Letters from Srila Prabhupada Vol.1 1947-1969

AUGUST, 1968 485capacity, and the thing is, Krishna wantsto see how much one is sincere in renderingHim service. Materially we may thinkthat his service is greater than his, that isour material vision. Actually on the spiritualplatform, the service rendered by acalf to Krishna and service rendered byRadharani and Her Associates, toKrishna, there is no difference. Krishna isso kind and liberal that everyone's service,when it is sincerely offered toKrishna, He accepts. This is the statementin the Bhagavad Gita. That He accepts alittle bit of flower, fruit, and water, offeredto Him in devotion and love . He wants ourlove and devotion, otherwise, he is theProprietor of everything, what can wegive Him? This position of our subordinationshould always be maintained and weshould always give respect to our puredevotees who are engaged, in devotionalservice, that will make us able to make aprogressive march in the devotional line.Thanking you once more, for yourvery nice letter, and hope you are all wellthere.Your ever well-wisher,A. C. Bhaktivedanta SwamiP. S . Please find out my stationary somewherein the basement kept by Upendraand send them here. Inform Jayanandathat I have received his check for $75 .00.ACB68-8-16Montreal21st August, 1968My Dear Krishna devi,Please accept my blessings. I thankyou very much for your letter dated August1, 1968, which I received just yesterday,after the mail strike. Anyway, I am somuch pleased to read the contents of theletter for your intelligent questions andmany other things, and all mentionedthere . The first thing is about your husband'sendeavor to produce films of ouractivities. I very much appreciate this attemptand try to help your husband asmuch as possible in this matter. When youhave no other engagement, at that timeyou can attempt to paint pictures if youhave got taste for such artistic work.I understand that you are sending$100.00 permonth to Santa Fe, and I shallbe glad to know for how many months, orhow many installments you have sentthere. Because I wanted you to send$100.00 say, for three mnths; I do notwant that a branch should be continuallymaintained by other branches. Everybranch should be self-dependent. AnywayI shall be glad to know how many installmentsyou have already sent there, then Ishall instruct you further. It may be that Imay ask you to send me some help becausemy next attempt will be to start apress of our own, in New York, or inMontreal, which will cost about $5,000. Iam so pleased to note that you are alwaysready to serve my cause and you areproper prepared to follow my instructionsin the service of Lord Krishna.Regarding the child problem: I may informyou that all our children born of theKrishna conscious parents, they are welcomeand I want hundreds of children likethat. Because infuture we expect tochange the face of the whole world, becausechild is the father of man. Anyway, Ihave seen Malati is nursing her child sonicely that she attended my meeting everyday and the child was playing and shenever cried. Similarly, Lilavati's childalso never cries or disturbs the meeting.Lilavati was always present with herchild, so it depends on the mother. How tokeep the childcomfortable, so that it willnot cry. The child cries only when it feelsuncomfortable. The child's comfort anddiscomfort depends on the mother's attention.So the best solution is that we shouldtrain our all first-day small babies in such