741101 - Letter to Dhrstaketu written from Bombay: Difference between revisions

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Sriman Dhrstaketu dasa Adhikary
5408 Parry Ave.
Dallas, Texas 75223
My dear Dhrstaketu das:
Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated October 1, 1974 and have read the contents with care. With regard to the offences you are hearing it is not ghosts as you say, but they are creations of your mind. The mind is indeed wretched as you say. Therefore Krishna says that for the endeavoring transcendentalist he must first control the mind, and then by controlling the mind he will have peace. He says: jitamanah prasantasya, Paramatma smahitah. "For one who has conquered the mind, the Supersoul is already reached, for he has attained tranquillity." (6:7)Bg.) In this age the easiest method for controlling the mind, as taught to us by Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, is the chanting of Hare Krishna.
Do not give very much importance to this thing. Chant Hare Krishna. That is my instruction to you.
I hope this meets both you and your wife in good health.

Your ever well-wisher,

A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

ACBS/bs
Hare Krishna Land
Gandhi Gram Rd. Juhu
Bombay 400 054 INDIA

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-Dallas
-My dear Dhrstaketu das:
+/11/74
-Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated October 1, 1974 and have read the contents with care. With regard to the offenses you are hearing it is not ghosts as you say, but they are creations of your mind. The mind is indeed wretched as you say. Therefore Krishna says that for the endeavoring transcendentalist he must first control the mind, and then by controlling the mind he will have peace. He says: jitamanah prasantasya, Paramatma smahitah. "For one who has conquered the mind, the Supersoul is already reached, for he has attained tranquillity.'' ([[BG 6.7]]) In this age the easiest method for controlling the mind, as taught to us by Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, is the chanting of Hare Krishna.
-Do not give very much importance to this thing. Chant Hare Krishna. That is my instruction to you.
+Sriman Dhrstaketu dasa Adhikary<br />
+Parry Ave.<br />
+Dallas, Texas 75223<br />
+My dear Dhrstaketu das:<br />
+Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated October 1, 1974 and have read the contents with care. With regard to the offences you are hearing it is not ghosts as you say, but they are creations of your mind. The mind is indeed wretched as you say. Therefore Krishna says that for the endeavoring transcendentalist he must first control the mind, and then by controlling the mind he will have peace. He says: <u>jitamanah</u> <u>prasantasya</u>, <u>Paramatma</u>  <u>smahitah.</u> "For one who has conquered the mind, the Supersoul is already reached, for he has attained tranquillity." (6:7)Bg.) In this age the easiest method for controlling the mind, as taught to us by Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu, is the chanting of Hare Krishna.<br />
+Do not give very much importance to this thing. Chant Hare Krishna. That is my instruction to you.<br />
 I hope this meets both you and your wife in good health.
-Your ever well-wisher,
+Your ever well-wisher,<br />
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 A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
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+Hare &nbsp; Krishna &nbsp; Land<br />
+Gandhi &nbsp; Gram Rd. Juhu<br />
+Bombay 400 054 INDIA