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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="1968_Correspondence" class="sub_section" sec_index="3" parent="Correspondence" text="1968 Correspondence"><h3>1968 Correspondence</h3>
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<div id="LettertoHareKrishnaAggarwalLosAngeles1February1968_0" class="quote" parent="1968_Correspondence" book="Let" index="39" link="Letter to HareKrishna Aggarwal -- Los Angeles 1 February, 1968" link_text="Letter to HareKrishna Aggarwal -- Los Angeles 1 February, 1968">
<div class="heading">A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, Acarya.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to HareKrishna Aggarwal -- Los Angeles 1 February, 1968|Letter to HareKrishna Aggarwal -- Los Angeles 1 February, 1968]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Sri HareKrishna Aggarwal</p>
<p>177 Prem Kutia</p>
<p>Marine Drive, Bombay</p>
<p>India</p>
<p>Dear HareKrishnaji,</p>
<p>Please accept my greetings. I hope your are all well with your associates. You will be glad to learn that I came here to the United States in 1965, and since then I am preaching the Hare Krishna movement throughout the country. The Society's name is as above, and I have got six branches at the present moment, as follows:</p>
<p>ISKCON Radha Krishna Temple</p>
<p>26 Second Avenue</p>
<p>New York, N.Y. 10003</p>
<p>ISKCON Radha Krishna Temple</p>
<p>518 Frederick Street</p>
<p>San Francisco, Calif. 94117</p>
<p>ISKCON Radha Krishna Temple</p>
<p>95 Glenville Avenue</p>
<p>Allston, Massachusetts 02134</p>
<p>ISKCON Radha Krishna Temple</p>
<p>5364 W. Pico Blvd.</p>
<p>Los Angeles, Calif. 90019</p>
<p>ISKCON Radha Krishna Temple</p>
<p>3720 Park Avenue</p>
<p>Montreal 18, Quebec, Canada</p>
<p>ISKCON Radha Krishna Temple</p>
<p>411 B.W. Water Street</p>
<p>Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501</p>
<p>Now I want to send a batch of trained disciples into India, and you will see how they are absorbed in this Sankirtana movement. When I was in India, I had some talks with you and you were interested in the matter of spreading the Sankirtana movement, HARE KRISHNA, HARE KRISHNA, KRISHNA KRISHNA, HARE HARE. HARE RAMA, HARE RAMA, RAMA RAMA, HARE HARE, all over the world. I shall be glad to hear from you if you still maintain the idea, and if so, there is ample opportunity now to spread this Bhagavata movement, backed by literatures like Bhagavad-gita, Srimad-Bhagavatam, Lord Caitanya's Teachings, etc. which are already published. You will be glad to know also that my Gita under the title of Gitopanisad, or Bhagavad-gita as it is, is going to be published by Messrs. MacMillan and Co. of New York. Gradually they will take up my English version of Srimad-Bhagavatam, Brahma Samhita, etc.</p>
<p>The younger section of this country, both boys and girls, are taking great interest in this movement. At present I have more than 100 students already initiated, strictly following the Vaisnava regulations. They are freed from following bad habits, namely; illicit sex life, intoxication, gambling, and non-vegetarian diet. So there is ample opportunity for spreading this original Indian cultural movement all over the world, and because you have interest in it, I shall be very glad to hear from you by return of post how you can cooperate in this world wide movement.</p>
<p>I shall request you in this connection to secure a copy of "Illustrated Weekly of the Times of India", published on January 21, 1968, and see on page 38 how our movement is going on. Many papers in this country also, especially LIFE Magazine, Times of India, San Francisco Chronicle, and many other minor papers have printed articles about our movement. Many mayors of great cities, police officials, have also appreciated our movement. The late Ambassador of India, now Governor of Assam, Sri B.K. Nehru, has also great appreciation for these activities.</p>
<p>You will be glad to know that we draw no distinction of caste, creed, or nationality. So if there is any possibility of uniting the whole human race under one religion, under one scripture, under one mantra, under one activity, then this movement will be active. Our mission is one God, Sri Krishna; one scripture, Bhagavad-gita; one mantra, HARE KRISHNA, HARE KRISHNA, KRISHNA KRISHNA, HARE HARE. HARE RAMA, HARE RAMA, RAMA, RAMA, HARE HARE; and one activity, namely to serve Lord Krishna with life, wealth, intelligence, and words.</p>
<p>I shall be glad to hear from you how much you are interested in this movement. On hearing from you favorably, I shall arrange to send a batch of trained disciples of this country to exhibit in all important cities of India how they are working.</p>
<p>Thanking you in anticipation for an early reply.</p>
<p>Yours sincerely,</p>
<p>A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, Acarya</p>
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<div id="LettertoBrahmanandaMontreal22August1968_1" class="quote" parent="1968_Correspondence" book="Let" index="274" link="Letter to Brahmananda -- Montreal 22 August, 1968" link_text="Letter to Brahmananda -- Montreal 22 August, 1968">
<div class="heading">A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami,
Acarya International Society for Krishna Consciousness.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Brahmananda -- Montreal 22 August, 1968|Letter to Brahmananda -- Montreal 22 August, 1968]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Dear Mr. Exley,</p>
<p>I beg to thank you for your letter dated July 15, 1968, and I shall be very obliged if you kindly let me know whether we can talk about Bhagavad-gita as it is, in the church attached to the United Nations. Such meeting and discussions would be of great interest to many persons, and would be extremely beneficial to everyone involved. Please let me know if we can arrange some lecture engagement, at the church above-mentioned, at the earliest convenience.</p>
<p>I thank you once more for your kind letter, and for your interest shown in our movement, and I shall be awaiting your reply at your earliest convenience.</p>
<p>Sincerely yours,</p>
<p>A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, Acarya International Society for Krishna Consciousness</p>
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<div id="LettertoBrahmanandaLosAngeles14April1970_0" class="quote" parent="1970_Correspondence" book="Let" index="233" link="Letter to Brahmananda -- Los Angeles 14 April, 1970" link_text="Letter to Brahmananda -- Los Angeles 14 April, 1970">
<div class="heading">So if we get one small booklet printed under the caption "Krishna Consciousness Movement is Genuine Vedic Way: a cogent discussion between A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, Acarya: International Society for Krishna Consciousness, and Dr. J. F. Staal, Professor of Philosophy and South Asian Languages, University of California, Berkeley.".
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Brahmananda -- Los Angeles 14 April, 1970|Letter to Brahmananda -- Los Angeles 14 April, 1970]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Yesterday I received one newspaper, the Daily Californian, in which the whole correspondence between Dr. Staal and me is published, and they are very interesting. So if we get one small booklet printed under the caption "Krishna Consciousness Movement is Genuine Vedic Way: a cogent discussion between A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, Acarya: International Society for Krishna Consciousness, and Dr. J. F. Staal, Professor of Philosophy and South Asian Languages, University of California, Berkeley." This pamphlet will help us in our propaganda to convince people that we have not manufactured something new in the name of Krishna Consciousness. Anyone who will read this exchange of correspondences will be convinced that we hold authority.</p>
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SharmisthaK at 07:16, 17 April 2020