a.c. bhaktivedanta swami
|
|
| Prabhupada Letters :: 1973 a.c. bhaktivedanta swami |
|
|
21 May 2007 Monday, 21 May, 1973 Dallas My Dear Ekendra, Shawn, Christina, Dvarakadhisa, Kimi, Tonya, Joe, John, Candramukhi, Carol, Peggy, Lisa, and Stephanie, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your very nice Isopanisad papers, with sanskrit, transliteration, translation and purport. You are all very nice devotees. You are very, very fortunate to have the opportunity to be going to this Gurukula. It is the only one of its kind in the world. You are the first students and you must set a good example for the others, always being very enthusiastic to learn from your teachers, offering all respects to your teachers, leading the kirtanas with exuberance. In future you will be the leaders of this Krsna Consciousness Movement, so now you must take this training preparation very seriously. Hoping this meets you all in good health. Your ever well-wisher, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami ACBS/jda Labels: gurukula, Los Angeles letters | 10:06 |20 May 2007 Sunday, 20 May, 1973 Dallas My dear Vrndavana Vilasini, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter undated. Thank you very much for the very nice bead bag and kurta. I am very pleased to hear that you are distributing many of my books, especially Krsna Book. You are a very sincere girl. Please continue to engage wholeheartedly in Krsna's service and there is no doubt that you may go back to home, back to Godhead in this life. Hope this meets you in good health. Your ever well-wisher, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami ACBS/jda Labels: book distribution, Los Angeles letters | 10:09 |20 May, 1973 Dallas My dear Arjuna, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated May 16, 1973, along with guru daksine. Thank you very much. So far as your engagement is concerned, I am most satisfied to see that my books are being distributed profusely. Please always follow the four regulative principles and chant minimum sixteen rounds per day. Study my books very carefully and prepare yourself fully for going back to home, back to Godhead. Hoping this meets you in good health. Your ever well-wisher, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami ACBS/jda Labels: Los Angeles letters | 10:09 |20 May, 1973 Dallas My dear Kirtida Kanyaka, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your short note and $15. Thank you very much. My request is that you please take this Krsna Consciousness Movement very seriously. It is a great opportunity to become free once and for all from the clutches of Maya. Maya is very strong, but by taking shelter of Krsna, Maya cannot reach us. Hoping this will meet you in good health. Your ever well-wisher, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami ACBS/jda Labels: Los Angeles, maya letters | 10:08 |20 May, 1973 Dallas My dear Candanacarya and Kasturika, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your telegram dated May 15, 1973. Thank you very much. Now I am in Dallas and the climate here is very suitable with plenty of good sunshine. I shall remain here for a few days and if my health improves there will be no need for my going back to India. Hoping this meets you in good health. Your ever well-wisher, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami ACBS/jda Labels: San Francisco letters | 10:08 |20 May, 1973 Dallas My dear Tusti dasi, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated May 17, 1973. Thank you very much. You ask: "You said when you gave me the name Tusti dasi, `Now you can be satisfied without eating.' Do you mean that I should eat very little?" Yes in spiritual life one must be careful not to eat more than is required to keep body and soul together. The most important point is that one becomes satisfied by serving Krsna rather than by serving the senses. Now, please always follow the four regulative principles and chant sixteen rounds minimum every day without fail. Hoping this meets you in good health. Your ever well-wisher, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami ACBS/jda Labels: Los Angeles letters | 10:07 |20 May, 1973 Dallas My dear Eric, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter undated. Thank you very much for your kind words. I am very pleased to see that you are taking this Krsna Consciousness movement seriously. Your question as to why we use light bulbs, is answered as follows: light bulbs are also a part of Krsna’s energy. Just as we use automobiles, adding machines, typewriters, dictaphone etc. Whatever is there should be employed in service of Krsna. Without using matter in service of Krsna it becomes the cause of bondage, but by using it in the service of Krsna it helps us to become Krsna conscious. I hope this meets you in good health. Your ever well-wisher A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Labels: Seattle letters | 10:07 | |
|
| ||
|
||||
|
||||
