Author Archives: Srila Prabhupada's Letters

1967 August 3: “Go on playing your guitar and make it successful for Krishna kirtana. You do not require to learn freshly about sitar. We have to engage whatever talents we have already got. Our life is short but any type of education is great and long…

1968 August 3: “His Holiness Pope Paul VI: The Krishna Consciousness movement is meant for overhauling the world. We are creating men of character to become Lovers of God. If you think a meeting will be beneficial for the human society, I shall be very…

1969 August 3: “Our Krishna Consciousness Movement is a declaration of war against the activities of Maya. So your idea of marching 300 soldiers all over the world with the Hare Krishna Mantra is very encouraging to me. I am always dreaming of a world …

1972 August 3: “Today we are looking at a very nice place near London with Mr. George Harrison, who has found the place and wants to have our asrama there. He is coming to see me daily and he is a very nice boy and I like him very much.”Prabhupada Lett…

1973 August 3: “There is nothing in the world can compare to our Movement of chanting and dancing. This is our actual solid preaching work all over the world. If we go on preaching vigorously as we have been for another twenty-five years then all othe…

1975 August 3: “They have made these modern cities as hell. I wish to introduce this village ideal now. Then if we are successful this cheating civilization will stop. If people do not cooperate with them, then how will the hellish factories run on?”Pr…

1975 August 3: “The village organization is that the local people produce their necessities like grain, vegetables, milk, and cloth; and for recreation they have the chanting of Hare Krishna. They should live there comfortably and have spiritual recrea…

1975 August 3: “So many men are there and you are all simply writing letters to me. Without my personal presence you cannot do anything. Simply correspondence. Why there is so much delay?”Prabhupada Letters :: 1975

1958 August 2: “We should learn to look upon every living being as our own brother and treat him in that love. Mahatma Gandhi’s philosophy began from this universal brotherhood which is not restricted to the human kind but to all species of life.”Prabh…

1965 August 1: “To start for Calcutta [for departure to America] by the Calcutta Mail via Nagpur starting at 19 hours in the evening.Vide Ticket Dt 24/7/65, Luggage booked. Receipt No. A116695, paid Rs. 12/20.”Jaladuta Journal :: 1965

1966 August 1: “My dear Sripada Madhava Maharaja, now the chance for preaching in the western countries is practically established and I am inviting the first cooperation from my Godbrothers. I wish that each and every one of the different Gaudiya Math…

1967 August 1: “We should always be very careful to give full respect to those before us who have so carefully handled this Divine Fruit of transcendental knowledge. Even a slight change will spoil it. That is why I have always been so careful to give …

1970 August 1: “The prospect of opening a new branch is very good, it is required. But why another part of the world? There are so many places in this country. Krsna Consciousness does not depend on the place – it depends only on the person who is free…

1972 August 1: “I am coming to India in October and I want to again hold Bhagavata Dharma Discourses and Hare Krishna Festival in Calcutta Maidan. So you can begin preparing for that, and I shall be very glad to come there.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1972

1972 August 1: ” Why you have neglected this very important program? I want that you shall distribute prasadam without charge daily, and advertise very widely all over Nadia Province and expand widely throughout India. Otherwise the whole thing is a fa…

1972 August 1: “Yes, my family, the Mullicks, are one of the most important and aristocratic families in Calcutta. Practically once Calcutta was owned by the Mullicks. So you have done the perfect job. I am so much pleased that our Rathayatra has in on…

1973 August 1: “By association of the great sometimes one appears great. By reflecting the greatness of the sun’s light, the moon, although by nature dark and cold, also appears great in the dead of night. So I thank you very much for appreciating my G…

1965 July 31: “Tomorrow I am going to Calcutta to catch my ship M.V. Jaladuta and I am starting for U.S.A. by the 10th of August, 1965 reaching New York after a month. I may return to India by November next.”Jaladuta Journal :: 1965

1969 July 31: “My Guru Maharaja would often send young boys out to sell literature of Krishna Consciousness, and if they would come back having sold only a few issues, Guru Maharaja was very, very pleased. So you have sold 300 issues of Back To Godhead…

1970 July 31: “The Krishna consciousness movement is not meant for fulfilling one’s personal ambition – it is a serious movement for the whole world. Therefore in this old age I am going to the Eastern hemisphere starting with Japan just to set an exam…

1970 July 31: “It is the injunction of the Vedas that the bona fide Spiritual Master should not be treated as ordinary man even if sometimes the Spiritual Master behaves like ordinary man. It is the duty of the disciple to accept Him as Superhuman Man….

1972 July 31: “For you, child worship is more important than deity worship. If you cannot spend time with your child, then stop the duties of pujari. At least you must take good care until he is four, and if at that time you are unable, then I shall ta…

1972 July 31: “Teach the small children to play Krishna games, then attend arati, then learn some ABC, then play some more, have kirtana, little ABC, in this way they shall not lose interest and they will keep their attention always focused on Krishna….

1975 July 31: “Your feeling on seeing the Ratha Yatra, which you say cannot be expressed in words but which has since given you great peace in your life – it is stated that one can be liberated from all material suffering simply by seeing the Ratha Yat…

1975 July 31: “Your desire to follow the path of the gopis, that can only be done by following the rules and regulations in the association of devotees. All the things you are yearning for are there. Radha Krishna are being worshipped, and there are ma…

1965 July 30:
“Mr. J.M. Choksi today handed over me the following documents.
1. The Passport.
2. “P” Form passed Dt 27/7/65
3. Original letter & no objection certificate from Gopal P. Agarwal.
4. Copies of letters for Calcutta office Scindia Steam Navigation Co.
5. International Certificate & vaccination. (3 years & 6 months).”
Prabhupada Journal :: 1965

1970 July 30: “You are lying for some time in the hospital bed and still you have made these beautiful Deity clothes. I am very glad that you have got this feeling to not waste a single moment but to utilize very carefully every moment of life in the l…

1972 July 30: “I have just got one letter from Acarya das, wherein he requests to live with Lalita Prasad Thakura for taking instruction from him. I do not like this idea, I don’t know where these ideas are coming from. No one should go there any more….

1972 July 30: “I want that we shall excel them. They have been struggling for 50 years and we shall surpass them in two. That is American style. If I defeat my godbrothers, then I am worthy to be called the Guru of the Americans. Even in spiritual life…

1972 July 30: “We are not going to abide by the government schedule. The children should be taught our books as soon as they can read and write. They should learn to rise early, attend mangal arati, go on sankirtan, and a little ABC, mathematics, hist…

1972 July 30: “These children are given to us by Krishna, they are Vaisnavas and we must be very careful to protect them. These are not ordinary children, they are Vaikuntha children. This is very great responsibility, do not neglect it.”Prabhupada Let…

1975 July 30: “Go on being aggressive on Sankirtana. I was aggressive coming to your country. No one invited me but I came and I preached and now you are my disciples. Aggression for the cause of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu is pure.”Prabhupada Letters :: …

1968 July 29: “We should not be satisfied remaining in the third grade platform but we should try to elevate ourselves in the second grade platform. So far the first grade platform, it is not attained by our endeavor but it completely depends on the ca…

1969 July 29: “The boys and girls of America are generally good souls, that is why they have taken birth in such a nice country, and now they should make perfect all of their opulences by engaging everything in Krishna Consciousness. This will be the f…

1972 July 26 : “You are engaged in Krishna’s preaching work, therefore you are being specially favored. Know it for certain that Krishna will give you all facility according to the sincerity of your attempt to spread Krishna Consciousness on the battl…

1975 July 26: “I wish to translate Valmiki Ramayana exactly in the way I have done Srimad-Bhagavatam. When I return to India I am very much eager to see your book on Lord Ramacandra translated into English.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1975

1975 July 26: “Now you are in ripe old age, so you can accept vanaprastha life. So keeping your wife with you as assistant you now retire from family life and accept vanaprastha and fully engage in translating the Vedic literature.”Prabhupada Letters :…

1975 July 26: “Now I wish to establish some temple of Sita Ram. Of course it depends on the mercy of Lord Ramacandra. Therefore I am requesting you to join our movement completely retired from family life.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1975

1968 July 25: “How to do it, that I shall give you. You have simply to carry out my instructions. But you are not prepared to follow. You are simply visiting different places, for sight seeing recreation. This sort of service is not accepted by Krishna…

1968 July 25: “Unless you fix up your mind to serve the Spiritual Master Who is direct representative of Krishna, it is not possible to approach Krishna. Krishna is only approached through the transparent via media of bona fide Spiritual Master.”Prabhu…