Author Archives: Srila Prabhupada's Letters

1974 December 23: “I was also grhastha now I am sannyasi. So I recommend you also take up this life. So many great kings and saintly persons all finished the last part of their lives living as mendicants, sannyasis.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1974

1971 December 22 : “Yes, it is a very good proposal that you should run for Mayor. I very much approve of this plan. We should always set the perfect example in all fields of activities, why not in politics?”Prabhupada Letters :: 1971

1971 December 22 : “Do not deviate from our high standard. That will mean great dishonor to me. Push on in your preaching as I have shown you, remain pure, enthusiastic, and optimistic, and Krishna will favor you.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1971

1972 December 22 : “I am little observing now that our men are losing their enthusiasm for spreading our programmes. Otherwise, why so many letters of problems are coming, dissatisfied? That is not a very good sign.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1972

1972 December 22 : “There is symptom of missing the point. Regulative principles must be followed by everyone. Otherwise enthusiasm dwindles and they again think of sex and become restless, and so many problems are there.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1972

1972 December 22 : “I do not think the leaders are themselves following, nor they are seeing the others are following strictly. That must be rectified at once. Everyone must understand nicely why this tapasya is necessary.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1972

1972 December 22 : “There must be always tapasya. We should not be after comforts and become complacent. Now you big managers train up more and more competent managers like yourselves. Forget this centralizing bureaucracy.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1972

1972 December 22 : “Do not think in this way of big corporation, centralization – these are all nonsense proposals. Once there is bureaucracy the whole thing will be spoiled.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1972

1972 December 22 : “Krishna Consciousness Movement is for training men to be independently thoughtful and competent, not for making bureaucracy. There must always be competitive spirit, not that one shall dominate the other.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1972

1972 December 22 : “Our leaders shall be careful not to kill the spirit of enthusiastic service, which is spontaneous and voluntary. To draw out spontaneous, loving spirit – that is the art of management. But where are so many expert managers?”Prabhup…

1967 December 21: “Be careful about your health. Not only you but all my noble sons. I am an old man. I may live or die it does not matter. But you must live for long time to push on this Krishna Consciousness movement.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1967

1968 December 21: “Accelerate these school engagements and I am sure you will be very successful. When Krishna sees that we are trying very sincerely to preach His message He becomes very pleased and showers all blessings upon us. So please continue in…

1968 December 21: “Mr. Harrison must join this Krishna Consciousness movement without hesitation. If Mr. George Harrison takes the lead in organizing a huge Sankirtana Party consisting of the Beatles and our boys surely we shall change the face of the …

1972 December 21: “Yes, spiritual activities, even mentally performed, are beneficial. No, mental sinful activities do not cause a bad reaction. We do not suffer for thinking something sinful. Not in this age. That is a special concession for Kali-yuga…

1972 December 21: “You are the pioneer preachers, you are paving the way. You will not stand by idly and listen to any nonsense ideas or Mayavadis. That is very nice. My Guru Maharaja was also inclined toward his bolder preachers.”Prabhupada Letters ::…

1974 December 21: “Print thousands of books and distribute everywhere, all over the world at the same speed. If we can get the masses of people in the Western countries to become Krsna Conscious, then the rest of the world will follow. That is a fact.”…

1974 December 21: “By injecting our movement into the masses of people all over the world, especially in the Western countries, we can literally turn whole areas into Krsna Conscious nations. I am very glad to hear you have printed 100,000 copies. Now …

1974 December 21: “I am very anxious to get that building in New York City. I like it very much, so I want you to take it immediately. Now keep the atmosphere very pure by holding regular classes and kirtan, morning and evening arati and ensuring that …

1968 December 20: “This accredited university course is a very nice breakthrough for Lord Caitanya’s movement in the West. Lord Caitanya will give you the intelligence from within to successfully execute this important project. Perhaps the more intelli…

1969 December 20: “If we keep ourselves purely on the standard of Lord Caitanya’s order, then chanting by us of the Holy Names of Krishna will descend as powerfully as He acted during the time of Jagai and Madhai.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1969

1969 December 20: “I have learned the story of the delivering of the Berkeley Jagai-Madhais. Although it is surprising, yet it is possible to happen in this Krishna Consciousness Movement.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1969

1972 December 20: “It is your qualification for pleasing your Spiritual Master. That idea has become prominent for all of you, it is bigger than maya’s idea, therefore maya cannot interfere to make you quarrel.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1972

1972 December 20: “So Krishna appreciates very much when His devotee becomes attached to Him. If there is some discrepancy anywhere it is to be supposed that the persons in charge are not very much attached to Krishna.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1972

1974 December 20: “Because the message of Lord Krsna is being spoken, this Movement is going all over the world. I am like a peon carrying the message and the message, being perfect, it will be appreciated in every part of the universe.”Prabhupada Lett…

1967 December 16: “I have given you a business idea and once you are successful in this you will get money more than your expectation and you can spend it for Krishna’s service.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1967

1967 December 16: “My dictaphone is a little out of order and as soon as I get it back my work on Srimad-Bhagavatam will begin. At present, I cannot sleep more than three hours at night, and one hour in day. So if I keep fit, I think I shall have ample…

1974 December 16: “I am very happy to hear of the large number of new devotees you are recruiting. That is the real fruit of our preaching work, when people come and join and help us to spread this Krsna Consciousness movement.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1974

1974 December 16: “The difficulty is our GBC men are falling victim to maya. Today I trust this GBC and tomorrow he will fall down. So whatever we may resolve it will not be very useful.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1974

1974 December 16: “Our actual credit is that we are simply repeating Bhagavad-gita As It Is without changing it, altering it or adding any mundane opinion. We simply repeat what previous acaryas have said and that is our merit. Therefore it is being ac…

1966 December 15: “I do not wish to disturb the position of the sevaits of Radha Damodara Temple, but simply if I am given the facility to live there with my disciples, it will be my pleasure to serve Their Lordships Sri Sri Radha Damodara to my best c…

1967 December 15: “In the Absolute world there are no such relativities as success or failure. The one thing in the Absolute world is to serve Krishna. Krishna must know that we are working very seriously and that is our goal of life.”Prabhupada Letter…

1969 December 15: “We are now printing 50,000 BTGs per month, so try to increase sales as far as possible. Sankirtana and distributing BTG and my other literatures is the fieldwork of this movement. Temple worship is secondary.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1969

1969 December 15: “Your mother has benefited undoubtedly and she will be more and more benefited. Not only your mother, but also your father and all family members will be benefited by your dedication of life for Krishna’s sake. Be rest assured. Krishn…

1972 December 15: “I, the undersigned, shall be the sole operator of the Account; furthermore, in the case of any emergency the two Members of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, besides myself, may be called upon to enter and withdraw funds into and from th…

1972 December 15: “I shall be the last man to give up the land to the rogue. He has taken our money but tactfully has not given us the conveyance. The land is still in our possession and we are not going to leave this land so easily. More when we meet….

1972 December 15: “We have neither changed our plan nor have we any intention of changing our plan of developing our Land. We shall stick to the place to the last moment and we require your cooperation very much.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1972

1973 December 15: “Enclosed find three sacred threads and three gayatri mantras for the second initiates. Hold a fire yajna, after which they may listen to the mantra once through the right ear from from the cassette tape I have made.”Prabhupada Letter…

1967 December 14: “We should remain everlastingly a fool before the bonafide Spiritual Master. Not artificially but feelingly for as soon as one thinks that he is wiser man than the Spiritual Master he is surely doomed.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1967

1968 December 14: “If you chant Hare Krishna offenselessly, avoiding the ten kinds of offenses, the vibration is sure to act. So our movement is directly taken to the spiritual platform. Chant nicely, offenselessly, and it will be successful anywhere.”…

1972 December 14: “In the beginning we follow the principles. The more one becomes perfect at following the principles, the more his relationship with Krishna becomes manifest. Following Gopis comes in the perfectional stage. First come to the perfecti…