Author Archives: Srila Prabhupada's Letters

1972 November 26: “Always remember to chant Hare Krishna. As darkness cannot stand before the light, so maya cannot remain in the presence of Krishna. When Hare Krishna mantra is vibrating on your tongue, there is no question of maya.”Prabhupada Letter…

1972 November 26: “This attitude of changing this, changing that, that if by adjustment, by changing, I may create the perfect combination and everything will be all right – this is not at all good attitude.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1972

1972 November 26: “You have been leader for long time, you are the pioneer there, so why you should be whimsically discharged? Why they have misunderstood these things? We are devotees, not politicians. So this plotting must be stopped.”Prabhupada Lett…

1973 November 26: “Regarding your community committee, if sometimes devotees should like to come together and chant and discuss, I have no objection. But we should not take such committees too seriously. In the ultimate capacity our chanting is the onl…

1974 November 26: “Our movement is being accepted. They are saying that Swamiji is doing nice things. It is all Krishna’s grace. So it is up to you Europeans and Americans to push our movement all over the world and if you do – one day you will be the …

1966 November 25: “All the commentaries on the Bhagavad-gita in English now available in the market are by the non devotee mental speculators. Therefore such commentaries are not authorized. Nobody has any access in the Bhagavad-gita without being pure…

1969 November 25: “If anyone can remain a brahmacari all the time, without being disturbed by sex urge, there is no need for him to marry. One who is thoroughly engaged in Krishna’s service, however, this sex urge does not have much disturbance.”Prabhu…

1972 November 25: “We are not interested to attract millions of men to see some show. Better we attract one sincere soul to join us in ecstatic chanting and hearing, that will be of real value. And distribute my books, as many as possible.”Prabhupada L…

1972 November 25: “We shall base our preaching work on Lord Caitanya’s formula: sankirtana. If we simply stick to this program as I have done it from the beginning, namely, kirtana, preaching, kirtana, distribution of prasadam – if you do like this onl…

1972 November 25: “If you preach sincerely, anyone will listen and become convinced. The potency of Krishna Consciousness movement does not come from some outward show, no – it is the transcendental sound vibration of Hare Krishna Mantra, Bhagavad-Gita…

1973 November 25: “I have always served my Guru Maharaja and followed His teachings and even now I am never separated from Him. Sometimes Maya may come and try to interfere but we must not falter, we must always follow the chalked out path laid down by…

1974 November 25: “It is a good thing that you have distributed books to the son and daughter of the President. Now my books are in the President’s house. When entering the house and seeing the father, the daughter will say, ‘See what I have purchased …

1974 November 25: “Last night your mother came to the temple and talked with me. Sometimes you can send her some news of your health, but not very much correspondence. Lord Caitanya used to also please His mother by sending prasada with news.”Prabhupad…

1968 November 24: “You describe that you are seeing more and more how Krishna is your friend and this is very nice. The more one understands that Krishna is my friend and my duty is to serve my Dearest Friend, the more one can know that he is advancing…

1968 November 24: “It has given me great satisfaction to see how the London center is progressing so nicely. All six of my disciples who I sent to London are very sincere servants of Krishna and you simply remember to continue in this way and your acti…

1968 November 24: “Your description of progress in kirtana is encouraging. As we sincerely try to improve our chanting for the pleasure of Krishna, Krishna reciprocates and we feel our greatest pleasure. So continue, this method is very nice and approv…

1970 November 24: “We can use everything – television, radio, movies, or whatever it may be – to tell about Krishna. Outside of devotional service all these modern paraphernalia is just so much rubbish.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1970

1970 November 24: “We are fighting impersonalism and voidism with pure devotional service. Therefore we are printing our KRSNA book so people may know the absolute truth is a person. So go on with your distribution of my books and Krishna will certainl…

1971 November 24: “We can challenge any nonsense philosophy. Now it is your task to find them out and expose them. Kindly assist me in this great work, and know it for certain, that you shall very soon go back to Home, back to Godhead.”Prabhupada Lette…

1974 November 24: “Keep the old system strong, keep it always gorgeously alive, but do not change the principle. The principle should go on as usual. Don’t change from this to that. You always want to change everything, that is your American disease.”P…

1974 November 24: “It is said a husking machine will husk the rice whether in heaven or in hell. So wherever Krishna desires, we will preach this movement. We are Krishna’s servants, this is Krishna’s desire, and our only business is to satisfy Him.”Pr…

1965 November 23: “Now we have got our English Srimad-Bhagavatam and any intelligent man impressed with our Siddhantas will certainly change his life’s mode of action. And above all this is to satisfy the transcendental desire of Srila Prabhupada who d…

1967 November 23: “The disciple may misunderstand a bonafide Spiritual Master under pressure of Maya’s influence. But a bonafide Spiritual Master never lets go a devotee once accepted. When a disciple misunderstands, the Master regrets his inability to…

1969 November 23: “Our Movement is very genuine, scientific and benedictory. Only the first class intelligent class of men can understand the value of this movement. But Lord Caitanya has given us the Hare Krishna Mantra which makes things very easy. S…

1972 November 23: “Develop your program to perfection so simply by hearing and seeing you, students will want to come forward to join. And distribute many millions of books, that Krishna will help you do.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1972

1972 November 23: “So long you remain active only satisfying Krishna’s senses, then this movement will be successful without any doubt. As soon as someone wants to satisfy his own senses, then everything fails.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1972

1974 November 23: “The independent cooking done in the temple kitchen is not good. Any paid cook is not desirable. The right thing is that only twice initiated brahmana disciples may cook in the temple.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1974

1974 November 23: “Why a servant? Godbrothers are not meant for being servants. Without the spiritual master’s order, nobody can utilize the service of a godbrother as one’s personal servant. We address each-other as prabhu, so how can we engage our go…

1975 November 23: “Traveling and preaching, this is the business of a sannyasi. Please follow my order in this regard. So far your becoming GBC, yes I wanted that, but there are so many complaints. This is not good. GBC must mean that by his managing, …

1967 November 22: “It is my duty to deliver you the right thing in right earnestness and it is the duty of the receiver to act in the standard spiritual regulation. Any good soul who approaches me for spiritual enlightenment is depending on my responsi…

1968 November 22: “Your father and mother are very good souls. We are trying to educate our disciples to produce Krishna Conscious children, but your father and mother, without being Krishna Conscious, have produced such nice Krishna Conscious devotees…

1968 November 22: “Prahlada never protested against his father, but he never agreed either. That should be your policy also. I am always praying to Krishna to protect you because I know purposefully I have sent you into a fiery condition of maya.”Prabh…

1968 November 22: “Arjuna sacrificed all his good sentiments and accepted the order of Krishna thus he came out victorious. Follow this principle and you will be never disturbed by any frightening condition of maya. We are neither renouncer nor enjoye…

1971 November 22: “I am happy to accept them all as my sincere disciples. Now you give them good advice how to push on this Krishna Consciousness Movement. Let them know it for certain that something given to Krishna is never lost or wasted and if they…

1971 November 22: “Let our philosophy be challenged by anyone and we shall defeat them. We show people by the results: so many centers, happy devotees, big books, strong conviction – like that. Let people judge who is better by the results.”Prabhupada …

1974 November 22: “Vaisnava philosophy is now being pushed on all over the world under the Hare Krishna movement. We find great shelter at the lotus feet of Sri Ramanujacarya which are the strongest fort for combating mayavadi philosophy.”Prabhupada Le…

1974 November 22: “Our process is something universal. It cannot be checked by any means. Anyone in any place, in any country can chant Hare Krishna. So far your becoming initiated, it is alright provided you have the recommendation of the temple pres…

1956 November 21: “When you will see the papers and programme, I am sure your excellency will be interested in co-operating with me. I am crying alone in the wilderness at the present moment. So please help me in this noble cause.”Prabhupada Letters ::…

1967 November 21: “I am pleased to learn of your spirit of protest but killing proposal is not good. We have to kill with arguments and reasons not with sticks and weapons. Sometimes we have to tolerate.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1967

1971 November 21: “This is a revolutionary thought. The old system of gurukula should be revived as the perfect example of a system designed to produce great men who know what is the real welfare of the citizens.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1971