# DEVOTIONAL SERVICE ## General ![[letters/1967/670916_janaki|I'm so pleased for your writing such nice sentiment. I've especially noted that you could express yourself so beautifully. I know both you and your sister have inherited a good heart from your good mother. Your eagerness to get me back in the states will surely be a success because I'm also eager to return.]] —Janaki, September, 1967 --- ![[letters/1967/670909_jadurani|wherever you remain, if you are fully absorbed in your transcendental work in K.C., that place is eternally Vrindaban—It is the consciousness that creates Vrindaban.]] —Jadurani, September, 1967 --- ![[letters/1968/680114_kancanbala|Regarding love affairs in the material world: they are only shadows or reflections of the real love with Krishna.]] —Kancanbala, 14 January, 1968 --- ![[letters/1968/680215_satsvarupa|Yes, the anchor, as in the sketch story, 'The Grand Procession' is sex life and we are 50% liberated if we can make it nil.]] —Satsvarupa, 15 February, 1968 --- ![[letters/1968/680220_brahmananda|The faith increases in Krsna consciousness by our voluntary increase of serving Krsna. Serving Krsna is unlimited and He can accept our unlimited service, and award us unlimited transcendental pleasure in the unlimited service of the Lord. That is...]] —Brahmananda, 20 February, 1968 --- ![[letters/1968/680506_mukunda|It is very good news that the girl Haridasa is dreaming about Krsna, and Krsna is playing with her, it is very much encouraging. It means she will come out a great and successful devotee of Krsna when she is grown up and young. May Krsna bless her...]] —Mukunda, 6 May, 1968 --- ![[letters/1968/680607_gargamuni|if I am translating Srimad-Bhagavatam, and if you are contributing for its publication and helping for its distribution, this means there is no difference between your service and my service.]] —Gargamuni, 7 June, 1968 --- ![[letters/1968/680610_harivilasa|by reading regularly Srimad-Bhagavatam, one becomes gradually freed from the influence of passion and ignorance, and thus becomes situated in goodness.]] —Hari Vilasa, 10 June, 1968 --- ![[letters/1968/680616_satsvarupa]] —Satsvarupa, 16 June, 1968 --- ![[letters/1968/680703_satsvarupa|Materialistic persons perform all pious activities or devotional activities for some material gain, and as soon as there is any hindrance in the path of material gain, they at once become demons.]] —Satsvarupa, 3 July, 1968 --- ![[letters/1968/680704_upendra|The only process for perceiving Krsna and His name, qualities, form, is our sincere service attitude with our senses.]] —Upendra, 4 July, 1968 --- ![[letters/1968/680729_madhusudana]] —Madhusudana, 29 July, 1968 --- ![[letters/1968/681013_janaki|all the devotees and disciples who have kindly joined me, they are, their symptoms are pure devotees. Even if they have got some ulterior desire, that will he removed very soon,]] —Janaki, October, 1968 --- ![[letters/1968/681019_aniruddha|we must always know that we are executing the topmost yoga system, Krsna consciousness, and we do not require any inferior quality yoga system.]] —Aniruddha, 19 October, 1968 --- ![[letters/1968/681113_upendra|To know Krsna is great, how He is expanded into different forms, that enhances our attachment to Krsna more rigidly.]] —Upendra, 13 November, 1968 --- ![[letters/1968/681113_patita_uddharana_was_patita_pavana|The yogis are not devotees. They are more or less after some material perfection. But generally one who sees Narayana, he becomes a devotee.]] —Satsvarupa, 13 November, 1968 --- ![[letters/1968/681113_patita_uddharana_was_patita_pavana|Anyone who gives some service to this Krsna consciousness movement is fortunate proportionately. At least the seed of his fortunate life is sown there. Whether he gives service of some sort, willingly, or unwillingly, the seed is sown,]] —Tosana Kṛṣṇa, 13 November, 1968 --- ![[letters/1968/681114_aniruddha]] —Aniruddha, 14 November, 1968 --- ![[letters/1968/681219_brahmananda|Regarding my apartment, if it is possible to keep it with no strain on your financial condition it is all right. Otherwise, I am not very serious about retaining the apartment. Everything should be performed with no strain because too much financi...]] —Brahmananda, 19 December, 1968 --- ![[letters/1969/690112_kirtanananda|Tears come down from the eyes of a person who is already elevated in ecstatic love of Krsna. So these are very good signs. I am explaining all of these matters in my next book, The Nectar of Devotion]] —Hamsaduta, 12 January, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/690116_rayarama|Our whole philosophy is to increase our love for Krsna. Love with awe and veneration and love that is spontaneous is different, but still one has to learn about the greatness of Krsna.]] —Hamsaduta, 16 January, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/690403_brahmananda|In the spiritual world, separation is more relishable than meeting. In other words, in spiritual life, there is no separation. Separation is eternal, and meeting is also eternal. The separation is simply another feature of meeting.]] —Brahmananda, 3 April, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/690603_syamasundara|actually we do not want to create a group of prakrta sahajiya, or devotees who do not know the science of Krsna and do not know the science of devotion, but simply worship the Deity with no depth of knowledge.]] —Syamasundara, 3 June, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/690728_mandali_bhadra|Our service to God is always transcendental. It does not depend on anything material. So there was no reason to accept this picture as a very good drawing by Sriman Oliver. Krsna accepts the spirit of the offering, and anyone who offers Him some s...]] —Kṛṣṇa dasa, 28 July, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/690928_hansadutta|preacher's position is like this: He should have firm faith and love for Krsna. He should make friendship with devotees. He should be very much charitable and kind to the neophytes and he should avoid the company of non-devotees. This program sugg...]] —Hamsaduta, 28 September, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/691208_sucandra]] —Sucandra, 8 December, 1969 --- ![[letters/1970/700114_jadurani|Being in the disciplic succession of Prahlada Maharaja certainly we are not interested for our personal liberation as much as we want to work for the liberation of the conditioned souls because Krsna desires it. So you are an intelligent girl, I n...]] —Jadurani, 14 January, 1970 --- ![[letters/1970/700122_brahmananda|According to authorized Vedic Scriptures liberation means to be fixed up in one's original position.]] —Barindra Babu, 22 January, 1970 --- ![[letters/1970/700129_ksirodakasayi|in our line of thoughts and action there is no scope for worshiping any other demigods.]] —Ksirodakasayi, 29 January, 1970 --- ![[letters/1970/700130_jayadvaita|Regarding the third point: all kinds of mellow includes servitude. Therefore a mixture of servitude and parenthood is not incompatible. So Ugrasenas mellow is correctly written as mixed with servitude and parental affection and the statement in pa...]] —Jayadvaita, 30 January, 1970 --- ![[letters/1970/700227_jagadisa|Astanga-yoga is better than karma-yoga and jnana-yoga is on the level of astanga-yoga. But bhakti-yoga is the ultimate goal of all yogas.]] —Jagadisa, 27 February, 1970 --- ![[letters/1970/700320_rukmini|Regarding your dream, it is a great blessing to you that Krsna warned you. So you should never be negligent. Always be careful, then in due course you will feel the bhava.]] —Rukmini, 20 March, 1970 --- ![[letters/1970/700426_himavati|It appears that you are on the attachment platform, this is very good. The next platform is ecstasy and then pure love of God. So stick to your duties]] —Himavati, 26 April, 1970 --- ![[letters/1970/700501_kenneth|Regarding your question about anna-maya, prana-maya, etc., yes they are different stages of consciousness. Different living beings are situated in different consciousness.]] —Tamala Kṛṣṇa, 1 May, 1970 --- ![[letters/1970/700603_makhanlal|The transcendental symptoms of ecstasy certainly are auspicious, but they are not for advertising to others. One should not advertise directly or indirectly]] —Makhanlal, 3 June, 1970 --- ![[letters/1970/700607_dr._r._n._vyasa._r._n._vyasa._r._n._vyasa]] —Sriman Vyasaji, 7 June, 1970 --- ![[letters/1970/700710_jayapataka|Regarding your feelings of burning impatience, these things are very explicitly explained in The Nectar of Devotion in the chapter on ecstasy. These are symptoms of ecstasy, that is not bad.]] —Jayapataka, 10 July, 1970 --- ![[letters/1970/700725_ekayani|it is said in the Srimad-Bhagavatam that one should not try to imitate the actions of the isvaras or those who are very powerful, but one should follow their instructions.]] —Ekayani, 25 July, 1970 --- ![[letters/1970/700719_hayagriva|Vaidhi-marga and raga-marga are already explained in the Teachings Of Lord Caitanya. Neophyte devotees who are trained under rules and regulations are called vaidhi-marga. When by execution of vaidhi-marga one comes to spontaneous service of the L...]] —Tamala Kṛṣṇa, 19 July, 1970 --- ![[letters/1970/700730_himavati|you are not wasting a moment of your time. This attitude is very good. This is Krsna consciousness—not to waste even a single moment without serving the Lord in some way or other.]] —Himavati, 30 July, 1970 --- ![[letters/1971/710424_rupanuga|There is no comparison of worshiping of Krsna as conceived by the gopis—that is only to love Krsna without any purpose.]] —Sri Shresthaji, 24 April, 1971 --- ![[letters/1971/711112_nityananda|So long as one is engaged in devotional service, he is immune to the reactions of his past sinful activities, but if he chooses to give up this devotional service, then he has to undergo all these reactions.]] —Nityananda, 12 November, 1971 --- ![[letters/1971/711117_patty_dorgan|He kindly allows us to show that love, by considering that if I do not feed Him, Krsna will go hungry. If I do not give Him rest, He will be tired, like that.]] —Patty Dorgan, 17 November, 1971 --- ![[letters/1972/720102_yajnesvara|Suffering must be there so long as we are conditioned in this material world, but for the devotees the suffering is minimized compared to that of the nondevotees. We have to tolerate any difficulties which come up, and somehow go on with our chant...]] —Von Paul Reed, 2 January, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/720227_mohanananda|Liberation from maya means engaging himself in the service of the Lord. So one should strive to become a servant of the Supreme,]] —Mohanananda, 27 February, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/720227_mohanananda|Cultivation of knowledge to understand Krsna as He is, that is called bhakti.]] —Mohanananda, 27 February, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/720615_himavati|Don't try to do anything artificially. That is sahajiya, which means a class of men that take everything very cheap. You want to perform sacrifice so continuously read our Vedic scriptures and perform the Vaikuntha yajna.]] —Himavati, 15 June, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/720806_jadurani|We are living in an ocean of air, we can live in an ocean of water, it is a question of art. By mystic power everything can be done.]] —Jadurani, 6 August, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/720904_jadurani|even Krsna came Himself, still Prahlada did not ask Him for any favours, only to please kindly have mercy upon my father. That is pure devotee. Of course we cannot imitate, but we should always try to remember the example of our predecessors and f...]] —Patty Dorgan, 4 September, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/721225_sri_govinda|Regarding your other question, should we become detached from the results of our activities, or should we become simply attached to the lotus feet of Krsna, the answer is that both of these philosophies are right.]] —Sri Govinda, 25 December, 1972 --- ![[letters/1973/730129_ksirodakasayi|they all attain the highest perfection of bhakti-yoga, not that now I am grhastha, I am doing karma-yoga, or now I am vanaprastha, I am doing sankhya-yoga, this is all nonsense.]] —Ksirodakasayi, 29 January, 1973 --- ![[letters/1973/731101_acyutananda]] —Acyutananda Maharaja, 1 November, 1973 --- ![[letters/1973/731127_jayadharma]] —Lynne Ludwig, 27 November, 1973 --- ![[letters/1974/740428_balavanta|all our students must be induced to following the regulative principles. One shouldn't think artificially he has come to the spontaneous platform. That is sahajiyaism.]] —Rupanuga Maharaja, 28 April, 1974 --- ![[letters/1974/740429_bhurijana|Those who think they have already attained such perfection and give up the regulative principles are called sahajiya, or those who take things cheaply and simply imitate.]] —Bhurijana, 29 April, 1974 --- ![[letters/1974/740716_siddha_svarupananda]] —Alfred Ford, 16 July, 1974 --- ![[letters/1974/741223_kisora|It is the duty of a learned scholar to glorify the Supreme Personality of Godhead by his talent of knowledge, austerity, penance, etc.]] —Sri Raghava Charyulu, 23 December, 1974 --- ![[letters/1974/741231_hansadutta|if you have some sentiment to get the blessings of Ganesa in order to get huge sums of money for service of Krsna, then it can be done, but privately. I have instructed them that if they want to do it, they must send me at least 100,000 dollars mo...]] —Gurukrpa Svami, 31 December, 1974 --- ![[letters/1975/750119_radhavallabha]] —Satsvarupa Maharaja, 19 January, 1975 --- ![[letters/1975/750314_mr._dennany._dennany._dennany|If you do these simple things, you will make steady advancement in Krsna consciousness and there will be no fall down.]] —Sivani devi dasi, 14 March, 1975 --- ![[letters/1976/760109_vishambhar|sometimes pressure is required, especially when one is not so advanced. Of course it has to be applied properly, otherwise there may be some bad taste.]] —Tusta Kṛṣṇa Maharaja, 9 January, 1976 --- ![[letters/1976/760427_mrs._perera._perera._perera|Devotional service is so powerful that it cannot be stopped in any circumstance. There are histories of many great devotees, like Prahlada Maharaja,]] —Mrs. Perera, 27 April, 1976 --- ![[letters/1976/760516_gopala_krsna|in general we cannot say that any of the nine processes is more important than the others, except that if hearing, chanting and remembering are there, that is the most vital consideration for the general class of men in this age.]] —Prajapati dasa, 16 May, 1976 --- ## Surrender ![[letters/1967/670929_subala|Krsna consciousness is a transcendental science which can be revealed to a sincere devotee who is prepared to render service to the Lord. Krsna consciousness is not achieved by dry arguments or by academic qualifications.]] —Subala, 29 September, 1967 --- ![[letters/1967/671217_indira_iris_mendoza_ekayani_esther_mendoza|Devotional service means to apply one's energy in the service of Krsna. That is the instruction of the Bhagavad-gita. You know that all our girl disciples are applying their energy in the service of Krsna.]] —Blanche Hochner, 17 December, 1967 --- ![[letters/1968/680115_hayagriva|his one qualification is that he is fully surrendered to Krsna and his spiritual master, which is the first-class recommendation for his editing any one of our literatures,]] —Hayagriva, 15 January, 1968 --- ![[letters/1968/680202_purusottama|whenever we are mature in receiving the transcendental message from books like Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam, via media the transparent bona fide spiritual master then we are able to chant or engage our tongue in the service of the Lord,]] —Purusottama, 2 February, 1968 --- ![[letters/1968/680208_brahmananda|Your remark that we cannot make Krsna our order supplier is very appropriate. We should always try to supply everything to Krsna and we shall try to avoid any return by Krsna.]] —Brahmananda, 8 February, 1968 --- ![[letters/1968/680213_gurudasa|a devotee always accepts his distress as minimized by God's mercy, although he would have to suffer many more times the suffering.]] —Gurudasa, 13 February, 1968 --- ![[letters/1968/680220_brahmananda|Even if Krsna is prepared to give us more, we should not accept anything from Him for our sense gratification. If anything is offered by Him, we should accept gladly for His service only.]] —Brahmananda, 20 February, 1968 --- ![[letters/1968/680225_karunamayi|To surrender to Krsna all at once is not generally possible, but as we serve Krsna more and more, we gradually become more and more surrendered at His lotus feet.]] —Karunamayi, 25 February, 1968 --- ![[letters/1968/680322_balai|Maya may put so many doubts and worthless arguments into our minds, but if we continue the chanting, the curing process will go on, never mind the doubts,]] —Terry and associates, 22 March, 1968 --- ![[letters/1968/680318_michael|You just remain fixed up in devotional service, and all impediments that may come will be vanquished by the unlimited potency of the Lord. We should have faith in His power, His Grace and His Causeless mercy.]] —Michael, March, 1968 --- ![[letters/1968/680607_gurudasa|Our London program is gradually becoming a tangible fact. And I am receiving letters from California devotees which are very encouraging. I think I shall be starting for London in the month of August. Certainly, your conclusion is very nice. We sh...]] —Gurudasa, 7 June, 1968 --- ![[letters/1968/680704_upendra|Never waste your time in any other talks. I think our students have already developed this attitude and they are not interested in idle talks.]] —Upendra, 4 July, 1968 --- ![[letters/1968/680824_aniruddha|devotional service means that we have to employ our energies for the purpose of Krsna consciousness, and it does not matter what is the volume of such energy,]] —Aniruddha, 24 August, 1968 --- ![[letters/1968/681015_rupanuga|The result, we leave it for the consideration of Krsna, and we shall not be disappointed whether the result is favorable or unfavorable. Actually, there cannot be any unfavorable result, because we are serving Krsna.]] —Rupanuga, 15 October, 1968 --- ![[letters/1968/681015_rayarama|those who are in Krsna consciousness, they are not afraid of anything. Either they are in hell or heaven, for them, they are all equal. They do not make any distinction]] —Rayarama, 15 October, 1968 --- ![[letters/1968/681111_umapati|Krsna is not in need of our service, but if we sacrifice everything for Krsna, that is for our good. You should always remember this maxim.]] —Umapati, 11 November, 1968 --- ![[letters/1968/681126_hrsikesa|When we keep our association with Krsna every activity is proper and liberating but if we should disassociate ourselves from the Lord's mercy then like a hand which is severed from the body we become ugly and useless.]] —Hrsikesa, 26 November, 1968 --- ![[letters/1968/681229_satsvarupa|have written at length apologizing for your difficulty in English language but we are not concerned with language but with the heart.]] —Dayala Nitai, 29 December, 1968 --- ![[letters/1969/690110_hansadutta|The success of human life is when one fully surrenders his life, his wealth, his intelligence and his words for the benefit of the Lord.]] —Mrs. Levine, 10 January, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/690115_kanupriya|So for prosecuting Krsna consciousness one should not eat more than what is needed. One should not endeavor beyond his capacity. One should not talk unnecessarily.]] —Kanupriya, 15 January, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/690208_jagannatham_prabhu|If Krsna was not so powerful, that He can easily undo our material entanglement, then there would be no need to follow the path of Krsna consciousness. Krsna has given His instruction in Bhagavad-gita that one should simply surrender unto Him,]] —Jim Doody, 8 February, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/690309_sivananda|are a very sincere devotee and if you simply stick to the principles success is sure for your life. Krsna's mercy is always bestowed upon one who is sincerely serving Him.]] —Sivananda, 9 March, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/690523_harer_nama|I am very much pleased to receive your daily reports and you are one of the best students who follows the regulative principles rigidly for enhancing the devotional service.]] —Isana dasa, 23 May, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/690508_jayagovinda|if anyone faces difficulties it is considered as blessings, because without tapasya or voluntarily accepting some inconveniences nobody can realize the Transcendence.]] —Jaya Govinda, 8 May, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/690525_vrndavanesvari|in everything we do, devotion and sincerity are the real things. There is a word in Sanskrit: bhava-grahi-janardana. This means the Lord accepts service in devotional emotion.]] —Mandali Bhadra, 25 May, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/690616_visala|how can we tell if one is completely surrendered unto the spiritual nature? He is always fully engaged in devotional service to Krsna.]] —Visala dasa, 16 June, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/690624_upendra|The best qualification for a Vaisnava is to act sincerely, and to his best capacity, for the service of Krsna. Otherwise, Krsna is so great, and we are so small, there is no question of our giving any service to Krsna.]] —Upendra, 24 June, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/690627_pradyumna|The secret of success in Krsna consciousness is to render service to Krsna to the best of our capacity. There is no other alternative to this.]] —Madan Mohan, 27 June, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/690629_syamasundara|So try your best and Krsna will help us, as He is already helping us. Krsna can help us immediately with all of His resources, but first of all He wants to see how much we can work seriously. So the more we become steady and serious, the more help...]] —Syamasundara, 29 June, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/690802_ann_clifford|So if you will come to our temple on Park Avenue and chant and speak with the devotees as far as possible, you will find that all lesser attachments and lesser enjoyments will fall very short of your attachment and attraction for the service of th...]] —Ann Clifford, 2 August, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/690803_robert_hendry|Wanting to become Krsna conscious is also as good as being in a state of Krsna consciousness. There is no actual difference, but the difference is only just like the difference between green mangoes and fully ripened mangoes.]] —Robert Hendry, 3 August, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/690816_damodara|We cannot demand from Krsna to know about Him. When you actually learn to serve Him, He reveals Himself. That is the process. And the success of life is simply by pleasing Him.]] —Damodara, 16 August, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/690922_sethji|Serving Krsna does not mean that we sit idly and say that Krsna will take care of all our business. That is not depending on the Lord, rather it is laziness.]] —Bhagavan dasa, 22 September, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/691015_jayagovinda|you are now serving Krsna under the instruction of your spiritual master, so there will be no scarcity of supply of strength unless there is some weakness on your part in the matter of absolute faith in these two shelters.]] —Jaya Govinda, 15 October, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/691021_yamunacarya|To follow in the footsteps of the mahatmas means to give submissive aural reception to the words and instructions of the bona fide spiritual master]] —Yamunacarya, 21 October, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/691102_kulasekhara|These feelings of loneliness are simply temporary manifestations due to past conditioning and we should try to concentrate our attention to our eternal friendship with Krsna.]] —Kulasekhara, 2 November, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/691109_bhagavan|it is a fact that when one is in contact with Krsna, His Name, His Qualities, His Form, His Pastimes, immediately he becomes purified. But because we are conscious living entities, the proportion depends on our conscious acceptance.]] —Bhagavan dasa, 9 November, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/691111_rudra|There is no need of fasting once every week. Two days fasting per month on Ekadasi is sufficient. Besides that there are other special fasting days.]] —Rudra dasa, 11 November, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/691114_pradyumna_arundhati|We have nothing to offer Krsna because He is the proprietor of everything that be. But when He sees that a living entity is trying to serve Him, that is appreciated.]] —Carl Lange, 14 November, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/691116_hitsaranji|simply by practicing wrestling among friends gradually he becomes stronger and the body is built up very nicely. Krsna consciousness is exactly like that. The more you serve Krsna, the more you get better strength to serve Him. Please remember thi...]] —Gopala Kṛṣṇa, 16 November, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/691204_bhadra_bardhan|whatever calamities happen we should take it as Krsna's blessings, as a token punishment for our past misdeeds. That is the observation of a devotee.]] —Sridhama, 4 December, 1969 --- ![[letters/1970/700116_madhusudana]] —Madhusudana, 16 January, 1970 --- ![[letters/1970/700203_mandali_bhadra|If we take up that causeless mercy a little seriously then further causeless mercies are bestowed one after another increasingly. Krsna is more anxious to bestow His benediction upon us than we are ready to take it.]] —Mandali Bhadra, 3 February, 1970 --- ![[letters/1970/700219_sucandra|As soon as a devotee is regularly engaged in this way, always engaged in Krsna consciousness, Krsna will reveal the whole spiritual science from within the heart of such sincere devotee.]] —Sucandra, 19 February, 1970 --- ![[letters/1970/700302_yamuna]] —Yamuna, 2 March, 1970 --- ![[letters/1970/700421_sudama|In rendering service to Lord Krsna and His representative, the spiritual master, we should always maintain this fearful attitude which means careful attention.]] —Gopala Kṛṣṇa, 21 April, 1970 --- ![[letters/1970/700411_subala|Krsna can provide anything and everything within a moment, but He waits to test a devotee. And when the devotee comes out successful from the test, He gives him all opportunity for devotional service.]] —Rsi Kumara, 11 April, 1970 --- ![[letters/1970/700426_himavati|The determination is difficult, Krsna consciousness is not difficult. Krsna consciousness is natural. One knows how to love another, so instead of loving so many others, one can very easily take to the business of loving Krsna—this is determination.]] —Himavati, 26 April, 1970 --- ![[letters/1970/700517_yamuna|It is good news that Sriman Tirthapada has also engaged one carpenter to help rebuilding our London temple house. Ashe is giving service, gradually he will come to Krsna consciousness. His giving service is his qualification. As we accept valuable...]] —Yamuna, 17 May, 1970 --- ![[letters/1970/700528_satsvarupa|the temple worship is necessary for the beginners so that by following the regulative principles such devotees become more and more purified and thus gradually come on the platform to understand Srimad-Bhagavatam.]] —Satsvarupa, 28 May, 1970 --- ![[letters/1970/700603_makhanlal|if you follow my instruction as above mentioned there is no doubt about it that through me my spiritual master Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura will be pleased, and through his mercy Lord Nityananda will be pleased.]] —Makhanlal, 3 June, 1970 --- ![[letters/1970/700928_damodara|if you turn over your intelligence to Him, He will bestow upon you more and more intelligence how to serve the spiritual master and Krsna in full Krsna consciousness.]] —Damodara, 28 September, 1970 --- ![[letters/1971/710108_vrindaban_candra|such feelings come and go like seasonal changes and we should not deviate for that reason from our prescribed duty.]] —Visnujana Maharaja, 8 January, 1971 --- ![[letters/1971/710708_kaliya_krsna_dasa|We should never think that, 'Oh! my service is so much valuable to Krsna. I am performing such nice service.' No. But we must take our service seriously because it will be to our benefit and Krsna will be pleased. That's all.]] —Kaliya Kṛṣṇa dasa, 8 July, 1971 --- ![[letters/1971/711117_patty_dorgan|If you are determined in this way to be his devotee, Krsna will provide some happy solution. But even if He puts us into extreme difficulty, we must always be prepared to consider everything as His special mercy,]] —Patty Dorgan, 17 November, 1971 --- ![[letters/1971/711222_jayapataka|the best way is not to prohibit by laws but to cleanse the heart. That is the real prevention of sinful activity.]] —Jayapataka, 22 December, 1971 --- ![[letters/1972/720102_yajnesvara]] —Yajnesvara, 2 January, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/720228_kirtiraja|there is a test for knowing if I am pleasing Krsna: If He reveals Himself to me, if I see Krsna, then I know I am pleasing Krsna. And another test is if my spiritual master is pleased by my service]] —Kirtiraja, 28 February, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/720305_bali-mardana-mardana-mardana|if you go on helping me in this way, you may know it for certain that very soon you will see Krsna face-to-face. In short words, I am very much fond of these booklets, now go on increasing.]] —Bali Mardan, 5 March, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/720422_dharma|Actually, Krsna does not care for how much we give to Him, but He sees how much we are keeping back for ourselves. There is the story of Kholaveca Sridhara, a devotee of Lord Caitanya who, although he was a very poor man, gave half of his meagre i...]] —Dharma, 22 April, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/720915_gurudasa]] —Sudevi dasi, 15 September, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/721214_visvambhara|This chemical is intoxicant, it will not help, it will send you to hell.]] —Visvambhara, 14 December, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/721219_jayapataka|Such surrendered devotee sees that everything is part of Krsna's plan, that whatever is meant to be, I am doing that, so let me do it with my full attention to every detail, let me become absorbed in such service, never mind what it is,]] —Jayapataka, 19 December, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/721231_dhananjaya|By our expending energy for Krsna, that is appreciated, not the actual result of our energy. But if there is lack of energy being devoted for some purpose, then everything will be delayed and possibly stopped.]] —Dhananjaya, 31 December, 1972 --- ![[letters/1973/730104_george]] —George, 4 January, 1973 --- ![[letters/1973/730104_george|Krsna will help, we do not rely on anything non-Krsna, but He will give facility when He sees we want it very, very seriously, working very hard and with great determination to get it, just to be able to serve Him better.]] —George, 4 January, 1973 --- ![[letters/1973/730210_karandhara|if there are any defects within our Society it is only the symptom that the instructions of the spiritual master are being neglected.]] —Karandhara, 10 February, 1973 --- ![[letters/1973/730828_satsvarupa|Bhaktivinoda Thakura used to say all difficult tasks he had to execute for Krsna were considered as great pleasure for him.]] —Satsvarupa, 28 August, 1973 --- ![[letters/1974/741125_subala|I am very glad to hear that you are engaged in the service of Tulasi devi. Tulasi leaves are very important for satisfying Lord Krsna. But Tulasi devi is not pleased by the nice tune of singing but by the nice devotion. So you continue to do your ...]] —Sarada devi dasi, 25 November, 1974 --- ![[letters/1976/760708_balavanta]] —Yasodalala dasa, 8 July, 1976 --- ![[letters/1976/761108_gaura_govinda|Try to get the certified copy. Otherwise, what can be done? Do not be discouraged. Go on serving sincerely. Your success is your sincere desire to serve Krsna.]] —Gaura Govinda Swami, 8 November, 1976 --- ![[letters/1976/761120_jitadusana]] —Jitadusana dasa, 20 November, 1976 --- ## Enthusiasm ![[letters/1967/670412_janardana|So either fifty percent or any percent you can easily spare for the Society, we shall welcome. Don't be overburdened. We don't want anyone to be overburdened.]] —Janardana, 12 April, 1967 --- ![[letters/1968/680225_karunamayi|Your enthusiasm is very encouraging to me. There is a great need for spreading of Krsna consciousness and we need so many enthusiastic boys and girls for carrying on this great mission of Caitanya Mahaprabhu.]] —Karunamayi, 25 February, 1968 --- ![[letters/1968/681016_brahmananda|I have already written them again, that do not be lethargic, be enthusiastic. And do something for the Society.]] —Brahmananda, 16 October, 1968 --- ![[letters/1969/690112_kirtanananda|Fortunately, we are now together and with great enthusiasm and patience let us erect this mission of Krsna consciousness.]] —Tamala Kṛṣṇa, 12 January, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/690227_brahmananda|Regarding my apartment, if you are feeling botheration then you can vacate. Do not take unnecessary botherations. Try to become free from all this material anxiety. Of course, sometimes we have to accept anxiety for Krsna, but we should do everyth...]] —Brahmananda, 27 February, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/690318_himavati|in the spiritual world there is no rest and there is no limit of activities. Krsna is unlimited, His service is unlimited and the energy of His servants is unlimited.]] —Tamala Kṛṣṇa, 18 March, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/690318_himavati|I am so glad to learn that you are prepared to work even harder, as a forward soldier, to fight the maya. May Krsna give you more and more strength.]] —Tamala Kṛṣṇa, 18 March, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/690330_advaita|Krsna is sufficiently powerful and able to give facilities to His devotees provided a devotee works very sincerely to please Him. We shall always keep this motto in our view]] —Syama dasi, 30 March, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/690330_jayagovinda]] —Jaya Govinda, 30 March, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/690523_harer_nama|The devotee more or less depends on his transcendental patience, enthusiasm and firm conviction. Those things will surely help him to reach perfection.]] —Tamala Kṛṣṇa, 23 May, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/690608_ananda|Your unhappiness in the absence of sufficient engagement is a good sign. This is called avyartha kalatvam. When a person is advanced in Krsna consciousness he should always think that my time may not go in vain without being engaged in Krsna's ser...]] —Hamsaduta, 8 June, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/690615_krsna_devi|with this taste of Krsna consciousness, we become more and more attracted so more and more, Krsna gives encouragement, and then more and more we increase in our desire to serve Krsna]] —Kṛṣṇa devi, 15 June, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/690715_jadurani|As you are all sincere devotees, I am sure you are feeling the great assistance of Krsna through your activities, and the more you serve the more you will know how you are making progress]] —Yamuna & Gurudasa, 15 July, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/691015_jayagovinda|if we become enthusiastic in spiritual matters, then we also get success in that way.]] —Jaya Govinda, 15 October, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/691031_satsvarupa|When pregnancy fails it is due to the weakness of the male partner generally. If we are full with Krsna vitality then wherever we go the audience will be impregnated with Krsna consciousness]] —Satsvarupa, 31 October, 1969 --- ![[letters/1970/700222_pradyumna|our Krsna consciousness movement the first qualification required by the devotees is enthusiasm. Then work it out patiently and with conviction then it will be surely done.]] —Bali Mardan, 22 February, 1970 --- ![[letters/1970/700407_giriraja|please increase your enthusiasm for pushing on this Krsna consciousness movement and Krsna will inspire you with all intelligence for serving Him]] —Giriraja, 7 April, 1970 --- ![[letters/1970/700503_ekayani|I am so happy to note your steady enthusiasm to work harder in Krsna's service. So this enthusiasm is a very good sign, and if you continue to become more and more enthusiastic to be always strictly engaged in devotional service while observing ca...]] —Ekayani, 3 May, 1970 --- ![[letters/1970/700619_sudama|It is very good news that you are getting your branch of ISKCON incorporated in Japan. That is nice. So you write to say that things are taking shape very nicely. It is all Krsna's grace. You have gone with great hope and enthusiasm, so Krsna is g...]] —Sudama, 19 June, 1970 --- ![[letters/1971/710101_sudama|Do not be diminished in your enthusiasm. You should always think of yourself that you are sold to Krsna as slave and that is the only way to get relief of the slavery of maya. I hope you will understand me rightly and do the needful. May Krsna hel...]] —Sudama, 1 January, 1971 --- ![[letters/1971/710104_stephen|Just know the danger lurking at every step in the material world and continue to execute your devotional service with great enthusiasm and determination.]] —Stephen, 4 January, 1971 --- ![[letters/1971/710127_sukadeva|If you remain pure and enthusiastic, you will have the spiritual strength to enthuse others with the chanting of Hare Krsna maha-mantra and devotional service to the Lord.]] —Upendra, 27 January, 1971 --- ![[letters/1971/711222_balavanta|We should always be enthusiastic to try for shooting the rhinoceros. That way, if we fail, everybody will say, never mind nobody can shoot a rhinoceros anyway,]] —Balavanta, 22 December, 1971 --- ![[letters/1972/720105_satsvarupa|I was always determined that somehow I would do everything possible to fulfill the desire of my Guru Maharaja, and despite all difficulties I always remained enthusiastic.]] —Satsvarupa, 5 January, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/720120_sri_govinda|you should always be enthusiastic to perform services unto the lotus feet of the Lord despite all obstacles,]] —Hamsaduta, 20 January, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/720424_brahmananda|The test of spiritual life is when one can work all day long and not be tired. In the material world, we do a little work and become exhausted.]] —Hamsaduta, 24 April, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/720511_bhaktijana|Actually Krsna does not require anything from us. He is complete in Himself but He is most pleased to see that we are very much enthusiastic to serve Him. That much He wants, that is bhakti, that enthusiasm for Krsna's service. So do not lack this...]] —Tamala Kṛṣṇa, 11 May, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/721219_jayapataka]] —Tejyas, 19 December, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/721223_atendriya_bahusira_jitamitra_maharha_omkara_vajasana|That is the first qualification to attain the supreme perfection of your life: enthusiasm. If there is always keen enthusiasm for serving Krsna, and if there is also patience and determination, then everything will he successful.]] —Hariprasadji, 23 December, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/721229_deva_mira|without any doubt you will remain always fresh and enthusiastic for working very energetically on Krsna's behalf, without any fall-down.]] —Pusta Kṛṣṇa, 29 December, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/721231_dhananjaya|If we strictly observe these principles, we shall remain always enthusiastic. These are the sources and the maintainers of our enthusiasm to serve Krsna.]] —Dhananjaya, 31 December, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/721231_dhananjaya|I am especially glad to note that everyone is feeling so much enthusiasm to work very hard in this preaching mission. That enthusiasm must be maintained under all circumstance. That is our price for entering into Krsna's kingdom. And maya is alway...]] —Dhananjaya, 31 December, 1972 --- ![[letters/1973/730128_palika|Now make sure you chant the sixteen rounds everyday on the beads, attend the classes, and follow all the regulative principles very rigidly. This will make you more and more advanced. In addition everything must be executed with great enthusiasm. ...]] —Thakura Haridasa, 28 January, 1973 --- ![[letters/1973/731012_ramesvara|Our success is our enthusiasm. So everything we do should be done with enthusiasm, the chanting, reading, and following the rules and regulations.]] —Hamsaduta, 12 October, 1973 --- ![[letters/1974/740111_nadia|We should not accept projects which will strain us. Bombay was a great strain, but Krsna has now given it to us. Henceforth we should not accept too much strain.]] —Tamala Kṛṣṇa Maharaja, 11 January, 1974 --- ![[letters/1974/740109_sukadeva_111|Regarding taking snuff, I myself take it sometimes at night because I am working at night on my books, and sometimes I become dizzy. But it is not for you to take. You should not imitate this, neither you work like me at night.]] —Revatinandana Swami, 9 January, 1974 --- ## Prayers ![[letters/1968/681018_dayananda]] —Kṛṣṇa devi, 18 October, 1968 --- ![[letters/1968/681113_upendra|Yes, you can pray to Krsna—Krsna may be prayed to, that I am unwilling to become Krsna conscious, so you can force me to become so. You put me under certain circumstances, so that I may be forced to accept Krsna consciousness. You can pray like th...]] —Upendra, 13 November, 1968 --- ![[letters/1968/681123_devananda|Please always remind me to chanty]] —Devananda, 23 November, 1968 --- ![[letters/1969/690525_vrndavanesvari|in everything we do, devotion and sincerity are the real things. There is a word in Sanskrit: bhava grahi janardana. This means the Lord accepts service in devotional emotion.]] —Mandali Bhadra, 25 May, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/690704_jayagovinda]] —Jaya Govinda, 4 July, 1969 --- ![[letters/1970/700214_madhudvisa|In regard to praying to Lord Nityananda Prabhu I have written to you in my last letter that such prayer is quite appropriate. Our only prayer should be in the matter of desiring further development of devotional service and such sincere prayer sho...]] —Madhudvisa, 14 February, 1970 --- ![[letters/1970/700429_pradyumna|You must always ask the Lord's grace to make you in the right position. It is not for your sense gratification, it is for the Lord's service. For the Lord's service, we can ask for His grace and mercy a hundred times but for our sense gratificatio...]] —Pradyumna, 29 April, 1970 --- ![[letters/1970/700704_himavati|we should always consider that this material world is a dangerous place and therefore we shall chant Lord Nrsimha's holy name in order to be protected by Him in all dangers.]] —Himavati, 4 July, 1970 --- ![[letters/1971/711117_himavati|So let us always pray that Krsna may put us into difficulty so that we may expect that He will also remain by us and not go away.]] —Himavati, 17 November, 1971 --- ![[letters/1973/730704_gurudasa|Let us pray to Krsna for speedy progress on the construction of our Krsna-Balarama temple.]] —Gurudasa, 4 July, 1973 --- ## Previous Births ![[letters/1967/670505_gurudasa_yamuna|Now Lord Caitanya wants that this movement should be spread in the Western countries so most probably in your previous births you were all Indians and cultivated this Krsna consciousness.]] —Kīrtanānanda, 5 May, 1967 --- ![[letters/1968/680118_rayarama|...because you are already acquainted with Krsna, I have no objection to accepting you as my disciple. Practically I do not have any disciples, I select so many masters to train them in the service of the Lord. Your natural attraction for Krsna ma...]] —Jaya Mazo, 18 January, 1968 --- ![[letters/1968/680421_boys_and_girls|I think the boy Terry is God sent. In his past life he must have cultivated this science of Krsna consciousness and therefore he has automatically been attracted]] —Boys and Girls, 21 April, 1968 --- ![[letters/1968/680505_gargamuni|it appears that both of you were in your previous birth advanced in this line of Krsna consciousness, and here is another chance to complete it.]] —Gargamuni, 5 May, 1968 --- ![[letters/1968/680807_nathan_baruch|I am so glad to learn that you are eager to serve Krsna in every way possible. This mentality is very rare, and I guess that you must have been engaged in Krsna's service in your previous life. To begin eager to serve Krsna is the greatest achieve...]] —Nathan Baruch, 7 August, 1968 --- ![[letters/1969/690819_oliver|In your previous life you must have cultivated Krsna consciousness. As we learn from Bhagavad-gita,]] —Oliver, 19 August, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/690930_nandarani|I am so glad to learn that Candramukhi is getting Krsna consciousness from the very beginning of her life. This is the advantage of her previous life's advancement]] —Nandarani, 30 September, 1969 --- ![[letters/1974/740819_sridhara|even in your young age you have taken to this process of Krsna consciousness. This means that in your previous life you were advanced in yoga but somehow or other you were not able to complete but now you have taken to it as if automatically.]] —Mr. Lourenco, 19 August, 1974 --- ![[letters/1975/751113_gargamuni|So many Vaisnavas have taken birth in America. Now America is going to be glorified. So many people are afraid of the American CIA. But now they will welcome Americans as American Vaisnavas.]] —Tamala Kṛṣṇa dasa Goswami, 13 November, 1975 --- ![[letters/1976/760131_bhurijana|Naturally your daughter is chanting the transcendental name of the Lord. It must be so, because unless one is pious in previous life, one cannot take birth in a Vaisnava family. Give her a good chance to become Krsna conscious more and more, and o...]] —Bhurijana, 31 January, 1976 --- ## Protection ![[letters/1968/680322_balai|Krsna has promised to always give all protection to His devotees, so you may rest assured that Krsna will take very good care of him.]] —Balai, 22 March, 1968 --- ![[letters/1969/690309_sivananda|You are a very sincere devotee and if you simply stick to the principles success is sure for your life. Krsna's mercy is always bestowed upon one who is sincerely serving Him.]] —Sivananda, 9 March, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/691113_jayasri|for His devotees He has got special attention. So depend on Krsna, chant regularly Hare Krsna and you will find that He is talking with you face to face, what to speak of supplying your necessities.]] —Jayasri, 13 November, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/691206_steven_hebel]] —Steven Rebel, 6 December, 1969 --- ![[letters/1970/700219_sucandra|It is said in the Srimad-Bhagavatam that this devotional service is so powerful that even if a devotee occasionally falls down from the standard there is no loss for him.]] —Sucandra, 19 February, 1970 --- ![[letters/1970/700615_rupanuga|This dangerous position is dangerous if it does not go away after its appearance for a while. But if it goes away, then it is friend. A devotee's angle of vision being that everything is emanating from the Supreme, danger is not danger]] —Rupanuga, 15 June, 1970 --- ![[letters/1974/740107_malati|You write that things are in a crises in England, with oil shortage and IRA bombing. Therefore, we have to take shelter of Krsna. If Krsna wants to kill us that is not wrong, if it is His desire. Our business should just to be to follow the regula...]] —Malati, 7 January, 1974 --- ![[letters/1977/770112_visvadharini]] —Visvadharini dasi, 12 January, 1977 --- --- **[← Back to Śikṣāmṛta](wiki/compile/siksamrita)**