Author Archives: Srila Prabhupada's Letters

1971 August 23: “Regarding Indira Gandhi there is no hope. The high commissioner has informed. So it is Lord Caitanya’s desire that a Vaisnava shall lay down the cornerstone instead.” Prabhupada Letters :: 1971

1972 August 23: “Yes, President Giri can open the foundation ceremony. Let us invite many responsible persons – the Prime Minister, Governors. Let us place our philosophy before a very respectable assembly. People have not yet understood how glorious i…

1973 Auugst 23: “Whoever joins us they are not under any obligation – our only tie is Love of Godhead. We recruit a person to join us after spending gallons of blood. It should be our definite policy that nobody is ill treated that he may go away.” Pra…

1967 August 15: “We are all Krishna’s property, but now we are seated in these bodies of maya, so it is sure from time to time there will be disturbances. Don’t be worried. Krishna will help you. At any rate, I shall be back soon and then everything wi…

1969 August 15: “You are all unique pairs. So I am gradually realizing that my attempt to spread Krishna Consciousness has now taken some root in your country, and I am sure this will grow more and more ’til it reaches the Lotus Feet of Krishna.” Prabh…

1969 August 15: “Knowledge means to know Krishna, and success means to please Him. And how Krishna is pleased, that can only be known through the transparent via medium of His confidential servant.” Prabhupada Letters :: 1969

1971 August 15: “The children of our devotees may live with their parents perpetually. Any family engaged in Krishna’s service is living not in this material world. Such a home is considered as Vaikuntha. That is the verdict of Bhaktivinode Thakura.” P…

1973 August 15: “A faithful devotee offers to Krishna with love and service, Krishna accepts them very gladly. So Krishna’s gladness and the devotee’s love and sincerity, they are taken into consideration.” Prabhupada Letters :: 1973

1973 August 15: “So you continue this system of preaching village to village by increasing the number of Sankirtana parties, it will be appreciated by Guru Gauranga. Do it nicely, you are a fit person, Krishna will bless you.” Prabhupada Letters :: 1973

1975 August 15: “Regarding your feeling yourself as unqualified, whatever you can do, then do it, but you should try your best for Krishna. This is important. Ultimately everything is depending on Lord Krishna. You just have to always remember this.” P…

1974 August 6: “So our work will be done locally. The Indians there have been cheated by so many rascal swamis who have come simply to collect money and then leave. So you may arrange the meeting and I shall come.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1974

1972 July 29: “I am also eager to come there and I will let you know when I can come. Everywhere wherever Krishna Katha is spoken, that is Vaikuntha. And wherever I go to my branches, you my good devotees turn it into Vaikuntha and I wish to be there w…

1972 July 29: “Regarding dramas, the actors may speak little philosophy, without need for special costumes. Then kirtana. There must be always kirtana. Dialogue, kirtana; then again dialogue, again kirtana; again repeat; like that. No humor should be t…

1972 July 29: “I am very glad to hear that your Sankirtana party is having such great success and I am very much pleased upon you. This is actually Lord Caitanya’s movement, this Sankirtana party for preaching and chanting. So do it nicely, and I shall…

1975 July 29: “I am very much disturbed to learn of the difficulties. Why have you taken this rash action without consulting me? Expert management means to engage all the devotees and prevent splitting into different parties. You must bring them all b…

1975July 29: “I do not think you have done wrongly. Rather you are wrongly depressed. But, for you this feeling of insufficiency is good for progress. Actually we are all unworthy. Krishna is so kind that He accepts our little service as if it were ver…

1975 July 29: “Regarding your wanting to leave your family and take sannyasa, we can consider later on. First we have to push on this movement. That is the most important thing. We should just be after becoming the pure servant of Krishna.”Prabhupada L…

1958 July 28: “Some years ago Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Goswami Maharaja my spiritual master attempted to preach this message throughout the world but unfortunately after His departure the movement was not carried by the entrusted successors. I a…

1967 July 28: “Vrindaban is the only solitary transcendental abode within this universe where Krishna Consciousness automatically reveals. Therefore I have a great hope to train some of my disciples there for preaching work, even in my absence.”Prabhup…

1967 July 28: “I am now old man, and attacked with serious disease; I may be overcome by death at any moment. Therefore I wish to leave some trained preachers so they can do the work of Krishna Consciousness in the Western World. That is my ambition. P…

1969 July 28: “I just returned from San Francisco where we held a gigantic Rathayatra Ceremony with 10,000 people chanting and dancing in ecstasy. It was most magnificent and I am very much encouraged that now the Western world will come to understand …

1969 July 28: “Take care of your child, I have noticed he has all the instincts of devotional life and I have a great hope for him. My special request is that you take care of this child very nicely, and he will become a great son to glorify his parent…

1971 July 28: “My Dear Visnujana Maharaja, anyone you recommend, gladly I will initiate. So go on preaching, these college campuses are our great future hope. Please take care of Isana and his wife. I like them both, but sometimes he goes a little cra…

1973 July 28: “There is enough food in the world but at the same time there is scarcity. But if you pay more on the black market then you will get enough. So from God’s side there is enough food but from our side we mismanage everything simply to make …

1973 July 28: “So you are doing very nicely and especially your Deities have attracted my attention. I have named Them, Kisora Kisori. Now go on with your worship and increase more and more till all of Chicago becomes aware of Kisora Kisori.”Prabhupada…

1970 July 27: “After taking sannyasa I was engaged in writing my books without any attempt to construct temples or to make disciples like my other Godbrothers. I was not very much interested in these matters because my Guru Maharaja liked very much pub…

1970 July 27: “As soon as my Guru Maharaja saw that His neophyte disciples were increasing in number, He immediately decided to leave this world. To accept disciples means to take up the responsibility of absorbing the sinful reaction of life of the di…

1973 July 27: “When my Guru Maharaja was present even big, big scholars were afraid to talk with His beginning students. He was so learned. No compromise – Ramakrishna, avataras, yogis, everyone was enemy to Guru Maharaja – he never compromised.”Prabhu…

1973 July 27: “Some God-brothers complained that my Guru Maharaja’s preaching was chopping technique and it would not be successful. But those who criticized, they fell down. For my part I have taken up the policy of my Guru Maharaja – no compromise.”P…

1973 July 27: “Everything is there but it is now mixed up, we want to bring the whole world in to order by giving the right directions. Defeat all the existing concocted hodge-podge ideas congesting the feeble brains of so-called scientist, philosopher…

1973 July 27: “They pose themselves as big leaders, philosophers. Why should we go to such men for knowledge? A leader must be peaceful, self-controlled austere, pure, tolerant, honest, wise learned and religious.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1973

1973 July 27: “Establish local self governing villages and show the world a practical example of spiritual life as Krishna Himself exhibited in Vrindaban. Simply loving Krishna, we want to create this atmosphere and show the whole world how practical a…

1973 July 27: “Our festival here was very well received and I was so much encouraged I was able to walk and dance the entire way from Hyde Park to Trafalgar Square. The newspapers showed one picture of our Ratha next to the statue of Nelson and caption…

1970 July 26: “Kindly keep me informed of your activities at least twice in a week, otherwise I become very much anxious and sometimes do not eat, do not sleep. I am just trying to organize a worldwide movement not for any personal ambition but to exec…

1969 July 23: “I am sorry to learn that your health is not very good. The best thing is that you rest for some time until you are feeling stronger. There is no question of indexing in your present condition. When your health has improved we shall talk …

1971 July 23: “These plays are not meant for ordinary people. They are not meant for public showing unless they are very nicely done. The audience must give grave attention. If they laugh, then that is a great offense.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1971

1971 July 23: “Lord Caitanya never played before ordinary men. Only before devotees. So plays of Krishna Lila should be avoided, unless it is very gravely performed. Some instructive stories from Bhagavatam may be played before the general public.”Prab…

1971 July 23: “So far mixing with society, we can do it. That is all right. How a preacher can stop? The whole world is nondevotee. But to mix intimately is not good. Simply for jobs sake, we cannot. So that should be avoided.”Prabhupada Letters :: 1971

1972 July 23 : “This is not my responsibility. Henceforth my students must take the responsibility for their own householder life, take all risk for supporting wife and home, but utilize it to make spiritual progress – that is the real thing.”Prabhupa…

1973 July 23 : “It is not necessary that we always wear the robes, but we should always keep sikha and tilok. Somehow or other distribute books and if you can impress people a little to chant then it does not matter about your dress.”Prabhupada Letter…