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

426 Letters from Sri/a Prabhupt'lda
in it any unoffered foods, then you may
have such special refrigerator for leftover
prasadam. But it cannot be kept within the
same refrigerator as the unoffered, unprepared
foods. That cannot be. One should
never eat within the kitchen, there is ample
place to eat so why should one eat in
the kitchen? Kitchen should be considered
as good as the Lord's room, and nobody
should wear shoes in the kitchen,
smelling and tasting of foods being prepared
for the Lord should never be done,
talking within the kitchen should be only
what is necessary for preparing the prasadam,
or about the Lord, and dirty dishes
(those taken from kitchen and eaten from)
should not be brought back into the
kitchen (but if there is no other place to
wash them, then they should be put into
sink and washed immediately.), hands
should always be washed when preparing
prasadam, and in this way, everything
shall be prepared very cleansly and pure.)
What is the difficulty of enforcing
these rules? They are rules, and they are
simple rules, and must be followed. One
must be prepared to follow the rules for
Krishna. Otherwise where is the proof
that he loves Krishna. And they are not
very difficult to follow.
I am very happy to hear that your center
there is progressing nicely, and please
continue doing like that. Hoping you are
well.
Your ever well-wisher,
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
68-6-22
Montreal
l7th June, 1968
My Dear Sachisuta,
Please accept my blessings. I am very
much thankful to you for your letter dated
June 12, 1968. The science of Krishna
Consciousness is transcendental science
which is never understood by materialistic
persons. Therefore, the Vedas order is
that one must approach a spiritual master
to understand that transcendental science.
And the qualification of a spiritual master
is that he has to have received the knowledge
similarly from a bonafide spiritual
master, and the result is that a spiritual
master is completely convinced of the existence
of the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, and he is fixed. That is the qualification
of the spiritual master. In other
words, this science is appreciated by service
attitude only. It is never understood
by any challenging spirit. One who is submissive
and ready to give aural reception
of the transcendental message, to him
only the transcendence becomes revealed.
So the more you become in service
attitude for Krishna, Krishna will
reveal Himself to you. Krishna is within
you and He is awaiting your surrender and
service, and as soon as He sees that you
are seriously in serving mood, you will
understand everything about Krishna­
His qualities, His form, His pastimes, His
entourage, and His abode. I am very glad
to know that you are gradually stepping
upwards by your service attitude and I
would request you to prolong this attitude
eternally, and Krishna will reveal Himself
unto you continually. In other words,
Krishna is unlimited, but the more we advance
in service attitude, we appreciate
Him in newer and newer features. There
is a verse spoken by Yamuna Acharya. He
says, since I have begun to realize the
newer and newer features of Krishna, I
have forgotten more and more about material
enjoyment. And the summit of material
enjoyment is sex. And Yamuna
Acharya says that whenever I think of sex,
I spit on it. This is the state of Krishna
Consciousness. The more you forget
about nonsense material enjoyment, you
must know you are advancing in Krishna
Consciousness. You haven't got to ask
anybody how you are making progress,