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

262 Letters from Srrla Prabhupada
disciples are applying their energy in the
service of Krishna. Jadurany, Govinda
dasi, and other girls, they are very sincerely
applying their energy in the service
of Krishna and I wish that you also do the
same. Ye s, we cannot understand about
Krishna with our limited potency and
senses, but if we engage ourselves in the
service of the Lord , He will reveal Himself
to the faithful servitor.
Adwaita has written me about your
marriage. I think both of you should wait a
little more till my arrival in N.Y. I shall
personally perform your marriage ceremony.
Yo u have rightly said that learning
more and more about Krishna makes you
so happy. The more we learn about
Krishna from the authoratative sources,
the more we can be attached in Krishna
Consciousness. I shall chant all the beads
today at the time of the initiation and send
you by post tomorrow. Yo ur initiated
name will be Balai dasi.
Hope you are well.
Your ever well wisher
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
67-12-12 San Francisco
17th December, 1967
My Dear Indira dasi (Iris Mendoza) and
My Dear Ekayani dasi (Esther Mendoza),
Please accept my blessings. I am in
due receipt of your letters and I am very
glad to note the contents. I can understand
that you have considerably advanced in
Krishna Consciousness because your
heart is simple. Girls and women are generally
very soft hearted and they take
things very easily, but then there is also
chance of being misled . So you chant the
Holy Name of Krishna and Krishna will
keep you from being misled .
Last night there was initiation ceremony
in which your beads were sancti-
fied . Yo u' II take on string of small beads
fo r sticking on your neck and the bigger
ones you can chant according to the rules.
There are 10 kinds of offenses in
chanting Hare Krishna and everyone
should avoid such offenses. They are
listed on the paper and you can have it
from Brahmananda. Krishna Consciousness
is very nice, simple, and sublime. If
you stick to this principle, undoubtedly
you 'II be happy both in this life and next
life.
For the present you should continue
going to school because education is important.
Without education nobody has
any social position and all our students in
Krishna Consciousness are expected to be
preachers. So preachers must have sufficient
education because they have to meet
with so many opposing elements. Education
should be continued at the same time
chanting should be continued. There will
be no difficulty.
I am very glad to learn you are chanting
48 rounds. Actually it is all right that
one should chant 64 rounds, even 16
rounds, so if one is able to chant more
than 16 rounds up to 64, it is very good.
Yo u fix up your rounds. Try to increase
it but never decrease it.
Hope you are well.
Your ever well-wisher,
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
67- 12-13 San Francisco
21st December, 1967
My Dear Brahmananda,
Please accept my blessings . Yo ur
handwritten letter of 12/18/67 is a great
pleasure. Your handwritten letter is more
valuable than type written. Regarding Damodar's
plight, we are very sorry but we
must always expect that some of the weak
soldiers may fall down in a fight waged
against the great Maya external energy of