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My Dear Rayarama,

Please accept my blessings. Just now I have received one letter from one of

my God-brothers, whose name is as follows:

His Grace Y. Jagannatham, B.A.

81, Navrang, (8th Floor)

Peddar Road, Bombay-26

INDIA

He has heard about my activities and he is interested in all our literature.

I shall be very glad if you send him all our Back To Godheads publications, as

well as newspaper clippings at your earliest convenience. He is very

influential man and has rendered sincere service to my Guru Maharaja by

translating

many Goswami literatures in Telugu language, as well as in English. With his

cooperation there is possibility of opening a branch in Bombay. I hope you will

 

do the needful immediately.

Hop you are well.

Your ever well-wisher,

A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

Enclosure 1 c.c. letter to Jagannatham

Letter to: Jagannatham Prabhu

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Montreal

22 June, 1968

68-06-22

 

Dear Jagannatham Prabhu,

Please accept my respectful obeisances at your lotus feet. I am so glad to

receive your letter after a long time. I think I met you sometimes in the year

of 1950, in Madras Gaudiya Math, when I went with Tirtha Maharaja to attend the

 

Janmastami Festival. I know you are a sincere servant of Srila Prabhupada and

you have done excellent service while He was present before us, and you have

done similarly even after His Disappearance. I am very glad to learn that your

children are well situated, but you are very much anxious to get them in

touch with Krishna Consciousness. You know very well that jadavidya is the

opulence of maya. So naturally, your children being well educated in jadavidya,

are

reluctant to receive enlightenment in Krishna Consciousness. But there is

nothing to be disappointed, because they are your children; they have got the

initiative seeds in them, and someday it will fructify. Don't worry about them;

 

Krishna will put them in right line in due course.

As ordered by you, I have immediately asked my assistant, Sriman Rayarama das

Brahmacari, in charge of Back To Godhead magazine, to send you all necessary

literatures immediately. Besides that, I have some disciples working in Delhi.

Their address is: Sriman Acyutananda das Brahmacari; c/o Radha Press; 993/3

Main Road; Gandhi Nagar; Delhi-31, INDIA. And you can write to him, and with my

 

name, for sending you some copies of Back To Godhead. I have published

Srimad-Bhagavatam, 1st canto, in 3 volumes, and they are available in Bombay at

 

Thackars Booksellers, Rampart Road, Bombay. Or, at Three Party Company

Booksellers, Princess Street, Bombay. I think if your children take care to

read these

literatures, and books, they will be convinced of this Krishna Consciousness

movement.

Regarding our Gaudiya Math in Bombay: I am very sorry that you are

disappointed in respect of their activities. I know this fact because in 1934 I

was one

of the active members in starting this Math. The Gowalia Tank center was

opened by me, and although I lived separately from the Math, practically I was

in

charge of the Math and under the instructions from His Divine Grace. Then after

 

His Departure, you know so many unhappy things happened, but, as I was a

householder, I remained always aloof from those unhappy incidences. I have

accepted this renounced order of life in 1958, and since then I am completely

devoted

to the service of His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada. You'll be very glad to

know that by the Grace of Srila Prabhupada, the duty which was entrusted upon

me is being discharged as faithfully as possible, and by the Mercy of His

Divine Grace, I have got here many American boys and girls, who are sincerely

assisting me. I have got 8 branches in U.S.A. and one in Canada, and probably

my

next move will be in European countries, beginning from London. As you are

Prabhupada's old disciple and you have served His Divine Grace so nicely, I

would

request you that you can make some attempt to open a branch of this

International Society for Krishna Consciousness in Bombay. And if you agree to

this, then

I can send some of my American disciples to join you. Your children and these

American boys under your guidance may do very good service to the cause of

Srila Prabhupada in spreading this Sankirtana movement. I have trained my

disciples to perform Sankirtana nicely and deliver lectures on Krishna

Consciousness, and if your children practically see their activities, certainly

they will

be influenced. Besides that, they can talk on Krishna Consciousness very

nicely. I shall be very glad to know from you if there is any possibility for

such

activity. Bombay is very advanced city in India in all respects. They have got

money, and they have got heart also to participate in such movement.

Unfortunately the present workers in the Bombay Gaudiya Math are not at all

competent

to do any tangible work. They are staying there for the last 35 years, but they

 

have not done any appreciable work. it is simply a place "khabadavar

addakhama.'' Srila Prabhupada used this word many times in connection with

inactive

centers. And when one was too much engaged in buildings, He always warned that

our business is not for becoming mason workers, or becoming carpenters, neither

 

to create a place for eating and sleeping. So these people are collecting

funds and eating and sleeping. The reason is that they deviated from the

disciplic succession from Srila Prabhupada. So, I don't wish to discuss on this

point,

because you know better than me; but I think you are also old enough, and I

am also old enough. At any time we may pass away from this world, but I wish

that we may try to do some service to Srila Prabhupada until the last moment of

 

our life.

I was thinking of opening a branch in Bombay of this International Society

for Krishna Consciousness, and if you cooperate, we can attempt this important

activity. Your letter was addressed to my headquarters at 26 Second Avenue, New

 

York, N.Y., and it has been sent to me at Montreal. I shall be glad to hear

from you about these suggestions in your next letter. Thanking you once more

for remembering me.

Hoping you are well,

Yours in the service of the Lord,

A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami