DE/741228 - Brief an Söhne geschrieben aus Bombay

Briefe nach Datum, ⇔ 1974

28, Dec., 74

Hare Krishna Land
Gandhi Gram rd., Juhu
Bombay 400 054, India

The Brahmacaris of Chicago
1014 Emerson Street
Evanston, Illinois 60201

My dear Sons,
Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated December 6, 1974 and have noted the contents carefully.

Krsna says in the Bhagavad-gita, chapter 18; sarva-dharman parityajya, mam ekam saranam vraja, aham tvam sarva-papebhyo, moksayisyami ma sucah. So why you want to worship someone else. Krsna, Himself, recommends mam ekam, he alone. Therefore we must do like that. If one wants to water the tree he waters the root. There is no necessity of watering the branches. The demigods are all different parts of the universal form of the Supreme Lord. But Krsna is even more than that whole complete universal form. He is the origin of that universal form. Therefore I do not encourage you to worship this demigod, Ganesh. It is not required, it is not necessary. Simply worship Krsna. Perform nice devotional service to Krsna. Then your lives will certainly become perfect. Of course if one has got some sentiment for achieving the blessings of Ganesh for accumulating large sums of money, then he may perform this Ganesh worship, privately, not making a public show. But first of all he must give me $100,000 per month. Not a single farthing less. If he can supply this amount, $100,000 per month, then he will be allowed to do this Ganesh Puja. Otherwise he should not do it. It will be sinful. That is my order. So all of you keep yourselves strong in Krsna Consciousness by following all of my basic principles. That is of the utmost importance. Do not fail to chant 16 rounds daily, rise early, come to mangala artik, come to classes and follow the 4 regulative principles. In this way your life will become free from all anxieties. Please try to distribute my books in huge quantities more and more. This is very much satisfying to me.

I hope this meets you in good health.

Your ever well-wisher,

A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

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