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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="1967_Correspondence" class="sub_section" sec_index="2" parent="Correspondence" text="1967 Correspondence"><h3>1967 Correspondence</h3>
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<div id="LettertoRayaramaSanFrancisco7March1967_0" class="quote" parent="1967_Correspondence" book="Let" index="39" link="Letter to Rayarama -- San Francisco 7 March, 1967" link_text="Letter to Rayarama -- San Francisco 7 March, 1967">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Rayarama -- San Francisco 7 March, 1967|Letter to Rayarama -- San Francisco 7 March, 1967]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Gita Press is full of Mayavada Philosophy which says Krishna has no form but He assumes a form for facility of devotional service. This is nonsense. I am just trying to wipe out this Mayavada philosophy and you may not therefore order for any more copy of the English Bhagavatam published by the Gita Press. The one which you have got may be kept only for reference on having an understanding of the Mayavada Philosophy which is very dangerous for ordinary person</p>
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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="LettertoJaduraniLosAngeles15February1968_0" class="quote" parent="1968_Correspondence" book="Let" index="60" link="Letter to Jadurani -- Los Angeles 15 February, 1968" link_text="Letter to Jadurani -- Los Angeles 15 February, 1968">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Jadurani -- Los Angeles 15 February, 1968|Letter to Jadurani -- Los Angeles 15 February, 1968]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">You must know that a person with whom God had to fight is not an ordinary person.</p>
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<div id="LettertoSivanandaLosAngeles11November1968_1" class="quote" parent="1968_Correspondence" book="Let" index="408" link="Letter to Sivananda -- Los Angeles 11 November, 1968" link_text="Letter to Sivananda -- Los Angeles 11 November, 1968">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Sivananda -- Los Angeles 11 November, 1968|Letter to Sivananda -- Los Angeles 11 November, 1968]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Persons who want to take advantage of cheap reputation they imitate great personalities like Haridasa Thakura, who was alone chanting 300,000 of Holy Names daily. By such chanting, lonely chanting he got so much spiritual power that he could convert even a harlot to become a great devotee whereas an ordinary person falls easily a victim to such allurement.</p>
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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="LettertoJayapatakaHawaii11March1969_0" class="quote" parent="1969_Correspondence" book="Let" index="169" link="Letter to Jayapataka -- Hawaii 11 March, 1969" link_text="Letter to Jayapataka -- Hawaii 11 March, 1969">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Jayapataka -- Hawaii 11 March, 1969|Letter to Jayapataka -- Hawaii 11 March, 1969]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">In the conditioned stage, we chant Hare Krishna mantra officially without any attachment and try to finish the rounds as soon as possible. Sometimes we also forget to chant the prescribed number of rounds. But Haridasa Thakura even at the last stage of his life, he was chanting 300,000 beads although Lord Caitanya personally asked him to not labor so hard. But Haridasa Thakura said that he would continue the practice till the end of his life. So that is the position of transcendental taste. Please therefore chant very sincerely with your present aptitude of mind and Krishna will bless you more and more in understanding this secret of transcendental vibration. Of course, sometimes the public may misunderstand such tears of bliss, so we may better have to check it from the vision of ordinary persons.</p>
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<div id="LettertoHimavatiHawaii23March1969_1" class="quote" parent="1969_Correspondence" book="Let" index="201" link="Letter to Himavati -- Hawaii 23 March, 1969" link_text="Letter to Himavati -- Hawaii 23 March, 1969">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Himavati -- Hawaii 23 March, 1969|Letter to Himavati -- Hawaii 23 March, 1969]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Your next question: In regard to Kardama Muni, how can a pure devotee become passionate for any amount of agitation? That is not passion. One should not be impotent also. One should have full potency, to beget children, but such sex life should be under his full control. Passion is a different thing. Passion makes one blind. And a devotee is full controller; that is the difference. The example is given of the tortoise; as soon as he likes he discloses his senses, and when he likes he pulls them within. That is the position of a pure devotee. He can wind up the senses, whenever he likes and he can exhibit the senses whenever he likes. On the whole, the senses are under his control. He is not under the control of the senses as are the ordinary persons.</p>
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<div id="LettertoSivanandaLosAngeles22July1969_2" class="quote" parent="1969_Correspondence" book="Let" index="465" link="Letter to Sivananda -- Los Angeles 22 July, 1969" link_text="Letter to Sivananda -- Los Angeles 22 July, 1969">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Sivananda -- Los Angeles 22 July, 1969|Letter to Sivananda -- Los Angeles 22 July, 1969]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Jaya Govinda was correct in his observation that Radha-Krishna Pastimes should not be discussed at the present time. Unless one is highly elevated in spiritual understanding it is risky to discuss these Pastimes. Caitanya Mahaprabhu never discussed Radha-Krishna Lila with ordinary persons. We have so many other things to discuss; what is the soul, what is bhakti. To understand Radha and Krishna's Pastimes, that is our aim, but we should not indulge in this at present. Then there is sure to be misunderstanding.</p>
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<div id="LettertoBalimardanaSudamaTittenhurst3October1969_3" class="quote" parent="1969_Correspondence" book="Let" index="598" link="Letter to Bali-mardana, Sudama -- Tittenhurst 3 October, 1969" link_text="Letter to Bali-mardana, Sudama -- Tittenhurst 3 October, 1969">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Bali-mardana, Sudama -- Tittenhurst 3 October, 1969|Letter to Bali-mardana, Sudama -- Tittenhurst 3 October, 1969]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">As you know from Bhagavad-gita, four types of men; namely the distressed, the man in need of money, the philosopher and the inquisitive, they take to Krishna Consciousness, and such persons are described as very pious. They are not ordinary persons.</p>
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<div id="1971_Correspondence" class="sub_section" sec_index="6" parent="Correspondence" text="1971 Correspondence"><h3>1971 Correspondence</h3>
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<div id="LettertoProfessorKotovskyMoscow24June1971_0" class="quote" parent="1971_Correspondence" book="Let" index="256" link="Letter to Professor Kotovsky -- Moscow 24 June, 1971" link_text="Letter to Professor Kotovsky -- Moscow 24 June, 1971">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Professor Kotovsky -- Moscow 24 June, 1971|Letter to Professor Kotovsky -- Moscow 24 June, 1971]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Whatever is done by a great nation or a great man is followed by ordinary persons, so it is my mission to distribute the treasure house of India's transcendental knowledge to the whole world, and your cooperation in this connection will be a great asset.</p>
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<div id="1975_Correspondence" class="sub_section" sec_index="10" parent="Correspondence" text="1975 Correspondence"><h3>1975 Correspondence</h3>
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<div id="LettertoRamesvaraBombay1January1975_0" class="quote" parent="1975_Correspondence" book="Let" index="5" link="Letter to Ramesvara -- Bombay 1 January, 1975" link_text="Letter to Ramesvara -- Bombay 1 January, 1975">
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Ramesvara -- Bombay 1 January, 1975|Letter to Ramesvara -- Bombay 1 January, 1975]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Basically and practically speaking everything that is done sincerely for Krishna's satisfaction is perfect. But we have to be very very careful in our dealings with others so that they will not take the wrong view. Just like the gopis. They left their homes in the dead of night to go and meet this young boy Krishna for kissing and embracing. To the ordinary person, this is sinful, but to the devotee, it is worshipable and it is considered the highest form of devotion even by Lord Caitanya who was himself a very strict sannyasi. Therefore we are very careful not to discuss this rasa-lila in the presence of ordinary men because they will only misunderstand and commit offense. While dealing with the ordinary men, we must spread this movement in such a way that they will not misunderstand us and take offense. Try to sell as many of my books as possible to your best ability.</p>
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