Author Archives: Srila Prabhupada's Letters

1975 January 19: “I will be coming there shortly. You can see me then. For the time being be very staunch and never let a moment go by without engaging in at least one of the nine devotional processes.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1975

1975 January 19: “Maharaja Pariksit simply listened, sravanam. Sukadeva Gosvami simply narrated, kirtanam. Prahlada Maharaja simply contemplated – smaranam. Prthu Maharaja simply did deity worship – arcanam. And Arjuna only remained as friend – sakhyam…

1975 January 19: “Hanuman remained only engaged in carrying out the order of Lord Ramacandra – dasyam. And Bali Maharaja surrendered everything to Krishna – atma-nivedanam. So, any devotee executing any one of the nine is transcendentally glorious.”Pra…

1968 January 18: “Bhagavad-gita is nearing completion – I have heard this before. The editing has been too much delayed. Come here immediately so that I can see it personally and finish the editorial work without further delay.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1968

1968 January 18: “We do not bluff our students and because we are a little bit strict we have not a very large number of followers, neither do we want any large amount of nonsense followers. We want only one Moon. We do not care for millions of stars.”…

1970 January 18: “We are now at the Magh Mela and the program is going on very nicely. We are having daily artik many times with kirtan and there is prasadam distribution, Sankirtan, and our pandel is very big. So we invite you to come here with your f…

1971 January 18: “We want to present the pure thing as we are taught by Caitanya Mahaprabhu and that will bring in real change. This is actually revolutionary. I have made sannyasis for this purpose. Apply yourself.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1971

1972 January 18: “I am very pleased you are trying very determinedly trying to follow the principles so I think you should very quickly join us and perfect your life as it has been proven practically all over the world. So now you may come here and mee…

1975 January 18: “Regarding your controversial talks, this is childish and not befitting advanced students. There is no question of inferior or superior in Krishna’s service. It is not material.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1975

1975 January 18: “You are one of the advanced students. Do not make any misunderstanding by devaluing any of the spiritual activities. One who distinguishes a particular type of service as inferior or superior, he does not know the value of devotional …

1975 January 18: “Everyone should feel proud of becoming a sincere servant of Krishna, but the pure devotee never minimizes the importance of other devotees. There is no question of inferior or superior. The conclusion is that everyone should be very, …

1968 January 17: “I am old man, I have no objection to death, still I wish to live because I want to see that the mission I have started may be more stronger still before I leave. So I pray to Krishna for this.” Prabhupada Letters :: 1968

1970 January 17: “I duly received estimate of Krishna Picture Book. You have said the price is just at your rock bottom. I have accepted the estimate, and very soon I shall send you the manuscript.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1970

1971 January 17 : “You propose to print Krsna Book in the tens of millions. That is nice, but I think it is still insufficient.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1971

1972 January 17 : “I count you and your godbrothers among those few who are treading seriously the path Back to Godhead. We must maintain such exalted position and not fall back by neglecting our highest standards. “Prabhupada Letters :: 1972

1972 January 17 : “I am so much depending on you to take full responsibility for teaching others purely. Otherwise, this pure process will gradually become mechanical and fade away like every other so-called religious movement.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1972

1974 January 17: “I was surprised you are contemplating canceling the Vrindaban touring. In my opinion it must be carried out. If there is a little inconvenience, still the devotees must visit Vrindaban.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1974

1975 January 17: “If you are not intending to send for food distribution, then do not collect in the name of Food Relief. Whatever is collected for India food distribution, must be sent as soon as it is collected, to India.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1975

1975 January 17: “Secure the new building. Be cautious. Do not spoil the negotiation. That building is very nice. We want it.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1975

1968 January 16: “Be good boy and girl and always chant. You will be so pleased with the result. You are a little better than Janaki but don’t get puffed up and be good to those a little less fortunate.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1968

1969 January 16: “One has to learn about the greatness of Krishna. To come to the stage of spontaneous love for Krishna is a very high stage, and it is not to be imitated. That is the system.” Prabhupada Letters :: 1969

1970 January 16 : “It is our desire that we shall always be engaged fully 24 hours in the service of Lord Krishna; in this way our lives will become perfectly joyful simply by singing and dancing and taking Prasadam.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1970

1971 January 16 : “Your body is already sold to Krishna. We are all sold to Krishna and we have no other business but His service. That should be our determination.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1971

1972 January 16 : “Upon your recommendation, I gladly accept them as my duly initiated disciples. Now you must take full responsibility to give them all guidance and facility for perfecting their lives in Krishna Consciousness.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1972

1974 January 16: “This poster will depict devotees as leaders, ‘Select Real Leaders – Don’t Spoil Life.’ Distribute it all over the world, and use it widely in your campaign for Mayor.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1974:

1975 January 16: “Thank you for your concern. My disciples are getting ghee and other milk products daily. They are also taking fruits and vegetables. Some of them are getting very fatty.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1975

1975 January 16: “Please make sure these new devotees (as well as the old ones) follow all of my rules and regulations strictly. Without this, there is no spiritual life at all.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1975

1968 January 15: “We can remember Krishna in every moment and there is no scope of forgetting Krishna if we practice. Our Society for Krishna Consciousness is meant for this and I am still hopeful that the philosophy of Bhagavad-gita as Science of God …

1968 January 15: “Less intelligent persons cannot take to Krishna Consciousness. He should not have been initiated, but I have given him a chance to improve. Next time I will only initiate someone who is recommended by the leading members of our societ…

1969 January 15: “I am much grieved to learn the news of our revered god-brother. I am so glad to learn that he passed away in full consciousness chanting ‘Krishna, Krishna’. Everything will be tested at the time of death so it is glorious that he has …

1970 January 15: “We have lived there for the last three years and we may live there for another three years, it does not matter, but our Sankirtana program must be executed very nicely. Our most important place is on the street.”Prabhupada Letters :: …

1970 January 15: “We require hundreds of bona fide students. The world is in need of this. People are going to hell for want of proper guidance. You must train your contemporaries in such spirit of alertness, then we shall be able to open hundreds of c…

1970 January 15: “It is now confirmed that any of our members who are strictly following the regulative chanting process, observing the restrictions and serving the Lord faithfully will have natural ministerial status and as such will not be called up …

1975 January 15: “Your idea sounds very nice. It is a good proposal. Is it practical? Can you do it? If you think it is practical and you can do it, then it could have very nice results. Work nicely and see what can be arranged.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1975

1975 January 15: “How to please Krishna? – by following all the regulative principle that I have given you, chanting sixteen rounds and reading my books scrutinizingly. Everyone must do these things, otherwise they cannot understand Krishna Consciousne…

1966 January 14: “I am requesting you to allow me the place for use of the International Institution For God consciousness at least for some time. If I can start the institution immediately certainly I shall be able to get sympathy locally and in that …

1968 January 14: “My guidance means Krishna’s guidance. The bona fide Spiritual Master is the transparent via media between Krishna and the devotee. The devotee has no access to Krishna without such a via media.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1968

1968 January 14: “There are two gurus. The internal Guru is Krishna Himself seated in everyone’s heart, and the external Guru is the bona fide Spiritual Master. The internal Guru Krishna dictates, but the thing has to be confirmed by the external Guru …

1970 January 14: “Although I was not very enthusiastic to carry out my Spiritual Master’s order He forced me circumstantially to accept. I always think about this exalted personality coming directly from Vaikuntha World and we had the great fortune to …

1970 January 14: “The business we have taken on is neither your business nor my business but it is the business of Lord Caitanya and His bona fide servants like my Guru Maharaja. It is the duty of all of us to execute it as nicely as possible.”Prabhupa…