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[[Category:People in General]]
[[Category:Appreciation]]
[[Category:Our Movement]]
[[Category:We Are (Disciples of SP)]]
[[Category:Devotees of God]]
[[Category:Boys and Girls]]
[[Category:Nice Behavior]]
[[Category:Character]]
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[[Category:As Far as Possible]]
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<h2>Correspondence</h2>
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<h3>1970 Correspondence</h3>
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By now, as people in general are appreciating our movement--that we are devotees of the Lord, boys and girls of nice behavior and character—they give us as far as possible all concessions.
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[[Vanisource:700205 - Letter to Hanuman Prasad Poddar written from Los Angeles|700205 - Letter to Hanuman Prasad Poddar written from Los Angeles]]
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The government is neither encouraging or discouraging. sometimes the police department prohibits our Samkirtan Party when they go out in the street. In the United States this hindrance by the police is not very much, but in London they have practically stopped us, and the case is pending. In Hamburg and Tokyo they are also not very strict. In the beginning we have difficulty everywhere. By now, as people in general are appreciating our movement--that we are devotees of the Lord, boys and girls of nice behavior and character—they give us as far as possible all concessions. The government draft board has accepted our Society as religious, so they are kind upon us. But, we do not get any direct financial help either from the government or big foundations. Neither have we been able to contact the richer section of the people.Our initiation system is as follows: In our general thrice weekly classes we chant Hare Krishna Mantra in the beginning and at the end, and in the middle we speak on Bhagavad Gita and Srimad Bhagwatam regularly. In this class we do not prohibit anyone to come within the Temple, everyone is welcome. The only thing we ask visitors to leave their shoes at a specified place and sit down in the Temple crosslegged. If somebody finds difficulty to sit down crosslegged, we offer him a chair. So out of the members of the audience who come regularly, when one becomes more interested he is invited to participate in the program of Krishna Consciousness daily life and study. After some time of appreciating our program and trying to understand our philosophy, when someone is very interested and recommended by the Temple Commander, for becoming initiated, I accept him and give him first initiation in the form of Hari Nam in a regular ceremony with fire-sacrifice. I chant Hare Krishna Mantra on the 108 beads and then the beads are offered to the disciple with a change of name as Krishna das. He is advised to strictly follow the regulative principles of 1.) no eating of meat, fish, or eggs; 2.) no taking of intoxicants including coffee, tea, and tobacco; 3.) no illicit sex-life; and 4.) no gambling or mental speculation.
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