Author Archives: Srila Prabhupada's Letters

1971 September 24: “Caitanya Mahaprabhu sent His most confidential disciples out on the street and house to house. Even the magistrate would object, Caitanya Mahaprabhu would still send. He exhibited a great civil disobedience movement.”Prabhupada Lett…

1972 September 24: “I am very glad that you are holding Bhagavata-dharma Festivals all over England. Increase the selling of my literatures and magazines. There is immense field for preaching so do not hesitate to take the bold step forward and invite …

1972 September 24: “As my senior disciple take the lead in supervising the distribution of my books widely all over Great Britain. Hold one Hare Krsna Festival every night somewhere in London. If there are too many men for the temple they may be dispat…

1974 September 24: “By your prayers I am recovered. So let us go on with the spreading of this sublime cult. My only request is that you all remain enthusiastic and pure by strictly following all the the devotional practices.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1974

1975 September 24: “Our books are meant to educate people in consciousness and it is very good the professors have recommended Krsna Book for undergraduate study. Our process for learning is by hearing. Hearing is so important. As soon as the book is d…

1975 September 24: “That you have fulfilled my request without hesitation, this is your success in spiritual life. The translations I am not using. There is some fault. I am doing the translations. I have finished now the Sixth Canto and have started t…

1966 September 23: “Today Visa office sent their decision not to extend further to me to stay. All the members startled. They want me to stay. We went to perform Kirtan at the Ananda Ashram and it was nice.”Prabhupada Journal :: 1966

1967 September 23: “I entrusted this matter to him but he has disobeyed which has given me a shock. He disobeyed my order before and he has again disobeyed me. Obedience is the first law of discipline. If he sets such example it will be a great impedim…

1967 September 23: “The MacMillan transaction is not successful. Let me begin the printing immediately we have wasted so much time. I am now fit to return back. I am going first to Calcutta to visit Lord Caitanya’s birthplace.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1967

1968 September 23: “I shall be glad to know about your meetings in the Hindu center. These people might be impersonalists, it does not matter what they are. We can perform Kirtana in any place. By our Kirtana process we have to influence others.”Prabhu…

1968 September 23: “You will be glad to know we are preparing another record, Cintamani Prakara Sadmasu, and other songs and speeches, 20 min. each side. And it will come out very soon. If you want we can send you for selling there.”Prabhupada Letters …

1972 September 23: “Now I can understand people will come in large numbers just to hear this Bhagavata-dharma discourse. Now you GBC men, I leave it to you to hold this festival all over the world. This will be the success of our movement.”Prabhupada L…

1972 September 23: “There is immense potential and immense land for development, gradually develop. Raise so many kinds of fruits and vegetables and keep cows. That will be the ideal Krsna Conscious community for living.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1972

1975 September 23: “Each issue is an improvement on the previous one. This is very good. We can talk with anyone. Marx, Darwin, all professors and politicians, we can challenge and defeat them. Our philosophy is so perfect. So go on exposing them, that…

1965 September 22: “A slighly brown man in faded orange drapes wearing white bathing shoes stepped out of a compact car yesterday and into the Butler YMCA. He is A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swamiji, a messenger from India to the peoples of the West.” [From the …

1966 September 22: “Four boys, Bruce, Charles, Steve and Keith initiated with Harinama. Donald sent some apples by post. Thanks.”Prabhupada Journal :: 1966

1968 September 22: “Krishna is very kind on you, out of His good will He has come to you. It is very surprising. So please welcome the Deity and install Him in a nice throne. The more we are engaged in Deity worship, the more we become purified.”Prabhu…

1969 September 22: “Perhaps you have seen in The Times of India about my London arrival. Now we have released one Hare Krishna album through Apple Records. So this Movement is gradually becoming very popular. Please pray to Lord Caitanya to help me in …

1970 September 22: “What great men do, common man will follow. So if we want to actually be successful we must convince the influential men of your country, then everything will follow automatically. So I request you to take this matter very seriously….

1970 September 22: “I begged from His Holiness a little piece of land at Mayapur for my Western disciples, but he refused. Now they are loitering in the streets of Calcutta. Do you think it is right?”Prabhupada Letters :: 1970

1972 September 22: “I am pleased things are once again back to normal and you are very enthusiastic to spread our preaching work. Now concentrate your efforts by bringing our program to the highest standards and automatically you will make devotees the…

1972 September 22: “I am encouraged you all big men will do the needful by consulting together therefore I have called you there. Build a simple temple just like Govindaji’s that is not so difficult.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1972

1975 September 22: “I received a letter from Jayadvaita das regarding Upadesamrta. Regarding the corrections, these kind of changes are admissable. There is no harm. A dedication is not required. I am enclosing the introduction.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1975

1970 September 21: “Be fully engaged in Krishna’s service. It does not matter what engagement; Krishna accepts equally the service of a little calf and that of Srimati Radharani. So always be very much appreciative of each other’s service.”
Prabhupada Letters :: 1970

1970 September 21: “Our movement should be taken as being a family based upon love and trust, so as the father becomes unhappy when one of his children wishes to break family connections so please do not consider leaving as you are spiritual children o…

1970 September 21: “In my books I have tried to explain clearly this philosophy but it so happens that this philosophy is given a self-interested interpretation. As soon as personal motivation comes in it is not possible for one to understand our Krish…

1971 September 21: “My Dear Daughters, so now you are in the line of Krishna Consciousness. Please strictly follow and try to serve the Deity. Even there are some inconveniences, please try and tolerate. If in this one life I try and become a little to…

1972 September 21: “Yes, that is a good program holding classes, having kirtana in the street, and recruiting devotees. Do not worry. You are my disciple and I am your spiritual master, as long as you follow my instructions, then I shall never leave yo…

1974 September 21: “So if it will be better than Birla Mandir, then your labor and expenditure is a success. My only request is we must spend money very cautiously and not to waste. For improvement we can spend. I am simply afraid that money may not be…

1975 September 21: “You have invited me to come and yes, I will certainly come. Your idea for bullock cart sankirtana is very good. So now do it. And your program for distributing literature, charity and prasadam, this is all very nice. And that you wi…

1975 September 21: “A sannyasi must not go back to his own village. You are doing substantial work there so there is no necessity for immediate change. I am going now on tour of Africa and when I return I shall see you and we shall do the needful.”Prab…

1968 September 20: “You have very frankly inquired about sex relationship. A sannyasi is not supposed to be asked anything sexual. But still, because you are so much dependent, I must give you information as far as possible.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1968

1968 September 20: “It is not necessary that because one has got wife, therefore you must have sex life. The whole scheme is to avoid sex life. And if one can avoid it completely then it is a great victory for him.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1968

1968 September 20: “Just like a flock of birds – although very intimately related, everyone of them has to fly in the sky by individual strength. If one is less strong, the other cannot keep him in the sky. That is the law of nature.”Prabhupada Letters…

1968 September 20: “So long everyone of us is strong in Krishna Consciousness, there is no doubt, you can fly in the spiritual sky and meet together without failure. But if somebody lags behind, one may not meet the other at our destination.”Prabhupada…

1968 September 20: “You should not imitate great personalities like Bhaktivinoda Thakura but you must follow in Their footprints. In all circumstances try to follow – but never try to imitate.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1968

1974 September 20: “The festival success is very encouraging. So go on with your festivals. You have captured the essence, and therefore you are successful in being able to distribute it. I am very glad that I have got such good disciples as you.”Prabh…

1974 September 20: “This is the duty of all my initiated disciples, whether they are big or they are small. Actually there is no such thing as big or small. Everyone is devotee. So everyone is expected to follow the devotional practices.”Prabhupada Let…

1974 September 20: “Do not be paramahamsa that now I haven’t got to hear Srimad Bhagavatam and Bhagavad gita. Don’t be a better paramahamsa than your Guru Maharaja. So as I am doing, you must also do.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1974

1955 September 19: “My dear Sripada Gosvami Maharaja, So why for the matter of saving some papers we shall not print the full number? In my opinion we should print more than 1000 copies every month and distribute them in large scale. I think you will r…