Correspondence from His Divine Grace

A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda

Filtered by year=1969

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1969-00-00	Archbishop of Canterburyplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Archbishop of Canterbury — Los Angeles, , 1969 Letter to: Archbishop of Canterbury His Divine Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury London, England Your Holiness, Please accept my respectful and humble obeisances. I beg to introduce myself as an Indian monk, following the Vedic principles of religious life. At present, I am in the renounced order of sannyasa (age 73) and preaching God Consciousness all over the world. I came to America in 1965, and since then, I have many followers belonging to both Christian and Jewish faiths. Thus far I h…	Los Angeles
1969-00-00	Sumati Morarjeeplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Sumati Morarjee — 1969 Letter to: Sumati Morarjee To Sumati Morarji International Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, in London, I shall try to see if there is any similar society here. But one thing I can suggest as you have asked me to give a thought to this problem, that Goseva, according to our Vedic injunction, is specially entrusted to the mercantile community. Of course, during the Hindu government in India, the kings were mostly Vaisnavas like Maharaja Pariksit, and he at once caught the Black man …
1969-01-01	Krsna dasaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Krsna dasa — January 1, 1969 Letter to: Krsna dasa Hamburg My dear Krishna Das, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your two letters December 21 and December 23, 1968. I am very glad to know of your sincere activities in Krishna Consciousness. You are just a child and only by Krishna	Los Angeles
1969-01-02	Hansaduttaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Hansadutta — January 3, 1969 Letter to: Hansadutta [Based on the 1st paragraph, we believe that the original letter was incorrectly dated. Our estimate is that this is the correct date.---Bhaktivedanta Archives] My dear Hansadutta,	Los Angeles
1969-01-04	Upendraplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Upendra — January 4, 1969 Letter to: Upendra My dear Upendra, Please accept my blessings. I have received your nice gift of rose petal preserves and I thank you very much for this. Also, I have just yesterday received one letter from a boy in Seattle named Charles McCollogh, and he has desired to come here to Los Angeles and receive initiation from me. Please inform me of the situation with this boy so I may reply to his letter there after.	Los Angeles
1969-01-06	Upendraplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Upendra — January 6, 1969 Letter to: Upendra My dear Upendra, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated January 2, 1969 and I have carefully noted the contents. You have expressed the desire to become an Ayurvedic physician but I do not think that this proposal is very good. This science is not so important to us now because in your country there is ample facility for receiving medicines. Besides many of the herbs which are needed for Ayurvedic treatment would have to be sent here from India,…	Los Angeles
1969-01-09	Brahmanandaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Brahmananda — January 9, 1969 Letter to: Brahmananda My dear Brahmananda, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated January 4, 1969, and I have carefully noted the contents. One thing that I beg to bring to your notice about the printing of my books. In 1954, I left my home, and for 5 years I lived as Vanaprastha here and there, and then in 1959 I took sannyasa. Of course even when I was a householder I was publishing	Los Angeles
1969-01-09	Paramanandaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Paramananda — January 9, 1969 Letter to: Paramananda My dear Paramananda, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter of January 4, 1969 along with your note for Purusottama who is here now and will give you his note along with this letter. I understand that you are anxious to go to New Vrindaban. I think that it is Krishna	Los Angeles
1969-01-10	Hansaduttaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Hansadutta — January 10, 1969 Letter to: Hansadutta My dear Hansadutta, Please accept my blessings. I have received one letter from Mr. and Mrs. Levine who I suppose are living in the same building where you are living. It is understood from their letters that they are eager to be initiated. If they are prepared to follow the rules and regulations I think that they can be initiated by mail. So if you recommend you can ask them to send their beads and I shall initiate them.	Los Angeles
1969-01-10	Mrs. Levineplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Mrs. Levine — January 10, 1969 Letter to: Mrs. Levine Dear Mrs. Levine, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your nice letter of January 5, 1969, along with your husband’s note. Please offer my thanks to him.	Los Angeles
1969-01-11	Gargamuniplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Gargamuni — January 11, 1969 Letter to: Gargamuni My dear Gargamuni, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter of January 1, 1969 and it is very gratifying to know that Krishna has again engaged you in your own business. When you went to your father sometimes I was thinking whether I have not spoiled the career of this boy, but still I wanted to give your father a chance so he would not think that two of his boys are lost in the Krishna Consciousness movement. So it was Krishna	Los Angeles
1969-01-11	Syamasundaraplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Syamasundara — January 11, 1969 Letter to: Syamasundara My dear Syamasundara, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter of January 7, 1969, and before this I had also received your letter of January 2, 1969, and have noted the contents with great encouragement. Although nothing is settled as of yet, I can understand that things are progressing well and as you write in your letter under reply, the meeting was very successful, and we shall soon be able to have a nice temple in London.	Los Angeles
1969-01-12	Hansaduttaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Hansadutta — January 12, 1969 Letter to: Hansadutta My dear Hansadutta, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated January 9, 1969. Krishna is pleased upon you so that He is responding to your sincere service. In the	Los Angeles
1969-01-12	Kirtananandaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Kirtanananda — January 12, 1969 Letter to: Kirtanananda My dear Kirtanananda, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated December 31, 1968, and I thank you for your good wishes for the new year. Please accept the same from my side.	Los Angeles
1969-01-13	Madhavi Lataplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Madhavi Lata — January 13, 1969 Letter to: Madhavi Lata My dear Madhavi Lata, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your recent letter (undated) and I have noted the contents. You have tried to explain the reasons for your recent traveling excursions, but there is no need to explain; the reason is that you are restless. I wanted you to concentrate your mind on painting and utilizing your talents for Krishna	Los Angeles
1969-01-13	Mrs. Hochnerplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Mrs. Hochner — January 13, 1969 Letter to: Mrs. Hochner Dear Mrs. Hochner, Please accept my New Year’s greetings. I am so pleased to accept your token of good will and the sounding Haribol with needlework. This cloth is so nice that I have hung it in my room in front of me so that I can see Haribol and remember you always.	Los Angeles
1969-01-15	Dhindro, Vanalata Mullickplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Dhindro, Vanalata Mullick — January 15, 1969 Letter to: Dhindro, Vanalata Mullick My dear Dhindro and Vanalata Mullick, Please accept my blessings. I hope by this time you have safely reached your home and everything is going well. When you were here I requested you to connect with me some of your tenants at Natoon Bazar selling brass utensils. I want many pairs of Navadvipa-made karatalas, so please introduce to me some of your very reliable tenants, and I shall send you the money for purchase. The supplier should pack it nicely in a gu…	Los Angeles
1969-01-15	Jaduraniplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Jadurani — January 15, 1969 Letter to: Jadurani My dear Jadurani, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated January 6, 1969, and I have noted with pleasure that you are almost done with the first five Krishna pictures which I have suggested to you. I think that you may immediately send these pictures to me in Los Angeles. So far as photographing these pictures for the book, I think that it is essential that these pictures be with bright attractive colors, so please do them in this way.	Los Angeles
1969-01-15	Kanupriyaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Kanupriya — January 15, 1969 Letter to: Kanupriya My dear Kanupriya das Brahmacari, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter of January 9, 1969, and I am pleased to send herewith your beads duly chanted upon by me. Your spiritual name is Kanupriya das Brahmacari. Kanu means Krishna, and priya means dear, so Kanupriya means one who is very dear to Krishna.	Los Angeles
1969-01-15	Krsna dasaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Krsna dasa — January 15, 1969 Letter to: Krsna dasa My dear Krishna Das, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated January 8, 1969, and I have noted the contents carefully. The statue which you have received is not Visnu Murti. Visnu Murti is never to be found in fighting spirit with anyone. When the Lord incarnates within this material world, He does not come in Visnu Murti. Lord Nrsimhadeva although Visnu Himself, fighting with the demon Hiranyakasipu, although He is Krishna, He is different f…	Los Angeles
1969-01-15	Rupanugaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Rupanuga — January 15, 1969 Letter to: Rupanuga My dear Rupanuga, Please accept my blessings. I was very much anxious to receive your letter since I did not hear from you for a long period. But I always know that you are doing your duty nicely. Recently, Hayagriva came from Columbus, and he remained with me for more than a fortnight. He was assisting me in editing	Los Angeles
1969-01-15	Sraman Maharajaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Sraman Maharaja — January 15, 1969 Letter to: Sraman Maharaja My dear Sripada Sraman Maharaja, Please accept my humble dandabats. I thank you very much for your kind letter dated December 31, 1968, I am so much grieved to learn the news of our revered god-brother, Swami Bhakti Sadhak Niskincana Maharaja, and I am so glad to learn that he passed away in full sense chanting	Los Angeles
1969-01-15	Sumati Morarjeeplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Sumati Morarjee — January 15, 1969 Letter to: Sumati Morarjee Madam Sumati Morarji Baisaheba, Please accept my greetings. I hope everything is going well with you. You will be pleased to know that this year two of my books have been published. They are as follows	Los Angeles
1969-01-15	Syamasundaraplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Syamasundara — January 15, 1969 Letter to: Syamasundara My dear Syamasundara Prabhu, Please accept my humble dandabats. I understand from a letter of Upendra Brahmacari in Seattle that you have inquired about me from him after your return from Vrindaban. I welcome your suggestion to open a branch of our Iskcon society in Bombay, and you want to help me in this connection. There are two of my disciples in Vrindaban. I do not know if you met them while you were there, and I am awaiting for their letters because one of them was…	Los Angeles
1969-01-16	Gaurasundaraplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Gaurasundara — January 16, 1969 Letter to: Gaurasundara My dear Gaurasundara, Please accept my blessings. Thank you very much for your letter of January 10, 1969. In the meantime I have sent one letter to Govinda Dasi, and perhaps you have read it. I am glad that there was a nice newspaper reporter, and he is favorably convinced so do your propaganda work as far as possible combined together.	Los Angeles
1969-01-16	Govindaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Govinda — January 16, 1969 Letter to: Govinda My dear Govinda Dasi, Please accept my blessings. I hope that by now you have received the reply to your letter which you mailed just after your arrival in Hawaii. I am very glad to learn that you have now become a very good housewife with your very good husband. It is learned also that you are cooking very nice foodstuffs for him. This is very good. Your husband is very busy now, otherwise I would have asked him to continue the work on	Los Angeles
1969-01-16	Hansaduttaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Hansadutta — January 16, 1969 Letter to: Hansadutta My dear Hansadutta, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of January 12, 1969, and I have carefully noted the contents. I have gone through the description of the various rooms of the house but you have not mentioned if there is suitable space for a temple also. Our present temple in Montreal has very nice space so our first consideration is how to make the temple room nice. So I do not know how this house shall be suitable for all of ou…	Los Angeles
1969-01-16	Mahapurusaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Mahapurusa — January 16, 1969 Letter to: Mahapurusa My dear Mahapurusa, Please accept my blessings. I was very glad to receive your letter of January 11, 1969. I have received good report that you are selling Back To Godhead very nicely, and similarly you should try to sell our	Los Angeles
1969-01-16	Rayaramaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Rayarama — January 16, 1969 Letter to: Rayarama My dear Rayarama, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter of January 10, 1969, and I have noted the contents with care. I am so glad to hear that you were enjoying your visit in Los Angeles last week, and you should know that I was similarly very glad to have you here with me. As you are sick with the flu now, I think it best that you do not exert yourself by working too much strenuously but rather you rest as much as possible until you are feeling be…	Los Angeles
1969-01-16	Upendraplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Upendra — January 16, 1969 Letter to: Upendra My dear Upendra, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of January 6, 1969 and your letters of January 10th and 11th, 1969. From your recent letters I can understand that you are keeping yourself busily engaged and are improving nicely. This is our process, that you do not let even one minute go by without doing some sort of service for Krishna. Because as soon as there is a little gap of Krishna Consciousness, immediately maya makes an attac…	Los Angeles
1969-01-18	Balaiplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Balai — January 18, 1969 Letter to: Balai My dear Balai, Please accept my blessings. It was a great pleasure to receive your letter of January 14, 1969. I hope that by the Grace of Krishna you will have a very nice child next month, and my blessings are always there.	Los Angeles
1969-01-18	Bhurijanaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Bhurijana — January 18, 1969 Letter to: Bhurijana My dear Bhurijana, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter of January 13, 1969 along with the kirtana tapes and pictures of Buffalo temple. I cannot tell you how very much I enjoyed listening to this wonderful tape recording. All of the super-excellent qualities of kirtana were present on this tape and it was thus a great joy to hear it. On this tape Rupanuga has set an example for all householders because there was singing on this of Hare Krishna by…	Los Angeles
1969-01-18	Brahmanandaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Brahmananda — January 18, 1969 Letter to: Brahmananda My dear Brahmananda, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of January 14, 1969, and I have carefully noted the contents. In my previous letter to you I inquired about the invoice sent by United Shipping Corp., but I have received no information about this from you. Please inform me in this connection in your next letter. I want to know whether the	Los Angeles
1969-01-18	Govinda dasiplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Govinda dasi — January 18, 1969 Letter to: Govinda dasi [text missing] time now for editing Caitanya Caritamrta. If he has got time, he can get one copy of Bengali Caitanya Caritamrta. I can spare my own copy for which he hasn’t got to pay me anything. Or else, if he likes, he can purchase a new copy from the New York temple. If Gaurasundara is too busy however, you can work on the lecture tapes.	Unknown Place
1969-01-18	Jaduraniplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Jadurani — January 18, 1969 Letter to: Jadurani My dear Jadurani, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter of January 11, 1969 and I have noted the contents. The picture of Vasudeva exchanging the babies is not correct because Nanda Maharaja should not be in this scene. Vasudeva silently exchanged babies with the sleeping Yasoda, and neither Yasoda nor Nanda Maharaja knew about this till long after. Yasoda had just given birth to her girl baby, and having fell asleep right after this birth, she did …	Los Angeles
1969-01-18	Janakiplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Janaki — January 18, 1969 Letter to: Janaki My dear Janaki, Please accept my blessings. I was thinking of you since about a week why you are silent, and all of a sudden I got your letter with a golden ring enclosed. It was so much ecstatic. I thank you very much for your kind presentation which you have given, even sacrificing your husband	Los Angeles
1969-01-18	Rayaramaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Rayarama — January 18, 1969 Letter to: Rayarama My dear Rayarama, please accept my blessings. I am writing by hand so that you may know that I am better than before. Your programme as you have let me know in your letter of August 4, 1967 is nice. Follow it with faith in Krishna and everything will come out successful. I have taken leave from you for six months but Krishna willing I may be with you in the month of November next. If in the meantime your London Branch is opened then I shall stop in London before going to U.S…	Unknown Place
1969-01-18	Satsvarupaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Satsvarupa — January 18, 1969 Letter to: Satsvarupa My dear Satsvarupa, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter of January 11, 1969 and have carefully noted the contents. From this letter I can understand that texts number 6 and 7 are missing in the manuscript of the third canto which you have in Boston. The original manuscript is in New York, and when I go there, maybe in April, I will find this for you. In the meantime, you may skip four pages for these missing texts and continue numbering after sk…	Los Angeles
1969-01-18	Sivanandaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Sivananda — January 18, 1969 Letter to: Sivananda My dear Sivananda Prabhu, Please accept blessings. I have noted your scheme for a greater Sankirtana party in Germany. Your ambition will certainly be fulfilled, but wait till Krishna gives you the adequate chance. You require more men and wait till that time.	Unknown Place
1969-01-18	Sri Balmukundjiplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Sri Balmukundji — January 18, 1969 Letter to: Sri Balmukundji My dear Sri Balmukundji, Please accept my greetings. I beg to thank you very much for your kind letter of January 14, 1969. There is a verse in Srimad-Bhagavatam which says:	Los Angeles
1969-01-18	Syamaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Syama — January 18, 1969 Letter to: Syama My dear Syama Dasi, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of January 14, 1969, and I was very glad to hear from you. You have asked me some questions about the functions of sex life in Krishna Consciousness, and the basic principle is that it should be avoided as far as possible. However, if it is unavoidable, then it should be utilized only for begetting Krishna Conscious children. In that case, the husband and wife should chant at least fif…	Los Angeles
1969-01-18	Unknownplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Unknown — January 18, 1969 Letter to: Unknown [text missing] NB: An Indian gentleman, one B. P. Parikh B.A. D. education has written to me to say that being inspired by your “devotion to Krishna and being fascinated by your character, discipline, and devotional surrender to the Lord, he has been drawn to your activities.	Unknown Place
1969-01-18	Vaikunthanathaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Vaikunthanatha — January 18, 1969 Letter to: Vaikunthanatha My dear Vaikunthanatha, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of January 11, 1969, and I thank you so much for it. It was very encouraging. On the very moment I received your letter there was another letter from Jaya Govinda, and I had been very much shocked by this letter. But at the same time, when I read your letter it counter-acted this shock. So I thank you again for this letter. Please try to materialize this idea into practical…	Los Angeles
1969-01-19	Anuradhaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Anuradha — January 19, 1969 Letter to: Anuradha My dear Anuradha, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter of January 14, 1969, and I have carefully noted the contents. I am so glad to learn that you and ___ are well and comfortable in San Francisco. I think that your child is very nice, and Krishna has given him a great opportunity to perfect himself in spiritual life because He has placed him under the care of a mother who is a sincere devotee. Try to help him grow up peacefully in Krishna Conscio…	Los Angeles
1969-01-21	Gurudasa, Yamunaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Gurudasa, Yamuna — January 21, 1969 Letter to: Gurudasa, Yamuna My dear Gurudasa and Yamuna, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge both of your letters dated 14, January 1969 as well as one letter from Gurudasa dated 16, January 1969 with enclosed a picture and newspaper cuttings. This picture is undoubtedly very unique because perhaps in the history of the world it is for the first time that Western boys and girls in the dress of pure Vaisnavas are chanting on the street of a very important quarter of the greatest ci…	Los Angeles
1969-01-21	Hansaduttaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Hansadutta — January 21, 1969 Letter to: Hansadutta My dear Hansadutta, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated January 18, 1969, and I have carefully noted the contents. Regarding the house, you must know that it is in a residential area, and I don	Los Angeles
1969-01-21	Jaduraniplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Jadurani — January 21, 1969 Letter to: Jadurani My dear Jadurani, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your undated letter, and also I have seen the nice pictures which you have completed for the “Krishna”	Los Angeles
1969-01-21	Kulasekharaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Kulasekhara — January 21, 1969 Letter to: Kulasekhara My dear Kulasekhara, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter of January 16, 1969, and I am so pleased to know that once again you are staying at the temple in Montreal. In this age no one is able to remain aloof from the general human society. Therefore one need not go into the forest in a secluded place to try to make spiritual advancement. Much better idea is that one associate with devotees in the Krishna Consciousness Centres; this will bring b…	Los Angeles
1969-01-21	Mark Buchwaldplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Mark Buchwald — January 21, 1969 Letter to: Mark Buchwald My dear Mark Buchwald, Please accept my blessings. I thank you very much for your nice letter of January 19, 1969, and I have carefully read the contents. You have stated that you have spent twenty two years of my life in the darkness of ignorance, and actually until any person has come to the standard of Krishna Consciousness he is supposed to be considered as being covered by ignorance. There are different degrees of ignorance however, and to come to the highest perf…	Los Angeles
1969-01-22	Vilasavigrahaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Vilasavigraha — January 22, 1969 Letter to: Vilasavigraha My dear Vilasavigraha dasa, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter of January 18, 1969, and I have noted the contents. You have asked me how one can know that Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead? How do you know that the president is the supreme person in your state? You know this through the government organizations, the constitution papers, and by traditional knowledge. Similarly, to know Who is the Supreme Personality you have to t…	Los Angeles
1969-01-23	Aniruddhaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Aniruddha — January 23, 1969 Letter to: Aniruddha My dear Aniruddha, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated January 22, 1969, and I have carefully noted the contents. I can understand from your letter that there has been some disagreements or misunderstandings in the temple, but I think that you should know that all such disturbances must be solved peacefully and with consideration of the entire situation. Cidananda is the president there, and I think you understand rightly that ever…	Los Angeles
1969-01-23	Cidanandaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Cidananda — January 23, 1969 Letter to: Cidananda My dear Cidananda, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated January 21, 1969, and I have carefully noted the contents. Since receiving this letter I have learned that you have decided that it is best that you do not leave your position in the San Francisco temple for the press department in New York. I think that this is the correct decision because your presence is very much needed in your temple. I am always glad to know that you are there to …	Los Angeles
1969-01-23	Nara-narayanaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Nara-narayana — January 23, 1969 Letter to: Nara-narayana My dear Nara Narayana, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated January 21, 1969, and I thank you very much for it. I have heard many nice reports from various parties complimenting the expert service you are performing in New York with your carpentry and handyman skills. So I am very pleased to hear that Krishna has blessed you with a very nice talent, and you are now using it rightly in Krishna Consciousness.	Los Angeles
1969-01-23	Sivanandaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Sivananda — January 23, 1969 Letter to: Sivananda My dear Sivananda, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated January 14, 1969, and I have noted the contents. I am pleased to note that you enjoy going out into the streets chanting and preaching from	Los Angeles
1969-01-24	Himavatiplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Himavati — January 24, 1969 Letter to: Himavati My dear Himavati, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter of January 16, 1969, and I thank you very much for this. The deity clothing that you have sent are all very beautiful, and everything is fitting just rightly. Regarding your thoughts of separating from your husband, I do not think this is a very good plan. You should always live with your husband and help him with his personal comforts, and he will look after your all necessities of life. There…	Los Angeles
1969-01-24	Madhusudanaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Madhusudana — January 24, 1969 Letter to: Madhusudana My dear Madhusudana, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated January 21, 1969, and I have carefully read the contents. Regarding your plan for marrying with Kancanbala, I do not think that there is any immediate emergency for finding some one to replace you on the	Los Angeles
1969-01-24	Upendraplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Upendra — January 24, 1969 Letter to: Upendra My dear Upendra, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter of 20, January, 1969, and I have noted the contents. You have written that you are unable to find a girl who is available for marriage, and so for the present, you have no choice but to hold off on your marriage plans. Anyway, I always recommend that one should try to remain brahmacari if possible, and if you think that this will be possible for you, you should try for it.	Los Angeles
1969-01-25	Jagannathan Prabhuplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Jagannathan Prabhu — January 25, 1969 Letter to: Jagannathan Prabhu My dear Jagannathan Prabhu, Please accept my humble obeisances. I beg to thank you very much for your sending me the copies of your books ____ and your letter dated January 20, 1969. I have noted the contents very carefully. I have immediately upon receipt handed over the books to my editorial assistants, and I shall duly inform you about their opinion for publishing them in this country. I think it may take at least one month to let you know their decision. I hav…	Los Angeles
1969-01-25	Kedar Matajiplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Kedar Mataji — January 25, 1969 Letter to: Kedar Mataji My dear Kedar Mataji, Please accept my greetings and blessings of Sri Sri Kisori Raman. I wrote to Krishna Prasad Bhargava about these murtis for free donation. As you know that I am trying to establish many temples of Sri Sri Radha-Krishna in the Western world. I think that devotees of Lord Krishna in India should come forward and cooperate with my missionary activities. Krishna Prasadji donated one pair of Sri Murtis for our New York temple, and I wished that many oth…	Los Angeles
1969-01-25	Kirtananandaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Kirtanananda — January 25, 1969 Letter to: Kirtanananda My dear Kirtanananda, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated 18, January 1969, and I have carefully noted the contents. I am encouraged to know that you are very enthusiastic about our projects for developing New Vrindaban. So far as the school goes, we have many qualified teachers, and they are all enthusiastic about going there and beginning their teaching work. The only thing is that there is as of yet no place to accommodate these teach…	Los Angeles
1969-01-25	Mahapurusaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Mahapurusa — January 25, 1969 Letter to: Mahapurusa My dear Mahapurusa, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated January 18, 1969, and I have noted the contents carefully. 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 into the streets to chant and preach to the people there. This is a very good policy, and as far as possible you should continue t…	Los Angeles
1969-01-25	Mr. Levineplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Mr. Levine — January 25, 1969 Letter to: Mr. Levine My dear Mr. Levine, Please accept my blessings. I am so pleased to read your letter of January 21, 1969 and to learn of your sincere eagerness to serve Krishna in the best capacity of your talents. There is a Sanskrit proverb that says that there is not any better knowledge than to become a musician. Our Krishna Consciousness movement is practically based upon music and dancing. If by your exceptional qualities you can help in this movement, I think you have been sent by …	Los Angeles
1969-01-25	Mukundaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Mukunda — January 25, 1969 Letter to: Mukunda My dear Mukunda, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of January 22, 1969, and I have noted the contents with great pleasure. You have written to say that Londoners there are all so very anxious to meet me, so I am also very much anxious to meet you and the Londoners. Therefore it is the best thing that the five-story house which you have described in the letter under reply may be immediately occupied.* You can offer the best reasonable ren…	Los Angeles
1969-01-26	Arundhatiplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Arundhati — January 26, 1969 Letter to: Arundhati My dear Arundhati, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter of dated January 22, 1969, and I am pleased to send herewith your beads duly chanted upon by me. Your spiritual name is Arundhati which means the great star. It is the name of the wife of Vasistha, a great devotee of Krishna.	Los Angeles
1969-01-26	Gaurasundaraplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Gaurasundara — January 26, 1969 Letter to: Gaurasundara My dear Gaurasundara, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of January 19, 1969, and I have noted the contents with care. Regarding the work you have done on	Los Angeles
1969-01-26	Govindaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Govinda — January 26, 1969 Letter to: Govinda My dear Govinda Dasi, Please accept my blessings. I was very pleased to read your letter of January 19, 1969. I know that you will always be thinking of me as you described in your letter because you are so affectionate to this poor old man. And by your sincere affection you have also made me think of you how you are doing there in Hawaii. I understand from your letter and from Gaurasundara	Los Angeles
1969-01-27	Anuradha, Tulsiplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Anuradha, Tulsi — January 27, 1969 Letter to: Anuradha, Tulsi My dear Anuradha Dasi and Tulsi Dasi, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of both your letters dated January 25, 1969 and January 21, 1969 respectively, and I have carefully noted the contents in each. You have both expressed a sincere desire to leave San Francisco immediately and come to Los Angeles where you can share an apartment for both of you and your children. This idea seems to be a good solution to both of your problems, and as soon as you are ab…	Los Angeles
1969-01-28	Hansaduttaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Hansadutta — January 28, 1969 Letter to: Hansadutta My dear Hansadutta, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated January 22, 1969, and I have noted the contents carefully. From your letter I can understand that you will no longer be negotiating for purchasing the house, and this is all right because I do not think it is very suitable for a temple.	Los Angeles
1969-01-28	Krsna dasaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Krsna dasa — January 28, 1969 Letter to: Krsna dasa My dear Krishna Das, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter of January 22, 1969, and I am very encouraged to learn of your nice activities in Hamburg. I am so pleased to know that Uttama Sloka and yourself are now working in the printer trade, and Sivananda is busily engaged in decorating the temple. Similarly, it is very good that you are holding outside engagements for organizations outside of the temple and you are meeting with interested people…	Los Angeles
1969-01-28	Malatiplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Malati — January 28, 1969 Letter to: Malati My dear Malati, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter (undated) and I was very pleased to note the contents. Regarding the Radha-Syama chanting which you have heard it is not very good. In our temple, strictly Hare Krishna chanting should be given more importance. This is no harm in this mantra you have heard, but it is not very important. There are many such common songs composed by common devotees out of sentiment. But our principle is to stick to t…	Los Angeles
1969-01-28	Rayaramaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Rayarama — January 28, 1969 Letter to: Rayarama My dear Rayarama, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated January 24, 1969, and I have noted the contents with care. Just yesterday I also received	Los Angeles
1969-01-30	Brahmanandaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Brahmananda — January 30, 1969 Letter to: Brahmananda My dear Brahmananda, Please accept my blessings. First of all I have to thank you for the desk pen with golden glories to Guru and Gauranga. It is so nice that I am using it with great pleasure, and you have the blessings of my Guru Maharaja and Lord Gauranga.	Los Angeles
1969-01-30	Jayapatakaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Jayapataka — January 30, 1969 Letter to: Jayapataka My dear Jayapataka, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letters of January 23, 1969, and I have carefully read the contents. For the present I think you cannot leave Montreal for doing work on your draft status. Your service is much too valuable there. Even if this means that in the future you cannot leave for the United States, what is the harm in this? Everywhere you are it is the same because Krishna is there, and you can perform devotional service …	Los Angeles
1969-01-31	Hayagrivaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Hayagriva — January 31, 1969 Letter to: Hayagriva My dear Hayagriva, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated January 26, 1969, and I have carefully noted the contents. I am very pleased to learn that the entire first canto should be completely edited by March 8th, and I am also glad to hear that your Lord Caitanya play is at last completed. From what I have gone through of this play I could see that it is very well done, simply it is a little prolonged. Otherwise it is very nice. I ho…	Los Angeles
1969-01-31	Hrsikesaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Hrsikesa — January 31, 1969 Letter to: Hrsikesa (to Hrsikesa) [TEXT MISSING] letter of January 9, 1969, I suspect that you have interest in taking instruction from some siksa guru, but in this connection, because you are my disciple and I think, a sincere soul, it is my duty to refer you to someone who is competent to act as	Los Angeles
1969-01-31	Rukminiplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Rukmini — January 31, 1969 Letter to: Rukmini My dear Rukmini, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated January 23, 1969, and also I have seen your wonderful portrait of my Guru Maharaja. This picture is a great joy to me, and it is now hanging in my room in the temple where I may always gaze upon it. I thank you so much for your sincere service, and i am very much encouraged that you are already a nice artist, and what to speak of the improvements you will make with further practice.	Los Angeles
1969-01-31	Satsvarupaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Satsvarupa — January 31, 1969 Letter to: Satsvarupa My dear Satsvarupa, Please accept my blessings. I have received your letter dated January 28, 1969 regarding Jadurani’s sick health. She requires complete rest. All of her work should be suspended, and she should be given liquid foods, just like barley water mixed with milk. Purchase pearl barley from the market, and the recipe is 1 cup of barley and four cups of water to be boiled for at least 1/2 hour. That liquid preparation may be mixed with milk and sugar, and she ma…	Los Angeles
1969-01-31	Vamanadevaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Vamanadeva — January 31, 1969 Letter to: Vamanadeva My dear Vamanadeva, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of January 22, 1969, and I have noted the contents with care. First of all I am pleased to know that you are feeling comfortable in Hawaii and you are keeping yourself busily engaged. I am glad that you and Murari are working on my Vyasasana, and as soon as it is completed, you can call me there, and I shall go. I think that if I am to go to Hawaii, I must go there by March, becaus…	Los Angeles
1969-02-01	Ekayaniplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Ekayani — February 1, 1969 Letter to: Ekayani My dear Ekayani, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter (undated), and I thank you very much for it. I am pleased to note that you and your nice sister, Indira Dasi, are making and tending to Lord Jagannatha deities. You should place these deities on sale in Gargamuni	Los Angeles
1969-02-01	Gopala Krsnaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Gopala Krsna — February 1, 1969 Letter to: Gopala Krsna My dear Gopala Krishna, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of you letter of January 26, 1969, and I have carefully noted the contents. I am very pleased to understand that you are going to contribute $250.00 for murtis. I think that you can pay at the rate of $100.00 twice and $50.00 once. That will save much time, but if it is inconvenient, you can pay at the rate of $50.00 per month. As soon as I get $100.00 I shall immediately order the deities with this…	Los Angeles
1969-02-01	Larry Snyder, Mark Perlman, John Curranplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Larry Snyder, Mark Perlman, John Curran — February 1, 1969 Letter to: Larry Snyder, Mark Perlman, John Curran My dear Larry Snyder, Mark Perlman and John Curran, Please accept my blessings. I thank you very much for your very nice letter dated January 23, 1969, and I have read the contents with great satisfaction. Your eagerness to spread the Krishna Consciousness movement in that party of the country is certainly dictated by Krishna, Who is situated within your heart. There are innumerable living entities wandering within the universe in different fo…	Los Angeles
1969-02-01	Manager of Bank of Barodaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Manager of Bank of Baroda — February 1, 1969 Letter to: Manager of Bank of Baroda Manager Bank of Baroda Ltd. Indian Exchange Calcutta-1 Dear Sir: Re: My Savings Bank Account # 29/12802 Please transfer Rs 500 to the State Bank of India, Strand Road, Calcutta-1, INDIA, account #SB-C/4208, to Ram Krishna Dey, and debit from my above account. In case of need, the following address may be referred to: Mr. Ram Krishna Dey, 14/4B Sri Gopala Mallick Lane, Calcutta-12, INDIA.	Los Angeles
1969-02-01	Nara-narayanaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Nara-narayana — February 1, 1969 Letter to: Nara-narayana My dear Nara Narayana, Please accept my blessings. I am very much encouraged by your proposal as stated in your letter of January 25, 1969 of constructing housing in New Vrindaban for an estimate of about $1,000. This money will be secured somehow or other and invested in New Vrindaban for constructing the proposed cottages. These cottages needn	Los Angeles
1969-02-01	Uddhavaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Uddhava — February 1, 1969 Letter to: Uddhava My dear Uddhava, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter of January 30, 1969, and I have noted the contents carefully. You have written to say that 8 people will be working under Rayarama and another 8 people will also be there in the printing department, including the baby, Nandini. So even if we are able to get accommodations for all of these people, what is the program for maintenance? These people will require at least $200.00 per month for food, s…	Los Angeles
1969-02-01	Upendraplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Upendra — February 1, 1969 Letter to: Upendra My dear Upendra, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter of January 27, 1969, and I have carefully noted the contents. I am pleased by your wish to remain as brahmacari, and if you stick to your decision you will be able to go back to Godhead, back to Home, in this very life without waiting for another birth. Please try in every way to stick to this principle, and simply engage yourself in Krishna	Los Angeles
1969-02-03	Tamala Krsnaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Tamala Krsna — February 3, 1969 Letter to: Tamala Krsna Paris ATTENTION TAMAL KRISHNA YOUR LETTER 26TH JULY COME LOS ANGELES IMMEDIATELY A C BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI	Los Angeles
1969-02-04	Aniruddhaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Aniruddha — February 4, 1969 Letter to: Aniruddha My dear Aniruddha, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated January 29, 1969, and I am pleased to learn that everything is going nicely with full cooperation of all of your godbrothers. Our center of activities is Krishna, and if we are actually Krishna Conscious there will always be full cooperation between ourselves for the satisfaction of Krishna.	Los Angeles
1969-02-05	Brahmanandaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Brahmananda — February 5, 1969 Letter to: Brahmananda My dear Brahmananda, Please accept my blessings. I thank you very much for your kind letter dated February 1, 1969, and, in the meantime, my letters to you dated January 30, 1969 and February 1, 1969 respectively might have crossed. Most of the answers of your letter under reply will be found in these two letters. Please let me know if you have received them by now. If not, I will send you the carbon copies. So far as your letters are concerned, each and every one of the…	Los Angeles
1969-02-05	Colin Juryplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Colin Jury — February 5, 1969 Letter to: Colin Jury London My dear Colin Jury, I thank you for your letter which was sent along with Yamuna’s. I am pleased to hear that you are anxious to meet me, and I will be pleased to meet you when I go there. But first there must be a nice house secured. Our society is now legalized in London, so there should be no difficulty in securing a house immediately. Please help the devotees there to do this. I am simply awaiting their letter to start for London. I hope this will meet you in …	Los Angeles
1969-02-05	Gargamuniplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Gargamuni — February 5, 1969 Letter to: Gargamuni My dear Gargamuni, Please accept my blessings. After a long time, I beg to thank you for your letter dated 31, January, 1969 from the Spiritual Sky store. You have given a very nice name. At least you are giving ideas to the people in general that there is a Spiritual Sky, and they will get information sufficiently about Spiritual Sky, the planets thereof, the inhabitants of these planets, etc., through the medium of your store, the Spiritual Sky.	Los Angeles
1969-02-05	Gurudasaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Gurudasa — February 5, 1969 Letter to: Gurudasa London My dear Gurudasa, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter of January 29, 1969, and I am so glad to learn that you have permission to have kirtana all the time on the streets and parks. You have written that you are missing me, and similarly, I am sitting here anxious to meet you as soon as possible. In previous letters of Syamasundara it was understood that the Beatles were going to help us positively, but the delay method appears to be diplom…	Los Angeles
1969-02-05	Mukundaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Mukunda — February 5, 1969 Letter to: Mukunda London My dear Mukunda, Please accept my blessings. At your earliest convenience, please submit to me a list of the names of the devotees who are filling the following offices: President, Secretary, and Treasurer in your center.	Los Angeles
1969-02-05	Yamunaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Yamuna — February 5, 1969 Letter to: Yamuna London Dear Yamuna, Please accept my blessings. I thank you for your letter of January 22, 1969, and I have duly noted the contents. The reply to your points you will find along with your husbands letter. I am very much anxious to go to London, but I do not know why you are delaying to call me. The legal documents being submitted, there is no impediment to rent a nice house. So you should take this risk, and everything will come out all right. How is Mr. Parikh doing? I hope…	Los Angeles
1969-02-06	Dr. Chaudhuriplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Dr. Chaudhuri — February 6, 1969 Letter to: Dr. Chaudhuri Dear Dr. Chaudhuri, Please accept my greetings and blessings of Lord Krishna, and offer the same to Srimati Bina Chaudhuri and your sons and daughters. I am so glad to have received your letter dated January 27, 1969, and I have appreciated your comment about my book that it is	Los Angeles
1969-02-07	Bhurijanaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Bhurijana — February 7, 1969 Letter to: Bhurijana My dear Bhurijana, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated February 3, 1969, and I am so pleased and encouraged to note the contents. Your idea of going to North Carolina is excellent because there are so many students there, and you are college graduate, so I think that you are just the devotee to do the job nicely. The only thing is that I do not think it is necessary for you to go there alone, so immediately you may contact Tosana Krishna in…	Los Angeles
1969-02-07	Brahmanandaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Brahmananda — February 7, 1969 Letter to: Brahmananda My dear Brahmananda, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your two letters, one of February 2, and one of February 3, 1969. Enclosed is one letter to Nara Narayana which will serve as answer to the letter of February 2nd. I am also enclosing a letter I have sent today to the First National City Bank of New York, and you will please note the contents. Regarding your questions about Dai Nippon, United Shipping, etc. these have already been replied to in my le…	Los Angeles
1969-02-07	Mahapurusaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Mahapurusa — February 7, 1969 Letter to: Mahapurusa My dear Mahapurusa, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated February 2, 1969, and I am pleased to note the contents. I thank you very much for your appreciation of	Los Angeles
1969-02-07	Manager of First National City Bank of New Yorkplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Manager of First National City Bank of New York — February 7, 1969 Letter to: Manager of First National City Bank of New York Manager First National City Bank of New York Grand Street and Bowery New York, New York Re: ACCOUNT # SAVINGS 0420-1620-131	Los Angeles
1969-02-07	Murariplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Murari — February 7, 1969 Letter to: Murari My dear Murari, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated January 30, 1969, and I am always very pleased when I hear from you. You have mentioned in your letter that you have been making plans to build a shrine, and when you are able to, please send these plans to me so I may see what you have in mind. I am also pleased to note that Vamanadeva and yourself are seriously taking steps to begin the project of making thrones for the deities in all of ou…	Los Angeles
1969-02-07	Nara-narayanaplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigLetter to: Nara-narayana — February 7, 1969 Letter to: Nara-narayana My dear Nara Narayana, Please accept my blessings. I beg to thank you very much for your letter pointing out some of the discrepancies of many of the devotees in New York. You are correct regarding the items which you have stated, such as sleeping in front of the deities, eating in front of the deities, taking of unoffered foodstuffs, drinking water from the bathroom, and non-chanting of rounds. But the thing is discipline can not be observed unless there is obedience.…	Los Angeles
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