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Tuesday, April 9, 1968 San Francisco, Calif.
Letter to Satsvarupa
"A preacher's business is to love God, to make friendship with devotees, to enlighten the innocent, and to avoid the demons. This principle we shall follow. But in higher devotional life, there is no such distinction. The topmost devotee sees everything in Krishna, and Krishna in everything.
Generally, as preachers, we are middle class devotees. So we should not remain as neophyte devotee. Neophyte devotee does not know how to preach. He simply goes to the temple, and offers everything with devotion to the Deity, and he doesn't know anything else. So our devotees of the society should not remain in the neophyte position; neither should they try to imitate the topmost devotee. Best thing is to remain in the via media of middle class position, namely to love God, to make friendship with devotees, and to enlighten the innocent, and to avoid the demons."
8 April, 1975
Mayapur
Letter to Daruka dasa
"If you follow my instructions very carefully as you promise in your letter, then your life will be perfect. I am not saying anything which is not given by my Guru Maharaja. I am simply repeating what I have learned from him.
So you please do the same and your life will be full of ananda--blissful happiness, and you will be able to help spread this sankirtana movement all over the world."
April 5, 1969
San Francisco, Calif.
Letter to Syamasundara
"Actually, Sankirtana Party is our main business, and even you do not find a temple there for some time it is not cause for any disturbance. Continue to propagate Krishna Consciousness through Sankirtana Party, and surely you will come out fully successful."
Monday, April 3, 1972
Sydney
Letter to Bali-mardana
"There is no other literatures like ours in the world, and this information, "Here is God, just see Him," this clear understanding of God is not available anywhere else but from our books."
Srila Prabhupada Lecture
Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 20.294-298
New York, December 19, 1966
"So although we have made our friendship with Krsna and He will always protect us, but at the same time this devotional line is risky also, that we create so many enemies. There are many examples in the history of this devotional service that unnecessarily people become enemy to these innocent devotees. Even a innocent boy like Prahlada Maharaja, five years old. But a devotee cannot give up his profession. You see? He was being chastised so many times by his atheistic father, but what Prahlada Maharaja was doing? Oh, because he was king, he ordered the teachers that "This boy is coming home and chanting Hare Krsna. What is this nonsense?" Teachers were asked. Teachers said, "My dear sir, we do not teach Hare Krsna. According to your regulation, we are secular. (laughter) There is no possibility of teaching God or God's name. This boy, I do not know wherefrom he has got this Hare Krsna." (laughter) Oh, he became very angry: "Where you have got your Hare Krsna?" "Father, from where you have got your anger, I have got that Hare Krsna. (laughter) He is the supplier. You want to be angry; He supplies anger. And I want to chant." Oh, he becomes more angry. So, but that boy, what he was doing? That teacher was forbidden, secular, and the father was enemy. Still, he was taking some opportunity as soon as the teacher is out: "O my dear friends, come on. I shall speak to you Hare Krsna and the science." So this should be our, your policy. Whenever there is some chance, just preach this, whenever there is chance. But you should always know that you will find enemies, but you don't be afraid. Go on with your work."