760414 - Letter to Ramesvara from Dayananda written from Bombay
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
18 February 1976
From: Dayananda
[NOTE; DON’T KNOW IF ITS OBVIOUS, BUT THIS LETTER CONTINUES TO A 2nd PAGE.]
My dear Ramesvara prabhu,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga! I am writing on the order of Srila Prabhupada to request the following items be sent.
1. All of the color separations for the BBT catalogue with the picture of Jagannath Puri on the front.
2. All of the color separations for the booklet “The Krishna Consciousness Movement is Authorized”.
3. About ten more color separations of Srila Prabhupada speaking with professors, lecturing before large crowds, translating, etc. (impressive pictures).
4. Color separations of all the major temples like Bhaktivedanta Manor, N.Y., L.A., The French and German castles, Detroit, Vrindaban, Mayapur, Dallas.
5. 500 copies of the professors’ quotes that Ranadir has compiled and sent to Prabhupada. (with the colored sheets)
6. About 5000 copies of the BBT catalogue.
7. About 5000 copies of the “Krishna Consciousness is Authorized” booklet.
8. A list of colleges and universities that have standing orders and any other prominent orders or standing orders).
Most of these items should have already come to your attention by various means. Kindly let this serve as confirmation. The best thing is if devotees can personally carry these items addressed to Srila Prabhupada personally. They should be taken to our Calcutta center.
Srila Prabhupada’s scheme is to push these books on a gigantic scale here in India. He is personally organizing and motivating the project. We have especially experienced here that His Divine Grace smiles and is very pleased to hear the comments by the professors. These books are especially Prabhupada’s glory and those comments prove that Prabhupada’s glory and the philosophy of Krishna Consciousness is being appreciated by intelligent men in the West.
Prabhupada has recently said, “I know those that are sane, they will accept. No one is distributing so much quantity of religious books. Therefore I challenge all these fools and rascals.” “After eighty years no one can expect to live long. My life is almost ended… it is ended. So you have to carry on. And these books will do everything.” “Simply by bluffing words, these bogus gurus and yogis are nothing. But when the people read our books, then they will get good opinion.” “Everywhere (India esp.) the book demonstrations and opinions (Professors’ comments) must be widely spread.” Devotee: Now we are going to flood India with Your books just like they have done in America! Prabhupada: “Thank you, that I want, then you will be first class.” “Organize book distribution here and I shall be very much obliged.”
I hope this meets you well and I shall look forward to seeing you in Mayapur.
Your servant,
Dayananda das
Personal secretary
to Srila Prabhupada
Approved by: ACBS [initials]
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami