Author Archives: Srila Prabhupada's Letters

1972 October 20: “He is bluffing. Our position is very strong. He is simply planning tricks. Possession is nine-tenths of the law. Why you should be afraid of him? We can satisfy any court of law.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1972

1973 October 20: “Regarding your opening another school, if you can do it, I have no objection. But, it is a great responsibility. To open for a few days, and then close it is not good.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1973

1972 October 20: “He has dominated you and you are afraid of him and he has fooled you to think he is in superior legal position. But this is cheating. Do not pay him any more money. Bring a criminal case against him.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1972

1973 October 20: “The more our books are distributed, the more people will become convinced about this movement. This is very important work and I wish that you continue. I start within the next few days for Delhi. We are having a big festival there. I…

1973 October 20: “Regarding my seeing the Pope, I shall let you know. Now I am India, then I shall go to Africa, Australia, Hong Kong, and America. It must be postponed.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1973

1973 October 20: “You should keep everything very clean. That is the first business. The prasadam room should be immediately cleaned after taking prasadam. Every room should be as clean as a mirror otherwise you are inviting rats.”Prabhupada Letters ::…

1967 October 19: “I am very much obliged to him for his service as I am to my other disciples & I am very sorry that Maya has taken advantage of his disobedience & he has fallen into Maya’s illusion – but he should not continue for very long as I will always pray to Krishna for his recovery.”
Prabhupada Letters :: 1967

1967 October 19: “The Lord puts the dangerous impersonalist into more & more darkness so he can never know the Supreme Personality of Godhead. If Kirtanananda does not rectify himself immediately his future is very dark.”
Prabhupada Letters :: 1967

1967 October 19: “Krishna will not accept food prepared by Kirtanananda in his present diseased condition. If he at all wants to render service to Krishna he may be engaged at washing dishes and this will improved his condition.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1967

1967 October 19: “From my part as I am your ever well-wisher I wish that you may preach Krishna Consciousness to the students of the entire Western world. You will be blessed not only in this life but in your next eternal life in association with Krish…

1972 October 19: “I have read the Agreement and I do not find any mention of a time limit as you have told. Our position is very strong so long we are in possession and we have paid him the earnest money and more.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1972

1968 October 19: “We must always know that we are executing the topmost yoga system, Krishna Consciousness, and we do not require any other inferior quality yoga system. That is a fact.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1968

1973 October 19: “We have already got our book-selling program. It is better not to divert to other lines of business. This boy appears to be lost coming in contact with business. Unless we become very strong in Krsna consciousness, it is very risky to…

1973 October 19: “We may artificially renounce the world, but as soon as the opportunity of sucking blood is there – we turn again into a bed bug. I repeatedly say this. Unless everyone of us sticks to the regulative principles there is no other altern…

1967 October 18 : “Today I have been to the American Consular office & upon presentation of the invitation letters from the different centers I was at once granted visitors visa.”
Prabhupada Letters :: 1967

1968 October 18: “If you find difficulty to live with your God-brothers then you are welcome to live with me. Each and everyone of you is my very important assistant so do not try to leave us but try to adjust things as far as possible.”Prabhupada Lett…

1968 October 18: “I have decided to accept your invitation and visit your temple and you can now arrange for that. I thank you that we have got so many nice souls to serve the cause of pushing on Krishna consciousness in this country and all over the w…

1973 October 18 : “We must be as tolerant as the tree, as we execute the Krsna consciousness movement. Without this mentality we cannot be successful. Material nature means disagreement but our success will depend on agreement even though there are va…

1973 October 18: “If we fight on account of diversity, it is simply material platform. All our men must meet in Mayapur every year and discuss how to make unity in diversity. That will make our movement successful. One section of men have already gone …

1973 October 18 : “You should rectify, but not reject. Members are coming to join us to be rectified, not to be rejected. So, try to rectify the incorrigible, and if not possible, then change. What can we do?”Prabhupada Letters :: 1973

1973 October 18: “Now this displeasing of godbrothers has already begun and gives me too much agitation. Our Gaudiya Math fought with one another after the demise of Guru Maharaja but my disciples even in my presence have already begun fighting. So I a…

1967 October 17 : “One who reads Brahma Samhita very scrutinizingly can understand everything of Krishna without any fault. I recommend all my students read Brahma Samhita very carefully.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1967

1967 October 17: “He deliberately disobeyed me and instead of opening new centers he delivers his nonsense sermons amongst his God-brothers which are all against our principles. He is undoubtedly a good soul, but he has been attacked by maya; he thinks…

1971 October 17 : “I am very pleased that Indira Gandhi is now personally well known to you. For your presence only she has given special order for our devotees stay in Delhi. Certainly this is a good achievement.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1971

1971 October 17: “If you can make the MPs and government officials members of our society it will be a great service. Our movement is so important. Without taking to it, no other method, political, social, religious, or cultural, can give any relief to…

1972 October 17 : “Yesterday evening the Chief Minister of Assam came to see me and I have requested him to write a letter to the Chief Minister of Maharastra. I hope this will be advantageous for your purpose.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1972

1973 October 17: “This is the deficiency of our movement. Only mediocre men are joining and not the very intelligent class. I do not wish to increase more centers. The more we distribute books, the more we get solid ground of preaching work.”Prabhupada…

1973 October 17 : “It was our temple, so how can they sell? This is illegal. Let it go on for the time being, and we shall see later on. They cannot go outside the clutches of Krsna consciousness. Yes, do not attempt to open any more centers.”Prabhupa…

1968 October 16: “The Ravana class want Sita without Rama and therefore havoc. We want to perfect everything with Krishna Consciousness. Our policy is without Krishna, everything is zero. But zero by the side of Krishna, then it is 10, 1,000, 1,000,000…

1967 October 16: “Kirtanananda has not rightly understood Krishna Consciousness philosophy. He has been attacked by maya; he is a victim. We shall pray to Krishna for his recovery but we cannot allow him to speak on my behalf.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1967

1967 October 16: “Why are you disturbing the whole situation in my absence? You have not understood Krishna properly, please therefore do not misrepresent me. If you love me please do not talk but chant in solitary place – anywhere you like.”Prabhupad…

1968 October 16: “In future we can open centers in Hong Kong, Tokyo, Fiji, Bangkok, Sydney, New Zealand, and all neighboring islands. And Hawaii will be our center for spreading Krishna Consciousness in the Pacific.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1968

1968 October 16: “I have come here on the order of my Spiritual Master, I am nonentity; there is no credit for me, all the credit goes to my Spiritual Master. He has arranged everything, and I am simply to abide by His order.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1968

1973 October 16: “As soon as the older boys can read Sanskrit and English, they should read our books, such as Bhagavad-gita As It Is. Their attention will be always in Krsna consciousness. That will save them from the clutches of maya.”Prabhupada Lett…

1971 October 16: “Somehow or other on account of their previous pious activities, they have come to Krishna Consciousness. So amongst ourselves we should treat one another very sympathetically so that our missionary activities may go on unhampered.”Pra…

1971 October 16: “I hope the Deity worship is going on very nicely; dress, flowers, ornaments, arati, cleanliness, foodstuffs, all of them must be regular, accompanied by kirtana, street sankirtana, distribution of literature, etc.”Prabhupada Letters :…

1968 October 15: “So many rascals and fools employed in the government service deride Krishna. They think He was black and therefore low-born. In this way, how much they have become degraded. If you try to criticize, do it very carefully. But we must s…

1968 October 15: “They keep some spiritual master as pet dog or cat. He is misguided and without any knowledge in our line neither he is ready to accept any bona fide instructor. But our mission is to preach Krishna Consciousness so let us try to help …

1967 October 14: “I am very sorry he is exploiting his position. He has no right to dictate as he is without my sanction. He has cut all link with me, therefore any instruction given by him is unauthorized & should at once be rejected.”
Prabhupada Letters :: 1967

1967 October 14: “Please therefore stop Kirtanananda from making his mental concoctions. Do not be misled by him. This is very much disturbing to me & has caused me much pain. He should not be allowed to indulge in such nonsensical activities.”
Prabhupada Letters :: 1967