# PUBLIC RELATIONS ## General Public Relations ![[letters/1968/680207_janardana|There is no question of our not being popular to the world. Simply we have to present ourselves in true perspective. We can challenge any rascals of the world]] —* SPL to Janārdana, 7 February, 1968 --- ![[letters/1968/680306_janardana|We must try to catch the attention of as many people as possible so that some may come and hear us and be benefitted.]] —Andrea Temple, 6 March, 1968 --- ![[letters/1968/680619_purusottama|The idea is that we want to get some facilities for presenting our formulas to the different nations of the world. The formula is very simple, but sublime at the same time.]] —Puruṅottama, 19 June, 1968 --- ![[letters/1968/681007_tosana_krsna]] —Hayagrīva, 7 October, 1968 --- ![[letters/1969/690629_rayarama]] —Śyāmasundara, 29 June, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/691018_tamala_krsna]] —Tamāla Kṛṣṇa, 18 October, 1969 --- ![[letters/1970/700114_the_executive_senior_editor]] —The Executive Senior Editor, 14 14, 1970 --- ![[letters/1970/700208_yamuna_mandakini_ilavati_jyotirmayi_dhananjaya_digvijaya_jotilla_prithadevi_tamala_krsna]] —Bhagavān dāsa, 8 February, 1970 --- ![[letters/1970/700319_patita_uddharana]] —Hayagrīva, 19 March, 1970 --- ![[letters/1970/700528_satsvarupa]] —Satsvarūpa, 28 May, 1970 --- ![[letters/1970/700626_dinesh|I am very glad to know that you are maintaining a nice program of satkirtana in the Washington area. Yes, this satkirtana is our prime means for attracting sincere souls back to Krsna consciousness, so continue to improve your satkirtana as far as...]] —Dīnesh, 26 June, 1970 --- ![[letters/1971/710121_bhagavan|To publish a daily newspaper requires a huge establishment and the editor must be very well-versed so that he can comment on all fields.]] —Bhagavān dāsa, 21 January, 1971 --- ![[letters/1971/710216_upendra|You have written one note to Hahsaduta that you have received a very nice offset press and you are contemplating printing a daily newspaper. I've already written to you about this in my last letter, that to start a daily newspaper involves a profi...]] —Bhagavān, 16 February, 1971 --- ![[letters/1971/711104_karandhara]] —Karandhara, 4 November, 1971 --- ![[letters/1972/720801_batu_gopala|I am in due receipt of your telegram dated July 28, 1972 and I am to inform you that we shall not advertise in this way because we have not yet received visas for Bangladesh. When we get Bangladesh visas and actually begin our preaching work there...]] —Raṣadhīra, 1 August, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/721213_balavanta]] —Balavanta, 13 December, 1972 --- ![[letters/1973/730109_hayagriva|Though they may be dressed in rags, still they are more exalted than kings.]] —Mr. Robert Keene, 9 January, 1973 --- ![[letters/1973/731127_jayadharma]] —Lynne Ludwig, 27 November, 1973 --- ![[letters/1975/750528_anangamanjari|Regarding registration in Guyana, you simply have to show in court how we are an international Society, not for any particular creed, race, or nation. Show them that we are a cultural movement. You should not back away when things get difficult.]] —Hṛdayānanda Gosvāmi, 28 May, 1975 --- ![[letters/1975/750610_radha_krishna_dhawan|Yes, when you go to the court in Mexico, show them a copy of Professor Stillson Judah's book, 'Hare Krsna and the Counterculture,' and a copy of the letter from him to me which I have enclosed. Our movement is a genuine movement and we are being a...]] —Jagadīśa, 10 June, 1975 --- ![[letters/1975/750831_minister_for_land_revenue|Of course we have to speak the truth, but very palatably. These neophyte devotees have not yet learned how to speak the truth palatably, but gradually they are learning.]] —Śrī Rāmeshji Mahālingam, 31 August, 1975 --- ![[letters/1975/750918_sushil_k._arora._arora._arora|they are making announcements telling the people not to purchase our literature. This is impeding our religion and is therefore blasphemy. This cannot be allowed. You should take this to the courts and let people know what they are doing.]] —Śrutadeva dāsa, 18 September, 1975 --- ![[letters/1975/751113_gargamuni|Just see what books we are publishing all over our Society in all languages. Where is the CIA message in our books that they are claiming?]] —Ālālanātha dāsa, 13 November, 1975 --- ![[letters/1976/760928_gopiparanadhana|Yes, whenever strong and probably false statements are made against ISKCON, we can take a defamation case against them.]] —* SPL to Jayapatākā, 28 September, 1976 --- ![[letters/1976/761029_ramesvara|I approve your efforts to sue this Ted Patrick and his publisher. It must be done.]] —Rāmeśvara, 29 October, 1976 --- ![[letters/1976/761029_ramesvara]] —Rāmeśvara, 29 October, 1976 --- ![[letters/1976/761029_ramesvara|It is a fact that we are different from all bogus groups. Now we should present our movement very nicely so that people will be able to understand. We are trying to raise the animal-like humans to real human status.]] —Rāmeśvara, 29 October, 1976 --- ![[letters/1976/761030_srutadeva|Let all the Indians say that this is bona fide. Have profuse testimony. Collect testimony in London and Toronto.]] —Tamāla Kṛṣṇa, 30 October, 1976 --- ![[letters/1976/761202_brahmananda|If they are giving us trouble to distribute at the airports, then go to the courts. What can be done? We already have favorable decisions from some courts. We are doing something good for the whole world. Present the scholars' opinions. They have ...]] —Rāmeśvara, 2 December, 1976 --- ![[letters/1976/761202_brahmananda|Regarding these deprogrammers, we must defeat their false accusations in the courts. We do not force anyone. They may stay or go—the freedom is there. Out of their own accord they don’t want association with meat-eaters, drunkards, and debauchees.]] —Rāmeśvara, 2 December, 1976 --- ## Hari-nāma Saṭkīrtana ![[letters/1968/680205_upendra|they are chanting Hare Krsna in mockery still it doesn't matter. Just so long they are chanting Hare Krsna, that is the success of our mission]] —Upendra, 5 February, 1968 --- ![[letters/1968/680303_hansadutta_himavati|I am pleased to hear that you have begun practicing for the kirtana party. Please keep me informed how you are progressing. Yes, if you like you can also arrange for costumes and wig; one boy may be dressed as Lord Caitanya, another as Nityananda ,]] —Haḥsadūta and Himāvatī, 3 March, 1968 --- ![[letters/1968/680304_brahmananda]] —Haḥsadūta, 4 March, 1968 --- ![[letters/1968/680601_upendra|I am going to Montreal on Monday, June 3rd, and if I find Montreal quite suitable I shall call you and some other students to assemble there to practice satkirtana]] —Upendra, 1 June, 1968 --- ![[letters/1968/680703_rupanuga|It is very good news that you have got good prospects of the future of that center in Buffalo. And you will be glad to know that in New York and Boston, by following this process of chanting in public places like parks and streets, they are gettin...]] —Rūpānuga, June, 1968 --- ![[letters/1968/680716_yamuna_devi|in all the important cities of the world. Here also, in the Expo, they have performed kirtana]] —Yamunā, July, 1968 --- ![[letters/1968/680814_upendra]] —Upendra, 14 August, 1968 --- ![[letters/1968/680909_subala|I am so glad to learn that you have got permission to chant in the park. Previously you sent me the press clippings, and I have seen that there was some difficulty, now by Krsna's grace you have got permission. Do not mind that the park is not vis...]] —Subala, 9 September, 1968 --- ![[letters/1969/690125_mr._levine._levine._levine|I am very pleased to note that the newspaper article which you had helped arrange has resulted in much interest in our movement in Hawaii. It is also very encouraging to note that you are going out onto the streets to chant and preach to the peopl...]] —Mahāpuruṅa, 25 January, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/690213_sivananda|You will be glad to know that in London they are doing very nicely and a report was published in some San Francisco paper with the heading, Krsna]] —Kṛṣṇa dāsa, 13 February, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/690514_indira|This chanting is our life and soul, so we must arrange our program now so that there will be as much chanting on the streets and at college engagements as possible.]] —Satsvarūpa, 14 May, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/690514_ananda|So satkirtana party in the streets and satkirtana party in school engagements should be our chief business. This will assure success in our propaganda activities.]] —Ānanda, 14 May, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/690517_rupanuga|. It is very, very encouraging that you are holding kirtanas in public places and someway or other people are becoming interested. These outdoor kirtanas should be rigidly followed at least one hour daily. That will make our movement popular there.]] —Kṛṣṇa dāsa, 17 May, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/690531_patita_uddharana|Try to keep nice peace with the police as far as possible, because our method is to be tolerant more than the tree and humbler than the grass on the street. We don't mind for so-called prestige. If keeping peaceful we can execute our Krsna conscio...]] —Satsvarūpa, 31 May, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/690613_mukunda]] —Kṛṣṇa dāsa, 13 June, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/690802_gaurasundara|Regarding the difficulties you are having because of the police stopping your chanting in the streets, when Subala was arrested in Philadelphia for this same reason the judge declared him as 'not guilty' when he learned of the nature of our moveme...]] —Gaurasundara, 2 August, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/690907_jagadisa]] —Jagadīśa, 7 September, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/691013_pradyumna|we must steadily go on with our activities without caring for these so-called custodians of law. We are the most lawful citizens in the world,]] —Pradyumna, 13 October, 1969 --- ![[letters/1970/700208_yamuna_mandakini_ilavati_jyotirmayi_dhananjaya_digvijaya_jotilla_prithadevi_tamala_krsna]] —Bhagavān dāsa, 8 February, 1970 --- ![[letters/1970/700208_yamuna_mandakini_ilavati_jyotirmayi_dhananjaya_digvijaya_jotilla_prithadevi_tamala_krsna|one thing we must remember that we are not professional musicians or concert party. Our main business is to vibrate the holy name of Krsna everywhere]] —Tamāla Kṛṣṇa, 8 February, 1970 --- ![[letters/1970/700221_manmohini|But I will suggest one thing—that you can organize a mass satkirtana procession on the Advent day of Lord Caitanya ,]] —Śyāmasundara, 21 February, 1970 --- ![[letters/1970/700324_mukunda|it is very satisfying that you have introduced the satkirtana party procession in the public streets and parks on the occasion of Lord Caitanya's Birthday .]] —Mukunda, 24 March, 1970 --- ![[letters/1970/700401_mukunda]] —Gurudāsa, 1 April, 1970 --- ![[letters/1970/700414_madhudvisa|this unique procession has convinced them that our men are very nice and they can organize a great crowd without any violence.]] —Madhudvisa, 14 April, 1970 --- ![[letters/1970/700426_hansadutta]] —Haḥsadūta, April, 1970 --- ![[letters/1970/700708_manager_of_security_pacific_bankb|Satkirtana should be done by you in the streets and at gatherings and in this manner display what is this Krsna consciousness movement and how it is for everyone's eternal welfare and happiness.]] —Śrīdhāmā, 8 July, 1970 --- ![[letters/1970/700715_upendra]] —Upendra, 15 July, 1970 --- ![[letters/1970/700921_harivilasa|sometimes as many as four hundred business and working men join them in chanting Hare Krsna on the streets. It is all Caitanya Mahaprabhu's mercy that this is happening all around the world]] —Harivilāsa, 21 September, 1970 --- ![[letters/1972/720914_hansadutta|Better to resolve the whole situation by approaching their leaders at once and reconciling everything with them by bringing them prasadam and other nice gifts and giving them our philosophy, and if they are willing to hear it, also teach them how ...]] —Haḥsadūta, 14 September, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/721213_balavanta]] —Balavanta, 13 December, 1972 --- ![[letters/1973/730211_guru_gauranga|As far as police problems are concerned, this is going on all over the world, especially here in Melbourne, they are being persecuted by the police. Even they are going to jail daily, but still they will not stop their chanting and distributing.]] —Guru Gaurānga, 11 February, 1973 --- ![[letters/1974/741206_sri_govinda]] —Śrī Govinda dāsa, 6 December, 1974 --- ![[letters/1974/741228_jagadisa|We are not musicians. We are Krsna bhaktas. Therefore we do not stress so much importance on these different musical talents. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is God Himself. Had He thought it would have been better to spread Krsna consciousness by another...]] —Jagadīśa Paṣḍita, 28 December, 1974 --- ![[letters/1975/751110_bahudak|I am glad to note that you are taking out the travelling party. I hope that you have good success. Just do everything very soberly. Regarding the instruments, stringed instruments are Vedic, but the real Vedic instrument is mrdatga and karatala. A...]] —==**SPL to Bahūdaka dāsa, 10 November, 1975 --- ![[letters/1976/760929_dvarakesa|Yes, kirtana and prasada will appeal to even the uneducated. We have means to preach to both the educated and uneducated, the sinful and the pious—dhiradhira-jana-priyau. Regarding the concerts, make mrdatga concert. You will get good mrdatgas fro...]] —Dvārakeśa dāsa, 29 September, 1976 --- ![[letters/1976/761028_caitya-guru-guru-guru|Caitanya Mahaprabhu used to go out chanting. He never spoke philosophy in public, only among higher circles. The chanting is very effective. Along with tambora and mrdatga played very rhythmically let them chant.]] —* SPL to Harikeśa Swami, 28 October, 1976 --- ## Politicians and Leaders ![[letters/1968/681009_dayananda]] —Satsvarūpa, 9 October, 1968 --- ![[letters/1968/681009_satsvarupa]] —Satsvarūpa, 9 October, 1968 --- ![[letters/1968/681114_aniruddha]] —Satsvarūpa, 14 November, 1968 --- ![[letters/1970/700701_citsukhananda|We may approach our government leaders with our simple formula and show to them by the practical result that we are accomplishing the reform work that they are trying to do by spending millions of dollars but not very successfully.]] —Rūpānuga, 1 July, 1970 --- ![[letters/1970/700922_bhagavan|So if we want actually to be successful we must convince the influential men of your country, then everything will follow automatically.]] —Śyāmasundara, 22 September, 1970 --- ![[letters/1970/701112_damodara|Please continue to try and convince the world leaders who are in Washington DC about our Krsna consciousness program.]] —Dāmodara, 12 November, 1970 --- ![[letters/1971/710703_damodara_and_abhirama|Unfortunately the politicians do not want to see people in higher consciousness. They want to keep the people in darkness and exploit their sentiment for personal aggrandizement.]] —Dāmodara and Abhirāma, 3 July, 1971 --- ![[letters/1971/710707_bhagavan]] —Bhagavān dāsa, 7 July, 1971 --- ![[letters/1971/711120_bhakta_dasa|These governments exist only for saying no, so I am not very optimistic that any government will ever help us.]] —Sudāmā, 20 November, 1971 --- ![[letters/1971/711203_damodara|Generally I don't have much faith in these politicians. They are no more interested for the welfare of the citizens. Simply they want some votes to exploit others. But let us see what can be done.]] —Dāmodara, 3 December, 1971 --- ![[letters/1971/711212_uddhava|I am especially pleased that you are eager to attract the upper class of your society]] —Atreya Rṅī, 12 December, 1971 --- ![[letters/1972/720218_balavanta]] —Balavanta, 18 February, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/720528_balavanta]] —Balavanta, 28 May, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/720612_amarendra]] —Amarendra, 12 June, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/720617_balavanta|I am very glad to hear that you are keeping active in the political arena, and if we are able to establish Krsna]] —Balavanta, 17 June, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/721024_rupanuga|it will become well known that our philosophy of political leadership is of the highest standard and morality ,]] —Rūpānuga, 24 October, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/721024_rupanuga|we shall take our strength from Lord Caitanya and He has said that His name shall be heard in every town and village, and He is God and we are doing His business, so what some government officials can do? But because we want to engage everyone in ...]] —*SPL to Rūpānuga, 24 October, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/721213_balavanta]] —Balavanta, 13 December, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/721217_unknown]] —unknown, 17 December, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/721227_mukunda]] —Mukunda, 27 December, 1972 --- ![[letters/1973/730109_damodara|we must get the support of the common men, and if the leading men can be induced by you to preach on our behalf, then you will be able to speed up the process and actually that is a very great service for Krsna.]] —Dāmodara, 9 January, 1973 --- ![[letters/1974/740116_damodara]] —Dāmodara, 16 January, 1974 --- ![[letters/1974/740323_damodara|Your political satkirtana Godbrothers, Balavanta and Amarendra are here in Bombay helping us for some time, but I have informed them that their real work is in the USA.]] —Dāmodara, 23 March, 1974 --- ![[letters/1974/740401_syamasundara]] —*SPL to Śyāmasundara, 1 April, 1974 --- ![[letters/1974/740428_balavanta|As for political speaking, first of all, don’t go so much into the details of the affairs. Our message is that people should elect pure God conscious leaders, that is our main statement. We cannot go into details. As a side touch you can speak on ...]] —Balavanta, 28 April, 1974 --- ![[letters/1974/740429_amarendra|Preach on the basis of the division of the society into four orders, as without this the society is useless and people cannot be happy or even have the necessities of life.]] —Amarendra, 29 April, 1974 --- ![[letters/1974/740509_caru]] —Caru, 9 May, 1974 --- ![[letters/1974/740608_syamasundara|I have stopped the political movement because it will not help us. It is a very filthy atmosphere. Better you do not indulge in those things with expenditure of money and spiritual energy.]] —Rūpānuga, 8 June, 1974 --- ![[letters/1974/740608_damodara|It is not so easy to do politics, moreover it is a filthy atmosphere. So do not indulge in it .]] —Dāmodara, 8 June, 1974 --- ![[letters/1974/740609_krsna_dasa]] —Ravindra Svarūpa, 9 June, 1974 --- ![[letters/1974/740610_balavanta]] —Balavanta, 10 June, 1974 --- ![[letters/1974/741218_rupanuga]] —Rūpānuga, 18 December, 1974 --- ![[letters/1975/751109_jagadisa|The clippings for Nalini Kanta who is running for the mayor of Phoenix are a good advertisement and we are getting good publicity. But be careful that he may not be implicated too much. There is a proverb which states that one should pick up the f...]] —Satsvarūpa Mahārāja, 9 November, 1975 --- ![[letters/1976/760606_b.r._sridhara_maharaja.r._sridhara_maharaja.r._sridhara_maharaja|Krsna is not going to flatter the politicians and learned scholars, rather Krsna is teaching them how to flatter Krsna]] —Girirāja, 6 June, 1976 --- ![[letters/1976/760606_b.r._sridhara_maharaja.r._sridhara_maharaja.r._sridhara_maharaja|Actually it is a fact. The United Nations is barking like dogs; what have they done? Any sane man can understand that after thirty years they are simply barking.]] —Jayapatākā Mahārāja, 6 June, 1976 --- ![[letters/1976/761004_balavanta|Our ultimate aim is to take part in politics; because Krsna took part in politics, we have to follow—but if people do not become Krsna conscious it won’t be possible.]] —Balavanta dāsa, 4 October, 1976 --- ![[letters/1977/770420_atreya_rsi|Power-hungry politicians are creating havoc everywhere. These rascals create so many difficult situations. The public is very nice, but the politicians keep them in ignorance. I have studied the whole world. Human nature is the same everywhere. Th...]] —Atreya Ṛṅi dāsa, 20 April, 1977 --- ## Parents ![[letters/1968/680329_nandarani_dayananda|we cannot sacrifice the principles of Krsna consciousness on being employed by some relative of this world.]] —Nandarāṣī and Dayānanda, 29 March, 1968 --- ![[letters/1968/680909_aniruddha]] —Aniruddha, 9 September, 1968 --- ![[letters/1968/681016_gaurasundara]] —Brahmānanda, 16 October, 1968 --- ![[letters/1968/681026_gargamuni]] —Gargamuni, 26 October, 1968 --- ![[letters/1968/681112_syamasundara|It is very much depressing. I thought that your father and mother will receive him as beloved child, but instead they are ill-treating or at least not treating as beloved child.]] —Brahmānanda, 12 November, 1968 --- ![[letters/1968/681122_gargamuni|But you must treat your father as respectful as myself; even if you are sometimes ill-treated, you should tolerate. You should follow the example of Prahlada Maharaja.]] —Gargamuni, 22 November, 1968 --- ![[letters/1968/681126_upendra]] —Hṛṅīkeśa, 26 November, 1968 --- ![[letters/1968/681219_gargamuni]] —Gargamuni, 19 December, 1968 --- ![[letters/1969/690111_gargamuni|I wanted to give your father a chance so he would not think that the two of his boys are lost in the Krsna consciousness movement.]] —Gargamuni, 11 January, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/690113_mrs._hochner._hochner._hochner]] —Mrs. Hochner, 13 January, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/690214_kirtanananda|If you can contribute this one son to Krsna for preaching His glories, you will be doing the greatest service to your family]] —Rūpānuga, 14 February, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/690526_upendra]] —Gopāla Kṛṣṇa, 26 May, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/690527_sir|No one can check another's spiritual advancement on the plea of any material relationship.]] —Gopāla Kṛṣṇa dāsa, 27 May, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/690621_gurudasa]] —Gopāla Kṛṣṇa, 21 June, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/690711_gopala_krsna|So I am very glad to know that you have become more affectionate for your spiritual father than for your natural father]] —Bali Mardan, 11 July, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/691008_dr._sham_sundarji._sham_sundarji._sham_sundarji|It is a good opportunity both ways to keep good relations with your father and to make money and serve Krsna with the money profusely.]] —Kṛṣṇa dāsa, 8 October, 1969 --- ![[letters/1970/700203_mandali_bhadra]] —* SPL to Maṣḍalī Bhadrā, 3 February, 1970 --- ![[letters/1970/700522_hayagriva|But Krsna is available in the human form of body; so Krsna is more important than the parents. So do not miss the opportunity of your present human form of body.]] —Śrīman Murthy, 22 May, 1970 --- ![[letters/1971/710404_nayanabhirama|So far as ’Krsna catering service,’ unless you have got sufficient time to accept such engagements, don’t take it, because everything must be done nicely. Try also and make the parents of our devotees into life members. That will help our movement...]] —Nayanābhirāma, 4 April, 1971 --- ![[letters/1971/711117_patty_dorgan]] —Patty Dorgan, 17 November, 1971 --- ![[letters/1971/711117_patty_dorgan|your parents will appreciate your determination, especially if you are otherwise always very kind to them.]] —Patty Dorgan, 17 November, 1971 --- ![[letters/1972/720619_misses_sarna_daughters|It is not good if there is family disturbance in this way, so best thing is you shall go there at once and live peacefully and think always of Krsna under all circumstances.]] —Sarna daughters, 19 June, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/720904_jadurani]] —* SPL to Patty Dorgan, 4 September, 1972 --- ![[letters/1974/741125_subala|Last night your mother came to the temple and talked with me. Sometimes you can send her some news of your health, but not very much correspondence, after all she is mother. Lord Caitanya used to also please His mother by sending prasada and men w...]] —Mahāḥsa Svāmī, 25 November, 1974 --- ![[letters/1975/750618_durgesh_patel]] —Durgesh, 18 June, 1975 --- ![[letters/1976/761101_ramakrishna_bajaj|They are feeling the weight of our movement. Therefore, an attempt is being made to suppress or stop the movement in Europe and America. In America the parents of my disciples are combining together.]] —Ramakrishna Bajaj, 1 November, 1976 --- ![[letters/1976/761107_ramesvara|These things should be done legally not whimsically. If the father is victorious in the courts then what can we do? Our business is not to kidnap. People must come voluntarily.]] —Rāmeśvara, 7 November, 1976 --- ![[letters/1977/770101_satsvarupa|The parents' meeting in Detroit was very nice. It is a very good idea to organize a "Parents for Krsna’ club. Try to do that.]] —Satsvarūpa Mahārāja, 1 January, 1977 --- ![[letters/1977/770119_brisakapi|repetition of birth and death, and your good example must be followed by all mothers in America.]] —Mrs. Perlmutter, 19 January, 1977 --- ![[letters/1977/770403_akshayananda_swami.b._chavan]] —Mrs. Rose Forkash, 3 April, 1977 --- ## Radio, Television and Advertising ![[letters/1967/670224_brahmananda]] —Brahmānanda, 24 February, 1967 --- ![[letters/1968/680208_brahmananda]] —* SPL to Brahmānanda, 8 February, 1968 --- ![[letters/1968/680406_brahmananda|For television we should have at least one hour appearance; this fifteen or twenty minutes, and with nonsense questions by the interviewer, is not very good.]] —Brahmananda, 6 April, 1968 --- ![[letters/1969/690715_jadurani]] —* SPL to Śyāmasundara, 15 July, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/690802_gaurasundara|I am very encouraged to learn that you have your own radio show for one hour every Sunday morning. Here in Los Angeles I have so many tapes of my singing prayers, chanting new tunes of Hare Krsna, playing mrdatga, and purports to prayers. So if yo...]] —Gaurasundara, 2 August, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/690917_krsna_dasa]] —Kṛṣṇa dāsa, 17 September, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/691008_krsna_dasa]] —Kṛṣṇa dāsa, 8 October, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/691208_jayagovinda|So far as your plan for making Hare Krsna day-glow signs, that is very nice.]] —Jaya Govinda, 8 December, 1969 --- ![[letters/1970/701201_nayanabhirama]] —Nayanābhirāma, 1 December, 1970 --- ![[letters/1970/701229_jagadisa|It is also good news that your recent marriage celebration in Krsna consciousness was filmed for display by a large television station. People will very soon come to appreciate the Krsna conscious way of life as distinct from the dull repetition o...]] —Jagadīśa, 29 December, 1970 --- ![[letters/1971/710121_sri_govinda]] —Bhagavān dāsa, 21 January, 1971 --- ![[letters/1971/710411_bhagavan]] —Bhagavān dāsa, 11 April, 1971 --- ![[letters/1971/711222_nayanabhirama|I am encouraged to hear from you that our Delhi pasdal festival was seen on T.V. in America and other places. We can become famous for such shows,]] —Nayanābhirāma, 22 December, 1971 --- ![[letters/1971/711230_rupanuga]] —Rūpānuga, 30 December, 1971 --- ![[letters/1972/720105_rasadhira|Your idea for utilizing video tape recording systems to broadcast our activities is very nice. It will be very good if you can convince the television stations to carry our program on a regular basis and this equipment, if it can be used for this ...]] —Raṣadhīra, 5 January, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/720117_jayapataka_bhavananda|”Your idea for video tape recording of Krsna consciousness activities is very nice, and if you are able to arrange for the equipment then it is a very good proposal.]] —Raṣadhīra, 17 January, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/720216_chaya]] —Siddeśvara and Kṛṣṇakānti, 16 February, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/720322_karandhara|I wish to speak on the great philosophy of Bhagavata-dharma at least once in a week on television, so if arrangement is made by you for this, then you will be doing the highest service for Krsna.]] —Karandhara, 22 March, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/720423_krsnakanti|Your endeavor to spread Krsna consciousness by means of radio and television is very encouraging to me, and I am looking forward to participating in this program when I return to Los Angeles soon.]] —Kṛṣṇakānti, 23 April, 1972 --- ![[letters/1973/730221_mukunda]] —Mukunda, 21 February, 1973 --- ![[letters/1973/730306_cyavana|I am very glad to hear that the film Hare Rama' was defeated there, it is Krsna's grace. This man is a very bad man for our movement's sake, that movie is a great insult to us. I think there was bribe by the government who does not want this movem...]] —Cyavana, 6 March, 1973 --- ![[letters/1973/730323_satyabhama|Radio and TV programs are all right if we can introduce our literature, like Bhagavad-gita, etc., otherwise there is so much nonsense on the media that they will forget quickly what they see and hear.]] —Sudāmā, 23 March, 1973 --- ![[letters/1974/741228_jagadisa|If they see us on television show then the next moment they will forget. But if they come to a festival and participate that is eternal benefit.]] —Jagadīśa, 28 December, 1974 --- ![[letters/1975/750206_brahmananda|By unfair and slanderous newspaper and television propaganda, they have ruined our reputation and turned the general public against our movement. We cannot sit down and be idle.]] —all Temple Presidents, 6 February, 1975 --- ![[letters/1976/760110_visvakarma|The sign can be on from evening to midnight, that will be the proper utilization of such an ideal building and location." ([[letters/1976/760110_visvakarma|]] —==SPL to Viśvakarma, 10 January, 1976 --- ![[letters/1976/760423_sons_and_daughters]] —Rāmeśvara dāsa Mahārāja and Raṣadhīra dāsa, 23 April, 1976 --- ## Press Propaganda ![[letters/1967/670930_janardana|. You should try to get another newspaper article out explaining the real scientific position of our movement]] —Janārdana, 30 September, 1967 --- ![[letters/1967/671221_brahmananda]] —Brahmānanda, 21 December, 1967 --- ![[letters/1968/680201_harekrishna_aggarwal|Many papers in this country also, especially Life Magazine, Times of India, San Francisco Chronicle and many other minor papers have printed articles about our movement. Many mayors of great cities, police officials, have also appreciated our move...]] —Hare Krishnaji, 1 February, 1968 --- ![[letters/1968/680205_upendra|even they are chanting Hare Krsna in mockery, still it doesn’t matter. Just so long they are chanting Hare Krsna, that is the success of our mission.]] —Upendra, 5 February, 1968 --- ![[letters/1968/680219_balai|All press cuttings and important publications from our Society, especially Back to Godhead should all be regularly sent to the following address. He will utilize them for supporting our Indian center. Please do the needful in this connection.]] —Balāi, 19 February, 1968 --- ![[letters/1968/681108_yamuna_mukunda_syamasundara|So we can reply him in so many ways to teach this rascal a good lesson, but the more we continue such correspondence, we give unnecessarily some publicity to a rascal. Mukunda has already protested such rascal]] —Yamunā, 8 8, 1968 --- ![[letters/1969/690213_sivananda]] —Kṛṣṇa dāsa, 13 February, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/690503_hayagriva_pradyumna|I want four mrdatgas and twelve karatalas or cymbals. If Kirtanananda can play the harmonium melodiously along with the chanting it will be nice. If somebody can play the tambora, that will be still more nice. But they should be rhythmically played.]] —Hayagrīva and Pradyumna, 3 May, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/690715_jadurani]] —Śyāmasundara, 15 July, 1969 --- ![[letters/1969/690907_madhudvisa|I can understand that Krsna is giving you encouragement to increase the strength of Detroit center because you write to say that there is a big article to be printed in the largest Detroit paper and you have already arranged for two university cou...]] —Jagadīśa, 7 September, 1969 --- ![[letters/1970/700210_syamasundara]] —Śyāmasundara, 10 February, 1970 --- ![[letters/1970/700313_sudama|Your article published in the college newspaper is very nice regarding the eclipse. If we stick to our principle, certainly very soon we shall be recognized as a bona fide institution and who can give better information than us in the matter of sp...]] —Satsvarūpa, 13 March, 1970 --- ![[letters/1970/700402_vamanadeva]] —Vāmanadeva, 2 April, 1970 --- ![[letters/1970/700414_tamala_krsna]] —Brahmānanda, 14 April, 1970 --- ![[letters/1971/710109_nayanabhirama]] —Nayanābhirāma, 9 January, 1971 --- ![[letters/1971/710221_citsukhananda|It is very good that Candravali is in charge of informing the public of our activities. This is very important work. It is our main consideration in the development of our centers that the people should be attracted to this Krsna consciousness mov...]] —Citsukhānanda, 21 February, 1971 --- ![[letters/1972/720402_revatinandana|We should always be patient to answer such newsmen's questions; they are very easy to answer, and so many people will see.]] —Tamāla Kṛṣṇa & Jayapatākā, 2 April, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/720722_acyutananda|So far my writings, avoid publishing them in hodgepodge journals.]] —Girirāja, 22 July, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/720907_tamala_krsna]] —Tamāla Kṛṣṇa, 7 September, 1972 --- ![[letters/1974/741206_sri_govinda|the article about the book distribution at the airport is indirectly an advertisement. People will come to know about our books and our movement.]] —Śri Govinda dāsa, 6 December, 1974 --- ![[letters/1975/751025_amrita_patrika_newspaper]] —Amrita Patrika Newspaper, 25 25, 1975 --- ![[letters/1976/760526_yasomatinandana]] —Yaśomatīnandana dāsa, 26 May, 1976 --- ![[letters/1976/760529_haihaya|Of course, ’Hare Krsna’ is there on all these newspaper reports, that I want, that somehow or other hundreds and thousands of men will chant Hare Krsna.]] —Balavanta dāsa, 29 May, 1976 --- ![[letters/1976/760624_aksayananda|she should be brought into court, immediately. The Hare Krsna cult is bona fide, why she should say otherwise? She must withdraw this statement publicly. It is Vedic culture. We have so many letters from professors, parents, other svamis]] —Gopāla Kṛṣṇa, 24 June, 1976 --- ![[letters/1976/760928_gopiparanadhana|Yes, whenever strong and probable false statements are made against ISKCON are made, we can take defamation case against them.]] —Jayapātāka, 28 September, 1976 --- ![[letters/1976/761108_gaura_govinda]] —Rūpānuga, 8 November, 1976 --- ![[letters/1976/761124_adi-kesava-kesava-kesava]] —Ādi Keśava, 24 November, 1976 --- ![[letters/1976/761124_ramesvara|these people are brain-washed and they are accusing us of being brain-washed. This we have to prove. We have the real science. This should be preached and proven in the courts.]] —Rāmeśvara, 24 November, 1976 --- ![[letters/1976/761226_adi-kesava-kesava-kesava|We want that Krsna's name will become the most prominent in the Western world, directly or indirectly. Either they praise Krsna or they criticise, they are being purified.]] —Ādi Keśava, 26 December, 1976 --- ## Food Relief ![[letters/1967/670827_jananivasa]] —SPL Mrinaline, 27 August, 1967 --- ![[letters/1972/720512_bhagavan|You can contact Tamala Krsna]] —Bhagavān dāsa, 12 May, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/720801_batu_gopala|I have informed Bhavananda and Tamala Krsna Gosvami that they must try to increase the distribution of prasadam program in Mayapur, otherwise, as you have told me, the authorities of your country may revoke their foodstuff donation.]] —Gurudāsa, 1 August, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/720806_damodara]] —Dāmodara, 6 August, 1972 --- ![[letters/1972/720913_upendra]] —Atreya Ṛṅi, 13 September, 1972 --- ![[letters/1974/740316_satyahit|I am hopeful that if we can widely distribute free foodstuffs to the people of India, by giving it out at our centers as well as by travelling parties to villages, we will win over the whole country and the whole world by this activity on Krsna's ...]] —Satyahit, 16 March, 1974 --- ![[letters/1975/750109_rupanuga]] —Rūpānuga dāsa, 9 January, 1975 --- ![[letters/1975/750117_hansadutta]] —Rūpānuga dāsa, 17 January, 1975 --- ![[letters/1975/750117_hansadutta]] —Haḥsadūta dāsa, 17 January, 1975 --- ![[letters/1975/751003_ramesvara|In Bombay I have paid in advance Rs. 25,000/- to Bhavananda Maharaja for Food Relief poor feeding; so whatever you have collected for poor feeding may be sent to Bombay Bank of America.]] —Rāmesvara dāsa, 3 October, 1975 --- --- **[← Back to Śikṣāmṛta](wiki/compile/siksamrita)**