Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami: Although Prabhupada wrote many encouraging letters, he said it was not the duty of the spiritual master to flatter his disciples. Once, Hamsadutta had encouraged the Amsterdam sankirtana devotees to work at some available employment, a cigarette factory, to make money for the temple. Prabhupada challenged him: "I do not know how you could dare to do this without asking me or any other GBC members."