some more quotes

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We seem to have a problem with selective quoting.

 

>Srila Prabhupada:

>

>"This food distribution program is to done very, very nicely as I

>have already written in my last letter. Generally people make a plea

>that why are there so many hungry and naked. So we invite all hungry

>and naked people to come to us and we will give them food AND

>CLOTHING and Krishna Consciousness as well. This will attract the

>general public and there will never be any shortage of food-stuffs,

>so continue regularly. In Bombay there are many generous persons who

>like food distribution programs, and actually, our temple be the via

>media for feeding the poor with food and spiritual knoledge. Our

>Bombay program should be based on giving Krishna Consciousness

>through the English medium and distribution of prasadam without

>discrimination. This will enhance our prestige and will accelerate

>our spiritual life as well. ..." (letter april 1972, Srila Prabhupada

>Siksamrita)

 

Left out: This was a letter to Giriraja Prabhu (now Maharaja), then

the president of ISKCON Bombay. Precisely how did Srila Prabhupada

want Giriraja to implement these instructions? For that you have to

see the letter to Giriraja dated 15 May 72 (3 weeks later), which

contradicts what you seem to be trying to say.

 

>"One thing is, I have just now heard from Gurudasa that the American

>government agency which is providing us the foodstuffs for Mayapur is

>prepared to give us much, much more provided we fully utulize what

>they have already given. And I am infored by Gurudasa that the

>distribution program in Mayapur is not very widespread. Why you have

>neglected this very important program? I want that you shall

>distribute prasadam at least to hundreds of persons daily, and

>advertise very quickly all over Nadia Province for people to come

>there and take prasadam daily without charge. Otherwise the whole

>thing is a farce. We have worked so hard for so long to get this

>foodstuff donated by your government and now we are neglecting? And

>if you expand this program to THEIR satisfaction, they will give so

>much more of different varieties of foodstuffs AND WE CAN EXPAND THIS

>PROGRAM WIDELY THROUGHOUT INDIA and become very much popular with the

>people as a whole. ... "(letter to Bhavananda, 1.8.72)

 

Read in context, this is all about distributing prasadam at our temple

in Mayapur--which even today we're still not doing on the scale Srila

Prabhupada desired.

 

Are we distributing full prasadam every day to the people of Nadia at

our prasadam-distribution pavilion in Mayapur? No, we're taking up big

collections to go to the emergency spots ("With traveling sankirtana

we can distribute wherever we go, but not to the emergency spot").

 

>So it is clear that the vision of Srila Prabhupada is to do

>prasadam-distribution (and even clothing) world-wide as soon as it is

>possible effectivly. This would make people favourable to

>Krishna-Consciousness and the transformation of the world would go on

>very nice.

 

One thing is clear: Not everyone shares your vision of his vision.

 

Hare Krsna.