Letter to Bhakta Vikas (Delhi)

Keep chanting, reading and serving as directed by the temple president and you will never wrong. On the devotional path there will be difficulties also, but please be resolute. Tolerance is a must for spiritual advancement, both internal end external. Internal tolerance refers to the agitations of the senses and external tolerance refers   to tolerating the material difficulties. As you read, chat and serve, your tolerance will automatically be strengthened.

Camp: Delhi
My Dear disciples,
Please accept my blessings. All glories to Srila Prabhupada, the savior of the fallen souls of Kali-yuga.
As all of you are aware, I have not been in good physical health since April. Different devotees have different understanding about what is the real problem. The real problem is that one of my main arteries was found to be blocked in April, when I was in Washington. I have tried to get my artery opened through a simple technique called Angioplasty, but it has not been successful so far. Any way, whatever practical approach has to be used will be used, as the purpose of having a normal healthy body is to be able to serve Their Lordships and Srila Prabhupada.

This body will always give some troubles or the other. Therefore, a devotee is never disturbed by these developments. Frankly, Krishna has been very kind and merciful to me during my recent ill health. Krishna provided the best medical care in both Washington and Delhi, plus Krishna has allowed me to chant and do my practical GBC services throughout. The devotees in Washington and Delhi have also looked after me very nicely.
My request to my disciples and aspiring disciples that you all please take to Krishna consciousness seriously. At the time of initiation, the disciple takes certain vows in front of the deities, spiritual master, Srila Prabhupada, Vaishnavas and the fire. These commitments should never be compromised or ignored. Sometimes devotees have a tendency to think that they can deviate a little, flirt with sense enjoyment and then they will again return to Krishna consciousness. The nature of Maya is that it is expert in dragging you down. Therefore Rupa Goswami advises :

utsahan niscayad dhairyat
tat-tat-karma-pravartanat
sanga-tyagat sato vrtteh
sadbhir bhaktih prasidhyati

Letter to Virya das

I very much appreciate your kind words and I hope you will always follow your understanding of what is the position of the spiritual master. Every day in the Guruastaka prayers, we pray that by the mercy of the spiritual master, one gets Krishna and when the spiritual master is pleased, then the Lord is pleased. The material world is compared to a forest fire.

Letter to Bhakta Sergei (Rovno)

I am pleased to know that your son is also progressing spiritually and is helping you in book distribution efforts. You have named him Krishnadas so now you should make sure that he becomes a Krishnadas in this life. The problem is that we do not understand our constitutional position which is to be a Krishnadas. Instead we begin to identify with the illusory energy and instead of being a servant, we act like a master.
People all over the world are suffering due to lack of Krishna consciousness. So please become an instrument of Lord Caitanya and do this honourable service of saving the conditioned souls from the material existence.