Author Archives: Srila Prabhupada's Letters

1975 November 10: “This is the way for the neophyte devotee to absorb his mind. The more the Deity is decorated, the more your heart will be decorated with Krsna consciousness. Never think stone or wood. Krsna is personally present.”Prabhupada Letters …

1975 November 10: “The Deity is proof of the sincere service. It is the duty of GBC to maintain this. Their duty is how to enthuse and maintain. Now I want that there should be established 108 temples before my death, so you think how to do it.”Prabhup…

1975 November 10: “I have introduced this Deity worship amongst the non-believers, the mlecchas and yavanas. I pray to Krsna, I am inviting You, come. And may He not be insulted by disrespectful behavior.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1975

1975 November 10: “Now the GBC has become more than Guru Maharaja? GBC is simply for looking after pounds, shilling, pence? The GBC does not look after spiritual life? They will have to become Guru, but our students are not qualified – this is a diffic…

1975 November 10: “As soon as one thinks that he is greater than the Spiritual Master that is the greatest offense. Krsna will give one everything, but to these offenders – everything is lost.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1975

1967 November 9: “I am now thinking about our society. We were very smoothly going on but this disruption created by Kirtanananda has plagued and disturbed the situation. The best thing is to do our duty nicely with faith in Krishna and everything will…

1967 November 9: “Kirtanananda is a crazy man. That is proved. Try to convince by argument and reason but do not become angry. We should always try to represent Lord Nityananda Prabhu in the matter of preaching work.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1967

1970 November 9: “As President, see that everyone is following a regulated schedule of chanting sixteen rounds, reading, Sankirtana, and temple worship. Any breakage in the performance of one’s duties will surely be a hindrance in one’s advancement.”Pr…

1970 November 9: “Universities are very important. There they can appreciate our philosophy. When you speak in the classroom, just quote from my books and explain in your own words. They will appreciate very much.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1970

1973 November 9: “I was sick when I left Calcutta for London. For the time being I am keeping my health. So after all, this is an old body. I am 78 years, and still by the grace of Krsna it is going on.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1973

1975 November 9: “We have to request them humbly to correct if there is any discrepancy, not changing or dismissing. Our whole process is to humbly request and like Nityananda Prabhu sometimes falling down on the feet and flattering.”Prabhupada Letters…

1975 November 9: “The temples should save more and not exceed expenditures. Our principle is tyaga, to renounce material activities as far as possible. It is not good that all the temples are spending more than they are receiving.”Prabhupada Letters ::…

1975 November 9: “We are not interested in giving them vegetarian food; we are interested to give them prasadam. They may take so many nice things, especially the sandesh, kachori, rasagulla, samosa and in this way they will forget their meat-eating.”P…

1965 November 8: “Srila Prabhupada had a strong desire to open our preaching centres in the Western countries and both Bon Maharaja and Goswami Maharaja were deputed for this purpose without any tangible result.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1965

1965 November 8: “I have no ambition for becoming the proprietor of any Matha or Mandir but I want working facilities. I am working day and night for my Bhagavatam publication and I need centres in the Western countries.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1965

1965 November 8: “Every camp of our god brothers should supply a man good for this purpose and they must agree to work under my direction. Then you will see how our beloved Srila Prabhupada will be satisfied on all of us.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1965

1968 November 8: “There are 42,000 students in your university, and if 5% of them purchase our Gita, then we can sell at least 2,000 copies there. So I hope you will try for this and it will be both propaganda as well as income.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1968

1970 November 8: “Here I am working in Bombay to establish one Krishna Consciousness Headquarters for India. So if Krishna desires, we will have a temple here.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1970

1974 November 8: “He has done much service. He cannot be removed whimsically. The local members must agree for him to be removed by you, according to the Direction of Management.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1974

1975 November 8: “We haven’t got to invent something by our fertile brain for preaching. Study my books and reproduce the purports in your own language. Everything is there. Instruct your temple presidents to preach like this.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1975

1975 November 8: “So any one of them cannot help me in this way of book writing because they are unfortunate in the matter of preaching work. They are simply trying to infiltrate our society to do something harmful. So please do not have any correspond…

1970 November 7: “The big temple on the bank of the Yamuna at Kesighat is for sale. I know of this temple. I used to live next to it before living in the Radha-Damodara temple. We would like to get this temple at all costs.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1970

1970 November 7: “Instead of Sankirtana if you, husband and wife, try to see so many ministers and other important men, that will be nice. You may try and see Indira Gandhi. And perhaps you can meet with this President Giri.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1970

1972 November 7: “Just like in our ISKCON there are so many false things: ‘Prabhupada said this, Prabhupada said that.’ Do not be deviated by such ideas. Krishna is knowledge, He is the object of knowledge, He is the goal of knowledge.”Prabhupada Lette…

1973 November 7: “Now my program is fixed up for going to Nairobi on November 23, instant, and from there I will return to Los Angeles via Rome. I will stop there for two days for meeting with the Pope.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1973

1973 November 7: “I want that there be published one volume of Caitanya Caritamrta for Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s Appearance Day. So please arrange for this.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1973

1974 November 7: “Regarding Washington, D.C., that Damodara is also resigning, we are increasing in so many ways, but our men are deteriorating. What to do?”Prabhupada Letters :: 1974

1974 November 7: “N.B. I refer to the Direction of Management as follows: ‘Removal of a Temple President by GBC requires support by the local Temple members.’ Therefore you should take a vote of the Temple members.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1974

1965 November 6: “Yes I have got this nice typewriter by the Grace of the Lord and I am very much satisfied with its working. I have left my hearth and home in India but here by the Grace of the Lord I have got good sons and daughter like you.”Prabhupa…

1965 November 6: “Next time when I shall go to your home, I must serve you with my good cooking without fail. Now I am far away from you otherwise I would have at once gone to you and entertained you with such lunches.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1965

1965 November 6: “Please offer my good wishes to your friends who still remember me. Had I the means to rent a house I would have gone back again to Butler to hold my Bhagavatam discourses daily with such good friends.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1965

1965 November 6: “So far I have studied the American minds they are eager and apt to receive Bhakti Cult of Srimad-Bhagavatam. My mission is not to turn anyone away from a particular religion but I want to give them more knowledge about God and devotio…

1968 November 6: “So I have no objection if you decide to marry as a matter of necessity. I think you should consult your Godbrothers in this connection. Do your duty nicely & go Back to Godhead.”
Prabhupada Letters :: 1968

1973 November 6: “Describing your plans for traveling Sankirtana party, it is very much encouraging news for me. If there were three or four such traveling parties, it would be a grand scale propaganda. So do it with great enthusiasm.”Prabhupada Letter…

1973 November 6: “When somebody does not agree, you try to get them out. This is a mistaken policy. With great difficulty we get a man. We have to reform them. Our business is to become sympathetic to fallen souls. So in future everything should be don…

1975 November 6: “You immediately go and take back whatever books of ours that he has. You may inform him that we do not require his editing, neither should he correspond with our men. He wants to become more important.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1975

1967 November 5: “I offer you my sincere most blessings for the most kind words you have sent me. This attitude of service will help you progress in Krishna Consciousness and perfect Krishna Consciousness will help us to go back to home, back to Godhea…

1967 November 5: “If possible the persons involved must be requested to send a letter of regret and apology for the mistake they have done. This incident of separation from our society is accidental. The fact is that once combined in Krishna Consciousn…

1967 November 5: “I have given you a list of good behaviors for the devotees. The person who is a devotee must develop those good qualities. The provocation was set in motion by his uncalled for behavior but in future we shall be very much careful to d…

1972 November 5: “All these things are nonsense inventions. Simply perform our kirtana. Such inventing spirit will ruin our movement. People may come to see, some will become devotees, but such devotees will not stay because they are attracted by some …