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

68-2-35
Los Angeles
21st February, 1968
My Dear Satsvarupa,
Please accept my blessings. I am in
due receipt of your letter Feb. 17, 1968,
and have noted the contents. The sentence
in question is, as you stated, Swayam
Bhuva Manu and his wife, Satarupa (not
Satsvarupa).
The reaction that the hunter would
have suffered , had he not received the
Mercy of Narada Muni, is hellish life.
There are different kinds of hellish life for
different kinds of sinful activities. So, one
has to undergo such punishment if he
doesn't take to Krishna Consciousness. It
is only the devotee who can save the living
entities from falling down into hellish
conditions, and by the Grace of Narada
Muni, the hunter was awakened to
Krishna Consciousness and was saved .
Ye s, the general principle is that one is
sent to the particular type of hell, and
when he is practised to suffer the hellish
condition, he is given a similar body as re-
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action. These hell planets are described in
the 5th Canto of Srimad Bhagwatam;
there is no question of imagination. One
who is particular about this may read the
different descriptions of hells in the 5th
Canto of Srimad Bhagwatam .
Ye s, it is as you say, therefore we
should keep always ourselves engaged so
there is no possibility of falling down. So
far mistakes done imperceptively by such
devotee engaged in Krishna Consciousness
act1v1tes, "Swapada Mulam
Bhagwatam Priasya", they are excused by
the Lord as it is stated in Srimad Bhagwatam.
Hope you are all well.
Your ever well-wisher,
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
My Dear Jadurany,
Please accept my blessings. I have re-
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ceived your letter dated Feb. 14, 1968,
and I am happy to hear all the good news
from our fine art department. I think I
have already given you instructions in this
regard . In my opinion your guiding the
girls working under you for painting is
very important, and if this business
doesn't suffe r, you can think of going to
S.F. fo r organizing the ashram. If all the
Brahmacharini's gather together and
work under your guidance, at any place, I
will prefer that proposition. If the majority
of the girls are in N.Y., why not
have the other Brahmacharini's from S.F.
go there and work under your direction,
either in N.Y. or in Boston, as it is best.
Hope you are well. For the time being
drop the idea of going to S.F. better concentrate
your energy in organising the artist
girls under your care . The
Brahmacharinis at S.F. may be called at
N.Y. or Boston.
Your ever well-wisher,
Satsvarupa, please note:
N.B. Please send all the propaganda material
so far published in rrlation to your
center, to the following address:
Sri Hit Sharan Sharma
Radha Press
993/3 Main Road
Gandhi Nagar
Delhi-3 1,
INDIA
68-2-36 Los Angeles
22nd February, 1968
My Dear Purushottam ,
Please accept my blessings. I am in
due receipt of your letter dated Feb. 19,
1968. I am glad to understand that everything
is very nice in New York Temple,
and Krishna is attracting many new devotees
lately. The more you sincerely serve