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680312 - Letter to Balai written from San Francisco

2024-03-24T11:56:30Z

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<big>Tridandi Goswami<br />
<big>'''A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami'''<br /></big>
Acharya: International Society For Krishna Consciousness</big>

CAMP: ISKCON Radha Krishna Temple<br />
          518 Frederick Street<br />
          San Francisco. Cal. 94117

DATED ..March..12,...................196.8..
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My Dear Balai,

Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated 3/10/68, and I thank you very much for it. Yes, the wind, the earth, the water, and so forth, all have controlling personalities. Just like there is a sun god, who is in charge of the sun planet; similarly, for each body of water, for the wind, there are controlling personalities. They are in control of some small part of the material creation, but the ultimate Controller is Krishna. These demigods all are servants of the Supreme Controller.

I am very pleased to hear about Krishna's new throne of gold leaf and velvet. I am anxious to come there and see it, along with all you my students there who are carrying on so nicely even in my absence. But you must know that I am always with you all so long you are executing Krishna Consciousness; and I am always receiving good news of the New York Temple so it is very nice that now you have provided Krishna a beautiful new throne.

So far the Advent Day of Lord Chaitanya is concerned, I have written a full suggestion to Montreal, in which the main points are that we should all observe strict fasting up till moonrise, and at that time, an offering is made to Lord Chaitanya of Ekadasi foods, fruits, peanuts, milk, and so forth. Then, on the next day, Friday the 15th, a full-scale feast is held to celebrate His Advent Day. On the 14th, chanting, reading of Srila Bhaktivinode's book, <u>Life</u> <u>and</u> <u>Precepts</u> <u>and</u> <u>Chaitanya</u> <u>Charitamrta</u>, Introduction to Bhagwatam, may be held all the day in the Temple.

Householders may wear dhoties in the Temple, or as they like, but not of the saffron color. They may wear white, yellow, or whatever. Outside the Temple they may wear American gentleman's dress, with Telok, flag, and beads. It is not required to wear dhoties, as this society does not understand, so outside the Temple dress suit is more socially acceptable. If they so desire, for ceremony, they can dress in dhoties for Kirtan.

Hope you are well.

Your ever well-wisher,<br />
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New York, N.Y. 10003

671214 - Letter to Rayarama written from San Francisco

2024-03-23T12:10:09Z

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'''INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS, INC.'''<br />
<small>518 Frederick Street, San Francisco, Calif 94117                   Telephone:564-6670</small>

<small>'''ACHARYA:SWAMI A.C. BHAKTIVEDANTA'''</small>

S.F. 12/14/67<br />
My Dear Rayrama,

Please accept my blessings. On my arrival in San Francisco amongst my sincere spiritual sons, daughters and practically in my spiritual home in U.S.A., I was so glad to receive your encouraging letter of December 23, 1967. I have already sent you the purports of each and every sloka that you sent me for correction. I hope you may have received them by this time. If not, please write me and I shall send you another copy.

Regarding your last but one paragraph of your letter under reply, I may inform you that you cannot be fool as you have humbly expressed yourself. Better to remain an ever fool before the spiritual master. But if a disciple is actually fool it reflects on the spiritual master. To think of becoming a fool is the real qualification for a bonafide disciple. As soon as one thinks that he has become the wiser man than the spiritual master one is surely doomed. We should remain everlastingly a fool before the spiritual master. Not artificially but feelingly and then we can make real progress. Even my spiritual master a great scholar remained a so called fool before His spiritual master Who was outwardly an illiterate village fellow. So in the Absolute world the fool is also the master and the master is also a fool in reciprocal exchange of dealings. Lord Chaitanya also accepted Himself a great fool before His spiritual master and all of us must follow the transcendental process.

Regarding Miss Bowtell I have already written to you. If Pandit Rupavilas Brahmachari writes you in this connection you can reply him as I shall say. We cannot write directly to Rupavilas Brahmachary. If the Gaudiya H.Q. wants our cooperation why Miss Bowtell does not write Rupavilas Brahmachary. Otherwise end the negotiation, we shall do everything independently ''[handwritten]''. Yes, you ignore the request of Miss Bowtell!

As soon as you finish the Geetopanisad business and the matter is handed over to the MacMillan Co. we begin on the Bhagwatam work without delay. Bhagvatam must be finished before my mortal body stops to work and your help in this connection will be very much helpful. You can stop for the time being the London scheme. Brahmananda is shortly going there and after his return, we may all go together to London and start a branch there in grand scale, so also in Amsterdam and in Berlin or Moscow. We have to save the world-people from the misconception of voidism and impersonalism. "The absolute is sentient Thou hast proved all impersonal calamity Thou hast moved." These lines were presented by me to my spiritual master and He was highly pleased with me. Let me follow the same principle and my Guru Maharaj will bless me. I have always my good wishes and blessings for you all because you are cooperating in a great mission. Thank you.

Your ever well-wisher,<br />
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N.B. This evening I expected your call at 7 p.m. but I could not. At 7/10 pm I began, my class lasted for 1 1/2 hours and then I left the temple. ''[handwritten]''<br />
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671207 - Letter to Brahmananda written from Calcutta

2024-03-23T06:41:15Z

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Dec. 7, 1967 ''[handwritten]''

My dear Brahmananda,<br />
Please accept my blessings. I'm in due receipt of your letter of November 30, and I duly appreciate your program for European tour, as well as coming to India for doing business. Actually we are experiencing Indian business dealing as not very prompt. The best thing is therefore to purchase goods ourselves from the firm, pack and book it all ourselves. SS Brijbasi has taken so much time for nothing, they do not even reply letters, but on the other hand they have promptly delivered Mukunda's order, this means that business managing is not regular. You can send the copy of the letter to Achyutananda in which they have acknowledged payment. Achyutananda and Ramanuja will return to Vrindaban next week and I am starting for Japan on Sun. or Monday <u>positively</u>. I shall try to get some friends there and also try to meet Prof, Rudolf Stein in Hawaii.<br />
While I shall try to open some branches in the Pacific you can also try to open branches in parts of Europe as you have suggested in your letter under reply ''[handwritten]''. I'm trying to find out some reliable man who can purchase goods and book them personally. If you come here it will be a nice idea, but you should come with money, purchase the goods and book them immediately. Air cargo will be too costly, we have already sent 1 tanpura to Mukunda and the cost was 106rs. but air cargo was 1100rs. So you cannot do business by paying 11 times more than the cost for freight. Regarding books I've already consigned along with mridangams harmoniums kartals and beads & bags. I have arranged for supplying incense with a gentleman here and I'm taking samples with me. Similarly I've arranged for sending spices and frankincense. The contract with MacMillan should be finished before you leave. Your journey, <u>as you have suggest</u>ed is important for your touring in Europe. We cannot expect any tangible help from Miss Bowtell. She is not my godsister but a disciple of my godbrother. The best thing will be to start a center independently.<br />
Regarding beautifying the temple, we should always know that every place is temporary but wherever we live we should decorate and beautify it for Krishna, so go on decorating our temple as nicely as possible. Hope you are well.

Your ever well-wisher,<br />
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<u>AC Bhaktivedanta Swami</u>

671115 - Letter to Brahmananda written from Calcutta

2024-03-21T13:48:11Z

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Nov. 15, 1967<br />
My dear Brahmananda, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated Nov. 9, 1967 and have noted the contents very carefully. The Kirtanananda incident is certainly very unhappy and your dealing with the situation is quite appropriate. Lord Chaitanya who composed the verse that one should be humbler than the straw and more tolerant than the tree for chanting the Holy Name of Krishna, but the same Author learning the insult committed upon the person of Lord Nityananda became furious and the Lord wanted to immediately kill the insulter. The idea is that personally, one should be very meek and humble even in the presence of greatest provocation, but a slight insult to Krishna and His Representative should at once be taken seriously and appropriate measures should be taken. We should never tolerate any insult or blaspheme to Krishna or His Representative. So your action was quite all right, but because we are in the public eyes we have to act cautiously so that people may not misunderstand. Anyway, forget the chapter, there is nothing to be lamented. If thousands of Kirtananandas or Hayagrivas come and go. We have to prosecute our real program being sincere to Krishna and Krishna-Chaitanya. I am just ready for starting for America but as you know our competent government is very slow in action. The P-form was submitted almost a month ago, but still it is going under red tapism. The visa was granted to me within half an hour. The passage money was deposited within two days but unfortunately the Reserve Bank of India is delaying the matter unnecessarily. I expect the P-form at any moment and as soon as I get it I shall start for your country. I understand that you want Subal to go to Amsterdam but who will take care of the Sante Fe Temple? I think Subal and his wife should take care of the Sante Fe Temple, as much as Dayananda and Nandarani should take care of the Temple at Los Angeles. Once a center is opened it must be maintained. A responsible man for each center must be found out before opening. In your previous letter you wrote something about difficulties in our different centers, therefore you should be cautious before opening any further centers. Regarding Gargamuni and Karunyamayee's problem, I have already replied and if required, you can see his letter.

671026 - Letter to Jadurani written from Navadvipa

2024-03-20T09:48:06Z

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Oct. 26, 1967

My Dear Jadurani,<br />
Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated Oct. 20 & I am very glad to note the contents. The brahmacarini ashram is not yet started. You should not bother about it at the present moment. When the brahmacarini ashram is established then you should consider going. Most probably I also will go to San Francisco directly from India. When I am there I shall see if your presence is actually required there. In the meantime you can continue with your painting as usual & enjoy the spiritual life. In the Scriptures it is said that a woman is just like fire & a man is just like a butter pot. The butter melts in the pot while in contact with fire. In your country association of man and woman is very common without restriction; thus the result is known to you better than I am able to explain. In spiritual life attraction of man & woman in the understanding of material body hampers very much, therefore, some sort of restrictions are necessary to check this hampering problem. In spiritual life there is no allowance of association of man and woman without being married. I have already secured my visitors visa & have advised my travel agent to purchase my ticket via the pacific route, & I have already secured my passage money. So on any day I can start for your country, but recently I've received from Mukunda stating that he is arranging for my permanent visa which will enable me to move freely. I've already asked him to let me know whether I should wait or start on the visitors visa.<br />
I have seen the latest issue of BTG & have very much appreciated the presentation with your combined efforts-you artists & poets should try to increase the beauty of BTG as well as to promote the sales in larger & larger numbers. Your appreciation of Rayarama's effort is also shared by me in improving the condition of BTG. You can keep & stack your paintings & when I return I shall see where they will be most required.<br />
Regarding Kirtanananda, there is nothing to be said about but one should be very careful not to fall sick like him. In the material world there is constant fight between maya & the living entity. Maya is very strong & we can fall a victim at her hand at any moment. The only means of protecting us from the attack of maya is to be fully Krishna Conscious. The proportion in which we fall back in Krishna Consciousness is filled up by the influence of maya. It is exactly like the proportion of negligence of our health is subsequently resulted in our falling ill. The person who is very careful about his health does not generally fall ill. Similarly a person who is always fixed up in Krishna Consciousness cannot be defeated by maya. Sometimes in spite of our full Krishna Consciousness we fall a victim to maya but that is temporary just as seasonal changes such calamities do come & pass away & we have to endure them. If Kirtanananda has ever sincerely served Krishna, & his spiritual master, he will not fall down. The temporary systems will fall down without delay. We should all pray to Krishna for his steady recovery. My grief for Kirtanananda isn't anything personal but I am sorry that he has become like a mayavadi in spite of my best efforts to help him. Hope you are well.<br />
Your ever well-wisher<br />
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<u>A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami</u>

671019 - Letter to Brahmananda written from Calcutta

2024-02-21T12:08:13Z

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671213 - Letter to Nripendranath Banerjee written from Calcutta

2024-01-30T07:16:29Z

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671213 - Letter to Nripendranath Banerjee written from Calcutta

2024-01-30T07:16:03Z

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671213 - Letter to Nripendranath Banerjee written from Calcutta

2024-01-30T07:09:53Z

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671213 - Letter to Nripendranath Banerjee written from Calcutta

2024-01-30T06:59:19Z

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671128 - Letter to Nandarani written from Calcutta

2024-01-27T06:23:38Z

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November 28, 1967

My Dear Nandarani,

Please accept my blessings. I am so glad to receive your letter dated Nov. 16, 1967. I was as much anxious to return to San Francisco and then to your place Los Angeles. It was almost finalized that I should start on the 23rd Nov. but due to the political strikes in Calcutta things have taken a different turn. I am just waiting for the opportune moment. Most probably everything will be alright by the end of this week and I am start for your country by Monday next via Japan. Anyway, I am reaching your place as soon as possible. In the meantime have some patience till my arrival. I am very sorry that Subala das has assumed such air of importance. We should always remember that we are on the path of perfection, but we are not perfect. If Subala das or anyone thinks that he has attained perfection he will be wrongly directed. I have asked you all to address your Godbrothers as prabhu. This prabhu means boss. If everyone of us thinks of his fellow worker as boss there is no question of misunderstanding. The mistake is that being addressed as boss or prabhu one thinks himself as exactly Prabhu or the boss. One should not forget himself as humble servant even though one is addressed as prabhu. The spiritual master is offered respects as they are offered to the Supreme Lord. Unfortunately if the spiritual master thinks that he has become the Supreme Lord then he is doomed. A bona fide spiritual master always think of himself as the servant of the Lord. One should never forget __ be humble in dealings. If everyone of us would conduct our business in that spirit of prabhu and servant then there is very little chance of being misunderstood. Sometimes misunderstanding may take place but it should be adjusted in a spirit of service attitude to the prabhu. I know that my presence is very urgently required. Arrangement is already completed circumstances alone have checked my departure. Please therefore don't be worried. I am coming to your place within a fortnight. Convey my blessings to Dayananda and others.

Your ever well-wisher

A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

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671123 - Letter to Umapati written from Calcutta

2024-01-23T09:08:45Z

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November 23, 1967

My Dear Umapati,

Please accept my blessings. I am so glad to receive your letter dated 15th Nov. 1967. You're very anxious to see me back in New York and I may inform you that I had settled to be in San Francisco on the 24 of Nov. But due to a petty revolution in Calcutta I am not able to leave. Future arrangements are pending. I wish to go from San Francisco to the other two new branches and then return to New York. I am so glad to learn that you are now getting the fruit of chanting Hare Krishna. Hare Krishna is so nice that it clears the dirty things from the mind of the devotee and the more one is used to chant the Holy Name offenselessly, the more one develops love of God, forgetting the whole material nonsense. (It is my duty to deliver you the right thing in right earnestness and it is the duty of the receiver to act in the standard spiritual regulation. When you left us I simply prayed to Krishna for your return to Krishna Consciousness because that was my duty. Any good soul who approaches me once for spiritual enlightenment is supposed to be depending on my responsibility to get him back to Krishna, back to home. The disciple may misunderstand a bona fide spiritual master being obliged to do so under pressure of Maya's influence. But a bona fide spiritual master never lets go a devotee once accepted. When a disciple misunderstands a bona fide spiritual master, the master regrets for his inability to protect the disciple and sometimes he cries with tears in the eyes. We had an experience while my Guru Maharaja was alive. One of His disciples who accepted sannyasa was one day forcibly dragged by his wife. My Guru Maharaja lamented with tears in His eyes saying that He could not save the soul.) We should always, therefore, be careful in the matter of being attacked by Maya's influence and the only means of guarantee is to chant Hare Krishna offenselessly. The greatest offense is to defy the spiritual master and to act sinfully, thinking in the strength of chanting. If a man thinks that chanting will save him from all kinds of sinful reaction deliberately committee. By him, then he becomes the greatest offender. By chanting Hare Krishna certainly we become free from all sinful reactions, but that does not mean that we shall deliberately commit sins and counteract it by chanting. Your reference to Kirtanananda and Hayagriva is very nicely appreciated. We shall silently pray for them to Krishna and shed tears for them for our inability to save them. Let us honestly pray and go ahead with Krishna Consciousness. More when we meet. Hope you are well

Your ever well-wisher

A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

671123 - Letter to Rayarama written from Calcutta

2024-01-22T07:12:12Z

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November 23, 1967

My Dear Rayarama,

Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter Nov. 19, 1967 and I am sending by air mail the purports of verses 16-28 of the Ninth chapter. Please set them nicely and at the end if you add the general purport which you have written, I have no objections. My return to your country is already settled. My ticket was booked for starting on 23rd Nov. but due to certain political strike my starting has been held up. I think that everything will be alright by the end of this week and I may start by Monday next via Japan.

You may not write anything to Miss Bowtell. I think she will not be helpful in our scheme. The best thing is that you finish up the Gita Upanisad hand it over to Messrs. MacMillan Co. and then make practical progress to start for England. Certainly I shall be in need of your assistance in finishing Srimad-Bhagavatam. On my return I shall make practical progress so that both of us may go on compiling Srimad-Bhagavatam and opening different centers in all parts of the world simultaneously. We are completely dependent on the Supreme will of Krishna. Let us try our best to serve Him and He will give us all facilities in our mission. Our San Francisco friends may be very anxious because I sent them two telegrams, one informing of my arrival and the other cancelling it. You can inform them of the real position as you understand by this letter. The booklets which you have sent are very much appreciated. Printing and painting are our life back bone. Our nice Guru who have been sent to us by Krishna are trying their best and I am sure we shall be successful. More when we meet. Hope you are well. Convey my blessings to all prabhus.

Your ever well-wisher,

A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

671121 - Letter to Pradyumna, Satsvarupa and Jadurani written from Calcutta

2024-01-18T13:35:14Z

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671121 - Letter to Pradyumna, Satsvarupa and Jadurani written from Calcutta

2024-01-17T11:58:15Z

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671118 - Letter to Rayarama written from Calcutta

2024-01-16T05:26:57Z

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671104 - Letter to Mukunda written from Calcutta

2024-01-10T19:47:23Z

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671027 - Letter to Rayarama written from Navadvipa

2024-01-02T19:44:38Z

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671022 - Letter to Umapati written from Calcutta

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570218 - Letter to K. M. Munshi written from Bombay

2023-07-15T11:54:25Z

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GOSWAMI ABHAY CHARAN<BR/>
BHAKTI VEDANTA,<BR/>
C/o. Sri Prabhakar Misra, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bombay. 7.

Dated: 18/2/57.
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Dear Sir Munshiji,

Please accept my greetings. I am thankful to you for your granting me an interview and accepting a few copies of my paper "Back to Godhead" which you have promised to go through at your leisure hours. And on reading the paper, I hope, you may be able to make an estimate of my mission in the matter of the Bhagwat Gita.

I heard it through reliable sources that you are a great admirer of the Bhagwat Gita and your Vidyalaya has a special department for preaching its philosophy. I came to Bombay from Vrindavan to co-operate with you, because there is no difference between the missions of both yourself and myself.

I also attended your meeting of the 16th instant on the subject of "What is the matter with the world?" I was very glad to know your opinion about it and so far I remember that you concluded to go back to Godhead which only can save the world from a disaster of civilization.

Actually that is the position. Men have forgotten their ''[handwritten]'' eternal relation with Sri Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Some of them are so foolish as to think that everyone of them are so many Sri Krishnas (?) or Gods although we know that God is one, one without a second. But there is no doubt in the fact that the man, nay every living entity, is a part and parcel of the Supreme God in quality; and therefore qualitatively there is no difference between living being and God. But so far quantity of energy and potencies are concerned, there is a great ocean of difference between living being and God. Therefore, the right philosophy is that God is simultaneously one and different from the living being. Those, who therefore consider God and living beings are identical in every respect, are polluted in thought. This pollution of thought of the empiric and atheistic philosophers now prevailing practically all over the world, has caused a tremendous deterioration of human civilization as to become agnostics in dealings. Symptoms of this agnostic trend of human civilization is described in the 16th chapter of the Bhagwat Gita and I need not describe it before you.

Therefore the preaching of the Bhagwat Gita must be in the line of its parampara system as it is described in the 4th chapter of the book. If it is not done so, then such preaching of the Bhagwat Gita, even if it is done by the erudite scholars, will be a sheer waste of time, energy and money.

I wish, therefore, that you may co-operate with me in giving the idea an effective shape.

In this connection, I would like to draw your attention particularly to my papers (issue No. XI) "An essential service" and (Issue No. X "Sri Krishna the Supreme Vedantist". In this connection, I have already made an association registered, of which a short description is given on the 4th page of the issue No. X which, I hope, you will kindly note.

Some friend asked me <u>to join your institution for preaching the cult of Bhagwat Gita;</u> but if you find it difficult to accept my service, then I shall go on organizing my society separately. And if you advise me to do so separately, then I would request you to become a formal member of the League personally. I hope you will not take my offering in an inferior complex but accept it in a spirit of love for the Bhagwat Gita. Om Tat Sat,

As I have been engaged in speaking of the Bhagwat Gita in your "Bhavan" for a few days, you may kindly send me the reply to the address given on the top of the first page.

Om Tat Sat.

I am,<br />
Yours sincerely,<br />
''[Signed]''
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Sri K.M. Munshi<br />
President of the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan,<br />
(<u>Bombay</u>)<br />
Governor's Camp,<br />
<u>Lucknow</u> - U.P.

671016 - Letter to Rayarama written from Calcutta

2023-07-09T07:35:45Z

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671016 - Letter to Brahmananda written from Calcutta

2023-07-09T07:34:38Z

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730216 - Letter to Ghanasyama written from Sydney

2023-02-14T07:18:33Z

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Tridandi Goswami<br />
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

CENTER:  ISKCON. Sydney,<br />
DATE:   16th. of February, 1973.

My dear Son, Ghanasyama ''[handwritten]''

Please accept my blessings. On the recommendation of Satsvarupa I am herein accepting you as my initiated disciple. Henceforth your name will be GHANASYAMA DASA. Now you must agree to very rigidly follow the rules and regulations, i.e. chanting sixteen rounds of beads daily, rising early and attending Mongul Arotik, observing the four principles, attending the classes, eating only bhagavat prasadam as well as working under the instruction of my representatives, such as your GBC representative and Temple President, and if you follow this procedure very strictly then your life will be glorious and you will go back to Home, back to Godhead, this I can guarantee. I hope this meets you in good health.

Your ever well-wisher,<br />
[[File:SP Signature.png|300px]]<br />
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
<br />
<br />
<br />
John Favors<br />
3764 Watseka Ave.,<br />
Los Angeles,<br />
Calif., 90034, U.S.A.

ACBS/ms

671023 - Letter to Mukunda written from Calcutta

2023-01-29T20:03:44Z

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671014 - Letter to Brahmananda written from Calcutta

2023-01-29T16:59:02Z

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671013 - Letter to Jadurani written from Calcutta

2023-01-29T16:16:31Z

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671016 - Letter to Kirtanananda written from Calcutta

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671013 - Letter to Damodara written from Calcutta

2023-01-25T10:29:44Z

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670712 - Letter to Sripad Narayana Maharaja written from Stinson Beach

2022-06-01T09:46:56Z

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July 12, 1967

International Society for Krsna Consciousness, Inc.<br />
Twenty-Six Second Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10003 <br />
Telephone: 674-7428

Acarya: Swami A.C. Bhaktivedanta

Trustees:

Larry Bogart<br />
James S. Greene<br />
Carl Yeargans<br />
Raphael Balsam<br />
Robert lefkowitz<br />
Raymond Marais<br />
Stanley Moskowitz<br />
Michael Grant<br />
Harvey Cohen<br />

My Dear Narayana Maharaj,

Please accept my dandabats. I thank you very much for your letter dated July 3, 1967. I am very pleased that you have so kindly dispatched the books from Delhi. I am now staying at the following address:

C/o Budes Paradisio<br />
Alamed Patio<br />
Stinson Beach, California

I have come here for recuperating my health. It is a very nice place. The building is most aristocratic, and just situated on the sea beach, Pacific Ocean. I hope I shall be able to get sufficient strength here and I expect to return to India by the next month of September.

I understand that you have already spent Rs. 402 out of Rs. 2235, so out of the balance you can spend as follows: to the Vrindaban Gosain, I wish to pay him Rs. 100 in kind. That is to say you can purchase some rice, dahl and wheat worth Rs. 100 and deliver them for sevapujah of Sri Radhadamodar. But if grains are controlled and you cannot purchase on open market, then you can pay him cash Rs. 50, and take a receipt from him. You can also keep with you Rs. 50 to be paid to him at the rate of Rs.5 per month until I return. I think until I return you can go to Vrindaban once in a month, and get my rooms cleaned by Sarozini and pay him Rs. One for cleaning and taking care of my outside veranda. So, you can spend your coming and going charges, pay to Gosain Rs. 5 and to Sarozini Rs. one per month. After this expenditure the balance remains Rs. 1733.

If Vinodkumara has secured his passport and "p" form, then let him purchase two best harmoniums. I think he can purchase from Dwarkin and Sons at the cost of 556 Rs. each. So, get one bank draft for Rs. 1110 in favor of Messers Dwarkin and Sons, Esplanad, Calcutta, payable in Calcutta, and let Vinodkumar take this draft deliver to Messers Dwarkin and Sons and take delivery of two harmoniums. Out of the balance money he can take Rs. 75 for his going to Calcutta for some pocket expenses on the ship. From the balance money he can purchase sitar and tampoura from Calcutta according to his choice. I think this arrangement will be approved by us all.

I am very much eager to return to India for a change, but at the present state of health it is not possible. Vinodkumar must bring the medicines while he is coming here.

I have sent $ 100, that is Rs. 750, to Trivikram Maharaj for purchasing khole and kartal. Vinodkumar must go to Nabadwip while going to Calcutta and take delivery of the khole and kartal. All these things must be very nicely packed and brought with him as his personal luggage. I thank you very much once more for the trouble you are taking for me. This is all for Srila Prabhupada's service. Finally do not mind all the trouble which I give you occasionally. Let us cooperate for propagating Krishna Consciousness all over the world. The Delhi room may be kept as it is until my further advice.

Yours sincerely,

A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

©Gaudiya Vedanta Publications CC-BY-ND

540000 - Letter to M. L. Jalan written from Unknown Place

2021-12-01T16:20:14Z

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''[All handwritten]''

Unknown Date

Sri M.L. Jalan<br />
Calcutta

Dear Sri Jalanji,                 ML/DBB/54/21

Kindly refer to your letter NR----:D/ 24/2/54 addressed to me on receipt of your above letter I had to see you in your house receive your contribution of Rs 51/---???<br />
I had to request you to become one of the executive member along with Dr. Satyendra, Dr. Sri (? ), Dr. Kalido (? ) and others and your (? ) told me that the matter. I hope you will accept it now stated in Calcutta was very unsuitable for its practically a rejected place from the city of Cal was rented for temporary purpose. But all to open a permanent office in Calcutta for impressing the people there about the noble work.<br />
To day I am seeking your help in this matter honour is one of the richest citizen of Calcutta charitable disposition of mind. I wish that you give us some place or a room only with the machine, so that we can run on a [missing text] along with the help of the above erudite scholars.<br />
This time I have in my possession words of symp [missing text] from such Personalities as Sr. K.M. Munshi the governor Prasad, the President of (? ), Sri M.S.----, Sir Sitaram of (? ), Sri (? ) etc. to get some financial assistance for this great institu [missing text] absolutely necessary, that all must have an office in [missing text] you will kindly give us some place as (? ) above either or permanently as it may be----

Thanking you in anticipation and waiting your early reply.

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670130 - Letter to Acyutananda written from San Francisco

2021-09-05T12:20:28Z

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''[unclear]''<br />
Krishna Conciousness Inc<br />
518 Frederick Street, San Francisco<br />
California, January 30, 1967

My dear Achyutananda,<br />
Please accept my blessings. Since Kirtanananda is absent certainly you are feeling some strain. But the more you serve Krishna the more you become stronger. I hope you are being properly assisted by your other Godbrothers. I shall be glad to hear from you. May Krishna give you all protection in the discharge of your transcendental duties.

Yours ever well wisher,<br />
[[File:SP Signature.png|300px]]<br />
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

690220 - Letter to Kirtanananda written from Los Angeles

2021-06-16T11:03:19Z

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<big>Tridandi Goswami<br/>
<big>'''AC Bhaktivedanta Swami'''<br/></big>
Acharya: International Society For Krishna Consciousness</big>

CAMP: 4501/2 N. Hayworth Ave.<br>
             Los Angeles, Calif. 90048

DATED February 20, 1969
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
My Dear Kirtanananda,

Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated February 18, 1969. I thank you very much for your inviting me to New Vrindaban, but, considering the local climate as presented by you I think I shall postpone it until the end of April. I am enclosing here reply to the letter of Hayagriva and Shama devi.<br />
I hope this will meet you in very good health.

Your ever well-wisher,<br/>
[[File:SP Signature.png|300px]]<br/>
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
Enclosure - 2. ''[handwritten]''

P.S. Is it possible to get your insurance money for clearing debts? Then why not show some debt & get the money. ''[handwritten]''

I am thinking of going to Hawaii by the end of this month. ''[handwritten]''

671013 - Letter to Hansadutta written from Calcutta

2021-06-14T19:46:09Z

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671011 - Letter to Brahmananda written from Calcutta

2021-06-14T19:00:56Z

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A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami<br />
Camp Calcutta <br />
October 11th,1967

My Dear Brahmananda, Please accept my blessings. On my arrival in Calcutta I have duly received your two letters dated ''[unclear]'' & 5th instant. Regarding change of dress, I beg to inform you that every Krishna conscious person must be clean shaved, must have Tilaks on the forehead and other eleven places and must have the Sikha on the top of the head besides beads on the neck as usual. Rarely one can continue to keep beard but it is better not to keep it to distinguish oneself from the Hippies. We must let the public know that we are not Hippies. Do not try to follow the unauthorised advice of Kirtanananda. Nobody cares for the dress; every sane man follows the philosophy and practical talks. Let Kirtanananda Swami do something practically. Let him do whatever he likes and let us see that thousands of American are following him. Unless he does so do not accept his principle. I think all of you except a Sannyasi may dress yourself just like a fine up to date American gentleman but one must have the Tilaks etc as I have mentioned above. Kirtanananda is the first man in our society who cleanly shaved and kept the Sikha on the top of the head and now he has begun to keep beard again. This is not good. Whatever he is doing nowadays has no sanction from me. And he has deliberately disobeyed me by not going to London. Now he appears to be out of my control and therefore I advise you not to follow his principles unless he shows practically something wonderful. I gave him a chance to do this in the matter of opening a Branch in London but he has failed to do it. Now let him show first of all that by seeing his newly grown beard he has been successful to have many Americans following him and our financial condition has improved, then try to follow his instruction. Otherwise reject all idle talks. A Krishna conscious person must be seen by ears and not by the eyes or in other words one should try to know the depth of realiation by Krishna conscious person and not see the beard which has become the practice of the Hippies.

You should have immediately utilied Mr. Nehru to give me a certificate. Lord Chaitanya's movement is genuine and I am the bona fide representative in your country for this movement. Now if Mr. Nehru certifies this, then where is the difficulty to obtain the permanent Visa either from there or from here. Please see therefore immediately Mr. Hejmadi and obtain the certificate as abovementioned. I think Mr. Nehru must have already spoken to Mr. Hejmadi about this.

As advised by you I am writing separately to Hayagriva about the manuscript of Geetopanisad. For typing, Satsvarupa is always ready and therefore there is no need of employing a paid man.

Regarding other problems, depend on Krishna and try to find out a suitable place if Mr. Judy has a tendency to exploit us. I think Kirtanananda may do this practical service to the Society first if you are certain that Macmillan Co. is not going to take to our publication, then you must keep aside the $5,500. for this purpose. We must have our books printed, we have wasted much time in the matter of editing and finding out a suitable publisher. When I was alone there were three volumes published but during the last two years I could not publish a single volume more. It is a great defeat. If I have one or two sincere souls like you and if we can make more publications, then our mission will be a great success. I am prepared to sit down underneath a tree with one sincere soul and in such activity I shall be free from all diseases.

I know that you are very much anxious to see me in good health and by the Grace of Krishna I am getting well day by day. The only thing is that this time I wish to return on permanent Visa or immigration Visa and before I go I wish to begin the printing of Geetopanisad.

Yours ever well wisher<br />
[[File:SP Signature.png|300px]]

Sriman Brahmananda Brahmachary

International Society For

Krishna Consciousness Inc.<br />
26, Second Avenue, New York<br />
N.Y. 10003

A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami<br />
C/o Madan Dutta, 75 Durgacharan<br />
Doctor Road, Calcutta-14<br />

501212 - Letter to Father Ramakrishna written from Calcutta

2021-06-03T04:00:53Z

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          '''<big><big><big><big>ABHAY CHARAN DE & SONS.</big></big></big></big>'''<br />
                                    <small><small> MANUFACTURING CHEMIST & WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS</small></small> <br />
                        <small>Prop. : THE VIMALTONE MANUFACTURING CO., BOMBAY</small>

''[All Handwritten]''<br />
Calcutta, 12/12/1950
<br />
<br />
<br />
My dear Father Ramakrishna,

My departure for Allahabad was postponed due to the failure of my proposed tenants' payment of Rs 500/-. The man promised to pay me yesterday but he said his cheque was dishonored. Today he has again promised to pay at 12 noon but I do not now count upon him. So either he pays or not pays, I must proceed to Allahabad tonight positively otherwise the whole thing will be spoiled.

Now as a helpless child looks upon his father, so I look upon you in the absence of my real father. Please therefore come in the evening, or tomorrow morning, enquire Buro if I have had the balance money (Rs 500/-) before going to Allahabad and if you learn that the tenant is not succeeded with money, please try to send me further Rs 500/- to my Allahabad address by T.M.O. or letter T.T. and write me the news. As the son cannot repay the father, so I cannot repay the obligation I owe to you, but my sincere blessings are always upon you because you have tried to help me in a very critical time.

My life was miserable due to my family affairs and you have come to rescue me from the plight. May God help you in all respects. With my blessings, I beg to remain

Yours affectionately,<br />
''[Signed]''
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Sriman Ram Krishna Dey<br/>
c/o Day Bannrmut Co.<br/>
<u>Waterloo St. Cal.</u>

N.B.<br/>
My Allahabad address:-<br/>
Abhay Charan De<br/>
57 B, Learning Road,<br/>
George Town,<br/>
Allahabad.

670224 - Letter to Rayarama written from San Francisco

2021-05-19T01:19:38Z

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'''INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS, INC.'''<br />
TWENTY-SIX SECOND AVENUE, NEW YORK, N.Y. 10003<br />
TELEPHONE: 674-7428

Branch: 518 Frederick Street<br />
San Francisco, California.<br />
February 24, 1967

ACHARYA: SWAMI A.C. BHAKTIVEDANTA<br />
TRUSTEES:<br />
<small>Larry Bogart<br />
James S. Greene<br />
Carl Yeargans<br />
Raphael Balsam<br />
Robert Lefkowitz<br />
Raymond Marais<br />
Stanley Mogkowitz<br />
Michael Grant<br />
Harvey Cohen</small>

My Dear Rayarama,

I am in due receipt of your letter. According to our agreement ''[handwritten]'' Mr. Ypslantin cannot ask any more. It was understood that further money will be required when the bill is actually in the congress session for consideration. We have already paid him three hundred dollars which was full for dealings in the preliminary stage.

Any way I have a call from Naturalisation office to see them on 2nd March. And I shall let you know ''[handwritten]'' what is to be done thereafter. Or in the meantime if I return to N.Y. I shall let you know what is to be done. Have you ''[handwritten]'' taken delivery of the 1st chapter Bhagavad-gita from the publisher with whom you ''[handwritten]'' left it for examination? You have not informed me about this. Please take care of this. Here everything is going well. We have got some engagements up to Tuesday next week. Kirtanananda is trying to start a third center of the Society at Montreal. It is all Krishna's Grace. I have received the copy of Back to Godhead.

Your well wisher.<br />
[[File:SP Signature.png|300px]]<br />
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami.

671006 - Letter to Satsvarupa written from Delhi

2021-05-15T09:36:50Z

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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami<br />
C/o Madan Dutta<br />
76,Durgacharan Doctor Road<br />
Calcutta-14

October 6,67

My Dear Satswarupa,<br />
Please accept my blessings. I beg to thank you for your letter of 29th September 1967 and have noted the contents very carefully. The letter which you have enclosed therein to facilitate my permanent Visa appears to be nice but if an invitation or provisional appointment as lecturer is possible, I think that will be still nicer.

I am going to Calcutta with Achyutananda and Ramanuja to visit Lord Chaitanya's birthsite at Mayapur. So until further information, you can address my letters to the above mentioned Calcutta address.

Kirtanananda may be eager to address in the Harvard university but recently he has lost his link on account of disobedience. You sing every day morning that by the mercy of the Spiritual master one can please the Lord and one who has not pleased the spiritual master cannot have any access in the realm of Krishna Consciousness. Very recently Kirtanananda has developed a different consciousness of Maya which is called misuse of one's minute independence offered by Krishna. By misuse of one's independence one at once becomes a victim of Maya and thus he loses all importance in Krishna Consciousness. So it is my definite opinion that his lecture anywhere now will bear no spiritual sequence. He must rectify his mistake before he can play in our Society any important role. By lips he says that he is a surrendered soul but by action he is thinking differently.

I may inform you in this connection that photo offset copies of the following testimonials are lying in my apartment in New York. Namely<br />
1. Certificate from Sri Chaitanya Matha Mayapur,<br />
2.         "           "     Institute of Oriental Philosophy Vrindaban<br />
3.         "           "     Keshavji Goudiya Matha, Mathura.<br />
4.         "           "     Goudiya Samghasram, Calcutta.<br />
5.         "           "     New York University<br />
If it is possible to get an official or provisional appointment letter through the influence of Mr. Ross and on the strength of the above certificates, it will be easier to get the permanent visa.<br />
Regarding Manuscripts you can hold on till my arrival or next letter in this connection. The thing is that there is regular negotiation with M/s MacMillan Co for taking up the publication. Brahmananda in his recent letter has informed that the sanction is awaiting the President's signature. So let us wait a few days more for the final word.

I can understand that you have secured a very nice place in Boston and there is very good possibility of pushing our movement amongst the students community there. Our movement is certainly very much appealing to the younger section of your country and if we are successful in the matter of attracting the students community in your country certainly this movement will scatter all over the world and the foretelling of Lord Chaitanya that in every village and every town of the world the [text missing] will be famous for His glorious Samkirtan movement. Please try for this your heart and soul and your life will be a successful mission.<br />
I can understand the hint which you give me about Haimabati and Hansadutta. As a matter of fact woman is like fire and the man is like the butter pot. They must keep apart for healthy atmosphere. But in your country the social system is different. In fact in our society, at least, we should make separate arrangement of residence for the boys and girls. Gradually we have to organise like that.

I am always aspiring after returning at your care and overload you with typewriting tasks. You have done this work always very nicely and sincerely and a secretary like Satswarupa Brahmachary is a great fortune for me. I hope we shall very soon meet again and help each other in the matter of discharging Krishna consciousness engagements. I am now 90% alright and I think I can return now safely. This typewriting work is done by me. For two days I am alone and doing everything myself as experiment. This proves that I am now well. Please offer blessing to all the boys and girls there.<br />
Your ever well wisher<br />
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami.<br />

Sriman Satswarupa Brahmachary<br />
International Society For Krishna<br />
Consciousness Inc.<br />
95, Greenville Avenue<br />
Boston (Allston) Mass.<br />
U.S.A. 02134.

A,C. Bhaktivedanta Swami<br />
C/o Madan Dutta<br />
76, Durgacharan Doctor Road,<br />
Calcutta-14<br />
INDIA

670929 - Letter to Jayananda written from Delhi

2021-04-27T10:46:19Z

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Sept. 29, 1967

Post Office box 1846<br />
Delhi; 6. INDIA

My Dear Jayananda,

Please accept my blessings. I beg to thank you for your letter undated. I congratulate you on your being elected as president of ISKCON San Francisco branch. Your election as president is a recognition by Krishna and therefore I have got full support for you. Mukunda and other members have rightly selected you as president. Your service attitude for Krishna and your sincere attempts at being advanced in Krishna Consciousness will work with you and make your life more and more glorious and a happy state. I've been very glad that you are appreciating by your self the effects of sincere Krishna Consciousness. I've nothing new to instruct you, the same old instruction namely constant chanting and attentively hearing the transcendental vibration Hare Krishna is the only process for self realization in this age. In San Francisco while you were driving your car and I was sitting by you hearing your transcendental vibration, this very sincere attempt has enriched your consciousness and my only instruction is that you may constantly do this habit without fail. Regarding your dispute in your mind as to remaining a brahmachary, grhastha or becoming sannyasi, there is nothing to be bothered with. Anyone who is in full Krishna Consciousness and is dedicating his life for Krishna is already a sannyasi even if he is a married man. If you like you can become a householder and I've no objection to that. Our Vaishnava philosophy instructs to become "Vidvati sanyasis", this means a man who knows things as they are, therefore a devotee who knows that everything belongs to Krishna and that He is the proprietor of all such a devotee is certainly a Vidvati Sannyasi. Our philosophy is that we should accept things as prasadam of Krishna and nothing for sense enjoyment. Anyone who accepts things for sense enjoyment even if he is externally a saffron dressed man is not a sanyasi. The mayavadi sanyasi considers himself as God, this concept of life develops under illusion. When a person fails to become the Lord of the universe it is like the sly fox who attempts to taste grapes and failing to do so says the grapes are sour. The mayavadi sannyasins are frustrated beings in their attempt to enjoy the world, therefore they say the world is fake or the grapes are sour, the world is not false, Krishna is the supreme truth and the world is His energy therefore the energy of the supreme truth cannot be false; but we must know that this energy is inferior to His spiritual energy. As there are hairs and nails on the body and sometimes we separate these parts from the body similarly when the material energy is separated from the service of the Lord it is inferior energy. Inferior energy is not false but temporary. The same temporary energy when surcharged with Krishna Consciousness it transforms into supreme energy by the supreme will. By this will any energy can be transformed into another just like electronic energy in a refrigerator or in a heater, to an ordinary layman, he sees cold and hot but to an electrician, he sees electricity. So when one is engaged in the service of the Lord that person is already in the spiritual energy, and a sanyasi and the real purpose of a sanyasi is to transform himself from the inferior to the superior, spiritual energy. If your consciousness is absorbed in Krishna you are always a sanyasi.

Your ever well-wisher,

671003 - Letter to Nandarani, Krishna devi, Subala and Uddhava written from Delhi

2021-04-27T10:43:05Z

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670909 - Letter to Jadurani written from Vrndavana

2021-04-27T05:43:26Z

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9 September 1967<br />
My Dear Jadurani,<br />
Please accept my blessings. Your ''[handwritten]'' letter of 8/24 contains some important questions. The six goswamis are not all eternal associates of Krishna. Only Rupa and Raghunnath Goswami are eternal associates. You know there are two kinds of living entities: nityamukta or eternal associates of the Lord, and nityabaddha or eternally conditioned. This material manifestation is a chance for the eternally conditioned entities to go Back to Godhead; but when they go back there is no distinction between the two. When Krishna appears some of his eternal associates come with Him to assist Him in His different incarnational activities; and some of the living entities from conditioned life are liberated by following the footprint of Lord Krishna and His bona associates; so all the six became eternal associates of Krishna. Regarding Sarbabhauma Bhattacharya, he decended from higher planet for being liberated in the association of Lord Chaitanya, so his conditioned life came to an end after he contacted Lord Caitanya. The distinction between subtle and gross bodies is elementary. There are eight elements: five gross and three subtle. When a living entity has only subtle body he is considered to be a ghost, and when he has both, he is considered in full strength. To remain in subtle body in this material world is very uncomfortable. Regarding your work in the temple by painting, wherever you remain, if you are fully absorbed in your transcendental work in K.C., that place is eternally Vrindaban--It is the consciousness that creates Vrindaban. The Lord remains in the hearts of every living entity. He lives in the heart of a hog, and the hog lives in a filthy place. That does not mean that the Lord lives in a filthy place. The Lord lives always inconceivably in His transcendental abode. Similarly, a fully K.C. person lives always in the pastimes of Lord Krishna by such consciousness only. The material atmosphere is no impediment for continuing our K.C. in any circumstance.<br />
I think you may not attempt to open a center. Your duty is already fixed up. Better you remain peaceful under the protection of your god-brothers, and prosecute your transcendental avocation.<br />
Your ever well-wisher,<br />
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A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

Sriman Rupanuga Das Adhikary<br />
International Society for K.C.<br />
26, Second Ave.<br />
New York City, 10003<br />
U.S.A.

A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami<br />
Radha Damodar Temple<br />
Seva Kunja<br />
Vrindaban (Mathura)<br />
U.P.   INDIA

670915 - Letter to Jayagovinda written from Delhi

2021-04-26T06:25:33Z

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670915 - Letter to Gargamuni written from Delhi

2021-04-26T04:13:39Z

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My dear Gargamuni ,<br />
Please accept my blessings. I was very much anxious about your illness, but I've received news from Brahmananda that you are improving. Now whatever condition it may be I advise you to take rock candy as much as possible always keep a piece in your mouth. So far as eating is concerned, take ripe papaya as much as you can, also if possible boil green papaya, this will be your diet and medicine. Besides this take sufficient rest and chant Hare Krishna; so long as we have got this material body we have to undergo these situations, if we increase our love for Krishna we shall be able to get out of this maya. People who therefore not exerting to improve Krishna Consciousness are simply wasting there valuable time and human life. Their human life is a chance to be out of the entanglements of material bodies. We get material bodies according to our activities, doggish men get the bodies of dogs in the next life, men in Krishna Consciousness get bodies like Krishna, so if developed consciousness of human life is to concentrate of Krishna Consciousness so that we may be out of the clutches of material entanglement. These truth should be preached all over the world and those who are intelligent enough will take to Krishna Consciousness very seriously. You will be cured very soon rest assured, but after you get out of this diseased condition please keep fit with regular habits at least once a day take your bath and timely eat drink and sleep. Now you are married man you have got facility for sex life, but also this should be regulated. Increased Krishna Consciousness will reduce the propensity of sense gratification and too much sense gratification is the cause of obtaining material bodies. So there may not be bodily disturbance it is necessary to maintain a regulated life and easily prosecute our Krishna Consciousness. I shall pray to Krishna for your quick recovery.

Your ever well-wisher,''[handwritten]''<br />
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Gargamuni, Bramananda<br />
c/o ISKCON Inc. 26 2nd ave<br />
New York 10003 N.Y.<br />
U.S.A.

A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami<br />
P.O. Box 1846<br />
Delhi 6

670314 - Letter to Brahmananda written from San Francisco

2021-04-14T06:51:17Z

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ISKCON<br />
518 Frederick Street<br />
San Francisco, California,<br />
March 14, 1967

My Dear Brahmananda,

Please accept my thanks and blessings of Lord Krishna for your letter of the 12th instant describing your meeting with Maya the illusory energy and combating her by Krishna consciousness. In future if any one challenges our philosophy one may put his questions in writing and must be prepared to receive the answers from human understanding. We cannot talk with any one who is not within the purview of human understanding. You are completely right when you refuse to debate and accept invitation for chanting Hare Krishna Mahamantra. Although we should not chant in a society which is disruptive but as soon as one invites us for chanting we take it for granted that they are friendly and we must take the opportunity.

A female is never awarded the order of Sannyasam. Because a female is never considered independent and Sannyasam was never awarded to any female in the past by the great Acharyas like Samkara, Ramanuja etc. The female Sannyasins are to be immediately understood as pretenders or prostitutes. In India they have organized so many organizations where specially young females are maintained to attract rich women-hunters who pretend to pose as righteous in the society. This is the age of Kali which plunders away spiritual sense of the human being and it is only the Divine Grace of Lord Chaitanya Who can protect us from all these dangerous pitfalls. You were not agitated by unfavourable criticism and yet you chanted Hare Krishna Mahamantra that is the way of chanting Hare Krishna. I thank you very much for this for-bearance. I am very glad to note that you can know the foolishness of the modern society in spiritual understanding and I thank you very much for your appreciation of my association. This association is disciplic and as such all thanks are due to Lord Krishna who infuses His powers through the bonafide disciplic succession.

But I am very sorry to learn that Mr. Taylor is still playing in his own way. I do not know why. If the financier is paying him all cash what is the cause of delay. We have already handed over the amount and if things are still lingered in such a way it becomes really disturbing. I shall be glad to hear from you how things are taking place. In your last letter I was given to understand that while signing the agreement Mr. Taylor was not present. This was something like marriage performances without the bridegroom.............

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In your last letter you informed me that you are going take possession of the house immediately. I hope you are going to do so and I may inform you that the possession must be taken on or before the 26th March 1967 because that is the day of Lord Caitanya's birthday. You shall observe Lord Caitanya's birth day as follows:

1. The picture of Lord Caitanya with His party should be nicely decorated with flowers and garlands and Sankirtana should be performed regularly from Morning to evening. Just after seeing the Full Moon on the sky the days fast should be broken. I mean the devotees should observe fasting the whole day. In the evening the devotees should take food as in the Ekadasi days.

2. The next day you can celebrate feasting on account of Lord Caitanya's appearance and read about His life as given shortly in my Srimad-Bhagavatam and you can read also from the teachings of Lord Caitanya part of which is going to be published in the present issue of Back to Godhead.

If the psychedelic men want to sell our Visnu pictures you can charge them at least $50.00 for each picture. For display you lend them one only returnable on demand. We require many pictures as painted by Jadurani for decorating the lecture-hall in the new building. You will be glad to learn that here also we have got another Jadurani whose name is Govinda Dasi wife of Gaura Sunder. Both the husband and the wife are good artist and they have printed a very nice picture of Radha Krishna.

I am glad to learn that Donald has purchased Prof. Sanyal's book Krishna Caitanya. Late Prof. N. K. Sanyal was my Godbrother and his book Krishna Caitanya is approved and authoritative. Keep it very carefully and we may publish in Back to Godhead some articles from the book. It will help us a great deal because my Spiritual Master has given His approval to this book.* Please keep it carefully and when I return I shall see to it.

I shall be glad to hear from you when you are going to take possession of the house. Inform all friends there that I wish that we may enter the house on or before the 26th March 1967. You have done right by removing the pictures which deal in Gopis and Krishna. They are never for public show. They are very confidential and meant for advanced devotees who know Krishna fairly well. The neophytes will be misguided by such pictures. I hope you will understand me right.

With my blessings for you all.

Your ever well wisher,

A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami.

<nowiki>*</nowiki>The picture of my Spiritual Master in the book may be painted in color by Jadurani: this will be another type of picture of my Spiritual Master.

670827 - Letter to Jananivasa written from Vrndavana

2021-04-13T15:47:04Z

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Aug 27, 67 ''[handwritten]''

My Dear Jananivas,

Please accept my blessings. I am very glad to receive your letter of 8/20, and glad to hear that everything is going so nicely at our newest center. It all sounds very beautiful, and I am very anxious to come to you personally. Perhaps in October I shall go directly from here to San Francisco, and then to Santa Fe, before going to N.Y. About your question: The Spirit Soul is certainly eternal and changeless; and the fall is superficial, just like the relation between father and son cannot be broken ever. Now we are simply in a phase of forgetfulness, and this forgetfulness is called Maya. There is a nice example in the waning of the moon. To us the moon appears to be changing, but in fact the moon is always the same. So as eternal servitors of Krishna --- our constitutional position-- we fall down when we try to become the enjoyer, imitating Krishna. That is our downfall. Krishna is the Supreme Enjoyer, and we are constitutionally to be enjoyed by Him, and when we revive this constitutional position where is no more Maya. K.C. gives us the opportunity of rendering service to Krishna, and this service attitude only can replace us on our original position. Please therefore, continue to chant faithfully, and Krishna will reveal Himself, by His Causeless Mercy, and you will know everything automatically. I shall, of course always be ready and anxious to answer any question you have.

Your ever well-wisher,

A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

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670726 - Letter to Children at New York written from Delhi

2021-04-10T04:02:57Z

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New York Temple

July 26, 1967 <br />
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Radha Damodar Temple<br />
Seva Kunj<br />
P.O. Vrindaban (Mathura)<br />
U.P. India

Dear "children" at New York,

Please accept my blessings. We had a very nice plane ride here to New Delhi, although it took somewhat longer than we had anticipated. We arrived in London on schedule Sunday morning, and Kirtanananda gave me a massage, and then I took shower bath and rested until afternoon. We boarded the plane for Moscow and no more than we got in our seats, when it was announced that due "to health regulation" there would be a short delay--the delay, however, turned out to be some 16 hours. It seem that someone on the plane when it came into London had small pox, so the plane was quaranteened until it could be thoroughly fumigated. So they put us up for the night in the "Excelsior" Hotel, which was something like a dream palace, complete with air conditioning, TV, Hi-Fi swimming pool and everything else. We had a nice meal and slept ''[handwritten]'' very nicely. We boarded the plane for the second time the next morning at nine a.m. and took off for Moscow ''[handwritten]'' shortly thereafter, and arrived at that bastion of propaganda about three hours later. We had an hour stop there, so we got off the plane just to take a walk. We were met by a "friendly guard" and informed that they would keep our passport until we returned to the plane, and then "guided" down the corridor to the terminal. Unlike London or New York, there was no hustle or bustle at the terminal, nor were there many people--and it was very quiet! The only remarkable features were the propaganda pictures and the many racks of free books and literatures. We were glad to get back on the plane and start for Delhi. The flight from Moscow to Delhi took about 8 hours, and when we arrived it was about midnight local time, and when we stepped out of the plane I KNEW IT WAS INDIA! It was like walking into a solid wall of HEAT. But that's what I've been wanting, and it felt good to me. Some friends were there to meet us, so after clearing customs we drove into town, where we stayed (and are presently) at a Radha Krishna Temple near Kashmire Gate.<br />
Today I have consulted with two Ayur Vedic physicians, one of whom is famous in these quarters, and they conclude that my trouble is with my heart, but that all danger is past, and that I will be just fine, provided I follow simple regulative measures with my diet and work. I also have been given some medicine, so we shall see what-Krishna how Krishna desires. Tomorrow, Krishna willing, we will go to Vrindaban, where you can send mail to me.<br />
I have played the record a number of times here, and when they hear it they think it is wonderful. I am very anxious--even more than ever--for our American House in Vrindaban. I always said that if I could get the American boys and girls to take up this movement the rest of the world would join. Now my theory is being proved. So now I am depending on you all to carry on this great mission in my absence; chant and hear, and Krishna will bless you.

Your ever well-wisher

A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

670802 - Letter to Brahmananda written from Vrndavana

2021-04-09T13:13:01Z

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2 August 1967

My Dear Brahmananda,<br />
Please accept my blessings. In continuation of yesterday's letter signed by Kirtanananda, I may further inform you that the MacMillan contract is very important. I have already confirmed the terms, and you are herewith authorized to sign on my behalf. If the contract is bonafide, then there is no need of printing the books at my responsibility either in Japan or in India. I shall be satisfied with the commission and shall only be glad to see that the books are being read by hundreds and thousands of men. Whatever profit may be derived from it will be utilized for development of the American House here. I would have been very glad if Hayagriva, yourself, and Rayarama, along with Kirtanananda, would have been present combinedly and give a start to the American House. Negotiations for the plot of land is going on and as soon as it is settled we shall begin the work. Kirtanananda is feeling the warmth of the city a little tediously. For me this warmth is little bracy. Anyway, you try to fructify this contract and it will be a great relief to me. We have already written to Hayagriva to return to N.Y. and deliver the mass. Copy over to MacMillan; the balance part of Geetopanisad which is being edited should be finished as soon as possible; and wherever necessary he may consult me by mail. The first three vols. of S.B., completing the first canto, may be published in one vol. without the sanscrit, i.e. only translation and purport. Similarly we can publish the second canto in one vol., and so on, one vol. per canto.

Your ever well-wisher,<br />
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