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

67-9- 1
SEPTEMBER
5th September, 1967
My dear Woomapati,
I am so glad to receive your letter dated
28 August, through Achyutananda. You
will be glad to know that he has safely arrived
here via Delhi. He is a very intelligent
boy, and has safely come without any
difficulty.
Your letter is very much encouraging
to me, that you are appreciating my humble
service in spreading Krishna Consciousness
in your great country. It was
my ambition to begin my movement from
New York; and by Krishna's Grace, I got
good cooperation from some boys like
you; and I felt too much aggrieved when
some of you left me, but I was confident
that all of your would come again, because
Krishna Consciousness is not a material
thing, and cannot be broken: it
cannot be burned or wet or dried or
stopped at any stage. When I received
your letter, it appeared to me that I had received
a letter from a lost child; so please
continue your present attitude.
I have not heard anything from Harvey.
Hope he is doing well. So far my health is
concerned, I have improved considerably,
and I hope to return by October next.
Kirtanananda is now a completely
Krishna Conscious person as he has accepted
sannyas on the birthday of Lord
Krishna with great success. He is the first
sannyas in my spiritual family, and I hope
he will return back soon to begin preaching
work with greater vigor and success.
Please try to cooperate with the temple
managers, because in my absense they
might feel some difficulty. You are one of
the old founders of N.Y. temple, and I
hope you shall take some active part in improving
the original center.
I shall be glad to hear from you at your
convenience. Hope you are well .
With all my blessings,
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
67-9-2
New Yo rk
Vrindaban
9th September, 1967
My dear Rapanuga,
Please accept my blessings. I am in
due receipt of your letters. You have a
problem before you in respect to living
separate from your wife. If your wife
keeps herself peaceful living separately
from you, I think you can arrange for the
time being like that, but in my opinion,
this business of separation may not be developed
into a case of divorce. So far Eric
is concerned, he is developing K.C. from
very childhood, and it is a great opportunity
on a human being. I think his father
has got a special duty to protect this child
in his K.C.; The mother has also similar
responsibility, so either your wife or yourself
must take care of the good child. If
you wife takes charge of him, then you become
completely free personally, and you
can live in the temple with other bramacharies,
either in N.Y. or elsewhere as
you think best. If however, your wife
leaves the child with you , then you can
take care of him; that will be nice. But I
think it is very difficult, because he is not
sufficiently grown up. Anyway, both your