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

376 Letters from Sri/a Prabhuptida
still have some of our money from the last
business transaction.
Hoping you are well, and I am looking
forward to again being with you.
Your ever well-wisher,
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
N.B. Mridangas we can directly order
from Dwarkin. Please let me know how
many mridangas we may require.We are
going to N.Y. on the 17th by American (?)
Flight-9.A.M.
68-4-6
San Francisco
8th April, 1968
My Dear Jadurany,
Please accept my blessings. I am in
due receipt of your letter dated April 2,
1968, and I thank you very much for it. So
far the 9 blocks are concerned, I do not
mind a long walk, if it is flat land and not
hills. Here I am walking at least 2 miles
daily voluntarily, so if the house is nice,
you can keep it. If a car is available, from
New York, then that will be very nice,
otherwise, I can walk. So far as devotees
are concerned, if there is only one toilet
room, then not more than 2 devotees can
remain with me. I must have a separate silent
place; if there was no noise, all the six
rooms could be filled up with devotees.
For my personal service I require only
one. So you can make arrangements in
that way.
Whenever there is need of my lecture,
I am always prepared to serve; it doesn't
matter whether big or small. Probably as
you are making fine arrangements , many
will come to the Temple to hear me, so in
that case, I must come. Best thing will be
to see people in the class, not in my private
apartment. Lecturing or meeting
must be done in the classroom, that's all.
If the two girls, Ekayani and Sudarsana,
want to be engaged in drawing for
helping BTG, let them do so. The simple
thing is they must be engaged in this artistic
work. It is very nice that they want to
occupy in every spare moment with their
artwork, it is very laudable, and it means
they are anxious to serve. So I am also
awaiting to see them very eagerly, and see
how nice they are.
Yes, the Pancha Tattwa pciture is standard,
no need of changing. Pancha Tattwa
belongs to Nabadwip and it is authentic.
In Vrindaban, there is Radha-Krishna,
that you have got enough pictures of, and
you have got picture of Radha Madan Mohan
Temple. When you go to Vrindaban,
you can take pictures of important places;
wait for those days when I shall accompany
you in all the important places of
Vrindaban.
You are already a great artist. You
don't want to become a great artist to satisfy
the senses of the public. If your
present paintings are not acceptable to the
general public, I do not mind; they are
fools. You continue trying your best to
make your pictures as far they can be nice
looking, but not to satisfy the senses of the
rascal public. Yesterday I have been in a
Unitarian Church and there I saw two pictures
of only logs and bamboos, and I was
explained by our great artist Govinda dasi
that these are modern abstract arts. Anyway
I couln't see in them nothing but combination
of logs and bamboos. There was
nothing to impel my Krishna Consciousness.
So, if you want to be a great artist in
that way, I will pray that Krishna may save
you. Anyway, if the public doesn't buy, we
don't mind. Why you are anxious for sell·
ing? We shall distribute them to devotees
without any price. If our things have no
market in the sense gratification society
that does not mean we are going to change
our principles. We are meant for satisfying
Krishna, not anybody's senses. That
should be the principle of our life. In this
connection I may remark that you have
sent one picture of Narada Muni which I