Author Archives: Srila Prabhupada's Letters

1965 September 19 : “Today is the 38th day of our journey. We reached New York Port at 12:30 pm, three hours later than the scheduled time.”Prabhupada Journal :: 1965

1968 September 19: “He cannot go because he has rendered already some service to Krishna. So Krishna is not going to leave him at any cost. Please offer my blessings to him, and treat him very well. So far Mrigendra das is concerned, he will also come …

1969 September 19 : “In England there is very good prospect for pushing on Krishna Consciousness. I am trying to make some arrangement with Mr. John Lennon to have the facility for of his garden house. Here we can accommodate many devotees.”Prabhupada…

1969 September 19: “Lord Caitanya accepted Jagai and Madhai on condition they would not commit further sinful activities. So all our students should be careful in the matter of violating the four principles and at the same time must carry on the chanti…

1970 September 19 : “Hundreds of people join our Sankirtana Party daily in downtown Calcutta, and I am confident that this great mission will be successful if only we continue to push on without any personal motivation.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1970

1974 September 19: “Your duty is to carry out my orders. Anyone who surrenders to Krishna wholeheartedly and engages in His service cannot say later on, I resign. Once surrendered, it cannot be withdrawn.”1975 September 19:

1975 September 19: “To the Prime Minister of Mauritius: I thank you very much for your kind invitation to visit your country. I am arriving at Port Louis on the afternoon of the 30th and I look forward to meeting with Your Excellency.”Prabhupada Letter…

1960 September 18: “[From the Visitors’ Book] I am pleased to write herein that I have come to Delhi from my H.Q. Kesi Ghat, Vrindaban (U.P.) purely on spiritual mission to propagate the cult of devotional service of the Lord. And I am publishing an En…

1965 September 18: “To-day is the 37th day of our journey. At 4 p.m. we left Boston Port for New York. At midnight there was considerable fog till we reached late at New York Port at 12:30 on 19/9/65.”Jaladuta Diary :: 1965

1965 September 18: “Markine Bhagavata-dharmaOn board the ship Jaladuta, Commonwealth Pier,Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.dated 18th of September, 1965″Jaladuta Diary :: 1965

1968 September 18: “If by begging alms we can provide ourself, we should not accept any job. Form a party of Sankirtana, and walk in the street, you can get not less than 50 to 100 marks daily. Form a local trust party of 12 heads and immediately start…

1968 September 18: “It is clear that the place is destined for our temple, and you can immediately take it on lease. You are a sincere devotee and Krishna will give you timely all good intelligence in this connection. Now please try to organize as quic…

1972 September 18: “The standards I have already given you, now maintain them. Do not try to innovate or create anything or manufacture anything, that will ruin everything. Simply do as I am doing and be always serious and sincere to serve Krsna, and H…

1974 September 18: “The subject matter is very grave and unless you intimately associate yourself with us it will be very difficult to understand. I have got my program to go there by the end of the month. At that time you can try to meet me.”Prabhupad…

1975 September 18: “You all should co-operate and then things will go on very nicely. We should not bring in politics. That is a very nasty thing.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1975

1965 September 17: “Thirty-sixth day from starting from Calcutta Port. We are now on the Boston dockyard and the custom officers came on the ship. They have now issued the admittance permission. To-day we are expected to reach Boston Port U.S.A.”Jaladu…

1968 September 17: “Already he has wasted ten months by his childish frivolities; sometimes preacher, sometimes guru, and sometimes so and so. So you will kindly give them clear indication that they should stop all these things, and work as directed wi…

1968 September 17:”It is clear he is trying to entice. He is canvassing to break them from the society and to remain with him. He is another edition who has broken the poor Hrsikesa from the society.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1968

1969 September 17:”The reception here was very nice. The BBC invited us for television on Tuesday night. We are expecting many engagements and it appears here that people are very interested in the Krishna Consciousness Movement.”Prabhupada Letters :: …

1970 September 17: “In India, from the very moment we stepped down from the airplane, there is good propaganda work going on. We are sending out Sankirtana Party and it appears to be very successful. We have had many meetings and still we have got many…

1970 September 17: “Regarding your opening a branch, I have got all my blessings upon you. Do it immediately. So far GBC, I prefer to see you a great preacher and you may be relieved from that responsibility.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1970

1970 September 17: “We are not concerned with a scholar who knows theoretically Caitanya Vaisnava Movement but we are interested with persons who are actually devotees who actually chant Hare Krsna Mahamantra and follow the regulative principles; Theor…

1970 September 17: “The new boy Bruce is improving. He has now sacrificed his hairs for Krsna – that is a good sign. I hope the way you conduct our Temple will improve and there may not be any more poisonous effects as happened in the past.”Prabhupada …

1955 September 16: “My dear Sripada Gosvami Maharaja, Either in Calcutta or in Delhi we must have our own press to broadcast the message of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu in all the important languages. Hindi is for all India propaganda while English is for w…

1965 September 16: “Today is the 35th day of our journey. The Lord has Himself taken charge of the ship. In expansion the Lord is rowing the oars. We shall certainly reach to America port safely. The whole night was non-disturbing and today on the 36th…

1967 September 16: Your eagerness to get me back will surely be a success because I’m also eager to return. Tears for Krishna is as good as associating with Him personally. So your feelings and tears of Krishna Consciousness will make you more enriched…

1967 September 16: “Krishna is very kind to all but He is especially kind to his sincere devotee. I know you are a sincere devotee. When you drive your car you always chant Hare Krishna and when I was by your side I could understand how heartily you ha…

1970 September 16: “We have come here eight strong. I am trying to establish a branch and we are getting encouragement. Books and magazines worth $60,000 are coming very shortly, then we will have vigorous preaching work.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1970

1971 September 16: “We should not follow the policy that one man gives us everything and we become idle. This is a material policy. Our policy is madhukari or the profession of the bumblebee. The bumblebee does not eat all the honey in one flower. It g…

1974 September 16: “Krsna is giving you chance because you want to serve. It is all Krsna’s grace. Krsna says, ‘Anyone who is sincerely engaged in My service I give him the intelligence.’ So if Krsna gives the intelligence who can compete with you? Krs…

1974 September 16: “I understand you received the vote in the election for Temple President. So you should be the president. I am putting my casting vote for you. I have informed the GBC of this by post.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1974

1967 September 15: “I understand the draft board is disturbing you. It is also disturbing to me, but we have no other recourse than Krishna. Do your best to serve Krishna and he will give you required intelligence to cope with disturbing situations.”Pr…

1968 September 15: “Please do not be very serious with this Swami because they are impersonalists. Our mode of Krishna Consciousness is different from theirs. Perhaps these people may not like our Sankirtana movement, so you have to be very careful in …

1969 September 15: “While you are in school, simply speak to the students and teachers, distribute our books and arrange for kirtana where many students can hear the sound of Hare Krishna. This is the prescribed formula for propagating Krishna Consciou…

1971 September 15: “Our Krishna Consciousness movement is the representative of Krishna. But we are very much poor in strength. Our only strength is chanting Hare Krishna and that will give us strength to enlighten people in Krishna consciousness and c…

1972 September 15: “On the whole, they should not be given any power unless they are my initiated disciples, but try to keep them as consultants. Our process is slow but sure. Our big centers started with only a handful of men and because they were det…

1972 September 15: “He should donate Kesighat Temple to us and we shall renovate and make very gorgeous for the foreign tourists. And everyone will appreciate the contribution of the King of Bharatapur and perpetuate his memory. So approach him yoursel…

1974 September 15: “Dead metal utensils when they come together they make so much noise, so what to speak of living utensils. Europeans and Americans are very agitative, but since we have all taken a pledge, we have to change this habit for the peacefu…

1975 September 15: “Krishna gives perfect social order, perfect economic development, perfect philosophy, perfect religion, and perfection of life. Therefore Krishna consciousness movement is not a sentimental fanaticism. It is the perfect culture of t…

1951 September 14: “I wish that the American people may understand Bhagavad-gita’s direct meaning. Let it not be unnecessarily misunderstood by academic erudition which has nothing to do with living reality. Then it will be possible for us all to under…