720125 - Letter to Sivananda written from Nairobi: Difference between revisions

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Letters by Date, 1972

ISKCON LTD.
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS
Founder-Acharya: His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

CAMP: INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR
KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS
(ISKCON)
P.O. Box 28946, NAIROBI, KENYA
DATE: 25/1/72
Shivananda Das
2 Hamburg 6
Bartelstraze 65 II stock
Hamburg Germany

My dear Shivananda Das,

Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated 12/1/72 and have carefully noted the contents.

For the time being you may suspend the program for taking sannyas. You may remain with your wife until she recovers and then you may travel together and open branches.

I very much appreciate your attitude in saying "It is not sannyas so much that I am interested in, its Krishna Consciousness and working to please my Spiritual Master." This is the correct understanding of devotional service, to be engaged one Hundred percent in the Service of Krishna, never mind what position you are occupying. Please continue in this way and try to live peacefully with your wife.

Your ever well-wisher,

A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

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-Hamburg
-My dear Sivananda Das,
+<big><big>'''ISKCON LTD.'''<br /></big></big>
+'''INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS'''<br />
+<small>Founder-Acharya: His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada</small>
+CAMP: &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR<br />
+&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS<br />
+&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;(ISKCON)<br />
+&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;P.O. Box 28946, NAIROBI, KENYA<br />
+DATE: 25/1/72<br />
+Shivananda Das<br />
+Hamburg 6<br />
+Bartelstraze 65 II stock<br />
+Hamburg Germany
+My dear Shivananda Das,
 Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated 12/1/72 and have carefully noted the contents.
-For the time being you may suspend the program for taking sannyasa. You may remain with your wife until she recovers and then you may travel together and open branches.
+For the time being you may suspend the program for taking sannyas. You may remain with your wife until she recovers and then you may travel together and open branches.
-I very much appreciate your attitude in saying "It is not sannyasa so much that I am interested in, its Krishna Consciousness and working to please my Spiritual Master.'' This is the correct understanding of devotional service, to be engaged one hundred percent in the Service of Krishna, never mind what position you are occupying. Please continue in this way and try to live peacefully with your wife.
+I very much appreciate your attitude in saying "It is not sannyas so much that I am interested in, its Krishna Consciousness and working to please my Spiritual Master." This is the correct understanding of devotional service, to be engaged one Hundred percent in the Service of Krishna, never mind what position you are occupying. Please continue in this way and try to live peacefully with your wife.
-Your ever well-wisher,
+Your ever well-wisher,<br />
+[[File:SP Signature.png|300px]]<br />
+A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
-A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
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