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

frankincense, sarees, musical instruments,
dancing ghungru(jingle bells for
feet) etc . Hope you are well
Your ever well-wisher
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
67-11-8
12th November, 1967
My dear Subal ,
Please accept my blessings. I am in
due receipt of your letter dated Nov. 4. I
am very soon coming to San Francisco. I
will let you know the exact date sometime
next week. In Krishna Consciousness
there is variety but there is no discord. We
may fight with one another on the point of
serving but that is not a discord. We must
stick to the service of the Lord very seriously
& that will help us make progress.
In this connection I have written one letter,
to Brahmananda the portion in which
you may be interested is sub-joined
herein.
"I do not want a crowd of Kirtanandas,
but I want a single soul like Brahmananda,
Mukunda, Rayarama & Satsvarupa . . . I
have seen your statement regarding opening
centers. I am not in agreement with
Mr. Altman that we are expanding very
thinly. In my opinion a single sincere soul
can maintain a center. You know, I started
the center at 26 2nd Ave . alone. I took the
risk of $200. rent. At that time there were
no assistants . Mukunda was a friend, but
there was no responsibility for him for
maintaining the center. Gradually Kirtananda
and Hayagriva joined but they did not
take any responsibility. Still, I was maintaining
the establishement simply depending
on Krishna and then Krishna sent me
everything; men & money. Similarly, if a
sincere soul goes out and opens a center in
any part of the part, Krishna will help him
in all respects . Without being empowered
by Krishna nobody can preach Krishna
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Consciousness. It is not academic qualification
or financial strength which helps in
the matter, but it is sincerity of purpose
which helps us always. Therefore I wish
that you will remain in charge of Boston.
Let Mukunda be in charge of San Francisco.
Let Janardan be in charge of Montreal
, Nandarani and Dayananda be in
charge of Los Angeles. And let Subal das
be in charge of Santa Fe . In this way, you
will follow my example as I did in the beginning
at 26 2nd Ave . That is preaching,
cooking, writing, talking, chanting, everything
one man's show. I never thought
about the audience. I was prepared to
chant even if there were no men present to
hear me. The principle of chanting is to
glorify the Lord & not to attract a crowd.
If Krishna hears nicely then he will ask
some sincere devotee to gather in such
place. Therefore be advised that thousands
of centers may be started if we find
out a sincere soul for each & every center."
More when we meet. Hope you are
well.
Your ever well-wisher
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
My dear Krishna devi,
Please accept my blessings . Yo u will
read the letter of your husband & try to
know my mind. I am coming very soon to
see you when everything will be adjusted.
Hope you are well .
Yours sincerely,
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
67- 11-9
13th November, 1967
My dear Gargamuni,
Please accept my blessings! I am in
due receipt of your letter dated Nov. 8,
1967. You have written to say that your