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

all these four classes of men and they are
the post graduate men in the line. We
know also the Ashuras who are divided
into four classes namely the Duskritinas,
the Mudhas, the Naradhamas and the
Folish scholars. In order to preach the
Bhagwat Geeta we have to create the
Mahatmas and not the Foolish Scholars
who have unauthorisedly taken up the
Bhagwat Geeta without following the
parampara line. That is an important
point.
Please therefore join this League of
Devotees and try to preach the Bhagwat
Geeta through the bonafide Mahatmas.
Any one who fo llows strictly the foot­
prints of Shri Arjuna is certainly a Mahatma.
It does not mean that a red-dressed
man is a Mahatma and a noble house­
holder like your goodself is otherwise. We
can find out Mahatmas like Arjuna in the
householder life also and in this age of
Kali we should find out More Mahatmas
in the householders lite than in the other
camp.
We are struggling very hard to give the
mission a practical shape fo r want of
money. It has not yet come to the point
save and except publication of two papers
only one in Hindi and the other in En­
glish. And if your goodself joins , many
other richmen of the world will certaily
join.
The minimum expenditure is estimated
to be Rs.3000/- a month to begin
with. Three hundred members of this noble
mission can at once raise this sum fo r
training the preachers and other necessary
expenditure .
Please therefore come fo rward and
become the headman of this League.
See that the money is properly being utilised
and see the result also side by side.
I am sure you will be encouraged to take
interest in this missionary work more
and more by the practical result of the
work.
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Awaiting your early reply and thanking
you in anticipation.
For the League of Devotees,
Yours fa ithfully,
A.C. Bhaktivedanta
Founder Secretary.
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Jhansi
My dear Brother,
Please excuse me if I have offended
you by calling you my dear Brother. Actu­
ally you are my dear brother and when
you know me you shall be pleased that I
have called you as such.
Yo u are my brother in relation to our
common and Eternal Father the Almighty
Personality of Godhead Sree Krishna the
revealing Author of the great book of Phi­
losophy 'Bhagwat Geeta'. And from this
book of transcendental knowledge, I have
known that you and all other living entities,
in whatever fo rm they may be, are all
my brothers.
But I know some other less intelligent
brothers, who are now in the animal kingdom,
will not be able to recognise me
even if I address them as my dear brothers,
fo r the reason of their being grossly
enwrapped in material consciousness.
But as you are a human being and as you
have developed the consciousness of a human
being, I have ventured to approach
you and address you directly 'My dear
brother.' Please therefore donot mistake
my endeavor.
You may be, although I donot believe
it. one of those other brothers who do not
believe in the existence of any Person like
Godhead our eternal Father. But if you so
believe , I shall tell you that you are mistaken.
Yo ur conviction as such is due to
your either being misled by another waylaid
brother or due to your fa ilure to make
communion with our Eternal Father. You