Letters from Srila Prabhupada Vol.1 1947-1969 (in pdf) - Krishna Path

$6000.00 has already become bad money
and therefore no more good money should
be spent after this. Forget the chapter.
Take it fo r granted that Krishna has taken
away this money from you for your deliberate
foolishness. In future be very cautious
and abide by the orders of Krishna.
If you abide by the orders of Krishna, He
can give you thing that you may need. Be
cheerful and chant Hare Krishna without
any lamentation. As I have told you several
times that my Gurumaharaj used to
say that this world is not a fit place for gentleman.
His version is corroborated by the
following verse of Srimad Bhagavatam. It
is said like:
Ya sya asti bhagavati akimchana bhakti
Sarvai gunais tatra samasate sura.
Harau abhaktasya kuto mahat guna
Manorathen asto dhavato bahi.
"A person who is not in Krishna consciousness
has no good qualifications.
However so called gentleman one may be
or academically educated he may be he is
hovering over the mental plain and therefore
he must commit nuisance being influenced
by the external energy. A person
who has however unflinching faith in the
Supreme Personality of Godhead has all
the good qualifications of the demigods."
In other words you should not keep your
trust on so called gentlemen of the world
however nicely dressed he may be. In the
matter of discharging our mission of
Krishna consciousness we have to meet so
many so called gentlemen but we must be
very cautious for dealing with them as we
are cautious in dealing with serpents.
I have taken quotation from good print­
ing houses in San Francisco for Geetopanishad
and it is estimated to cost about
$11000.00 for five thausand copies case
bound and golden title. I will have
$5000.00 from here and shall be glad to
know how much you can contribute so
that I can take up the work. I wish that you
may contribute the balance either by sell-
MARCH, 1967 149
ing my books (Srimad Bhagavatam) or by
raising funds.
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67-3-13
San Francisco
30th March, 1967
My dear Rayrama
Mydear Satsvarupa,
I beg to acknowledge receipt of your
letters with enclosures. Thank you very
much and accept my blessings.
Regarding the house and the money
which you have foolishly mishandled, I
can give you still good consel as follows:
I do not know what is the agreement
you have entered into and paid the check
for $5000.00 but I can guess it that the
agreement is drawn on the understanding
that Mr. Hill is the financier who is going
to purchase the house on our behalf from
Mr. Taylor and the check is received by
Mr. Hill as earnest money with provision
that further $5000.00 shal be paid by 31st
March 1967. Mr. Payne knew it very well
that you have not got further $5000.00 to
pay by the 31st March and he thought that
on your failure to pay further $5000.00
dollar the first $5000.00 dollars can be
usurped by the gang.
But actually this Mr. Hill has no sufficient
money to pay Mr. Taylor. Mr. Taylor
may know this fact and therefore he
was not present when you all foolish boys
assisted by similar lawyers signed the
agreement without the presence of Mr.
Taylor. I repeatedly warned you even at
the last point that we should not pay the
check unless there was agreement between
Mr. Taylor and Hill. The agreement
was signed like marriage ceremony
without the presence of the bridegroom.
The mistake was there and now you are repenting.
Any way if on the 31st March Mr. Hill