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Hpmdeazraamesvara, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of you letters

dated Dec. 1 5th and 27th and have noted the contents. Hansadutta is here and we have discussed many of the points and questions in your letters. You can discuss with him for the deta ils. You are secretary so, you should go on with normal business, budget the money and write regular repasts .

Your Idea of letting New York have the 200,000 dollars worth of books to help them get the building is good. Do it.

Regarding the length of books, it is alright if it goes a little over 400 pages , but don't let it become 500.

Whatever fund is collected for food distribution should be sent to India. Why is it not sent? The other funds coming from sales of books can be accounted for properly, so where is there any fraud? Sometimes a salesman can say something extraordinary in order to sell something, but th at is not fraud. Just like they are selling this oil, saying that if you rub it on your bald head, hair will grow. Where is the case where a bald man's hair grew from this oil? But the government is not charging with fraud. Don't use these UNICEF cards , that will not be good. You can make ISKCON FOOD RELIEF cards. But the money collected using this card must be sent to Indi a where we are actually feeding people . If we simply speak nicely to a person and try sincerely to get him to take the book, he'll take it. Why should we adopt unfair means? We should not do anything which will create a bad impression or make us unpopular. People are after these books, they are hankering for them. We don't need to take cheating method. I never had to use any cheating met hod when I first began •

I simply presented the real thing. Basically and practically speaking everything that is done sin

cerely for Krishna's satisfaction is perfect. But we have to be very very careful in our dealings with others so that they will not take the wrong view. Just like the gopis. They left their homes in the dead of night to go and meet this young boy Krishna for k issing and embracing. To the ordinary person, this is sinful , but to the devotee, it is worshipable and it is c onsidered the highest form of devotion even by Lord Caitany who was himself a very strict sannyasi. Therefore we are very careful not to discuss this rasa-lila in the presence of ordinary men because they will only misunderstand and , commit offense. While dealing with the ordinary men, we must spread f this movement in such a way that they will no:t misunderstand us and 1 I: take of fense . Try to se 11 as many of my books \ �{i p,ssible to �y. our \ ·

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Hare Krishna land, Gandhi Gram Rd. Juhu, Bombay 400 054 INDIA

Adi Kesava das brahmacari ISKCON,72 Commonwealth Ave. Boston, Mass. 02116

My dear Adi Kesava das,

Jan. 2nd, 1975

Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated

Dec. 24th, 1974 and have noted the contents carefully.

The thing is , we should have a little common sense in all activities.

The example can be given that women by nature, do not forget to dress very

nicely although always engaged in household affairs. Deity worship or

lecturing in the colleges is just as important as book distribution. So,

these things must be done very nicely and at the same time, book distri-

bution should be done. Not that we should do one thing at the sacrifice

of another. That requires a little common sense. Factually, we should

be engaged 24 hours in Krishna's service and everything should be done

very nicely and perfectly.

I hope this meets you in good health.

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Hare Krishna Land, Gandhi Gram Rd. Juhu, Bombay 400 054 INDIA

laxmimoni devi dasi ISKCON 5430 Gurley St. Dallas, Texas 75223 u.s.A. Ny dear Laxmimoni devi,

Jan. 2nd, 1975


Dec, 18th, 1974 and have noted the contents. Thank you for your nice pic-

tures of Sri Sri Radha Gopinatha in Torronto.

The thing is, we should have little common sense in all activities.

The example can be given that women by nature do not forget to dress very

nicely although always engaged in household affairs. Deity worship is

just as important as book distribution. As we sing in the Gurvastakam

prayers, srivigrahara dhana-nitya-nana-srngara-tanmandira-marjanadau.

So, it should be very nicely done, and at the same time, book distribu-

tion should be done. Not that we should do one thing at the sacrifice

of another. That requires a little common sense. Factually, we should

be engaged 24 hours in Krishna's service and everything should be done

very nicely and perfectly.

I hope this meets you in good health

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Hare Krishna Land, Gandhi Gram Road Juhu, Bombay 400 054 INDIA

Sriman Alfred Ford Teton Village Wyoming 83025 USA My dear Alfred,

Jan. 3rd, 1975

Please accept my blessings. I am writing this letter to inform you that Sudama Svami has left our camp. He has his own plans. He has vio-

lated our rules and regulations and thus fallen down from the spiritual

platform. Under these circumstances, please do not act under his advice.

I have been very much busy here in Bombay. In about a week, I am going

to come to Honolulu. I will notify you of my definate arrival date and I request that you please come and see me thexe.


( A.C. Bhaktivedanta Svami

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Hansadutta das adhikari Bhaktivedanta Manor letchmo:re Heath Watford WD2 8EP Hertfo:rdshi:re, London, Eng.

My dear Hansadutta das,

FILE Hare Krishna land, Gandhi Gram Rd. Juhu, Bombay 400 054 INDIA

Jan. 6th. 75

Please accept my blessings. I have considered this matter of record

distribution and have decided thati� should be immediately stopped. It has

simply caused havoc. It should be stopped everywhe�e. The stress must be

on books, nothing else needs to be sold. If someone hears a record, he will

not understand anything of our philosophy. He will simply enjoy it as sense

gratification. But if he gets a book and :reads even one page, then he m�

very likely be induced to take part in our movement. These records are not

important. My books are important. You should make arrangement to distri-

bute them in as much quantity as possible.

Enclosed is o� letter from Ajit das (president of Stockholm ) wherein

he expresses anxiety and confusion soming from this record distribution.


Eno: 1 TRUE COPY of a letter from Ajit das

A.C. Bhaktivedanta Svami

N.N. Dagai 1185 Sector 18-G Chandigarh My dear Mr. Bagai,

Hare Krishna Land , Gandhi Gram Road Juhu, Bombay 400 054 INDIA

Jan. 6th, 75

J Please accept my greetings . I am in due receipt of your letter dated

Dec. 30th , 1974 and have noted the contents. You have now got you identity

card, so you can go if you like to any of our centers and live there for some

time. If you like the atmosphere, then we have no objection to accept you in-to our institution. You should remain with us for some time, otherwise how

will we know what work you are fit to do? You should understand of course ,

that we do not pay anyone in our society . After you have stayed with us for

some time , then we shall discuss init iation , name and mantra. These things

are not awarded immediately. When you take sannyasa, you can use the word

svami -- not before.

We are not interested in these things like hatha-yoga and swiming. We

do not encourage such useless activities, We would never take to such acti-

vities for earning money. We got money enough. We don't require to adopt any

unauthorized means. At present we spend 8 lakhs of rupees every month and

Krishna sends all money. Our process is to chant Hare Krishna. That is suf-

ficient .

You are welcome to Vrindavana anytime.



Hare Krishna Land , Gandhi Gram Rd. Juhu, Bombay 400 054 INDIA

Rupanuga das adhikari 439 Henry St.

�rooklyn, New York 11231

My dear Rupanuga das,

Jan. 9th, 1975

Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated Jan. 2nd, 1975 and have noted the contents careful�. Regarding the new building, if it is suitable, never mind if it is a little more or less, you should get it. We can rent the unused space, and the householders can live in the building as long as they have separate floors. One thing is that they must be fully engaged. Don't make a hotel for free boarding and lodging. Everyone must be full-time engaged and the best engagement for them is to sell books. That will be very nice. Don't allow anyone to simply eat and sleep. All should attend classes 2 or 3 times daily, chant 16 rounds, and go out for street sankirtana. Eating should be minimized. Too much eating leads to too much sleeping, and then sex desire. So, management should be done very carefully to see that there is not easy-going, lazy attitude which will only end in fall down.

Regarding the controversy about book distribution techniques, you are right. Our occupation must be honest. Everyone should adore our members as honest. If we do something which is deteriorating to the popular sentiments of the public in favor of our movement, that is not good. Somehow or other we should not become unpopular in the public eye. These dishonest methods must be stopped. It is hampering our reputation all over th e world. Money collected for feeding people in India should be collected under the name ISKCON Food Relief. Not any other name. And every farthing of t.hat money must be sent to India, or better yet, buy food grains there and ship them here and we will distribute. Eut every farthing collected for that purpose must be used for that purpose. I have already sent one letter to Ramesvara explaining these points.

I hope this meets you in good

- A.C. Bhakt]vedanta Svam ·

��our idea of having the 11s=-instit�te11 at your farm is nice.

FILE Hare Krishna Land, Gandhi Gram Rd. Juhu, Bombay 400 054 INDIA

Patit Uddharan das Bhaktivedanta Manor letchmore Heath, Watford WD2 SEP Hertfordshire, London, England

My dear Pa tit Uddhara.n das ,

Jan. 10th, 1975

Please accep t my blessings. I am in due receipt of you letter dated Jan. 4th, 1975 and have noted the contents. I very much appreciate your nice report on London and I am glad to hear how things are going on there. Many thanks to Prabha Visnu das.

Yes I'll come there, but the first opportunity may be in April. I am also hankering to go there. Please take great care you are experienced. Co-operate with Prabha Visnu and make an ideal place for devotional service there.

Regarding the incident with Mr. Mody, it was a mistake by Kaushalya. Don't commit anything which will cause mistrust. This is not at all desirable. Keep peaceful situation with all men. There is no question of taxing someone for a donation. They can give donation and we will accept on friendly terms. Nobody should be pressured for contribution.

Impure atmosphere can be counteracted by having kirtans twice and thrice daily with dancing . So, keep the atmosphere very peacefully. Go on chanting and hold classes in Bhagavatam, etc. Don't allow anyone to ;. engage in eating and sleeping alone or the devil'� workshop will devel?,;4pe

I hope this meets you in good health. I \�(t/ � \ yt ver e 1-wishe , 1 / i \ . -t · L �. a1�

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His Holiness Jayapa taka Svami ISKCON International Center P.O. Sri Mayapur Dham, West Bengal (Dist. Nadia) MY dear Jayapataka Svami

ILE Hare Krishna Land Gandhi Gram Rd. Juhu Bombay 400 054 INDIA

Jan. 1Oth, 75

Please accept my blessings. I have just received one letter from Asita dasa

wherein he claims that he was all of the sudden asked to go away from Mayapur.

What was the situation? Kindly let me know.


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'7!)ridandi [joswami cfl..C. GJ31iaktivedanta Swami Founder-Acharya: International Society for Krish na Consciousness

CENTER Hare Krishna land, Gandhi Gram Rd. Juhu, Bombay 400 054 INDIA

Sukadeva das adhikari 400 18th Ave. E.,Seattle, Washington 98112

My dear Sukadeva das,

DATE Jan. 12, 1975

Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter

dated Dec. 25, 1974 and have noted the contents. I have also just

received one letter from Gandharva das. I have requested him to come

to India and live with me for some time. I think that will solve this

problem.

Please set a strong example of Krishna Consciousness for all the

devotees ther e who are under you care.


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B�aktivedanta Svami

Adi Kesava das b:rahmacari ISKCON-72 Commonwealth Ave. Boston Mass, 02116 l"'y dear Adi Kesava das

FILE Hare Krishna Land Gandhi Gram Rd. Juhu Bombay 400 054 INDIA

Jan. 16 75

Please accept my blessings., I am in due receipt of your letter dat ed Jan. 8th, 1975 and have noted the contents. Regarding your proper engagement you should first discuss that with your GBC and try to work something out together.

Regarding your questions. I have already answered the most important question.

"How to please Krishna"? --by following all the regulative principle that I

have given you chanting 16 rounds and reading my books scrutinizingly. Every-

one must do these things otherwise they cannot understand Krishna Consciousness.

I have accepted the four persons that you have recommended for second ini-tiation and their threads and mantra sheet are enclosed herein. I have also

accepted the six persons you have recommended for first initiation. Their names

are: Edward--Sadasiva dasa Robert-Rupa dasa Susan-Si tapa ti dasi Theothora--

Tryadhlsa dasi JVIildred-JVJahalaksml dasi David--Dharmasetu dasa. Their beads

can be chant ed on by Kirtanananda Svami.


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Enc: 3 threads and mantra sheet.

Hare Krishna Land Gandhi Gram Rd. Juhu Bombay 400 054 INDIA

Hansadutta das adhikari Bhaktivedanta Manor Letchmore Heath, Watford WD2 8EP Hertfordshire, London, England My dear Hansadutta das,

fiLE Jan. 17, 1975


Jan. 11th, 1975 and have noted the contents. It is very encouraging. I

pray to Krishna that everything may be settled up as described by you. I

am going to Hawaii on Jan. 26th via Bangkok, Hong Kong and Tokyo . You

can report the next incidences to Hawaii. The program is that from Hawaii

I may go to Nexico and Caracas as invited by Hrdayananda Gosvami.

All money that is collected on behalf of the Food Relief program should be sent to India .(or if possible,send grains) Why has this not been done?

That money (700,000dm) that has been blocked up in the bank account there,

as soon as it is freed, you should send whatever portion of it was collected

on behalf of food distribution program to India . All money should be sent

to Bank of America International Society for Krishna Consciousness

Mayapur-Vrindavan Fund, account no. 16026 in Bombay.

Ihope this meets you inggood health

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His Holiness 3764 Watseka

Satsvarupa das Gosvami Avenue


Jan. 19th, 75

� Los Angeles, �: ".J; USA ( 90034)

#� California

t My dear Satsvarupa Maharaja,

Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated Jan. 5th, 1975 and have noted the contents. Thank you very much for doing your work so nicely. I was very pleased to receive the review on the 1st volume of the third canto of Srimad Bhagavatam written by professor Mehta from the University of Windsor. If you can send more similar reviews on my books, I would very much appreciate it. I am keeping a folder on such things and we can print a small book to distribute that will contain such reviews so that people will see what a great impression our books have on the intelligentsia of the world.

Regarding your question about the controversial talks going on, this kind of talk is not befitting my advanced students. This is childish. In Krishna1s service, there is no inferior and superior. Deity worship is just as important as book distribution. It is not material. As mentioned in the Bhagavatam,

sravanam kirtanam visnoh smaranam pada-sevanam arcanam vandanam dasyam sakhyam atma-nivedanam

Sravanam kirtanam is the beginning--to chant and hear. Book distribution is under this category of sravanam kirtanam. The next item is smaranam. If somebody simply remembers the Supreme Lord, that is also as good as sravanam kirtanam. Then there is arcanam. That is also as good as the others, but one who simply becomes engaged in arcanam and does nothing of sravanam kirtanam, his position becomes in the material field. Any one of the nine processes is as good as the other. There is no question of inferior or superior. But out of all of them, sravanam kirtanam is very important. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu while instructing Srila Rupa Gosvami, has said how the seed of devotional service sprouts and increases by watering the root by the process of sravanam kirtanam. So, these two items are very important in devotional service, but that does not mean that the other items are inferior. Srila Jiva Gosvami has stressed kirtanam especially in the age of Kali. Even if there is arcanam for sanctifying the contaminated mind, it must be accompanied by sravanam kirtanam.

So, you are all advanced students. You should understand the importance of each and every item of devotional service. Do not make any misunderstanding by devaluating any of the spiritual activities. You are one of the advanced students. One who distinguishes a particular type of service as inferior or superior, he does not know the value of devotional service. It is all transcendental. Whatever item is suitable, that is accepted as very elevated. Just like Maharaja Pariksit. He simply listened to Sukadeva Gosvami. That is sravanam. And Sukadeva Gosvami simply narrated Srimad Bhagavatam. This is kirtanam. Prahlad Maharaja simnly contemnlated--smaranam. PrthudMaharal·ah . 1 d.d d •t worsli�p--arcanam. ArJuna only rema�ned as rr�en or Kr s na-s�mp y � e� y

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(2) sakhyam. Hanuman remain ed only engaged in carrying out the order of Lora Ramacandradasyam. And, Bali Maharaja surrendered everything to Krishna--atma-nivedanam. So, any d evotee executing any one of the nine is transcendentally glorious. One devotee may be proud tha t his process of service is the best. That is not inglorious. This

is called transcendental competition. Everyone shou ld feel proud of his particular type of devotional service , but that does not mean that other types of service are inferior. Everyone should feel proud of becoming sincere servant of Krishna, but the pure devotee never minimizes the importance of other devotees. Krishna is the enjoyer of varieties of service . It is not stuck up with any particular type of service. Krishna takes pleasure with devotees even by fighting service. When Grandfather Ehisma was trying to injure the body of Krishna by sharpened arrows in full devotion in the mellow of chivalry, Krishna was feeling the piercing of the arrows as as good as worshiping him with soft rose flowers. The c onclusion is that everyone should be very very sincere. There is no more the question of inferior or superior.


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I have ac cepted Bhakta Seth for first initiation. His name can be Sesa das� You

may chantihis beads. Als o , I have accepted Maha Buddhi das and Mahadyuti da� as

my duly initiated brahmanas. Let them hear the gayatri-mantra through the r�ght

ear from the tape of myself chanting it. Their threads and mantra sheets are en-

closed herein.

2threads and mantra sheets.

Tejyas das adhikari 19 Todar Mal Lane New Delhi 110001

My dear Tejyas das,

Hare Krishna land , Gandhi Gram Rd. Juhu, Bombay 400 054 INDIA

Jan. 20th, 75

Please accept my blessings. Herewith please find the corrected copy of Gita

Gana. Do the needful immediately. The bearer of this letter, Krishnagraja das,

is going to Delhi on a mission to see the Home Member. So, give him all help in

this connection. If you have got the Hare Krishna film, please make it available

for his use.



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Hare Krishna land, Gandhi Gram Rd. Juhu, Bombay 400 054 INDIA

Radhaballabha das ISKCON Press 38 Tiffany Place Brooklyn, New York 11231

My dear Radhaballabha das,

Jan. 21st, 1975


1-7-75 and have noted the contents. Regarding the book on Kapila's phil

osophy, you can call it ''The Sankhya Fhilosophy of Kapila, (the Son of Devaand the English translation

huti)'. You can give the roman transliteration for the sanskrtA and then

the lecture. There is no need of the original sanskrt (deva-nagari�, or the

synonyms. For the time bei ng , I shall consider regarding the dedication,

and introduction. After it is ready, I will tell you. You can use pictures

from the Srimad Bhagavatam. That will be alright.

Finish the Caitanya-Garitamrta as soon as possible.


-------A .C. Bhaktivedanta Svami

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His Holiness Bhavananda Svami His Holiness Jayapataka Svami Sri Mayapur Candradaya Mandir


January 23rd, 75

My dear Bhavananda Svami and Jayapataka Svami,

Please accept my blessings. The bearer of this letter, Jagannatha das

brahmacari is coming to Mayapur to work on the Caitanya Caritamrta manuscript.

Hopefully , he will finish editing work on t he Antya-lila by the Festival at the

end of March. Please give him all facilities in this connection. He will need

a quiet spot for working. Try to see that he is full-time engaged in this edit-

ing work.

I hope this meets you in good health. I (· I i 1

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51 Coelho Way Honolulu, Hawaii

Ba. tu Gopala dasa 15720 Euclid Ave. East Cleveland, Ohio 44112

My dear Batu Gopala dasa,

flLE Feb. 1, 1975

Please accept my blessings . I am in due receipt of your letter dated

Jan. 27, 1975 and have noted the contents. Thank you very much for dis-

tributing my books so enthusiastically. You are right. We must all be-

come ideal in our character and then people will be very impressed with

such purity. A devotee is faultless. He has no flaws.

I have accepted the devotees that you have recommended for 1st ini-

tiation and their names are as follows: I.eon-Lilamohana, Virginia-Venu-

vilasa devi dasi , John-Gurugovinda dasa. Their beads can be chanted on

by Kirtanananda Svami. Make sure that all of these candidated follow our

principles very staunchly. Train them nicely by your own example .

I have also a ccepted Madhyam devi dasi and Vajasana devi dasi as duly

initiated brahmanas. Their mantra sheets are enclosed herein. Let them

hear the gayatri mantra through the right ear from the tape of myself

chanting it.

I hope this meets you in good healt

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A . C. Bh aktivedanta Svami

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Honolulu, Hawaii

Bhakta das adhikari 455 Valencia St., San Francisco, Calif 94103

My dear Bhakta das,

D�TE Feb. 1st, 1975


Jan. 16th, 1975 and have noted the contents. I have been informed by Jaya-

tirtha prabhu that you have decided not to get the farm and that you want

to get a building in Berkley. I have discussed with him and that idea is approved by me.

The boys that you have recommended for 1st initiation are accepted by

me. Their names are: Ed-Hrdayagovinda dasa, Nagaraja dasa and Jamie can

be called Jiva dasa. Kirtanananda Svami can chant on their beads. Concerning Ganesa worship, it is not actually necessary for us. But,

if someone has a sentiment for getting the blessings of Ganesa in order to get large amounts of money for Krishna's service, then it is allright, but anyone who takes up this kind of worship must send me at least 100,000 dol-lars monthly--not less. If he cannot send this amount, then he cannot do Ganesa worship.

Please continue distributing by books as many as possible. �� I hope this meets you in good health. /

: A.C. Bhaktivedanta Svami �-------- ----- ..

rou for the 100 dollar check.

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51 Coelho Way, Hawaii (Honolulu)

Puranjana das adhikari 96 Herengracht Amsterdam , Holland

My dear Puranjana,

Feb. 2,1975

Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letters dated

Jan. 6, 13, and 17,a1975 and have noted the contents carefully. Hansadutta

is here with me now and I have given the l etters to him, They have all been

read and discussed by the GBC members who are pr esent here. I want that

the GBC should relieve me of this management burden and in the future, all

such questions should be taken up with the local GBC member . If no satisfactory

solution can be reached, then other GBC members may be consulted. The GBC

can formulate proposals and submit them to me for approval. So, kindly

copoperate with Hansadutta and thereby help me use my time to finish my translating work in my old age.

Whatever money is owed to the BBT, that should be paid. As far as re

cord distribution is concerned, if you have no big books , you may temporar

ily continue, but give a book with each record. With record distribution

alone, the result is temporary. They will hear it for some time and throw

away. Book distribution is solid. Even if they do not read, simply by

touching they are ben efitted. It is so much powerful.

You can purchase records from Hansadutta. Do not manufacture your

self. The BBT fund there has money, so your Bhagavad-gita in Dutch lan

guage can be printed with that money. I shall be anxious to see it. Any

way, work combinedly and everything will come out successful .



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�ridandi Qoswami cfl.C. GJ3fiaktivedanta Swami Founder-Acharya: International Society for Krish na Consciousness

CENTER 51 Coelho Way, Honolulu, Hawaii

Sukadeva das adhikari 400 18th Ave. East

Seattle, Washington 98112

My dear Sukadeva das,

DATE Feb. 2, 1975


Jan. 24, 1975 and have noted the contents. If you can acquire that building

in Seattle, it will be very nice. Jayatirtha like it very much and he re-

commended that you should be given the loan for 10,000 dollars. So, if it

is there you can take it.

Regarding my coming there on this tour, I think it will not be possible

this time, but maybe next time after Mayapur and Vrindavan festivals when

I come back to the U.S., I can come there and visit you temple.


A. C. Bhaktivedanta Svami

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Pa tit Uddharan das Bhaktivedanta Manor Letchmore Heath, Watford WD2 8EP, Hertfordshire London, England

My dear Patit Uddharan das,

FILE Feb. 3, 1975

Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your lette�dated

Jan. 18th and 27th, 1975 and have noted the contents. Your column in the

Gujerat Samachar is a great way to preach Krishna Consciousness to the In-

dians there in London. They will become very much familiar with our ideas

and goals by reading it regularly. Please continue it nicely.

Regarding the other points mentioned in your letter, Hansadutta prabhu

has said that he can take care of these matters. Actually, I have requested

that these type of matters be brought before the GBC instead of me. I am

trying very hard to find time to write my books, so I want to be relieved

from so many questions. Please work co-operatively with Hansadutta and

everything will be very successful.

I hope this meets you in good heal


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N.B. You can <¥i�� the sacrifice in the Manor for Mrs. Mehta, but as with with the weddings, they must pay for the room. (Don't have it in the temple room. ) She can bring her own brahma.nas.

51 Coelho 'Way, Honolulu, Hawa.i.i

Radhaballabha das 38 Tiffany Place Brooklyn, N.Y. 11231

My dear Radhaballabha das,

LE Feb. 6th, 1975

Please accept � blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated

Feb.;, 1975 and have noted the contents. Thank you for distributing� books

everyday. This is a nice program for the press workers to increase enthusiasm.

The sample that you sent me of the new design for the BBT logo is approved

by me. For the sake of consistency, you can also use it on the cover jacket.

Every volume of Srimad Bhagavatam as well as Caitanya Caritamrta must

be fully complete with an index, list of references, glossary, Sanskrt pro

nunciation guide, and index of Sanskrt {or Bengali) verses. This will be best.

I will be glad to see you all (at least 15 of you) in Mayapur for our

festival.

I hope this meest you in good health.

I '

A.c. Bhaktivedanta Svami

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Sri Govinda das 1014 Emerson St. Evanston, Illinois 60201

My dear Sri Govinda das,

FlLB £51 Coelho Way, Honolulu, Hawaii

Feb. 6th , 75

Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated Feb.

;rd , 1975 and have noted the contents. Regarding your purchasing marble Gaura-

Nitai deities, it is not necessary when you already have brass ones. Simply take

care of the ones that you have very nicely. There is no need for buying others.

Concerning the woman's duty, if she gets married, that does not necessarily

mean that she must give up any of her service in the temple or on sankirtana,

but she must also see to it that her household duties are not neglected.

Yes, I want to come there again this year for the Rathayatxa festival and

,-..eltipme you can arrange that interview with Hugh Hefner, it it is possible.

to have it during that time.

I have accepted the devotees thattyou have recommended for 1 st initiation

and their names are as follows: Randall-Rathayatra dasa, Joseph-Jayakrsna dasa,

Rodney-Ramakeli dasa , Ron-Ramananda dasa, Susan-Suprabha devi dasi, Deby

Danasila devi dasi. Their beads can be chanted by Kirtanananda Svami. I have also accepted,upon your recommendation, the five men for 2nd initia-

tion. Let them hear the gayatri mantra through the right ear from the tape of

myself chanting it. Their threads are enclosed along with mantra sheet. Make sure

that everyone is pure by following the four regulated principles and chanting at

least 16 rounds daily. Without these th · I hope this meets you in good health

51 Coelho Way, Honolulu , Hawaii

Feb . 6th, J 75

TO ALL TEMPLE PRESIDENTS .

My dear President ,

Please accept my blessings. Recently in Germany the government , police and

church have started heavy persecution against our movement by arrests , investiga-

tion , and blocking our monies in the bank. By unfair and slanderous newspaper and

television propaganda , they have ruined our reputation and turned the general pub-

lie against our movement. We cannot sit down and be idle. Even killing of our

devotees has been attempted in Berlin by shooting. Hansadutta prabhu has formu

lated a plan for protesting at all German Embassies all over the world. This plan

has my sanction. He will be contacting you in this connection. Please co-operate

with him fully.


A. C . Bhaktivedanta Svami ACBS/ps

G obernador Tiburcio , Montie l No. 45 San Miguel , Mexico 1 8 , D . F . Mexico City , Mexico

Personal.

My dear Sripad Sridhar Maharaja ,

Feb. 1 4th , 1 975

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Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. I thank you very

much for your kind letter dated 1�1-75 and I have noted the contents with

great pleasure . I left India on the 26th of January from Bombay and I went

to Hong Kong and Tokyo. Then I went to Hawaii and I received your letter

there . Then I went to Los Angeles . Now I am staying at our Mexico City

temple at the address below. Here the Mexicans are taking part in sankirtana

and Deity worship very nicely. They have become very good devotees . In the

neighboring c ountries like Venezue la , Argentina , Puerto Ric o , Brazil , Trinidad

and the Dominican Republic we have also got our temples . So , I am touring

in these temples to see how things are going on, and by the grace of Krishna ,

everyone is becoming Krishna Conscious .

I shall be reaching India by the 1 5th of March and by the 20th of March ,

I shall be in Calcutta . If possib le , Sriman Govinda may see me in Calcutta

in our temple at 3 Albert Road , near Camac St . off of Theater Road. At that

time , I may be informed about your health and then I shall do the needful . As

you have mentioned in your letter under reply that you cannot take any ac tive

part in executing the performance s , I have asked my assistants in Vrindavana

to take help from the local panditas in Vrindavana to do the needful. I have

asked them to invite all different categories of saintly persons and devotees

to take part in the ceremony. I am very much thankful to your Holiness for

your good wishes in the matter of my preaching work. Factually , it is all

being done by the grace of Prabhupada and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu , otherwise

it was not possib le . Srila Prabhupada was very much fond of publishing books

and he e specially advised me to preach in English language . So , by his b less

ings , we have now about 30 big books of 400 pages and more than 20 small books,

lets in English and all of these books and booklets are being translated into

French , German , Dutch , Spanish , Portugese , Chinese , Japanese , Swahili , Hindi ,

Bengali , Gujarati , Italian , etc . Pl'O

Thanking you once again for your kind letter and more when we meet.

ACBS/ps His Holiness , Tridandi Gosvami Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Maharaja Sri Caitanya Sarasvat Math Kolera Gange , PLO . Navadvipa District Nadia , West Bengal INDn .

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Yours affectionate� ,

A . C . Bhaktivedanta Svami

Hobernador Tiburcio , Montie l N o . 45 San Miguel , Mexico 1 8 , D .F . Mexico City , Mexico

His Holiness Satsvarupa das Gosvami 5430 Gurley St. , Dal las , Texas 75223

My dear Satsvarupa Maharaja ,

FILE Feb . 1 5th , 1 975

Please accept my b lessings . I am in due receipt of your letter dated

Feb . 8th , a4.75 and have noted the c ontents . Thank you very much for sending

the book reviews. Send more if you can . These are very very encouraging.

I am keeping a collection of these reviews and I show them to big big scho-

lars and professers when they come to see me . They are very impressed .

Regarding your lec turing in the college c lasse s . This is a very good

program als o . Why not continue it?


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(!)ridandi Qoswami Jl.C Gflfiakjivedanta Swami Founder -Acharya :

Intern ational Society for Kr i shna Consciousness

CENTER Gobe rnador T iburc io , Mon tie l N o . 45 San Migue l , Mexic o 1 8 , D .F . Mexic o City , Mexico

Guru das and Prajapati das 3764 Wats eka Ave . Los Ange le s , Calif. 90034 My dear Guru da s and Praj apati ,

DATE Feb . 1 7th , 1 975

Please accept my b l e s s ings . Regarding the dance troupe , I reques t you

t o pre pare 7 different dance s (a new one e ach day) from the Caitanya Cari.tamrt£J

for displaying and performing during the Mayapur fe s t ival . A ls o , I reques t you to prepare 7 d ifferent dance s from the Krishna b ook for performing during the

Vrindavana fe s tiva l . When you c ome t o India , I shall als o give you some per-

sonal direction c onc ern ing thes e dance performanc e s . There are s o many nice

s tories that can be performe d . We can have a party of about 1 5 persons who

can go all over and perform these dances . It will be very attrac tive , if

nicely done and pe ople will b e inclined t o buy b ooks and even buy ticke ts to

see such a pe rformanc e . In this way all the expenses of going from on e place

to another will be c overed. S o , organi ze this program nic ely and it wi l l be

a great succ e s s .

I hope this meets you in good health .

A . C . Ehaktivedanta Svami "==:;;;·=="""""'-- -----"-

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{:)rJUdnO I '::::J U:;, W a / 1 1 1 Jl.C �fiakjivedanta $wami Founder-Acharya:

In ternational Society for K r i shna Consciousness

CENTER Gobernador Tiburcio , Mon tiel No . 45

San Migue l , Mexico 1 8 , D .F .

Mexico City , Mexico

Guru das and Praj apati das 3764 Watseka Ave .

Los Angele s , Cal if. 90034

My dear Guru das and Praj apati ,

D�TE Feb . 1 7th , 1 975

Please accept my b lessings . Hegarding the dance troupe , I request you

to prepare 7 different dances (a new one each day) from the Caitanya Caritamrta

for displaying and performing during the Mayapur fes tiva l . Als o , I request you

to prepare 7 different dances from the Krishna b ook for performing during the

Vrindavana fe s tival. When you c ome to India , I shall also give you some per-

sonal direc tion c oncerning these dance performances . There are s o many nice

stories that can be performed. We can have a party of ab out 1 5 persons who

can go all over and perform these dance s . It will be very attrac tive , if

nice ly done and people will be inclined to buy b ooks and even buy ticke ts to

see such a pe rformance . In this way all the expenses of going from one place

to another will be c overe d . So , organi ze this program nicely and i t will be

a great succes s .

I hope this mee ts you in good health .


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FILE ISKC ONoNCaracas , Calle I>uis Roche No . 61 Gelinas , De Los Chaaguaramos , Caracas , Venezuela

Manasvi dasa adhikari 51 Coelho Way Honolulu , Hawaii

My dear Manasvi dasa ,

Feb . 20, 1 975

Please accept my blessings . I am very interes ted to hear of your progre�

there in Hawaii . Are things going nicely there? How is Siddhar-svarupa J.'faha-raja doing? How is his preaching? How are the people accepting? You can

write me these things promptly . You should send the letter to Dallas , Guru-

kula. You are very intelligent devotee , so always keep yourself strong in

Krishna Consciousness by following all of the regulative principles very very

carefully. This will save you from the attack of Maya.



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P . o . Box 66-1 5 40 Niavaran FILE Tehran , I r an

Jagaddhatri devi dasi 56aOKft••• aasi Dal las , Texas , USA

My dear Jagaddhatri devi das i ,

March 1 4 th , 1 9 75

P leas e accept my ble s s ings . I am i n du e receipt of your

l e t ter dated March 4 , 1 9 7 5 and have noted the con tents . Thank

you for your k ind s entiments . From your letter I can unders tan

that you are advanc• .. �ery nicely in Kri shna Consci ousness .

Yes , you are right- al l qual i fications come i f you s imply sur -

render to a bonafide Guru . P l ease fol low all o f our rules very

car eful ! and your l i fe wi l l be perfec t .

I hope thi s mee ts you i n good heal th .

t:ae. Bhakttvec!artta svamt ACBS/ps

Guru d as adhikari 3 76 4 watseka Ave . Los Angeles , Cal i f . 9 0 0 3 4 u . s . A . My d ear Guru das ,

FILE B h ak tivedan ta Manor , L e tchmore Heath Wa tford WD2 8EP , Her tfordshi r e , Lond

March 9 th , 7 5

P l eas e accept m y bl es s i ngs . I have rece ived notice from S aurab'

in Vr indav an tha t we owe 25 , 0 0 0 rs . to th e Muku twal a an d an o ther 1 2 , r s . to Lal i ta P r a s ad a , and h e s ays that s ti l l th er e ar e many o th er

d i ety goods tha t only been ordered and n o t paid for . so , I reques t

you to pl e as e s end the equ i val ent of a t l eas t 3 0 , 000 rs . to Vrindava

b ecaus e there ar e no coll ections coming i n at this time for the dei t

and you have ordered thi s pa raphenal i a . You s hould s end thi s money

to th e Bank of Amer i c a i n Bombay i n favor of the I n ternati onal Soc i e

for Krishna Con s c i ousness ( Mayapur Vr i nd av an Fund ) accoun t number

1 60 2 6 . Ad dres s i s Expres s Towe r s , Nar iman P o in t , Bombay-1 . P l eas e

s end me a copy o f the bank receipt af ter yo u s end the money .

I hope th i s mee ts you in good h ea l th .

we l l -

A . C . Bhak tivedanta svam ACBS/ps �----- -

cc : S aurabh a d as adhikar i

P . o . Box 66- 1 5 40 Ni avaran , Tehr an ,

Tir th anga das a ad hika ri 1 Ber l in 3 1 , P ri n z r egen ten s tr , 4 6 , w . Germany My d e ar Tir thanga d as a ,

March 14th , 7 5 I r an

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P l ea s e a ccep t my bl e s s i ngs . I am i n due r eceipt of your le tter

dated F eb . 2 8 th , 1 9 7 5 and h av e no ted th e c on tents . R ega rd ing your

qu e s tions , the mai n t hings i s that wha tever is r eguir ed by you and your f ami ly to l iv e nicely i n K r i shna Con s c i ou snes s , tha t much you

should accep t . Do no t take m o r e than wha t you a c tu a l l y n e ed . And you should give wh at ever you c an to the templ e as dona ti on . Nothing

i s compulso ry . Wha tever you kind ly pay 1 tha t wi l l be accepted .

Reg ardi ng s end ing chi l d r e n to Gu ruku l a , th a t i s al s o op ti onal ,

not compulsory . The mos t i mportant things are tha t you f o l l ow very

ca refu l l y a l l of th e r u l e s an d r e g u l a ti on s s u ch as ri s ing e ar l y , and

having mang ala ar a ti a nd cl a s s e s , etc , and th at you ch ant at le as t

16 rounds d a i l y wi thou t f ai l . The s e things are mo s t e s s e n ti a l for

your spi r i tual adv ancemen t a n d th e n every thing wi l l b e alrigh t .

I hope th i s me e ts you i n g ood heal th .

A . c . Bh ak tivedanta svami

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P . o . Box 66- 1 5 40 Ni avar an Tehr an , I r an

Mr . Denn any 8 6 5 3 S ou th 2 nd S t . Ma ttawan , Mi ami , Fl a . 4 9 0 71

My d e ar Mr . Dennany ,

March 14 th , 1 9 7 5

P l e a s e accep t m y g r ee t ings . I am i n due r ec eipt of your

l e t ter d a ted Jan . 2 8 th , 1 9 7 5 and have noted the co n tents . Thank

you very mu ch for r e ad i ng and apprec i a ti ng my books . P leas e

cont inue t o d o s o a s mu ch a s pos s i b l e and vi s i t our temple in

Miami frequen tly . You m en ti oned in your l et ter th a t you had

r ead many o ther Bhagavad-gi tas before you read mine and tha t

non e o f them reve a l ed as much to you as Bhagavad -gi ta as I t I s .

The reason i s becau s e we d o not change the actu a l meaning o f

the gi ta a t al l . Many o ther commen t a tors d u e t o poor fund o f

knowl edge tamper wi th the l ines of Bh agavad -gi ta and twi s t the

me ani ng for th e i r pers on a l motives , but we do not do l ike that .

We pres en t i t exac tly a s i t i s ; with ou t any add i tions or sub-

tra c t i on s . Tha t i s pe r f e c t in every way and therefore i t i s

ac tu al l y h aving a tr e men d ous effec t a l l over the wor l d . The

ori gi n al word s of Lord Kr i shna h a v e unr iva l l ed potency and

a nyone who i s for tunate enough to h e ar tho se words and tri e s

t o apply them to h i s l i f e beco mes p e r f e c t .

I hope this me e ts you in go od

' . A . C . Bhak tivedan ta Svam

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P . O . Box 6 6 - 1 540 Ni avar an

Tehran , Iran

Sivani devi das i 641 Ramona Ave . Laguna Beach , Cal if . 9 2 6 5 1

My dear S ivani devi das i ,

f\Lt March 1 4 , 1 9 7 5

P l eas eaccep t m y bless ings . I am i n du e receipt o f your le

ter da ted Feb . 1 8 th , 1 9 7 5 and have no ted the contents . To take

sh elter of the Spiri tual Mas ter me ans to fo l low his ins truction:

So , you should be very careful to not devi ate even a l i ttle bi t

from the order of your Guru . You shou ld be very careful to

chant 1 6 rounds daily and read all o f the books car efully . You

should attend mangala ar ati and classes . And you sh ould follow

the four regul a tive princ ipl es wi thou t d evi ati on . I f you do

these s imple things , you wi l l make s teady advancement in Krishnc

Consciousness and there wil l be no fal l downs . Regarding your

young boy , do not be sorry because he i s a l i ttle mis chieveous .

Thi s i s only natural for a young boy . I t i s not anything un-

usual . Pray to Kri shna that he may become a great pr eacher

and try yourself to train him for tha t by being Kri shna Consciou

mo ther .

I hope thi s meets you i n good heal th .

y�._.,._.

A . c . Bhaktivedan ta Svami

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�ridandi Qoswami cfl.C �fiakjivedanta Swami Fou nder-Acharya:

International Society for Kr ishna Consciousness

CENTER 1 9, Todermal Lane , Bengali Marke t New Delhi , India

Sriman Radhaballava das Brahmachary BBT 97 1 1 Venice Blvd . Los Angele s , Ca . 90034

My Dear Radhaballava das :

OATEAugust 21 , 1 975

Ple ase acce pt my blessings . I am in due receipt of your letter dated

August 1 5 , 1 975 and also the copie s of the Vyas Puja book . It is done

ni cely, but why it is mentioned my 79th birthday. It i s my 80th birth

day. That is corre ct . You do not know this? One of the GBC arti cles says 7 9th birthday. Big GBC man, s o many editors, and it is not dete cted ?

You are all mudhas , what can I do? Anyway it is better to remai n a mudha before your spiritual master. Just like Chaitanya Mahaprabhu , He said that

My spiri tual master saw Me as mudha .

Do not worry, in spite o£ war, Srimad Bhagwatam will be d is tributed .

We don ' t care f or war. Our preaching business will go on . Your desire for the complete Srimad Bahagwatam will be fulfilled . The Sixth Canto I have already completed and I shall begin the Seventh Canto within a

fortnight . When I am relieved from the administration work , then it will

be done .


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P . o . S r e e Mayapur Dham

w. Bengal ( Di s t . Nad i a )

Manasvi dasa adhikari 5 1 Co elho Way Honolu lu , Hawa i i U . S . A .

April 1 s t , 1 9 75

My d e ar Man asvi d as a , } Pl ease accep t my bl e s s ings . I am in du e receip t of your

l e t ter d a t ed March 1 3 th , 1 97 5 and have noted the con tents .

I am very g l a d to h ear that everyth ing i s going on n i cel y there .

Encourage S iddhar Swarup Maharajaato con tinu e to s peak as much

as poss ible and give him al l facil i ti es . Whenever there i s s ome

ques tion or if he speaks s ometh ing incorrect , you may humbly correct h i m or i f need be , I can al s o give correcti on by mail . His book le t is very n i cely done . I t i s sound preach ing .

Conti nue a l l your progr ams there nicely . giving special

s tress to s tri c tly following all of the rules and r e gu l a ti ons

tespecia l ly the four regula tive pr inciples and chanting 1 6 r ounds

dai ly ) then everyth ing will be very ni ce . I wi l l mos t l i kely be

coming there in the fall for s ome time af ter my European and Amer i can tour .

I hope thi s meets you in good he al th .

A . C . Bhak ti vedanta Svam i

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Dr . G . Ghosh Gyan Bhawan 2 2 Mi n to Road Allahabad 2 1 1002

My dear Dr . Gho sh ,

P . O. Sree Mayapur Dham w . B engal ( Di s t . N adi a )

Apri l 5 th , 75

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P l ease a cc ept my gre e tings . I am in due receipt of your two l e tters dated March 2 0th a nd Mar ch 23rd , 1 9 75 a nd h ave no ted the contents very car e fu l ly . I thank you very mu ch for your kind i nvi t a t ion and , tentatively , I accept i t . Mo s t probably , we shall go to All aha bad fro m Vrindavan by the 28 th of Apr i l , 1975 and s tay there for a wee k , and then s tart £or Bombay on the way to Aus tralia by the 5 th of March I wi sh to hold class es on Bhagavad-gita and Srimad Bhagavatam for one h our in th e eve n i n g and one hour in th e morning . I do no t know i f ge ntle me n there wi l l spare so much time . I f not two h ours , then I shall hold one hour Bhagavad-gita clas s , and I wi sh to s e e how people there appreciate our mi s s ionary act ivi ties . I t is s tric tly on the bas is of Lor d Kri s h na ' s teach ings as they are pres ented by Sri Cai tanya Mah aprabhu . Tha t i s our mis sion . s o , if people become in teres ted i n our philos o ph y , then we s hal l consi der th e ot her two i tems , namely , th e nurs ery s chool and di spens ary . S o far dispensary i s concerned , we have non e all over the world . It will be a new a ttempt . S o far th e s ch ool i s concern ed J we have got in Africa and America , and we have got men experi enced to teach on our l i ne . But for d i spens ary , we have no experi ence at all .

I do n o t know how you are a t the pres ent moment about you r hea l th , but I reques t you agai n to come to Vrindavan about the 20th o f Apri l , Then we shall discuss elaborately and make a decision . Otherwis e � if you do not come , we wi l l go a s alr eady decided a nd open a n ice center there if pos s ib le .

I h ope this me e ts you in good heal th .

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P . o . Mayapur Dham w . Bengal ( Dis t . Nadia ) INDIA

Mr . Vincen t Karl c/o SOL Pres s Box 2 3 9 , Van Brunt S tation Brooklyn , N . Y. 11 2 1 5

My dear Mr . K arl ,

April 6 th , 1 9 75

P lease accept my gree tings . I am in due receipt of your le tter dated March 2 0th , 1 9 75 and have noted the contents care ful ly . I wis h to thank you very much for your reading our book: so carefully and scrutinizingly . Any man who reads thes e l iter· a tures wil l f ind a s torhous e o f trans c endental information . I hope you wil l continue to s tudy so nicely on a daily bas is as you have des cribed in your letter .

Regarding your ques tion , you may refer to Adi-l ila , Chaptel 6 , Text 79 along wi th the purport, ( Cai tanya-cari tamrta ) . The answer is there . The bas i c unders tanding is that S ada - S iva is an expans ion of Maha-Vis nu and tha t same Sada- Siva incarnates as Adwai ta carya . Therefo r e , s ince Adwai tacarya is an incarnatio n of S ada- S iva who is non-different from Maha-Visnu . we can s ay tha t Adwai tacarya is an incarnati on of Maha-Visnu . I t can be s aid bo th ways , tha t He is an incarna ti on of S ada - S iva or Maha-Vis nu .


A . C . Bhaktivedanta

Kri sh na Bal aram Temp l e Raman Reti , Vr indava n Di s • Mathura , U . P . , INDIA

Ji tasvar a d a s a 5 4 3 0 Gur ley S t . Dal l a s Texas 7 5 2 2 3 USA

My dear Ji tasvara dasa ,

Apr i l 1 7 , 1 9 7 5

Rl.E

P l eas e accept my b l es s i ngs . I a m i n du e receipt of your

l e t ter d a t ed March 2 7 , 1 9 7 5 and have n o ted th e conten ts . The

bes t thing f or your wif e i s to try and tol erate the pains and to execute her d evo ti onal s ervi ce to the bes t of her capaci ty .

I f thi s i s difficul t , the n she s hou l d try to ge t the proper

treatmen t for her prob l em . And i n thi s cas e , you may consul t

wi th Jag adi s a das a for advi ce . Under any c ircums tan c es , she

should f o l l ow a l l the rul es and reg u la t ions and chan t at leas t 1 6 good r ounds dai l y .

I hope th i s mee t s y o u i n g ood h ea l th .

< A . C . Bhak tivedanta swami

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K r i shna Bal aram Templ e Raman Re ti , Vr indavan D i s t . Mathur a , UP . INDIA

Dvar a k e s a das a brahmacar i Grevga tan 1 8 , 1 1 4 5 3 S to ckho l m , sweden

My dear Dvarakesa das a ,

Apr i l 1 7 , 1 9 7 5

P l e a s e accep t my b l e s s i ng s . I am in due receipt ofyour

le tter dated 3 - 4- 75 a nd h ave no ted the con t en ts . Thank you

for s ending the f in a l edi ti on of the Swedi sh Sri I sopanis ad .

I t is very very n i c e . I am very anxi ous to s e e a l l of my book s

pr i n ted in the Swe ed i sh l anguage , s o c o ntinue your pri n ting ,

and d i s tr ibu t i ng wi th al l e n thus i as m .

I hope thi smee ts you in good heal th .

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A.c. :Shal<t1vedanta Swami

�ridandi Qoswami c:fl.C. �fiaktivedanta $wami Founder-Acharya :

International Society for Krishna Consciousness CENTER : 3 1 8 East 2 0th Avenue

Columbus , Ohio

DATE . . . . Ma.y . . 81 . • • . • . • . • • • • . . • • • • • • . • • 19 .1?.�

My Dear Upendra ,

Please accept my blessings . I am in due receipt of your letter dated 4 May, 1 9 6 9 , and I have noted the contents with much encouragement . Regarding the church , I think you should try for it by all mean s , and if need be I sha l l see that the funds which you need will be loaned to you . I have al ready informed Tarnal Kri shna that the Los Angeles temple may be cal led upon to give thi s loan . So try for i t , because such a nice church wi l l be a tremendous boon to our Seattle propaganda activitie s .

Regarding your question about the difference between mind and soul , the mind i s one of the sense s , and the soul i s the owner of the sense s , including the mind . The mind i s material , just l ike the material body, but when the material coverings are taken away, as we revive our spiritual body, s imilarly we revive our spiritual mind also . At the present moment, my material mind , intell igence and ego is carrying me in different types of bodies , because mind has different desires , and i t carries the soul just l ike finer air carries the flavor of the flower or some other sme l l . So the mind i s an instrument , and the soul i s the worker of the instrument .

I hope thi s wi l l meet you in good heal th and cheerful mood .

Yo r ever well-wishe� , JIV '! / I I. I I

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Prof . O . P . Goel ? , Krishna Kunj Plot 1 43 , Tuls ipipe Road , Matunga , Bombay-26 , INDIA

My dear Sriman O . P . Goel j i ,

9 Marimba Crescent , City Beach Perth , West ern Aus tralia

May 1 0th , 75

J Please accept my gree t ings . I beg t o acknowle dge rece ipt of your

l e t t er dated April 1 s t , 1 9?5 . Please excus e me for my late reply , as I was very very busy in Vrindava for the opening c eremony of our Krishna Balaram Temple . As I was scheduled to rome to Bombay after the ceremony , I thought I shall call you at my Bombay residence , ( Hare Krishna Land , Juhu , Bombay ) and talk with you in detail . But c ircumstant ially , I s taye d in Bombay for a few hours only be cause from Vrindavan , I went to Delhi , then to Kurukshe tra a s I was invited by Sri G . L . Nanda in a big meet ing , an d again I came back to Delh i , then to Bombay and on the s ame night , to Perth , Aus tral ia , where I am now s taying.

Your proposal f or c o-operat ion with IS KCON is welc ome . I very much appreciat e your proposal . The mass problem at the present moment in India is actually a foo d problem . I have there fore deci de d to s tart s ome village organi zation program--namely , pe ople should be invi ted to live in the village , produce their own foods tuff ( grains , fruits , and vegetables ) , ma intain a suffi c ient number o f cows to get a large quantity of milk , produce their own c lo th , eat sumptuously for keeping fit in health , and then they can regularly sit down and chant the Hare Krishna Maha-mantra . I shall arrange for the irrigat ion of the land and the pe ople living there should give their labor for their own food and c lothing , and then chant Hare Krishna Maha-mantra and cultivate Krishna Consciousness . Bes i des that , our men should go from village to village with Sankirtan party , hold fest ival , namely dis tribution of Bhagavat prasadam and induce them chant and j oin with us in v ibrat ing the Hare Krishna Maha-mantra . In India , they are not le ss than 95% villagers an d Mahat ma Gandhi wan t e d this village organization . I think this i s a s olid program. The people must eat sumptuously--not voraciously and make them fit for working and cha nting . In fuis way , they will be purifie d andeverything will be nic ely organized. We require s om e men only like your good s elf to co-operate with this movement . The ne c essary things in this c onn e c t ion will surely be s upplied by Krishna . Simply we want some s incere worker like your honor . Up to date , I am working chiefly with my foreign assistan ts and disciples . In India , for them there is the language difficulty , otherwise they are ready to work in I n dian villages als o . Besi des that , they have visa problems . Under the circumstan c es , I require immediately s ome

·� willing , educat ed worker for this purpos e . So , kindly reply this l e t t er 'Vh�P·�Y Honolulu c enter . The address is as follow: 51 Coelho Way , Honolulu ��a i i , USA .

By the by , I be t o requ est you to s e e His Excellency , Shri Aliyavar Jung , the G overnor o f Maharashtra in c onnect ion with our temple cons truct i on , the sanct i on for which is pending in his hand. The Governor of U . P . , Dr . Channa Reddy , approached him on my behalf on December 1 8th , 1 974 , the c opy of the let t er is enclos e d herein . The Governor of Maharashtra acknow-

which is giving me too much anxi e ty . I have established about 1 00 big big temples all over the world . Unfortunately , I am ge t t ing too much anxie ty in my country and I do not know why . If you kindly solve this problem , it will be a great relief for me and a great service to Krishna .

Thanking you in ant i c ipat ion.

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T e j yas das a dhikar i 1 9 Todar Mal Land New Delhi- 1 1 0001 1 INDIA

My dear Te jyas dasa ,

9 Marimba Cresc ent , C i t y Beach P erth , West ern Aus tralia

May 1 2th , 75

Pl eas e ac c e pt my bless ings . Enclos e d is one l e t t er address e d t o Acarya Prabhakar Misra . Please find. I do not know his address in Delhi , but I am sure that you know i t . Pleas e me e t him and hand this l e t ter over t o him or forward it by post as i s conveni ent for you . Pleas e also ke ep in c onstant contact with Laxman s . Agarwal and his genious w i f e a ls o . Try to encourage them to cons truct the t e mple in their fact ory as soon as poss ible .

Also ke ep in cons tant c ontact with that Oria Mini s t er of De fens e . I forget his name . Try to get s ome a c res o f land near the Buddha Jayanti Park. I w ish to develop a Janmas tami Park there and inv i t e all the residents of N e w D e lhi there t o obs erve a grand fest ival on Janmas tami day . I wish to cons truc t a grand t e mple of Krishna Balaram and kee p many cows in this park . The residents of New Delhi will be very much encouraged t o vis i t this park . Tha t is my amb i t i on . Both the Deputy Minis t er o f Defens e ( the Oria Minis ter) as well as Mr . A garwal can give us subs tant ial help in this progress .

I hope this m e e ts you in good heal t h .

Enc : 1 l e t t er

A . C . Bhakt ive danta S wami

9 Mari mba Cres c e nt , C i t y Beach P e r t h , We s t ern Aus t ra l i a

Sriman Yadunandan das A d h i kary Gurukulaa

5430 Gurley S t . Dallas , Texas 75223

My dear Yadunandan ,

May 1 4 , 1 975

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Plea s e ac c e pt my blessin gs . I have j us t been informe d by my

s ervant , S ru t akir t i , that the young c h i l dr en , un der t w e lv e , are

not allowed to use t h e i r jappa beads while chant ing . This po l ic y

i s not good . Why this c hange has b e en ma de� I never said t h ey

should n o t us e their beads . That is o ur bus iness . They must be

taugh t h o w t o r e s pe c t t h e ir beads . How they can le arn un less t h ey

use them? Tha t is the t rouble with you we s t erne rs , always cha nging .

No changes should be made w i t h ou t first cons ul t i ng w i t h my GBC

repre sentat i v e . S o , the c h i l dren should i mme dia t e ly be allow e d t o

chant o n t h e ir j appa beads .

I h op e this me ets y o u in g o o d h ealth .

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FILE Let chmore Heath , Wat ford WD2 8EP Hert f o r dshire , London , England , UK

My dear Hansadut ta dasa ,

1 97 Danks S t . , Albert Park Me lbourne , V i c t or i a , Australia

May 1 9 th , 75

Pleas e acc ept my bless ings . I am i n due r e c e i pt of your le t t e r da t ed May 1 5t h , 1 975 an d have n o t e d the c ontents . Your pa ir o f s l i ppers i s very n i c e . Thank you very much . Thank you for s ending my c oat t o Me lbourne . I t is a l i t t le c o ol here . Your program in Germany is a good one . There is no need of es tablishing a d e i t y for the t i me b e i n g in thes e plac e s you have ment i one d . S imply make a n i c e preach ing c e n t e r . Yes , wh ile you are in India you may appo int other c ompe t ent devo t e es to take res pons i b i l i t ies . I am very pl eas e d with the l i fe me mber pro gram as we ll as the annadhan program . That is a very goo d i d e a .

Regar ding BBT a ffairs , European pub l i c a t i ons are your main bus iness , but for the t ime be ing , you mus t als o s e e to the a c c ounts and managing o f the BBT i n USA . Bhagavan can als o be another BBT trus t e e . His name can be added t o the l is t . I t is approve d by m e that you ge t the books for only 20% above the cost of pri n t i n g .

Regar ding t h e farm , what ever money I had , they have t aken 3� lakhs i n India . G iriraja t o ok 2 lakhs a n d Jayapat aka Swami t ook 1� lakhs . S o , you can provide the funds from Europe I think . A s far as machines are conc erne d , i t i s b e t t e r t o avoi d us ing them as far as pos s i bl e . I am enc los ing one l e t t e r t hat I have recently wri t ten t o Mahamsa S wami c on cerning t h e farm f o r your informa t i on .

I hope this mee t s you i n good health .

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CENTER : 1 9 7 Danks S t . , A l b e r t Park M e l b o u rne , V i c t o r i a , Aus t ra l i a

Pra bha n u dasa a dh i k a r i 400 1 8 th A v e . Eas t S e at t l e , Wash i n g t on 9 8 1 1 2 U S A

M y d e a r Prab h a n u dasa ,

DATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ��Y . . � 9.� h . . ·' · . . . . . . 19 . 7.?

P l e a s e a c c e p t my b l e s s i n gs . I a m i n d u e r e c e i p t o f y o u r le t t e r d a t e d

May 1 5 t h , 1 975 a n d have n o t e d t h e c o n t e n t s . I h a v e a c c e p t e d Lauri and J o n i

f o r 1 s t i n i t i a t i o n . Th e i r n a m e s a r e as f o l l o ws : Lal i t a d e v 1 das i a n d

J i v a n a u s a d h i d e v i dasl r e s pe c t i ve ly . Th e i r b e a ds ma y b e c h a n t e d o n b y S a t -

s va r u pa Mahara j a . A l s o I h a v e a c c e p t S i mha das a , Ana gha dasa , and Dhanas r i

das i , a n d K an t i ma t i das i f o r 2 n d i n i t i a t i o n . L e t t h e m h e a r t h e t a p e o f my -

s e l f c ha n t i n g t h e gaya t r i man t ra . I t sh o u l d b e h e a r d t h r o u gh t h e r i gh t e a r .

Th e i r man t ra s h e e t s a n d t h r e a ds a r e e n l o s e d . Tra i n a l l o f o u r boys a nd g i rls

to f o l l o w t he r ule s c ar e f u l l y , c h a n t ing 1 6 r o unds and r e a d i n g o u r b o o ks v e r y

c a r e f u l l y .

I h o pe t h i s me e t s y o u i n g o o d

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H is Holiness Tus t a Krishna Swami P . O . Box 65 082 Mairangi Bay , Aucklan d New Zealand

My dear Tus ta Krishna S wami ,

May 20th , 1 975

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Please acc e pt my blessings . I am in due re c e i pt o f your le t ter

dat e d May 1 4 , 1 975 and have noted t he c ontents . Thank you for the

U. S . 226 dollars an d the A. 50 dollars daks i na . I a m very glad to

hear that you are keeping yourse lf busy preach ing. Don , t become a

dead man . Always preach .

I t is very nice here in Melbourne . The t e mple is very b eaut i ful .

Iwill leave from here on the 23rd for F i j i and s t ay the re for two days .

Then I shall go t o Honolulu an d s tay for at leas t one month .

I hope this me e t s you in goo d health .

A . C . Bhaktive da n ta Swami

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My dear Radhaballabha das a ,

Maye26th , 1 975

Please accept my bless ings . I am in due rec e i pt of your let ter

dated 5/1 7/75 and have noted the contents . I have also rece ive d the

firs t volume of the Madhya -lila. It is very nic e . The pictures of

Jagannatha Puri and the S amadh i tombs o f Rupa G oswami , Jiva Goswami ,

and Krishna das Kaviraja are very n i c e . I wil l be very pleased i f you can pro duce these bo ok s at top s pe e d . Please do this .

I hope this mee ts you in good health .

--�-r;c . Bhakt i vedanta S wami

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Hansadu t t a dasa a d h i kari Bha k t ivedan t a Manor

L e t chmore H e a t h , Wa t ford WD2 8EP H ert fordsh ire , London , En g . UK

My d e a r Hansa dut ta dasa ,

fiLE May 3 1 , 1 975

P l e a s e a c c e p t my bless i n gs . I am i n due r e c e ipt o f your l e t t er

da t e d May 23 , 1 975 and have no t e d t h e contents . I approve your i deas .

Yes , London i s a c i t y wh ere we can open many c e n t e rs . If poss ible ,

do it .

In M e l bo urne , I s a w one de vo t e e girl who l o oke d a l mo s t exac tly

like Haimava t i . The r e fo r e I a s k e d about he r . Yes , she is w e l come

here if she likes . I h o pe t h i s m e e t s y ou in good health .

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Krsna V i l a s i n i devi das i 3 765 Watseka Ave . Los Ange l e s , C a . 90034

M y dear Krs na V i la s i n i d evi das i ,

P l ea s e a c c e p t my ble s s i ngs . I am i n due re c e i pt o f y o u r l e t t er

da t e d May 29t h , 1 975 and have n o t e d t h e c on t ents . There a r e many

e xamples in h i s t o ry of pers o n s who have b een v ery much d isabled phy-

s i ca lly , but s t i l l have exe c u t e d Kri shna Cons c io usne s s . S t i l l , up

to date in p l a c e s l i ke Vrindavan , I ndia , t h e r e are many pers ons who

are blind , cri ppled , lame , d e forme d , etc . , but they are de t e rmined

t o prac t is e Krishna C o ns c i o us n e s s t o their b e s t ab i l i ty . S o , y ou

s h o u l d also do like t ha t . S i mply be d e t e r m i n e d t o pra c t i s e t h e pro-

c e ss of Bhakt i -yoga w i t h wha t eve r abi l i t i es you may have . I f you

are r e al ly s i ncere , t h e n Krishna w i ll give you h e l p . If y o u require

any me d i c a l h e l p , y o u can take as much as i s n e e de d .

I h ope t h i s me e ts you i n g o o d heal t h .

A . C . Bhakt i v edanta S wami

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His Holiness Mahamsa Swami Hare Krishna Land Nampally S tation Rd . Hyderabad , A . P . , INDIA

My dear Mahamsa Swami ,

June 3 , 1 975

J Please a c cept my bless ings . I am in due receipt of your letter

dated 24-5-75 and have noted the c ontents . Regarding A cyutanan da ' s

preachi ng , what is the use o f critic izing Sai Baba and creat ing s ome

en emies? Do not do this in public meetings . It is different to do

i t i n a private meeti n gs You can d iscuss all details a bout the farm

with Hansadutta and then do t h e needful . He will be c oming there

very roo n . Anyway I a m forwarding your report t o h i m for his infor -

mation . Regarding regis tration with the Endowments dept . , you can

discuss this with Gopal Krishna . 1 ho pe this mee ts you in good health .

A . C . Bhakt ive danta Swami

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H i s Holiness , Gargarnuni S wami 1 0 1 4 Emer s tnns t . Evans t o n , Ill . 60201

My d e ar Gargamuni , / /

June 8 , 1 975

Pleas e a c c e pt my bless i ngs . I a m in due receipt o f your l e t ter

dat e d May 30 , 1 975 an d have n o t e d t he c on t e nts . G o on preaching for

now , s o far money matt ers , that we s hall s e e lat e r . Preach i ng is

our l i fe . Follow stric tly the principle s , read , chan t , --then there

is s uc c e ss . And i f you don ' t do this , spiritual s trength is r e du c e d .

I t is j ust l i k e a snake is very powe rf ul , s o long h e has got poison .

If i t has no poison , nobody c ares £or i t . S i milarly , this chanting ,

reading , and following the principles is our s piritual strength.

I hope this me e t s you in good health .

A . C . Bhaktive dan ta S wami

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Sri Govinda dasa 1 0 1 4 Emerson S t . Evan s t o n , I l l . 60201 FILE M y dear S r i Govinda dasa ,

P l e a s e ac c e pt my b l e ss ings . I am i n due re c e i pt o f your invi-

t a t ion da t e d June 5 , 1 975 and hav e s t u d i e d i t c ar e f u l ly . One year ago , I a lready a c c e p t e d the i nvi ta t i o n of Philade lphia t e mple for

t h e i r Rathaya tra and t h e y are holding i t on the same da t e as you .

S o , I may not be a b l e t o c o m e t h e r e for the fes t i val , but I can

c o m e the re for a few days s t ay o n my way from Los Ange l e s t o Phila r:o

adelphia , probably abo ut the 8th or 9th o f July , an d I shal l have

t o leave Ch i cago on the 1 1 th of July i n orde r to a t t end the Phila del-

phia Rathayatra . I f this is alr i ght w i t h you , th e n w e can d o i t

like t ha t . I f you l ike , y o u can s e t up those a ppo intments and me e t -

ings dur ing tha t t i me . That w i l l be nice . I will b e s e e ing y o u all

at t h a t t i me .

I hope this me e t s you i n good heal th .

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5 1 Coelho Way , Honolulu , Haaai��Jl� Hansadut t a das a adh i kari B: haktivedant Manor Let chmore Heath , Wat ford WD2 8EP Hert fordshire , Londo n , Eng .

My dear Hansadut ta ,

June 8 , 1 975

Please ac c ep t my bless ings . I am in due r e c e ipt o f y o ur l e t t er

dat e d May 3 0 , 1 975 and have not e d th e contents . I don ' t t hink that

Hayagriva is at faul t . He has not changed th e meaning or the philo-

s o phy in any way . But i f you like to use the or i ginal manuscript ,

then if i t is poss ible , you can us e i t .

I hope this me e t s you in good health .

A . C . Bhaktivedanta Swami

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S udama dasa G os wa mi 1 014 Emers on S t . Evans t on , Ill . 60201

My dear Sudama ,

Pleas e a c c ept my bless ings . I am in due re ceipt of yo ur letter

dat e d June 2 , 1 975 and have n o t e d the c ontents . Las t t ime , ��eft I

when I saw you i n Hawaii , and I saw that you had become mad , I was

ve ry s urpr is e d how you had bec ome like that . S o , I praye d t o Krishna

to bring you back. Now , be very careful . Don ' t make any mis takes .

K e e p c o mpany with Bhavananda . He is very s incere . Als o keep Garga-

muni with you. Now , the s cholarly s e c t ion of soc iety is a c c epting

our philosophy . Perhaps you have seen Professor Judah ' s book. So ,

we have got s o many t hings to do , s trictly on Lord Caitanyas princ i pl e .

I hope this m e e ts you i n good health .

A . C . Bhakt ivedanta S wami

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Chaityaguru das ISKCON-Puran S ingh Close P . O . B ox 28946 Nairobi , Kenya , Africa

My dear Chaityaguru dasa ,

June 1 0 , 1 975

Please acc ept my bless ings . I am i n due receipt of your letter

dat ed June 6 , 1 975 and have not e d the contents . The idea o f the

Bhetnama system is that the man pays the cost of the room and we

make a plate wi th his name on it saying , 11 the c os t was pay e d by such and such p erson" . When ever he may c ome , he can use the room .

And when he is gone we will us e the room for other guests , but if

he may come the room will imme diate ly be made available . Aft er his

death , his biers cannot ma.ke any claim on the room . vlh ile staying

with us , they mus t follow the pr inciples and there should be a c er-

tain l i mit to how long they can stay . For the details , I think

G1riraja can find out how it is don e at Tirupat i and other temples

in India and le t you know . I will ask h i m to d o so and inform you .

I hope this me e ts you i n good h ealt h .

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Mr . R . Van d e n Tak 60 Live rpool S t . Pa d d ingt on , 202 1 Sydn e y , A us tralia

My dear Mr . Va n den Tak ,

June 1 0 , 1 975

Pl eas e accept my gr e e t i ngs . I am i n due r e c e ipt o f yo u r letter

dat e d 1 -6-75 an d have n o t e d the cont ents . Y our endeavor to prove

s c i e n tifically the exis t e nc e of re-incarnation is n ot very pract ical .

I t i s like bringin a cannon t o kill a mosquito . It is not require d

to bri ng a cannon t o kill a mos qu it o , s imilarly any sane man can un-

derstand t h e principle of re-in carnat ion . There is n o n ee d of giv-

ing s ome l on g so-call e d s c i e nt i f ic explan a t i on . Explanat ion is al-

ready give n i n the Bhagavad-gita , as it is . Krishna , the Supreme

Authority has already expla i n e d , and you should acc ept an d understand

His expla nation and then t ry t o make others un ders tan d . You should

visi t our temple in Sydney . The a ddress is : Corner Wrights Rd. and

Drummoyne Ave . , Drummoyne N . s . w . I hope this meets you in g o o d health .

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My d ear Tejyas dasa ,

June 1 0 , '1 975

FILE Pl eas e a c c ept my blessings . I am in d ue r e c e i pt of y o ur l e t t er

da t e d May 29 , 1 975 and have n o t e d the contents . Yes , I ha v e s e en the

s p o t f o r the fac t ory -man d i r . Go ahe ad with the plans and s end me a

c o py o f t h e plans . I t is very nice that Mr. Patnai will help us .

P e rs i st in that dir e c t io n . He w i l l b e a gre a t h e l p is }fe c a n ge t

some l and for us . Also Mr . Agarwal c an try . We want t o ha v e a park

in front of Buddha-Jayanti park . W e s hall cal l i t Krishna-Jayanti

Park . We can have o ur temple there , a l o n g w i th gosha lla , e t c . Try

to arrange these things .

I h o p e t h i s me e ts you in g o o d h e al t h .

A . C . Bhakt ivedanta Swami

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leas e a c c ept my b l e s s i ngs . I am in due r e c e i pt o f your l e t t e r

da t e d June 6 , 1 975 and have no t e d t h e c on t e nts . N o , y o u sh o u l d n o t

bo ther wi t h all this nonsens e . As t ro l o gy w i l l n o t save you a t th e

t i me o f death . My G ur u Mahara j a was a gre a t as trologer a n d as t ronomer ,

but h e gave i t all up . I t is meant for t h e karmis . We have no i n t -

erest i n s uch t h ings . I h o pe t h is m e e t s y o u in g o o d health . I

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My d e a r Batu G opa la da s a ,

June 1 2 , 1 975

P l eas e ac c ep t my ble s s ings . I a m in due re c e ipt o f y o ur l e t t e r

d a t e d June 9 , 1 975 a n d have no t e d t h e c on t e nt s . Thank y o u very much

f or s e l ling s o many books the r e . T h i s is v e ry muc h want e d . Try t o

s e l l a ga i n more and more e a c h day . Rega r ding naming y o u r Cl eveland

c en t e r , New Govard han H i ll is a very nice name . But as far as wor

/) .. 1f1/CI."'d4.cll 1 5' citJ.. s h i ping a � from Govardhana h i l l , that we shall s e e la t er on .

I h o pe th i s me e t s you in g o o d health .

A . C . Bha kt ive danta Swami ACBS/ps

... .

My dear Dinanatha ,

5 1 Coelho Way , Ho n olulu , Hawai i , USA

June 1 4 , 75

Please a c c e pt my gre e t i ngs . I th ank you very much for your letter

dat ed 30-5-75 . I am very s orry t o say that I did not rece ive yo� l e t t er

addressed to me at Mayapur . I am s t ill in Hawaii and I shall leave th is

place by the 20th of June for Los Angeles . Our temple there is s it uat e d

a t the following addres s : 3 764 Watseka Ave . , Los Angeles , California ,

USA 90034 .

I am not re turn ing t o I ndia by Rathayatra fest ival becaus e there are

programs here in Ameri ca and Europe --Rathayatra fes tival in five different places like , London , Philadelphia , Chicago , San Francisc o , and Melbourne .

S o , I am introducing this Rathayatra festival in the Western c ountries and the idea is r e c e ived everywhere very very e n t hus ias t i cally .

I am enclosing herewi th o n e Back to Godh ead magaz ine spe c ifically

de dicated to des cribing the Rathayatra a ct ivities .

After leaving India , I went t o Aus tralia and therewwe have construc

ted a very nice temple o f S ri Caitanya Mahaprabhu , Radha-Krishna , and Lord

Jagannatha at Melbourne . This movement is be ing highly appreciated by

the higher e du c a t e d c ircle . One pro fessor in Berkly , California Univer

s i ty has wri t t e n one b i g book i n favor of th is moveme nt , "Hare Krishna

an d the Coun t e rc ulture " .

I am gla d that you are now writ ing books about Lord Ramachandra . I t

i s a very good idea . I think you are a devo t e e o f Lord Ramachan dra , a nd

because you are my ve ry o l d and dear friend . I will s ugges t now in your

old age ( when your s ons are grown-up and well-situa t e d ) , why not j oin this

movement and retire from family life? According t o o ur vedic principl e , -�ef�erson , espec ially a Brahmana , s hould leave h o me after the 50th year

and acc ept the order of Vanaprastha . Then after a few years o f Vanapras tha ,

one sh oul d a c c ept t h e Sannyasa order for the rest of his l i fe and devote h i ms elf fully in the s e rv i c e of t h e Lor d .

' Ji !'!; ' . 1:��.· . . < ._�f. . � f '? ,:�' 5 1 C o e lho Way , "if�l\l l u , Hawa i i , US A

Ba t u Gopala dasa dhikari 1 5 720 Euc l i d Ave . Eas t C le v e land , Ohio 44 1 1 2

My dear Batu Gopala ,

1 '7 J un e .th , 75

Please a c c e p t my b l e s s ings . I am i n d ue r e c e ipt o f your l e t t e r

da t e d June 8 t h , 1 975 and have n o t e d t h e c o n t e nt s . I a c c ept t h e pers ons

you have r e c o mmended for i n i t i a t ion ( f irs t ) . The i r names are as f o l lows ,

B i l l --Bhama dasa , Brenda--Brahma-vadini d e v i das i , M i cha e l--Mahana dasa .

T h e i r beads may be chan t e d by K i r tanananda S wam i . A l s o , I have a c c e pt e d

D i vyanga dasa f o r 2nd in i t iat i o n . H is thread and man t ra she e t are enclos-

e d h er e i n . Let him hear t h e tape o f mys e lf chan t ing gayatri man tra through

his r i ght ear .

I hope t h i s me e ts you i n g o o d heal t h .

A . C . Bhak t i v e danta Swami

A CBS /ps

Encr\ 1 thread , 1 man t ra s h e e t . ..

-0, J(JanaJ �u...) wdml J!.C. GJ3fiaktivedanta Swami Founder-Acharya: International Society for Krishna Consciousness

CENTER 51 Co elho Way , H on olulu , Hawa i i

Bhakta , Jayananda , Bahulasva 455 Val encia S t . San Franc is co , Ca . 94 1 03

My dear Bhakta , Jayananda , and Bahulasva ,

DATE June 1 ? , 1 975

Please a c c ept my blessings . I am in due r e c e i pt o f your l e t t ers

dat e d June 1 3th and 1 5th , 1 9 75 and have no t e d the c ont ents . It sounds

like things are going very n i c e ly there . I wi ll come for Rathayatra

fest ival and then I shall s e e the new bui lding also . The photos were

ve ry ni c e . R e garding the sannyasis convincing me n withi n the t emple

that they should leave and go w i th the m on their part i e s , that is not

at all good. I have never approved of this a c t io n . You c an tell

them . Everyone is c oncoct ing s ometh ing o f their own . I t mus t be

checke d . The sannyasi s should work wi th what men they have got and

they cannot s e cre t ly c onvinc e men in the t emple s to l eave their du-

t i es . Those dut i es also mus t be done an d they are just as i mportant

as any other servi c e .

Regarding the books being sold for less than $4 , that we shall

dis cuss in L . A . with Ramesvar .

I hope this me e t s you in good hea

A . C . Bhakt i v e danta S wami

ACBS/ps

N . B . Why did you publish this college program book independantly and unauthori zed? Any l i t erature that is to be published on behalf of the movement , mus t be author i z e d by the BBT Trus t e es . You have not even ment ioned my name in this book . Thi s is not at all goo d . Why have you done this?

'"(:jridandJ �oswainJ cfi.C GJJfiak.tivedanta $wami Founder-Acharya:

International Society for Krishna Conscious ness

CENTER 51 C o e lho Way , H o n o l u l u , Hawa i i

Karandhar dasa P . O . Box 6 6 - 1 540 N i avaran , Te hran I ran

My d e ar Karandhara ,

DATE June 1 8 , 1 975

P l e a s e a c c e pt my b l e s s i n gs . I am in due r e c e i p t o f y o ur l e t t er

da t e d 6/9/75 an d h a v e n o t e d the c on t e n t s . A ny po s i t i o n w e r e main i n ,

we mus t hav e f u l l d e p en d an c e o n o ur s p i r i t u a l l i f e . - - c ha n t i n g 1 6

r ounds dai l y , f o l l o w i n g t h e f o u r r e gula t iv e p r i n c i pl es , e t c . Th i s

w i l l ma i n t a i n o u r s p i r i t u a l s t r e n g t h . A n d i f w e ma i n t a i n o u r s p i r i

t ual s t r e n g t h , t h e n anywh e r e w e l i v e , w e l i v e u n d e r t h e pr o t e c t i on

of K r i s hna . A N a rayana - para or a p e r s o n wh o is f u l l y surr e n d e r e d

t o N a rayana i s n o t a f ra i d t o l i v e e v e n i n m o s t dan g e r o u s p l a c e . H e

i s a l w ays s a f e , u n d e r t h e pro t e c t i o n o f Naray ana .

To h e lp t h e p r e a c h i ng w o rk , t h a t i s a l s o prea c h i n g . I f y o u can

g e t m on e y t o h e l p e x pan d o ur pr e a c h i n g a c t i v i t i e s , that is preach i n g .

W e r e q u i r e m o n e y . Laks m i i s t h e i m me di a t e as s i s t ant o f Narayana .

Narayana i s a l ways pr e c e e d e d by t h e w o r d Laksmi . The Mayava d i ph i l

o s o ph e r s d o n o t t o u c h l aksmi , b u t w e a c c e pt f o r t h e s e r v i c e o f K r i shna .

We a r e n o t o f t h e m e n t a l i ty o f Rav ana who t o o k Laks m i f r o m N arayana

and b e c a m e ru i n e d . K e e p L aks m i and N a rayana a l ways t o g e th e r and you

w i l l b e c o m e a s p o w e r f u l a s Hanuman . He is a l w ays worsh i p e d along

w i t h Lord Rama a n d Laks m i -S i t a . The r e are many t e mp l e s o f Hanuman

in I n d i a .

R e ga r d i n g i nv e s t i n g money the r e i n I r an , I have n o ob j e c t i on

i f i t i s k e p t i n A t r e y a R s i ' s name . H e i s o n e o f our m e n . P l ease

send the c o mpl e t e d e t a i l s in this c onn e c t i on and I s h a l l d e c i de .

I h o p e t h i s m e e t s y o u i n g o o d h e a l h .

r tJJ., w e l l -w i

A . C . Bhak t i v e dan ta Swami

ACBS /ps

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His Holiness Guru Kripa Swami I SKCON

2- 1 -44 M.i ta Minato-ku Tokyo

My Dear Guru Kripa Swami :

FILE 3?64 Watseka Ave . , Los Ange les , Ca l . June 21 , 1975

Please accept my blessings . 1 am in due receipt of your letter dated June 9 , 1975 and have noted the contents carefully. I can understand that you are feeling something regarding your collecting program . These thi ngs

can be decided by the GBC . One thing is that I may take up one pro ject of

construc ting a Varna Ashrama College and Temple in Kurukshe tra in India. I am presen tly negociating for this . and i f we get the opportuni ty , I

shall spend the money here first . So in Japan you go on collec ting ,. and I shall tell you how to spend .

Anyway you don " t fee l any botheration. Dai Nippon has agreed to take money in exchange of books . Whatever money you pay , you print books and send to Indi a . You c an also send to Aus tralia or to U SA if they wan t . You begi n wi th Srimad Bhagawatam and the small edition of Bhagavad-gita. Our work must go on . The world is suffering on account o f not taking up Kri shna consciousness , so we have to try to save them . You kindly help me to do this .

I hope thi s meets you i n good heal th .


ACBS/bs

f\\..TZ

Sriman Svarupa Daaodara dasa

1287 Ponce de Leon

Atlanta, Georgia 30J06

My Dear Svarupa Damodara dasa :

3764 W atseka Ave . , Los Angeles , Ca.

2J/June 75

Please accept my blessings . I am in due receipt of your letter dated June 20 , 1975 with enclosures, and I thank you very much for it. It is very good that you are progressing with the book proving scientifically that Lord Sri Krsna is the origin of life. Yes , do it slowly but surely. lt i s important work for our preaching mission.

As you say you are thinking of retiring from the university, yes , as you are not a family man, you can do i t for better service to the Lord . Regarding Manipur, you said that there is a Govinda temple there and that they are willing to hand over the management. I think some body came to see me in India about i t , but I don ' t exactly remember the name . The best thing will be for you to retire and take charge of such a noble project.

Regarding your question about the jiva soul in the heart and the jiva soul wi thin the cells, they are separate . Both are jiva atmas , but a particular jiva belongs to a particular body. There is the jiva in this body, but there are also jivas within the cells . Just like I am living within this apartment, but does i t mean that no other living entity can live here . There are so many ants, flies, bugs , they are also living within the apart• ment. Even in my stool there are thousands of living entities.

Your second question is not very clear what you want to ask , but the fact i s that each and every living entity i s covered by two kinds of bodies , one subtle and one gross. So the subtle body causes the living entity to take another gross body. We have got experience that in dreaming the gross body is i nactive while the subtle body i s continuing activities ; and again in deep sleep the subtle body stops activities. The living entity after being carried by the subtle body to another gross body, it sometimes remains in deep sleep in the womb of the mother. Then gradually the subtle body begins to act wi thin another gross body. When this gross body is fully developed befitting to come out of the mother' s body, that is called ano ther birth. Again he changes to another gross body impercetively. Just like in the film thousands of pictures are moved imperceptively. It looks that the body in the picture is moving, but the audience cannot under-stand that there are so many pictures in the spool. They think that the picture i s moving . Similarly every second every moment we are changing the body.

Those who are not sober cannot understand how the spirit soul is changing from one body to another. Krsna therefore says that this change of body can be appreciated only by the dhiras . dhiras tatra na muhyati . While those who are not dhiras cannot understand how the soul is changing from one body to another. There are two kinds of men , dhira and adhira. The modern education is producing only the adhira class who are neither sober or educated . Therefore the majority of the population cannot understand how the soul is transmigrating from one body to another. They

2 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • svarupa Damodara dasa 23/June/1975

are only interested in wine and woman under the impression of the bodily

concept of life . Therefore out of so many scientists in this country

only you and the few others are understanding the importance of this

subject matter. manusyanam sahasresu. So please work very hard , fol

lowing our rules and regulations and you will always remain in the fire

of Krsna consciousness.

Regarding your asking me to come to Atlanta, it may be possible . That I shall see .


l I

A .C . Bhaktivedant

ACBS/bs

I I

FILE 1 01 4 Emers on St . , Evanston , Ill .

Sriman Hansadutta das Adhikary

ISKCON

6241 Schloss Rettershof

uber Konogstien/ Taunus

We s t Gennany

My Dear Hana.adutta das :

July 2 , 1 97 5

Please accept my ble s s ings . I am in due receipt of your le tter dated

June 1 0 , 1 97 5 and have noted the c ontent s . Regarding the house in Almora ,

ye s it i s a good prop osal . I shall like to stay there . Almora i s a good

place . You may go see the house personally.

Regarding the clos.ing of Zurich center, that 1 s all right . Don ' t make

compe tition .

I hope this mee t s you in good health.

AC:BS/b s

Na tax.a-Candrika Jusan.:La

Ra.ma Tulasi Tr.:Lpt.:L ISKCON Denver

MY dear daughters ,

Please accept my blessings

I am in due receipt of the ni ce si lver gift box which I already put to my

personal use. I thank you very much for your taking seriousl y tb1ahis Krsna

Consciousnes movement bg spreading this movement of Lord Cai tanya ' s here in

Denver . I am sure that Lord Cai tanya wil l benidictgyaiJ , aaddt�tthliSMtill�

a great success for Krsna Consciousness in Denver .

I hope that this meets you in good health ,

Your ever well wisher,

I 1 r r ( ' { ( r 1 < t7 (

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A . C. Bhakti vedanta Swami

1 0 1 4 E m e r s o n S t . , E v a n s t o n , I l l .

H i s H o l i n e s s J a y ap a t a k a S w a m i

S r i M a y a p u r C h a n d r a d o y a M a n d i r

P . O . S r i d h a m Ma y a p u r

D i s t . N a d i a , W e s t B e n g a l , I N D I A

My D e a r J a y ap a t a k a S w a m i :

J u l y 4 , ] 9 7 5

P l e a s e a c c e p t my b l e s s i n g s . I n H a wa i i t h e y a r e a r r a n g i n g f o r

ma n u f a c t u r i n g p l a s t i c k h o l e s . Y o u c a n a r r a n g e o n e o r t w o B e n g a l j

e xp e r t s i n ma k i n g a n d f i t t i n g t h e h e a d s o f t h e k h o l e s . T h e y m u s t

b e p r e p a r e d t o s t a y w i t h u s f o r a t l e a s t o n e y e a r . W e w i l l p a y

t h e i r t r a n s po r t a t i o n t o H a w a i i a n d r e t u r n a n d a l s o a s m a l l s a l -

e r y . O u r m e n c a n t h e n l e a r n f r o m t h e m . W e n o w r e q u i r e s o m a n y

k h o l e s f o r e xp a n d i n g o u r S a mk i r t a n mo v e m e n t .

I h a v e n o t r e c e i v e d a n y r e p o r t f r o m y o u . I a m a n x i o u s t o k n ow

how y o u h a v e s p e n t t h e mo n e y .

I h o p e t h i s m e e t s y o u i n g o o d h e a l t h .

I

A . c . Bhakt 1veda n t a swami

H i s H o l i n e s s G u r u K r i p a S w a m i

I S KC ON

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M��a t o - k u , T o k y o , J a p a n

M y D e a r G u r u K r i p a M a h a r a j :

FILE 1 0 1 4 E m e r s o n S t . , E v a n s t o n , I l l .

J u l y 8 , 1 9 7 5

P l e a s e a c c e p t my b l e s s i n g s . Re g a r d i n g y o u r r e q u e s t t o d i v e r t

$ 5 , 0 0 0 . 0 0 f r o m y o u r c o l l e c t i o n t o p u r c h a s e a v e h i c l e f o r t h e H a

w a i i f a r m c o s t i n g $ 8 , 0 0 0 . 0 0 d o e s t h e f a r m r e q u i r e t h i s ? D o e s i t

m e a n t h a t w i t h o u t t h i s t r u c k t h e y c a n n o t d e v e l o p ? A c t u a l l y I d o

n o t t h i n k i t i s a v e r y g o o d p l a c e . T h e r e i s n o w a t e r a r r a n g e m e n t . T h e

t e mp l e i s n o t b e i n g m a i n t a i n e d p r o p e r l y . T h e y a r e k e e p i n g l o n g

h a i r s a n d n o t l i v i n g r e s p o n s i b l y . I d o n o t t h i n k i t i s g o o d t o

p u t g o o d mo n e y a f t e r b ad . S o I h a v e a s k e d t h e G B C ' s t h a t a r e h e r e

t o d i s c u s s t h i s , a n d t h e c o n c l u s i o n w a s t h a t i f y o u c a n m a k e p ro -

f i t f r o m s e l l i n g t h e p ro p e r t y , t h e n i t s h o u l d b e d o n e . T h e y s a i d t h a t

t h e p r o p e r t y w a s p u r c h a s e d f o r $ 6 0 , 0 0 0 . 0 0 a n d n o w i s w o r t h $ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 . 0 0 . S o wh y n o t s e l l i t a n d m a k e p r o f i t .

I f t h e r e s t a u r a n t i s m a k i n g p r o f i t d a i l y o f $ 2 0 0 . 0 0 a s w a s r e

p o r t e d , t h e n t h e y m a y p u r c h a s e t h e t r u c k b y p a y i n g $ 1 0 0 . 0 0 p e r d a y .

O n t h e w h o l e I a m n o t i n f a v o r o f i n v e s t i n g i n t h i s p r o p e r t y .

R e g a r d i n g M a n a s v i ' s g o i n g t o I n d i a , i t a p p e a r s t h a t h e i s d o i n g

w e l l i n H aw a i i . I f t h e r e s t a u r a n t i s g o i n g o n , t h e n M a n a s v i ' s

p r e s e n c e i s r e q u i r e d . T h e n w h y s h o u l d h e c h a n g e ? I n B o mb a y t h e r e i s

a l r e a d y a q u a l i f i e d a c c o un t a n t , s o w h y s h o u l d M a n s v i b e c h i e f a c c o u n t =

a n t ? O c a s s i o n a l y h e m a y g o t o I n d i a i f h i s p r e s e n c e i s r e q u i r e d .

I h o p e t h i s m e e t s y o u i n g o o d h e a l t h .

A CB S / b s "

we l l w i s h e r ,

A . c / B hakt i ve d anta Swami ./

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1 01 4 Emerson St . , Evanston, Ill .

His Holine s s Bhavananda das Goswami ISKCON 3 , Albert Road Calcutta- 1 7 INDIA

My Dear Ehavananda Maharaj :

July 1 0 , 1 97 5

Please accept my ble ssings . Enclosed are s ome photograhs of a lake

here where I take morning walk . Now I want that our lake in Mayapur

should be like thi s . You can make the stone stairway on four side s ,

one at each end and one at the middle of each side .


Encs :

I

Sriman Ameyatma das ISKCON 3764 Watseka Ave .

Los Angeles , Ca. 90034

My Dear Ameyatma das :

424 E. Woodlawn Ave .

Philadelphia , Pa. July 1 2 , 1 975

' I )

Please accept my ble ssings . I am in due receipt of your letter dated

June 27 , 1 97 5 and have noted the c ontents . Tha nk you for your nice sen-timents . Yes , this is the pproper for you to satisfy your spiritual master.

It is stated : yasya prasada bhagavat prasada . By the mercy of Krsna one

gets the mercy of Krsna .

As far as your writing additional poetry i s concerned , d o not spend

very much time in this way. It is not very important . There are already & so many prayers written by great acharyas . What will you add t o this?

However if you have got some spare time and the inclination , you can

read the chapters of Krsna Book and put them into verse .


A . c . Bhaktivedanta Swami I

Sriman Te j iyas das Adhikary I SKCON

P.engal i Marke t

1 9, Todermal Lane

Ne1.v De lhi 1 1 0001 My Dear Te j iyas das :

424 E . w-oodlawn Ave .

Philade lphia, Pa .

July 13 1 1 975

FILE

Please accept my ble s s ings . I am in due recei pt of y��r letter dated

July 1 , 1 975 and have noted the c ontent s . It is nice that Mr. Agarwal

want s to construct a temp le for us in Meerut . It is a good, big city.

Regarding the Jaipur land , ye s it is situated i n an important p lace ,

a good locality althou@1 a lit t le de s e rted . If Mr. Jaipuria give s the

land and bui lds the temple , we can take it . Many pi lgra.ms go t he re . I

am encl osing a copy of my letter t o him. It is avery good sugge stion to open the vanaprastha ins titute . The

e lde rly pe ople can live t here acc ording t o t he Vai shnava princ iples and

worship the Dei ty and take prasad . I als o want to open t he Varna As hrama

Colle ge there as t here i s sufficient land .

I hope thi s me e t s you in good health.

ACJ3S/bs

Enc s : 1 'ij": -� ........ � ··�1:J3· : You should check wi th the authoritie s that we can get an import license for import ing p rinting pape r in an e quivalent amount to all the fore i gn exchange we have sent to India . We can print t he book s there , and many wi ll be exported to Africa, U .K . , Fi j i , e t c .

Sriman D .N . Mishra 1 79 , Balaram Dey Street Calcutta-6

641 RamonaAve . Laguna Beach , Ca .

July 2 6 , 1 975

My Dear Dinnana th : · • · ·· · · · · · • • • · ' ./ Please accept my greetings . I am in due rece ipt of your letter dated

June 27, 1 975 and have noted the contents . Re garding seeing your book on Lord Ramachandra partly translated into English , I am very much eager to see it. I am returning to India by the month of October, therefore there is no hurry. When I return I shall be glad to see your book either in Bombay, Vrindaban , or Calcutta .

I have to translate all the Puranas , Ramayana , Mahabharata , and many other thei stic literature s left by the Goudiya Vaishnavas headed by the six Goswamis like Rupa , Sanatan , Jiva, etc . I have already translated about 50 big book s of 400 pages each , and my book s are selling all over the world in universitie s , librarie s , learned profe s s ors , and the public also is receiving my books with great re spect . Of course they are not my books, since I have simply translated ; but my purports for each and every verse from the Bhagavad-gita a nd Srimad Bhagwatam do very much appeal to the people in general as wel l as learned circle s . They are very much appreciating and we are selling to the extent of 30-40 h u ndred thousand s of Rupees per month . Out of this we spend 5�� for the maintenance of our different temple s all over the world and 5�� we spend for reprinting my book s .

I do not take any royalty or any profit out of i t . Sim ilarly if you agree not to take any profit or royalty then our Ehaktivedanta Book Trust will publish your book on Lord Ramachandra .

I have a great desire to tranlate the Valmiki Ramayana because that is authorized . Tulsi das ' Charit manas i s already translated into English by some clergyman, but I do not exactly know his name . Therefore I wish to translate Valmiki Ramayana exactly in the way I have done Srimad Bhagwatam . I am sending herewith a copy of our monthly paper 1 1 Ba.ck to Godhead" in which you will find the mode of translating of Srirnad Bhagwatarn. It begins after page 1 4 . It wi ll give you an idea i n which way we want to translate . Or you are welc ome to come to our temple along with your s on at 3, Albert Road , Calcutta . There you can see in my book s the mode of translation by givi ng the purport of the verse in English .

I therefore sugge sted in my last le tter that now you are in ripe old age , so you can accept vanaprastha life whi ch is your duty as you are born in a brahmin family. Acc ording to our Vedic principle a brahmin is supposed to accept the four ashramas , name ly brahmachary, grihasta , vanaprastha, and sannyas . Others are not do not accept sannyas , but a pers on who i s a brahmin must accept sannyas at the end of his life .

, So I would sugge st that you now retire from family life and accept at ... / least vanaprastha order of life keeping your wife with you as assistant

· and fully e ngaged in translating the Vedic literature as far as possible .

Page 2 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • D . N . Mishra, July 26, 1 975 !

It appears that in the Western countries there is a great demand for real knowledge of Vedic literature . So you are a learned scholar both in English and Hindi , and you can do this c ompletely devoted to the service of Lord Ramachandra.

I have opened many te mples all over the world , numbering 100 . Enclosed herewith are some of the photos of some of the Deities in some of the temples

Very recently we have established our temple in Vrindaban at a cost of 50 lakhs of Rupees or more . The Governor of U . P . , Dr. Channa Reddy was present for two days for the opening ceremony. All the goswamis and sannyasis like Akhananda Swami all attended the ceremony . We have got a guest house there containing about 80 rooms, and the recent report is that not less than 500 men are coming daily to visit the temple . Prasad is being distributed to the poor, and others are purchasing prasad (pakki) to the extent of Rs . 1 00/- per day. We are se lling pur books also.

Now I wish to e stablish some temple of Ramachandra, Sita Ram. Of course it depends on the mercy of Lord Ramachandra . Therefore I am still requesting you to j oin our movement comple te ly retired from family life and e ngage yourself in translation work for the rest of your life .

More when we meet . I hope this meets you in good health.

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A .c. E=le:ldivedanta Swami

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ano ther $28 , 000 . 00 . You a re keeping 1 0 men there in Japan ,

and even if the collection will no t be s o much as you w ere

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d ing setting up a j ewlery bus ines s in Japan , that is all right .

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s tock i s a goo d bus ine s s . A re they our men?

R egard ing inves t ing in a new restaurant , it d o esn ' t mat

t e r it may be $1 00 , 000 . I f there is pro fit there , then you

can inves t . I want that all o f our hous eho lders be engaged

in managing the s e res taurants .

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can purcha s e o ther hous es forrre s id enc e s . I d o no t want any

o f our hous e s to be s o ld . I have no ob j e c t ion to your moving

the farm on the same island w i th the t empl e , but you can pur

cha s e a farm s epara t e and keep the pres ent hous e . W ha t w il l

be gained by s el l ing the hous e ? I do no t l ike this i d ea .

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ter d a ted July 29 , 1 9 75 and have not ed the contents . Rega rd ing the probl em o f how to be agr e s sive on Samkirtan and s ubmiss ive in the templ e , my request to you is that you should go on being a ggres s ive on Samkirt a n . I myse l f was a ggress ive in coming to your c ountry . No one invited me . Even you boys and g irls d id not invit e m e . But , I came and I preached a ggress ively , and therefore you a r enow my d is c ipl e s , S o now you well know you have to a ppro a ch the men and w omen o f your country , and it may a ppear tha t superfic ially that you have to d is turb them . They are d o ing the i r bus iness pea c e ful ly , and you come and d is turb them , " Pl ea s e take this Krishna boo k . "

O f cours e i t i s good tha t you a r e c oncerned a bout be ing cha s t e , shy , and s ubmis s ive a mo ngst your godbro thers . Chana kya Pand i t sa id tha t every man should s e e a ll o ther w omen a s mother , and s imilarly a woma n should s e e a ll men a s s o n , So wha t i s your d i fficul ty? I f you a r e comple t e l y a ggre s s ive on Samk irtan , there should be no mat eria l a ggress iveness and prid e rema ining . You have to d is t ingu ish betw e en d evo t ee s a nd nond evo t ees .

Aggress ion for the cause o f Lord Cha itanya Mahaprabhu is pure . If you b ecome completely absorbed in s uc h aggress ion to spread Samkirtan Movement , there w il l b e no que s tion of want ing to lord i t over in the t emple . Prea ching purifies us o f thes e ma t er ia l t end encies for s ens e gra t i fica t io n . I t i s s imply a matter o f t ime that you w ill s e e this . Do no t worry . Krishna w il l help you .

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A • • Bhaktivedanta Swam i

H I S D IVINE GRACE A . C . BHAKTI VEDANTA SWAMI PRABHUPADA

M e e t ing with t ea c her s of Guruku la

P r a bh up ad a : S o , wh a t are you t ea c h i n g ? Daya n a n d a : S ome o f t h e t e a c h e r s ar e ac ad em i c s t e a cher s ; they t e ac h

in t h e c l a s s room , a n d some a r e c a r i n g f o r t h e c h i ldr e n i n the a s hram , c a r i n g f or t h e i r n e ed s , h e l p i ng t hem get r eady for mongal a r o t i k and t a k i n g care . . . .

Pra b hupada : S o , wha t i s the u l t ima t e g oa l o f teaching ? D a y a n a nd a : S e r v i c e t o K r i shna . P r a bhupad a : Hmm ? Daya n a n d a : N i n e - f o l d proc es s , s e r v i ce to K r i s h n a . Ma n d a l e s v a r a : Fou r t h i n g s : mam-ma n a . . . . a l wa y s t h i nk o f K r i s h n a . . . . P r a b hup a d a : Why o n e s ho u ld g e t l i f e t o become K r i sh n a con s c i ou s ?

One c a n s a y t h a t I c a n b ecome ma t e r i a l co n s c io u s , why I s ho u l d become Kr i s h n a con sc iou s ?

Jag a d i s ha : I n t h e V e da n t a S u t r a , t h e s t a tem e n t i s g i ven , y a t a t ho br ahma j i j n a s a t h a t the h uman l i fe i s meant for Kr i s h na cons c i o u s ne s s .

P r a bh u p a d a : Tha t i s a l l r ig h t , b uy why i t i s nece s s a ry t o b e come Kr i s h n a co n s c i o u s ?

Ja g ad i s h a : I a m not thi s body ; I am sp i r i t sou l . The s o u l i s e t e rn a l . P r a b h up a d a : T ha t ' s a ll r ig ht , t h e sou l i s a t e r n a l - t h a t i s o n e o f

t he i m p or t a n t . . . . K r i s hn a c o n s c io u s n e s s i s r eq u i red beca u s e t h e s o u l i s e t e r na l , b u t yo u r b o d y i s n o t e t er n a l . S o , i n o r d e r to g e t r i d o f t hi s r e p e t i t i on o f b i r t h and d e a t h , t h e r e f o r e Kri s h n a c o n s c i o u s n e s s . To c on q u e r o v e r t h e r ep e t i t i o n o f b i rt h and d e ath : a nd • t e a c h e r ' me a n s o n e who c a n e d u c a t e t h e s t ud e n t t o t h i s u nd e r s t a n d i n g o r th i s p l a t f o r m t h a t t he r e i s n o mo re b i r t h a nd d e a t h . T h e n i t i s per f e c t te a c h i n g . T h e who le t h i ng i s how t o s t op . Nobo d y wan t s to d i e , bu t h e h a s n o ed u c a t ion h o w t o b e c ome f r e e f rom t h e p u n i s hmen t o f d e a t h . T ha t i s wha t n o body ha s ed u c a t i o n o f . A n d no bod y wa n t s to d i e ; t hat ' s a f a c t . S o K r i s hn a c o n s c i o u s n e s s m e a n s t o s top t h i s n u i s a nc e b u s ine s s , repe t i t ion o f b i r t h and d ea t h . The r e f o r e , it i s c o m pu l s o r y , i f o n e is a c t u a l l y e ag e r . I t i s a f a c t t h a t nobo d y wa n t s t o d i e , b u t h e d o e s n o t k n o w , eve n b i g , b ig s c i e n t i s t s - th ey d i s c o v e r so m an y wo nd e r f u l t h i ng s , b u t t h ey cou l d not d i s c o v er a n y t h i ng t h a t he w i l l a l so not d i e . A l l b i g , b ig s c i en t i s t s - t hey d i e . T h a t me a n s we s h a l l a l s o d ie , bu t a f t e r d e a t h t h e r e i s no mor e a c c ep t a n c e o f t h i s mat e r i a l bod y : t h a t m e a n s no more d e a t h . T h i s i s t h e l a s t d e a t h . tya k t v a d e ham p u n a r j a nma n a i t i m a m e t i . We are t e ach i ng t h a t a f t e r ann i h i l a t i o n o f t h i s bo d y , t h e r e i s no more accep t a n c e o f t h i s ma t e r ia l bod y , and , b e c a u s e t h e r e i s no more a c c ep t a n c e o f m a t e r i a l bod y , t h e re i s no m o r e d ea t h . Th i s i s o u r . . . . j anma -mr ty u - j a r a -vyat i . T h a t s ho u l d b e

i m p r e s s e d u p o n t h e s t u d e n t s a n d t h e t e a c h e r s m u s t know i t , t hen i t wi l l be s uc c e s s f u l . T h i s i s k n ow l edg e ; t h a t why o n e s ho u l d h e s u b j e c ted t o b i r t h , d e a t h , o l d a g e a nd d i s e a s e ? W e do n o t wa n t a l l t he s e thi n g s . T h a t i s r e a l s c i e n c e ; t ha t i s r e a l k n ow l e d g e .

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So , our s t ud ent s s ho u l d b e e l evated t o t h i s knowl edge , and we a r e de scrib i ng in o u r b oo k s how t o under s t a nd thi s s c i e n c e . T h a t i s . . . . on e gent l eman , h e i s l ord i n Eng l an d , Lord Penn ardbroker came to see me . So I a s k ed , " Wha t i s your ph i l o sophy o f l i f e ? q He s a i d , " We l l , I ' m t ry i ng to l i ve ful ly , th at ' s a l l . " B u t a f ter dea t h h e h a s no idea . That i s t he d e f ect ; nobod y k n ow s wha t i s g o i ng to happen a fter d e a th .

These peop l e are a c c u s ing u s tha t , " W h a t w i l l h a pp en a f ter de a th , t h i n k i ng l i ke t h a t , t hey are a l r e ady d ead , except they are no t e n j oy i n g t h i s ma t e ri a l wo r l d . " They c r i t i c i z e u s , " You a re think i ng o n l y o f what w i l l happen a f t e r d e a t h , a nd you a r e not tak ing advan t a g e whi l e you are l iv i ng . " Do th ey n o t say l i k e tha t ? We a r e a l so l iv i ng , b u t we are l iv i n g not l i k e i r r e s po n s i b l e men . Our l i ving may s eem t o be d i f fere n t from others who a r e l ivi ng irre spon s i b l y .

Jag adi sha : S r i l a Prabhup a d a , we we re wo n d e r i ng whether t h e r e was any inform a t ion in ��imad Bha g av a t�� abo u t Guru ku l a .

Pra bhupada : Ye s . Jagad i s ha : Dayana n d a pr abh u wa s mention i ng that s ome t h i n g s are i n

the s even t h c hapter , s e ve n t h c a n to . . . . Prabh up ad a : S event h c a nto . You have go t ? S e v e n t h c a n t o ? Y e s . So ,

you want i t t o be p u b l i s hed f ir s t ? No . ( laught e r ) Wh at do yo u want ? I s ha l l exp l a i n , n o ?

Day an an d a : T h a t , s a l l r ig h t . We a r e eag er t o h ea r . P r abhupa d a : Here i s the f i r s t " Na rada uvaca " : " br a hmac a r i guruku l e

_va san d a n t e 9 \.!._:t;��- _f:l_�t <:trl1f_� c a ra n d a s a v a n n i co/g urau s udrdha - s a u hrdah �ata� . B r a h ma c a r i s h o u l d be in g u ruk u l a . d a n t a h , c o n t ro l l i ng the s e n s e s . -�-��a- d�ma and g u r u - h i t am f o r t h e b ene f i t o f gur u , n o t for their persona l b e n e f i t . a c ar a n and da s ava t , a c t ing j us t l i k e s er va n t , the ma s te r o rd er s a nd the s erva ntc.arr i e s o u t the order . d a s ava t n i ca , a l t h oug h he may come from v e r y a r i s to c r a t i c fami l y , brahm i n f am i ly , s t i l l h e sho u l d a c c ept t h e pos it ion o f a men i a l s ervan t . n i c a brahmacar i . . . . n i c a me a n s " humb l e " . No t that " Oh , t h e sp ir i t u a l ma s t e r is ord er ing me to do th i s th i ng whi ch i s not su i t ab l e for my po s i tion . " No , we s h o u l d b e humb l e , t h a t my s p i r i tua l ma s ter o r my t e a cher ha s a sk ed me to do t h is , t h i s c o n s c i ou s ne s s s h ou l d be t h e r e , n o t c h a l l e n g i n g . S o , brahma ca r i g ur uk u l e va s a n . . . . va s a n me an s r e s id i ng ; d a n t a , ve r y s e l f - co n t ro l led . g ur u h� tam , for t h e b e n e f i t o f t he g ur u , n o t f or h i s per sona l bene f i t . g uror h i t am , ac ar a n , prac t i cing or b eha vi ng . a ca r a n d a s a v a t , j u s t l �ke s erva n t , men 1 a l s erva n t . n i c a . . . . humb l e . g u rau . . . . Why we s ho u l d d o ? We are n o t g e t t i ng a n y mon e y . g u r a u sau h rda-h/gurau s udrd h a s a u hrda h . Th e s e th i ng s a re accepted o u t o f love f o r the s p i r i t u a l ma st er . J us t l i k e you a r e work ing ; I am n o t p a y i n g y o u , bu t why a r e you wo r k i n g ? O u t o f your love for m e . T h i s i s the b a s i c pr i nc ipl e . gurau s u d rdha- s a uhr d a h . s udr d ha . . . . firm . On e sho u ld b e con v i n c ed t ha t my spirit u a l ma s t e r i s m y b e s t fr i en d , a nd t he re f o r e , I mu s t re nd er s e r v i c e t o h im o n t h i s b a s i s . T he s e r v i c e whi c h you a re r e n de r ing , i t i s n o t po s s i b l e to b e done e v e n i f I pay s om ebody $ 1 , 0 0 0 per mont h . I t i s not po s s ibl e , be c au s e i t i s o u t o f love . T h e r e i s n o que s t i on o f paymen t . So , t h i s i s t h e ba s i c p r i n c ip l e . ya s ya deve para bhakt in/ya tha d eve t a t h a g u r a u - bha k t i . . . . w he n o n e i s f i xed u p i n d evo t io n t o K r i s h n a a n d H i s r e p r e s e n t a t i v e g u r u , t h e n e v e r y t h ing

become s revea l ed a ut oma t i c a l l y . t a sya e t e h i a r t h ah - p r a k a s an t e . Th e s e are a l l reveal e d exp e r i e nc e . T h e s e a r e t h e b a s i c p r in c i p l e s , tha t bra hma ca r i s , e sp e c i a l l y , a r e u n d e r t h e pro t e c t io n o f the g u r u . He s ho u l d b e ta u g h t how t o b e come . . . . T h e r e i s n o que s t ion i n t h e beg i n n i ng how much h e h a s l e ar ned ABC , no . T h e f ir s t t h i ng i s t h ere , tha t on e s ho u l d l i ve i n t h e Guruku l a , pra c t ic e s e n se cont ro l . The ba s ic p r i n c ip l e s ho u l d be tha t we a r e l iv i ng h e r e for the b e n e f i t o f gur u , n o t f o r my b e n ef i t . T h e r e f o r e , wh a t ev e r h e o r d e r s , he d e s ir e s , we exe c u t e .

Jagad i sha : S r i la P r abhupa d a , t h i s wou ld i n d i ca t e tha t the a tmo s p h e r e h e r e mu s t b e v e r y s tr i c t .

Prab hupada : No t s tr i c t , b u t i t s hou l d b e t h e r e . . . . i t i s o n t h e ba s i s o f love . S tr i c tur e i s not very good . They sho u l d d o i t au toma t i c a l l y , o u t o f love . T ha t i s wan t ing . S up e r f i c i a l ly t he r e may be some s t r i c t ur e , b u t t h a t i s not v e r y good i d e a . By s imp l y s tr i ct u r e they wi l l t ak e s a d ly . T h a t i s n o t good . When they a r e s i t ua t ed on t he p l a t form o f l ove , tha t i s wan t i ng . S t r i c t u r e , t h a t m a t e ri a l ly the r e are s o many l aws and reg u l a t i v e pr i n c i p l e s to do ; i f yo u do no t , you ' l l b e pun i s hed . T h a t may b e , bu t they s h o u l d develop t h e i d e a o f love . Tha t i s . . . .

Ja gad i s ha : P a r t o f l ov i ng t he ch i l d r e n i s f or c i ng them to a c t a ccord i n g to o u r Kr i s hn a con s c i o u s d i s c ip l i n e .

Pra bh u p a d a : Forc ing s ho u l d n o t b e ord inary . S ome t im e s super f i c i a l l y yo u have t o do t h a t , but the ba s i c pr i n c i p l e sho u l d b e love . Tha t f o r c e i s n o t ma t er i a l £ o r c e . I n the ma t e r i a l wor l d , a l so , so m e time s t h e f a t he r f o rc e s t h e s o n to d o som e t h ing . Th a t doe s n o t mean the f a th e r i s t h e e n emy o f t h e s o n . F o r t h e b e n e f i t o f t h e s on , s o m e t ime s h e for c e s , s o m e t ime s h e ch a s t i s e s . T h a t i s s up e r

f i ci a l . So t ha t ch a s t i s emen t , o r f o r c e , i s a l s o o u t o f love . Jagad i s h a : So we c a n n o t be pe rm i s s i ve w i t h t h e c h i ld re n ; o therw i s e

t he y wi l l take advan ta g e . P r a bhupad a : No , no , t h a t i s a l l r ig ht , I h av e a l r e ady e xp l a i n ed .

C h i l d r e n , th ey a r e in n oc e n t . A s you t e a c h t h em , t hey l ea r n . Jagad i s h a : B ut the t e a c h i ng mu s t be t h e re . P rabhupada : T e ac h i n g mu s t b e t h e r e , d i s c ip l i ne mu s t be t h e r e , some

t im e s f or c e mus t b e appl i ed . B u t e ve ry t h i n g s h o u ld b e o n t he ba s i s o f l ov e . That r equi r e s e xpe r i e n c e .

Dayanand a : I t se em s t h a t i t wo u l d t a ke some t ime to dev e l op tha t , ra ther than immed i a te ly . • . .

Pra bh upad a : Y e s , the rul e s a n d r eg u l a t i o n s wi l l t e a c h h im automa t i c a l ly . Ju s t l i ke th i s r i s i ng , her e i t i s s a i d : s v ayam p ra t a r upa s i ta/g u r v - ag n y - a rk a - s u ro t t ama n / s a ndhye u bh e ca y a t av a g / j apa n bra hma s ama h i t a h . T h i s shou ld b e t a k e n u p . Japa , H a r e Kr i s hna man tr a and ear l y r i s i n g , t h e n o f f e r i ng o b l a t io n s , D e i ty w o rs h i p . The s e t h i n g s s ho u ld b e prac t i c e d , th en a u toma t ica l l y t h e y w i l l d e v e l op .

Jag ad i s ha : S om e t i me s , u n l e s s we encourage them v e r y s t r on g l y , they don ' t want to chant j apa .

Prabh upada : You s h o u l d prac t i c e , " Now , s i t d own ! C h a n t Ha r e Kr i s hn a ! H a r e Kr i s h n a ! " Y o u s h o u l d c h a n t ; t hey w i l l c h a n t . You s h o u l d b e h a v e yo ur s e l f ver y s t r i ct l y on d i s c i p l i ne , and t h e y w i l l fo l l ow .

Dwa rk a n a t h a : I t s ee m s tha t we mu s t b e c ome h u mb l e . We m u s t become serva n t s to them in t h e se n se t ha t we d o every t h i n g t h a t we c a n to

f ac i l i ta t e t h e i r servi c e , then whe n they see we are surre n d e r i ng to our s erv i c e , they wi l l s u rr ender t o u s .

Prab hupad a : V e ry good i de a . E x amp l e i s b e t t e r t h a n p r e c ep t . You sh o u ld al l b e pe r son a l e xamp le s , and t he y w i l l do th a t . You do not practi ce , i f you s imply forc e t h em , that wi l l not be good . Every o ne o f you , i f you r i s e e a r ly in the morn i n g , they w i l l a l so . I f you think , " I t i s me a n t f o r the s tude n t s , w e are now l ibe ra t ed per s on s , we can s l e ep up to 7 : 3 0 . "

Jagadi s ha : Sri l a Prabhupa d a , t h e t each e r s a r e a l l s e t t i ng a good examp l e in th at way .

Prabhupa da : Hmm ? Jagad i sha : Th e t ea c hers a r e s e tt i ng a good examp l e i n t h a t way . Prabhupad a : Th en i t wi l l be f o l l ow e d . Y o u r e s t a s s ured . Jagad i s h a : But t h e r e i s a qu e s t io n t h a t s o m e t im e s a t e a ch e r f e e l s

r e l uc t a n t t o encourage t h e c h il dr e n s t rong l y t o par t ic ip a te i n t he d e vo t i o na l a c t i v i t i e s .

Prabhupad a : Why ? Jag a d i s h a : B ecaus e he d o e s n ' t wan t to f o r c e them t o do devo t i onal

s erv i ce . P rabhupad a : No , t hat s houl d be d o n e . Te ac her s m u s t do a n d s tude n t s

a l so mu s t do i t .

Jagadi s ha : Th e l ove on t he p a r t of t he tea cher . . . . Prabhupa d a : No . T h e r e . . . . i t i s r e c omme n ded . . . . Ca n i ky a Pan d i t s a i d :

l a l a ne ba havo d o sa h . Who l o v e s u n ne c e s s a r i ly , to m a k e t hem s t up i d , t h a t i s no t g o o d . l a l an e ba havo dosa h . I f y o u b e c o m e len i ent , then there wi l l b e many f a u l t s . t a da n e b a h a vo g u n ah . . . . and i f y o u s t r i c t l y in d uc e t hem , forc i b ly 1 t o b e d 1 s c lp l 1 n e d , t h a t i s ve ry n i c e . bah a vo gun a h . . . . t h a t i s g ood qua l i t i e s . l a l a n e baha vo d o s a h/t a d a ne bah a vo gu n ah/ta s m a t pu t ram ca s i s yam ca tad aye t na tu l a l ay e t . The r e f o r e , either t o s o n s or the d i s c ip l e s , s t u d en t s , th ey s h ou l d be a l wa y s s t r i c tly f o r c ed . Don ' t be le n i e nt . Why s hould we b e l e n i en t ? T h a t i s no t good . T h ey a r e a f t e r a l l " ch i ld " , s o i f yo u become l e n i en t t he y wi l l th i n k t h i s i s t h e pr a c t i c e . No . Y o u m u s t g e t up . That i s d i s c ip l i n e .

Ja g a d i s h a : We s e e t h a t when they ar e g i ven good d i sc i p l i n e i n t h a t way , they r e spo nd n i c e l y . T h e y c h a n t . . . .

P r a bhupa d a : Y e s . Why sho u l d y o u be l en i e n t ? Tha t i s yo ur fa u l t . B u t , o u t o f " l ove 11 we s ha l l s e e ou r s o n s or d i sc ip l e s go to h e l l . T h a t i s n o t g o o d , t h a t i s fo o l i s h n e s s . B u t when they a r e g rown up , 1 6 y e a r s o l d , th ey shou ld be t r e a t e d a s f r i en d . Er ap te t u soda s e var s e pu tram m i t r am iva c a re t . H e r e a r e t h e i n s tr uc t 1o n s : f rom f i ve ye a r s to f i f t e en y ea r s 1 a l l t h e s o n s a nd s t ud e n t s shou l d b e k e p t u n d e r s tr i c t d i s c ip l i n a r y or d er . I f th e y do n o t f o l low , t h e y sho u l d be c h a s t 1 s e d . Then a s s oo n a s on e a t t a i n s t he 1 6 t h y e ar , t h e n t re a t h im a s f r i e n d . At t ha t t i me , do n o t f o r c e . T h en he ' l l d e v i a t e - g o o u t . T h a t i s happe n i ng i n your we s t e r n c o u n t r i e s . prapt e tu s oc a s e varse putram m i tr am i va c a re t . . . . a l l the i n s t r u c tion s .

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You s h o ul d be all p er s o n al examp l es , an d t hey wi l l do t ha t . Y o u do n o t pra c t ic e - i f y o u s i mp ly forc e them , that w i l l n o t b e go o d . Every o n e o f you i f you ri s e early i n t h e morn i ng , t h ey w i l l a l s o . I f you t hi nk " I t i s mean t for th e s tuden t s , w e are n ow l i b er a t ed p ers on s , w e

' can s l e ep up to 7 : 30 . "

Jagad i s h a : S ri l a Pra bhupad a , t h e t eac h ers are a l l s et ti ng a g o o d examp l e i n t ha t way .

P rabhupad a : Hmm? Jag adi s ha : T h e t eac h ers are s et t i n g a go o d examp l e i n t h a t way , Prabhupada : Then i t w i l l�o l l owed You r es t a s s ured . Jagadi s h a : �ut t h er e i s a ques t i o n t h at s ometimes a t eac h er f ee l s r eluc

tant to en c o urag e the c h i l dr en s trongly to p ar t i c i p at e i n the d evotional ac t ivi ti e s .

Prabhupada : W hy ? Jagadi sha : Becaus e h e do e s n ' t wan t to f or c e t h em to d o d evo ti o na l s ervi c e . Prabhupada : No , t hat s ho ul d b e do n e . T eac h er s mu s t d o

a n d s tud en t s a l s o mus t do i t . Jag adi sha : .Th e l o ve o n t h e part o f t h e t eac h er • • • P rabhupada : jVo. J�t i s r ec ommen d ed . Can i kya P an d i t s a i d , /4/a n e ba.. n evv-o clo"s o. h Who l oves un n ec es s ari ly , to make t h em s tupi d ,

that i s n o t g o o d � ' /a. /a, n e b o A Q V D d.. o S o h I f you b ecome l en i en t , t h en t h ere w i l l b e many f au l t s . • -t"o 9 o n e. ba h o.. v o !J U (" a � an d if y o u s tr i c tly i n duc e t h em, forci b ly , to b e di s c i p l i n ed , that i s very n i c e . b a. h "'-VO J (,( 0 a � - Th a t i s good qua l i �i es . , . _ .

. J. _ o/t. d -1-D sm a f p u -tr-O � c a S J �'(O f'Y' c a ' " l OI N bo h a v o d o �o h/ta. J o. Y' R )) o. h o v o g u �{;{W' fadaye f t'1 0. flo\ \ � � � e -t-

Therefor e ,. ei t h er t o s o n s or t h e 9 � s c i p l es , ' s tud en t s , th ey s houtd b e

always s tr � c t l y f o r c ed . Do n ' t be i l en i en t . W hy s h o u l d w e b e L en i en t? That i s n o t go o d . Th ey a r e a f t er J " chi l. d " , s o i f you b ecome l en i en t t h ey will t h i n k t h i s i s --fh.st f .-o...c+ l C' f? � N o . Y:, 44 JV\\1\.Sf j d- 4-f· That i s d i s c ipl i n e .

Jagadi s h a : W e s ee that w hen t hey ar e g i ven g o o d d i s c i p l i n e i n t ha t way , t h ey r e� p o n d n i c el y . They c ha n t • • •

Prabhupada : � W hy s ho u l d yo u be l en i en t ? Th at i s yo ur faul t . But , o ut o f "love' ' w e s hal l s ee o ur s o n s o r d i s c i p l. l es g o t o h e l l t h a t i s n o t g oo d . Th at i s foo l i s h n es s . But wh en t h ey are g rown up , 1 6 years o ld , th ey

. s h ould be treat ed as fri en d . , S' . e '{) u 't r o � Y'Vl i f r �m i vc:\ Ct\ r et � O-K r irr!t-� p r o p -+ e. t·(..'. s o � C\ s e v "" r � , . ......_ e 1 '1'1 �:- ·cf.i ve y ears to fi f t een year s , al l th e (s o n s and s tu d en t s s h a l L b e kep t 5 � �'Un der s tri c t di s c i p l i n ery order . I f t h ey do n o t fo l low , t h ey s hal l

be c ha s ti s ed . ·

" _, : e Th en a s s o o n a s o n e a t t ai n s 1 6 th yea.r , t h en treat h i m a s fri en d . At t h a t t i me , do n o t forc e . Th en 1'\t>l { ( cte �t� G o o u t . That i s h a pp en i n g i n your w es t er n coun tr i es � s . s-� l. All the i n s tru c t i o n s .

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Day an an d a : W e a l s o h av e g i r l s h er e , S r i l a Prabhup ada . Prabhupada : Hm? Dayanand a : W e a l s o h ave g i r l s h er e , S ri l a Pra bhup a da , s o , th i s i s Si ::; y 0:S c o p u-tra .S C Gl , but what about g i r l s ? f 1

P' 1. Prabh upad a : � G i r l � i s al s o 1 1 putra " . f u.iro_ Mean s fu 10/fu·fr �rdo n / t t h i n k t h at P utri means g11 iiJlr.;l:i..'ln daug h t er , and putra mean s s o n .

Dayan dn da : S tr ic tl y a l s o wi th t h e g i rl s . Pra bhupa d a : Y es . Dayan anda : U p to s ix t een ? Pra bhupada : Y es . Up to fi f t e e n . S o , according to V ed i c c i vi l i za t i on ,

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- up t o -up to fi f t een th y ear ,'f t h e g i r l i s kep t un der th e vigi l an c e o f t h e fat her , a n d wh en s he a t t ai n s yo uth fu l b o dy , t h en s h e mus t b e entru s t ed to ano t h er young boy to t ake c harg e . T h i s i s Vedic . Then the fat her becomes r el i eved o f t he r e s p o n s i bi l i ty . As s o o n as the grownup d aughter is d e l iver ed to a young man , th en t hey l iv e peac eful ly .

Jagadi s ha : S ri l a Pra bhupad a , i n o ur mo vemen t , the f at her s are s ending t heir d aught ers to Guruku l a . S ho u l d t he daught er s r emain in Gurukula unt i l they ar e marri ed?

Prabhupada : At G uru� t h e gir l s s h o u l d b e taught , es p ec ia l l y , how to become c has t e and , of cours e , an exp ert i n c ooki n g . Th en , s h e wi l l n ever be n eg l ec t ed by h er hu s band . H er l i f e becomes very happy .

Dayananda : S o me o f o ur g ir ls ar e a l s g i n t e L l ig ent in S an s�i t . �L4 Prabhupada : That i s a l l r i g ht . Th en�·read s has tra b-u:f- -r-z.,.. c..,p.e � TV\-Q.._

primary 'ond1'4Hnv . Then , s he wi l l b e educ ated . S he c an t eac h , s h e can preac h .

Jagad i s ha : Sri l a Prabhupad a , I heard t hat you s ugg es t ed t hat t he g ir l s can be in i t i at ed when t hey ar e t en s o t h ey c an cook i n t he di eti es ' ki tch e�� I t hink that i s a g o o d s ug g es t i o n . They won ' t c han t s ixt een

t�round s�"if i t i s en f or c ed . . • wk-f 'I:.h..<W e fi'� , S ri l a Prabhupad a : T hat i s c o mp u l s ory , Ja8adik�.. Att ending t h e fun c tion •

o f th e t emp l e a n d c han ting o n t heir b ea d s - aut omati c a l ly t h ey ' l l advan c e . Es p ec i a l ly , �o n o f � ch an ting a t0 i f you ar e chanti ng , that i s es s en c e . S o , in evQry kirtan �fun c t ion , every aro tik, have a nEc e kirtan . That s p eaks . ( l o ng p aus e ) Gurukul a mean s w e s ho u l d a lway s know that , a l l t h e s tudent s - t h ey s hou ld b e educated i n s u c h a w ay t hat t hey become g o o d c i t i z en s , goo d devo t ees , and they know the val u es o f l i f e . O th er s c hoo l s , they do n o t kn ow . They become c a t s and dog s . T h ey do n o t know w h a t i s value of l i f e . Ther efore the w ho l e w o r l d i s i n dirty c o n di tion . S tu d en t s are n o t edu c a t ed . They are educat ed to b eco me po l i s hed dog � , that ' s a l t . Th ey remain a dog , a po l i s h ed dog . y {�l?t!t:I:-'r) r.leaits to ddac. .... -tEil"-. 1 the o�-QDJ;; s ( S ru ti ? ) do e s n o t rnean • • • c;-rv:/ ; J.-')1 e�! "t-o � the s tud en t s to become human b e i n g s . Tha t i s t he di f f er en c e . Th erefore you ' l l find t� ee p er s o n s i n t hi s b hagwat educ a t i o n a l i n s ti tu t i o n . ·,... aVH"-e�c � ( smal l por t i on lo s t as tap e i s turn ed o ver) The s u bj ec t had b een turned to P : I am running con tinu a l l W hat i s t h e d i f f er en c e? Ther e i s n o d if f er en c e . Th e by s :;_ n es s i� 1 runn ing , s o i t is e� t� g�. B ut i f yo u t eac h . f!u:iT IV () running i s n o t o ur bus i n �s . O ur bus i n es s i s s el f - r ea l izati o n . Y es . An d t he d i f fi c u l ty � t here w� n o s c i en t i f i c t eaching o f s pi r i tual educati o n before thi s mo v emen t , a t l eas t in t hi s ag e . Every o n e bhogus . I f you ar e af t er s ci en t i f i c s p ir i tual un d er s t anding . 8ut , bec aus e every o n e i s af t er mat er i a l n ame , fame , and gain , th e s o- cal l ed swami s o r -# pr:eJ..J. J and yogi s , t h ey have a l s o taken thi s as a means o f earn i ng t hi s ma t erial f ame ,( n ame , fame , a n d mat er ia l g ain J They h ave no know l edg e . That i s a cha l l eng e . Th i s Kri s h n a c o n s ci o us n es s movemen t i s a c ha l l en g e to a l l t hes e r a s c a l s . That i s 1/vts p ec i a l s ign i f ii:,i cance o f Kri s hn a con s c i ous n es s . I t i s a cha l l eng e to al l c l a s s es o f ras ca l s . S o how muc h w e s houl d be s trong and j us t r emai n . I t i s a chal l enge to a l l ras c a l s - s o- c a l l ed pri e s t s , s o - c a l l ed swami s , s o c a l l ed yogi s , so- c a l l e d po l i ti c ia n s . Th ey do n o t know . They h ave n o knowl edg e . Jus t like i n o ur c o un try , tb.o diz;;,ouJ ty ne :yn;o 4;ee soan� ilifiicnl t:;r t'wy h:nre ;'.o. !.::wx·l ,.,.,, .- ,... V ivikana n d a - h e a l s o came t o your coun try . He had n o know l �dg e ; h e c ame a s a n I n di an s adc�

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tf;�;�� .Vedanta! f And he adverti ses in India that, "Now all the Americans have become �antists, Hind.1.1. . something, etc . He • did not know what is Vedanta , and he came to preach VeJ4niHe knows that our Krishna mission advertises " Vedanta Surra"

Prabhupada: "Veda''means knowledge, and "anta"J

111eans the en� . The last phase of A...u 1 understanding, and that is Krishna . .( .. V€o.a.'t s C ct �a r VO.& r al,a.� evo.. ve._J "'.t1 But they did not know thi s , and they have come to preach Vedanta - There is '

no name of Krishna, no smell of Krishna , in thei r society , and they are''Vedancists'� Therefore, m y - some of my - godbrothers , they gave me this title, .'��v��nt� Vedanta means bhakti . Tha�the desire of my guru maharaj , ...P�� W�¢)i' · CJ oN'#¢:1tN.IY>'!i1�Y will l"QquirP you tQ preach Vedanta, but bhakti . Vedanta means J bhakti. See the argument from Bhagavad Gita, Krishna says , "By Vedic knowledge one is to understand �· " Try to understand the logic . Vedais ca sarvairaham � eva vedyoh Vedai� ca sarvair . There are different Vedas - Sama..Veda, Rig Arthat va and then there are corrolaries - Upanisads, Vedanta Sutra , then Pu ranas -Mahabharata, Ramayana; these are all Vedas, Vedic knowledge, explained in dif ferent ways for different classes of men. So, therefore, K rishna says, " Vedais ca sarvair � !.. all Vedic knowledge . Four Vedas , organized �) Upanisads, Vedanta Sutra, and Ramayana , Mahabharata, Puranas , all these Vedas What i s the purpose of studying all this Vedic literature? To understand Me Vedai( ca sarva:r aham eva vedyQh So this Vedic knowledge is there . People are expert (some of them are expert: not all) So why they do not understand Krish;tna'J Thi s { s the next question . (' Vedantists ' ' means)they are advertising they' re Vedantists but they do not know what is Krishna . They ' re manufactured � im tat on K rishna by their mental concoction. If you' re Krishna . then why they would m anufacture Ram � \ they kiJ.�

ft�Krishna? Hm? They did notknow Krishna . It is a fact . Otherwise why they should present a false K rishna , Rama Krishna? Rama Krishna, at the time of death , he informed his disciple , v ,\ v i kCinaflc:i"- "I a� the same Rama a.n.d Krishna" He accepted it , and he preached in the Rama Krishna tif':BWhn that "If I am the same, then why not go to the original Krishna? He is becoming an important man, being the same Rama and Krishna, why not the original Rama and Krishna? That intelligence he has got . They accept it �

So, why he could not understand? Suppos ing he has studied Vedanta , But why he could not understand Krishna, and why he i s presenting i' falset��,)What i s the reason? ( Tell me�your answer.) Vedais ca sarvair_!lllit.m eva vedyo.b Through Vedanta, Ve das. i t is acknowledged one can understand�uE they did not understand Krishna . Why? Supposing they have studied all the Ved iC 1 But why they did not understand Krishna? What i s the answer? ft-e��-1�-v'-i. s,

f\�oka.�jt_t-CL_- ·�'Hw;:rieau d1e Nft)flg ekepter.�� cL' J. Vt ot u�ers�cl "f/{-e. Ve.Ja.Yl--fa . Prabhupada : No, suppose they understood, or studied - yes, they d1d not understand, Why

J ? then, that is the . . . Why they did not understand? -��at\.� $v�:? Krishna saya; ,n a\1�� prct ktis�� S&tfvasyt? I do not reveal Myself

Prabhupada: Why Krishna refuses to be manifested to them? Why? I am asking why . Jagadisha: Because they are envious of Krishna 1 Dayananda: Because of Bhaktivedanta Prabhupada: Hm? dayananda: Because of Bhaktivedanta

- ? - 4t o.vijanaf� Prabhupada : Yes , here is the an swer There Vedfftta i s zero; there i s no bhakti .

Therefore it requires the help o f Bhaktivedant� . Not these rascal Vedanta . Krishna says , "Bhaktya mam avaj ananti� JXou may read all the Vedic liter

1 .. atures , but if you have no bhakti , then you � not understand . That i s � V\0.� P,rA-kitsa.� s"'xv a. �jtlThen He will remain concealed . Never understand Hi m.

These people, they have no bhakti . They transfer the bhakti to goddess K:HT which is worshipped by the persons in the lower grade of life . Tama guna )., /<ti. vYlt;tt s ft:ti.s fcti Y Vlfft:t -jn� t'lA b frapqcJ.A;Oihlt+e_ )n"/;; cJ..evq_+i\_. Goddess Kali , or Durga , or any demigod - they are worshipped by persons hrfct - j nana. They have no knowledge . Especially ltl r-tct J, �ti V1 01 -whose knowledge i s taken away, gone to hell . ' ·

{l:ro ;,._ : Srila Prabhupada -A'Jes WM ��A • • • a a ��;i$ \ • � W'O r-'f· 4'U c CeAd .,_ 1 •

Prabhupada : That' s all right, you can get success, but what you will do with this success?

kOJ/.cJ.. ' : Usc. ·'i4-·fo 'r K�._.f : Prabhupada: Kri shna does not say that you worship goddes2 for Succ er;-�./ hw" n

Krishna never said that. K ri shna says , " Mam ekam ��:diWhere He says you wors hip goddes s ? Does he say? Why you worship goddess? That Is for the materialisti c person 1 There i s some material gain They can wor ship goddess . But for getting the mercy of Kri shna. there is no mention that you wors hip goddess Where is this stated ? W If you worship goddes s, then you can worship Me Is this stated? Why do you do tthat? Universal - Mam ekam Beginning . That' s all. Ekam - one, means universal. 1 But why do you accept? That is ignorance. �ve"T!U obj�-tion. We have no obj ection if you pray to goddess fo r /Lr.f ro. P- b �ki . But there is no need ! If Krishna wants to favor you; ·He does not depend on goddes s ' s favor. Sup pose if somebody wants to see me, if I say, "Yes, I want to see him", i't-does not depend on other' s fa,vorf.Similarly, Krish��l�id Jhat. "Just surrend�r . to m e; everything will be o.ll nylrt � . 1 � t J C<J.. (_{ e..J eka-m�!·

. . You .do not requi�e . . ; Krishna says tmt "You go .to My,.,:epr�se!l_!�ti.ve. " cftHl v.JJ!.. , r(""�V\IfQ.f-e-�H:t/fetr" c frRS,.e">� SeVo...yii. / f_A.cte lc�yA n-t:. t e j t1 ttf'\a.V"''(Jr1 a.h1 1HtS -t�·tf�� -He never says that you go to godqess Kali, Dlrga . . He doesn t�••sc!mMe da. r-s, j'lQ t

1-f.e c uY' cl�V\s - kQ'Md.i s {a. : s t ct • � hr; f-t:t. - j �i\"'-0.. � "Go to My representative. " The Vedas also say, . .. t-fa..d.. - vi j � ctn i\'"t£t �V"" s a.. 1u. r""- V"'\ -e va: bh a ja..c c ke £,... It never says "to..o{- v;i�itn a. ro � c.t YY\ - o t1 e s�A �tJ. �froa..c some demigods . No. Gurum e \fa bh; ? ct..c c h e t-But they are also devotees of the Lord, so we have no disrespect for any

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demigod. But it doesn't require • a Peopl.e JJ � understand Vedanta simply by studying Vedanta. \

But Vedanta �I� should be studied from the "bhakta", therefore. Bhaktivedanta.

·We don't read Vedanta without Bhakti . That is our specialty.

Vedanta is required, without Vedanta knowledge, knowledge is not perfect. But, through bhakti. So, they did not accept bhakti , therefore, they could not understand Vedanta . Misrepresented . These so -called Vedantists society , what is their value? They could not understand what is the ob -

.. j ective of • . . Vedanta. They think that Krishna and a false Rama -Krishna tJ are the same. Vivikananda teaches, " Why you are searching after God.

There are s o many gods , t,¢¢.¢¢'1>�jfp,.ftl;¢1.j.j.j loitering in the street

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They are 012 wxxi a� �-pn. f)o.-�l'd #IV�� , wb...7'1J ? �..-.c.. B rAiuY\4t14t1�: M£? o�o � Nw...��. r;��

�QiQ� He also said, "Instead of cultivating tuls i , cultivate h rtMles AI� Prabhupad : Yes . � lA ('f e d -u.p � Materialist. And � wan�o please the"'LbrO. . Therefore, he does not givg '5�unpttiOuii� � � S"\Acreps�,.

. A- -You a£e-going-to-be�fla�� (laughter) · - - - - - -. -- . --=t � � "? Sw�J8gecliska;- You saved us . +o B. >w-n-...-....i. Y o r.J. � y-ut.Ar-;;; 0 - . .

- · · Prabhupada: Hm? , JagtdHHm: You saved us •

./.f11-.-rw long pause . 1 _ Prabhupad: The Rama K rishna mission has got a very big institution in %a /, .. {!.;

J.a ... f t f1ndian guest = ------� ·· Prabhupada: It is not going well. Indian: Prabhupada: People also are not very interested. Indian: �us SJ)��'s :fb..e_;�2cbJ-spec.. 4.. ct/&s �=' �

-11_ �Ja�hu� 1 a.,.::a.. -{e � • • • J.,_ o rLe J" o�-•. ,_./"" � e 1 ��- .f 1.-4? P(more barely a:mlible conversation with guest) .tt,

v . s> ... .. .. -Lrnfr�:9- ! ��t..d .. r e Y'Iev.Jt.. ? (�lUi •• 8�J-o� u �, ' ey � �7re }agad1sha: There was one more question alxm�the�Irls ._qefotd You' ve \;1':%?

already mentioned that they should stay at Gurukula. "Sometimes the parents, �� want to take the daughter home when they are ten or eleven years old .

.-1 Thay may cause a distraction flo m the temple s ervice. So. whether that is all right also.

Prabhupada: You can request them, bu�' f t hev,iio not hear you, what can I do? . v: ,.,,;O'f'!forc e After all, the guardians are there1 ° erefore, you can request them. ]agadisha; But the boys ? If the parents want their young sons to live at home and

attend Gurukula during the day and then go home at night, is that a good policy? Prabhupada: Gurukula means they must be residing. jagadisha: Up til fifteen years ? Prabhupada: At least. Bo ys can live here up to 25th year, until they are married. ]agadisha: 25th year1 (simultaneously) Prabhupada: If they want to marry ! (laughter) jagadisha: That answers all our questions, Prabhupada, Thank you very much. Everyone; Jai, Srila Prwabhupada !

His Holiness Mahamsa Swami I SKCON Nampally Station Road Hyderabad- A . P . INDIA

My Dear Mahamsa Swami :

831 1 E . Jefferson St . , Detroit , Mich.

August 3 , 75

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Please accept my bles sings . I am in due receipt of your letter dated July 22 , 1 975 and also the enclosed literature s , and I thank you very much for it . Now you have the land, but the temple construction is not being

done . Is it that you are doing too much? You should not become over burdened with too much management responsibilities because then you will not be able to accomplish anything.

Regarding the batai sharing arrangement for the farm, one thing is that if we cannot do ourselve s then our attention will be diverted and the preaching will be hampered. As soon as some misunderstanding will be there with the third party then there will be litigation and the preaching will be stopped . The Ba.tai should be done so that the man may not claim proprie torship over t the land . That i s the ri sk .

Anyway without court permission we shall not take the land . In the meantime it is all right that you invest only in moveable property. Of c ourse you should not be thinking to sell any of the crops for profit . That is not our purpose . The village organization i s that the local people produce their nece ssities like grain, vegetable s , milk , and cloth ; and for recreation they have the chanting of Hare Krishna. They should live there comfortably and have spiritual recreation . They should not come to the citie s . I wish to introduce this ideal now . Then if we are successful this cheating civilization will stop. They have made the se cities as he ll. If people do not c ooperate with them, then how will the factorie s run on? And , if the people are satisfied by thi s arrangement , then what will the communists do?

Regarding registering with the Endowments , will they force our men out? Endowment means that as soon as there is income , they will interfere .

The 1i terature you have published is very nice . The Explosion is very good . I started out with this kind of paper, only I was the only writer, the only e ditor, the only publisher, and the on�distributor. So go on with your publishing. At least e ach month one Hindi and Te legu magazine should be publi shed from Hyde rabad . Arrange like that .

Re garding the Malaysian trip being called off, everything must be done very cautiously because our Indian pe ople they are very poor and are prone to steal. We colle c t money with so much hard labor. But , one thing it that the money is not important . If the man goe s away taking our money that is our di scredit . The man is more important than the money. We admit everyone to our Socie ty, including the cheater, the drug addicte d , all qualified . We should take the responsi bility to train them Why h he left? It is our re sponsibility to train and rec tify them.

I h�e1

thi s mee t s you in good heal h

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Sriman Ve davyasa das Brahmachary I SKC ON 624 1 Schlos s Re tte rshof uber Konigstein/ Taunus We st Ge rmany

My Dear Vedavyasa das :

83 1 1 E . Je f ferson St . De troi t , Mich .

Augus t 4 ,

Fllt 7 5

Ple ase accept my ble s sings . I am in due re ce ipt of your letter dated July 8, 1 97 5 and have noted the content s . Re garding your going to Los Ange le s , if Dr . Wolf sugge s t s that you c ome , you should do it . At le ast you can c ome as touri s t , so the re should be no difficulty. So you should. c onsult with Dr . W olf .

Re garding your que s ti ons , you may not be s o advanced that you will take t the karmi remnant s as prasad . The k armi s should not be given so much that the re i s waste . You can give them a little , and then if they l ike you can give them more . Th i s system sahould be introduced everywhe re . I have seen myse lf that s o much prasad is being le ft . Thi s is not good . Re garding the attitude for taking prasad , if you think it i s s ome thing palatable , s o le t me take more and more , then that is sense gratificat i on . But , s ti l l it i s prasadam s o i t will ac t . Prasad i s t ranscendental , but one should not take too much. Sannyas i s may take the mahaprasad but not t o ove re at . Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was taking, but on principle he was avoiding.

I hope thi s mee t s you in good he alth .

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Sriman Giriraj das Brahmachary Hare Krishna Land Juhu, Gandhi Gram Road Bombay 400 054

My Dear Giriraj das :

831 1 E . Jefferson St . , Detroit, Mich.

August 4, 75

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Please accept my ble ssings . I am in due receipt of your letter dated July 1 5, 1 975 with enclosures redirected to from various places . I am enclosing herewith a chack for Dollars 50, 000. 00 from Bank of American in favor of ISKCON, so you can deposit in your account. It is good that you are contacting interested persons who want to donate . Bhogilal Patel is a perfect gentleman. He has got money and also heart. His son is also good, Yes, get the tax exemption, and they can donate to us each year regularly. It costs them nothing and we get money.

You can present to them for the exemption that all over the world in different parts we are training men to live in the interior parts of the country and to produce their own food grains, sufficient milf, and produce cloth also. The attraction is Krishna c onsciousness , spiritual enlightenment . The foreigners in Europe and America i s where we have already started such centers . In Hyderabad, India we are attempting such a center.

The idea is that local inhabitants will be satisfied with their bare necessitie s of life and thier attention will be diverted towards spiritual development of life . That is the aim of human birth. We are trying this also in Africa, and it is partially successful. The whole scheme is that if a man becomes a devotee all good qualities inherent in him become manifest, whereas a person without being a devotee even though he has so-called acemdemic qualifications, he will remian on the mental platform and will again be brought to the material field of activities which will always bring dissatisfaction. The total scheme is for simple life and. high thinking and exalted character of the human society. As a matter of fact all of our members refrain from eating meat, gambling, intoxication, and illicit sex . In thi s connection Prof. J . Stillson Judah of the University of California, Berkeley, has remarked, "Krishna consciousness has transformed lives from drug addicted hippies to loving servants of Krishna and humanity. "

Yes, you can accept donations there for the project in Bombay and not promise them anything. On the whole it should be run on the hotel principle . They come and stay, and upon entering they sign one "Visitors Register. " Such a book should be maintained. Every dharmshalla they keep such a book. He writes wherefrom he is coming, how long he will stay, where he is going next . Not that there should be big forms to sign. They will resent it, and also they may be able to find some legal fault with the forms . Make it simple . Keep this Visitors Book . And as far as possible let visitors stay together in a room, two or three men together, not each man alone . This will discourage them from over-staying.

Yes , what is the use of approaching a poor man to contribute . A poor man will simply think how can I occupy. Regarding the retired persons staying, retired means vanaprastha. They cannot live with family. Husband and wife

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must sleep in different rooms � ro �6Ji be for two or three retired men, and they will live toget .' �o the� will be no accomodation together with the wife • . And, husband and wife must follow all the rules and regulations .

When you go to Ahmedabad, you see the following gentleman and invite him to come to Hare Krishna Land . He can recommend many men for becoming life patrons . His name i s Dr. Y.G. Naik, M. Sc . , Ph D. , Retired Principal, Gujarat College , 66, Hemdeep, ShaTda Society; Ahmedabad 7, Phone 8551 6. He wrote an favorable comment on my original edition of Easy Journey to Other Planets .

Regarding Malaysia, postpone it. Hansadutta sent to Hyderabad £1 , 000. Where is that money? Please check it . Yes , it is nice that you go to Ahmedabad for collecting only. It is also good that you are selling books in the Santa Cruz Airport .

I hope this meets you in good health . K


Dr. Y . G . Naik, M . Sc . , Ph.D. Retired Principal , Gujarat College , 66 Hemdeep , Sharda S ociety Ahmedabad, 7 INDIA

Dear Dr. Naik :

1 87 Gerrard S t . E . , Toronto, Canada

August 7 , 7 5

I Please accept my greetings . I a.m in due receipt of your letter dated

July 1 1 , 1 975 . After long years it is pleasing and surpri sing to receive an affectionate letter from you. I think I me t you sometime s in the year 1 958. Since then in 1 965 I came to America and started this missionary activity from New York in 1 966 . Now the Socie ty has got about 1 00 branche s all over the world . And , everywhere we have got Diety worship ; Guru Gouranga, Radha Krishna, and Jagadi sha .

Regarding y our sugge stion for improving the arotiks , it is already my order that arotik i s held gorge ously with mridanga , kartal s , and bel l ringing. We hold six time s aratik , and three aratiks e specially in the early morning, mangal arotik , then �zotttk and bhoga arotik they do congregationally according to your sugge stions . But , when the devotees go out for preaching or selling our books in different place s of the city, only two or three men remain in the temple . At that time they use the tape rec order. They play one of my tapes on which I am singing. Otherwise in all of the arotiks they attend. That is my advise.

Prasadam in this c ountry means a full meal . From the very beginning even when I was alone , I was cooking myself fro at least one dozen men , and I distributed full meals . Acc ording to Chaitanya Mahaprabhu philosophy, prasadam should be taken up t o the neck, akantha. In Jagannath Puri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu 1 s only occupation was holding Samkirtan at least four hours every day and distributing prasadam to the devote e s . It i s stated in the Chaitanya Charitamrita that the Lord was so liberal that He would give t o every man prasadam quite sufficient for be ing e aten by two or three men . S o we are trying to follow by distributing prasadam very liberally, and we invite everyone without any discrimination . Everywhere we have got temple s we di stribute prasadam e specially to the poorer men . I am enclsing one issue of our " Back to Godhead " magazine whi ch c ontains photos of our prasadam distribution starting on page 1 2 . This prasadam distributi on is going on all over the world .

Regarding the free di stribution of books , there is no need in this country. They have sufficient money and s ometime s they pay more than the price . Here in this country if literature is given free of charge , they throw it away. In most cases we offer our books and ask for a contribution . And , s ometimes they pay thre rime s or four time s the re que sted price . So about money matters they are very liberal. Kri shna has given them money, and they spend it very liberally.

You will be intere stedto knom.;that we are collecting about Dollars 250 , 000 per month . Thi s means about R s . 20 lakhs per month from book sale s . I have written about 50 big books of 400 page s e ach and about a dozen small books, and all of them are being s old in the above mentioned figure s . We spend also

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very liberally, and whatever we collect we spend it als o. The first book was started with your foreword 1 Easy Journey !2, Other Planets . Now they are selling revised editions and perhaps it is the be st selling item . Since I have come to this c ountry , I might have s old this Easy Journey about one half million c opie s . My Krishna books are selling more than that . So qy Krishna ' s grace our books are being appreciated by universities , librarie s , and respectable profe ssors , and some are be ing used as textbook s in the universities . I am enclosing herewith a copy of our book catalogue which c ontains some of the comments of the professors . I hope you will enjoy it . Also I am enclosing a c opy of one book, Scientific Basis of Krishna consciousness written by one of � Ph.D . students . You are also

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a s cientist, and I hope you will enj oy it . In India we have got a program of membership and patron ship costing

Rs . 1 , 1 1 1 /- qnd 2 , 222/- respectively, and all of our members and patrons arereceiving all of the book s free of charges . So any member can come t o our temples and live as long as h e likes and take free prasadam. So if any Indians students come here as our member, we shall welcome him and give him a place andwell as prasadam free of charges .

We have already organized the Ratha Yatra ceremony , and we hold a great Love Feast festival every Sund� in everyone of our branches. Now I advised to organize more festivals during Janamastmi , and Ramachandra ' s Appearance Day, and Gour Purnima, the Appearance of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu .

I am addressing this letter to your Indian address because I could not properly reply your letter e arlier because your letter has been redirected to me from the many places I have bee n on tour. I am also sending a c opy of this letter to your address in USA in care of your son . I am very anxious to meet you again. I am returning to India by Oct ober, and I am inviting you to come to our Vrindaban temple and live there £or some time . I have got a very nice Guest House there , and I would sugge st humbly that since you are already retired from service and your sons are well situated , that you may retire from your family life and live in Vrindaban in the vanaprastha order, OUr Vrindaban temple is appreciated as the be st in this quarter. The Governor of Uttar Prade sh stayed with me for two d ays recently, so at least for a few days you may come there and live with me .

Learned scholars like you are now needed to represent the cause of Kri shna consci ousness because without thi s consc iousnes s the human society is doomed. So I re quire the help of respectable , learned scholars like you for spreading this movement more and more . According to the Ved ic system this body is perishable and the ultimate form of this body is to become ash, stool, or earth. Therefore it is advised by the great pandit Chanakya that the body should be sacrificed for a better cause . That is the idea inherent everywhere , e specially in India . Everyone is advi sed to achieve the re sult of pious ac tivities by engaging thi s body for such purposes . That is the greate st gain. According to the Vedic varna ashrama it is compuls ory that one retire from his family life and engage this body for Krishna ' s service at the end of his life . As it is stated in the Srimad Bhagavatam : � sadhu manye ' suravarya dehi nam sada samudvigna dhiyam asad grahat/ hitvartma patam grham andha -kupamj vanam gato yadd harim asrayet .

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I hope you will try to understand my point of view and J O�n thi; movement to make it more appreciable by the people in general all over the world .

Thanking you once .more for your letter, and more when we mee t . I hope this finds you in good health .

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yours, . j )(h· LecAvuF�

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/ Dear Sri Rameshji Mahalingam :

Please accept my greetings . I am in due receipt of your letter dated August 1 2 , 1 975 and have noted the contents carefully. I am very sorry for the incidence whi ch has taken place between you and my devotees. So you may please note it that I am dealing with these foreign students and teaching them to become Krishna devotees, and some of them being neophytes may sometimes commit some offense . There is nothing surprising in this , but their ardent de sire to convey the idea of Krishna consciousness is always laudable .

Of course we have to speak the truth but very palatably. These neophyte devotees have not yet learned how to speak the truth palatably, but gradually they are learning. Certainly Hindu culture does not allow illicit sex, eating meat , fish or eggs , taking intoxication, or gambling. If Indians, after going to the foreign countries, learn this behavior, certainly it is not good. The only fault on the part of the devotee is that he could not present the things very politely. So you know the nature of the Western young men, so toleration is needed by you considering the position of the other party . Anyw� I beg to apologize on behalf of my student, and shall solicit the pleasure of your goodness to visit our temple regularly. One should not be angry and eat his meals on the floor just be cause someone has stolen his plates. This is a Bengali saying. The logic is that if one ' s plates are stolen by a thief, we should not be come angry and decide not to purchase new plates and eat on the floor.


A,C BhakHucdaHta Swam� ACBS/bs --

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New De lhi

His Holine s s Gurudas Swami

ISK CON

641 Ramona. Ave .

Laguna Beach, Ca . 92651

My De a r Gurudas Swami :

Augus t 2 1 , 1 975

Ple ase acce p t my ble s s ings . I am in due re ceipt of your le tter dated Augus t 6, 1 975 and have noted the contents . The purpose of sannyas is

that now one has no hindrance s f or preaching work. The purpose is to in

crease preaching . So if one t ake s sannyas and doe s not incre ase pre aching,

then the re is no value . So you take thi s opportunity se riou s ly , and

preach and inspire othe rs t o also pre ach. Then there will be no que s

t i on of thinking o f othe r things . This will all van i s h . I have comple te

f i ath in you .

Regarding your que s ti on , we need not bothe r

I hope this mee t s you in

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Sriman Jagannath suta dasa

BBT 971 1 Venice Blvd.

Los Angele s , Ca . 90034

My Dear Jagannatha suta das :

Krishna Balaram Mandir, Raman Re ti Vrindaban , Dist . Mathura , U . P .

August 2 6 , 75

Please accept my bles sings . I am i n due receipt of your letter dated

August 1 8 , 1 975 and have noted the content s . I have received the new issue

of "Back to Godhead, " No. 9 and it is done s o nicely. It is all very ple-

asing to me , and I thank you all for this service . The printing I think

is actually better than the Japan printing . Long , long ago when I was alone

I was thinking of printing like this , but there was no way to do it . Now

you American boys and girls are helping me , so I thank you in this regard .

I pray to Kri shna for your continued enthusiasm in spreading Krishna con-

s ciousne s s .

The article o n Marxism i s very much appreciated . We can s ay all these

big so-called philosophers are all simply mudhas . Perhaps I am the first

to do i t . Our philosophy is perfe ct , and we cannPt be defe ated by anyone .

So it is up to you to learn it and be able to pre sent it nicely. Now you

have everything, re spe ct , philosophy, money, temple s , book s , all these things

I have given, but I am an old man and my notice is already there . Now it i s

up to you all how t o manage it . If you cannnot increase i t , you should at

least maintain what I have given you. You cannot accuse me that I have not

��ven you anything. So it is a great re sponsibility you now have .

'lit../� 1'�pe thi s meets you in good health

S wami

Sri Raj Kapoor

R . K . Films & Studios

Trombay Road,

Chembur, Bombay- 71

Dear Sri Kapoorj i :

Krishna Balaram Mandir, Raman Reti Vrindaban , Dist . Mathura, U .P .

August 26 , 75

Please accept my greetings . I am in due receipt of your letter dated August 14, 1 975 with enclosed che ck for Rs . 2222/- and Membersh ip form. Sometimes in

the year 1 954 if I am corre ct I had the chance of mee ting you in Jhansi . At

that time I was trying to organize my movement with the help of some young

men at the Bhakti Bhavan, Jhansi . S o after ten ye ars of struggle in 1 965 I went to USA, and by the grace of

Krishna it has be come succe ssful all over Europe , Ameri ca, Canada, and Austral

ia . As it is stated in the Bhagavad-gita ; yad yad acarati sresthas , tat tad e vetaro janah, sa yat paramanam kurute , lokas tad anuvartate . " Whatever ac-tion is performed by a great ma n , common men f ollow in his footsteps . And

whatever sta�ards he se ts by exemplary a cts , all the world pursues . " (Bg. 3 : 21 ) .

Your donation to this movement and your be coming the Patron Member is a very

gre at thing, and it will ensure othe rs who will also follow in your footsteps .

S o I am very much grateful to you. Juhu Please visit our Hare Krishna Land/for Janamastmi and Vyas Puja Day on the

30th instant . I think the Mayor of Bombay will preside over the meeting.


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Krishna Balaram Mandir, Raman Reti

Vrindaban� U.P.

His Holi ness Guru Kripa Swami

ISKCON

51 Coelho 'Way

Honolulu, Hawaii 96817

My Dear Guru Kripa Swami:

August 26, 1975

Please accept my blessings. I am in due re ceipt of your letter dated

August 15, 1975 and have noted the contents . Regarding Mansvi you im

mediately inform the police that he has misappropriated so much money .

He must give the account or we shall prosecute. Yes, Sruta Kirti he is

a good boy, so he can be made the President as you suggest .

You are GBC so you must stop all this from going on. The best proced

ure is that the Treasurer takes all money collected and immediate ly writes

it in the book and then daily deposits everything in the bank. None of the

collection should be used for spending. All expenditures should be done

by check as far as possible . Check means two signatures, so in this way

this nonsense will be stopped. Please see that all temples are following

this system . These reports are very much disturbing to me. How can I trans

late?


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Acharya Prabhakar Mishra

Kri shna Balaram Mandir, Raman Reti Vrindaba n , U . P .

Augu st 28 , 1 975

Ex . Vice Chancellor : K. S .A . University (Bihar) C-1 21 , Keerti Nagar, ' I New Delhi- 1 5 I , My Dear Prabhkar Mishra :

Please accept my blessings . I am in due receipt of your letter dated

August 6, 1 975 addressed to my Los Angeles ad dress and redirected from there

just now. I am ;neclosing herewith one invitation card to our Janamastrni and

Vyas Puja Day celebration . So if you come we can discuss further the points .


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I ' t t;t, � anta Swarn1.

Krishna Balaram Mand i r , Raman Re ti , Vrindaban, U .P . , IND IA

Sriman Hansadut t a and Ba hagvan Das ISKCON London and Pari s

My De ar Hansadutta and Bha gavan das :

September 1 7 5

Please acce pt my ble s sings . I have re ce i ve d one le tte r from Alanat h das Brahmachary , Pre s ide nt of I SKCON Stockholm, in which he reports that there

is much intere s t in Kris hna cons ciousne s s in Eastern Europe an countries .

He i s re commending two boys f or initiati on from Cze choslavakia . I do not

know the language otherwi se I would have gone the re . So I am re que s ting you

to make vig·orous propaganda in Eastern Europe . In the late st Engli sh BTG there

is my dis cussion about JV!arx phi losophy which will appeal to any sane gentle-

man., Thi s should 'be read and translated . lenin ki lled the Czar that 1 s all ,

but any gunda can do that .

You make one book containing my conversations with Pro f . Kotov.slr,:y and also

the one with Samasundar, and translate i t into Rus s ian and d i stribute in Rus-

s ia . My spe cial mission is for t he We stern countrie s . Whatever succe s s I have

got , i t is be cause t he We sterners have cooperated �

I hope this me e t s you in good health. / / '

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Bahu Rupa Das

P . o . Box 4758

Krishna Balara.m Mandir, Raman Reti

Vrindaban , U . P . INDIA

Long Be ach, Ca . 90804

Dear Bahu Rupa Das :

September 1 , 1 975

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Please accept my blessings . I am in. due receipt of your letter dated August 1 6, 1 975 and have noted the contents . How can you prove that Vedic culture did not exist before 5, 000 years? Darwin ' s theory says millions and millions of years in calculation. So how are these millions of years existing?

Mundana archeologists are mistaken be cause they say from monkey the human beings have come into existence , but at the present moment both the human being and the monkey are existing. The monkey i s not extinct . So these theories are not corre ct . Nobody has seen a .monkey giving birth to a human being. As the monkey and the human being are existing side by side at present, so for millions of years they were existing like this . That is our theory. The modern materia l archeology has no meaning for us . Our realization is depending on the spiritual platform. Transmigration of the soul does not depend on history.

There is Vedic literature that gives proof of Lord Parasurama driving out the ksatriyas . We do not take these mundane historians as authority. Regarding the d ating of the Srimad Bhagwatam, the Battle of Kurukshetra took place at the beginning of Kali yuga , and Kali yuga has passed more than 5 , 000 years . The Bhagavad-gita was also spoken at the beginning of the fight, so we take it as 5 , 000 years ago. From the Baaggvad-gita we learn it was spoken by the sun god millions of years ago . We take this as authority . If you don ' t accept my authority, then I don ' t accept your authority. That is the way of evidence , to accept the Srimad Bhagawatam and the Vedic literature . The calculation is that the Kali yuga is 432 , 000 years , out of which we have passed 5 , 000 years .

I hope that this meets you in good health.

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FltE Krishna Ba.laram Mandir Se ptember 3 , 1 975

Raman Re t i , Vrindaban, U . P . INDIA Sriman Ha.nsadu t ta das Adhikary

Bhakt iveda.nta Man or , Le t chmore He ath

near Wa tford , Hert sfordshire , D .K . My De ar Hansadutta das ;

Please a ccept my bles sings . I am in due re ce i pt of three copi e s of t he new

German edi t i on of Chai tanya Chari tamri ta Chapter 7 & 8 . It is very nice . The

printing i s ve ry good . Bengali type s in a Ge rman country , i s very good . They

will take it .

Did Dr . W'o lf-Rottkay he lp e d i t t h i s book? I do not see hi s name ment i one d ,

He i s profe ssor, s o i f you men tion his name in the book , i t wi ll7Impre ssive .

When I was in Los Ange le s , he was coming to see me e ve ryday � Als o on the spine

of the book under the BET logos the word s " Bahktivedanta. Book Tru s t 1 1 must

appear . They are doing this on all the new volume s of Chaitanya Chari tamrita

from Los Ange le s .

I hope this mee t s you in good hea l t h.

1 1 wisher,

ACBS/bs

Dr . Jagadish Bhardwaj , M . A . , Ph. D .

Profe ssor Hindi Division Atmaram Sanatan Dharma College

New Delhi

De ar Sriman Bharadwaj j i :

Krishna Balaram Mandir, Raman Reti Vrindaban , U . P . September 3, 75

Please acce pt my ples sings . I beg to thank you for your pre sentation of two book s , Krishna U.ipta � � Varnan �nd Krishna � Vimarsa . I have gone through some of the page s of t he se book s . It i s done very s cholarly. We are presenting Krishna cons ciousness all over the world . In future many devotees will be intere sted to read your books . We understand from the Srimad :Bhagawatam that everyone should uti li ze his talent in t he service of themuttamasloka, Krishna . idam hi pumsas t apasah srutasya va/ svistasya suktasya ca buddhi da-

ttayoh/ avicyuto ' rthah kavibhir nirupito/ yad uttama sloka gunanuvarnanam. "Learned circle s have pos itively concluded that the infallible purpose of the advan cement of knowledge , namely aus teritie s , study of the Vedas , sacrifice ., chant ing of hymns and chari ty, culminate s in the transce ndental descriptions of the Lord , who is defined in choi ce poetry. 11 (Bhag. 1 : 5 :22 . )

Generally it is very diffi cult to unders tand Krishna tat tvatah , as it is confirmed in t he :Bhagavad-gi ta, manusyanam saharasre su/ kas cid yatati siddhaye/ yatatam api siddhanam/ kas cin mam ve tti tattvatah. "Out of many thousands among men , one may end!lever for perfe ction, and of those who have achieved perfe ction, hardly one knows Me in truth . " (Bg. 7 : 3 . ) But , Krishna is available through the proce ss of devotional service , bhakti yoga, bhaktya mam abhijanati9 and anyone who a ctually understands about Krishna , about His appearance and disappearance , he goes back to home , Back to Godhead , j anma karma ca me divyam/ evam yo vetti tattvatah/ tyaktva deham punar janma/ naiti mam e ti so 1 rjuna. (Bg. 4 : 1 0. ) Therefore in t he Brahma Samhi ta we le arn : vedesu durllabham adurllabham atma bhaktau. It is further stated in the Padma Purana : atah sri krsna namadi na bhaved grahyam indriyaih/ sevonmukhe hi jihvadau svayam eva sphuraty adah. "No one can understand the t ranscendental nature of the name , form, quality, and pastime s of Sri Kri shna through his materially contaminated sense s . Only whe n one becomes spiritually satUrated by trans cendental se rvi ce to the Lord are the transcendental name , form, quality, pas time s of t he Lord revealed to him. " Krishna cannot be known by the materially blunt sense s . When you utilize your tongue in the service of the Lord then Kri shna reveals Himse lf . You cannot order Krishna please come and I will see you .

So you are a learneddscholar, and you have tried t o use your energy for the service of the Lord . That is your succe ss. I thank you very much for your endeavor in spreading Krishna cons ciousness.

With my be s t rea�rds , I beg to remain,

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Tridandi Swami Sree ��akti Pramode Puri Sree � Basudev Sree Mand ir P . O . Kalna, Dt . Burdwan

Dear Bhakti Pramode Puri Maharaj :

Krishna Balaram Mandir, Raman Re ti Vrindaban , U . P .

September 7, 75

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Please accept my obei sance s . I am in due rece ipt of your le tter dated August 27, 1 975 and have noted the conte nt s . Ye s , it is Bhagavan ' s spe cial mercy

upon me that I am get ting such immense wealth . You will be pleased to know t hat h-\; 1\: n l my books are se lling to the extent of one � of dollars per month . But this

money is coming from the mle cchas and yavanas . That is the difficulty . This

money is not coming from the brahmins . Therefore I am afraid to contribute to

you as you re que st. How shall I give to you and pollute you?

They are all mle cchas , and you are a rigid brahmin, pukkha . So how will you

a ccept it? If you like , you can hand over t he management charge of your temple , and my devotees will manage .


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Sriman Ha n sad u t t a das Ad hikary Bhakt ivedanta Man or , Le t c hmore Hea t h near Vlatf ord , He rt sf ord.s hire U . K . My De ar Han sadutta das :

� It Krishna Balaram Mand i r , Raman Re t i v rindaban , U . P . S e pte mbe r 9 , 7 5

Ple ase a c cept my ble s sings . I a m in due re ce ipt of your le t t e r dated S eptem-·

ber 3 , 1 97 5 wit h e n c losed clippings and the booklet on Cow Prate cti on : Cow pro

t e ct ion i s one of the i terns of the Kri shna cons c i ousne s s mo ve me n t ; krsi go-·

raksya van i j yam. raksya means prote ct ion . It is e spe cia lly menti oned . Mukunda ha s d one a great servi ce . I am a ski ng t hem t o reprint it here . It w i ll be very useful for preaching to the Indians . If you are sending men they can bri ng copie s wi t h them .

Thi s t ime that the re were 1 0 , 000 Indians f or Janama s tmi i s ve ry ��;couraging . Ye s , the y are good supporte r s . Ye s , I approve of your program . We work where

the re i s a good f i e ld � Do i t ni ce ly . You have noted that i s the se cre t of suc

ce s s . Ple a s e continue thi s poli cy of s t ra ight forward dealings . Re garding Bury Place ye s , for raising money to purcha se there w i ll be no diffi culty . Try to

keep our temple the re . Purchase it and then repair i t ni ce ly and it will be a permanant e s tabli s hment . We are staying the re for the last two ye ars . How we can be moved from there ? You can hold t he day after Diwali t he Anakut Goverdhan

ce re m ony . The re should be heaps of prasada m .

Regarding the farm, our bus ine s s i s not farming . Our busine s s i s t o spread Kri shna cons c i ousne s s . So in fav or o f Kri shna cons c i ousne s s wha t e ve r poli cy is suitable that w e s hould take . Even if you move the f arm, how will i t be condu cte d

if your de vote e s are not inte re ste d ? No , it i s not a good ide a . It will me an our

atte ntion will be d iverted . If you have got more men , then it can be ta ckled .

The c lipping on the Janamas tmi day men t i on s spe cifi cally tha t the Manor was

purchased by Ge orge f or u s . Keep thi s arti cle for future if there is s ome t rou

ble . A ctually he pu rchased for this purpose . Encourage Alanath in h i s publi shi,ng,

and al so in German language publi sh as many books as p o s s ib le . Enc losed are le tters about Kyde rabad .

I hope this me e t s you in good he alth .

N . B . Engl i s h devot e e s may be re que sted to come t o India imm

Kri shna Ba laram Mandir, Raman Re ti ,

Vrindaba n , U . P .

Sriman Radhaballabha d a s Brahma chary

I S K CON- BBT 97 1 1 Veni ce Blvd , Los Ange le s , Ca . 90034

My Dea r Ra dhaballava das :

Sept . 1 1 , 1 97 5

Please a cce pt my ble s sing s . I have seen y o u r lette r d a t e d Augus t 3 1 , 1 975

re garding t he ca l cula t i on of my birthd ay . The system for cal cula ting is a s f o l l ows : the f irst day of birth is the f irs t birthday . The next year that day is t he se cond bi rthday ; i . e . the se cond bi rthday me an s that one year ha s bee n comple ted . So i t is my 80t h birthday , and I have completed

7 9 years .

A ccord ing to the Hindu system, on the first birthday t he re is j a ta ka rma ceremony and a l l big , big astrologers asse mble and give the horos cope . In the Srima d Bhag1-1atam the birthday of Maharaj Park s h i t is there .

I h ope thi s mee t s you in good heal t h .

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Sriman Giriraj das Brahmachary Hare Krishna Land Gandhi Gram Road , Juhu Bombay 400 054 My Dear Giriraj das :

Krishna Balaram Mandir, Raman Reti Vrindaban, Dt . Mathura , U .P . September 15 , 75

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Please accept my ble s sings . I am in due re ceipt of your letter dated September 6, 1 975 and have noted the contents . Regarding the tax que stion, our Krishna consciousne s s movement is cultural . We are preaching Bhagavadgita As It Is . Our mission is to spread t he i nstructions of Krishna so that people may be come h appy, hopeful, a nd peaceful . The central point is to understand Krishna as the supreme proprietor, the supreme enjoyer and the best friend of all living beings . He is the best friend of the human society because He gives perfe ct social order, perfect e comomic devlopment , perfe ct philosophy, perfe ct religion , and perfe ction of life .

Religion is des cribed in the English di ctionary as a kind of faith . Of course when we accept Kri shna ' s instructions perfectly we be come automatically a perfe ctly religious person . Therefore Krishna consciousne ss movement i s not a sentimental fanaticism of so-called religion. But , it is the perfe ct culture for peace and happines s of t he whole human society.

I am glad that you had a nice Janamastmi celebration in Bombay. Continue your diligent work, and Kri shna will give you all succe ss .


r A : c . Bhaktived,anta Sua.mi ACBS/bs

FILE Krishna-Balarama Han dir , Chat t ikara Road , Ramana Re t i , Vrn davan a , Mathura , U . P ..

S e p tember 1 8 , 1 975

Mr . Sush i l K . Arora % Lo tus PO Box 761 , Stat ion A Toron t o 1 , Ont ar i o C ana da

My dear Sushi l K . Arora ,

Please a c c e p t my b l e s s ines . I am in due r e c e i p t o f your l e t t e r dat e d S e p t ember 1 1 , 1 975 w i th en c los e d check for 250 rupe e s ., I thank you very much f o r i t . I am glad t o know that you have appreciated our movement and are t aking ac t ive intere s t . I very much enjoyed my s t ay in Toronto and I hope that everyone there , all the devo t e e s , e sp e c i al ly amongst the Indian c ommun i t y , will co-opera t e t o spread our movement in To ront o and e st ab l ish a very nice templ e .

I hope this me e t s you i n goo d heal th .

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His Holiness Mahamsa Swami Hare Krishna Land Nampally Station Road Hyderabad, A . P .

My dear Mahamsa Swami ,

Krishna-Balaram Mandir Chattikara Road , Raman Re ti ,

September 21 , 75 , I /

Please a c cept my blessings . I thank you very much for the affi davit which you have sen t . I t should be followe d by all o ther c enters . It is very good that people are already coming to see the t emple . That means that th ere is great intere s t . Regarding the ne ed for money there , if it is a case of eme rgency , then more money can be len t to you . You h ave already borrowed Rs . 60 , 000/-. If you want immediately money , then I am prepared to lend to you at 1 �fo intere st . So if th ere is emergency , y ou can send acc ount number of your bank and we shall do the needful . I am starting

Vrndavana , Mathura , U . P .

for Delhi on September 23rd an d on the following day , September 24th 1 will go to Ahme dabad for some programs . From Bombay I will start for Maritius on September 30th .

You h ave invited me to come to Hyderabad and yes , I will certainly c ome . It is a very nice place there and I shall come either by the end of Oc tober or early November . Yes , if you like we can also go t o Nellore . Your idea for th e bullock cart sankirtana is very goo d . So n o w do i t . An d your program for distributing the literature , the charity and the prasadam , this is all very n i ce . And that you yourself will do it personally , that I thank you very much .

I hope this meets you in good health

( A . C . Bhaktivedanta Swami

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Sriman Ja.gannath Suta das Adhikary :Back to Godhead

:5764 Watseka Ave .

Los .Angeles , Ca . 90034

My Dear Ja.gannath SUta das :

Gandhi Gram Road, Juhu :Bombay 400 054

September 26,

Please a ccept my ble ssings . I am in due receipt of your letter dated

September 1 5, 1 975 with the enclosed copie s of the latest issue of BTG

No. 1 0 . I can say that each issue you produce is an improvement on the

previous one . This is very good . You are doing it e nthusiastically.

For the arti cle of my touring they have sele cted the photos very nicely,

We can talk with anyone . Marx . Darwin , all professors and politicians ,

we can challenge and defe a t them. Our philosophy is so perfe ct. So go

on exposing them , that i.s the purpose of Back to Godhead paper, to ex

pose their materialisti c ideas as all nonsense and present the real

philosophy that Lord Krsna give s . This is the real knowledge .

I hope thi s meets you in good health .

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A.c. Bhaktivedanta Swami ' "

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Sriman Radhaballava d as Brahmachary :SBT 971 1 Veni ce Blvd . Los Ange le s , Ca . 90034

My Dear Radhaballava das :

Gandhi Gram Road , Juhu, Bombay 400 054

September 26, i75

Please accept my blessings . I am in due re ceipt of your letter d ated

September 1 9 , 1 975 and the two copies of the three other parts of Chai

tanya Charitamrita. Ye s , I am very pleased with how you have done it . I have orde red you in two months to do it , and you have done it . I know

you have worked very hard . The art paintings are very, very good . Every

one like s them, and I know they h ave worked e spe cially hard . You should

knop that I am ve ry ple ased that you have fulfilled my re que st without

any hesitation. This is your suc ce s s in spiritual life . The photographs Ol� � all also wonderful . He has done nice ly, the boy :Shargava .

The t ransliterati ons I am not using. There is some fault . I am doing

the translations , and Nitai will see that the synomyms are done . I have

finished now the Sixth Canto and have already started the Seventh Canto.

I hope this mee t s you in good health.

e ve r we ll wisher ,

�L&· 1 n A,\J J t 1 . J l �� i e nta Swami

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Prem J. Batra Ruparel College , Sr. B .A . Matunga, Bombay 400 01 6

My Dear Prem Batra :

Gandhi Gram Road, Juhu Bombay 400 054

September 281 75

J Please accept my blessings . I am in due receipt of your letter dated

September 1 9, 1 975 and have noted the contents . I am very glad that you are seriously trying to understand our Krishna consciousness philosophy. It is Srila Jiva Goswami who has presented very high philosophy in his Six Sandavas.

Regarding your question about the difference between the mind and the soul, in the Bhagavad-gita it is dire ctly said that the mind is inferior energy in a subtle form, and soul, jiva, is superior ener8Y· So they are completely distinct. Mind is not spiritual, but mind is a subtle material form. When the s oul becomes captivated for enjoying the material world instead of rendering service to Krishna, that is the beginning of his falldown. When the living being thinks himself to be the enjoyer, that is called false ego. His constitutional position is to serve Krishna. So this false egotism degrades him to pollute the intelligence and the mind .

So mind and intelligence are already there in the soul, but in the conditional stage the same mind and intelligence become polluted as false egotism or enjoyer. The bhakti process is to purify everything. The mind is not the soul but i s a venue for expressing the soul ' s desire . So if the mind is purified, then things go on nicely in its original position . If he does not go on rightly he falls down in conditional life , The whole Y08ic system is to convert the mind from matter to spirit. You can utilize the mind in both ways . When the mind is spiritually trained up it is the best friend of the soul, and when the mind is materially polluted, it is the worst enemy. The Bhagavad-gita states : bandhur atmatmanas tasya, yenatmaivatmana jitah, anatmanas tu satruve, vartetatmaiva satruvat . (Bg. 6 : 6. )

For those who are grossly materialistic persons, for them the yogic system is recommended, otherwise if the mind is directly e"8aged engaged at the lotus feet of Krishna, the senses attomatically be come engaged in Kri shna ' s service ; and that i s the liberated stage . Chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra is the direct process for curing the mind of all materialistic contamination. Take to this process and be happy.

You have asked many questions , and I am glad that you are going to join our movement . I am going to South Africa tomorr for one month, and when I return to Bombay, you can come and se at at time .

I hope this meets you in good healt •

, A . C . Bhaktivedanta Swami ACJ3S/bs

Reply : Johanne sbu rg Gandhi Gram Road , Juhu , Bombay 400 054

Sep tember 2 9, 1 97 5

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�ridandi Qoswami Jl.C. GJ3fiaktivedanta Swami Fo under -Acharya:

International S o cie t y fo r K rishna C on s cio u s n e ss

CENTER :

0� DATE . . . 7-.1 . . . 9.�fo�� . . . . . . . . . . 1 9 . 7 .5. 2

The i r s i s a th ei s t i c argumen t . God i s n o t o n l y o mn i s c i e n t , b u t a l s o Almi gh ty . Pre d e s t i ny i s th ere but i t i s ca n c e l l e d i � you

s urrender to Hi m , o th erwi s e God is n o t t h e c o n t r o l l e r . Th eirs i s l ike karmi mimams a ph i l o s ophy , t h a t G o d i s o ur s e rvan t a n d H e mu s t reward me a c c ord i n g t o my a c t ivi t i e s . I f y o u s urrender t o Krishn a t h e r e is n o m o r e pred e s t iny . He kn ows i f you do t h i s you mus t s u ffer , s o why d o you s u ffer . Yo u t a ke His advi c e . Even i f he s ays predes t i n e d , s o why d on ' t you s urre nder t o Kri s hna n ow , and ge t ou t of t his ma t e r i a l c ondi t i o n .

Con c e rn i ng o ur us e o f ana l o gy . We d o n o t b r i n g in i m p e r fe c t a n a l ogy , b u t w e fo l l ow t h e i n s t ru c t i o n s o f th e S h a s t r a s s t ri c t l y . Our a u t h ori t y i s o n t he ba s i s o f S h a s tra , n o t a n a l o gy . S o , V ya s ad ev a wh i l e givi n g t h e h i s t ory o f c re a t i o n s a ys 11 Ja n m a d yas ya • • ·;adikavaye " • • • s o H e imp r e gn a t e d the heart o f Bra h m a w i t h a l l t h e d e s i gns o f c re a t i on . S o wha t i s wrong t h er e ? I f I i n s truct s om e on e you d o l i ke thi s , and h e d o e s i t , t h en wha t i s t h e d i ffi c u l t y ? Th i s i s th e s ys t em . Our auth ori t y i s shas tra . We g i v e a na l o gy f or t h e gen eral mas s o f pe op l e who h ave n o :fai th in s ha s t r a . A na l o gy i s n o t pro o f ; s h as tra i s pro o f . Fo o l i s h p e op l e c ann ot unders tand or a c c ep t , s o we u s e a n a l o gy . Th e c o n c l us i on i s n o t dra wn fr om t h e ana l ogy bu t fr om t h e s h a s tra . W e don ' t u s e a c ombi n a t i on o f l o gi c a nd au th ori t y , we u s e a u t h or i ty . Logi c we us e t o c onvi n c e s om e on e who d o e s n ' t a c c e pt the a u t h o r i ty . Th e b a s i c prin cipl e i s au th o ri ty . Veda s s ay t h a t c owdu n g i s pure and w e a c c e p t i t . Th ere i s n o l o gi c , bu t w h e n w e pra c t i c a l l y u s e i t w e s e e tha t i t i s c o rre c t . Th e l o gi c o f u s i n g an a l ogy i s c a l l e d i n t h e sha s tra " s a kh a chan dra nayaya . " I t i s e a s i e r t o focus o n t h e mo on th rough t h e bran ches o f a tre e . Th e m o on is gr e a t d i s tan c e away , and you s a y tha t it is j us t t hr ou gh t h e b r a n ches. So y o u c a n fo cus more e a s i ly o n t h e m o o n b e c a us e 2 p o i n t s j oi n e d

ma ke a s tr a i ght l in e . S o f o cu s ing o n the n e arby o b j e c t h e l ps us t o :focus on t h e far- away o b j e c t . Th i s i s t h e u s e o £ a n a l o gy .

S o t h e re i s n o qu e s t i o n o f s t a g n a t i on i n Kri s h n a C o n s c i o u s n e s s . Kri s h na i s un l i m i t e d . Th e m or e we advance in Kri s h n a C o n s c i o us n e s s . the m o r e we und ers t a n d a b ou t Him . We c a n n o t fini s h t h e pro c e s s o f unde rs t anding Him . Th e li t t l e mo r e tha t w e adva n c e , w e s e e

s t i l l t h a t H e i s :far a w a y . Even Kr i s h n a c o u l d n ' t u nd e r s t a n d H i s p o s i t i o n i n r e l a t i on s h i p t o Radhara n i , t h e r e fo r e , H e t o o k t he p o s i t i on o f Ra d h a ra n i t o u nd e rs t a n d H i m s e l f a s S r i C a i t a n y a Mahapra bhu .

I h o pe t h a t t h i s m e e t s

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Te jyas das Adhikari

ISkoon New De lhi 19 Todar Mal Lane , New De lhi 110001

My dear Te j yas ,

59 Muller Stree t ; Yeovill e , J ohannesburg, S outh Af'ri oa

L6 O c t ober 16 , 1975

Pleas e accept my bless ings . I have received one telegram from Navayogendra s ta ting " Congradulat:lons . All devot e es will r!ltCeive Vis a :tor three y�ars c onf'i.:rtlle d . " Pleas e expla:in the s i..tuat i on there to m� . I have not received any further informati on yet concerning thi s .

Als o * Pus ta Krishna SWami i s going t o purchas e one oar for my travelling purpos e s in India and f'or this I want you t o get him a three year vi s a from the government . The :foll owing information 'dll be he lpf'ul . Paul Howard Dos s i ok

Pas sport number-Z226955l Is.sued-u . s . Embassy London , England

on May .5 , 197.S Expirati on dat e May 4 , 1980 Birth dat e Feb . 8 � 1950 Phi.l adelph:l.a , Pennsylvania , u . s . A .

Pleas e f"orward thi vis a to him in Johannesb\UJ"g as qui ckly as pos ribl e . Als o , kindly f'ind out wha t are the regulati ons i.f a t ourle. t brings ( drives ) his car i o India and forward this n:f"ormation t o Pua. ta Krishna Swauai. in Jei>h e sb

I hope that this mee ts yo

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'W'ill ge t three year vis a or that all devot e es 'dll ge t thr ee

yeal:-' vis a ?

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Hi s Holines s Chayavann Swami , P . o . Box 28946 , Nairobi , Kenya , ER s t Afri ca

My dear Chayavana. Maharaj ,

59 Muller Stree t , Yeovi ll e , J ohannesburg, SouthA�ri ca

17 Oct ober , 7 5

Pleas e ac cept my bl e s s ings . I have re ceived one l e t t er from Jnana da s Adhikari dated Oc t . 8 , 1 9 7 5 , and als o Pus ta I<rsna Mahara j has pointed out one l e t ter addres s ed to you here in J ohannesburg dated O c t . 10 from Jnana das . This l e t ter was opened by Pus � Krsna becaus e i t may have c ontained in�orma. ti on relevan t to Olfr travel to Nairobi .

In any cas e , i t appears that Jnana das i s res tles s . I t i s not a go od ideas �or him t o bring Lilavati ' s daughter to K�li�i as he has des cribed the living cond� ti ons as very poor and now· she is at leas t nicely s i tuat ed in Gurukula . Als o , he speaks o� going t o Ameri c a , and 1vho will supply him the money �or thi s ? So , all the s e unnecess ary expendi tures should be s topped . We can di s cus s the mat t er �urther when I am in Nairobi . I wi ll be arriving on BA ol8 from J ohannesburg on Saturday, Oct ober 2 5 .

I hope that this mee t s

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Kartikeya K . Mahad evi a , A-l l S e a Fa c e Park , Bhu labhai De s ai Road , Bombay 400-026 , Ind i a

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P l e a s e '� c c ept my b l e s s ings and o ffer the s a me t o your wi fe , Gauri d evi , a nd your ch i ldren . I am enc l o s i n g h erewi th s ome fore i gn s t amps for your b e l oved s on , Kirtan . I am very much pl eased that n ow you a re t aking more a c t ive part in the propa ga t i on o f our mi s s i on ary a ctivi t i es . Re gardi.n g Ahmed a b a d C en tre , we mu s t have a p l a c e there . I am a l s o very much e a ger t o open a cen tr e�he re , Ah medab ad b e i n g one of the mos t o pu l ent and imp or t a n t c i t i e s of Indi a . L a s t time when w e h e l d our fe s tiva l in Ahn e dabad i t was c ert ainly very en c oura gin g . P e o p l e are na tural ly Kri shn a C o n s ci ous t here . I f we orga n i z e properly , pe ople wi l l ge t enl i gh t enment more a n d m ore and they wi l l be happy . We h a v e t o organi z e i n t h e nei ghb orin g vi l l a ge from where t h e R a j a S aheb c ame to o ffer his r e s p e c t to me . He h a s promi s e d t o h ol d a me e ti n g o f the agri cu l turi s ts o f 20 , 000 p e op l e min imum and thi s wi l l be a gre a t opportunity . N ow , our next pro gram wi l l be t o organize farming land t o s e t an exampl e t o the whol e world h ow p e o p l e c an be pe ac e ful , happy , and fre e from a l l anxi e t i e s s imply by chan t i ng Hare Kri shn a Maha-man tra and l iving an hon orabl e l i fe i n Kri s h n a Cons cious ne s s . I n India e s p e c i a l ly pe o p l e are r e l igi ous ly inc l ined . They l ike t o live in vi l l age and al s o like t o l ove Lord Rama , Lord Kri shna . This id ea l i sm i s ru n n in g thr ough their b l o o d and vein s . We have t o o rgani z e the ir na tural t endency and e l eva t e th em a gain b a c k to Home , Ba ck - t o -Godh e a d . Pl e as e thi nk over the s e p o i n t s very s eri ous ly and as s o on as I re turn we shall take up the program . My b e l ove d s annya s i di s c i p l e Swami Pus t a Kri s hna has promi s e d t o give me a c a r , and as s o on as I ge t it I s h a l l m ove from vi l l a ge t o vi llage a l on g w i t h s ome s e l e c t e d as s i s t a n t s and organi z e this farming vi l l a ge deve lopment pro

More wh e n w e me e t , in t • me I h o pe th at th i s wi l me e t you in go od h e a l t h ,

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Pleas e a c c ept my b l e s s in gs . I am in due r e c e ipt o £ the 4 volumes of Chaitanya-carit amri t a and y our l e t t er d a t e d Oct ober 1 , 1975 and I have n o ted the c ontents careful l y .

C onc erning the synonyms , hen c e forward I am adding the synonyms mys e l f . From ye s t erda y n i gh t I have b e gun addin g the synonyms a s it d o e sn ' t s ave very mu ch time t o have the synonyms .

The Upadeshamri ta c an b e c ompos ed in the Bhagavatam forma t in the s i ze o f the p o ck e t N�D. 1\ � ,...

I hope tha t thi s mee t s ! ��.

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P le a s e a c c e p t my b l e s s i n g s . S in c e a l on g t i me I h a v e n o t h e a r d f r om y o u . A b o u t a w e e k before w h e n I w a s i n p a s s i n g f r o m D u r b a n t o P i e t e r ma r i t z b u r g , S o u t h A f r i c a , I s aw s e v e r a l f a c t o r i e s f o r p r e p a r i n g c h i c ke n s . The m o d e r n s cie n ti s t , t h e y s a y , f r o m c h e mi c a l l i fe h a s come , or l i f e f r om m a t t e r . S o , I s u g g e s t e d t h a t a l i t t l e c h e m i c a l c o m p o s i t i o n ma y b e m a d e b y t h e s c i e n t i s t s wi t h s o me y e l l ow c o l or , a n d w h y n o t p u t t h is a r t i f i c i a l e g g i n a n i n cu b a t o r a n d g e t m o r e a n d m o r e c h i c k e n s . I f t h e y c a n n o t p r o d u ce e v e n a c h i c k e n o r e v e n a n e g g o f c h i c k e n , h ow c a n w e b e l i e v e t h e i r v e r y b i g , b i g t a l ks .

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I n t h e w o r d s of B h a g a v a d -g i t a , t h e y a r e d e s c r i b e d a s m u d h a h , m a y a y a - a p a h r t a j n a n a . B e s i d e s t h a t , c a n y o u t e l l m e w h a t i s t he s c i e n t i f i c o p i n i on o f t h e d a y s b e i n g c o n s e c u t i v e l y S un d a y t h e n M o n d a y , t h e n T u e s d a y , W e d n e s d a y , T hu r s d a y , F r i d a y , a n d l a s t S a t u r d a y ? W h a t i s t h e h i s t o r y o f t h i s s et-up? ( from S un d a y t o S a t u r d a y ) .

A c c o r d i n g t o o u r s ha s t r a , S u n i s f i r s t , t he n m o o n , t h e n V e n u s , M e r c ur y , Mar s , J u p i t e r , a n d S a tu rn , l i k e t h a t . I n o t h e r w o r d s , f r o m B h a g a v a ta m w e u n d e r s t a n d t h a t t h e m o o n is 1 , 6 D D , DO O m i l e s a b o v e t h e s u n . I f t h a t i s t r u e , t h e n i s i t p o s s i b l e t o g o t o t h e m o on p l a n e t b y p e r s on s w h o c a n n e v e r i m a g i n e t o g o t h e di s t a n c e t o t h e s un p l an e t ? U n d e r t h e c i r c u ms t a n c e s , i f w e s a y t h a t t h e y h a v e n e v e r g on e t o t h e m o on p l a n e t , i s i t e x a g g e r a t i o n ? Y o u a r e a s c i e n t i s t , I h o p e y o u w i l l r e p l y t h e s e 2 p oi n t s s c i n t i f i c a l l y . I f t h e m o o n p l a n e t i s a c t u a l l y f ar a w a y f r o m t h e s un p l a n e t , h o w t h e y c a n g o t h e r e a n d p u b l i s h i n t h e p a p e r t h a t t h e m o o n p l a n e t i s t h e n e a r e s t p l a n e t .

E n c l o s e d y o u w i l l f i n d o n e f o r m f or a p p l i c a t i o n t o a n e w p r o f e s s o r s hi p t h a t h a s o p e n e d u p i n t h e b i g u n i v e r s i t y h e r e in D u r b a n , S o u t h A f r i c a . I t i s a u n i v e r s i t y o n l y f or I n d i a n s t u de n t s , a n d t h e r e c t o r t h e r e i s v e r y m u c h i m p r e s s e d a n d e a g e r to h a v e o n e o f o u r m e n w i t h t he e d u c a t i on a l q u a l i f i c a t i o n s t o c o me a n d t a k e t h e s e a t o f professor t h e r e . T he rector w a n t s a n e x p e r ie n c e d t e a c h e r f o r V e d i c C u l t ur e . T h e w h o le V e d i c C u l t u r e i s d i c s u s s i n o u r b o o k s . I t h in k t h a t y o u s h a l l b e a b l e t o d o t h i s j o b v e r y we l l . P l e a s e f i l l o u t t h e f or m e n c l o s e d a n d r e t u r n t o t h e J o h a n n e s b u r g T e�p l e , 5 9 M u l l e r S tr e e t . Y e o v i l l e , J o h a n n e s b urg , S o u t h A fr i c a . W ·

m e n t i o n in g y o ur q u a l i f i c a t i o n s y o u c a n a l s o me n t i on t h a t y u a r e a B h a k t i s h a s t r i f r o m ( I S KC �

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His Holine ss Jayapataka Swami Sri Nayapur Chandrodaya Mandir P . o . Sreee Mayapur, Dist � Naba.dwip

We st Bengal, INDIA

My Dear Jayapataka Swami :

Nov . 7 , 1 975

Please accept my blessings . I am in due re ce ipt of your telegram

as follows : PADAPADMA SAHSRA PRANAME WELCOME BACK FROM YOUR TOUR

S TOP DEVOID YOUR LOTUS FEET DUST MA YAPUR IS WEEPING HOPE YOUR

ARRIVAL FORTHCOMING WEATHER NICE FRESH S TOP =JAYAPATAKA SWAMI

So let us begin the construction on the temple here in Bombay

first, then we shall see for coming there to Mayapur to stay with

you • � a..g oftCr CL 'Y'I!Jof{fA-, I hope this meets you in good health.

I · A . c . Bhaktivedanta Swami

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Sriman V i svakarma das Brahmacari I S KCON 1 87 Ge rrard S tr e e t Eas t Toron t o , O n tar i o M5A 2E5 Canada

My dear V i svakarma das ,

Hare Kri shna Lan d Juhu Road Juhu , Bombay 400 054

9 Novemb e r 7 5

Please ac c e pt my b l e s s ings . I am in due r e c e i p t o f your l e t te r dat e d S e p t ember 3 , 1 975 wi th the enc l o sed s t a t e m e n t abo u t Van Mah araj a . S o I have now i s sue d orders that all my d i s c iple s sh ould avo i d all o f m y g o dbro thers . Th ey should no t have a ny dealings wi th them n o r even c o r r e spondenc e , nor sh ould they give them any of my b o ok s o r shou l d they purchase any o f the i r b o oks , ne i th e r sho u l d you v i s i t an y o f the ir t empl e s . Please avo i d them .

I have r ec e ive d your t e l e gram that you have purchas e d the church which I have seen when I was the r e i n Toront o . So th i s is very goo d news . Please send m e the details .

Upon your recommenda t i on I am a c c e p t in g Ro dne y Mort as my di s c i pl e and h i s nam e i s Ji takandarpa . I also ac c e p t Nakadi das Brahmacari for brahminical in i t i a t i o n . Enc l o s e d is h i s thread and man tra sh e e t . So you should h o l d a f i r e sac r i f i c e an d l e c tu r e on the impo r t an c e o f f ol lowing the rul e s an d r e gulations , chan t ing 1 6 r ounds an d al l the devo t i onal princ i pl e s . This i s your re sponsib i l i t y as the pre s i dent of the t emp l e . Y ou mus t do it yourse l f and see that they also do i t . This i s the p e rf e c t way o f teach ing .

I hope this mee t s you in g o o d h eal th . r,J(t

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re quired here in Bombay for construction supe rvision .

I re ce ived your cable that y ou have purchased that church . Congratulations . What are the de tails ? My ble s sings t o Mr . Batra�CBS

?;ridandi Qoswami Jl.C GJ3fiaktivedanta Swami Founder-Acharya: International Society for K r i shna Conscious ness

CENTER Hare Krishna Land , Juhu Road , Juhu , Bombay 4oo 054

Sriman Upendra das Adhikari Kri shna-Balaram Mandir Cha tt ikara Road Raman Reti Vrindavan , Mathura , U . P .

My Dear Upendra das ,

DATE 1 0 November 1 975

Please accept my blessings. I am in due rece ipt o f your l e t ter da ted Oc tober 1 0 , 1 975 and I have read th e contents i n ent irety . S o I thank you very much for your sen timen ts . Why not stick to Vrindavan . I am comin g there soon an d again we shall assoc i ate . Now you should extend your v i sa and stay th ere and stick to that holy place . Ultimately Vrin davan i s our goal o f l i fe .

I am gla d t o note your program and that you are also studying H indi . This is very good. I very much apprec iate your service . In the ki tchen you should please see that nothing i s wasted.

Yes , you will be blessed by Vrindavan -I svari . I am coming th ere very soon and thi n gs will be adjus t e d .

I hope this meets you i n goo d h ealth .

�at:ulDlL A . c . Bhak t ivedanta Swami

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His Holin ess Madhudvisa Swami ISKCON 1 97 Danks Street Albert Park Vic toria , Melbourne Australia

My dear Madhudvisa Swami ,

Hare Krishna Juh u Road Juhu , Bombay

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Please accept my blessings . I am i n due r e ceipt of your letter dated September 1 6 1 1 975 together with the n i c e photographs an d the professor ' s review . From the photo it appears that everyth ing is very nice . I am very glad . I n Melbourne , Australia who drempt that there would be such a nice temple , Radha-Krsna , and that local men would be worsh iping . And still anyone who i s sincerely serving , he will get inspiration how to do it nicely . Krsna i s there i n his heart . As is stated in Bhagavad-gi ta :

tesam evanukampartham aham ajnana-jam tamat

nas�amy atma-bhavastho jnana-dipena bhasvata

1 10ut of c ompassion for them , I , dwelling in their heart s , destroy with the shining lamp of knowledge the darkness born o f ignorance . " (Bg . 1 0 . 1 1 )

As a child when I was going to th e neigh bori n g Malik temple , I was th inking then whe n will I have such a nice De ity to worship and now Krsna is so kind that I am e stablish ing so many nice templ e s all over the world. Now I want that there should be e stablish ed 1 08 temples before my death , so you think h ow to do it . Make some program , train up devotees . All temples in Melbourne , Lon don , Paris , Bombay , all are very nic e . Everything is very bright and brilliant . The Deity is proof of the sinc ere servic e . I t i s the duty of th e GBC now to maintain this . Th eir duty i s h ow to enthuse them an d mai n tain .

You mention about the wrist-watch give n to the Deity . Was it made in Melbourne? Or somewhere else . Was it made in Japan?

The dresses are made very n i c ely . It appears from the photograph s . Some o f the dressmakers may c ome here t o India , one o r two o f them . Krsna is supplyin g th e ideas for you to tak e photos like this , so you will be recognized by Krsna. Sarvasya caham h rdi sannivistho/

tt h t . .v- h • • . , rna a smr �r Jnanam apo anam ca.

Regarding the review , th e profe ssor has go t the real pic ture . We do not want any compromise . Indological means you have to h ave the

2 J k 1 c orrect view .

His Holiness tladhudvisa Swami -2- 1 0 Novembe r 1975 Regarding your que s t ion s , the first qu�stion , when a sou�

reincarnates , do es he asso c iate wi th the sou�s he assoc iat e d wi th in h i s pas t l ives . th at is n o t necessar ily so . Even if he assoc iate s , h ow c an he recognize them be cause everyone cha n ges his body . Regarding your que st ion about karmic debt , yes , it is generally that the debtor is obl iged t o take birth and also J the creditor . Some t imes the creditor takes b i rth as the son o f the debtor a n d after b e ing a very a ffe ct ionate son for a few day s , he dies and thus the debtor b ecome s aggrieved very much . This is the punishme n t . In this way i n every transa c tion t h e participant s are becomin g involved i n th e ir re sultant ac tion of karma. Th is is karma-ban dhana9 i n Bhagavad-gi tak or th e bon dage of different fruit ive activity . It is advi sed that one shoul d ac t only for Krsna , o th e rwise he will be involve d in karma-bandhana.

Re gardin g your second question , wh ether a person who is a Negro , Chinese , In dian , etc. are they different s pe c i e s of life mak ing u p the 400 , 000 species. Yes , so far th ei r body is concerned . Your que stion wh e ther woman in each on e o f these spe cies is another separate spec ie s , no , the spe c i e s means both man and woman of the same type . Of c ours e , stric tly speaking the woman is taken d i fferen tly , otherwise how would Krsna say striyo vai{yas tatha �udras .

Regarding Rathayatra , yes , if possible I will go and I shall let you know timely .

I am glad to note that you are sending me n to India. This is very good . Thank you very much . Since they are Australian , they will not require any visa . Now in India we require very good men , men who are steady who follow the rules an d reg ulation s and who are wil�ing to work har d . Here in Bombay �e have started our Bombay c onstruction . I t is a h uge project and we require intelli gent men to supervise construc tion and so on . Men who come here , they should be prepared to stay he re for at least two year s . And they must be very strict in following th e rules and regulations. N ow the government is r@cogn izing us so we do not want that th ere should be any inciden c e s .

I hope this meets you i n good h ealth .

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Mr. K. T . Desai Kambli Block Nehru Road Ville Parke East Bombay 57

Dear Mr. Desai ,

Hare Krishna Juhu Road Juhu , Bombay

1 2 November

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I am in due receipt o f your letter dated October 1 4 , 1 975 wi th your enclosed article . You mention Go d , but who is God? If you do not know who is God, then how can you say that He is the Super Joy?

You mention transcendental meditation , but what is transcendental meditation? We do not find it in any authorized scripture , but jnana-yoga is there in the Vedic literature and the yogis prac tice this type o f yoga . These things are explained in the Bhagavad-gita 6th Chapter very nic ely . And in the o ther Vedic literature we find that a yogi by concentrating his mind can see the Supreme Personal ity of Godhead within the c ore of his hear t . Bhagava d-gita states :

yoginam api sarvesam mad-gatenantaratmana

sraddhavan bhajate yo mam sa me yuktatamo matah

And of all yogis , he who always abi de s in Me with great faith , worshiping Me in transcendental lovi n g service , is most intimately united with Me in yoga and is the h i ghest of all . ( Bg . 6 . 47 )

S o this is the perfec tion o f meditation . One must have faith and great love for the Supreme Lord. He must be a devotee . Therefore bhakti is the perfec tion of medi tation .

I do not know what is this transcendental meditation , but I h ave seen so many advertisements for transc endental me ditation in America wherein it was advertised there is no need of religious principles or regulative principles nor is any fai th require d. But our Vedic culture is chiefly dependant upon regulative principles. It i s not possible to perform medi tation without performing regulative principles . So in your article , if you support your statements with quo tations from the Vedic literature , then we can publish . itOtherwise we regret that we canno t do anything .

So far medi tation is c oncerned , s ex life i s strictly prohibited. But the followers of the transcendental meditation , they do no t follow this principle .

Mr . K . T . Desai -2- 12 November 1 975

Regar ding e ducation , that e ducation b e gins wh en one un derstands that he is no t that body , but whe re i s that e du c a t i o n ? Tha t you will find in Krsna c on sc iousn e s s . �

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Swami

�ridandi Qoswami c.fi.C. GJ3fiak.tivedanta Swami Founder-Acharya: International Society for Krishna Consciousness CENTER Hare Kr i sh n a Lan d , Juhu Ro ad ,

Juhu , Bombay 400 054

Sriman Abh i n an da das Brah mac ari ISKC ON 400-1 8 th A v enue East S e a t tl e , Wash i ngton 981 02

My d e ar Abh inan da das ,

DATE 1 2 Novembe r 1 97 5

Please a c c e p t m y blessi ngs . I a m i n du e re c e ipt o f y o u r l e t t e r dat e d Oc to ber 1 8 , 1 97 5 . Y e s , t h i s i s v e ry good that y o u h ave t aken seriously our pro grams here i n In d i a such as the book d i s t r ibut i n g . Th i s is v e ry importan t . I t i s a v e ry good i de a for the Seattle t empl e t o f i n anc e the purc hase o f a v e h i c l e a s well as mon thly financ e s fo r travel and main t a ining and o pe ra t in g expe n s e s of the vehic l e . So you c an take a l e a ding par t i n th i s pro gra m . I n your party h e r e y o u c an take some In d ian devo t e e s . Th a t will b e very e f f e c t ive .

S o you shou l d take from t h e re an e n try v i sa . You apply for o n e o r t w o y e ar e n t ry v i sa , s ay i ng th a t you are s t u dent o f ISKCON a n d �ou are c omin g t o I n d i a to s tudy t h e V e d i c c ul tu re , l iv e in our temple s , an d l e arn De i ty wo rsh i p . If you c ome all wi th an e n t ry visa , t h e n there will b e no d i f f i c u l t y for you to ren e w .

I h ope thi s m e e t s you in good heal t h .

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H i s Holin e ss Guruda s S wam i C% Ra dha-Damodar Trav e l l i n g Sank i rt a n #6

1 005� W e s t De Leon Tampa , Flo r i da 33606

My d e a r Guruda s S wam i ,

Hare Krishna Lan d , Juhu Ro a d Juhu , Bombay 400 054

1 2 Novemb e r 7 5

Please ac c e pt m y b l e s s i n g s . I am i n d u e re c e i p t o f your le t ter da t e d O c t o b e r 2 1 , 1 97 5 and have no t e d the c ont en t s w i th mu c h pleasure . So I th ank you very much be c ause I se e you are do i ng very goo d . Now you are do i n g som e th i n g . So you sh ould c o n t inue in th i s way . Do prac t i cal so l i d wo rk . Th i s i s re qu i r e d . You ar e an old exp e r i en c e d devo t e e an d I hav e pe rsonally t rai n e d y o u i n so many th i ngs , s o now it i s y our respon si b i l i t y t o train o thers otherw i se wha t is the m ean i ng of my tra ining you? S o do i t w i th s inc e r i ty and know that Ca i t anya Mahaprabhu 1 H e w i l l g i v e you all f ac i l i ty and you will be a suc c e ss .

Thi s pre ach i n g and managin g o f t h e sank i r tan par t i e s i s our real bus ine s s . Do i t more and Krsna wi ll b l e s s you m o re and more . I t i s ve ry goo d tha t th ey are paying som e th i n g fo r th e l e c ture s .

U pon yo ur r e c omm endation I am ac c e p t i n g for brahminic al in i t ia t ion Lo casva ra das . Enclose d i s h i s sanc ti fi e d gay a t r i th read a n d a l s o the man t ra sh e e t . I als o ac c e pt for ini t i a t i o n Chris Nell and h i s s p i r i tual nam e i s Srut i s agara das . His beads may b e chan t e d on by Tarnal Krsna G o svam i . A f i re sac r i f i c e should be h e l d so the brahm i n i c a l i ni t i a t e c an h ear the man t ra throu gh t h e r i gh t e a r from my reco rded tape . Y ou should i mpre s s upon them of th e r e s pon s i b i l i t y for following th e rul e s an d re gula t i on s and c h an t i ng 1 6 rounds m i n imum each day . Thi s will save them from mala • No , th e re i s n o spec ial name fo r your Gour-N i ta i De i t i e s .

I hope th i s m e e t s you i n goo d h e al th .

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Sriman Bhagava n das A dh ik ari ISKCON 4 rue Le Sueur 750 1 6 Pari s , Fran c e

M y dear Bhagavan das ,

Hare Krish n a Lan d Juhu Road Juhu , Bombay 400 054

1 4 Novemb e r 75

Pl ease ac c ep t my b l e s s i n g s . I a m u n due r e c e i p t o f your l e t t e r dat e d O c t o b e r 2 3 , 1 975 t o g e t h e r wi t h e n c lo sure s . So f a r your m i s understan din g w i th Hamsadu t ta is c o n c e rn e d , i t i s n o t subs t a n tial . But i n th e pres e n c e o f all GBC , th e mat t e r sho u l d b e s e t t l e d t h ough . Don ' t worry . I have r e c e ived th e we ekly c ash r e por t s . I t i s very goo d that you h av e t h e s a m e t r e asury s y s t e m a n d r e po r t i n g sys t em i n all your t e mple s . Th i s i s wa n t e d . Pl e a s e k e e p t h e a c c o un t s v e ry c orrec tly s o that we m a y remain always above suspi c i on . I am glad t h a t you n o w h ave 20 d e vo t e e s in G e n e va . Th is i s very e n c ouragin g . Try t o train th em u p a n d gradu ally l e ave th e m a t t e rs t o b e managed by them , i n the h a n ds o f the Swi s s d e vo t e e s . When I s t ar t e d th is movem e n t , I wan t e d t o bring som e men from Indi a . The problem was that in I n di a t h e men who j o i n e d the G au d i a Math m i ssion were n o t very educat e d . S o I d e c l i n e d t o b r i n g t h e m i n t h e W e s t e rn c o u n t r i e s a n d by the grac e o f K r s n a I was a b l e t o train t h e l o c al m e n . A n d t h us gra dually th ings b e c ame suc c e s s fuly Th e W e s t ern p e ople , t h e y a r e Aryan s an d k s a t r i y a s i n t h e i r o r i g i n , b u t due t o b a d as s o c i a t i o n wi th t h e abor i gin i e s , t h e y have t ak e n a l l b a d h ab i t s a n d b e c ome de gen era t e d . Now we h ave t o revive t h i s Aryan c ivilizat i o n and r e c t ify t h ings . If we do i t n i c ely , th e n all the W e s t ern p e o pl e will b e h appy a n d t h e y will g l o r i fy Lor d C a i t a n y a . Th i s i s S r i C a i t anya Mah aprabhu ' s pr e d i c t ion , "When th e y w i ll take this V e d i c culture , t h ey will a pplau d e M e . " So our m i s s i o n should be h o w to h av e Sri C a itanya Mah aprabhu applauded all over the worl d . H i s s t a t e ment i s param vi j ay a t e sri-krsn a-samk i r t anam . That s t a t em e n t will b e fulfill e d . That w e want t o se e . I t i s v e ry go o d th at t h e n e w h o use in Gene va t emple wa s form er Germ a n Embassy . I t i s a very goo d honor that the p e o pl e vo t e d in favor o f g i v i n g us the l e a s e . I s this new pla c e n e a r to th e r i v e r ?

Regar d i n g R om e , t h a t is ve ry goo d t h a t y ou h av e 50 devo t e e s . Are th e y all I t a l i a n ? Y e s , that is n i c e t ha t you are look i n g for a n ew building i n Rom e . Rome is a c rowde d c i ty . We mus t h ave th ere a very b i g buil d i n g . Th e c l i m a t e there i s also n i c e . It i s always sunny . In Rom e I h a ve s e e n m a n y houses e xac t ly like Indian hous e s . Also in Pari s I h av e s e e n th i s . I have r e c e i v e d the I t a l i an n e w l i t e rature s and they a r e v e ry , v e ry n i c e . Th ank y ou very much .

Re gar d i n g Spa i n , y e s , don ' t risk a n y t h i n g . You ' ve got suff i c i e nt e ngagemen t i n th e o t h e r Euro pean c i t i e s . Do every th i n g slow but sure •

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His Holiness Madhudvisa Maharaja ISKCON 1 97 Danks Stre e t , Albert Park Vic toria Melbourne , Australia

My dear Madh udvisa Maharaja,

Hare Krishna Land Juhu Road Juhu , Bombay 4oo 054 1 8 November 75

Please ac c ept my blessings . I am in due rec eipt of your l etter dated Oc tober 1 1 , 1 975 and have n o t e d the c ontents . Regardin g your c oming to India and travelling wi th me , oh yes , you are welcome . It is very good that you have been observing Catur-masya . I have already sent through Brahmananda Swami a telegram approving your travel program . That ' s very nice that you will travel to the Southeast Asian countri e s , Indonesia , Thaila n d , Malasya , Hong Kong and also China. Tha t is very n i c e .

Regarding the Gour-Ni tai Deities , yes , they can be installe d , but let me see the photographs first . That is very good that you are growing your own flowers at t he Melbourne mandir . Th is is very important .

Regarding China preaching , so far as I know Chinese people , although c ommunists , they are not devoid of God c onsc iousness . If they are sincere communi sts , they will accept our ph ilosophy . Our philosophy is that every living being is the son of the Supreme Being an d whatever we see within our vision--e i t�iving be ings on the land , on the water-everything b elongs to the Supreme Being . Every livin g being has a right to en joy the Supreme Father ' s property. So everyone means not only the human being , but also o ther l ivin g entities , those living in the sky , water, tree s , plan ts , creepers , ants , beasts , birds--all living be ings , they are sons of the Supreme Being in different forms .

So we should be compassiona t e to every living being , ac cepting them as sons of th e Supreme Being. That is th e real communistic ide a , perfec tly enunciated in th e Srimad-Bhagavatam . So any communist country , i f they take help from us , their c ommunistic i deal will be perfect. Let the leading men of any c ommunistic coun try come and talk with us about our philosophy and they cre sure to make him c onvinc ed about this loftiest philosophy of Krsna c onsc iousne ss . We do not cri tic ise the c ommunistic idea , but we wan t to make it perfe c t .

I hope th is mee ts you in goo d health

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(!)ridandi yoswami JI.C. GJJfiakJivedan(a $wami Founder-Acharya:

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CENTER Hare Krishna Lan d Juhu Road , Juhu , Bombay 400 054

Sriman Ghanasyama das Brahmacari Bhak t iv e danta Book Trust 3764 Watseka Avenue Los Angel e s , Cali forn i a 90034 U . S . A .

My dear Ghanasyama das ,

DATE 20 November 1 975

Please acc ept my blessings . I am in due r e c e ipt o f your l e t t e r dated November 4 , 1 975 an d was very please d to read th e c o n t e n ts . On the wh ole i t i s very enc ouraging that the pro fessors like our b o oks . Th i s is our suc c e ss . This quo tation is very importan t : "One professor went on to explain that th e o th e r books were mostly deal i n g with speculations in contrast to our books wh i c h pre s e n t e d religion as a way of l i fe bas e d on auth e n t i c wri t i ngs . " Thi s i s a very goo d quo t e . This should be publ i c i ze d and it should be published in th e new book that i s b e i n g pre sented o f all t h e quo tat i on s , Th e Hare Krishna Movement i s A uthori zed . A s I h a d ordered you to preach and distribu te t o t he l ibrari es , so you are do ing i t . So I am very ple ased with your ac tivi t i e s . Now c o n ti nue and increase . Everyone will want our books . We wi ll always have c ustomers . Th i s is Cai tanya Mahaprabhu ' s merc y .

I hope this m e e t s you i n goo d h ealth .

Bhak tivedanta Swami

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P l e a s e a c c e pt m y b l e s s i n g s . I am i n d u e r e c e i p t o f your l e t t e r da t e d N o v e m b e r 1 2 , 1 97 5 w i t h e n c l o s e d ph o t o graph s an d a l s o y o u r l e t t e r o f N o v e m b e r 8 t h . I n o t e t h a t s t a r t i n g D e c e m b e r 1 5 th t h e re w i ll b e a m o n th l y d e p o s i t in t h e amo u n t o f $ 1 , 900 i n t h e May a p u r -V r n d a v a n a fu n d ac c oun t . Y o u h a v e go t a g o o d bu s i n e s s b r a i n an d y o u w o r s h i p t h e De i ty v e ry n i c e l y . Th ere f o re I l i k e y o u .

I am v e ry g l a d t o s e e t h a t yo u h a v e o u t - c o l l e c t e d t h e Sr i S r i Ra dhaDamodara par t y . Th i s is g o o d c om p e t i t i o n . So n o w i s Tarnal Krsn a d e f e a t e d by y o u ? So o n e mo n t h y o u d e f e a t h i m a n d a n o t h e r he c an defeat y o u a n d in t h i s way Ra dh a - Da m o d a r a s e rv i c e w i l l be i n c r e a s e d by t r an s c e n

d e n ta� c o m pe t i t i on . Th i s i s v e ry n i c e . R ega r d i n g San D i e g o t e m pl e , f r o m t h e p i c t ur e s i t a p p e a r s v e ry n i c e .

So y o u c a n g e t t h i s b u i l d in g . I t i s a go o d h o u s e . Th ey a r e all s e l l i n g t o ISKC O N , t h e Chr i s t i an s a n d t h e J e ws . Th e y a r e all go i n g t o l i qu i da t i o n . S o t ak e i t wi t h ou t any d o u b t .

I am v e ry pl e a s e d w i t h t h e d i s t r i b u t i o n t h a t th e N e w Dwaraka t e m p l e i s d o i ng . Wh e n I h e ar o f your a d v a n c e m e n t o f d e v o t i o n al s e rv i c e b y b o o k d i s t r i b u t i o n , i t i n v i g o r a t e s me al tho u gh I a m an o l d man . Al t ho u gh 1 am t r av e l i n g a ll o v e r the wo r l d , my m i n d is always in Lo s A n g e l e s . So d o e v e ry th i n g v e r y n i c e l y s o t h a t v e ry s oo n I m a y g o t h e re a n d s e e t h e i m pr o v e m e n t . Th e m r da n ga - m ak i n g i s v e ry i mpo r t an t . T h e n e w bh a k t a s , th e y c an b e e n ga g e d i n t h e m r da n ga - m a k i n g an d a l s o h e l p Bh a r d ra j w i th t h e d o l l - m ak i n g . Th e n u r s e r y sc h o o l pr o g ram i s v e ry go o d . T h a t i s go o d t h a t t h e m o t h e r s a r e be i n g f r e e d t o i n c rea s e t h e i r d e v o t i on al s e rv ic e . It i s no t t h a t w ome n s h o u l d o n l y pro d u c e c h i l d r e n , bu t th e y are mea n t f o r a d van c i n g i n d e v o t i o n . Th e si gn H a r e K r i sh n a C o l o n y i s v e ry g o o d i d e a . Y o u c a n a d d t h e w o r d s C o m e a n d J o i n . W h y a r e t h e F r e n c h b o o k s n o t be i n g c o m po s e d o n o u r o wn equ i pm e n t ? W e h a v e g o t s o ma n y n i c e ma c h i n e s t h e r e . I t h i n k i t w i ll b e b e t t e r i f w e d o i t on o u r o w n ma c h i n e s an d s a v e mo n e y .

R e g a r d i n g B e rk e l e y t e m pl e , I n o t e t h a t pe rm i s s i on f o r l i v i n g in t h e b u i l d i n g i s n o t y e t f i n a l i z e d . P l e a s e k e e p m e i n f o r m e d . P o r t l an d i s a n i c e c i t y . I a m g l a d t h a t w e h a v e o u r t e m pl e th e r e . Th a t i s v e ry g o o d t h a t S e a t t l e doe s n o t ha v e a n y d e b t s . Th i s i s pr o pe r m a n a g e me n t . Th i s i s v e ry muc h wan t e d . I t i s a l so v e ry g o o d t h a t Ja y a dva i ta i s i n Laguna B e ac h and i s pr e ac h i n g t h e r e . Th i s i s ou r pro c e s s of pr e a c h i n g , t h a t o n e shows b y h i s pe r s o n a l e xam pl e , n o t t h a t w e pre ach s ome th i n g an d t h e n d o s o m e th i n g e l s e . Th a t i s c a l l e d c h e a t i n g an d t h a t i s go i n g o n i n the

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r e l i g i o n , e s pe c i a l l y . W e a r e n o t t h a t k i n d o f c h e a t e r s . A n d w e are n o t t h a t k i n d of s o - c a l l e d r e l i g i o n i s t s . Y e s , s o you k e e p an e y e on t h i n g s th e r e in La g u n a Be a c h , an d s e e t h a t w h o e v e r tak e s o v e r a s t e m p l e pr e s i d e n t i s t r a i n e d u p .

R e gar d i n g t h e V a n c o u v e r farm , y e s , t h e l o g c a b i n t y pe s t r u c t u r e y o u h av e m e n t i o n e d , th a t i s n i c e . Wh a t e v e r i s s u i t a b l e , t h a t y o u s h o u l d d o . Th i s i s the m e an i n g o f pla i n l i v i n g an d h i gh t h i n k i n g . If t h e c h a n t i n g o f H a r e K r s n a i s n o t t h e r e , t h e n t h e r e will n o t b e a n y h i gh t h i n k i n g .

I h o p e t h i s m e e t s y o u i n good h e al t h .

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Sriman Ramesvara das Brahmacari Bhaktiveda nta Book Trust 97 1 1 Venice Blvd . Los Angeles , California 90034 u . s . A . My dear Ramesvara das ,

Hare Krishna Lan d Juhu Roo. d Juhu , Bombay 4oo 054

20 November 75

Please acc ept my blessings . I am i n due rec e ipt of your BBT Trustees re port dat e d November 1 1 , 1 975 and have noted the contents. I note that under transfers you have sent $25 , 000 to Guru Kripa Swami in Bombay . When was this and why was it done? Please send the details . I note that for the new printing o f the abri dged Gita, Dia Nippon , there were mistakes. Why there should be mistake�Mistakes makes the b ook useless . You must be very , very care ful . It will be de trimental to the sales .

Regarding the proposal for a new warehouse , what is the rent that you are presen tly paying for your warehouse? I think if you can go on rentin g , that is bet ter . Personally I do not have a financial brain . But my Guru Maharaja, he prefered rent e d h ouse rather than one ' s own house . At least India , a rented house is prefered than possessing one and that is prac tical .

I have rec eived your telegram regasding the o n e million copies o f Back t o Godhead printed and also the panish Gita. This is sol i d work . Thank you very much . I have also rec eived a bitCh of let ters o f apprec iation from professors such as from Anderson College , Alderson-Broaddus , Universi ty o f Leiceste r , University of St. Andrews an d Brande is Universi ty . All these le t t ers are very valuable an d they may b e added t o the quo tation book , The Krsna Consc iousness Movement is Authorized.

Gopal Krsna has informe d me that you have deducted $77 , 000 for the last shipment of books to In dia. But this was to be a gi ft. This money is meant for construc tion , so you sh ould not deduc t this amount .

I hope this meets you in goo d health .

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N .B . Whether you think it is necessary to bring the arti s t Indra Sharma to u . s . A . ? He says that his dau gh ter is also required to assist h im, so you will have to pay for two tickets . What will be the advantage of his coming there? S o far I see there is n o ob je ction aga inst our art work, but if you th ink i t i s ne c e s sary I have n o ob je ction . I do not want to see money wasted , tha t ' s all .

H i s Hol i n e s s Chayavana Swam i P . O . Box 2 1 4 1 3 Add i s Ababa , Eth i o p i a

M y dear Chayavan a Swam i ,

Hare Krishna Land Juhu Ro ad Juhu , Bombay 400 054

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Please ac c e p t m y b l e ss ings . I am i n due r e c e i pt o f your l e t t e r dat e d 1 6/ 1 1 /75 an d a m glad t o r e a d the conte n t s . I am gla d that you are t ravel ing an d preaching . Th i s is the bus i n e s s of a sannyas i . Please follow my order i n thi s re gar d . A f r i c a i s huge f i el d , so you have plen t y o f opportu n i t i e s for trav e l i ng and pre aching . Th i s will k e e p you e n thusias t i c . So do no t n e gl e c t i t . Of c ourse if t h e young people there are i n t e re s te d , then you shou l d s tay there to ins tru c t them . Then i f you c an collec t a n d s e n d money t o Nairob i , that i s very go o d . I n t h i s way t h e i r deb t s c an be pa i d . I a m also glad to s e e tha t you are tak i n g s e r iously the Life Member pro gram . So many L i fe Members they are c o mpla i n i n g they are not r e c e iving books or they are not be ing t r e a t e d n i c e l y . So if you c an r e f t i fy thi s s i tuat i o n , tha t would b e v e ry goo d .

S o far your becoming GBC i s conc erne d , yes , I had wan t e d tha t , but there are so many complain t s . Th i s is not goo d . GBC mus t m ean tha t by h i s managing , there i s n o t any c om pla i n t s so that I can be r e l i ev e d i n or der to d o m y transla t i o n work . Anyway , you g o on w i t h your preach i n g program and we shall d i s c u s s this m at t e r i n Mayapur m e e t ing t ime . In the mean t ime I am sen d i n g Brahmanan da Swam i to rec t i fy the s i tua t i o n in Na i ro b i and lat er on we shall s e e .

I hope th i s mee t s you in good h e al th .

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Shree H i m t sinh H . Bh a t i a and S h r i ma t i Man jula H . Bh a t i a P . o . Box 82855 Momb asa , Kenya Eas t A f r i c a

Dear Mr . a n d M r s . Bha t i a ,

H a r e K r i shna Lan d Juhu Roa d Juhu , Bo mb ay 400 0 54 23 N o v e m b e r 75

P l e a s e a c c e p t my b le s s in g s . I h av e un d e rs to o d from Sr i pa d Nava Yo gen dra S wam i th a t you h a v e tak en k e e n i n t e r e s t i n our K r s n a C on s c i o u s n e ss M o v em e n t . So I am v e ry pleas e d t o h e ar t h i s an d I th ank you f o r y o ur s e rv i c e in h e l p in g t o p u sh on t h i s mi s s i o n o f S r i Cai t an y a Mahaprabhu . Ou r mi s s i o n i s th a t e s pe c i a lly tho s e who h av e t a k e n th e i r b i r th i n I n d i a that i t is t he i r r e s pons i b i l i ty to b e c ome pe r f e c t in t h e s c i e n c e o f K r sna C on s c i ou s ne s s and to de l i v e r e v e ryone i n t h e wo rl d . In th i s way ev e ryon e i s expe c t e d t o b e c om e guru . Bu t h o w t o be a guru ? I t i s s a i d t h a t o n e s imply ha s t o re p eat the in s t ru c t i o n s t h a t Krsna h a s given . I f h e r e p ea t s w i th ou t a d d i n g o r sub t rac t in g any th i n g , t h e n h e i s quali f i e d a s g u ru . Ac t u a l l y there i s on ly o n e gu ru - -Krsn a , the S u p r e m e P e r s o nal i t y o f G o dh e a d . S o those who s i m ply r e pe a t H i s wo r d s , th e y al s o b e c ome guru . Bu t o f c ou r s e a guru n e v e r thinks h i m s e l f a s b e i n g God . H e o n l y th i n k s h im se l f as the s e rva n t o f the s ervan t o f t h e s e rvan t : go p i bhr tya p a da-kamal ayo das dasan u da s a .

Rec e n t l y I v i s i t e d A f r i c a and I c o u l d s e e tha t t h e man age m e n t was n o t go i n g o n properly . So now I have g i v en N ava Yo ge n dra sannyasa o r d e r a n d am s e n d i n g h i m b a ck t o Afri c a . He w i l l b e the pre s i d e n t o f t h e Mombasa t e mpl e , so p l e as e h e l p h i m t o m a k e ou r m i s s i o n t h e re v e ry so l i d .

I ho p e t h i s me e t s you i n goo d heal th .

; -. . .

AC BS/BS /m d d

1 9 Todar Mal Lane , Bengal i Marke t , Ne w Delhi 1 1 0001 ,

My Dear Tikamd as J. Batra ,

N ovemb e r 30, 1 97 5

Please accept my ble s s ings . Thank y o u for you r Je tter dated Nov . 26 , 1 975 . I do n o t know where one could f ind copies of the old Back to Godhead s tarted by me back in 1 944 it is a long time ago . If you write t o our Los Ange l e s center they ma y be able to send y o u s ome o f the back issue s of the more re cent publications .

Regarding your que s t ion about Brahma Samhita , i t was found by Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu in a temple on h i s travels thru south India . There are supposed t o be 1 00 chapters , but this is the only chapter which is known to date .

Regarding your que s tion about Vaikuntha ; the example is The King a nd th e bed bug, both of them are s it ting on the same throne , but the busine s s of the King is to rule and the bed bug' s bus ines s is to b i te . The place is the same , but the consc iousne s s is differe n t . It i s said the Lord is s i tuated i n everyone ' s heart , s o that means Krishna is al s o in the heart of a h og, and he is also in the heart of a demigod , but that doe s not mean tha t God has become a hog, or a demigod , God is always in Vaikuntha . Similarly, those who are God conscious , Pure devotees of the Lord , they are always in Va ikuntha, there is no thing like material for the m .

I h ope this letter finds you well .

A . C . Bhakt ivedanta

ACBS/hda

1 9 To dar Mal Lane , Bengali Marke t , New De lh i , 1 1 0001 , INDIA

My Dear Pus ta Krishna Maharaja,

Decembe r 2, 1 97 5

Plea se ac cept my ble ss ings . I beg to acknowledge receipt o f your l e t ter da ted November 1 7 , 1 97 5 . Regarding the car, you jus t regis ter it in your name in Germany. Hansadutta Prabhu has agreed to giv e the 1 1% tax untill export . Then drive it here and when i t is here we will see how to manage .

The list of devo tees to be init iated have bee n named a s follows ;

Mike Harris- Pandavagrya Das

John Antonopaula- Na gendra Das

Gail Netherlands- V imoh nev i nasi Martha Kre ik - Venura t i Dev i Das i

You may chant on their beads , and instruc t them nicely i n the regu lative principle s a nd philos ophy of Krishna consciousness.

The Jahova ' s wh i tne s ses do no t accept the fac t of reb irth , and they claim " AWAKE " so this is nonsense . Your le tter was very nice .

the wh ole world is in darkness. we are bringing light by preaching Bhagava t Dharma . Thank you for helping me .

I hope this le tter f inds you well.

P . S . I just received you le t ter dated Nov . 20. Yes a roof carrier will be nic e .

A . C Bhak t ivedanta Swami \ \

Raman Re ti , V rindaban , (U . P . ) INDIA

December 3 , 1 97 5

My Dear Rameswara Prabhu ,

Please a ccept my blessings . I am in receipt of your very encouraging letter da ted November 27 , 1 97 5 .

Your report of b ook sales i s over encouraging. You are all becomming very very dear to my Guru Mahara j a . I s tarted th is movement by b ook selli ng, I was never a beggar f or money , but I was wri t ing b ooks a nd s e lling. My Guru Maharaja very much l iked writing and he used to show others in my absence " Jus t see h ow he has written , how he has appric iated " • He e n c ouraged me , and Godbro thers , they also like my writhg. Af ter I wrote that poem Vyasa Puja of my Guru Mahara j a they used to call me Poe t .

my n ic e ly my f or

Anyway , I was w orking writing b ooks and publ ishing BTG al one , bu t I c ould not give the th ing shape , s o I dece ided to go t o U . S . A . and now you all nice b oys and girls have he lped me s o much , i t i s all the mercy o f Krishna . Thank you very much .

You can s end one full t icke t for Gopal Krishna ' s wife E . Khanna and one t icke t ( If nes c e s sary ) for h is s on 2 1 /2 years old D . Khanna to Gopi janabhallaba in New York . The money many be taken from Guru Kripa ' s money. New York , Bombay , Delh i , immediately.

I h ope this le tter finds you well .

P . S . For the child a half fare will be requ ired .

ACBS/ hda

Sriman Rame swara Das Brahmacarie 3764 Wa tseka Ave . Los Ange les California , 90034 u . s . A .

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Kr i s h na B a l aram T emp le , R aman R e t i , Vrind aban , (U. P . )

My D e ar T i kamd a s ,

Dec ember 9 , I 9 7 5

Ple a s e a c c ept m y b l e s s i n gs . T h ank y ou f o r your l e t t e r d at e d D e c ember 6 , I 975 . I n t h e beginn i n g of publi s h i ng Bac k T o G o d h e ad I w a s pri nt i ng with S arasvati Pre s s i n C a lc ut t a , b u t t h e o t hers I c an n o t remember .

R e gard ing y our q u e s t i o n , T h ere i s r e ally a plac e as Va i kuntha, beyond t hi s d ar k mat e r i a l univers e . I n t he mat eri al w or ld if our c o nsc i o us n e s s i s c hange d t o Kri s hna t h e n even h e r e i s vai kuntha c onsc i ou sn e s s . T hi s i s very e asy t o und erst and . Suppo s e one i s a for e i gn er i n I nd ia , but s t i l l h e c an c on t i nu e h i s Eur o p e an or Ameri c an c onsc i ou sne s s T h e pr o sc e s s f o r d o i n g t h i s i s bhakt i y o ga and the begi nn i ng of t hat pro s e s s is h e ar in� and c h ant ing the H o ly Name of Kr i shna , Hare Kr i s h na are Kri shn a Kr is hna Kri s h na Hare Har e , Hare Rama H ar e Rama R am a Rama Har e uare . P l e a s e c h ant H ar e Kris h n a and be always in Kri s hna c ons c i ou s ne s s .

I h o p e t h i s l e t t erf i nd s you w

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S re e T i kamd as J . Bat ra -----------------------------------------9 7 Amritnaga r , C h akaca , Kurla Rd . And h er , Bombay-4 00-0 9 3

AC BS/hd a

Raman Reti , Yrind aban , Ind ia ( U . P . )

My Dear Ut t amas lo ka Prab h u ,

D e ce mber II , I975

Please ac c e p t my blessings . I read your San kirtan n ews le t t e r w i t h great re lish . Europe and Americ a are i n gre at d anger, t h i s Ha re Kr i s h na moveme nt i s e nve loping t h em . T h e San kirtan d e vot e es are very very d ear t o Kri s h n a . Bec ause you are d o i ng the f i e ld work of book d i stribution , Krishna has imme d i at e ly rec o gn i s e d t h em as true s ervants . Just like during w ar time , a farm boy or ord inary c le r k who goes to fight for h i s c ountry on t h e fro nt , i mmed i at e ly bec omes a n a t i o nal h ero for h i s s i nc ere effort . So Kri s hna immed iat e ly rec ogni s e s a preac h er of Kris h na c o n sc i o us n e s s who takes all risks t o d e liver his message .

I t i s c a l led Dhira bratta - d et ermi nat i on . T he s e boys and girls are mah atmas , Ma hatmanas t u mam part ha, d ai v im prakr i t i m asr i t a h , b h a j anty ananya manas o , j natva bh ut ad irn avyayam " 0 s o n of Pri t h a , t h ose who are not d e lud ed 1 t h e g r e a t s o uls , ar e und er t h e protec tion of t he d iv i n e nature . T h e y are fu l ly engage d in d e votional servic e bec ause t h ey k now me as the Supreme Persona lity of Godhe ad , ori gi nal and inexhaustible . " t his verse i s app lic ab le h ere , i f t h e s e boys were u n d er material n at ure t h e y would no t take so muc h ris k , they are mah atma , t h ey are r e a l ma h a tma , not t hat long beard and s afro n c loth mah atma . T h ey are u nsw ervi ng in t h eir d e t ermi natio n , d h ira bra t t a . A l l glori e s t o t h e Am er i c a n d evot e e s :

I hope this l e tter find s yo d evote es we ll .

t h e sankirtan

e� w i s

Swam1

Sriman Uttamas loka D as A j�d:h�i�k:a:r�y�------------------------------�

I OI4 E m er s o n Stre et , ,: Evan st o n , I ll . u . s . A . 6 020I

ACBS/hda !t ...... �l!j

My Dear Svarup Damodara Prabhu,

Hare Krishna Land , Gandhi Gram Rd . Juhu , Bombay 400 054

ne c��u� 1 1 75

Please accept my blessings . I beg to acknowledge receipt of your le tter dated November 29, 1 975 . I have noted the contents carefully. Your book is selling ve ry ni cely in south India, people are appriciating it very much . This s cientific book should be done very carefully , so that people in general may not be mislead by the over intellige nt s cientists . There are so mnay contradictory things , but we have our authority and they have their authority. Our knowledge is from ved i c s cripture s which we a ccept as definate and without any mistake . A mode rn s cientist believes that there was no civilisation before 3 , 000 years , our Bhagavatam was spoken by Sukadeva Goswami 5 , 000 years ago and he is explaning 11 as I have heard it from authority " • so we have got parampara system for millions of years . If there was no civilisation before 3, 000 years , then how this subje ct matter of knowledge could be dis cussed ? How could it be re ceived through the param-para system ? So there is contradi ction certainly. But the statement that there was no civilisation 3 , 000 years ago can be adjusted by the conviction that there was civilisation , millions and millions of years ago.

For more informati on regarding vedic astronomy you can consult a ny learned astronomer, there are many in Calcutta , my Guru Mharaja was also very learned in this field.

My point is life comes f rom life . They say life has come from chemi cals , so how these things can be adjusted ? Besides that the scientists change their theories afte r some years , this proves that t hey have no perfe ct knowledge , otherwise where is the ne cessity of changing ? That is the basic point of our argument. Perfect knowledge is neve r changeab le . If we can prove that life comes f rom life , or the s ou l is f rom the suppe r s oul, then all othe r things can be b rought into serious cons ideration . So you try to prove that chemical combination can neve r b ring about life , this i s our main a rgumant . If we can prove this particular sub j e ct matte r, t hat the soul cannot be manufactured by combination of chemicals , then gradually we can prove that vedi c knowledge is perfect , while other sources of k nowledge by speculation and imagination are all wrong.

The other day I was talking on the morning walk about the sun globe . They say be cause it is fie ry the re cannot be any life there , but sometimes we see a b ig i ron factory is full of flames f rom the chimney at a long d istance , but does it mean the re is no life in the factory ? Fire is one of the five material e lements , and Bhagwad-gita says that the soul is never burnt by fire . So in t he sunglobe globe if the living e ntitie s have a firey body, just as fish have body sutable f or livine in the water, so how is it that there is no living entity in the sun globe if they have a body suitable to live in the sun globe . ? In the vedic literatures it is said that there a re germs ( agni pok ) within the fire . There are so many contradictions , but we have our own defence . Why s hould we blindly accept imperfe ct scientists , they are imperfe ct be cause they are chnaging their position in the name of progress . The word progress is used when there is imperfection at the beginning. So this regular changeingof standard knowledge in the name of progre ss proves that they are always imperfe ct. It i s a fact that they are imperfect, be cause they gathe r �wledge with imperfe ct sense s . At any rate we cannot deviate from vedic knowifi\'kA � .,...

Hare Kri shna Land , Juhu Road , Juhu, Bombay 400 054 , India

My Dear Rocan das,

December 1 7, 1 975

Please a c cept my ble ssings . Thank you for your letter dated November

30, 1 975 . First of all produ ce your own food grain, mi lk and vegetable s ,

eat as much as absolute ly ne ce s sary, dont eat more , a n d i n t h i s way keep

your health . Follow the regulative principles and then if there is

time left over you can divert your atte ntion . But I think you should not

waste your time in any other thing except Devotional service and maintain

the body in proper order . Une ce ssarily you should not waste your valuable

time .

I hope thi s le tter finds you wel

Sriman Rocan Das Adhikary Bride sville , B. c . Canada, VOH I BO

ACBS/hda

Hare Krishna Land, Juhu Road, Juhu, Bombay 400 054

My Dear Mah a ms a Maharaj 1

December 1 7 , 1 975

P l e a s e a c c ep t my b l e s s i ngs . I beg to ack nowl edge receipt of your l e t ter d a t ed 9 Dec e mber 1 9 7 5 .

I am p l e a s ed to n o te th a t everyth i ng i s progr e s s i ng nicelr · Regardi ng the l o a n you do n o t have to r epay i t i mmed a tely , bu t as soon a s po ss ibl e •

Na tur a l l y the s a nk i r tan men trave l i ng w i th th e bul l ock c arts are b l i s s f u l . I t i s L ord Chai t a n a y ' s en g agemen t . Lord C h a i t a nya personal l y tr aveaed a l l over I ndi a for 6 ye ars . H i s program wa s s i mply k i rt a n a nd pr a s ada m di stribu ti o n . Lord C h ai t a nya n ever s poke ph i lo sophy i n public . Wh e n h e met b i g s cholars l i k e S arvabhauma Bh at tac arya he spoke ph i l o s o phy , o therwi s e for the mass of peopl e , k ir tan and prasadarn d i s t r i bu tion . So c o n t in u e this progr am , i t i s very pleas i ng t o Lord Ch a i ta nya .

I hope thi s le t terf i nds you weL l .

H i s h o l i n e s s Maham as a Swami Hare Kr i s hn a L and , Nampal l y s ta t i o n Rd . Hyderabad ( .A . P . )

ACBS/hda

Sri ma n M . N . Chaudhuri , Deppt . o f Deve l o pme n t a n d P l a nn i ng , G ov ern mant o f We s t Benga l , R a j Bh a v a n , C a l cu t ta

Dear Sr i man Ch a ud hur i ,

H a r e Kr i s hn a Land , Juhu R o ad , Juhu , B o mb a y 4 0 0 0 5 4

December 1 7 , 1 9 7 5

P l e a s e a c c e p t my b l es s i ngs . I a m very p l e as ed t o mee t you th e o ther d a y at th e a i r por t o f D e lhi . I th i nk i t was ord a i n ed by L o r d Kr i s hn a bec a u s e I n e ed your h e l p i n t h e s e r v i c e o f Lord K r i s hn a .

The bear er o f t h i s l e t ter i s my s ec r e t ar y o f our Ma ya pur es tab l i shment , a n d he wi l l expl a i n to you abou t our a c t i ve t i es t h e r e . I t w i l l be a gr e a t s a t i s f ac t i on i f you k ind ly vi s i t our Ma y a pur es t a b l i s h ment to s ee how th i ngs are go ing on th e r e .

w e are d e v e l o p i n g a �lan ther e to be s e lf s uf f i c i ent . Name1y t o pr o d u c e our f o od gr a � n s , ma i n t a i n c ows fo r d r ink i ng m i lk , a nd we a ve c l o t h f o r g a r me n t s , a n d f o r th i s purpos e we wan t a c o n s i d e r a b l e t r a c t of l and . F or th i s purpos e I wi s h th a t t h e g ov e r n m e n t m a y a q u i r e s o me l a nd f o r u s s o th a t w e may d ev e l o p o u r p l a n , a n d I h o p e you c a n he lp m e i n th i s c on n ec t i on .

S r i man Jayapa t a k a wi l l fur ther expl ai n t o yo u i n th i s c o n n e c t i o n , and I hope you wi l l k i n dl y do the n e ed f u l .

I h ope th i s l e t t er me e t s

ACBS/hda t

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H are Kri s h n a L

a n d , Juhu Rd . Juh u 4 0 0 0 5 4 , Bomba y , I n di a

My D ear T ul s iaDas ,

Dec ember 1 8 1 1 9 75

P l e a s e accept my bles s i ng s . T h a n k you very much for your n i c e l e tter . I c an unders tand from your le tter th at you are very i n te l l i gen t . Ge n eral l y I n di a people are n o t tak i ng up th i s movement , although i t i s the i r origi n a l cul ture , they a r e n ow i n f avor of economic developmen t a n d tech nologi cal advancemen t w h i ch can n ever do any good to the peopl e i n general , nei th er material n ot s pi r i tual . Af ter a l l a l i ving be i n g l i ve s by the grace of God . We can no t eat n uts and bol ts , h owever n icely th ey may be manufac tur e d . We l i ve by food grain s , vegetables and milk pro du c t s as i t is s ta ted i n the B ha gavad g i ta " Al l l i v i n g bodi e s subsit o n food grain s wh i ch are d u e to r ai n s and r ai n s c o me by proper proformance o f s acri f i ce 1 1 Human l i f e is mean t f o r sacr i fi ce to please vis h n u . Bh ok taram yaj n a t apsyam , s arva l o k a mahesvaram , 1 1 The s ages k nowi ng me to be the u l ti mate p urpose of all s acri f ices , th e Supreme L ord of all planets , and th e wel l wi s h i n g friend o f a ll l iving e n ti ti es , a ttain peace from the pangs of mater i al mi s eri es 11

S o i f we wan t to be h appy i n thi s l i fe a n d t h e n ext we h ave to wors h ip Vi s h n u . What Gha n d i did to s ati s fy Vish nu ? H e was trying to s at i s fy hi s coun try , and h i s c ou ntry k i lled h i m . H e ma n ufac ture so ma n y t h i n g s wh i ch were never fou nd i n Bhagavad-gi ta . Th r oughot the Bhagavad-gi ta K ri s hna i s e n c o u r ag i n g Arj una to fig h t , a nd Ga n d h i manuf ac tured n o n -v i o l e nce from Bh agavad-gi t a . Everyo ne in I ndi a k n ows t h e Mah abarat a , th e great ba t tle of Kuruk s h e tr a , 640 , 0 0 0 , 00 0 s o l di er s gave up th eir l i fe in th a t b a t tl e , and Kri sh na was per s on a l ly i ns truc ti ng Arjun a to f i gh t , and Gangh i to ok Bha g avag -gi ta a n d preac h ed n o n - v i o l e nce . S o wh a t was h i s u n d e r s ta n d i n g . A t th e end of h i s l i f e he fran k ly s aid , 11 I don t bel eive t h e r e was ever such a hi s tori c a l pers on as Kri s h n a . . . So wh at di d Gandhi k n ow about Bh a gavad-gi ta ?

My o n ly credi t i s t h a t I h ave pre s e n ted Bh agavad-gi t a a s i t i s , wi tho u t a n y specul a ti o n , o r i nterpretati on , th erefore for the f i r s t ti me in th e h i s tory o f the world peopl e are accep t i n g it and l ivi n g practically accordi ng t o th e p r i n c iples of Bh ag avag-gi t a .

I u n ders tand th a t you are tran s lating Bhagavad-gita as it is i n to Mal ayal a m l an g uage . H ans adu tta h as spok en to me abo u t yo u . P leas e s e nd me a s ampl e , a n d we wi l l s ee abo u t i t ' s publ i c a t i o n a n d d i s tribu ti o n i n I n di a . Maybe i n t h e future you wi l l l i k e to come to I ndi a a n d h elp pre ac h th i s m e s age to your c o u n ty men .

Hare Kr i s h n a L

a nd , Juhu Road , Juh u 4 0 0 054 , B o mbay , I nd i a

December 18 , 1 9 75

My Dear Achyutananda and Yasodan andan Maharaj ,

P l e ase accept my b l es s i ngs • I beg to ack nowledge receipt of your l e t ter d ated Dce mber 1 1 . 1 9 75 .

The books are already on the way . S a nkirtan wi ll always be a pri c i a te d , becau s e i t is the spe ci al bl ess i n gs of L o rd Chai tanay Mah aprabhu o n th e people of th i s fal len age of Kali . Sukadeva Goswami s ays , th is age is an o c e an of f aults , bu t th ere is o n e boo n , in this age o n e gets the s ame r e s ul t as was ach�ed in for mer ages through el abor ate te mp l e wors hip , cos tly s acrifices , or i n trospec tive medi t ation , s i mply by chanting the Holy Name o f The L or d . I t is for this r eason only th a t thi s H are Kri s h n a move m e n t has spread s o quick ly all over the world . The people of this age are so f a l l en th ey are l i k e c ats a n d dogs . Wha t c ats and dogs wi ll understad abou t ph i l o s ophy ? I f a dog is bar k i ng and you speak wi th him very n i c e l y 11 my d ear dog , please try toco ntroll your barking , i t is very di sturbi ng 1 1 wi l l he be ab l e t o unders tand ? therefor e we s i mply throw h i m a bon e , a nd h e i s s atis f i ed . S o distribute pras adam, and c h a n t Hare Kri s hn a . For the m a s s of people thi s i s the o n ly medicin e . Lord C h a i tanya n ever spo k e ph i losophy i n public , h e h e l d k irtan a n d d i s tr i buted prasadam . Whe n h e mee t Sarvabhauma Bh a ttacarya h e talk ed high ph ilosophy , o th erwi s e , Ch a n ti ng a n d prasadam di stribution .

I h ope you a r e wel l .

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H i s H o l i n e s s Achyutananda a nd Ya sodanandan Mahar a j , H are Kr i sh n a Lan d , Nampal l y s ta ti o n Road , Hyder aba , ( A . P . )

ACB S/hda

H a r e K r i shna Land , Juhu Rd . Juhu 4 0 0 0 5 4 , B ombay , I ndia

My Dear Guru d a s Mah a r a j ,

Dec ember 2 2 , 19 75

P l e a s e a c c ep t my bl es s i n gs . I h ave r ecei ved the l e t te r s of appr i c i a ti o n o f your pre ach ing work . Thank you very mu ch , you are very c ompe t en t , and i f you co n ti nue l i k e th i s you wi l l ge t s trength f r o m Kr i shna more and mor e .

I a lways s ay , man i s good , a nd woman i s a l s o g o od , bu t when they c ombin e , then they beco me bad . B e fo r e the r e was s o much di f fi cu l ty , bu t now y o u ar e d o i n g we l l and Y a muna d a s i i s a l so d o i ng we l l , and I am very p l e a sed wi th your work . P l e a s e con t i nu e l ik e this a nd k e e p me i n f or med .

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M y D e a r Maha v i s h n u Prabhu ,

DATE De c e m b e r 3 1 , 1 975

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