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

248 Letters from Sri/a Prabhupiida
wife and you have a problem on which you
require my help. The whole world, beginning
with the highest planet to the lowest
in this material world is facing this problem.
Combination of husband and wife is
a necessary satisfation of the sex urge.
The foolish people see everyday this problematic
situation, still thy are not intelligent
enough to avoid it. Training of
Bramhacary life is especially meant for
this purpose, and a student is adviced not
to indulge in sex life just to avoid these
problems. It is very difficult to satisfy a
woman by a person who has no good income,
neither very good health. The
woman as a class wants sufficient means
to eat, and decorate and at the same time
full satisfaction of sex. Any husband who
cannot satisfy his wife by these three
items, namely sufficient food, sufficient
dress and ornament, and sufficient satisfaction
of sex, must meet all these problems.
And as soon as one becomes
engaged in solving these problems it is
very difficult to make any progress in
Krishna Consciousness. If one is serious
to make any success in the matter of
Krishna Consciousness, one should avoid
the association of woman as far as possible.
Married life is a sort of licence to the
incapable man who cannot avoid sex-life.
On this statement, you can understand
your real position. I do not agree with
your wife's statement that New York is unfit
for human habitation. A real Krishna
Conscious person can adjust things nicelyeven
in hell. A fully Krishna Conscious
person is always in transcendental position
and he is not afraid of any place which
is so called, unfit for human habitation. A
Krishna Conscious person is always satisfied
whether in Vaikuntha or in hell. His
satisfaction is not the particular place but
his sincere service attitude towards
Krishna. I have no objections if your wife
and you go to San Francisco and live there
peacefully as man and wife concentrating
your attention for Krishna Consciousness.
Hope you are well
Your ever well-wisher
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
67-11-10
15th November, 1967
My dear Bramhananda,
Please accept my blessings. I am in
due receipt of your letter dated Nov. 9,
1967 and have noted the contents very
carefuly. The Kirtananda incident is certainly
very unhappy and your dealing with
the situation is quite appropriate. Lord
Chaitanya composed the verse that one
should be humbler than the straw and
more tolerant than the tree for chanting
the Holy Name of Krishna, but the same
Author learning the insult committed
upon the person of Lord Nityananda became
furious and the Lord wanted to immediately
kill the insulter. The idea is that
personally, one should be very meek and
humble even in the presence of greatest
provocation, but a slight insult to Krishna
and His Representative should at once be
taken seriously and appropriate measures
should be taken. We should never tolerate
any insult or blasphemy to Krishna or His
Representative. So your action was quite
all right, but because we are in the public
eyes we have to act cautiously so that people
may not misunderstand. Anyway, forget
the chapter, there is nothing to be
lamented. If thousands of Kirtanandas or
Hayagrivas come and go. We have to prosecute
our real program being sincere to
Krishna and Krishna-Chaitanya. I am just
ready for starting for America but as you
know our competent government is very
slow in action. The P-form was submitted
almost a month ago, but still it is going under
red tapism. The visa was granted to
me within half an hour. The passage
money was deposited within two days but