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

God, and the cities and towns are made by
man. So that is the distinction.
There are many such nice ideas, for
peaceful living on this planet and execute
Krishna Consciousness, so that one may
become completely freed from contamination
of material existence, and get eternal
life, just after quitting this body. This
is confirmed in the Bhagavad Gita, Taktva
Deham Punar Janma Na Eti Mam Eti
Kaunteya . By simple prosecution of
Krishna Consciousness, one goes back to
home, back to Godhead, just after quitting
this present body.
If people cooperate with this Krishna
consciousness movement, certainly a better
type of civilization can be introduced
for permanent peace and prosperity of the
whole world.
Hope this will meet you in good
health,
Your ever well-wisher,
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
Enclosure: 2
68-10-37
Seattle
17th October, 1968
My Dear Nandarani,
Please accept my blessings. I beg to
acknowledge receipt of your letter dated
Oct. 13, 1968. I am so glad to learn that
you appreciate my mission in the United
States as without any rival. Actually this is
a fact, because I am presenting nothing
manufactured by me. I am presenting the
genuine thing as it was given by Lord
Krishna Himself, or Lord Chaitanya Himself,
approved by the Great Acharyas, so
the activities which we have adopted,
Krishna Consciousness, it is authorized
and in the disciplic succession from
Krishna directly. I am trying to live in
your country permanently, and I have already
applied for my permanent visa at
Montreal, and they have called me for in-
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terview on the 25th Oct. 1968, so I am going
there on the 23rd instant, and I will see
the Consulate General there on the 25th.
So if I get my permanent visa, certainly I
shall try to live in your country and spread
this unique message of Krishna Consciousness
with your good assistance.
The engagement which you have fixed
up on the 25th Oct. is not possible to accept
because on the 25th I shall be in
Montreal, and on the 26th I shall be starting
for Santa Fe, and from Santa Fe I am
coming to Los Angeles. Perhaps you have
already known this fact from your husband,
because Jayananda talked with him,
about the program.
Regarding vegetarian movement,
practically we are not very much interested
with such partial movement. We
have taken the supreme sublime movement,
Krishna Consciousness, which includes
all other subordinate movement.
Although we are not interested in the vegetarian
movement, but because we eat
Krishna Prasadam we are already vegetarian.
So any good thing all over the
world may be brought before us and we
can say that we have already accepted it.
That is the postion of Krishna Consciousness.
Krishna Consciousness is all including.
Just like if a man has got one million
dollars, so 10 dollars, $20, $50, or $500,
or $5000, everything is included, in that
one million dollars. So we have accepted
something which is all including so don't
worry about this vegetarian movementif
they are not inclined to understand what
is Krishna consciousness. We have no
quarrel either with the vegetarian or nonvegetarian,
because according to Bhagavad
Gita both of them are sinful.
Anyone who is not eating Krishna Prasadam,
either vegetarian or non-vegetarian,
he is a sinful person. That is stated in the
Bhagavad Gita, Bhunjante Te Agham Papam
le Pachyante Atmakaramak. Anyone
who is cooking for himself, he is eating