# December 26 ## Spoken on December 26 *Lectures from this day: 20 recordings* --- **[1966: Bhagavad-gītā 9.34](spoken/1966/661226bg.ny.md)** > Dehino 'smin yathā dehe*. Dehe* means in this body, and *dehī* means the person who is within this body, he is there, from that pealike form. Because my form, my measurement, is so small that we cannot see. It is not possible. It is ten-thousand..., one ten-thousandth part of the tip of the hair. It is so small. So with our material eyes, or our material conception, we cannot see the soul. But the soul is there, and the proof is, evidence is, because the soul is there, therefore the pealike form, material body, is growing. > Wherever there is growth... There are six symptoms of presentation of..., presence of the soul. Growth is one of the important. So growth. As soon as the soul is out of this body, no more growth. If the child comes dead, oh, there will be no growth. Oh, the parents will say, "It is useless. Throw it." So similarly, Lord Kṛṣṇa gave this first example to Arjuna that "Don't think that the spiritual spark which is within the body, due to whose presence the body is growing from childhood to boyhood, boyhood to youthhood, from youthhood to old age... So therefore, when this body becomes useless, imperceptibly, the soul gives up this body." *Vāsāṁsi jīrṇāni yathā vihāya*. Just like we give up old dress and take another, new dress, similarly, we accept another body. --- **[1966: Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 20.337–353](spoken/1966/661226cc.ny.md)** > So in the *Padma Purāṇa* also there is similar passages. In *Bhāgavatam* also, there are similar passages. In all Vedic literature, the same thing is there. *Vedaiś ca sarvair aham eva vedyaḥ*. The last target and the last goal, ultimate goal, is Kṛṣṇa. Therefore in the *Bhagavad-gītā* it is said, *sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja*. Bhāgavata* says, *akāmaḥ sarva-kāmo vā*. Even if you are this materially desiring, still, you should go to Kṛṣṇa. And Kṛṣṇa also confirms, *bhajate mām ananya bhāk sādhur eva sa mantavyaḥ*. > So here it is said, *sarvajña munira vākya-śāstra-'paramāṇa'*. Therefore... *Tasmāt śāstra pramāṇa ante.* In the *Bhagavad-gītā* also, that everything should act..., should be acted in terms of the *śāstra.* Just like when you go to post something, you are, you are directed by the postal guide. *Śāstra pramāṇa* only. So Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, as Kṛṣṇa has given stress upon the evidence, on the scripture, similarly, Lord Caitanya also giving stress. The question is... It is very interesting. The question is how one should accept a person or a body as incarnation. Lord Caitanya says that through *śāstra,* by the evidence of *śāstra.* So many fools, they are presenting themselves as incarnation. The intelligent person should see whether this fool is mentioned in the *śāstra.* He's presenting himself as incarnation. Whether his activities and his characteristics is mentioned in the *śāstra*? Then accept. Otherwise, don't accept. --- **[1968: Interview with LA Times Reporter About Travel to the Moon](spoken/1968/681226iv.la)** > Now, these Muhammadans, they did not come from outside. They changed their faith from Hindus to Muhammadans. Now they divided their property. Similarly, actually the whole planet was called Bhārata-varṣa. Gradually, people deviated from Vedic principles or imitated something else and they became different. > Suppose if I come, a very nice, costly dress, in your port, and if your Immigration Department does not allow, what can you do? There are intelligent persons there. How do we expect that simply by you have got suit, therefore you'll be able to, allowed to enter there? That is not sufficient qualification. --- **[1968: Spelling of Prayers to the Six Gosvāmīs](spoken/1968/681226ps.la)** > Kṛṣṇotkīrtana-gāna-nartana-parau. *So *śrī-caitanya-kṛpā-bharau:* "They were so kind and merciful because they actually received the blessings and mercy of Lord Caitanya." *Śrī-caitanya-kṛpā-bharau bhuvi. Bhuvi* means "on this world, on this earth." And *bhuvo. Bhuvo* means "on this earth," *bhuvo,* and *bhuvi,* "they became." *Bhuvi bhuvo, bhārāva-hantārakau.* > So therefore *vande:* "I offer my respectful obeisances," *rūpa,* lord..., not lord. Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī, Sanātana Gosvāmī and two Raghunātha Gosvāmīs. There are two Raghunāthas. And Jīva Gosvāmī and Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī. --- **[1968: Purport & Explanation to Hari Hari Biphale](spoken/1968/681226pu.la)** > That is the only method. So I did not do that. I engaged myself in this *viṣaya viṣānale,* this material enjoyment. Therefore my life has been uselessly spoiled. *Tarivare nā kainu upāya.* The next line, *vrajendra-nandana yei.* V-r-a-j-e-n-d-r-a, *vrajendra, nandana,* n-a-n-d-a-n-a, *yei,* y-a-i. > Then *golokera prema-dhana,* g-o-l-e... No. G-o-l-o-k-e-r-a, *golokera. Prema,* p-r-e-m-a, *prema. Dhana,* d-h-a-n-a. *Golokera prema-dhana.* That means: "This chanting, Hare Kṛṣṇa, is imported from the transcendental abode of Goloka." *Hari-nāma-saṅkīrtana.* "This chanting, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇ, Hare Hare, this is not material vibration. --- **[1969: Initiation Lecture](spoken/1969/691226in.bos)** > So this initiation process means beginning of this life of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. And we shall try to be situated in our original consciousness. That is Kṛṣṇa consciousness. *Jīvera svarūpa haya nitya kṛṣṇa dāsa*. Real consciousness, as it is recommended by Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu, that He identifies Himself as eternal servant of Kṛṣṇa. This is Kṛṣṇa consciousness, and this is liberation, and this is *mukti.* If you simply stick to this principle, *gopī-bhartuḥ pada-kamalayor dāsa-dāsa-dāsānudāsaḥ*, that... > Śuddhyed sattvam,* existence. That is called *svarūpa,* real identification. *Mukti. Mukti* this... This word is very popular, *mukti,* liberation. What is that liberation? Liberation means to come to this platform of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. That is liberation. *Svarūpeṇa vyavasthitiḥ*. --- **[1970: Conversation [Partially Recorded](spoken/1970/701226r1.sur)** > No, no. You cannot see how I am doing this *Bhagavad-gītā As It Is?* We don't misinterpret *Bhagavad-gītā* [indistinct]. --- **[1970: Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.1.44](spoken/1970/701226sb.sur)** > That is the solution. So after this body, he is no more coming to this material world. Therefore that is real solution of life. Our suffering is... We do not know what is our suffering. The suffering is repeated..., repetition acceptance of birth and death. That is our real suffering. When you get a body, you also suffer, but if you get a good body you do not suffer very much. But that is not the solution. You have got now this very good body—you are enjoying—but in the next life you may not. So that is not the solution. Therefore for temporary benefits if anyone worships the demigods, he is to be called as lost of all intelligence. Therefore Kṛṣṇa says *mām ekaṁ*. Don't bother yourself with any other worship. Simply, > That is not my imagination. That is Kṛṣṇa says. Our position is that we simply stick to what Kṛṣṇa says. That's all. We haven't got to manufacture ideas. Don't take the trouble of manufacturing ideas. We simply, as a peon, convey the ideas given by Kṛṣṇa. That's all. Therefore it is being successful. And it will be successful, because there is no adulteration. Pure milk will be accepted everywhere, and if you mix it with water, you will have to find out a particular type of customer. --- **[1972: The Nectar of Devotion](spoken/1972/721226nd.bom)** > Jñānam. Jñāna.* It should be..., it should not be tinged by *jñāna.* This is *jñāna.* "Oh, I am going to speak lie. I'll go to hell. I am going to kill my grandfather. I'll go to hell." This is called *jñāna,* knowledge. But the definition is, *jñāna-karmādy anāvṛtam* : it should be untouched by *jñāna* and *karma.* Untouched. Yes. > So we should..., we should be prepared to sacrifice everything, without any consideration of *jñāna, karma,yoga.* No. We have to see whether Kṛṣṇa is satisfied. *Svanuṣṭhitasya dharmasya saṁsiddhir hari-toṣaṇam*. That is perfection. *Saṁsiddhir hari-toṣaṇam:* whether Kṛṣṇa is satisfied. --- **[1972: Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.2.8](spoken/1972/721226sb.bom)** > So actually you are living in such a condition. *Pādaṁ padaṁ yad vipadām.* Every moment there is danger. It is not very peaceful living at the present moment. We are running, we are flying in the sky, we are... We do not say that this should be stopped, neither it can be stopped, but you do everything in Kṛṣṇa consciousness so that even danger takes place, *ante nārāyaṇa-smṛtiḥ*, you can at least remember Kṛṣṇa at the time of death. Then your life is successful. *Yaṁ yaṁ vāpi smaran loke tyajaty ante kalevaram*, Kṛṣṇa says. > These are the scientific knowledge. But unfortunately, there is no culture of this scientific knowledge. Superficially, simply for sense gratification, that is going on in the name of advancement of civilization. Actually it is very risky civilization. Suppose after this body, human form of body, if I get the body of an animal or a tree. There is every chance. Wherefrom the tree comes? Wherefrom the tiger comes, the cat comes, the dog comes? There are demigods also. So you can get any form of life. *Dehāntaram.* Kṛṣṇa says personally, *tathā dehāntara.* This is bogus theory that after death everything is finished. No. --- **[1973: Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.15.49](spoken/1973/731226sb.la)** > Therefore Sanātana Gosvāmī, who was prime minister of Nawab Hussain Shah, when he approached Caitanya Mahāprabhu, his first proposition was that *grāmya-vyavahāre paṇḍita, satya kori māni* :* "My dear Sir, Caitanya Mahāprabhu, some neighboring people, they call me I am a very learned scholar." *Grāmya-vyavahāre.* "In ordinary behavior, they call me I am very learned scholar. But I do not know what I am, I am such a scholar." This is the submission. This is called submission. Everyone is puffed up, that "I know. I know everything. So there is no need of going to a *guru.*" > This is the method to approach a *guru,* spiritual master: surrender, that "I know so many rubbish things which are useless. Now kindly teach me." This is called submission. Just like Arjuna said, *śiṣyas te 'haṁ śādhi māṁ prapannam*.* When there was argument between Arjuna and Kṛṣṇa, and when the matter was not solved, then Arjuna submitted to Kṛṣṇa, "My dear Kṛṣṇa, now we are talking as friends. No more friendly talking. I accept You as my spiritual master. Kindly teach me what is my duty." That is *Bhagavad-gītā.* So one has to learn. *Tad-vijñānārthaṁ sa gurum eva abhigacchet* [Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad* 1.2.12].* --- **[1974: Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.26.17](spoken/1974/741226sb.bom)** > So the *prakṛti* cannot give birth to the varieties. That is wrong theory. That is wrong theory. The real variety begins when the *prakṛti* is in touch with the *puruṣa.* That is our experience also. How we can say that *prakṛti* can give birth or woman can give birth to a child or many children without being touch with man? Where is our experience? There is no such thing. Therefore we should not take *prakṛti* as everything. We must find out the Puruṣa. Therefore the *puruṣa* who gives birth to these material varieties, that is Lord Śiva, and the *prakṛti* which gives birth to these varieties, that is Durgā. Therefore the original *prakṛti* and *puruṣa* is represented by *śiva-liṅga* and *devī-pot.* Those who are worshiper of *śiva-liṅga,* they know the *devī-pot* and the *śiva-liṅga,* they are worshiped. The original father, Kṛṣṇa, says, *ahaṁ bīja-pradaḥ pitā:* "I am the seed-giving father." *Sarva-yoniṣu kaunteya sambhavanti mūrtayo yāḥ*. There are varieties of forms of life. How they are being begotten? Kṛṣṇa says, *ahaṁ bīja-pradaḥ pitā.* That *pitā,* father, is Lord Śiva. > So the atheistic philosopher, they think that this combination of *prakṛti* and *puruṣa* is without any aim, without any idea. Just like a man and woman meets and they may have sex—there was no idea, but they have sex. They give this example. That is stated in the *Bhagavad-gītā,* Sixteenth Chapter. There is no aim, and that *puruṣa* becomes subdued by the *prakṛti,* and the manifestation comes. But this Kapiladeva, you will find..., and we Vaiṣṇava philosophers, we do not admit this, that "without any aim." There is aim. Why Kṛṣṇa says that this material world, *bhūtvā bhūtvā pralīyate ? *Bhūtvā bhūtvā.* There is aim. The manifestation of *prakṛti,* cosmic manifestation, is there to give the living entities another chance for liberation. One chance is given. Just like we have got: *śrī prakṛti* is now manifestated, and we are living entities; we are here, *sarva-yoniṣu kaunteya sambhavanti mūrtayo yāḥ*, in many varieties. So what is the aim? The aim is God realization. By evolutionary process, gradually we come to the human form of life. *Aśītiṁ caturaś caiva jīva-jātiṣu, jīva-jāti. Jīva,* under different species of life, they are evolving. --- **[1975: Bhagavad-gītā 16.7 [with translator](spoken/1975/751226bg.san)** > So we should generally conclude that anyone who does not take to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, they fall in the groups of *duṣkṛtinaḥ, mūḍhāḥ, narādhamāḥ, māyayāpaḥṛta-jñānāḥ.* So in the beginning we discussed *nāpy ācāraḥ, sadācāra.* [proper code of conduct] So even one is short of *sadācāra,* Kṛṣṇa says, *api cet su-durācāro bhajate mām ananya-bhāk, sādhur eva sa mantavyaḥ*. Even one is not fully in *sadācāra,* but if he has taken Kṛṣṇa consciousness fully, he is a *sādhu.* So to take to this Kṛṣṇa consciousness is made very easy during this Kali-yuga: > The idea is that a *bhakta* does not require any material happiness or distress. He does not require any monistic proposition to merge into the existence of the Supreme. And neither he desires any jugglery of *aṣṭa-siddhi yogam.* So in order to become *devatā,* not to become *asura... Asuras* are always against Kṛṣṇa. There are many examples, like Rāvaṇa and Hiraṇyakaśipu, Kaṁsa. There are many. So we should remember that *devatā* means who is fully surrendered to the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa. So there are many symptoms of the *asuras.* They are all described in the Sixteenth Chapter—it requires a long time to discuss; it is not possible to discuss all the symptoms—but one of the most important symptom of the *asura* is here described. How? *Asatyam apratiṣṭhaṁ te jagad āhur anīśvaram*. Their main proposal is that there is no creator God. The modern scientists, philosophers, Western people, they don't accept that God is the creator of everything. And their theory of creation is the chemical composition. One gentleman has written one book, *Chemical Evolution.* They think that chemical combination is the cause of life. So the *asuras'* theory of creation is *aparaspara-sambhūtaṁ kim anyat kāma-haitukam.* It is a chance theory. But we don't accept. We are preaching against them, writing books against them. We are challenging this atheistic theory of creation. --- **[1975: Kirtan & Lecture in Hindi](spoken/1975/751226le.san)** > And *na tat-samaś*, equal to the Lord, "I am as good as the Lord"—this is demoniac mentality. There is no one equal to the Lord and there is no one above Him also. *na tat-samaś adhikaś*. Everyone is below the Lord. So this Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, this is a prayer to the Lord, "Oh Harā! The potency of the Lord, You and Oh Kṛṣṇa, Oh, my Lord! Both of you together, please engage me in Your devotional service." Because the living entity's constitutional position is to serve the Lord. Caitanya Mahāprabhu said: *jīvera 'svarūpa haya-nitya kṛṣṇa-dāsa* Every living entity is by constitutional position an eternal servant of the Supreme Lord. But having forgotten his constitutional position, he wants to lord it over in the material world. That is why he is suffering. *parāsya śaktir vividhaiva śrūyate* [*Cc Madhya* 13.65, *purport].* > The Lord does not need to engage in any work. Just like we see that a rich man or a big man or a minister, they do not do any work themselves. But they have many servants and helpers. Similarly the Lord does not have to do any work with His own hands. --- **[1975: Conversation on Roof](spoken/1975/751226rf.san)** > The real difficulty is all these rascals, they are not sufficiently educated. They are *mūḍhās.* And they are trying to solve the problems. That is not possible. That is *andhā yathāndhair upanīyamānāḥ*. They are bound up. They're making adjustment, but... Just like Gandhi was making adjustment; all of a sudden a man came, [makes sound like gun] *phat.* Finished. Kennedy was making some adjustment. Somebody came and killed him. It is like that. What is the value of your adjustments? It will be finished after some days. Therefore the Russians, they support revolution. They said, "It is necessary." They admit the imperfectness. And occasional revolution makes it perfect. This is their idea of perfection. But they do not enquire that "What is that supreme power which makes our ideas of perfection imperfect?" These rascals, they do not never, do not ever enquire, "What is that power which forces to make our attempt frustrated, spoiled, and make it imperfect?" What do they say about this? > They have simply information this body, and the coconut's body is covered with fibers. And they are fighting with the fibers. None of these so-called capitalists or, what is called, Communists, they do not know where is the real substance is. Superficially they are fighting on the platform of fiber covering. That's all. *Chobaḍ*ā* niye *ṭā*n*āṭā*ni,* this Bengali word exactly. They're fighting just like dogs. Actually they do not know how to become happy, but one dog is barking upon another dog, and they're fighting, attacking, barking—useless. --- **[1976: Morning Walk and Room Conversation](spoken/1976/761226r1.bom)** > So if we come to Kṛṣṇa and Kṛṣṇa is personally presenting Himself, that is *Vedānta.* Otherwise, *bahūnāṁ janmanām...* We have come to that point, but if we neglect, then it will take many, many births to come to that point. Because that is the ultimate. Unless we come to that point, to understand Kṛṣṇa, there is still scarcity of knowledge. And Kṛṣṇa says that "When there is scarcity of knowledge, then I appear." *Yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānir bhavati bhārata*. When the scarcity of knowledge is polluted... Not only scarcity, but it is polluted, *glāniḥ. Yadā yadā hi dharmasya glāniḥ.* This is *dharma,* to come to the perfect knowledge. Human being must come to the perfect knowledge, because this is a boon. Not the cats and dogs can understand. Human being. So when there is *glāniḥ,* they are accepting the preliminary beginning of knowledge as the perfect knowledge, that is *glāniḥ. Yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānir bhavati bhārata*. Paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṁ vināśāya ca...*. These things are there. *Dharma-saṁsthāpanārthāya:* to establish real religious system. *Sambhavāmi yuge yuge.* What is that real religious system? *Sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekam*. > [Transl. If a man is haunted by a ghost,] Ghostly-haunted. And he talks all nonsense. Similarly, anyone who is in the material condition, he is a ghost-haunted man. So he can talk anything, all nonsense. *Piśācī pāile yena...* This is applicable to everyone. Anyone who has got this material body, he's ghostly-haunted. Therefore we are explaining that verse, that first treatment is how to get out of the clutches of this ghost which has attacked everyone. So ghostly-haunted man, he's himself a victim of the ghost. How he can treat other men? He's also haunted by the ghost. This is the position. Even one may say, "I am haunted by better ghost." That may be, but every one of us ghostly-haunted. And *śāstra* says this is treatment: *tapasya. Tapo divyaṁ putrakā, yasmād sattvā śuddhyed*. Sattvā. Sattvā,* our existence, is polluted. The first business... --- **[1976: Room Conversation](spoken/1976/761226r2.bom)** > Śrī-viṣṇoḥ śravaṇe parīkṣit. *Parīkṣit Mahārāja simply listened. There are *navadhā-bhakti,* nine kinds of *bhakti* process. Any one of them you be expert and you'll be perfect. *Śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ smaraṇaṁ pāda-sevanam*. So, where his family? > Although Krs... Caitanya Mahāprabhu is *guru.* He says that [Aside: Come. Sit down] "On My order [Aside: Sit up here] you become *guru.*" But He does not say that "What I am teaching." He says, *yāre dekha tāre kaha kṛṣṇa-upadeśa*. He could say, "What instruction I have given." No. --- **[1976: Room Conversation](spoken/1976/761226r3.bom)** > "Speaking on my own behalf and informally on behalf of the Hare Kṛṣṇa religious society, I might suggest that this issue raises some very serious questions concerning possible abuses of diagnostic power in psychiatry against religious practitioners and movements for what may be social, political and legal ends. Within the last ten years a large number of new religious groups, sects, communities and organizations have appeared on the American scene. Some are totally new, organizationally as well as theologically. And others are, or allege to be, based upon some already existing spiritual tradition. > "I myself am a member for six years of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, the Hare Kṛṣṇa Movement. The term 'Kṛṣṇa consciousness' is synonymous with the term *bhakti-yoga,* a theistic form of *yoga* which finds its scriptural authority in the *Bhagavad-gītā* and other major Indian devotional texts. The religious tradition represented in the West of the Hare Kṛṣṇa movement, Vaiṣṇavism, has centered the lives of hundreds of millions of Hindus for many centuries in India. This particular tradition has produced one of the world's largest and richest bodies of religious, philosophical and mystical literature. The founder and spiritual leader of the movement, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, has within the last ten years offered more than fifty volumes of translation and commentary on major texts of the tradition: *Bhagavad-gītā, Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta,* etc. These works are considered significant contributions to scholarship by specialists in the field and are studied in the universities throughout the world.* [See book reviews in the pamphlet 'The Kṛṣṇa Consciousness Movement is Authorized' enclosed.] --- **[1976: Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.5.2 in Hindi [Translated](spoken/1976/761226sb.bom)** > He is *mahātmā*. *Sa mahātmā sudurlabha*. Like that you will find so many *mahātmās* like me loitering in the street begging alms. No. Very rare. What is his symptom? Always, *bhajanti māṁ ananya manaso*. So one should serve that type of *mahātmā* or *mahat*. *Mahat seva dvaram ahur vimuktes.* If you wish to get freedom from material world, if you have realised that material life is troublesome, it is, but by the influence of *māyā* we don't understand. We think it is very pleasant here. If you have got to die and again accept another body then where is the happiness? But our brain is so dull that we can't understand it. They think what is there after death? The Supreme Lord says, *tatha dehāntara-prāptir*, after death you will have to accept another body. You be prepared for that. The Lord explains, u*rdhvam gacchanti sattva-sthah*, but nobody cares. What to do? This is the difficulty. Actually one should think about it, one should be intelligent enough to *mahat-sevā*, *mahātmā*, take shelter of such a person who is cent per cent engaged in the Lord's service. > If we keep the population two-legged animals then how there can be peace? How there can be attainment of the object of life? In the first verse Rsabhadeva said, *tapo divyaṁ putrakā yena sattvaṁ śuddhyed* We have to purify our existence. This is the mission of human life. *Athāto brahma *jijñāsā. [*Vedānta-sūtra* 1.1.1] Having attained the knowledge of the Supreme, one should realize his identity, *aham brahmasmi*, and thus acquire complete knowledge. This is the human form of life, *tapo divyaṁ*. The word "*Divyaṁ*" means the Supreme Lord. Transcendental. *Tapo*... Undergo austerity for that purpose. Otherwise everyone is doing *tapasya* working hard whole day. Those who want sense enjoyment they also undergo austerity. But the *śāstra* recommends, *tapo divyaṁ*. Perform austerity to acquire knowledge about the Supreme Personality of Godhead. --- ## Letters on December 26 *Letters from this day: 7* --- **[1969: Letter to Suridas](letters/1969/691226_suridas)** > I request you to simply translate into the French language our *Back To Godhead* and send the matters to Jaya Govinda for composing. --- **[1971: Letter to Cyavana](letters/1971/711226_cyavana)** > Brahmananda has telephoned that he has got the American Ambassador and the Indian High Commissioner to come to our festival in Nairobi. Jomo Kenyatta, to come also, then I shall also consent to come for a few days to meet him. --- **[1971: Letter to Himavati](letters/1971/711226_himavati)** > Both you and your good husband are very sincere and hard-working, and practically you together have saved our European centers from collapse. --- **[1971: Letter to Jayapataka](letters/1971/711226_jayapataka)** > Now that the war is ended there should be no difficulty in our devotees being in Mayapur. So at least six of our men should live there immediately. The Appearance Day of Lord Caitanya is only two months away, so preparations must be begun at once. --- **[1971: Letter to Ksirodakasayi](letters/1971/711226_ksirodakasayi)** > So far the Vrindaban land, if possible you should go there and induce the Chairman to give us the promised land. Gargamuni has written me letter that because you said to the chairman that Mr. --- **[1972: Letter to Amogha](letters/1972/721226_amogha)** > It is very much pleasing to me to hear that you are making such steady advancement in Krishna Consciousness. If you continue in this way, and strictly follow the four regulative principles, making sure to chant at least sixteen rounds on the beads, daily, it is without a doubt that at the end of this lifetime, you can go back home, back to Godhead. Yes, try to make local men into devotees. --- **[1976: Letter to Adi-Kesava](letters/1976/761226_adi-kesava)** > *Mare krsna rakhe ke rakhe krsna mare ke.* If Krsna protects, who can kill? So, if we are sincere servants, then Krsna will give us protection. ---