Letters from Srila Prabhupada Vol.1 1947-1969

MARCH, 1967 141it as hypnotic chant. Many Yoga societieshere feeling the strength of our movement.Yo urs ever well wisherA. C. Bhaktivedanta SwamiN.B. Please send me the copy of resolutionyou made in connection with purchasinghouse as also the copy ofagreement made in this connection. Ihope next time when go to New York , Ishall[TEXT MISSING]in the new house67-3-411th March, 1967My dear Sripada Sar Maharaj ,Please accept my humble obeisancesat your lotus feet. I am in receipt of yourletter dated February 20, 1967. I am somuch thankful to you all for encouragingme in my humble attempt to preach themessage of srila Prabhupada in this part ofthe world. I am sure to be successful if Iam blessed by you all Vaisnavas .I can understand your difficulty in thematter of my publication work. I am gladto learn that your activities following thefoot prints of our beloved Gosvami Maharajis being conducted nicely.By the by I may inform you that in thematter of permanent Visa in this country Irequire some certificates from India. Willyou kindly send me a certificate in yourpersonal form of letter as the Presidentand Acharya of the Gaudiya Sangha(Regd) in the following words and oblige.Wordings of the certificate: "This is tocertify that His Holiness Tridandi SwamiA.C. Bhaktivedanta Swamiji Maharaj is abonafide disciple of my Spiritual MasterOn Visnupada Sri Srimad BhaktisiddhantaGoswami Prabhupada We havehighly appreciated his publication SrimadBhagavatam in our Sajjan Toshani Patrika(Monthly Magazine) in June 1963.Swami A.C.Bhaktivedanta was the Editorof the above magazine while the paperwas started from Delhi. Subsequently hehas accepted the renounced order of life(Sannyasam) from His Holiness Sri SrimadBhakti Prajnan Keshav Maharaj theFounder President of the Gaudiya VedantaSamity in 1959 . He is therefore bonafidePreacher in the line of disciplic successionfrom Lord Chaitanya Who preachedthe cult of Krishna Consciousness in Indiaabout 48 1 years ago. We all godbrothersof Swami A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami inIndia are very much pleased to learn thathe is executing the mission of our SpiritualMaster in the Western countries evenin his good oldage. We wish all successfor him in his great and noble attempt.Sd/-------(Bhakti Saurabh Bhaktisar Maharaj)President & Acharya.Kindly send this certificate by return ofpost and oblige. Thanking you in anticipation.Yours affectionately,A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami67-3-5 San Francisco14th March, 1967My Dear Brahmananda,Please accept my thanks and blessingsof Lord Krishna for your letter of the 12thinstant describing your meeting with aMaya the illusory energy and combatingher by Krishna consciousness. In future ifany one challenges our philosophy onemay put his questions in writing and mustbe prepared to receive the answers fromhuman understanding. We cannot talkwith any one who is not within the purviewof human understanding. You arecompletely right when you refuse to debateand accept invitation for chantingHare Krishna Mahamantra. Although we