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<div id="Correspondence" class="section" sec_index="6" parent="compilation" text="Correspondence"><h2>Correspondence</h2>
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<div id="1969_Correspondence" class="sub_section" sec_index="4" parent="Correspondence" text="1969 Correspondence"><h3>1969 Correspondence</h3>
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<div id="LettertoDrChaudhuriLosAngeles6February1969_0" class="quote" parent="1969_Correspondence" book="Let" index="94" link="Letter to Dr. Chaudhuri -- Los Angeles 6 February, 1969" link_text="Letter to Dr. Chaudhuri -- Los Angeles 6 February, 1969">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Dr. Chaudhuri -- Los Angeles 6 February, 1969|Letter to Dr. Chaudhuri -- Los Angeles 6 February, 1969]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">You have written to say "Vaisnava tradition in India", and that is the real cultural standing of Vedic civilization. In the Rigveda you will find the mantra, tad visnu paramam padam sada pasyanti suraya. In the Visnu Purana also it is said, visnu bhakti bhovet deva. So Vedic civilization means the civilization of the devas, or the demigods, and the whole purpose is to understand Krishna. As it is said in the Bhagavad-gita, vedais ca sarvair aham eva vedyam ([[Vanisource:BG 15.15|BG 15.15]]), the whole purpose of the Veda is to understand Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore, if we wish to present the real traditional cultural ideas of India to the western public, we have to present to them the teachings of Lord Krishna as they are. That is my mission, and I am pleased to inform you that I am getting good response in America especially and also in London and Germany.</p>
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<div id="LettertoDineshTittenhurst31October1969_1" class="quote" parent="1969_Correspondence" book="Let" index="640" link="Letter to Dinesh -- Tittenhurst 31 October, 1969" link_text="Letter to Dinesh -- Tittenhurst 31 October, 1969">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Dinesh -- Tittenhurst 31 October, 1969|Letter to Dinesh -- Tittenhurst 31 October, 1969]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Regarding your second question about Sanjaya, he was a student of Vyasadeva, and by the mercy of Vyasadeva he was able to receive the message of the conversation of Krishna-Arjuna. Thus Sanjaya was able to speak to Dhrtarastra about the conversation on the Battlefield of Kuruksetra. Regarding your final question, the marginal potency means internal potency. But because the marginal potency sometimes comes within the external position, therefore, in spite of its being internal potency it is turned to marginal potency. This is stated in Visnu Purana: Any potency of Krishna is spiritual energy, but due to varieties of actions a section is called marginal potency or external potency.</p>
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<div id="1976_Correspondence" class="sub_section" sec_index="11" parent="Correspondence" text="1976 Correspondence"><h3>1976 Correspondence</h3>
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<div id="LettertoNitaiMayapur24January1976_0" class="quote" parent="1976_Correspondence" book="Let" index="70" link="Letter to Nitai -- Mayapur 24 January, 1976" link_text="Letter to Nitai -- Mayapur 24 January, 1976">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Nitai -- Mayapur 24 January, 1976|Letter to Nitai -- Mayapur 24 January, 1976]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">In the syllabus of Nrsimha Vallabha Goswami, the Sankhya-karika must be by Kapiladeva, Devahuti putra. The other is atheistic. There are two sankhyas—theistic and atheistic. The Sanskrit in the Visnu Purana is even easier than in Raghu-vamsa. Yes, Bhagavad-gita As It Is should be studied from the beginning. There must be study from my books also. Whatever the syllabus you make up, the point is to somehow or other get recognition. The syllabus can always be changed later on. If we can get equivalency for our degrees that will be even better than affiliation. But whichever is possible that you should get. It is very important because as soon as we are recognized then our students will be able to come very easily.</p>
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