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

180 Letters from Srila Prabhupada
67-6-7
S.B & K.Renovich
4909 Norfolk St.
Burnaby 2, B.C.
Canada
New York
9th June, 1967
My dear Mr. and Mrs. Renovich:
I thank you very much for your letter of
3rd June 1967. I have noted the contents
carefully, and I am glad that you are reading
my god-brother's book (Raghava
Chaitanya Das). You are correct in your
conclusion that "Hari-Nama" is the only
means for spiritual realization in this age.
Swami Bon Maharaj is also my Godbrother,
and under the discipline of our
Spiritual Master we were all trained up for
preaching this gospel of chanting the Holy
Name, and I am trying to do my bit in
these western countries; and by Krishna's
Grace people are receiving the mantra
with great interest.
In our three branches, (New York, San
Francisco, and Montreal), this new line of
spiritual realization is being received with
enthusiasm. Last Sunday there was a
mmeting in the Tompkins Square Park
and thousands of people participated. I
was seriously ill for the last few days, so
that I could not attend the meeting, but I
sent a message through my disciple, and
when the message was read it was received
with great applause.
I wish to open a similar branch in Vancouver
with your cooperation. If you are
serious about it, then you arrange for our
reception, and I may go there with some
of my disciples. The Indians in Montreal
are taking· a great interest in our temple,
and similarly we may expect that when
there is a temple in Vancouver all the Indians
will take an interest. One of my chief
disciples, Sriman Kirtananda, has very
nicely organized the Montreal center, and
on hearing from you either myself or Kirtananda
may go to your place. This
Samkirtan movemement is so natural and
nice; we had a very good experience at
Stanford Universtiy where all the students
joined with us and danced with us. I am
enclosing one press report and hope you
enjoy it.
Yours sincerely,
67-6-8
New York
9th June, 1967
My dear Mr. Taber,
I thank you very much for your letter
and I have noted the contents carefully.
You will be glad to know that I am improving
my health gradually and today I took a
shower bath by myself here at the seashore
in N.J. Probably I will have regained
my strength sufficiently by the
25th of this month to come to San Francisco,
but ifl do not go at that time, then I
shall advice you to come to New York.
So far as your distress is concerned, it
is not new: it is the general condition of
living entities who are distressed for want
of sense gratification. Unless one is related
with Sri Krishna, The Reservior of
All Pleasures, it is very difficult to have
complete pleasures perception in this material
world. You have read Bhagavad Gita
and it is stated that ultimate happiness can
be realized by transcendental senses only.
Our movement for Krishna Consciousness
is to turn the present polluted senses
into its original pure form, just like when
a man cannot see properly due to cataracts
in the eyeball, similarly we cannot have
real sense pleasure without being purified
in Krishna Consciousness. This purification
can be done only by engaging the
senses for Krishna. Krishna is called Hrisikesh,
or the Master of the Senses. His
senses are omnipotent; therefore, when
our senses will be engaged to satisfy the
senses of Krishna, at that time we will
have perfect sense gratification, and be