Author Archives: Srila Prabhupada's Letters

1970 June 29: “I am very glad to know that your sales of our literature and books are very good and improving more. It is natural that distribution of literatures should increase as people hear more about our Krsna Consciousness Movement, so distributi…

1970 June 29: “We require personalities like you to join this movement wholeheartedly, but because you have got wife and children I am hesitating to ask you to close your business. As a responsible head of a family you should consider this point seriou…

1971 June 29: “Number one engagement is that you must chant at least 16 rounds Hare Krishna Mantra daily. Speak according to sastra and try to convince all conditioned souls about the real truth. You can surrender by doing your best to preach this Kris…

1971 June 29: “From Moscow, I went to Paris. we have got a very nice center there. I stayed only one day but they arranged nice meetings and a press conference and people were favorably impressed. In different papers they admitted that our movement is …

1971 June 29: ” Very soon I will be sending you so many dictation tapes you will be over-burdened with work. Presently I am in L.A. where I just returned from a very successful Rathayatra festival in San Francisco. From here I will be going to London t…

1973 June 29: “I see your wife is busy distributing prasadam – send some for me. Now you have a proper field husband and wife, please do it nicely. Make your next attempt in Moscow. Your transcendental competition is there. I want to see who will come …

1973 June 29: “Yes, travel around the world holding Hare Krishna Festivals, you have my blessings. The communists by dry philosophy have spread all over the world. We are spreading festivals, feasting, philosophy and salvation – why shall we not overth…

1969 June 28: “I don’t wish that anyone should interfere with the recording. Everything should be carefully done so that our friendship with the Beatles may not be disturbed. They are gradually coming to cooperate and we shall not do anything which may…

1971 June 28: “It may be our movement will be supported in the future by the United Nations. So we Krishna Consciousness people have accepted a very important and responsible task in the whole world. Therefore our principle work must also be very serio…

1972 June 28: “You are a great President of a great nation but your strength and the strength of your nation will last only if it is built upon the pillars of spiritual knowledge and the Absolute Truth. My disciples will assist your aides to arrange a …

1972 June 28: “I have entrusted you as the leader of this project to see that it is always going on at full capacity, that the men are working, that the money shall be collected and spent wisely and timely, and in all respects take full responsibility….

1973 June 28: “I am very glad to hear you have begun paintings for Caitanya Caritamrta because we will require many illustrations. If you sincerely pray to Krishna, He will help you to paint quicker and better.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1973

1973 June 28: “Invite all members of our European centers and make the festival very very successful by combined effort. Thank you very much for your enthusiasm. Offer my blessings to all devotees who have signed the invitation. I shall enjoy their com…

1974 June 28: “I can only stay a few days in San Francisco after the Festival. I am due back in Vrindaban by the end of July, and I wanted to visit Los Angeles as well as other cities in America, so that does not leave me much time for staying in one p…

1975 June 28: “I have given two lakhs of Rupees but I have not heard anything. How has it been spent? Why you are not completing the negotiation? He did not send any message so I do not think that he is able to negotiate. If it is ready, then settle up…

1967 June 27: “My missionary work is a great fight with maya, it is a great challenge to the Western way of life and maya has given me a heavy stroke between the heart and stomach, my health has been shattered.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1967

1967 June 27 : “At present I am recouping my health, but I am thinking of going back to India and some of my American disciples they can come and take training from me at Vrindaban. So your cooperation is greatly needed.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1967

1968 June 27: “If diet and medicine are properly followed the disease of maya will be cured. But the physician must be always healthy so that people may not say, physician heal thyself. Preachers must be of highly elevated character.”Prabhupada Letters…

1969 June 27: “If you want to remain, it doesn’t matter, but your full energy should be engaged in the Lord’s service. The more we render service, the more we are able to advance. That is the secret of success in Krishna Consciousness and there is no o…

1970 June 27 : “I was expecting your arrival here every moment. If you come during the Rathayatra festival it will be a great pleasure for me. So we shall have to chalk out the future program of our activities.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1970

1974 June 27: “The young Franciscan monks listened very respectfully. We never say our religious system is better but we speak on the principles of love of God. If they are at all sincere they are pleased to hear the Vedic conclusion.”Prabhupada Letter…

1975 June 27: “The money is there in the bank. The bank will guarantee payment. Why you are not completing the negotiation? I have given two lakhs of Rupees but I have not heard anything. How has it been spent?”Prabhupada Letters :: 1975

1975 June 27: “I have not received any report from you. I gave you 1 1/2 lakhs of Rupees, and I want to know what you have done with it. How have you spent it, and what is the progress.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1975

1967 June 26 : “Although I am passing through critical stages of my health, still good reports from San Francisco, Montreal, and New York are giving me life. I have fixed up to start for San Francisco on the 5th and the rest remains on Krishna.”Prabhu…

1969 June 26: “In the beginning I suggested you perform Sankirtana in the parks now gradually this idea has been taken up by others. Sankirtana is our life and soul so now form a Sankirtana Party for yourself and travel all over the country.”Prabhupada…

1969 June 26 : “The most successful Sankirtana affairs are going on here. It is actually wonderful in comparison to others. They are also thinking of opening other branches and I have encouraged this idea.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1969

1969 June 26: “If you come here and study how they are doing things and after getting all these ideas, if you make a program for touring all over the country with Sankirtana Party, that is cent per cent supported by me.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1969

1969 June 26 : “Personally, I still maintain the idea of a world Sankirtana Party, but such things at the present moment are a dream only. But one day maybe it may come out successful.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1969

1970 June 26 : “Your plan to visit the heads of all the Embassies in Washington and give them Prasadam and explain our philosophy is very nice. Do it with great seriousness and Krsna will give you all further intelligence.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1970

1970 June 26 : “Your simple, full, twenty-four hour schedule of temple activities – classes, Sankirtana, Deity worship, offering and distributing Prasadam, and working in Krsna’s service – this will make your life perfect.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1970

1975 June 26: “The magistrate has given a very good judgement in our favor and a very good certificate that this is bona fide religion. Yes, I am coming to your city on Friday. I look forward to meeting the professors.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1975

1970 June 25: “I am very glad to learn about his tricks for the imitation God. When the price goes down, a businessman purchases, and when the price goes up, he sells. Our devotees should be transcendental businessmen making profit both ways. Krishna g…

1971 June 25: “Our visit to Moscow was not so successful, but for the future, it is hopeful. Two boys are working with us; one Indian and one Russian. So there is good prospect for opening a center, although the atmosphere is not very good.”Prabhupada …

1972 June 25: “So far your road show is concerned, we are not meant for giving performances, we are simple kirtana men. There must always be kirtana going on wherever we travel, and nothing else.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1972

1973 June 25: “So far my health is concerned I think I am 80-90% fit to move so there is no cause of anxiety. I may go to London for meeting very important men there in the new house given us by George Harrison.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1973

1974 June 25: “These great personalities are not to be imitated. If we artificially imitate it will not be very beneficial. I am requesting my disciples to always stay in the association of devotees and to propagate the sankirtana movement all over th…

1974 June 25: “It is all right if the devotees dress like the young people they are selling the books to. The main thing is that the innocent are given my books and the chance to become Krishna Conscious. If our book distributors are reading my books a…

1974 June 25: “The injunction is kirtaniya sada hari, one should be chanting all day. Sixteen rounds is a minimum amount I set for my disciples. Actually chanting should always be going on.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1974

1974 June 25: “Pray to Krishna to give you the intelligence to seek out the association of genuine Vaisnavas more and more. That will insure your own genuineness. And if you always engage in chanting Hare Krishna, avoiding the four sinful prohibitions,…

1966 June 24: “Saptami. Today one letter posted to Brahmachary Mangalniloy deprecating his views. In the evening there was meeting and the attendance is about 12. Mr. Grant took one set of books. He desires to pay gradually.”Prabhupada Journal :: 1966