Author Archives: Srila Prabhupada's Letters

1975 January 9: “Everyone should adore our members as honest. These dishonest methods must be stopped. It is hampering our reputation all over the world.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1975

1975 January 9: “Money collected for feeding people in India should be collected under ISKCON Food Relief. Not any other name. Every farthing collected for that purpose must be used for that purpose.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1975

1975 January 9: “Everyone must be full-time engaged and the best engagement is to sell books. All should attend classes 2 or 3 times daily, chant 16 rounds, and go out for street sankirtana.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1975

1970 January 8: “When I was in London, I was wearing on your cloak daily because there it was severe cold. But this side is very nice. It is not cold at all. So when I get back the coat surely I shall utilize it properly.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1970

1970 January 8: “Krishna is never approached directly. Krishna is approached through His bona fide servitors. Try your best to serve Krishna under the direction of your Spiritual Master and Krishna will surely help you in all respects.”Prabhupada Lette…

1970 January 8: “My ambition is to open centers as many as possible. By this work not only you will be blessed by Krishna but your name will be recorded in the history of the Krishna Consciousness Movement which is to grow to the largest volume of expa…

1971 January 8: “I am not after recruiting some disciples. My main purpose is to propagate the teachings of Krishna Consciousness. But for preaching work we want some assistants and if somebody offers voluntarily his service it is welcome.”Prabhupada L…

1971 January 8: “If they are sincere it is not objectionable that your followers want to accept you as guide in spiritual matters. So the best thing will be that you become a regular disciple of me and you can teach your followers in the same principle…

1971 January 8: “Please establish this new center firmly just according to our highest principles of devotional service to Krsna. You may immediately arrange an alter for worship of Guru-Gauranga. Later you can increase the Deity worship.”Prabhupada Le…

1974 January 8: “Our program is perfect, now you simply have to implement it without any changes. Now our five centers in Canada are going nicely. As GBC, please correspond and occasionally visit the centers to see how they are doing.”Prabhupada Letter…

1975 January 8: “Thank you for the fruits and vegetables. I have asked Brahmananda Svami to go and see what is the situation there. Please continue your service nicely as one of my elder women disciples always setting good example for others to follow….

1974 January 7: “You write that things are in crisis. Therefore, we have to take shelter of Krsna. If Krsna wants to kill us that is not wrong, if it is His desire. Our business is to follow the regulative schedule and never mind the material danger.”P…

1974 January 7: “We have so much work to do, we cannot lose our solidarity. Do not cause a crack with fighting spirit or competition. Please spare me such disturbance.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1974

1974 January 7: “I was very pleased by your report of our cow protection program. Engage the bulls in tilling the ground. People may call this the primitive way but it is very practical for engaging the bulls in loading carts, transporting, etc.”Prabhu…

1975 January 7: “See what is the actual situation there. Study it very carefully and let me know how things are going. This incident has caused havoc all over the world. It is hampering our reputation everywhere. It must be stopped immediately.”Prabhup…

1975 January 7: “Has anyone ever become convinced in Krishna Consciousness by listening to this record? No. But, if he reads one book, he will be convinced about spiritual life. That is our success. I do not want this record distribution to continue.”P…

1975 January 7: “You should remain with us for some time, otherwise how will we know what work you are fit to do? You should understand of course, that we do not pay anyone in our society.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1975

1969 January 6: “This proposal to become an Ayurvedic physician is not very good. The first medicine you should be concerned with is to chant Hare Krishna and become steady in Krishna Consciousness. Study my books and develop your preaching abilities. …

1970 January 6: “I am so glad to learn that Sriman George Harrison is making good advancement in Krishna consciousness. He is a good soul and I am praying for him to Krishna, so surely he will make advancement. His book, KRSNA, is already ready for bei…

1971 January 6: “Distribution of books means propagation of our mission. If we can distribute KRSNA Book in thousands upon thousands, automatically the Krsna Consciousness Movement will be spread up. This kind of transcendental enthusiasm is the basic …

1972 January 6: “Japa should be done early with full concentration during Brahma Muhurta. Do not worry much about chanting fast, most important is hearing. Be grave and silent, only discusses topics relating to Krishna Consciousness.”Prabhupada Letters…

1974 January 6: “Purchase land as much bighas as possible. But don’t purchase more land than we can utilize. My only desire is that our temples must be a living temples by chanting Hare Krsna and by distributing prasadam and books to the intelligent cl…

1974 January 6: “I am glad you are learning laboriously how to make diorama models. Keep materials like bamboo, thatch and tarpolin in stock. If Tirtha Maharaja is having a big showing then we have to show more and let everyone see what the American mo…

1974 January 6: “I am working on Caitanya Caritamrta continually. This time we shall have the first part published 400 pages. So by the time I reach India I hope my quarters will be completely open for use without any difficulty.”Prabhupada Letters :: …

1975 January 6: “This has caused havoc. It should be stopped immediately. Book distribution is our real business, not other things. Stop record selling completely. This is my order.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1975

1972 January 5: “I am very encouraged by your enthusiasm for preaching. You are Sannyasi so preach in this way and become parivrajakacarya. The intelligentsia and leaders must be preached to. Kirtana will soften their hearts.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1972

1972 January 5: “I have written a Bengali poem on the Bhagavad-gita called Gitargan. So please take quotation for printing–page 5′ x 3 1/2′, with very nice paper and softbound, about 100 pages long. Print these books immediately.”Prabhupada Letters ::…

1973 January 5: “That your center has become too much crowded is a good sign. If Krsna Consciousness is there, Krsna means that He is eternally increasing, so I can understand Radha Gopinatha have very much appreciated their new home.”Prabhupada Letter…

1973 January 5: “Everything we have done has rested on these books. Without books we make no progress. We shall not be very much concerned with properties and big big temples. We shall henceforward concentrate our full energy on distributing books.”Pra…

1973 January 5: “New devotees will send me their letters as usual, and I will give them names myself and enter in our records, simply you must chant on their beads and then return to them. Is that clear? In other parts of the world, I shall chant them …

1974 January 5: “Please cooperate and become very serious about Krsna Consciousness. By your pure example you will be spiritually strong and attract so many others who are looking for the actual meaning of life.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1974

1975 January 5: “Your idea is a little utopian. First thing is understand Srimad Bhagavatam fully. If you simply explain the first verse, it will take volumes and volumes. So study my books intensely. This will make everything perfect.”Prabhupada Lette…

1975 January 5: “Regarding sending men to Bangkok, let us see who is a spare man. But our policy is not to import devotees, but to make devotees out of the local men there. That is better.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1975

1971 January 4: “So I am glad that you are preaching in the outlands. That is very nice. The real life of a man is preaching. If one has got any life at all in him then he will preach.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1971

1972 January 4: “Have nice Deity program, always have lots of Kirtana, serve ample Prasadam very sumptuously and speak something from my books. If this is done in every center our movement will very soon become the world religion as has now been predic…

1973 January 4: “My Dear George: Yes, if one simply comes to that platform of spontaneous love for the Spiritual Master, then very quickly he will get love of Krishna. It is not by accident that you are coming gradually to the right point, neither it i…

1973 January 4: “Not that they shall become your disciples, but you will be empowered by me to chant their beads and that is the same effect of binding Spiritual Master and disciple as if I were personally chanting. Is that all right?”Prabhupada Letter…

1973 January 4: “Why you are asking these things? Who has given you such freedom? I have given you everything already, there is no need for you to add or change anything.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1973

1973 January 4: “The greatest danger to our movement will come when we manufacture and create our own processes. Unless I order you to change, just follow to the exact standard as I have given you, that’s all.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1973

1974 January 4: “Yes, if we have too much money then unwise spending enters. You have just enough to get by and you are therefore having to spend wisely.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1974