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

660 Letters from Srrla Prabhuptida
that for shipment form Cochin also Shri
Wankawala of our Calcutta office should
be contacted and he will do the needful .
I did receive your earlier two letters,
but could not acknowledge the same since
I was out of station in U.K. for Shipping
Conference Meetings and other work.
I wish you success in your mission.
With kind regards,
Yours sincerely,
(Sumati Morarjee)
I could not understand why your manager,
Mr. Wankawala, refused to carry out
the orders of your letter under reference.
Anyway, my fe rvent request to you is that
you continue to help me as per your above
letter. It will be good to you and to your
business. I am trying to open several
Radha Krishna Temples as I have already
done in several places, in USA and
Canada, and next I am going to open in
Europe also. So please ask your Calcutta
manager to carry my goods free of freight
charges as per your letter under reference,
dated 1 Ith April, 1966.
Some of my Indian friends are ready to
donate Sri Sri Radha Krishna Vigraha fo r
installation in the temples. Formerly,
also, one Mr. Bhargava of Agra, he donated
one Pair of Radha Krishna Vigraha,
with dress, and it was sent to Calcutta, and
your Calcutta office was kind enough to
carry it free of freight charges. Now they
have denied. I have to import at least 20
Pairs of such Vigraha, and if you at least
carry the Vigrahas, freight charges free, it
will be a great help to my cause. Besides
that, I am getting Mridangas, Khole,
from Navadwip, Khartals. So there are
many paraphernalia I require for my temples.
It is not meant for business; and I did
not know why Mr. Wankawala refused.
There are some copies of books, Srimad
Bhagavatam, lying in your Bombay
office, as it was delivered by Mr.
Dharwarkar of the Universal Bookstore,
Pipe Road , Sita-Sadan, Dadar, Bombay.
Please arrange to send these books to New
Yo rk. These books are lying there for
nothing, and if they are sent to New Yo rk,
I can get them sold.
Regarding free passage to be provided
to my men, as you have kindly agreed, in
your above letter; there will be no difficulty
to get the Reserve Bank permission,
because I shall arrange fo r sponsoring
their expenses here in United States, and
it is not possible to pay their fare . They
wanted to get some expert player of Mridangam,
from India, so please cooperate
with me , and help my missionary activities.
By practical experience, I am seeing
that by spreading Krishna Consciousness
movement, the people here , especially the
younger generation, who were feeling
frustration, and confusion, are getting
great relief, and they are joining this
movement althoughthe restriction for becoming
initiated in this line are strictly according
to our Vaishnava rituals. Still they
are accepting; they do not take meat; they
have given up drinking; and all kinds of
intoxicants, not even will they take tea and
cigarette; they have no illicit sex life, except
in marriage union, and they have
given up gambling. So if you want to see,
two of my students are there in India, and
if you so desire, I can ask them to see you .
They are presently in Vrindaban. And you
will be pleased to see how they have
changed from their old habits to Vaishnava
initiation. So I request you again that,
kindly continue your cooperation as per
your letter dated 1 Ith April, 1966, and
oblige.
Thanking you in anticipation for an
early reply; and please send the books lying
with you in your Bombay office. Hope
this will find you in good health,
Yours very sincerely,
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami