# PREACHING IN INDIA ## Before Coming to the West ![[letters/1949/490901_secretary]] —Secretary, 1 1, 1949 --- ![[letters/1973/730521_ekendra_shawn_christina_dvarakadhisa_kimi_tonya_joe_john_candramukhi_carol_peggy_lisa_stephanie]] —Niraṣjana, 21 May, 1973 --- ## India in General ![[letters/1968/680301_acyutananda]] —Acyutānanda, 1 March, 1968 --- ![[letters/1968/680301_acyutananda|India government is worthless management. So there is some anomalies which will be rectified. In the meantime get the goods cleared with Indemnity Board if so required.]] —Brahmānanda, 1 March, 1968 --- ![[letters/1968/680610_harivilasa|As you have liked the place Hrnikesa, why not try to establish yourself there and organize a center for our ISKCON there. I know that many European and American students go in that part of India to search out real spiritual enlightenment,]] —Hari Vilāsa, 10 June, 1968 --- ![[letters/1969/690310_madhusudana]] —Brahmānanda, 10 March, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/690708_rayarama]] —Mr. Kair, 8 July, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/690903_gopala_krsna|Regarding your correspondence with the leading men in India, I don’t think it will be very much fruitful. Personally I have no faith in them, but if you decide to open correspondence with them, I have no objection. But my personal opinion is not v...]] —Gopāla Kṛṣṇa dāsa, 3 September, 1969 --- ![[letters/1970/700309_gopala_krsna|I am very glad to learn that you have prepared one long article for sending to the 'Illustrated Weekly of India.' That is very nice, and if possible write some further articles, either in Hindi or English, for being published in India.]] —Gopāla Kṛṣṇa, 9 March, 1970 --- ![[letters/1970/700417_jayapataka|Yes, if you live in India it will be a better facility that you have some preliminary knowledge of the local language. This was recommended even for big British officers who used to go to India either for business or for political purposes.]] —Jayapatākā, 17 April, 1970 --- ![[letters/1971/710104_upendra|The simple villagers are very much attracted by this saskirtana process and they join with us very nicely and listen attentively.]] —Upendra, 4 January, 1971 --- ![[letters/1971/710419_bali-mardana-mardana-mardana|Our Society is registered, our activities are bonafide, I am a preacher and if I maintain my disciples and assistants properly, how can the government ask them to go? Please consult about this legal implication and if they are refused to stay in I...]] —Tamāla Kṛṣṇa, 19 April, 1971 --- ![[letters/1971/711222_jayapataka]] —Jayapatākā, 22 December, 1971 --- ![[letters/1972/720402_tamala_krsna_and_jayapataka|The newspaper report of Hindus and Moslems eating together which has been printed in Amrita Bazar Patrika will persuade many rich men to help us.]] —Tamāla Kṛṣṇa and Jayapatākā, 2 April, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/720612_gurudasa|If you can persuade them to give us foodstuffs directly, then we shall use it properly and America's prestige will be widely spread throughout India. We can organize for distribution of prasadam all over India, in factories, schools, and so on.]] —Gurudāsa, 12 June, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/720722_acyutananda|That will be the real task ahead, to sell many, many books all over India and use all the money for building.]] —Girirāja, 22 July, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/720725_satsvarupa]] —Śrī Joshiji, 25 July, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/720809_cyavana|I am very much pleased to hear that you are leaving Calcutta for your tour of the cities of south India]] —*SPL to Yaśodānandana and Gurukṛpa, 9 August, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/720826_jayapataka|But these things must be consulted amongst all of you leaders, not that one man decides these things whimsically.]] —Jayapatākā, 26 August, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/720913_upendra|I have been very much encouraged to see some advertisement booklet printed by Air India wherein the theme is exclusively dedicated to Krsna and Vrndavana. With this idea the Air India Company is enticing tourists to come to India simply to experie...]] —*SPL to Yadubara, 13 September, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/720918_govinda|Now we have created interest all over the world in Krsna and Vrndavana, for instance the Air India is using the Krsna theme in their advertising campaign, so we have created this atmosphere of interest in Krsna in the Western countries, and I thin...]] —Karan Singh, 18 September, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/721024_rupanuga|But so far recommendation of the Indian government is concerned, they will not help us, that is to be expected. They are the most corrupt of all, simply levying taxes, living nicely at the public expense, plotting how to get votes, and if anyone a...]] —Rūpānuga, 24 October, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/721203_ekayani|...I am very happy to hear of your new plan for forming the travelling Hindu saskirtana party. That is a very nice idea.]] —Gopāla Kṛṣṇa, 3 December, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/721219_jayapataka|to many thousands who will attend the Questions and Answers tents,]] —Jayapatākā, 19 December, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/721221_meenakatan]] —Yaśodānandana and Gurukṛpā, 21 December, 1972 --- ![[letters/1973/730105_kirtanananda|We shall not be very much concerned any more with properties and big, big temples, now we have got our place at Vrndavana and our place at Mayapur, that is sufficient, now let us spend our hard-earned money for printing Krsna's books and distribut...]] —Tejyas, 5 January, 1973 --- ![[letters/1973/730305_kirtiraja|We must avoid the risk of a separatist movement, unity is our purpose; just like in London where the Indians are starting their own Hindu Radha-Krsna temple. We want to avoid skin disease and the Indian people are like the tannery expert]] —Śrīman Hariprasad Badruka, 5 March, 1973 --- ![[letters/1973/730315_jayatirtha]] —Tejyas, 15 March, 1973 --- ![[letters/1973/731106_srimati_indira_gandhi|I wish that our Indian government will be proud to take up this cultural movement very seriously, so that the whole world will be benefited, and India will be glorified.]] —Śrīmati Indira Gandhi, 6 6, 1973 --- ![[letters/1973/731213_beharilal|In our childhood days we were reading one book, Folk Tales of Bengal. It was very widely read, especially by children. So why not introduce the Krsna book for the same purpose?]] —* SPL to Tamāla Kṛṣṇa Goswami, 13 December, 1973 --- ![[letters/1974/740316_satyahit]] —Satyahit, 16 March, 1974 --- ![[letters/1974/740408_tejiyas|Regarding the offers of land in different places, you should take them. First accept them, then we shall see how to manage them. We will have to import brahmasas to man them.]] —Tejyas, 8 April, 1974 --- ![[letters/1974/740427_pusta_krsna|Other than the bona fide Vainsava functions we cannot divert our devotees' attention to such participation in so called religious functions. This has spoiled the Hindu religion into a hodge podge pseudoreligion.]] —Gopāla Kṛṣṇa, 27 April, 1974 --- ![[letters/1975/750204_giriraja]] —Girirāja dāsa, 4 February, 1975 --- ![[letters/1975/750510_giriraja|our men should go from village to village with satkirtana party, hold festival, namely distribution of Bhagavata prasadam and induce them to chant]] —Radheswaranand Goswami, 10 May, 1975 --- ![[letters/1975/750704_ramesvara|By my calculation you should be able to sell in India at least four lakhs of rupees worth of books per month. You simply have to organize it.]] —Girirāa dāsa, 4 July, 1975 --- ![[letters/1975/750717_brijratan_s._mohatta._mohatta._mohatta]] —Gopāla Kṛṣṇa dāsa, 17 July, 1975 --- ![[letters/1975/750817_kirtanananda]] —Abhinanda dāsa and Gopeśvara dāsa, 17 August, 1975 --- ![[letters/1975/750817_kirtanananda|I would like to have a temple in every village in India and invite everyone to come and eat prasada, and live with us provided they follow our principles.]] —Mahāḥsa Swami, 17 August, 1975 --- ![[letters/1975/750907_balavanta]] —Mahāvīrya dāsa, 7 September, 1975 --- ![[letters/1975/750909_hansadutta]] —Mahāmsa Swami, 9 September, 1975 --- ![[letters/1975/751204_mark_phillips]] —Acyutānanda and Yaśodānandana Swamis, 4 December, 1975 --- ![[letters/1975/751208_sri_d._n._mishra._n._mishra._n._mishra|Just this month we have sent preachers to Ahmedabad and Kanpur for opening centers, and we are planning to build a gorgeous Krsna Arjuna temple at Kuruknetra in cooperation with the late Home Minister G.L. Nanda.]] —Sree Krishna C. Batra, 8 December, 1975 --- ![[letters/1975/751208_sri_d._n._mishra._n._mishra._n._mishra|I had been in Kuruknetra with the idea of constructing a temple, the negotiations are going on with the late Home Minister G.L. Nanda.]] —Dinanath, 8 December, 1975 --- ![[letters/1976/760228_ramram_maharaja]] —Akśayānanda Swami, 28 February, 1976 --- ![[letters/1976/760324_devotees]] —Kashi Babu, 24 March, 1976 --- ![[letters/1976/760520_manager_of_bank_of_america|You mentioned that the chief minister of Haryana promised to give me land in Kuruknetra for constructing our project there, but where is his letter? We must have this in writing.]] —Gopāla Kṛṣṇa, 20 May, 1976 --- ![[letters/1976/760526_yasomatinandana|The devotees must learn Hindi, as many as possible, and take citizenship. What about the Parliament? They were going to raise the question about our men coming to stay in India indefinitely, but I have heard nothing further in this connection.]] —Girirāja, 26 May, 1976 --- ![[letters/1976/760607_gargamuni]] —Abhirāma dāsa, 7 June, 1976 --- ![[letters/1976/760626_manager_american_express_international|Indeed there is a good potential or better, for our books in Indian libraries and universities]] —Gopāla Kṛṣṇa, 26 June, 1976 --- ![[letters/1976/760626_manager_american_express_international]] —Mahābuddhi and library party, 26 June, 1976 --- ![[letters/1976/760717_damodara_pandita|There is a great future for making standing orders in India undoubtedly. So now this program must go on very nicely and Krsna will give you all support.]] —Abhinanda dāsa, 17 July, 1976 --- ![[letters/1976/760918_dr._b.n._shukla._b.n._shukla._b.n._shukla]] —Gaura Govinda Mahārāja, 18 September, 1976 --- ![[letters/1976/761214_gurukrpa]] —Lokanātha, 14 December, 1976 --- ## Vṛndāvana ![[letters/1967/670321_satsvarupa]] —Satsvarūpa, 21 March, 1967 --- ![[letters/1967/670824_gurudasa|Any of our students who wish to learn more about the Goswami literatures will have the greatest facilities for living here at Vrndavana, free of boarding, lodging, and tuition.]] —*SPL to Mukunda, 24 August, 1967 --- ![[letters/1967/670909_jadurani|Regarding your work in the temple by painting, wherever you remain, if you are fully absorbed in your transcendental work for Krsna consciousness that place is eternally Vrndavana—it is the consciousness that creates Vrndavana. The Lord remains in...]] —Jadurāṣī, 9 September, 1967 --- ![[letters/1967/671230_madhusudana|My dream is that at least one dozen students shall remain in Vrndavana and, trained up nicely and sent for preaching work all over the world.]] —Madhusūdana, December, 1967 --- ![[letters/1968/680326_yadunandana|impressive for devotional service, but that also is not advisable to remain alone. I am trying to get a nice place at Vrndavana and when that place is there I shall personally be present with some devotees and appreciate the atmosphere of Vrndavana.]] —Yadunandana, 26 March, 1968 --- ![[letters/1969/690704_jayagovinda|The Vrndavana in Mathura is now congested with so many worldly men. Formerly, Vrndavana was excavated by the Goswamis and only pure devotees were going there.]] —Jaya Govinda, 4 July, 1969 --- ![[letters/1970/700222_pradyumna|It is correct that Nanda, Krsna, the gopas and gopis left Gokula to move to Vrndavana. There is no discrepancy because the whole area of Mathura is known as Vrndavana.]] —Dāmodara, 22 February, 1970 --- ![[letters/1970/700726_indrani|the abode of Krsna is described as having no need of sunlight or moonlight, the answer is that these pictures show Krsna as He appeared in Vrndavana 5,000 years ago.]] —Indrānī, 26 July, 1970 --- ![[letters/1971/711130_chairman_of_municipal_committee_of_vindavan|I am currently in Vrndavana with a party of 40 devotees, and we are having daily parikrama of the holy places.]] —Rūpānuga, 30 November, 1971 --- ![[letters/1972/720215_gargamuni|I have just now received your letter, and I thank you very much for understanding our philosophy correctly. Yes, if one is always engaged in following the orders of the spiritual master, even in hell, that is Vaikusṃha or Vrndavana.]] —Gargamuni, 15 February, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/720528_giriraja]] —Girirāja, 28 May, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/720714_rsabhadeva]] —Gurudāsa, 14 July, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/720801_batu_gopala|Regarding the visa problem in Vrndavana, if you always remain very careful with the authorities there, then we shall have no problems in the future. But if there is even one incident or scandalous rumor, that may ruin everything.]] —Gurudāsa, 1 August, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/720805_bali-mardana-mardana-mardana|make our presence in Vrndavana very impressive and prestigious, and that will be the greatest service. That is my advice. Keep your prestige very nicely there in Vrndavana]] —Acyutānanda, 5 August, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/720811_gangadevi]] —Gurudāsa and Yamunā, 11 August, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/721121_joshiji]] —Niraṣjana, 21 November, 1972 --- ![[letters/1973/730103_prabhavisnu]] —Bhavānanda, 3 January, 1973 --- ![[letters/1973/730704_gurudasa]] —Gurudāsa, 4 July, 1973 --- ![[letters/1973/730815_jagadisa]] —Tejyas, 15 August, 1973 --- ![[letters/1974/740117_gurudasa|If there is a little inconvenience, still the devotees must visit Vrndavana.]] —Gurudāsa, 17 January, 1974 --- ![[letters/1974/740323_damodara|0ur Vrndavana temple is perhaps our nicest building in the whole movement and I want at least twenty-five good men here at all times.]] —Mūrti dāsa, 23 March, 1974 --- ![[letters/1974/740516_bhima_krsna_dasa_sanat_kumara_nityananda_samba_joseph|In a holy place sins are magnified four-fold, etc.]] —Śrī Pannalalji, 16 May, 1974 --- ![[letters/1974/740701_gurudasa]] —Gurudāsa, 1 July, 1974 --- ![[letters/1974/741115_atreya_rsi|I am glad to note that the Home Minister is looking into the visa problem for our men. The idea is that we are spending so much for constructing these projects but no local Indians are coming forward to join us. So who will manage these projects? ...]] —Dhanaṣjaya dāsa, 15 November, 1974 --- ![[letters/1975/750526_hasyakari]] —Akśayānanda Swami and Dhanaṣjaya, 26 May, 1975 --- ![[letters/1976/760607_gargamuni|In many cases, these babajis keep 2 or 3 women. Asatsatga tyagi. Their association is to be avoided and prohibited amongst all of our devotees who visit Vrndavana.]] —Nitāi, 7 June, 1976 --- ![[letters/1976/760609_tarun_kanti_ghosh|Somehow or other, the guesthouse must be freed from all encumbrances. It will be absolutely used by guests. I have received reliable reports that on account of the devotees staying there, guests were sometimes refused places because all the rooms ...]] —*SPL to Gop*ā* la Kṛṣṇa, 9 June, 1976 --- ![[letters/1976/761118_satsvarupa]] —Gurudāsa, 18 November, 1976 --- ![[letters/1977/770205_gurudasa|Your suggestion that the devotees visiting Vrndavana engage in preaching and chanting and not in gossiping is very good. I have instructed that this be taken to the GBC and implanted.]] —Gurudāsa, 5 February, 1977 --- ## Māyāpur and Calcutta ![[letters/1969/690711_gopala_krsna|Bhaktivinoda Ṃhakura desired that American disciples would come to Mayapur to take advantage of the birthplace of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. I wanted to make one American home there,]] —Brahmānanda, 11 July, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/690711_gopala_krsna|I would request you to consider if you can construct a temple at the birthplace of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu.]] —Gopāla Kṛṣṇa, 11 July, 1969 --- ![[letters/1970/700205_hanuman_prasad_poddar|I want to start a center in India at the birth site of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu especially for accommodating non-Indian students for taking lessons in this great transcendental art.]] —Hanuman Prasad Poddar, 5 February, 1970 --- ![[letters/1971/710814_dinesh_babu]] —Dīnesh Babu, 14 August, 1971 --- ![[letters/1972/720713_yadubara|I instructed that Calcutta should support Mayapur. Otherwise what is the use of maintaining such big establishment in Calcutta?]] —Girirāja, 13 July, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/720714_rsabhadeva]] —Bhavānanda, 14 July, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/720730_giriraja|Keep a cow, then there will be no question of scarcity or relying upon somebody else for your maintenance.]] —Jayapatākā, 30 July, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/720730_giriraja|I want that we shall excell the Caitanya Maṃha. They have been struggling for the last 50 years, and we shall surpass them in two years. We are working two shifts of labor: that is American style of doing things. I am very pleased if you can conti...]] —Jayapatākā, 30 July, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/720801_batu_gopala|If you do something wonderful at Mayapur that will be my credit and I can truly be called the guru of the Americans. But if you do not do anything there, then that will be a great discredit for me and I will not defeat my Godbrothers as I desire.]] —Tamāla Kṛṣṇa, 1 August, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/720801_batu_gopala]] —Gurudāsa, 1 August, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/720801_batu_gopala|I want that you shall distribute prasadam at least to hundreds of persons daily, and advertise very widely ad over Nadia Province for people to come there and take prasadam daily without charge.]] —Bhavānanda, 1 August, 1972 --- ![[letters/1973/730103_prabhavisnu]] —Bhavānanda, 3 January, 1973 --- ![[letters/1976/760606_b.r._sridhara_maharaja.r._sridhara_maharaja.r._sridhara_maharaja]] —B.R. Śrīdhara Swami, 6 June, 1976 --- ![[letters/1976/760820_sampath_kumar|We are going to have a very big project at Mayapur. We have to acquire 350 acres of land from the government and construct a spiritual town at the expense of Rs. 200 crores. The plans and contemplations are going on in different phases, now when C...]] —Dinesh Chandra Sarkar, 20 August, 1976 --- ![[letters/1976/761207_pancaratna]] —Paṣcaratna dāsa, 7 December, 1976 --- ![[letters/1977/770129_ramesvara|In the meantime, what is the position of the Panihaṃi scheme? I want you to negotiate with the municipality so that we can take over management of Raghava Pasdita's house. Our first project will be to take pictures of this house, and then tear it ...]] —Jayapatākā Mahārāja, 29 January, 1977 --- ## Bombay ![[letters/1968/681013_janaki]] —Acyutānanda and Jaya Govinda, 13 October, 1968 --- ![[letters/1972/720524_giriraja]] —Girirāja, 24 May, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/720826_jayapataka|The Maidan programs in India should be done in consultation with all. We have now got our reputation and we must do everything very carefully to keep it. Same process, four or five or six big men, whatever they think the others must say all right ...]] —Mādhavānanda, 26 August, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/720913_upendra|I am coming to India soon, at least by October, and I want to see that the building projects in Bombay, Mayapur and Vrndavana are going on nicely. This Bombay project is one of our most important projects in the whole world and I am looking to you...]] —==*SPL to Yadubara, 13 September, 1972 --- ![[letters/1977/770325_gurudasa]] —Gurudāsa, 25 March, 1977 --- ## Jagannatha Puri and Bhubaneswar ![[letters/1970/700203_mandali_bhadra]] —Maṣḍali Bhadrā, 3 February, 1970 --- ![[letters/1974/740408_tejiyas]] —*SPL to Śyāmasundara Brahmacāri, 8 April, 1974 --- ![[letters/1974/740531_sukadeva]] —Achyutananda Maharaj, 31 May, 1974 --- ![[letters/1974/741125_subala]] —Mahāḥsa Swami, 25 November, 1974 --- ![[letters/1976/760520_manager_of_bank_of_america|So far the land in Jagganatha Puri is concerned, we can have a nice temple on 21 acres of land.' You can negotiate the rental fees and inform me accordingly before proceeding further with this project. Whether in the land there is vegetation? If i...]] —Abhirāma dāsa, 20 May, 1976 --- ![[letters/1976/760607_gargamuni|Concerning Puri, whether there is potency of vegetation. That we have to examine. If there is no such potency, then we are not interested.]] —Abhirāma dāsa, 7 June, 1976 --- ![[letters/1976/760607_gargamuni|If the Jagannatha Puri land is simply desert, sand, and there is no prospect of growing any vegetation there, like grass and trees and plants, then in the hot season it will be difficult to go there and to remain there. So before we consider this ...]] —Gargamuni, 7 June, 1976 --- ![[letters/1976/761117_gaura_govinda|What is the climate like there in Bhubaneswar now? I want to come there. I want to begin work immediately on constructing a temple exactly like Jagannatha's temple in Puri. You can immediately begin to get estimates from contractors. It will be a ...]] —Gaura Govinda, 17 November, 1976 --- ![[letters/1976/761214_gurukrpa|Because our devotees are not allowed to enter Jagannatha's temple at Puri I'm thinking to build a duplicate temple at Bhubaneswar.]] —Gurukṛpā, 14 December, 1976 --- ## Delhi ![[letters/1972/721219_jayapataka|There are so many intelligent boys and girls in Delhi, that I have marked, and I think there is more potential there than other places in India]] —Gurudāsa and Yamunā, 19 December, 1972 --- --- **[← Back to Śikṣāmṛta](wiki/compile/siksamrita)**