DON’T BE DISTURBED BY ANY SORT OF DISAGREEMENT WITH YOUR GOD-BROTHERS AND SISTERS

Letters of  His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedānta Swami Prabhupāda

 

 

Los Angeles

15 January, 1968

 

 

 

My Dear Yamuna devi and Harsarani devi,

Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter, undated, and I can understand that in some points you disagree with Gargamuni but you have not clearly mentioned what is this point of disagreement. So far I know, Gargamuni’s activities are approved by the president Jayananda, and so far I know Gargamuni, he has a business tactfulness, but his aim is to help the society financially. Whatever he does is not for his personal interest but for the interest of the society. If you have any specific grievance, please let me know, but don’t be disturbed by any sort of disagreement with your God-brothers and sisters.

Each and every living entity is an individual soul and as such disagreement is quite possible in our dealings with one another but we have to consider the central point of interest. You are both very intelligent sober girls and I have got good estimation of you; do not take at any time an attitude of non-cooperation because you may have not agreed with another’s point of view. I have heard about the incidents created by a new devotee, Jivanuga. He appears to be a crazy fellow. He should not have

I AM AFRAID OF THE REPEATED CYCLE OF BIRTH AND DEATH

Letters of  His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedānta Swami Prabhupāda

 

 

Los Angeles

13 January, 1968

 

 

To,

Jadurani devi dasi

 

 

 

My Dear Jadurani,

Please accept my blessings. I thank you for your nice letters of Jan. 11, and 13. I thank you for your kind appreciation for the tapes received there. Also, thank you that you are trying to organize all the artists, and doing so nicely. No, there is no color picture of Lord Caitanya’s birthplace and temple at Mayapur. You can color with your choice. Yes, try at your convenience to paint pictures from the Bhagavat statement, in terms of the purport and explanation.

So long we have got materialistic view the serpent is fierce. When Prahlada Maharaja saw Lord Nrsimhadeva, he was not at all afraid of the fierceful feature of the Lord. The big jaws and nails of the Lord Nrsimhadeva and fiery tongue of the Lord, and gigantic Lion’s Head did not create any fierceful havoc before Prahlada Maharaja. He said, “My Dear Lord, I am not afraid of this your fierceful feature, but I am afraid of the repeated cycle of birth and death in the material existence.” That instruction is very valuable. In our material existence, we are always in dangerous and fierceful condition, but by the spell of Maya, we do not

Why we Stress so much on the Chanting of Hare Krishna?

By  His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedānta Swami Prabhupāda

There are different kinds of sins, one of which is stealing. Thieves and burglars are very sinful. Another sinful activity is drunkenness. Those who are addicted to intoxication and stealing are condemned by the Vishnudūtas. Other examples of sins are being unfaithful to one’s friends, killing a brāhmana or Vaishnava, dishonoring one’s spiritual master or teacher, killing a woman, killing a king, and killing a cow. These are among the worst sins. But the Vishnudūtas (messengers of Lord Vishnu, or God) say that even though a person has committed many such sins, if he utters the holy name of Nārāyana even once, he at once becomes free from sinful reactions.

Śrīdhara Svāmī says, “Chanting the holy name of Nārāyana, Lord Hari, not only counteracted all of Ajāmila’s sinful reactions, but it made him eligible to become liberated, and therefore at the time of death he was transferred to