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

Chatterji similar such things may be included.
Any drama or book written by unauthorized
persons should not be
indulged in. (In this connection I may
mention that I have seen one copy of
"N arada Pancharatra" sent here from San
Francisco, and it is not good. Please stop
circulation of this book, which is not authorized.)
A pure devotee is always free
from the four principle restrictions, and
he has a telok on his forehead. At least
these symptoms indicate one's purity in
Krishna Consciousness. If one is not following
these principles, he is not considered
to be a pure devotee.
As a matter of recognition I am giving
the second endowment of initiation,
namely the sacred thread to those who are
chanting 16 rounds regularly, and have
followed the four principles of restrictions
may be awarded this sacred thread. The
first batch of six disciples are already
given. When I return to San Francisco I
shall offer the same sacred thread to some
of you.
Hope you are well.
Your ever well-wisher,
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
My Dear Yamuna,
Please accept my blessings. I received
your letter a few days ago and I am very
glad to learn that you are training the 2
boys in Krishna Consciousness. I do not
think you require an academic degree for
training such boys. We are training
Krishna Consciousness, which has nothing
to do with academic education; I
therefore wish that instead of wasting your
time for 2 or 3 years for taking a degree,
you may increase your scope of activities
for recruiting such boys and training them
in Krishna Consciousness. But if your
state laws do not allow it to hold any class
without such degree then you must get
such degree. On the whole you have got a
very nice engagement for training chil-
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dren in Krishna Consciousness. And I
think you are very fit for it. I am sure if
you endeavor in this line of service,
Krishna will be very much pleased and
will shower His blessing more and more.
you are very nice girl and I have got full
faith in you and I wish that you can develope
this line of service to the society.
If possible, please send me the address
of Prasad; I want to write him one letter.
Hope you are both well.
Your ever well-wisher,
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
68-5-13
Allston Mass.
23rd May, 1968
My Dear Krishna das,
Please accept my blessings. I am receiving
your twigs for washing my teeth
very regularly and I thank you very much.
What about Krishna's flute you attempted
to prepare? I think you can prepare one
silver flute and I am inserting measurement.
It should be with golden relief
work-raised embroidery-like designson
the body of the flute. The length of the
flute may be 5 inches, and it should be
114" thick. Now I shall be glad to know
what is your credit balance in the bank. It
may be that I may call you to go with me to
India at any moment.
Hope you are well.
Your ever well-wisher,
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
68-5-14
New Yo rk
Allston, Mass.
27th May, 1968
My Dear Brahmananda,
Please accept my blessings. I hope you
have safely reached N.Y. Till now I have