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

68-7-8
Montreal
9th July, 1968
My Dear Jadurany,
Please accept my blessings. I am in
due receipt of your letter dated June 27,
1968, and my first thanks to you because
your picture has attracted the attention of
Swami Sat-chit-ananda's students. This
means your picture is helping us forward
in Krishna Consciousness so that we
could attract even the yogis like Sat-chitananda's
students. Actually this is the
fact. There is a verse in Srimad Bhagavatam
which was explained by Lord
Chaitanya in 64 different ways before
Sarvabhouma Bhattacharya. In that verse
it is stated that even the atmaramas or the
persons who take trascendental pleasure
in their own self -actually people should
be trained up to be happy with one's own
self. So the yogis and the philosophers,
they are trying to be satisfied with their
own self. But even such persons are attracted
by the pastimes ofRadha-Krishna,
because the transcendental qualities of
Radha-Krishna is attractive for persons
who are already liberated from the 3 material
qualities. Anyway, the picture
which you sent to Montreal is wellreceived
here, and everyone is speaking
highly of your painting capacity and I am
so pleased to see the picture. And you
have improved very much in your painting
capacity also by serving Krishna so faithfully
by the talent which Krishna has endowed
you with. Yesterday there was
meeting of the Indians and all of them
spoke very highly of your picture. Please
try to paint the following pictures in
quantity-namely, the "Mohan Madhuri"
which you have sent here in Montreal,
that is to say, Radha and Krishna with the
8 principal gopies; the Samkirtan picture
of Lord Chaitanya; and Pancha Tattva.
These pictures should be popularized in
our movement and try to paint them very
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nicely. I am anxious about you because
you are conducting one of the important
departments of our activities, namely,
painting of pictures and this will make
your life successful. Keep yourself always
healthy because you have to work so much
for Krishna, and whenever you feel some
difficulty, you may immediately inform
me. This girl, Madhavi Lata, has come
here to stay, for some days, and I learned
that several girls have come from New
York to you; I do not know what they are
doing, and I shall be glad to hear from you
farther in this matter.
I have sent Satsvarupa instructions for
the story of Maharaj Bali. And you can
begin from that.
Your questions aobut Lord Brahma:
"Brahma is a great devotee of Lord
Krishna and Brahma Samhita, etc., reveal
his knowledge of the Lord. So are these 2
stories (namely, 1. He doubted Krishna
became a cowherds Boy and stole His
cows, etc. ; 2. Krishna showed him the 1 I 4
part of His creation after Brahma had to
designate himself as 4-headed Brahma.),
are these 2 stories just examples to we
conditioned souls, who think we can put
God under restrictions?" Brahma is not
among the great devotees, but he is a devotee
of Krishna. All the great devotees of
Krishna are in the Krishna loka, constant
companions of Krishna at Vrindaban.
They are actually great devotees of
Krishna. Brahma is great devotee in the
sense that he wants to serve Krishna the
best with some material power. That
means that he has a tendency to enjoy some
material opulence. So Krishna has made
him the number 1 living creature within
this universe. But a great devotee does not
want even the position of a Brahma. He
would prefer to become an insignificant
living creature like an ant or spider in the
house of a great devotee, then to become
Brahma, who has got the inclination of
becoming powerful in the material