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My dear Prabha Vishnu,

Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated January 1, 1973, and I am very glad to hear from you the wonderful news of travelling party in England. I think the people of that place are becoming more and more inclined for this Krishna consciousness movement, they are inviting you to stay at their houses� they are taking books, becoming sometimes devotees-­all of these are very encouraging signs to me. If you simply go on in this way, stopping in every village and city of England-Scot­land, or if there are other places like Ireland, simply stop for some time, distribute books and hold Sankirtan procession, answer their questions, give some leaflets or small informations freely, distribute prasadam wherever possible, at least some small thing, and if there is genuine interest being shown, then request the townspeople to arrange some engagements for speaking in their schools, or in someone's home, or a hall, like that. In this way remain al­ways without anxiety for destination and comfortable situations, always relying only on the mercy of Krishna for your plan, just go on preaching His message and selling His books , wherever there is interest. We shall not waste time if there is no interest or if the people are unfriendly, there are so many places to go. But I understand from your letter that Practically everyone is taking some interest. That means you are presenting the thing in a very nice manner, they can detect that here are some persons who are actually sincere and nice, let me hear them, let me purchase one book. So I can understand that it is not an easy matter to travel extensively over long periods of time without proper food, rest, and sometimes it must be very cold there also, and still, because you are getting so much enjoyment, spiritual enjoyment, from it, it seems like play to you. That is anvanced stage of spiritual life, never attained by even the greatest yogis and so-called jyanis. But let any man see our devotees working so hard for Krishna, then let anyone say that they are not better than any millions of so­called yogis and transcendentalists, that is my challenge! Because you are rightly understanding through your personal realisation this philosophy of Krishna consciousness, therefore in such a short time you have surpassed all the stages of yoga processes to come to the highest point of surrendering to Krishna. That I can very much a­ppreciate, thankyou very much for helping me in this way.

Hoping this meets you and the other men of your p rty in the best of health and spi its.

Prabha Vishnu das ISKCON London. r.rcc I •

o 1-wisher,

Your first question, shall Srimati Radharani's feet be

showing, the answer is no, they should never be seen. Krsna's

feet, however, should be showing.

I do not know when I have said to anyone that Krsna should

not wear black color, but there is no harm if sometimes Krsna

dresses something black. Sometimes in Vrndavana they dress

Him in black.

Yes, the leaves of Srimati Tulasi Devi may be offered to

all Visnu-tattva expansions of Krsna, including Nityananda

and Balarama.

You may dress Lord Caitanya in the standard way, main thing

is do it nicely, don't make it funny. In your Western countries

Lord Caitanya should be entirely covered, He should not appear

bare-chested.

Why you are pouring water over the head of Radha and Krsna

deities? Big deities should not be bathed in this way, using

water or other things. Rather they are bathed daily by mantra,

do you not know these things? Under no circumstances shall

we bathe the Jagannatha deities with anything water or liquid,

they should be bathed with mantra also. Now you are asking me

so many concoctions and manufactured nonsense. Don't bother

my head in this way any more. From now on unless I order

you do something change or in addition, go on with the usual

standard way. You manufacture ideas and then I have to waste

my time. I have given you everything already, there is no

need for you to add anything or change anything. Why you are

asking these things? Who has given you such freedom? Pujari

should operate entirely under the supervision of temple presi­

dent and GBC, not independently. The greatest danger to our

movement will come when we manufacture and create our own

process for worshiping the deities. So don't ask any more new

questions, whatever is going on, follow it just to the exact

standard as I have given you, that's all.

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My dear Sarna and Sammita Dasi,

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January 4, 1973 c/o Hahadevia B-11 Sea Face Park 50 B. Desai Road Bombay-26, India

Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated December 22, 1972, and I am so glad to hear that you are reopening the Baltimore temple and that you are prepared to stay there your life long for developingiXto the highes� standard. Yes, I was little disturbed to hear that we had closed down the Baltimore temple before. Baltimore is a very important city of your country and we must maintain our center there at all costs. I can understand by your letter that you are both very serious and sincere devotees of Krsna, husband and wife, so I think that you will have no difficulty in performing your duties there. First business will be to preach widely throughout the city and distribute our books and Krsna Consciousness propaganda. In this way, try to recruit some local men to help you. You are only two persons, therefore big temple with deity worship and so many other things will be impossible to maintain. Therefore if you get a place, simply hold our standard progra1n of kirtan morning and evening, with class, inviting friends and other people that you meet. In this way develop the thing gradually, we are not in very much hurry to get big big house and very com­fortable position, no. Our first and foremost business is to spread Krsna Conscious­ness. So utilize every opportunity that Krsna gives you for JI'eaching His message. that is real meaning of temple management.

Hoping this meets you both in the best of health,

Sarna das Adhikary, Sammita Devi Dasi ISKCON Baltimore

ACBS/sda

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International Society for Krishna Consciousness CENTER:c/o Mabadevia

My dear Jadurani,

B-11 Sea Face Park 50 B Desai Road Bombay-26, India

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Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated December 16, 1972, along with photos from Srimad-Bhagavatam. To answer your questions,11self-deceptiorl'means that I know 1 should have done something, I have knowledge of what I ought to do, and still I do it. Just like some of our devotees, we have got certain prohibitions, and everyone knows they will be harmful to me to violate, still they do it, despite everything. It is not like running after a mirage in the desert, thinking something water, that is ignorance, not self-deceit. So I cannot think of any example for your illustration just at this moment, but you have got the idea now what is self-deceit, I think you will be able to draw something nice.

The depiction of Brahma and the destruction of the material worlds is very nice. When Brahma enters into the body of Visnu, that is ultimately, at the ultimate destruction, not in the partial destruction 'vhich you are illustrating. So it is all right as you have done it.

So far the picture of three-headed Brahma in the assembly of other Brahmas, I have not seen, so what can I say? Whatever is palatable to everyone, you can do it that 'vay. There is no mention otherwise, so the all Brahmas can be shown four arms. So far the question of all Brahmas ridjng on swans, at least when they came to offer respects they did not come with swan, they are all standing, they have walked into Krsna's palace. Yes, you may show all Brahmas very big in comparison lvith three-headed Brahma, otherwise how you can compare the elephant and the mosquito? The picture of my Guru Maharaja is nice.

So far your questions about Lord Jagannatha and Ratha-yatra Festival, the first Ratha-yatra Festival was 5,000 years before, when J(rsna and Balarama and Subhadra came from Dvaraka to Kuruksetra. So far the festival at Puri, there is no such history, but it must be more than 5,000 years. At least there is recorded history 2,000 years old, because we see in the Aquarian Gospel that Lord Jesus Christ 'vas attending the Ratha-yatra Festival at Puri. Yes, there was attempt by Radharani to take back Krsna from Kuruksetra to Vrndavana.

I think that answers your questions, so if you have got any more in connection with your work you may feel free to always write to me.

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My dear Madhukara,

I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated December 22, 1972, and I have noted the contents with care. For these questions arising between married husban� and wife, you are requesting me to leave your wife and take the vanaprastha order of life, for these questions you must consult with and take permission from presidents and GBC. Yes, I know your wife Leelashakti, and I know that she is very serious and advanced disciple. But now you are n1arried to her, there is some obligation according to our Krsna consciousness or Vedic system. These things cannot be taken so lightly, otherwise the whole thing will become a farce. Simply get married without considering what is the serious nature of married life, then if there is little disturbance, or if I do not like my 11ife or my husband, let me go away, everyone else is doing like that. So in this w·ay the whole thing is becoming a farce. You say that your'association together was hindering your advancement.11 But Krsna consciousness marriage system should not be taken in that way, that if there is any botheration that means something is hindering my spiritual progress,_t-no. Once it is adopted, the grhastha life, even it may be troublesome at times/� must be fulfilled as my occupational duty. Of course, it is better to remain unmarried, celibate. But so many women are coming, 1-1e cannot reject them. If someone comes to Krsna it is our duty to give them protection. Krsna has informed us in Bhagavad-gita that even women and sudras and others inferior class of men can take refuge in Him. So the problem is there, the women must have a husband to give protection. Of course, if the women can remain unmarried, and if there is suitable arrangement for the temple to protect them, just like in the ChristEn Church there is nunnery for systematic program of engaging the ladies and protecting them, that is also nice. But if there is sex desire, how to control it? Women are normally very lusty, more lusty than men, and they are weaker sex, it is difficult for them to make spiritual advancement without the help of husband. For so many reasons, our women must have husband. • that's all right, but if once they have r a husband he goes away so quickly, that will not be very much happy for them.

Now I do not know the situation in your particular case, I am simply giving you the general policy or background understanding. We should never think of our so-called advancement as being conditioned by or dependent upon some set of material circumstances such as marrige, vanaprastha, or this or that. Mature understanding of Krsna consciousness means that '-.rhatever condition of life I am in at present, that is Krsna's special mercy upon me, therefore let me take advantage in the best way possible to spread this Krsna consciousness movement and conduct my spiritual master's mission. If I consider my own personal progress or happiness or any other thing personal, that is material consideration. If there was unhappy adjustment for becoming married, why you got married at all? Whatever is done, is done, that is a fact, hut I am only pointing out that once before you did something without proper study of your real responsibility, now you are contemplating again

some drastic action in a similar manner. Therefore consider it carefully in this light. There is one verse from Bhagavad-gita: yasman nodvijate loko lokan nodvi.jate

.£!LYah / harsamarsa-bhayodvg_air mukto yah sa c_2. me priyah, "He for whom no one is put into dif ficulty and who is not disturbed by anxiety, who is steady in happiness and distress, is very dear to Me." (12.15)

One mistake of judgment often made by the neophyte devotees is that any time there is some disturbance or some difficulty they are considering that the conditions or the external circumstances under w·hich the difficulty took place are the cause of the difficul ty itself. That is not the fact. In this material world there is always s<>me difficulty, no matter in t�lis situation or that situation. Therefore simply by changing my status of occupation or my status of life, that will not help anything. Because the real fact is that if there is any difficulty ldth others, that is � lack of Krsna consciousness, not theirs. Is this clear? Krsna says that His dearest devotee is one who does not put others into difficulty, in fact , who puts no one other into difficulty . So try to judge the matter on these points, whether or not you are putting either your wife or yourself into some difficulty .

The right rmderstanding of Bhagavad-gita is Arjuna' s unders·tanding. • h other '"ords, Arjuna came to the conclusion that he must perform his occupational duty, not. as a material obli gation , for reasons of wife, family, friends , reputation, professional integrity, like that--no. Rather he must conduct the functions of his station of life only as a devotional service performed for Krsna. That means that clcvot.ional service is what is il':lp<>rtant, not my occupational duty. But it does not mean that because occupation cluty is not the real consideration, -that I should give it up and do something else, thinking that devotional. servi ce may be car.ried on under uhatcvcr circumstances which I may whimsically decide. Krsna recommended Arjuna to remain as he was, not to disrupt the order of society and go against his own nature .iust. for convenienc sake. Our occupational duty is not arbitrary , that means once ,.ro have taken up some field of action, if we are advanced in out' understanding , then '"e shall not change it for another. Rather our devotion is the important factor, so '1hnt does it matter what I am doing so long my work and. energy are completely devoted to Krsna? Just like Krsna, He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, He has no '�orh: , neither He has anythi ng to do, still He comes here to teach us this lesson. He accepts not only His occupational duty as cowherd boy, royal prince, but also He accepts married life , He enters polities , He is philosopher, He is even chariot driver during a great battle , He does not give exantple of Himself avoiding His occupational onty. So if Krsna Himself is exhibiting by His own conduct '"hat is the perfection of existence, then we should heed such example if we are intelligent. Even suppos i ng there is wife at home, '"ith childre n , that does not matter, that is no hindrance to 01� s�iritua l life. And once we have accepted these things, occupational duties, we should not lightly give them up. That is the point .

Of course, otu· occupational duty is as preachers of Krsna consciousness. So we must stick to that business under all circumstances, that is the main thing. Therefot'e married, unmarried, divorced, whatever condition of life, my preaching mission does not depend on these things. The varnasrama-dharma system is scientificall)' arranged by Krsna to provide facility for deliverin g the fallen souls back to home, back to Godhead. And if we make a mockery of this system by whimsically di srupting the order, that we must consider. That will not be a very good example if so many young boys and girls so casually become married and then go away from each other , and the wife is little unhappy, the husband is neglecting her in so many ways, like that. If we set this example, then how the thing will go on properly? Householder life means wife. children, home, these things are understood by everyone, why our

devotees have taken it ;b: something different? They simply have some sex-desire, get themselves married,"when the matter does not fulfill their expectations, immediately there is separa-tion--these things are ;just like material activities, prostitution. The wife is left without husband, and sometimes th�is child to� raise4- in so many ways the proposition that you1 and some others also, are making becomes distasteful. We cannot expect that our temples will become places of shelter for so many widows and rejected wives, that will be a great burden and we shall become the laughingstock in the society. Therrf'lill be unwanted progeny also. And there will be illicit sex-life, that we are seeing already. And being the weaker sex, women require to have a husband who is strong in Krsna consciousness, so that they may take advantage and make progress by sticking tightly to his feet. If their husband goes away from them, what will they do? So many instances are already there in our Society, so many frustrated girls and boys.

So I have introduced this marriage system in your Western countries because there is custom of freely intermingling male and female. Therefore marriage required just to engage the boys and girls in devotional service, never mind distinction of living status. But our marriage system is little different than in your country, we do not sanction the policy of quick divorce. We are supposed to take husband or wife as eternal companion or assistant in Krsna consciousness service, and there is promise never to separate. Of course if there is any instance of very advanced disciples, married couple, and they have agreed that the husband shall now take sannyasa or renounced order of life, being mutually very happy by that arrangement, then there is ground for such separation. But even in those cases tllere is no question of separation, the husband, even he is sannyasa, he must be certain his wife will be taken care of nicely and protected in his absence. Now S() many cases are there of unhappiness by the wife who has been abandoned by her husband against her wishes. So ho'�' can I sanction such thing? I want to avoid setting any bad example for future generations, tl1erefore I am so much cautiously considering your request. But if it becomes so easy for me to get married and then leave my wife, under excuse of married life being an impediment to my own spiritual progress, that will not be very good at all. That is misunderstanding of what is advancement in spiritual life. Occupational duty must be there, either this one or that one, but once I am engaged in something occupational duty, then I should not change that or give it up, that is the worst mistake. Devotional service is not bound up by such designations. There­fore once I have chosen, it is better to stick in that way and develop my devotional attitude into full-blown love of Godhead. That is Arjuna's understanding. �

Hoping thj s meets you in good health, •.. ,. . /' 1 '', foJr er 1t isher r;j/; ' •;\ .

Madhukara das Ad.hikari ISKCON St. Louis

ACBS/sda

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My dear Jagadisa,

B-ll Sea Face Park 50, B. Desai Road Bombay-26, India

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Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letters dated December 14 and 27, 1972, and I have noted the contents carefully. I am especially happy to hear from you about the huge distribution of books in the Canada Zone. That is the most auspicious sign. You are making good progress, that I can understand. As soon as I see that there is such increased book distribution figures, I take that to mean that all other programs are successful as well. I am especially encouraged to note that you have sold 268 of our Bhagavad-gita As It Is in only three weeks' time. That is very very satisfying to me.

Regarding your other points, if there is need for stronger president in Montreal, I have no objection if Sripati leaves that place. Main thing is to have always one strong leader at each temple who can maintain the preaching standard to the highest degree. In this way, if our standard program is maintained just to the standard, automatically there will be enthusiasm and increase of preaching results. But Shyamsundar has informed me that Sriman Sripati das is English citizen, so if he will like to return for assisting in his home country? They are mostly young boys in London, and they are opening so many new centers in other places of England, Scotland and Ireland, so if he is not required there, or if he likes, he may go there to help train up the young English boys. That is very much required. That seems better service for him than becoming cook only. At least in England he has got opportunity for active preaching and he may utilize his experience to manage things in some capacity.

I am so much pleased to hear that your Toronto center has become too much crowded. That is a very good sign. Yes, if Krsna Consciousness is there, Krsna means that He is eternally increasing, so I can understand that Radha Gopinatha have very much appreciated their new home at Toronto. Your temple is at present too small for so many devotees, so if there are extra men they can be sent out for opening new centers and for traveling sankirtana parties. New 1nen can be trained up in your Toronto center. When Krsna sees that you are very serious and sincere to serve Him only, you need not have to worry to get a new place, He will help you in that way.

Upon your recommendation, I am very happy to accept the two devotees for second initiation. Now you may hold the fire yajna and give Gayatri mantra to Ayodyapati and Madhuhara. Teach them to chant on the fjnger divisions and play for them the tape of me reciting Gayatri mantra into the ri'ght ear. The fire yajna should be held in the company of devotees only, so long it i s restricted to Gayatri mantra initiation only. Two sacred threads, duly chanted by me, along with two copies of Gayatri mantra, are enclosed herewith.

So far the concert of Indian musicians and dancers for ra1s1ng funds for the

new temple, yes you may do that, I have no objection. But the concert should be their

own concert, not that we are holding our program and they are appearing on the same

program, either as our guests or as our co-performers. No, we shall not appear to the public like performers, we are not performers or musicjans or dancers. But if the concert is held as a benefit concert, just like in Bombay we have held one benefit concert, of the Zaveri Sisters, Manipuri Dancing Group, and nearly Rs.1QOO,OOO was raised for our Juhu scheme. That will be ��e proper arrangement. So if you hold the concert in the auditorium and advertise these singers and dancers, that it will be their program, and also that it will be a "Hare Krsna Benefit Show" or something like that, that will be best. Of course, we may also appear and perform kirtan at the opening of the concert, and we will sell our books there, and if there is so1ne opportunity to give also short lecture, that will be nice. But if you do all these other performances of aratrika, a elrama, like that, perhaps it will appear like it is our program and not the program of the musicians. If there is confusion, if the public is thinking that we are something show or commercial performers, that will not be proper idea. But if the musicians and dancers want to give one concert and donate the proceeds to us, we shall gladly� them.

Yes, that is correct, the deities should never be bathed with water or something like that. Always bathe them with the mantra process. Of course the big deities should be bathed daily! Should not the Supreme Personality of Godhead, if He is recommending to us as brahmanas to bathe so many times, should He not also take bath? There is no objection either to applying the jewels to Their bodies with beeswax or to swinging them in the public functions in the temple on Sunday, so long there is very nice jhulan or swing being profusely decorated. Radha and Krsna may be swung in this way, but you may avoid swinging Lord Jagannatha like that. Yes, that will be very nice if your men go to South America for opening some new centers. They may write to me in that connection.

Hoping this meets you in the best of health,

Jagadisa das Adhikari ISKCON Toronto

ADBS/sda

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My dear Mr. Rohert Keene,

c/o Mahadevia, B-11 Sea Face Park, 50 B. Desai Road, Bombay-26

January 9, 73

Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated December 20, 1972, and I have noted the contents with great concern. I do not know what are exactly the facts of the matter , but if there are any discrepancies as you say in the temples of ISRCON, they should be immed i a tel y rectified by consc-ientiontious officers. Of course, we cannot expect to find al�ays any utopia in this material world, that is a fallacy, and it may appear to someone who is materialistically inclined that what ve are doing is not only harmful to our materialistic condition,

but also that we are not caring for our students and so many other things. But if you inquire from our students more carefully, you will come to understand that these superficial matters are not very serious in the long run, and that the students are becoming very happy by their acquiring spiritual knowledge and serving Krsna in so many ways. It is said that "one man's food i s another man's poison." Because they have bec ome disgusted with this material world, sometimes our devotees appear to have foolishly disregarded everything, that is seen to be something bad in their eyes. but we should not take these things very seriously. Main thing is that these boys and girls have understood what is austerity and the difference between spirit and matter, that is the highest knowledge of existence. Because they are engaged in serving Krsna in this way, you have nothing further to worry, their position in life is very secure and sound because they are going back to home, back to Godhead, without any doubt. Though they may be dressed in rages still they are more exalted than kings.

Nevertheless. I do not know how ser ious is the actual situation at Boston Temple or at other temples, but I am sending copies of your letter to all ISKCON centers and I am requesting the officers in charge in those places to do the needful as you are suggesting. Yes, if there is anything cold weather, the students sh ould be sufficiently dressed and they should not work under such conditi·ons that they 'I.Vill fall ill. Everything should be managed in a n i ce way, so that no one is dissatisfied and everyone keeps t.heir health and energy fit for serving Krsna 2.4 hours.

Thank you very Much for your kind attention. I hope that everything is rectified to your satisfaction. You have got a daughter who is now become devotee of Krsna, therefore I can understand that you are also very nice persons, everyone related to any devotee of Krsna becomes also great in our estimation, therefore I beg your assistance in this matter by giving something donation towards our temples, or especially the Boston Temple, for purchasing cloth and medicine, and other things, for the devotees there. If there is any further complaint, you may please address

'7?;ridandi Qoswami

cfl.C. �fiaktivedanta $wami Founder-Acharya : International Society for Kri shna Consciousness

CENTER: c/o Mahadevia,

My dear Ramesvar,

B-11 Sea Face Park, 50, B. Desai Road, Bombay-26

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Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated December 27, 1972, and with great happiness I have read your figures of amount of books sold during three-day period, December 22-24, 1972. It is scarcely believable that more than 17,100 books could have been sold by one temple in three days! That indicates to me that people are at last becoming little serious about this Krsna Consciousness movement in your country. Otherwise, why they should buy our books? But they can see that our boys and girls, devotees, are so much sincere and serious to distribute the message of Krsna consciousness, they are at once struck by seeing them and therefore they appreciate and purchase. This is unique in the world. Perhaps we are the only sincere persons on this whole planet. At least our books are not to be seen anywhere else. So I am so much pleased upon all of the boys and girls in Los Angeles and all over the world who are understanding and appreciating this unique quality of our transcendental literature and voluntarily they are going out to distribute despite all circumstances of difficulty. By this effort alone they are assured to go back to home, back to Godhead. In order to change this materialistic society and prevent them from gliding to hell, first thing is to educate them. All decent men want to give service to humanity, only thing is they do not have information really what is that service. Hospitals, feeding the poor, Red Cross, these are service to the bodies only, not to the man. Service to humanity means�· By giving people knowledge, �' that is the highest service to humanity. So we are performing the actual welfare work of society by informing everyone through our literatures who is God, who they are, and what is the relationship. In this way everyone who hears our message gets the opportlmi ty to fulfill his actual position as human entity and become delivered from the clutches of maya. So you may understand it that by disseminating our Krsna consciousness propaganda anywhere and everywhere, by selling books, by making publicity, newspapers, television, so many ways there are to spread Krsna consciousness information, fr>u may know it that by utilizing our energy in this way to give everyone access to the Absolute Truth, that is the real understanding of desire to serve humanity. Understanding is one thing, and.practical application of that understanding is another. But as devotees of Krsna, being engaged in the practical work of spreading Krsna consciousness, that is already the highest realization. That's all right, that is our real mission, to deliver the world by preaching Krsna's message to others, but even higher realization, the hi hest realization, is to save oneself.

Hoping this meets you in good healt

ACBS/sda Ramesvar das Brahmacari ISKC ON Los Angeles

A.

Tridandi Goswami A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

Hy dt'nr Upendra,

Date: January 9, 1973 Camp: c/o Hahadevia,

B-11 Sea Face Park, 50, B. Desai Road, Bombay-26

Please accept my blessings. I am in receipt of your letter dated Jan. 2, 197;3, and l have noted the contents with great c are . I am very sorry to hear that you must undergo one operation of surgery upon yo11r hetrnia condition, that is preventing you from openi ng a center in Perth. Yes. I can appreciate that you have opened so many centers now, all o ver the world , so never mind if some others may have to go there in your place . You take good re st and become very healthy by the time that I shall come there in February. If I get the opportunity I shall also go to that Hare Krsna farm near Melbourne City, 80 miles, and if you prepare some place for me to stay.

Hoping this meets you in the best of health,

ACBS/sda

Upendra das Adhikari ISKCON Melbourne

A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

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CENTER: c/o Mahadevia,

My dear Prahladananda,

B-ll Sea Face Park, 50, B. Desai Road, Bombay-26

DATE . . . . �<;t!l��!'Y.. 9.t .. . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . 19.7.3.

Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated December 31, 1972, and I have noted the contents carefully. Yes, that will be the best idea, to move your Austin temple closer to the University where there are so many potential devotees. Of course, we may set up our camp bel ow any tree and preach anywhere, but because they will expect some comfortable p l ace just to their stargard of comfort� therefore we provide, but only so they will be more receptive to our preaching. So whatever must be done, must be done Now in consultation ,.,i th Satsvarupa, just do the needful and think always in your mind how much what you are doing will be pleasing to Krsna . That standard for pleasing Krsna is simply to spread this Krsna Consciousness message far and wide all over the globe. So if you are engage d in that activity, somehow or other, for preaching Krsna's name and fame, then that is the proper use of your energy and time, and you have nothing to worry further. So go on in this way, serving your spiritual master to best of your capacity. and remaining always fixed and steady in your determination to fulfill the goal of your life, namely, to go back to home, back to Godhead, with­out further delay.

Hoping this meets you in good h

ACBS/sda

Prahladananda das Brahmacari President, Austin Temple c/o ISKCON Dallas

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DATE . . . . . . . . . J.a,m.vrn>: .9., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 . 73.

My dear Damodar ,

P l e as e accept my b l e s s ings . Your l e tter dated Dec emb e r 28 , 1972 , i s in hand and I have noted the c ontents careful ly . Up on your r e c ommendat i on I am happy to ac c ept the six app l i c ants as n1y duly ini t i ated d i s c ip l e s , and the i r l e tter i s enc l o s e d herewith . You may r e que st them to s end th e ir beads t o Kirtanananda in New Vrndavana f or chant i ng on them on my behal f . I h ave given that r e spons i b i l i ty as it i s t o o c o st ly to s end so many b e ad s such gre at di stan c e by air mai l . N ow I am getting s o many r e quests f o r f i r st i n i t i at i on , ther e f or e I have g iven that resp on s i b i l i ty to Kirtanananda and Rebatinandan wi l l c hant on the beads for the Europ ean devotees .

I am s o glad t o unders tand from you your c onc ern about the managing of our Kr sna C ons c i ous ne s s movement . Ye s , you are my e l der d i s c i p l e , you are one of the l e ade r s o f our S o c i ety , therefore i t i s your duty to f e e l a lways thi s r e sp ons i bi l i ty f or s e e ing that the thi ngs go on proper l y . So I an1 very g l ad t o hear that you ar e taking s o many steps f o r impr oving things and spr eading Kr sna C o ns c i ousne s s more ana more t o the c i t i zens at l arge . Hain thi ng i s t o s omehow or oth e r create f irst qua l i ty preachers on Krsna ' s b ehal f . So many b oys and g i r l s are s imp ly was t i ng the i r t ime in s o many fr ivo l ous ways , but i f we are s i ncere and s e r i ous to attract them to Krsna ' s f o l d , very eas i ly we sha l l be ab l e to per suade them to j o i n us . That means s imp ly let them get a taste o f s ome thing h i gher than the i r p r e s e nt-day s e n s e p l easure . O f c om·s c , that wi l l not b e s o e a s i ly d one , and that wi l l b e y our c r e d i t f o r d o i ng i t . You have got now good expe r i enc e , and you are matur e , c o o l -headed an d s i nc ere devote e , the r e ­f o r e I shal l exp e c t a very good r e su l t from your activity . in th i s way .

Regarding the several sma l ler temp l e s be ing depend ent up o n the centra l temp l e o f Washingt on D . C . , that i s up to you t o de c i de , but s o f ar I am c onc erne d , I have not got much stock i n such c entral i zed management or organizat i o n . I never wanted that any of my temp l e s sha l l be dependent up on the other temp l e s . Rathe r , our main business i s t o train up men t o be self suf f i c i ent an d c ompe tent i n many ways to c arry on the preaching work , n o t to make them i nto spe c i a l i s ts or to Jninimi z e the i r r e sp ons i b i l i ty by c entral i z ing everything . I f each c enter mus t r e ly upon i t s own s trength to s t a nd , that wi l l be better training ground f or the devo t e e s . We mu st l e arn how to do a l l kinds o f var i eti e s o f e ngagements on Krsna ' s s ervi c e , not that we sha l l expect anyone e l s e to act for us and thus avo i d s omething our s e l f . But f or r e as ons o f spreading Kr sna C ons c i ousne s s movement , we may s ome t ime s c entra l i z e , j us t l ike the b o oks and money f or BBT are managed by Karandhar in Los Ange l e s . In that c a s e , for more than

one man to be dealing with Dai Nippon, overseeing the general production and financial condition of the booksl 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.

I am especially encouraged by your increasing the distribution of books. That is our primary business, to sell these transcendental literatures profusely all over the world. And your methods which you have introduced for distributing the books are very much liked by me and approved fully. Whatever we have to do to induce people to take a book, that is nice. We shall judge the thing by its result, not by its means. But at the same time, we must avoid irritating anyone or disappointing anyone later by cheating them or telling big lies which become detected. Your program for approaching their businessmen in their offices is especially liked by me. Now tax your brain to create programs for engaging the wider an d wider classes of population in Krsna Consciousness.

So far your ideas about influencing the leaders of society, yes, that must be done. But political power is not in their hands actually, factually speaking. It is the common people who elect the leaders of your country. Therefore we must get the support of the common men. What good is the support of a handful of so-called leaders of society? But, on the other hand, if such leaders of society can be influenced to preach on our behalf, help us to spread Krsna Consciousness in some practical way, that is the best service. But simply supporting, that will not help us. Support of mass of people will help us. But mass of people take direction from their leaders, so if the leaders of present-day society can be persuaded of our beneficial working for the human welfare, and if they help us somehow to spread what they have learned from us to the people in general, that is the point to be considered. By going out for sankirtana and selling books to the citizens at large, in this way we are gradually getting the support of everyone, not just a select few. I have heard that during the last election of President in your country that the opposite party to Mr. Nixon was supported by most of the so-called intelligent class of men of your country, but still, what could they do, such high class of men, in comparison with Mr. Nixon? Mr. Nixon has got the support of the common men, therefore he is successful. So like that, ve must get the support of the mass of men, and if the leading men can be induced by you to preach on our behalf, then you will be able to speed up the process and actually that is a very great service for Krsna. Spending so much time with upper class citizens to get funds must be judged on this idea, whether their appreciating our movement will have any practical effect in terms of widespread spreading of Krsna Consciousness and preaching to the mass of men? The program, as you have mentioned it, of approaching the professors to introduce our books in their classrooms, that is the right idea. In that way the leadi11g class, just like the professors, if they can be induced to preach on our behalf, just like introducing the books to their students is one form

of preaching, if they will do like that, then spending time with them is very, very desirable and effective.

Hoping this meets you in good he�ath, � \

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1!)ridandi Qoswami

cfl.C. �fiaktivedanta $wami Founder-Acharya: International Society for Kris hna Consciousness

CENTER: 3 Albert Road Cal cutta- 1 7

DATE . . . . . . . :!�1?-���T .�?. ' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . ?i

My dear Bhakta das ,

Please accept my b l e s s ings . I b e g to acknowl e dge r e c e ipt o f your l e tter dated January 1 � , 1 973 , and I have noted the c ontents with p l e asure .

It i s very p l e a s i ng to me that you have d i s tr ibut ed s o many o f n� b o oks and preache d t o the students . Thi s i s our mi s s i on o f l i fe , t o s omeho;,, turn the minds of the cond i t i oned s ouls to Kr sna c ons c i ousne s s and thus give them the hi ghest perf e c t i on of l i fe . So you are a very s incere s oul and Krsna ;�i l l give you inte l l i genc e how t o do thi s more and mor e .

As far as your que s t i ons on management , you may p l e a s e c onsul t wi th Karandhar , who i s my GBC man for the We s tern Zone , and work out s ome prac t i cal pro gram f or s e e ing that temp l e manage1nent and out s i de preaching work b oth go on ni c e ly , not that I shal l l e ave the t emp l e and l e t a l l nonsense g o o n , nor sha l l ;�e s i t down a l l day i n the temp l e and stop our prea�n g . P l ea s e c ontinue i n yo1rr s inc ere attitude and Krsna shal l b l e s s you more and more a l ong wi th the o thers �n1o are as s i sting. Always c onsult ;�i th your GBC man and manage things very n i c e ly .

Hop ing thi s me e t s you i n good

A. C . Bhakti vedanta Swami

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cfi.C �fiaktivedanta Swami Founder-Acharya : International Society for Krishna Consciousness

CENTER : 3 Al bert Road Cal cutta-17

DATE . . . . . . . v.�I)��!Y. . ?� : . . . . . . . . • . . . . . 19.7.'"}.

My dear Suoama ,

Please ac cept my b l e s s j ngs . I beg t o thank you for your l etteJS dated January 9 and January 1 5 , 1 973 , and I have noted the c ontents carefully.

Lord Cai tanya is very p l eased upon those who d e di c ate the ir lives for spreading Krsna c onsc i ousne s s . After all , He i s the ori ginal promulgat� of the Sankirtana Movement . So you may Hn ow i t that in travel ing and preaching about Krsna you are very much p l e as ing Him . Thi s i s the duty of a sannyasi , to travel amongst all o f our c entr e s for e l evating the standard of devoti onal servi c e . If by your pre sence in a c entre the devo tees become enl ivened , tha t i s the s i gn o f suc c e s s ful preaching. It j s no t very d i fficul t . Just read from my bo oks and try and explain the me aning in your own words . It does not matter that yo u are not s o exp ert at San sk r i t . You just try to reali ze the importanc e of Krsna consc i ousne s s and make your l i fe cent per c en t engaged in Krsna' s s ervice-­that i s p e r f e c t i o n . I can unders tand from your l etters that you are fol lowing Krsna ' s di ctati on and are trying very s incere ly to help me in spreading thi s great movemen t of Krsna c on s c i ousne s s , and for thi s I shal l always be grateful to you for dedicating every th ing to a s s i st me .

You have my sanc ti on to take wi th you Gour Ni tai de i t i e s . Carefully worship Them , attending t o Them wi th r e gu J ar aro t iks an d bhog offerings . Be very careful to mai ntai n a s tr i c t stan d ard o f worsh i p , and wh enever you arr ive at a temple you can place the De i ty on the a ltar .

I have duly chanted the mantra for Brahmin ini tiat i on and s ent the thread to Sri man Vaikhanas Das at S t . Lou i s as you have rec ommended .

Hop ing thi s meets you we l l , r, "\

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Sudama das Go swami

Tridandi Go s�. mi A . C . Bhaktivedanta Swami

}o/ dear Nayanabhiram,

Camp : 3 Albert Road Calcutta- 17

Date ; Jan . 28 , 1973

Please accept my bless ings . I beg t o ackno,vledge r e c eipt of your letter dated 1/1/73 and have noted the contents wi th great pleasure . It is so nice to hear how your "'Tj_fe Daivi shah-ti Devi Dasi is di s tr ibuting so many books and collecting big big donati ons for the Lord . Thi s i s very very p l e asing to me , as our b o ok distributi on and co�lecting of funds i s s o much importan� for pushing on thi s movement . So if all of the devotees in New York can col lect like that , at l east $100 dai ly , then very shortly you wi l l have enough funds for getting that b i g skyscraper for use as the 'vorld headquarters of our Krsna Consci ousne ss movement .

Regarding the activities of the Vaikuntha Players , it i s very nice t o hear that you are taking informati on from our Srimad-Bhagavatam a nd Krsna Book for pre senting everything very authoritative ly , ,rithout any deviat i on from the sastras . Yes , one or two of the girls may learn thi s Indian dance techni que , but 're cannot take too much endeavor for such things . If they can do it 'ri thout too much trouble that is all r i ght . No'v you c ontinue executing your Krsna Consc i ous activiti e s , chanting 16 ro unds , studying our books , going on sankirtana , 'vorshiping the deity , etc . ' and in thi s way you m l l become advanced more and more . Al so as you are senior devotee you must set a nice example f or the others to foll ow. Here also in India we are making drama , and at our Bombay Pandal on the last evening 've had one drama about Krsna and the gop i s in 'vhich the gopis gave the dust of their feet for cur ing Krsna 1 s headache . Thi s was very much appreciated by the audience . So in this way we can present the phi l o s ophy of Krsna Consc i ousne s s very nice ly for everyone to re-lish.

I 'ri l l now be going to Austral ia for one month and shall be returning to Hayapur for the occas i on of Lord Caitanya ' s Appearance Day. So there in New York you may make s ome nice program for glori fying Lord Caitanya and His As s oc­iates on that auspi c i ous occasi on .

Hoping thi s f inds you and your

ACBS/bmdg Nayanabhiram das Adhikari ISKCON Ne'v York

good health ,

If• er ,

A. C . Bhah-tivedanta Swami

'?;ridandi Qoswami

c/l.C. �fiak.tivedanta $wami Founder-Acharya :

International Society for K r i sh na Consciousne ss CENTER: 3 Al ber t Roa d

Cal c u t ta- 1 7

DATE Janu ary 29 , 73 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . . . .

My de ar Sukad eva das ,

I b e g to ackn owl edge r e c e i p t o f your l e tter d ate d l /8/73 , and I have n o t e d the c ontents wi th sa t i s fa c t i on . Th ank you very muc h f o r y o ur k i nd s e n t i men t s . Th i s atti tud e o f s erving f i r s t the sp i r i tua l mas ter i s the c orrec t o n e , f o r on ly by the mercy o f the spiri tual master can one obtain the mP.rcy of Kr sna . Jus t a s w e s ing every morning ya sya pras adad bhagavad -pra sad o yas yapras ad anna-gat i h kut o ' p i , in th i s way the d i s c i p l e advan c e s more and more in und e r s tan d i n g God . So i f

y o u s i mp ly execute wi th ful l fai th the i n s truc t i on s that I have a l r e ady gi ven you , the n you wi l l s e e s o many p e op l e wi 1 1 be s ent by Kr sna to b e c ome d evotee s b e c au s e of your s ince r i ty . So as you are my appo i nted l e ader , you mus t a l s o s e e that th e others are f o l l owing very s truc t ly the r e gulat ive princ i p l e s l i ke chan t i n g 1 6 round s , re ad ing my bo oks re gul ar l y , r i s ing e ar ly f or manga l a aratr i ka , the s e th i ngs wi l l k e e p u s pur i f i ed f o r advanc i n g more and more i n Kr sna Con s c i ousne s s .

S o far your r e q ue s t for i n i t i ati ons f or Patr i c k and Jane , that i s appr oved by me . So f ar the in fant i s c on c erne d , l e t him wa i t unt i l he i s o l d e r . You may r e c e ive the bead s chanted up on by Kirtananda Maharaj a and h o l d the f i re sac r i f i c e . C on c erning the s e c ond i n i t i at i on s for O j as i r das Brahma c ar i , Smaranananda das Ad h i kar i and his wi f e Samsaramo chan Devi Das i , that is a l s o appr oved , and you wi l l f i nd enc l o sed the Gayatr i thread s . So ho l d the f i re yaj na and f or tho s e who are i n i t i ated as brahmanas , t e ac h them how to c ount on the f i nger d i v i s i ons , and p l ay the Gayatr i man tra tape i n th e i r r i ght e ar and have them repeat i t a l ong wi th my v i brat i on word for word , then hang sacr e d thread on h i s n e c k as usu a l . Gi r l s d on ' t re qu i re t hr ead but c an re spon s ively c hant the Gayatri man tra . In each indivi dual case the i n s truc t i on shou l d be g iven and the mantra r ep l aye d . The g iving o f the Gayatri man t r a c an be he l d after the f i re yaj na and e ac h devo te e c an c ome a l one t o you t o r e c e i ve t h e thread .

Ye s , the s p i r i tual master i s a l s o pr e sent in h i s p i c ture , though more i mportantly he is pres ent in his teachi ngs . I th i nk th i s i s expl a i n e d i n one l e tter that has al ready b e en d i str i bute d . I f y ou have further que s t i ons try to get them r e s o lved by your GBC man , Karandhar , b e c au s e now I wi s h to s pe n d a l l of my t ime for t r an s l a t i n g my bo oks l i ke Srimad-Bhagavatam , s o I may g ive them t o y o u .

Thank you very much for g o od he a l th .

me i n this way . Hope t h i s

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De a r Ka ra ndha r , Fe b ru a ry 1 0th . , 1 9 73 .

Pl e a s e a c c e pt my b l e s s i n g s . I h a v e re c e i v e d y o u r l e tt e r o f 1 /24/73 c on­c e r n i n g p o l yg a my a nd f e e l tha t th i s pol i c y mu s t be s t r i c tly proh i b i ted w i th i n our s o c i e ty . I f i t i s n o t i t sha l l o n ly c a u s e c h a o s , a s wh a t wa s pos s i bl e u n d e r th e sy s t e m o f pu r e Ve d i c Cul tu r e i s i mp o s s i b l e a t th e pre s ent t i me .

R e ga rd i n g Shyam s u n d a r ' s o p i n i o n s I n e v e r a pp r ov e d th o s e i d e a s s h o u l d b e

c i rcu l a t e d . If a nyen e s tr i c t l y f o l l ow s the r e gul a t ive pr i n c ip l e s o f Kri shna Conc i ou s n e s s th e n h e wi l l a l wa y s r e ma i n e nthu s i a s t i c a nd d ynami c . S o if t h e re a re a ny d e fe c t s w i t h i n o u r S o c i ety i t i s o n l y symptom tha t t h e i n s truc t i o n s of the Spi r i tu a l Ma s t e r a r e b e i ng n e gl e c t e d . Fo l l ow my i n s t r u c t i o n s s tri c tly and a lways th i nk f o r g i vi n g th i s g i f t of K r i shna C o n s c i ou s n e s s w h e r ev e r you go a nd to whom­e v e r y ou m e e t , th i s i s th e a d v i c e of Lord Ca i ta nya .

S o you GBC m e n n ow d e c i d e h ow t o ma n a g e th i ng s s o n i c e l y s o that I may spend my t i m e s ol e l y f o r t ran s l a t i ng my �ooks . Th i s I d e s i re . Ea c h GBC ma n c an a c t a s my s e c r e ta ry f o r o n e m o n th a t a t i m e a s I o r i g i na l ly pl a nned . In this way y ou w i l l a l l be t ra i n e d u p n i c e l y . Shya m s und a r Prabhu w i l l r e tu rn i ng to Lond o n i n o rd e r t o g e t tha t bu i ] d i ng .

You r s u g g e s t i ons a b o u t ma r r i a ge a r e v e ry n i c e . Ma r r i a g e i s a g r e a t r e spo n s i b i l i ty a n d s h ou l d n o t b e take n l i gh tly.

I sha l l b e in Sydn ey unt i l th e 1 8th . a nd sha l l be r e tu rn i ng t o I n d i a by t h e f i r s t w e e k of Ma r c h af t e r v i s i t i ng NQw Z e a l and a nd lnd o n e a s i� . A s Sud�ma Ma ha r a j ha s i nd i c a t ed h i s d e s ir e t o r e ma i n i n U . S . Ja pa n may be 1 nc l u d e d 1 n your

G BC z o n e for the p r e s e n t . I h op e th i s f i n d s y ou w e l l .

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the a pa r tm e nt bui l d i ng f o r the M-V ! ru s t .

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Ce n te r : I S KCON . Sydney . Date : 1 6t h . of Fe b ru a ry , 1 973 .

My dea r S u d am a , p l e a se accept m y b l e s s i n g s . I a m i n d u e rec­

e i pt of you r l ette r of 6/2 . a n d I am ve ry m u c h j oy f u l to he a r t hat you a re e n j oy i ng you p reach i n g act i v i t i e s t h e re i n Ame r i ca . Act u a l l y t h i s i s o u r rea l b u s i n e s s , p reach i n g , chant i n g , d i st r i b ut i n g p ra sa dam a n d book d i st r i but i on . Th i s book d i st r i b ut i on i s e s pec i a l l y an i mportant p rog ram a n d i t i s f i r st c l a s s p reach i ng wo r k . So I e n co u rage you to work w i t h a l l t he sen i o r men t he re i n Ame r i ca a n d e n co u rage t hem to d i s t r i b ute mo re a n d more o f t h i s t ra n sce n denta l I i te rat u re .

As f a r a s you r attac hme nt f o r te n d i n g t he De i t i e s I s conce rne d by n o me a n s t h i s can be con s i de re d mate r i a l att ach­ment , but t h i s i s ou r re a l des i re l e s s state to be a l ways e n g aged twenty fou r hou r s i n t he se rv i ce o f t he Lo r d . But i f the f ac i l i ty f or se rv i n g t he De i t i e s i s n ot the re , then we s hou l d not be d i scou rage d . T h i s i s rea l detachme n t . When Cha i tanya Ma hap ra b h u was to u r i n g a l I ove r I n d i a He d i d n ot b r i n g the De i t i e s w i th H i m . So i n o u r t ra ve l l i n g a n d p reach i n g , De i ty wors h i p i s n ot e ssent i a l but i f i t i s done n i ce l y i t can be a ve ry att ract­i ve a spect of o u r p re ac h i n g wo r k .

A f te r con s u l t i n g w i t h t he GBC I have dec i de d t hat t he f a r east zone can be managed by Ka ra n d h a r das f o r he a l rea dy has exten s i ve de a l i n g w i t h Da i N i p p on etc . So he may l oo k a f t e r t h i s a rea for the t i me be i n g an d i n t he f ut u re we w i I I see what happen s .

So now I am see i n g more a n d more t hat my se n i o r d i s c i p l e s must ta ke a n d a ct i ve ro l e i n cont i n u i n g t he h i g h stan d a rd of p u r i ty w h i c h h a s been e sta b l i s hed i n o u r Va i snava l i ne . I n yo u r t ra ve l l i n g f rom cen t re to cen t re , you m u s t be ve ry c a re f u l to see that t he l e a d e r s a re obse rv i n g t he p r i n c i p l e s o f chant i n g 1 6 ro un d s , r i s i n g e a r l y f o r Mon g u l A rot i k , p a rt i c i p at i n g i n the mo rn i n g a n d even i n g c l a s se s , o b se rv i n g t he f o u r reg u l at i ve p r i n c i p l e s etc . , a n d i f t he re i s a n y dev i at i on f rom t h i s stan da rd t he n i t i s t he re spon s i b i l i ty of you an d the l oca l GBC rep re sent­at i ve to rect i f y i t i mme d i ate l y . W i t h i n t hese Va i s n a va stan d a rd s w h i ch I have p u t f o rward l i es t he s p i r i tu a l st re n g t h o f ou r movement . So you may p l e a se do the need f u l i n t h i s reg a r d . I s h a l I be retu rn i n g to the U . S . i n Ap r i I an d I w l I I be l ook i n g f o rwa rd to see i n g you at t hat t i me . I hope t h i s f i n d s you i n good hea l t h .

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P l e a se a c c e p t my b l e s s i n g s . Wh i l e i n I n d i a l a s t i t wa s b ro u g h t t o m y a tt e n t i on t h a t ou r S r i m a n Ha y ag r i va d a s h a s be com e dev i a t e d f r om t he f ou r ba s i c p r i n c i p l e s w h i c h I have g i ve n t o a l I my s t u d e n t s f o r a d he re n ce to w he n t he y a re f i r st i n i t i a te d . I do not know w hy he i s I i v i n g i n s u c h a way b u t I f ee l t h a t he m u s t b e b roug h t b a c k to t he s t a n d a r d i mmed i at e l y . So I a m r e q u e s t i ng you as my Gove r n i ng Bo a r d Comm i s s i on e r s to he l p me b r i n g h i m b a c k to t he s t a n d a r d . He h a s v e r y g oo d t a l en t , b u t he i s s p e n d i n g i t by l i v i n g s u c h a n u n re s t r i c t e d I i f e .

T he re f o re , i n t he mea n t i me , t he r e m u s t be a nothe r co-e d i to r o f Ba c k t o God he a d mag a z i n e t o r e p l ace h i m . I have d i sc u s se d t h i s w i t h Ma d h u d v i s a Ma h a r a j he re i n A u s t ra l i a a n d h e h a s s u g g e s t e d t h a t H r i d a y a n a n d a d a s Go swam i cou l d b e a g ood m a n f o r t he j o b . I h a ve n ot m a d e a n y d e c i s i o n , b u t I wou l d I i ke you to d i sc u s s t h i s amo n g s t y o u r se l ve s a n d s e n d me you r con c l u s i on . I c a n n ot s t re s s t h i s po i n t � n o u gh t h a t �u s t h a n d l e t h i s pu b l i ca t i on o f Ba c k

JO God he a d ve ry n i ce l y f o r i t i s o n e o f t h e mo s t i mpo r t a n t a s p e c t s o f ou r soc i e ty . S o you w i I I p l e a se do t he n e e d f u l i n t h i s rega r d a na ----=-----:--·---·--p l e a se con t a c t me soon .

I w i I I be i n Au c k l an d u p t o t he 25 t h . of Fe b r ua r y a n d i n C a l c u t t a a f t e r t he 2 n d . o f Ma r c h . I hope t h i s f i n d s y ou i n good h e a l t h .

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P l ease a cc e p t m y b l e s s i n g s . W h i l e i n I n d i a l a st i t was broug ht t o m y a t te n t i on t ha t ou r S r i ma n H a y ag r i va d a s h a s become dev i at e d f rom t he f ou r bas i c p r i n c i p l e s w h i c h I have g i ve n t o a l I my st u d en t s for a d he rence to w he n t he y a r e f i r st i n i t i a te d . I d o n ot know why he i s I i v i n g i n s u c h a w a y b u t I f ee l t ha t he m u s t

b e b ro u g h t bac k t o t he s t a n d a r d i mmed i a te l y . So I am req u e st i n g you a s m y Gove r n i n g Bo a r d Comm i s s i on e r s to he l p me b r i n g h i m b a c k to t he s t a n da r d . He has ve r y g oo d t a l en t , but he i s s p e n d i n g i t by I i v i n g s u c h a n u n re st r i cted I i f e .

T he re f o r e , i n t he mea n t i me , t he r e m u s t be a nother co- e d i t o r o f Ba c k t o God he a d mag a z i ne t o rep l a ce h i m . I h a v e d i sc u s sed t h i s w i t h Mad h u d v i s a Ma h a r a j he re i n A u s t r a l i a a n d

h e h a s s u g g e sted t ha t H r i d a y a n a n da d a s Go swam i c o u l d b e a good m a n f o r t he j ob . I have n o t made a n y de c i s i on , b u t I wou l d l i ke y o u t o d i sc u s s t h i s amon g st yo u r se l ve s a n d sen d me you r con c l u s i on . I c a n n ot s t r e s s t h i s p o i n t enoug h t h at we m u s t h a n d l e t h i s p u b l i ca t i on o f Ba c k t o Go d he a d v e ry n i ce l y f o r i t i s one o f t he most i mp o r t a n t a s p e c t s o f ou r soc i e t y . So you w i I I p l e a se d o t he nee d f u l i n t h i s reg a r d a n d p l e a se c on t a ct me soon .

I w i I I be i n A u c k l a n d up to t he 2 5 t h . o f F e b r u a ry a n d i n Ca l c u t t a a f t e r t he 2 n d . o f Ma rc h . I hope t h i s f i n d s y ou i n good h e a I t h . 1 �;< :.' l. ,,.."' I /

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P l ease accept my b l e s s i ng s . I am i n d ue receJ p t of you r l etter dated Fe b r uary 1 st . w i th the n i ce p i ct u res of the S r i S r i Ra d ha - Ka l achanj i De i t i es i n I S KCON Gu r u ku l a . I am ve ry much p l ea se d that t he De i t i e s a re wors h i pped s o n i ce l y a n d a s t h i s cont i n ues , t h e c h i l d ren there w i I I become more and mo re p u r i f i ed . T he se ch i l d ren i n Gu r u ku l a a re the most fortu nate ch i l d ren i n t he wor l d , beca use r i g ht f rom t he beg i n n i ng t he y a re hav i n g t h e a s soc i at i on o f Rad h a a n d Kr i s hna . Th i s was t he ca se i n m y ch i �lhood a l so . M y f at he r w a s p u re Va i snava a n d h e gave m e a n d m y s i ste r t h e Ra d ha Kr i s hna De i t i es t o wo rs h i p a n d i n th i s w a y w e we re t ra i ned . An d st i I I to th i s very day my s i ste r i s wo rs h i p i ng t hese ve ry same De i t i es i n Ca l cutta . So l i ke th i s the c h i l d ren must be tra i n ed .

can u n d e rsta n d f rom you r l ette r that you a re beg i n n i ng to app rec i a te t he Kr i s hna Conc i ou sn e s s Moveme nt a n d I encou rage you t o j o i n w ho l e hea rted l y a n d f u l l y i n t he serv i ce o f Lo rd S r i Kr i shna for th i s w i I I be t he most g l or i ou s t h i ng i n you r l i fe . You may con s u l t w i th Ka ra n d ha r d a s a n d he w i I I g i ve you more g u i dance a s to how you can engage you rse l f f u l l y i n the serv i ce o f t he Lo rd . I hope t h i s f i nd s y ou i n good hea l th .

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c e i p t o f y ou r l e t t e r d a t e d the 1 5 t h Februa ry a n d h a ve e x a m in e d the c on ten ts w i th c a r e . B y y o ur g o o d r e c o mmen da t i on I a m

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t o K i r tanan and a Swa m i in N ew Vrn d a vana f o r t h e p r ope r c h an t in g ,

an d then you may p e rf orm t h e f ir e s ac r i f i c e . N ow the y mus t a l -

ways f o l l ow t h e re gu la te d p r in c ip l e s , s u c h a s 1 6 r o un d s a t

l e a s t e a c h d a y , a t ten d in g Mongo l A r o t i k , e t c . an d gra d ua l ly

the y w i l l c ome t o th e s ta ge o f s p on t an e ou s l y l o v in g Krsna .

Y o u a ls o ha ve my pe rm i s s i on for the s e c on d in i t ia t i on of

S i kh an d i d a s i an d y o u c an ob t a in an in i t i a t i on tape and in ­

s truc t i ons f r om Ka ran dhar in Los Ange l e s . N ow , ke e p in g ve ry

c l e an , s he mus t n e ve r b r e a k the r e gu la t e d pr in c ip l e s .

A pure d e vo te e a l ways t h in ks h i ms e lf a s n o t - d e vo te e . Tha t

i s a g o od a t t i tud e , If on e t h in ks h e i s b i g d e vo te e t h a t i s

n o t g o od , t h in k in g t ha t he i s f ir s t d e gre e . W e s h ou l d n o t b e

puf f e d up , a d e v o t e e avo i d s i t , r e ma in in g a lways in t h e s e c on d

d e gr e e . A d o g i s a fa i t hf ul s e rvan t . To b e c ome l owe s t d o g i s

t o b e c ome o n t he h i ghe s t p l a tf orm o f s e rv i c e . Krsn a ha s g i ven

e ve r y on e s ome t h i n g e x t r a o r d ina ry and to s e rve Krsn a w i th

e x t r a ord in a ry t a l e n t s s f u l I hope t h i s

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c e ipt o f your enc ouragin g le t te r d a t e d t he 2 0 t h February .

Jus t ye s t e r d ay I have arr ived h e r e in C alc u t ta , and b y the

end o f t he we e k e xpe c t to g o to Mayapur whe re we are ha ving

a grand c e l e bra t i on on t he Appearanc e Day of Lord C a i tanya

Mahaprabhu .

Y e s , you have my s anc t i on f o r ins ta l l ing the new

De i t i e s w i t h the c o ope ra t i on o f Ka r an d har and/o r S udama Mahara j ( I t h in k h e is t h e re on the We s t c oa s t ) . They kn ow

h ow t o d o i t . The more you c an d e c ora te t he D e i t ie s s obe r ly ,

n o t f anat i c a lly , t he more you b e c ome d e c o r a t e d w i th a ll h on o rs .

A t the pre s en t momen t , c ivi l i z e d man has f o r go t ten h ow t o de ­

c or a te , there f ore t h is min i -s ki r t - t he bus in e s s o f the t r e e s -

t o r ema in n a ke d . Human b e in g mean s t o b e d e c o ra te d , l i ke

Krsna is d e c orate d , n o t nake d .

Y ou s ay tha t you have e igh t brahmin s , t ha t i s very good ,

n ow en gage a l l of them s o t ha t everyon e b e c ome s e xpe r t . B y

n ic e ly wors h ip in g t h e De i t i e s we c an be s o pure in c on d i t i on

o f h e a l th , m ind and in te l l i genc e . Ye s , a l l b le s s in gs o f

Krsna upon Saranam das i , f o r h e r l o ya l b o o k d i s t r ibut i on .

I am v e ry p l e a s e d , and you c an g i ve b o t h he r and Satya k i das i

s e c ond in i t ia t i on . S o n ow you c a n have t en brahmin s , ye s ?

I have a ls o r e c e ive d your $ 1 0 0 . 0 0 daks in a an d I t han k you

ve ry muc h for i t .

R e gard in g N anda Kumar , try t o he lp h im . H e i s a g o o d b oy

and h e w i l l c ome out aga in ve ry n ic e ly . B u t h e mus t marry that

g ir l , we c ann o t p lay w i t h s e x - l if e , tha t i s n o t o ur b us in e s s .

If he s h ows h e i s fa i thful f or thre e months , then h e aga in c an

take c are of Radha -Krsna .

Your b o o k d is tr ibut i on , tha t i s ve ry n ic e . Our b o oks are

un iq ue , a l l this d-is tr ibut i on mean s tha t t h e y are b e in g ap­

pre c iat ed . There is no s uc h l i tera ture thr oughout the who le

wor ld . N ow ke ep yours e lf pure and Krsna w i l l h e l p you . Krsna

has b e c ome me rc iful upon you. I am on ly the a gen t . He has

s pe c ial f avor upon Ame r i c ans , s o te l l your c oun trymen t o take

advan tage and s p r e ad our te a c h in g a ll ove r the wor ld . I h op e

t h i s me e ts you in good h e a l t h . Hare Krsna .

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your $100 00 dak sina and I th ank you very much for

i t .

Actua l ly , everyone i s trying t o enj oy Laxsmi

with out Narayan . Ult imately , t h e Mayavad i i s en­

v i o u s of Kr sna and want s to en j oy the ori ginal Laxmi ,

th e r e fore they call each oth e r "namo Narayan " , they

sit around and addr e s s e ach oth e r as Narayan . This

is the great e st offens e , and they are ac tually unfor­

tunate b e c au s e they do not engage in devo t i onal ser­

vic e . The Godd e s s of Fortune Laftmmi i s f i c k l e t o­ward s the mat erial i st , s omet ime s h e i s pr inc e and

s omet ime s h e i s paupe r � But Laxmi c annot l e ave the

s i d e of Lord Narayan and whe r e ev e r Lord Narayan i s

worsh ippe d with care , go od fortune and opu l enc e i s

there . Therefore , th e devot e e i s known a s the most

fortunat e , and you Ame r i c an b oy s and gir l s are the

m o st fortunat e of a l l , now make everyone e l s e fortun­

ate by spread ing th i s Kr sna c ons c i ou sne s s .

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Pl e a s e a cc ept rny ble s s ings . I beg t o acknowl e d ge re c e ipt of you r

l ett er d at ed A pril 1 5 , 1 97J with enc l o s ure o f m/s. Narada Bhakti

Sutra . I h ave no obj ection to your publ i s h ing i t , however there

are many , many mi s take s in the San skrit wh ich have to be c o rrec­

ted, so I am returning t h e m/s. to you under s e parat e c over. Re­

garding "Prayers of King Kul a sh ekara , " I never said I was dis­plea s e d with your publ i sh ing it in BTG .

R e garding Gurukula , it i s not requ i r e d that parent s live there w i th

there chi ldren. W e can take care o f t h e children , but not th e par­

ents. Any parent s there mu st be engaged preaching and s e lling books ,

and going on the Samkirtan party. Mohanananda Prabhu ha s agr eed t o

ftilly c o operat e , now you just direct him. I j u s t want t hat the chil­

dren l earn Engl i sh and Sanskrit ni c e ly , that ' s a l l . I want that thj ngs

go on there ni c ely , it is so impo rtant work. I f n e c e s sary I will c om e

there my s elf to s e e h ow i t i s go ing , but only i f t h e cl imat e i s sui t ­

abl e , n e i ther t o o hot nor t o o c old . Thi s Lo s Ange l e s c l imat e i s just sui table for me .

R e garding danc in g , our dancing is e c stati c . W e need not wast e t ime

5 h our s daily inst e ad of chant ing, for pra c t i c ing, We are not profe s s ­

i onal danc ers , ne i ther � e require it . T h e s e th ings should not b e en­

c oura g e d , In N ew Y o rk they have such a c t ivit i e s , but they should not

be go ing on in Guru kula

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My d ear Er i c , Pl e a se a c c e p t my b l e s s i ngs . I b e g t o a c k now l e d ge r e c e i p t o f y o u r

l e t t e r und a t ed . Tha nk y ou v e ry muc h for y ou r k i n d w o rd s . 1 am v e ry plea s ed to s e e tha t y ou a re tak ing th i s Krsna C on sc i o u s n e s s movement ser i ously . .

Yo ur q ue s t i on a s t o w hy we u s e l i gh tb ul b s , i s a n swe red a s f o l lows : l i g h t b u l b s a r e a l so a pa r t o f K rsna ' s energy . Jus t a s we u s e a u t om o b i l e s , a d d i ng ma c h i ne s , ty pew r i te rs , d i c tap h o ne e t c . Wha tev e r i s there sh o u l d b e employ e d in serv i c e o f Krsna . Wi t h o u t u s i ng ma tte r i n serv i c e o f Krsna it b e c ome s the ca u s e o f b o nda ge , b ut b y u s i ng i t i n t h e s e r v i c e o f Kr sna i t h e lps u s t o b e c ome K r sna c o n sc i o u s .

h ope t h i s me e t s y o u i n g o od hea l th .

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My dear N iran jan ,

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P l ea s e a c c ept my bl e s s ings . I beg to thank you for your l e tter dated 1 0/5/?J . N ow I have come here to New York . My hea lth i s not k e ep ­ing very wel l . I ' m suffer ing from c o l d and c ough . I a m r eturning bac k t o I ndia for medi cal treatment .

I can und er stand your d i fficult p o s i t i on i n preach ing work . Not only you , but I a l s o had the same d i ffi culty wh en I want ed to s tart th i s Krsna C on s c i ou sn e s s Movement from Ind ia . I approached many r e sp e c tabl e gentl emen and r eque s t ed that , "JVly d ea r s i r , you have got four ch i l dren , out of them can you spare one only und er my gui danc e , becau s e I want to make a brahminical s o c i ety all over the world . " Everyone repl i e d i n th i s conne c t i on , " S i r , what benefit will ther e b e i n b e c om ing a brahmin? ? "

T h e p o s i t i on i s that the whole world i s full o f sudra s . The s u dra ' s bu s in e s s i s to s omehow or other catch up s ome n i c e s ervi c e under some go od ma ster and get a n i c e wife and h om e . That is th e ir suc c e s s in l i fe . Th i s i s th e po s i t i on of India e spec i a l ly . Th e who l e of I nd ia i s now under t e chnological instru c t i o n whi c h means to become sudra s . Ju st l i ke a carp enter can manufacture s o much n i c e furniture by h i s t e chno l og i cal e ducat i on , bu t i n our V e d i c s o c i ety , th e carp en t e r i s c o n s i dered a sudra . S imilarly a tannery expert wa s c a l l e d a c obb l er . S o th e s e things ar e now l o st . Eve ryone i s prepare d t o b e c ome a c obbl er , a c arpenter , a chemi st , qphy s i c i st , an e l ec t r i c ian and s o many other th ings , but th ey do not know that aft er such e ducat i on one has to depend on othe r ' s mercy. S o - c a l l e d h i ghly qual i f i e d t e chno l ogi st s cannot earn th e i r l ivelyh o o d without gett ing a suitabl e job. I t is j u st like a do g , however st out and strong it may be , it cannot be happy with o ut having gotten a weal­thy ma ster . W i th out being prot e c t e d by a wealthy ma ster i t is noth i ng but a street dog and h e i s never happy . S o a l l the stud ent s at t h e pre ­s ent moment a r e gett ing educat ed h ow t o b e c ome fir s t c la s s sudra s . H ow th ey can b e i nt e r e s t ed in Kr sna C ons c i ousne s s , wh i ch i s the bu s ine s s o f h i gh c l a s s brahmins and va i s nava s ? S t i l l i t i s our duty t o preach , and our s incere endeavor for prea ch ing work wi l l b e appr e c iated by the Lord . That much we want . Our mi s s i on is to see that Lord Cha itanya i s sat i s f i e d , never mind i f w e c ould not turn many o f them t o th i s cult . Here i s a quotat i o n from C hai tanya Mahaprabhu ' s i nstru c t i o n , " Xare_d e l\M, ta!:_e _ kaha_ ' kr sna ' -upad e sa/amara a j naya gur!-1 !l.'!:l1a __ t?-r?-.� e i d e sa . " Chai tanya Char i tamr ita , Madhya - l i la , ? a 1 2 �. S o our mi s s i o n i s , by th e ord er of Cha i tanya Mahaprabhu , w e sh a l l try to t each p e op l e about t h e Bhagavad G ita and Srimad Bhagwatam , e tc . , wi thout be i ng d epre s s e d wheth e r p e opl e are accept ing th em o r not . Th i s i s our cre d i t . W e shal l be j udged by the quality o f our work and not by the mat erial r eturn .

Y e s , t h e ir argumen t s a r e q u i t e r e a s ona b l e . Th e a i m o f o u r e d u c a t i on s h o u l d b e , w ha t eve r e d u c a t i on w e m i g h t ha ve go t , we mus t s a t i s fy th e L ord s u c h e duc a t i on . Th a t i s the p e r fe c t i on o f l i fe . I ha ve th e r e fore k d � c he mi s t fr ien d , Dr . Swa r o op D�.mo�ar das B r a hm a c h a ry to re fu t e the t�:o;y ��; l i fe c ome s out o� m a t t e r . �h 1s �s n o t the fa c t , ra t h e r , m a t t e r c om es out ot l i fe . We have d1 s c �s s e d th 1 s p o ln t . v e r y broad ly and Swa ro op Dam odar i s c on ­vin c e d t h a t eve ryth ln g c om e s from l l � e , Kr�� a . -- ..aham sarya�a pra bhavo/ m�t�ah §rvam pr;:avart.aj;_g_._ Bhagava d G� tc: , 1 ? . 8 . S o , I ' ve as ked Swa ro-op Damod 1ro 1nv1t e Ramananda Rao t o c ome a�d J ? ln h 1m t o pre s en t th i s re vo lu t i onar the ory t o the �earn ed

.a d vanc e d s c 1 en t1s ts . W e � ow i t c e r ta in l y tha t ma t�er c ome s o ut of l 1fe . S 1 mp ly w e ha ve t o p re s en t � h 1 s t he s i s in c h e mi c a 1 , t e c hn .

l og i c a l words . Swar o o p Da mo d':lr h�s. a l r e a ? y �r 1 t t en ?ne s ma 1 1 b ookl e t , " Krsn; C ons c i o us� e s s , Pur e l y

.o� a S c 1 en t 1 f1 c B as l s . So th 1s . is the b us ine s s of bi

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Then s ue h e d u c a � 1 0n 1 s val 1 d ! 1_ dam h)._ J2.lUDQ.���C:J2a s�J:L?:!'Utas ya va s vi s ta s a s uktasya c abuddht -da �tayoh av1 c yuto 1r thah kav1 bh.�.r .. n 1 rup i-=to .. ya--g·_y t t-a:mos_lo k�­gunanuva rnanam . S r 1 ma d Bhaga va ta m I . 5 . 22 . S o , 1 f they d o n o t be l i e ve in Ram �ana , Mahabhara ta , Bha gavad G i ta , then the y a re cal l ed unbe l i e vers , s o how c a yo u beli e ve the ir w ords , Then we come t o the platform of reas on and a rgumen� If th�y d o n o t b e li eve i n Rarnayana a n d Ma h a b h �ra �a , t h e n we . s ha l l rep l y po int " t o po1nt by argumen t an d reas on . Of c ours e , 1 t 1 s n o t poss lble t o c ome to �e righ t c onc lus i on s i mp ly by argum ent an d r e a s on , ta r kapra t i s than a t .

You men t i on tha t th e y h ave n o t even h e a rd of Lo rd G ouranga . '5 o th a t i s t he ir m i s fo r tune , an d o u r rni s f o r tu� a ls o . Our b i g , b ig godbro the rs in 3- • . 4 ; 2 t h e y c ould n o t pre a c h Lo rd G ourangc' s n ame a l l ove r Ind ia . The y are s imply inc l in e d t o c r i t ic i z e me , that my �uden t s c a l l me P�bhup a da . Th ey c ould no d o an yth in g prac t i c a l an d t a ngib le Th e y a r e s a t i s ne d wi th a temp le an d a few d i s c i p l e s b e gg ing a lms for the ma in tenanc e of tre temp l e .

S o , we c an un d e r s tan d t ha t th� have a l l b e c om e s udras . How can they ha ve in t e r e s t i n Bh agava d G i tc: . A l th ough s orne o f thtm h a ve b e en born in brahmc<...n a fa m i l i e s , but b y q uc-l i ty ti e y are a 11 sud ra •

Y ou c a n do y o u r bes t , ;'ha t i s 'e ry n ic e , n e ve r nin d the r e i s n o good re s u l t . I have g one to thf' we s te rn c oun t r i e s s in g l e h ande d . I tr i e d my b e s t and n ow p e op le s a y i t i s sUC c e s sfu l . S o y o u c an d o the s ame .

Hop in g th is me e ts ycu in good he al th .

S r iman N i ran j an Das Bra hma c hary 44 N ew Te c h . Ho s te l N o . 2 B . H . U . , Varan a s i 22 1 00 5 In d ia

(;!)ridandi Qoswami cfi.C GJ3fialqivedanta $wami Founder-Acharya: International Society for Krish na Consciousness

My dear Makanlal ,

CENTER : Int ernati onal C enter�-Sridham Maya· D i s tri ct Nadi a - -W e st Benga l

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Please a c c ept my ble s sings . I beg t o a cknowle dge rec e ipt of your letter dat ed 8 June 1 97J and I have carefully studied the c ontent s .

I am e n c oura g e d to h ea r tha t you have rec ommended a t otal o f ten devo t e es for first init iat i on from our S t . Lou i s t empl e . Preach ing means t o i n crea s e our fam i ly memb ers , so I can s e e that th e preaching a t ISKC ON S t . Loui s i s go ing o n very s inc ere ly , otherwi s e so many would not b e interested i n b e c om i ng d e vot e e s . S o on your car e fully c onsidered rec ommendat i on , I am a c c ept ing these girl s an d boys a s my init iated d i sc ip l e s and th e ir name s are as fo ll ows :

Th oma s Doh erty- -Tamopah a das i Jim H i ggins--Ni sc inta da s i Paul G ib s on- -Pund e r ik da s ; Lan c e Nal ly- - Gaya da s ; S t e ve L i s owsk i--Satyamadha va da s ; Na ncy A l d erma n - - N i kun j ara s i D eb orah L i t t l e - -Da k s i n evar i da s i ; V i l a s i d a s i ; G inette N ewma n- -Go v i ndar up ini das i ; Dona l d Parker - -K o dandin das ; Sylvia Parker--Savitri da si .

They may s end their beads fer chaot ing a long with a c opy o f this lett er to Kirtanananda Mahara j a . N ow y o u in stru c t them c a r e fully that they must chant 1 6 rounds da ily wi th out fa i l and always follow the four regulati ve princ ipl e s a s we l l a s enga ge in daily duties of t emp l e att endanc e , c la s s e s and stre e t sankirtan . Th e word init iat i on means " t o begin " not that wh en he i s init i at ed a di sciple becom e s slack ; rather upon i nitiation h e begins spiritua l l i fe in earnest . R egard ing second initiat i on , enc l osed is o n e sa cred threa d chanted on by m e , a nd the gayatri mantra . Th i s shoul d be instructed t o Maha Mun i in priva t e , have h im hear a tape r e c ord i n g o f the ma ntra i n th e right ea r . Hold a fire ya jna for th e first ini t ia t e s .

You have a s k e d what i s the menta l i ty of the d emons wh o attacked N ew Vrndavana and why did th i s happen? You sh ould know th is alrea dy , th at th ere are two c la s s e s of men , d evotees and demons . The whole h i story i s that th e peaceful devotees are disturbed by the d emons but that th e d evo t e e s are always victorious by the grac e of Krsna . In the Bhagavad-gita Krsna ordered A r juna t o declare t o the whole wor l d that His devotees would never be vanqui sh ed . A nd in the l a s t ver s e o f the Gita , Sanjaya says wh erever th ere i s Krsna and Krsna ' s pure de vote e Ar J una th ere

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will aJw�s b e opulenc e , v i c t o ry , extra ord i nary power and mora l i ty-­tatra srlr vijayo bnut i r dhruva nl1 ir ma t i r marna . B ut b e caus e we are engaged in warfare with the forc e s of Maya , there wi l l be c a sual it i e s . Even A r j una ' s s on , A bh imanyu a 1 6 -year - o l d b oy wa s k i l l e d at the batt l e o f Kuruk s etra . W e should b e prepared to prot e c t the D ei t i e s and a lways e xp e ct Krsna ' s Mercy , because we are a lway s dependent on H im and we c annot d o anyth ing on our own without H im .

You have a sked about wh ether nuc l ear d evastation on th i s p lanet would effect th e Sankirtan M ovement . N o , th ere i s noth ing that c an stop the Sankirtan Movement be cau s e it i s th e wi ll o f G o d Him s e l f , Lord C a i tanya , that H i s H o ly Name b e heard i n ev ery t own and vil lage . N e i th e r can the demons d eva state t h i s planet independent of the W i ll of Kr sna . N oth ing h appens wi thout H i s sanc t i on . I f Krsna want s t o ki l l someone n o one can save H im , and i f Kr sna want s to save s omeone no one c a n kill h im . F or our part s we should j ust b e d e t ermine d to carry out our m i s s ion aga inst all oppo s i t i on , d emons , nuc lear war , wha t ev e r . The wh ole univer s e i s final ly sub j e ct t o c ertain annih ilat i on by the will of Krsna , but d evot i ona l s ervi c e i s et erna l and i s t h e only c ertain way one can save himself from d e va s t a t i on., W e can preach -a ll- over the worl d that t h e only way t o be sav e d from c o l l e c t ive and ind ivi dua l deva stat i on i s to take t o the chant ing of Hare Krsna . I n short , th i s mat erial world i s a v ery pre cari ous p l a c e there fore we should a lway s chant Hare Krsna and s e ek Kr sna ' s prot e c tion .

Hop ing t h i s wi l l m e e t you i n good

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TRIDANDI GOSVAMI A . C . BHA KTIVEDANTA ISKC ON Calcutta 3 Albert Road

Calcutta 1 7 June 28 , 1 973

My dear Jadurani , Pleas e a c c ept my blessings , I beg t o

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I am very glad to hear you have b egun paintings for Caitanya Caritamrta b e cause w e will require many illu strations . Re your que stJ.ons : el.t; -1-y

During Krsnada s ' time there wa s no Radharanid Madan Mohan was alone . Radharani wa s later intro duc ed . Th e t empl e of Madan Mohan was formerly on high level , that is th e original o l d t emple . It is still exi st ent and can b e s e en side by side with the new Madan Mohan temple You can write to Gurudas in Vrndabana to s end you two photo s of the old and new t emple . I wi ll also write him reque sting he s end such p�ctur e s .

N o , H arida s Pandit i s not t he mamacarya Harida s Thakur . Haridas Pandit was th e pu j ari o f the t empl e . A s far a s the old Govinda j i t emple i s c oncern ed , that is now re j ec t e d . It is now newly situat ed . B oth the old Govinda j itMadan Mohan templ e s were desecrate d by th e Mohammedans and partly de stroy e d , but Govinda j i deity was removed . The old temp l e s are re j ected and the se t emples are both now newly s i tuat ed as you will see in the phot o s . No , there was no Radharani in the t emple of Govinda j i then ; she wa s later introduc e d . Y e s the deiti e s can b e painted simi lar to the way they are dre s s e d now .

There i s not much differenc e in the rob e s of mayavadis and vai snavas , but they generally use a deeper c olor and we use lighter saffron . Lord Caitanya did not ne c e s sarily wear the mayavadi robe s . He carri ed ekadanda , but that is c overe d by the cloth, they have one rod , we have four rods . But they look the same . Yes , Lord Caitanya carr i e s a wat er pot , If you s inc erely pray to Krsna , H e will help you t o paint qui cker and better .

Hoping thi s me e t s you in

Srimati Jadurani D evi Dasi 439 Henry Stre et Brooklyn , N ew York 1 1231

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T r i dandi Go swam1 A . C . Bhaktivedanta Swami Letchmore Heath , Hert s . , England

July 2 3 , 1 973 Dear Sukad eva ,

P l e a s e acc ept my b l e s s ings . I b e g to acknowl edge rece ipt of your l e �r of July 19 , 1973 and I have carefu l ly considered the content s .

R egard ing the starting o f a soci ety newsl e tt e r , I think there i s no need for i t . Do not u� e s sa r i ly incr ea se you r re sponsib i l it� . Wha t responsib i l i t i e s you have make p erfe ct . B e s i de s , we a l ready have o ur soc e ity j o urna l , Back to Godhe a d . A s for r e c e iving news of other c ent ers , why shou l d you b et anxi ous? The news i s a lways the same , sankirta i s go ing o n , deity wor ship , with litt l e chang . We should rathe r turn our inter e st to l earn om ks more an mor e . We _ _ -shou l d .: inqu e _ . ?J> out Krsna . Temp e 1fe i s

-·--goirr�t":onwitlT little change , - but w e shou l d b�o_lJl�L [1__9'QJ tu� t e d __:!;_Q_:r_�a d_ the books more pro_fs>Undly_ ; Then if yo u have s ome questio ns-aoout- Krsna c on sc i ou sne s s a s i n the books , y o u c a n a sk a n e l d e r Godbrother o r write to me d ire c t ly. That wi l l h e lp you make progr e s s .

I a m glad t o h ear a l l programs ar e going on well under your d i rection in S eatt l e , Wa shington .

On your r e c ommendat ion, I a c c ept the named devot e e s for first initia t i on , and th e ir new name s are a s follow s :

Dona l d W e lton : Candravidya da s Karen W e l t on : Kadambaripriya dasi W a l ly Proha ska : Vi snuya sa da s Judy Proha ska : Kant ima t i da s i

Y o u may giv e t h e gayatri mantra to Prsni Garbha da s i by playing the tape of me chant ing gayatri int o h er right ear and expla ining the princ ipl e s of suchi . Hop e s thi s finds y�

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L e t chmor e Heath Herts " Radl e t t " U . K .

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Why should we end evor s e p e rat e ly to produ c e ano th e r magazi n e . Wha t ev e r art i c l e s are wri t t e n b y o u r s t ud en t s . may b e publi sh e d in BTG by submitt ing them to the che i f e d i t or Sast svarupa Go swami Mahara j a . B T G i s e spec ially meant to give s ome fac i ll i ty to our s tudent s , t o train them t o wri t e art i c l e s on the phi l o s o phy of Kri shna c ons-ciousne s s . Our enengy should be c onc entrat e d on one th ing �) at a t ime , not that everyone will start the i r own maga z i n e � wasting time mo ney and rnonpow e r . Our BTG I s there and i t i s ; b e ing d i s t r ibut e d wi thout financ i al ri s k , s o subm i t t art i cl e s r and increase t h e pag e s o f BTG and increase the di stribut i o n ()

als o . The t empl e s have now enough lit e rature , and b e s i d e s that if you s imply a s k for a l i t t l e c o nt ribut i o n , no one will s end .

I hope thi s l e t t er finds you well .

Sriman Para s ara Das I skcon Chi cag o 1 01 4 eme r s o n s t r e e t Evanston , I l lino i s 60201 USA

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My Dear Bhakta Dasa ,

Bhakt ivedanta Manor L e t c hmo r e Heath , H e rt s , Near Rad l e t t , U . K .

August 3 , 1 97 3

P l eas e a c c e p t my b l e s s ings . I b e g t o acknowl e d ge r e c e i pt o f your l e t t er d a t e d 2 9 Ju l y , 1 973 and I hav e no t e d the c ont ent s very care ful ly .

From yo�r r eport I can und e r s tand that you are very enthu s i as t i c . I l i k e a l s o your i d e a of c el e­b rat i ng Govadhayn pu j a . T h i s should b e o u r programm e t o at trac t the gene ral ma s s o f p e o p l e . I f we go on preaching vi gerou s ly as w e have b e en for ano ther 2 5 y ear then a l l the s e o ther s o cal l e d r e l igions wi l l

hd i sappea� . Aft e r all what d o they have t.o o f fe r .

In t e chrJ. s t J. an r e ligi o n all we s e e i s i..!J·'r�. l!0 t:hv1$h pi c ture a s he was c ruc i fi e d , s o how p e o p l e c a n be at t rac t e d t o such thing ? T h e r e i s no s c i enc e , ph i l o s phy , mus i c , art , Prasadm , i t i s no wond e r t hat the p e o p l e are re j e c t i ng thi s non s en s e . Not that Chri s t hims e l f was nons ens e , bu t t ho s e who are preaching in his name they are non s ens e b e caus e th ey do not foll ow ever the s imp l e s t of h i s ord e r s .

�hou shalt not Ki l l ! I have m e ¢t w i t h s o many Chr i s t ians and when I ask them why Chri s t i an s are k i l ling they canno t answe r . The f i r s t p r i n ­c i pt�o f s p i r itual l i f e i s non vio l e nc e . They wi l l say K i l l ing in thi s mat t e r means ac t uall y Murd er , but a c c ept ing even thi s argum ent , i t means that the s o c i e ty in whi ch Chr i s t was pre ach i ng were c omp o s e d o f Murd e re r s , so what kind of men t h ey were , and prac t i cally we s e e i t i s a fa c t b e c a u s e they mur d e r e d Lord J e su 8 Chri s t . A t any rat e t h e r e i s no thing in t h e wor l u thAT CAN COMPAR 8 W I T H our Movement o f Chant i ng and danc ing . S o Cha n t danc e and when you g e t t ir e d t ake P rasadm , thi s i s our actual s o l i d preaching wo rk a l l over t he world .

I have not e d that yov are c o l l e c t ing great ammount s of money , the refore I humb ly requ e s t y o u s end 50% t o India f o r th e Vrind aban Bu i l d ing Fund . Dont s p o i l the money i n any way , s imply u t i l i z e i t for Kri shna ' s pur po s e .

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P l e a s e a c c ept my b l e s s ing s . I b e g t o acknowl e d g e r e c e ipt of y our l e t t er and the enc l o se d pi c t ur e s of y our A ltar . Everything appears very v e ry ni c e and I am very mu ch p l e a s e d , thank you s o much .

On your r e c ommendat i on I a c c e p t the b oys nam e d by you for first ini t i at i o n . The i r name s are as f o l l ows .

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Hold a f ire c e r emony , and d i s tribu t e sumpt i ous Prasadm to one and all .

I hope thi s lett er meet s you in good h ealth .

Sriman Sukad eva Das Adhikary 400 1 8th Av e . E . S e at t l e Washing t on 98 1 1 2 Ame r i c a

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CENTER: Bhakt ive danta Manor , Let c hmore Heath , near Wat ford , H e rt s , U . K .

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My Dear Bahudak ,

Please ac c ept my b l e s s ings . I beg t o acknowl e dge rec eipt o f your l e t t e r dat e d August 6 , 1 973 and I have noted the c on t en t s car e fully .

When I hear ab out the S ankirtan Bus e s t hat are moving all over the world then I think that we are b e c oming l ike a gigant i c gorilla war e fare movement fight ing wi th maya . Thi s traveling in bus e s i s the b e s t means to drive away maya and e s t ab l i sh Krishna c on s c i ou sne s s all over the world . Aft e r all the who l e wolrd i s t h e property o f Kri shna , but t emporar i ly i t i s b e ing i llegaly o c cupi e d by maya� agents . F l o o d them wi t h Kirtan and books , thi s i s the b e s t weapon , i nc r e a s e the numb er o f bus e s that w i l l b e your suc c e s s .

The n ew ini t i at e s are named as follows : Pe ggy Flyn - Purnamas i Da s i Garry Pennington - Punderi kasam Das . I am also enc l o s i ng one sacred thre ad and mantra for Ganapati Da s . You may pro form a fire c eremony and d i s tribut e prasadm f e as t .

I h op e thi s l e t t e r m e e t s you well .

Srirnan Bahudak nas Adhikary 1 774 We s t 1 6th Ave . Vancouver 9 , B . C .

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M y D ear Dhr staketu Da s :

DATE 14/1 0/73

Please a c c ept my blessings . I beg to acknowledge receipt of your l etter dat ed October 8 , 1 973 and have not ed the c on­t ent s . R e gard ing the money sent from N ew York , what ever c ome s to India , it is never returned . You know that India i s c elebra t e d a s a poverty stri cken c ountry , so it knows how t o r e c e ive , but not t o repay . Anyway , I thank you for your c ontribut ion . I t wi l l be u sed for our Bombay t emple . The ba lanc e money of your e state when you re c e ive it , you can ut i l i z e for Krsna as you th ink b e st .

Our phil� sophy· is that everything is K���a • s property , and everyth1ng sh ould b e u s ed for Krsna ' s service . I in­structed th is ph ilosophy t o George Harrison , and he i s try­ing t o render . service to Kp��a in many ways . Recently you know h e ha s g1ven us our London templ e , the c o st being � 2 2 0 , 000 . Our devote e s are very happily l iving there and the b l e s s ings of Krs� are go ing t o George Harri son . S o everyone of u s should t ry to please Kppna and His devotee . Then our l i fe is succ e s sfu l . B e tter t o plea se His devotee first . That i s a recommendat ion for be ing introduced to Krsna .

· · R egarding your que st i on about instruct ion , spiritua l l ife i s different from mat e r ia l l ife . The instruction gi­ven in my books is suppos e d to be personal instruction . When we r ea d the Bhagavad G ita A s I t I s , it i s understood that we are receiving personal instru ctions of Kpppa . No phys ica l barrier i s there in the cas e o f spiritual affa irs . I t i s stated in the Srimad Bhagwatam :

sa vai pumsam paro dharmo yat o bhaktir a dhoksa j e

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"The supreme occupation ( dharma ) for a l l humanity is that by which men can attain to l oving devot iona l serv i c e unto the transc endental Lord . Such devot ion­al s e rvice must be umnot ivat ed and unint errupted in ord er to c ompletely sat i s fy the fL...e l f . ..

R egarding the morning kirtan songs , what you have given is a l l r i ght . I f t ime permit s there are other songs that can be sung , such as j iv jago , udila aruna "There i s now sunrise on the Ea st ern horizen and Lord Caitanya accompanie d by H i s devote e s have start ed the morning Samkirtan party • . . . "

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My D ear Jadurani da s i :

P l e a s e acc ept my b l e s s ings . I b e g t o ac knowl e dge r e c e ipt of your letter dat e d October 1 9 , 1 973 . Y e s , why not ge t D e ­vahu t i t o pa i nt , she ' s a good painter . N o w I want for L ord Caitanya ' s A pp e arance Day one boo k o f A di l i la publ i sh e d ,

400 page s at l e a s t , hardbound , for b e ing d i stribut e d a t Maya ­pur . Regarding th e enc lo s ed phot o , the Yarnadut a s are a l l right . Y e s , i t i s a l l right t o show the subt l e body l o oking j ust l ike th e gro s s body . Regard ing Lord C a itanya ' s d anda , it wa s broken for good . S o after Puri , He never t ook danda S o for pa int ing Him as sannya s , it d epend s on the t ime a s t o wh�her He had danda or not . T h e e ka danda i s a l l r i ght , a s in the Sa dbu j ah picture I s ent . D o not b e c onc erned with how the Mayavad i sannya s i dandas are wrappe d becaus e we are not following them .

Kap i lad ev wa s a young man , say 1 5 or 1 6 year s . He ap­pear e d a s a baby . Sha l i gram she e la is a b l a c k stone b a l l , rou nd with eye s and no s e pa int ed with gop i chandan with a go lden cr q.,.wn on aft and placed on one sma l l sringa sana . A wa ita A c�a� wa s worsh ipping th i s way .

R e garding the ara t ik c eremony o f S vayambhuva manu , b e t t er t o have th�en and women s eparat e . That i s the V e d i c sys ­t em . Not l 1 ke i n th e W e s t of c o - e ducat i on , because int er­mingl ing of men and women wa s not a t a l l sanct i one d . I f h e i s performing arat i k , how can h e s it i n a throne o r a sana ?

The young g i r l s o n the bank were worshipping S i va l inga . I t i s mad e from earth c o l l ected from the Gange s banlc . There wa s no d e it y of Durga d e v i . The s e S iva l inga s are pla c e d right o n the Ganga bank without a ny t hrone , where ver there is a su itab l e p la c e .

S o why d on ' t you c ome t o Mayapur for s omet ime , not only you but a ll oth e r s and stay for s omet ime and f in i sh the pa int in gs l o c a l ly . there .

S o go on with your chant ing of Hare Krsna . Y o u have wri ­t t en "Jai Va l i Hari , " but i t i s "ba l i hari ya i , " meaning " I give you a l l cred i t , a l l glori e s . "

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i pt o f y o u r l e t t e r d a t e d O c t ob e r 1 7 , 1 9 7J a n d h a v e n o t e d

t h e c o n t e n t s I t ha n k y o u v e ry m u c h f o r y o u r i n v i t a t i o n f o r y o u r G o v er d ha n a c e l e b ra t i o n I w o u l d h a v e g o n e , b u t I r e c e i v e d y o u r l e t t e r l a t e , b u t I h o p e a n yw a y t h a t y o u

ha v e � j o y e d G o v e r d h a n P u j a . T h e p h o t o s a r e v e ry n i c e . a n d R a d h a ra n i l o o k s v e r y sa t i s f i e d , a s I s e e i n t h e fe a ­t u r e s o f H e r f a c e i n t h e p h o t o . I f S h e i s p l e a s e d , t h e n

K r s na i s p l e a s e d , a nd a l l l i v i n g en t i t i e s a r e p l e a s e d

I t h a n k yo u v e ry mu c h f o r i n st a l l i ng Ra d h a G i r i d h a r i F r o m my c h i l d h o o d I wa s v e r y m u c h f o n d o f R a d h a K r s n a , a n d n ow my g o o d d i s c i p l e s a re h e l p i ng m e t o o p e n s o m a n y

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m u c h p l e a su r e . Now i n t r o d u c e Ra t h a Y a t ra T h a t wa s m y c h i l d h o o d a c t i v i t y . I wa n t t o s e e m y d i s c i p l e s a l l o v e r

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i pt of y o u r l e t t e r d a t e d O c t o b e r 2 5 , 1 9 7 J a nd h a v e n o t e d t h e c o nt e nt s . R e ga rdfug y o ur go i ng t o ts h er ' s m e e t i ng s ,

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who i s d i s t r ibu t i ng ? W h o i s s end ing t h e s e b o o k s ? T h e G o u d ­i ya M a t h d o e s n o t s e l l our b o o k s , why w e sh o u l d s e l l t h e i r b o o k s . W h o h a s intr o d u c e d t h e s e b o o k s ? L e t m e kn o w . T h e s e

b o o k s sh o u l d n o t a t a l l b e c i rc u l a t e d i n our S o c i ety . B ha k ­t i V i la s T i rtha i s v ery mu c h a nt a goni s t i c t o o u r S o c e i t y

a nd h e h a s n o c l ea r c onc ept i o n o f d e v o t i ona l s e r v i c e . H e i s c onta m i na t e d . A nywa y , who ha s i nt r o d u c e d th e s e b o o k s ? Y o u s a y t h a t y o u wou l d r e a d o n l y o n e b o o k i f t ha t wa s a l l that I ha d wri t t e n , s o you t e a c h o t h e r s t o d o l i k e tha t . .

Y o u ha v e v e ry g o o d d et e rm i na t i o n . Y e s , y o u subm i t r ep ort s t o m e a t l e a st onc e i n a month .

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DATE December 1 , 1 9 7 3

My dear Jay a n a n d a ,

P l e ase a c cept my b l es s i n gs . I am i n r ec e i p t o f - y o ur l e t t er dated Novemb e r 1 3 , 1 9 73 . I was v e r y h ap p y t o h e a r f r om yo u . I am a l ways t h i nk i n g o f you a n d p ra y i n g to K r s n a f o r your advan ceme n t i n K r i s h n a Co n s c i o u s n e s s .

Tha t you a r e engaged i n s t r e e t S an k i r t a n i n S a n Fran c i s co i s f u l l y approved b y me . Th a t y o u a r e f e e l i n g mo r e a n d m o r e e n thus i a sm by do i n g t h i s i s q u i t e n a t u r a l a s S a nk i r t a n i s o u r l i fe a n d so ul . M y Gur u Ma h a r a j us e d t o s a y , " O n e who h a s go t l i f e , he c a n preach . "

Yes , I remembe r t he o l d da y s i n S a n Fra n c i s co . Krs n a h a s been s o k i n d upon m e t o h a v e sent so many s i n ce r e d i s c i p l e s t o h e l p m e push o n t h i s Moveme n t on beha l f o f my Gu r u Ma h a r a j . You con t i n ue wi t h y o u r program t here i n S a n Fra n c i s co , a l wa y s s t r i c t ly k eep i n g o u r p r i nc i p l e s a n d K r s n a w � l l b l es s y o u wi t h grea t e r a n d grea t e r r e a l i z a t ion o f t h e i mp o r t a n c e o f t h i s Movement . I am depen d e n t upo n y o u 1 m y o l d e r d i s c i p l e s , t o c a r r y i t on .

P l ease o f f e r my b l es s i n g s to your go o d w i f e , Tray i d e v i das i , a n d t h a n k h e r o n m y behal f f o r t h e t h r e e n i c e d r aw i n gs o f Krsna l i l a . A l so , p l e a s e t h a n k Bha va t a r i n i d ev i da s i f o r h e r drawi n g o f Gop a l K r s n a . S o f a r h ow s h e c an s e rve me , t h e b e s t se rvi ce i s t o c h a n t Hare Krsna a l wa y s a n d sp read i t t o every town and vi l l a g e .

I hope t h i s me e t s y o u w el l .

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P l e a s e a c c e p t my b l e s s i n g s . I a m i n r e c e i p t o f y o u r l e t t e r dated De c e mb e r 4 , 1 9 7 3 . Th a n k y o u v e r y m u c h f o r i n c r e a s i n g t h e b o o k d i s t r i b u t i o n i n S e a t t l e . My G u r u Ma h a ra j w a s mo s t p l e a s e d t o s e e b o o k s d i s t r i b u t e d s o c o n t i n u e t o i n c r e a s e i t mo r e a n d mo r e .

Y e s , y o u r d e b a t i n g p r o gr am i s a p p rov e d b y me . I f we s t u d y t h e B h a g a v a d G i t a t h o ro u g h l y w e c a n d e f e a t a l l p h i l o so p h i e s .

Y e s , I c a n c o me to S e a t t l e . I am go i n g t o Mex i c o C i t y a n d C h i c a go t o r e t u r n t o Lo s A n g e l e s a r o u n d De c e m b e r 2 4 t h . S o a f t e r t h a t w e s h a l l c o n s i de r co m i n g t h e r e .

I h o p e t h i s m e e t s y o u we l l .

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