680403 - Letter to Satsvarupa written from San Francisco

Letters by Date, 1968

4/3/68 [handwritten]

My dear Satswarupa, Accept my blessing. I am in due receipt of your letter of 4/1/68 and I am glad that you have solved the hospital bill of Pradyumna. I am so glad to learn that he is taking part in Istogosti. His answers are very much intelligent. I have fixed up date for going to N.Y. on the 17th.
One thing you may inform all devotees that Maya cannot touch a pure devotee: When you find a devotee is supposed in difficulty it is not the work of Maya but it is the work of the Lord by His Personal internal energy. The Pandava's tribulation in so many ways, Lord Ramchandra's departure to the forest, His wife the Goddess of Fortune's being kidnapped by Ravan, Lord Krishna's death being caused by the arrow of a hunter, Thakur Haridas's being caned in 22 market or Lord Jesus Christ being crucified are all acts of the Lord personally. We cannot always understand the intricacies of such incidences. Sometimes they are enacted to bewilder persons who demons. You should therefore discuss in the Istogosti from current reading matters from B.G. or S.B. We should only try to understand everything from the standard of devotional service. It is stated clearly in the B.G. that any one who is cent per cent engaged in the service of the Lord is transcendentally situated and the influence of Maya has no more any action on such body. The Lord and His pure devotees are always beyond the range of Maya's action. Even though they appear like action of Maya, we should understand their action of Yogamaya or the internal potency of the Lord. [handwritten]
My blessings for you all
I am feeling alright. [handwritten]

Your ever well wisher [handwritten]

4/8/68 [handwritten]