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

God's Mercy. Just like Upendra's suffering
for 3 months was destined by the law,
but by the Mercy of God the suffering is
reduced to one week only. So a devotee always
accepts his distress as minimized by
God's Mercy, although he would have to
suffer many more times the suffering.
Any one who accepts this philosophy of
God's Mercy in suffering conditions, and
still makes progress in Krishna Consciousness,
it is said that he is sure to go
back to Home, Back to Godhead.
Regarding Achyutananda's letter to
you : it is a fact that in Brahmachary
Ashram no Griha, , 'Ire supposed to
live, but the Ameri' an House which we
are now contemplating has no separate department
for Grihastras or Brahmacharies
. Therefore for the present we cannot
make such distinction in the American
House. We are just beginning the American
House there and gradually we shall
make departmental division later on. Your
quotation from Lord Chaitanya that nobody
should identify as a Brahmachary,
Householder, Sannyasi, is quite correct.
On the Krishna platform there is no such
distinction. The only reason is that on the
material platform sexlife is very predominant.
Therefore a Brahmachary is advised
not to live with Grihastras. But if there's
strong sense of Krishna Consciousness,
this distinction of material world will disappear
in spiritual light. Anyway, so far
you are concerned, I have received letter
from Achyutananda which reads as follows
about yourself: "Yamuna and Gurudas
are welcomed and they may come
soon so I must have your decision." So
you can prepare yourself for going there
and keeping correspondence with Achyutananda,
so that as soon as the house is
settled there you can go with a car.
I am keeping well . Hope you are well .
Your ever well-wisher,
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
FEBRUARY, 1968 313
68-2-17
Los Angeles
13th February, 1968
Robert Pekala
32 Grove Street
Burlington, Vt. 05401
My Dear Robert,
Please accept my blessings. I thank
you very much for your inquisitiveness
shown in your letter dated Jan. 30, 1968.
And I am sorry that I could not reply this
letter earlier, on account of being busy in
my preoccupation. I am glad that you attended
our class at Montreal and tried to
understand the philosophy of Krishna
Consciousness. It is neither sectarian nor
dogmatic. It is the natural relationship of
the living entities with the Supreme Soul .
The Supreme Soul is Krishna, or the All
Attractive; one cannot be Supreme Soul
without being all attractive. If God is Supreme,
therefore the nomenclature of God
to be addressed is Krishna perfectly well.
If you are inquisitive to learn this science
personally from me, I have no objection
if you come here and stay with me for
some days. A school life isn't an impediment
for becoming full time devotee, it is
the question of devoting oneself sincerely
to Krishna Consciousness. To prosecute
Krishna Consciousness there is no limitation,
no material impediment can stop
progress of Krishna Consciousness. That
is the symtom of spiritual life. Spiritual
life doesn't depend on material conditions.
We have got many instances from
the history of devotee's life as Prahlad Maharaj
. He was a small school boy, his father
and teachers were all against God
Consciousness. Still he flourished and
converted all his class fellows to be
Krishna Conscious in spite of severe trials
experimented on his personal body. So it
is only the question of understanding the
process how to execute Krishna Consciousness.
If you can therefore spare