'Boil Down the Milk'

[Guest guest]

Can anyone tell me where exactly Srila Prabhupada said that (the above).

 

Regarding working on the devotees we have, as opposed to expanding? I need a

quote.

[Guest guest]

I would check for you, but you neglected to include the quote.

 

"COM: Samba (das) SDG (Mauritius)" wrote:

 

> [Text 2519805 from COM]

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> Can anyone tell me where exactly Srila Prabhupada said that (the above).

>

> Regarding working on the devotees we have, as opposed to expanding? I need a

> quote.

[Guest guest]

> I would check for you, but you neglected to include the quote.

>

> "COM: Samba (das) SDG (Mauritius)" wrote:

>

> > [Text 2519805 from COM]

> >

> > Can anyone tell me where exactly Srila Prabhupada said that (the above).

> >

> > Regarding working on the devotees we have, as opposed to expanding? I

> > need a quote.

 

The quote was in the subject line 'Boil down the milk', sorry I guess I was

misleading.

 

One devotee, Jamuna Pati prabhu, sent me 3 quotes from Prabhupada about

boiling down the milk, wanna see em?

 

I think they might be the only ones there are. One each to Rupanuga,

Hansaduta, and Stokakrsna.

 

Here they are anyway.

 

.....you have got the right idea when you say that your preaching work

shall be directed toward the children and the devotees and not so much to

the Dallas public. We may thin the milk till it becomes useless, or we may

boil it until it becomes thick and sweet, so now we have got enough

followers, let us train them up perfectly in the philosophy and activities

of Krsna Consciousness way of life. Unless all of my students become very

much fixed up in their spiritual progress, what is the use of so many

programs for expansion? So you are the leader at Dallas, now it is your task

to become very, very responsible for the spiritual well being of all of the

students there, so Krsna will give you all intelligence and facilities to

serve Him nicely if you are very much sincere to do so. This will please me

very much.

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REF. Letter to: Stokakrsna -- Los Angeles 20 June, 1972

 

I want that we shall concentrate on making our devotees Krishna

conscious and ourselves becoming Krishna conscious, and not be so much

concerned with expanding ourselves widely but without any spiritual content.

Just like boiling the milk, it becomes thicker and sweeter. Now do like

that, boil the milk.

Hoping this will meet you in good health.

Your ever well-wisher,

============ REF. Letter to: Rupanuga --

Honolulu 9 May, 1972

 

 

Now we have got so many students and so many temples but I am fearful

that if we expand too much in this way that we shall become weakened

and gradually the whole thing will become lost. Just like milk. We may thin

it more and more with water for cheating the customer, but in the end it

will cease to be any longer milk. Better to boil the milk now very

vigorously and make it thick and sweet, that is the best process. So let us

concentrate on training our devotees very thoroughly in the knowledge of

Krishna Consciousness from our books, from tapes, by discussing always, and

in so many ways instruct them in the right propositions.

I hope this meets you and your good wife Himavati in good health, and I

shall be arriving in London sometime on the 5th July, so you may all come to

London at your convenience and see me there.

Your ever well-wisher,

A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

ACBS/sda

============ REF. Letter to: Hamsaduta -- Los Angeles 22

June, 1972