Brijabasi Spirit

6-16, 2-chome, Ohhashi Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan August 20 1970 My Dear Hayagriva, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 5th August, 1970. Regarding Janmastami arrangement, it is going on nicely— that is very encouraging. We have started New Vrndavana in America and it must be finished in the American [...]

by Hrishikesh das After two years of paperwork, Malini, a four-year-old two-ton female Indian elephant from Mayapur, India, arrived in the United States during the autumn of 1985, and spent the winter in Myakka City, Florida. Kirtanananda said she was to be “the first of thirty elephants for New Vrindaban.” [i] Tattva Das, Malini’s trainer [...]

3764 Watseka Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90034 July 19 1970 My Dear Hayagriva, Please accept my blessings. Since you have gone I have not heard from you, neither do I know whether the property is purchased. I have not heard anything from Kirtanananda also. So I am anxious to know whether the festival in New [...]

3764 Watseka Avenue Los Angeles, Cal. 90034 June 27 1970 My Dear Hayagriva, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 23rd June, 1970, and noted the contents. I have received the matter for publication in English and Hindi in Indian newspapers, and necessary actions are being taken. I am [...]

3764 Watseka Avenue Los Angeles, Cal. 90034 April 18, 1970 My Dear Hayagriva, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 10th instant, and the contents are very much encouraging. So what you are now doing on the Bhagavad Gita manuscript is alright, do it nicely. I have got [...]

April 18 1970 My Dear Kirtananda Maharaj, Please accept my blessings. I am so glad to receive your letter dated 14th instant, along with a cheque for $50. Your travelling all over the country is giving me so much happiness, and I am praying to Krsna to enthuse you more and more in these activities. [...]

My Dear Ranadhir, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 21 January, 1970. I am so glad to learn that your New Vrindavan is now expanding with all good prospects. I also thank you very much for sending me a check on my maintenence account for $50. The most [...]

January 1st, 1970 My Dear Nolen, Please accept my blessings. I beg to thank you for your nice poetic letter and I am so glad that you have begun to appreciate the sublime nature of Krsna Consciousness as you have experienced being with our disciples for some months. The simple method of Lord Caitanya is [...]

November 12, 1970 My Dear Kirtanananda Maharaja, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your nice letter from Gorakhpur dated October 31st, 1970. I have come back to Bombay and the letter was redirected from Amritsar. I am so glad to note your realization about the Krsna Consciousness Movement. Actually it is [...]

November 13, 1969 My Dear Kirtanananda, Please accept my blessings. I am so glad to receive your letter dated November 3, 1969, and It is much heart-engladdenlng that you have taken very seriously the preaching work, and Krishna is giving you chance for becoming a great preacher in the near future. Yes, from the very [...]

Tridandi Goswami A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Founder-Acharya: International Society for Krishna Consciousness October 21, 1969 My Dear Hayagriva, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated October 13, 1969 and have noted the contents carefully. The most enlightening paragraph of your letter is when you say to print 50,000 copies of [...]

Tridandi Goswami A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Founder-Acharya: International Society for Krishna Consciousness October 23, 1969 Jai Kirtanananda Maharaj Kijai! Jai Kirtanananda Maharaj Kijai! My Dear Kirtanananda, Please accept my blessings. I am so glad to receive your letter dated October 20, 1969. Now I am very much hopeful that New Vrindaban will develop very nicely under [...]

Tridandi Goswami A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Founder-Acharya: International Society for Krishna Consciousness September 30, 1969 My Dear Kirtanananda, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated September 25th, 1969. I am writing today to Subaldas why he did not receive you nicely, and I am very sorry for this incident. This [...]

Tridandi Goswami A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Founder-Acharya: International Society for Krishna Consciousness September 22, 1969 My Dear Kirtanananda, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter (undated), and I have noted the contents carefully. I am very pleased to learn of your successful preaching work in Antioch College. Your idea of obtaining [...]

Tridandi Goswami A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Founder-Acharya: International Society for Krishna Consciousness September 15, 1969 My Dear Kirtanananda, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letters dated September 1st and 6th, 1969, and I have also received the Bhaktishastri examinations from New Vrindaban along with the contribution for our book fund. Hayagriva [...]

Tridandi Goswami A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Founder-Acharya: International Society for Krishna Consciousness October 15, 1969 My Dear Ranadhir, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated 10th October, 1969 and have noted the contents carefully. In my opinion Hayagriva should maintain New Vrindaban. As an ideal grihasta he should spend at [...]