaja is GBC and senior man, he knows everything about prasadam distribution.

Letter to Upendra -- Mayapur 18 February, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 5 February, 1976. It is nice to hear that your ministers visa is being processed. In the meantime you can just wait. You will be the right person to be in charge of the temple. Krishna is giving you time for being perfectly trained up.

Letter to Sri D. C. Cakravarti -- Mayapur 19 February, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 17 February, 1976. Please kindly come to see me here. I can provide all accommodations for you and your good wife, Uma and any others you wish to bring.

Letter to Maeve Davies -- Mayapur 21 February, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 7 February, 1976. Please do not be worried. Our movement is essentially for spreading this chanting of Hare Krishna world wide. And the main responsibility of my disciples is to follow the four regulative principles and chant 16 rounds without fail. Please worry about that first.

Letter to Rupanuga -- Mayapur 21 February, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your two letters dated January 30 and February 13, 1976 respectively. Regarding the examination, I never meant that the examination would be held this year. It will be held first next year. The examination is meant for the intelligent class, not all. Neither it is compulsory. So to pass the examination means one must have knowledge. There are higher intelligent class of disciples, otherwise it is not compulsory. So how to organize it, how to do it, you GBC can decide. I have given the idea, now how to do it is up to the GBC.

Letter to Trivikrama -- Mayapur 21 February, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated February 8, 1976. Regarding having Parivrajakacarya go to Asia to preach, yes, I agree. It is all right. Satadhanya will be required to stay in India after the festival.

Letter to Yamuna, Dinatarine -- Mayapur 21 February, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated February 4, 1976. Enclosed please find a true copy of my reply to your letter dated December 24th, 1976. The thing is cow protection is not possible for women. You can keep two or three cows, but on larger scale it is not possible. You should not try to take care of more. It is not women's business. Women's business is getting milk and making milk preparations. On the whole larger scale is not to be attempted by women. Manage a small asram, but don't try bigger scale, then you require the help of men.

Letter to Ramesvara -- India 25 February, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of BBT trustee's report dated February 13, 1976.

Regarding the devotees coming to Mayapur-Vrindaban, I would have liked they come all at least once in a year, so let the other trustees consider. If they come once every five years, then it will be five years vacant. the installment plan is better.

Letter to Dina Dayala -- Mayapur 25 February, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated February 6, 1976.

It is nice to hear that your activities are going on successfully in Athens. Caitanya Mahaprabhu says, prithivite ache yata nagar adi gram sarvasa . . . so now it is actually becoming a fact.

Letter to Nitai -- Mayapur 25 February, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 17 February, 1976. We will wait for the letter from Giridhari Lal.

Letter to Aksayananda -- Mayapur 28 February, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 23rd February, 1976.

If we get chance, we must open a center in Kanpur. It is a very important city in India. I heard that there was someone who was willing to give us a house. Kanpur is the third most important city in India next to Calcutta and Bombay. We must open a center there, if there is a chance.

Letter to Gaura Govinda -- Mayapur 28 February, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated the 20th February, 1976.

Gopala Krishna was just here to see me, so he has been made aware of Sri Jagadisa Prasad again. He is going to contact Mahamsa Swami and certainly if the man has paid the fee, he should get the benefits as much as the others are getting.

Letter to Srinath Khanna -- Mayapur 28 February, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 15th January, 1976.

It is too bad that you are suffering too much. However this may be taken as the mercy of the Lord. If the Lord gives us some inconvenience then we may take it that He has reduced our actual punishment and just given us a token punishment.

Letter to Giridharilal -- Mayapur 11 March, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your kind letter dated March 8, 1976 and I have noted the contents very carefully.

Letter to Sri Triloki Natha Acarya -- Mayapur 18 March, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 24th February, 1976. It was addressed to Calcutta temple but on account of not mentioning the zonal number, it was delivered very late in Calcutta, then it was redirected here in our above temple.

Letter to Mr. Dhawan -- Vrindaban 2 April, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your kind invitation dated Chandigarh, 19-3-76, addressed to my Bombay address. I am very glad to learn that you are endeavouring to understand the prime goal of life, without which the facility of human life becomes futile.

Letter to V. G. K. Dipple -- Vrindaban 2 April, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 15-3-76 and I have noted the contents with care. I have forwarded your letter to one of my disciples who is presently in South India, and I have advised him that the two of you can conjointly work together to open a centre in Colombo.

Letter to Karandhara -- Bombay 13 April, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated March 30, 1976 and I have noted the contents with care. Concerning your going to South America to assist there, if you like there is no need to go immediately. First you can complete the exhibit there in Los Angeles. There is no need to go immediately.

Letter to Yasodanandana -- Melbourne 23 April, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 14 April, 1976, and I have noted the contents with care.

Letter to Yasomatisuta -- Honolulu 15 May, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your translation into Chinese of the first 6 chapters of the Bhagavad-gita. It is a great triumph and is very well done. Some how or another now push it amongst the Chinese. Don't worry about money for printing books. If you require money, it will be supplied; and I am informing Gurukrpa Maharaja and Tamala Krsna Maharaja in this connection. You simply have to find out the market and push these books amongst the Chinese.

Letter to Yasodanandana -- Honolulu 16 May, 1976:

I have to this time received no reply from either Mahamsa Swami, and neither an acknowledgement of reciept of the bank draft from yourself. Please check on this, it was sent to the Hyderabad temple address by registered post care of Mahamsa Swami. Further I gave instructions in my letter to you of May 5, 1976, how you can repay this loan to you. I am concerned to see that this arrived safely through the post.

Letter to Alanatha -- Honolulu 26 May, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated May 7, 1976, and I thank you for the copy of Easy Journey to Other Planets in the Finnish language. Now go throughout all of Europe with your travelling party and distribute my books profusely, just as the Radha-Damodara TSKP is doing in America. You must remain strong by following the four regulative principles, and chanting 16 rounds of japa daily, and go on distributing my books unlimitedly in Europe.

Letter to Jagannatha-suta -- Honolulu 29 May, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of the latest issue of Back to Godhead magazine, Vol. II, no. 6. I am very pleased with the presentation and the articles of this issue. Thank you very much and continue to work very sincerely and Krishna will bless you.

Letter to Mr. Raja Sajid Husain -- Los Angeles 4 June, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated May 16, 1976, and I have noted the contents carefully.

Letter to Narayana -- Los Angeles 4 June, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated May 27, 1976, and I have noted the contents with care.

Letter to Mr. Hunter -- Los Angeles 5 June, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter with enclosed contribution towards the development of our Mayapur City in W. Bengal, and I thank you very much. We are trying to construct a city where people from all over the world can come to visit and live according to the Vedic tenets of "simple living and high thinking."

Letter to Jennifer Lynne Davis -- Los Angeles 9 June, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated June 8, 1976, with enclosed guru-daksina and I thank you very much.

Letter to Gopala Krsna -- Los Angeles 9 June, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge reciept of your two letters dated June 2, and June 3, 1976 with typed copies of book reviews from Russia.

Letter to Gopala Krsna -- New Vrindaban 24 June, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated June 12, 1976 and with enclosed news clipping, and I have noted the contents with care.

Letter to Ramesvara -- New Vrindaban 24 June, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated June 19, 1976 and I have noted the contents with care.

Letter to Vasudeva -- New Vrindaban 24 June, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated June 18, 1976, and I have noted the contents with care.

Letter to Krishna Mahesavari -- New York 11 July, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter (Hindi postcard) addressed to my Vrindaban Mandir address. You'll be pleased to learn that along with the Hare Krishna Movement in the foreign countries, we are taking care of cow protection very vigorously. There are already dozens of such centres and farms where we are protecting cows like our New Vrindaban community in West Virginia, Bhaktivedanta Manor in London, altogether over 14 such projects have been started throughout the world to date. We are giving protection to the cows with great profit.

Letter to Mr. Mukherjee -- New York 14 July, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 6th July, 1976, and I have noted the contents with care.

I am returning to Bombay by August 14th, 1976, when I shall be glad to see you in our Juhu Temple and talk in detail about this scheme.

Letter to Kapardini -- Bhaktivedanta Manor 24 July, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your very nice gift. I thank you very much for it and hope that you and your son Gaurahari das are advancing very nicely in your Krsna consciousness. Please always follow the regulative principles and chant your rounds carefully and surely such sincere practice will lead you to success.

Letter to Mr. Jootee Boonsoong -- Valencay, France 1 August, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge reciept of your nice gift of silk cloth which has been presented to me by my disciple Yogesvara Das. He has also spoken to me of your interest in the activities of our movement. I thank you very much.

Letter to Sumati Morarjee -- Valencay, France 7 August, 1976:

It was also accepted during Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's time, but Sri Vallabhacarya violated the system. Instead of acknowledging Sridhara Svami's pre-eminent position, he wanted to take it himself. I am enclosing herewith some photocopies of the important verses from the original book Caitanya Caritamrta that specifically deal with the subject matter. These verses are from Antya lila, Chapter 7, entitled "Lord Caitanya meets Vallabha Bhatta".

Letter to Bhavananda -- Nairobi 9 January, 1972:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated January 24, 1972 and have noted the contents carefully. Things here are going on very nicely. Enclosed is one clipping. Last night at the festival meeting one government official spoke very highly of my movement and everyone was very pleased.

Letter to Sri Kuwar Candra Prakash -- New Delhi 26 August, 1976:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your kind letter dated 29 July 1976 and have noted the contents with care. Thank you very much for it. Just now I am in New Delhi at the above address and am going to Vrndavana by the 2nd or 3rd of September.

Letter to Giriraja -- Vrindaban 23 September, 1976:

The statement on Bhavan's Journal has been sent to them. Also a copy of my letter to Smt. Morarji has been sent to you by Harikesa Swami. Please acknowledge receipt. Harikesa is not working as my secretary now; he has been sent for preaching work.

Letter to Balavanta -- Vrindaban 4 October, 1976:

The airport distribution at New Orleans is very good. Regarding the Lord Jagannatha deities, if They cannot be worshiped, They should be thrown in the sea. I acknowledge receipt of check copy No. 1195 on Bank of New Orleans for $1,000.00, and you may send money as you have done to M.V. Fund, L.A.

1977 Correspondence

Letter to Jayananda -- Mayapur 26 February, 1977:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated February 21st, 1977, and I thank you for the check as well as the nice sentiments you have expressed. In the beginning you also gave me $5,000 and now again you have sent.

Letter to Amogha -- Mayapur 27 February, 1977:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 20th February, 1977. Thank you for the check of $20. Regarding your situation, it is nothing new for Westerners. This is a family matter. It is better to consult Bali Mardan how to manage your personal affairs. He is a grhastha, so you can speak with him. You are an intelligent boy, so do not misuse your intelligence.

Letter to Turyadas -- Mayapur 27 February, 1977:

I beg to acknowledge receipt your letter dated Feb.16, 1977. Please continue to increase the deity worship and teach others to become a very good pujari like you. When I see my disciples doing deity worship nicely that engladdens me. 'Sevonmukhe hi jivadau/ svayam eva sphuraty adah', God realization is possible only by service.

Letter to Rajarsi -- Mayapur 12 March, 1977:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated February 21st, 1977. Personal service to the spiritual master means to follow his instructions. My request is the same for everyone: that they follow strictly the regulative principles and chant at least sixteen rounds daily. And as much time as they are able should be devoted for preaching according to our books. So you and your wife should try to follow this instruction.

Letter to Subhavilasa -- Mayapur 16 March, 1977:

Please accept my blessings and offer the same to your good wife Ashalata, and to your very nice children, Minakshi and Indresh. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated March 3rd, 1977, with enclosed photos.

Letter to Gurudasa -- Bombay 25 March, 1977:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 18th March, 1977. There is no need to pay Gaurachand. I have already advised the bank, and they will pay him directly. You need not. As you have described the placing of my photograph and offering to it Prasadam, that is good. In consultation with Aksayananda Maharaja, just find out some responsible men to stay there. Everything should be kept neat and clean as if I am staying there.

Letter to Candravali -- Bombay 28 March, 1977:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated March 7th, 1977. Regarding keeping the cows, unless there is sufficient grazing land and cultivation, it is very difficult. But there has been some discussion about having a farm in California. You may write to Ramesvara Maharaja and Satsvarupa Maharaja in this regard. In any case the cows must be protected and cared for. If the farm is gotten then they can shifted there, otherwise continue to care for them as best you can.

Letter to Edward -- Bombay 31 March, 1977:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 31-1-76 which has only now reached me here in Bombay. It is difficult to send things through the mail, so better if you go to our New York temple for getting prasadam. Krishna is absolute so prasadam offered in our temple in New York is as good and the same as the prasadam from here. I am glad that you are enjoying chanting "Hare Krishna" and reading my books. You and your wife should continue with this process and try to attend our temple as often as possible and gradually you will come to Krishna consciousness.

Letter to Kuladri -- Bombay 28 April, 1977:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your telegram requesting permission for the fire ceremony for the new initiates and second initiations.

Letter to Brahmananda -- Bombay 29 April, 1977:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 21st April, 1977. The letter which you have sent from the student, Charles, is wonderful. I have asked that it be published in our English Back To Godhead as well as in all of the Indian language Back to Godheads here in India. Charles' letter shows that he is very intelligent and has begun to understand our philosophy. It is very encouraging.

Letter to Ramesvara -- New Delhi 11 May, 1977:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated May 1st, 1977 along with all of the photographs and drawings.

Letter to Hari-sauri -- Vrndavana 18 May, 1977:

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your telegram. It is not possible to reply you by telegram because there is necessity of sending beads, and sacred thread which can only be sent through a regular letter.