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

file to Vancouver, but that will take another
month, so instead of waiting another
month, I am going there to make the matter
easier. So if some of you come to Montreal,
to see me there, then we can talk in
detail about the constitutional proposal as
well as other things, because from Montreal
I may go to Santa Fe. That is the program.
And while coming, somebody may
bring my overcoat which is hanging in my
closet in the apartment.
Regarding your present edition of
Back To Godhead: I have already informed
you in my previous letter that it
has become very nice, and try to continue
the effort improving the quality and I
think you are getting good advertisement
also. And if the advertisement income is
increased, you can increase the pages and
reading matter along with it. You should
simply accept advertisement collection
for publication costs-namely, the paper
and printing costs. So at present if you try
to get more advertisement I think there
will be no difficulty. Similarly, induce
Jayagovinda and Achyutananda in India to
get advertisement. If they try, people will
be very glad to give advertisement in our
paper, even they will be glad to mention
their name only, that this space is donated
by such and such. They will pay. They are
prepared to pay like that. Many people are
publishing nonsense magazines as they
are collecting money in that way. So this is
a Vaishnava magazine, and in Bombay especially,
there are many Vaishnavas rich
men, merchants, they will be very glad
that Krishna Consciousness is being
preached in America, and they will donate
space. They have got money. So let
these two boys work in that way, and distribute
Back To Godhead free, and simply
collect money for donation of space, and
increase the volume of writing. I think
both you and Brahmananda will request
them that instead of sitting idly and talking
sometimes to become this or become that;
OCTOBER, 1968 563
so far Jayagovinda, he can also write nice
articles, his article "Rishikesh" is nice.
People will be glad to read such articles in
this country. At the same time, people in
India will be glad to learn that Krishna
Consciousness is being preached in westem
countries. In this way, we have to form
International Society. So practically now
we are in the making of, so you go on
drafting the constitution, but don't distribute
now. Whatever you do, you first of all
show me, and the final copy will be distributed,
then we shall call for a meeting
and then we shall adopt. Don't distribute
immediately. Anyway, try to do it conveniently,
there is no haste. But don't distribute
anything without showing me. So far
the constitution goes, my instruction for
the present is this.
Next-regarding your point: program
for a spiritual world civilization-it is
very nice suggestion. And practically our
Krishna Consciousness movement is built
on this idea, that we want to make a world
civilization on the basis of spiritual understanding.
So I am giving you some points
which you may expand or do it for understanding
of the people in general. But the
point should be as follows: 1st point, that
any civilization devoid of God consciousness
or Krishna Consciousness, is no civilization
at all. It is simply a polished type
of animal society. This is the first point.
So at the present moment, the modem
civilization on the basis of so-called scientific
knowledge and economic development
is trying to avoid God consciousness,
or Krishna Consciousness-that is
the defect of the modern civlization.
Therefore, in spite of all advancement it is
zero. So zero has no value. And millions
of zeros put together does not make any
value. But one is put on the left side of the
zero, it increases the value. Then one zero
becomes 10, two zero becomes 100, three
zero becomes 1000 , so it is very nice.
This point should be clearly discussed,