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| Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 |
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18 June 2008 18 June, 1974 Frankfurt My dear Jagadisa, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your zonal report of May 28 and have examined the contents. From your report it appears that the transfer of the older Gurukula boys above ten years old has proven successful. I am glad to hear they are housed in a clean building with electricity and hot and cold water and that their teacher from Dallas is with them instructing them just as before. I am always eager to hear that Gurukula is going well so be very vigilant that this program with the older boys in New Vrindaban as well as all levels of teaching at Dallas are just to the standard as I introduced it. There is no more important school in the world, so it requires careful guidance. Yes, the farm plan in New Orleans is fine. But one thing is if we get land we must first be sure we will be able to fully utilize it, otherwise, if we cannot use it what is the use? I want the world to see by our example that life can be lived naturally, peacefully if one is self sufficient with land, some cows and chanting Hare Krishna. That is the idea of purchasing land. It is not necessary that every temple have a farm, but as many as can be efficiently managed locally is all right. Let them see our centers are self sufficient. Whatever can be managed conveniently. If they can manage a farm in Detroit also, what is the harm? Yes, consult with BaliMardan and if the new building required for our Montreal center is reasonable in all respects then purchase it. I can understand that you are travelling widely and managing many projects over a great area. Krsna will give you stamina and intelligence to carry out more and more projects successfully in His Name - provided you are sincere and remain strong spiritually by following the regulative principles. Your ever well-wisher, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami ACBS/sdg Labels: Chicago, GBC, gurukula, land, New Orleans letters | 06:15 |27 May 2008 27 May, 1974 Rome My dear Nityananda, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of April 29, 1974. On your recommendation I have accepted Robbie Bernstein and James Steelman a my initiated disciples, and their spiritual names are as follows: Robbie--Rajendra dasa James--Jvarajit dasa Please work with them carefully so they will always keep up chanting their rounds and remain enthusiastic to follow the principles. I am also accepting Jogindra vandana for second initiation who has been initiated for two years. I want to stress to you to be very cautious about giving me recommendation for second initiation. There are four orders of life, it is not that everyone has to be a brahmana just because he has been initiated 1 or 2 or any number of years. Especially if one cannot even rise early for mangala arati he should never be given brahminical initiation. All your programs are encouraging to me and keep sending me information. Your ever well-wisher, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami ACBS/sdg Labels: initiation, New Orleans letters | 03:40 | |
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