a.c. bhaktivedanta swami
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| Prabhupada Letters :: 1975 a.c. bhaktivedanta swami |
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22 December 2008 22 December, 1975 Bombay My Dear Hrdayananda Maharaja, Please accept my blessings. Thank you for your letter dated November 29th 1975. The poem is very nice, however one should not think himself a devotee, poem 3. should read: Your servant's calling so sadly, Your servant's falling so badly, A servant's trapped in the city. one cannot call himself a devotee, but servant he can call himself always.* Your bus program sounds nice, it is approved my me. I hope this letter meets you well. Your ever well wisher, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami *Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu presented Himself as "Patitam kimkarana mam visamey charambudhva." Kimkaram means servant. ACBS/hda letters | 01:52 | 12 July 2008 Saturday, 12 July, 1975 Philadelphia My Dear Ameyatma das: Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated June 27, 1975 and have noted the contents. Thank you for your nice sentiments. Yes, this is the proper for you to satisfy your spiritual master. It is stated: yasya prasada bhagavata prasada. By the mercy of Krsna one gets the mercy of Krsna. As far as your writing additional poetry is concerned, do not spend very much time in this way. It is not very important. There are already so many prayers written by great acaryas. What will you add to this? However if you have got some spare time and the inclination, you can read the chapters of Krsna Book and put them into verse. I hope this meets you in good health. Your ever well wisher, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami ACBS/bs Labels: Los Angeles, poetry, writing letters | 11:24 |26 May 2008 26 May, 1975 Honolulu My dear Vahna dasa, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated May 12, 1975 and have read the Cintamani poetry book. It is indirect, impersonal and useless. Who will read these things? Krishna's name is only mentioned in two poems in the whole book. What is this? There are so many poems written by great acaryas. Why do you try to concoct something like this? It is not in our line. How is that our Kirtanananda Swami is there and he has approved printing this? It is a waste of time, paper, money, ink, and labor. There is so much work to do for spreading this Krishna Consciousness. Who will become attracted by such things as this. You should all spend more time reading my books very carefully and stop all this unnecessary manufacturing. I hope this meets you in good health. Your ever well-wisher, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami N.B. Why there is no picture of Krishna on the cover? If you have the desire to write poetry, better if you read one chapter of Krishna book very carefully. Then put it into poetry. But, do not concoct anything. There is no need for that type of poetry. If you do this, I think it will be appreciated nicely. ACBS/ps Labels: concoct, New Vrindavan, poetry letters | 03:20 | |
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