Author Archives: Srila Prabhupada's Letters

1969 August 8 : “The Vedic system is students go from door to door for begging alms, and because everyone’s son is in the asrama, nobody declines to give alms. So there is no financial difficulty; but now we have to adjust to the circumstance.” Prabhu…

1971 August 8 : “First of all you must promise that you will not separate under any circumstances. This marriage is serious business and not to be taken lightly. There is no question of separation in Krishna Conscious marriages.” Prabhupada Letters ::…

1972 August 8 : “How many trustees there are and how many are our initiated members? Our initiated members must be in the majority, and if any deed has to be prepared then I shall send you the wordings.” Prabhupada Letters :: 1972

1972 August 8 : “They may install Deities later. First let them preach. Preaching is the first thing, and when there is experience then I can install Deities. Now you go on preaching with full vigor and determination.” Prabhupada Letters :: 1972

1973 August 8 : “He has no sense. Unnecessarily he has canceled our sales agreement and we are suffering so much in litigation. So, he has not gained any experience what is the meaning of going to court. Therefore I cannot agree.” Prabhupada Letters :…

1973 August 8: “Yes, before the Spiritual Master a dullheaded fool is required, an over intelligent disciple is not a very good qualification. Chant, dance distribute books and Prasadam and everything will increase automatically.” Prabhupada Letters ::…

1973 August 8: “I am happy that the preaching is going on. Above all our preaching must go on. If we do not get that land then we may purchase some other land, that is not a very difficult thing – but preaching is our real business.” Prabhupada Letters…

1974 August 8: “Regarding your expectation of 10,000 people, that is very good. I am very much pleased. Give the people nice prasadam. This is what is temple – life. Chanting, dancing, prasadam, this is what I want.” Prabhupada Letters :: 1974

1974 August 8: “I am especially concerned that the second initiations not be taken cheaply. Brahmins are expected to rise early and follow strictly. Everyone must always chant 16 rounds and follow the four regulative principles.” Prabhupada Letters :: …

1968 August 7: “The Spiritual Master must be a bona fide representative of Krishna, by disciplic succession, receiving orders from the superior, and the disciple must abide by the orders of the Spiritual Master. This is the secret of Krishna Consciousn…

1968 August 7: “Your eagerness is very rare. You must have been engaged in Krishna’s service in your previous life. To be eager to serve Krishna is the greatest achievement after many many duration of pious lives. So I entrust you to begin this work im…

1972 August 7: “I am not at all pleased that you want to leave. Do not be disturbed by the other devotees. I am coming very soon so you please wait for me. Or if you cannot wait, you can come and live with me immediately. You will have nothing to do yo…

1973 August 7: “Yes, certainly I shall come to your Festival next year. If we introduce these Festivals in all big cities of the world along side book distribution, then in no time we will conquer the whole world. Help me in this way and Krishna will b…

1974 August 7: “Yes, the advanced men can distribute the big books, and the new men can distribute the smaller ones. Your entire program is approved by me. Teach others also at the temples to distribute books, perform Deity worship, and distribute pras…

1974 August 7: “Yes, it is a good idea to bring Gaura Nitai with you. That is how Indian sadhus carry their Deity. They have one chest, and they use it on which to put the Deity by opening the doors of the chest.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1974

1974 August 7: “It is very encouraging that professors are purchasing books and ordering them for their students. I very much like this program of standing orders. Try to increase up to 50,000 such orders from the libraries.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1974

1975 August 7: “I think we met sometime in 1958 and I am anxious to meet you again. Please come to our Vrindaban temple and live there for some time with me. I require the help of respectable, learned scholars like yourself for spreading this movement….

1958 August 6: “You should not indulge in any organization under the influence of unauthorized person. Instead, kindly learn the science from the authority and make your life enlightened. The League of Devotees is an organized effort to render this ser…

1970 August 6: “We are going to popularize our Sankirtana Movement by following strictly in the footsteps of Lord Krishna Caitanya Mahaprabhu and distribute Krishna consciousness literature throughout India and the rest of the world. All of our resourc…

1970 August 6: “Now all my disciples must work combinedly and with cooperation to spread this Sankirtana Movement. If you cannot work together then my work is stopped up. We must give up the fighting spirit and use our intelligence to push ahead. If we…

1972 August 6: “We are not very much for owning buildings, our real business is to preach and propagate Krishna Consciousness widely. So concentrate on this work, sankirtana and book distribution activities. I am more interested in preachers than build…

1972 August 6: “Regarding your questions, just like we also change different bodies, similarly Brahma also changes his bodies. But exactly how to paint his bodies, that you have to ask Brahma, I cannot answer.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1972

1972 August 6: “Now you read our books, that is sufficient of study, not that lifelong you have to study Sanskrit. Simply read our Sanskrit wherever it appears in our books and teach these slokas to the devotees. Do not waste time by studying Sanskrit …

1973 August 6: “Another Book fund account had been opened in the Overseas Bank, is this correct? If so what is the amount there, that I also want to know, and who is jointly signing checks in this account? Please immediately transfer it to the Building…

1958 August 5: “Both the audience and the lecturer are mundane persons and out of sheer foolishness their indulgence in the matter of Rasalila will result only in imitating Rudra who swallowed up an ocean of poison. By drinking such poison a man surely…

1969 August 5: “This Krishna Consciousness Movement is for understanding one God, one scripture, one mantra, and one engagement for all living entities, not only within this world, but throughout the whole universe.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1969

1969 August 5: “You have asked me about my plans: my plan is for preaching with your help. You arrange, and I shall talk anywhere for any length of time about Krishna Consciousness.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1969

1971 August 5: “Forget taking sannyasa. Now you should take care of your wife. At the time of the marriage ceremony there is a promise that the husband will care for the wife throughout her life. When the child is grown up then the husband can take san…

1972 August 5: “Make our presence in Vrindavan very impressive and prestigious. Lead sankirtana party every day from Radha Damodara Mandir to our new place in Raman Reti and wherever possible hold kirtana and speak in Bengali and English. If you can ha…

1972 August 5: “I am very happy to hear of your daily walk through your Brooklyn neighborhood with Deities. That is customary in India, and all the neighbors come out and offer incense, garlands and other gifts for Radha and Krsna. So encourage your ne…

1972 August 5: “It is not necessary for you to return to university for further education. Your material education is finished. Your real education is to be found in my books. So do not bother yourself anymore with this idea but go on learning from our…

1972 August 5: “If you want to teach in universities and colleges, they must accept us on our high degree of Vedic learning, not on their so-called credentials. They must accept our system of scholarly learning from the bona fide Spiritual Master.”Prab…

1958 August 4: “My Dear Pandit Sri Jawaharlal Nehru, Was Mahatma Gandhi, your political Guru, actually poverty sticken on account of his plain living with the primitive charkha? Spiritual knowledge makes a man truly rich and not the radio set or the mo…

1958 August 4: “As I am your old friend from Allahabad, my humble advice is that you should now take leave of your present responsibility as Prime Minister and engage the rest of your most valuable life in this spiritual movement. Think over this propo…

1967 August 4: “My declaration of war against maya is certainly a great battle. Maya saw me as very successful within one year and therefore took advantage of my old age and gave me a death dash. But Krishna saved me; therefore we should thank more Kri…

1967 August 4: “It is good that you had kirtana at the home of the Consul General. But whoever you meet you should strictly speak the Truth without any consideration of future material gains. If we are sincere servants of Krishna, our material necessit…

1970 August 4: “Some of Lord Caitanya’s followers were Sannyasis but not all of them. It does not matter what we are, Grhasthas or Sannyasis, the point is to be paramahamsa – completely surrendered to Krishna.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1970

1975 August 4: “Sannyasis may take maha-prasada but not to overeat. Caitanya Mahaprabhu was taking, but on principle he was avoiding. Guests should not be given so much prasad that there is waste. Give them a little, and then if they like, you can give…

1975 August 4: “All over the world we are training men to live in the country and produce their own food, milk, and cloth. The attraction is Krishna consciousness, spiritual enlightenment. If the inhabitants will be satisfied with their bare necessitie…

1975 August 4: “GBC must see that no one is taken away by maya. They should be instructor gurus. I am in the initiator guru, and you should be instructor guru by teaching what I am teaching and doing what I am doing. This is not a title – you must actu…