a letter a day keeps maya away

[Guest guest]

22 December, 1971

Bombay

 

My dear Balavanta,

 

Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your two letters

dated September 24, 1971, and November 22, 1971, and I have noted the contents

with great pleasure.

 

I am especially pleased that you are infiltrating the schools and colleges

with improved programs, how to encourage the student class to participate in

Krishna Consciousness. I completely approve of this program. I am also glad to

hear from you how the distribution of literatures is also improving. That is

the

real meaning of improvement.

 

The material scientists are fond of always improving this or that, but

factually we see there is no real improvement. As soon as one trouble is

eliminated,

another is there. If we have cars to go faster and faster, then where are the

roads for it, and so many people are killed. But real improvement means how

to please Krishna more and more. That is real advancement, real progress.

 

Actually, because you have surrendered to Krishna, you are already perfect.

But it is just like the ocean; we can swim forever and never reach the shore.

Similarly, there is no limit to perfection--we may go on improving more and

more, and still there is no limit to how much we may please Krishna, just like

for the materialist there is no limit to how much Maya can kick us!

 

We should always be enthusiastic to try for shooting the rhinoceros. That

way, if we fail, everybody will say Never mind, nobody can shoot a rhinoceros

anyway, and if we succeed, then everyone will say, Just see, what a wonderful

thing they have done. So if you are determined in this way to expand the

Atlanta

Temple, then you can try for it by begging for the protection of Krishna.

Consult Satsvarupa your GBC man in this regard.

 

Yes, it is a very good proposal that you should run for Mayor in Atlanta. I

very much approve of this plan. We should always set the perfect example of

Krishna Conscious person in all fields of activities, why not in politics? Let

the people see you as the ideal politician engaged in real programs for the

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Somehow or other Krishna has given me all good assistants like yourself to

carry on this preaching movement, and for this reason there is some success. I

thank you very much for helping me in this way.

 

I hope this will meet you in good health and cheerful mood.

 

Your ever well-wisher,

A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

 

ACBS/sda