Caution in spending Krishna's money
I have advised Brahmananda to transfer money to my savings account, and please see that it is immediately done. I have sent him the letter to transfer; simply he has to sign it, or you may sign it and forward it to the bank. I allowed you to deal with the bank for two reasons: (1) that I may be free from monetary dealings, (2) that you may learn also how to deal with them. But recent indiscriminate issuing of checks has perturbed my mind. By indiscriminate issuing of checks the society's money has been put into risk. So far I can see from the correspondence of Brahmananda, it is not possible for us to get the house for so many reasons. The main reason is that we have no money to pay cash, and nobody is going to invest cash in that house because it is neither complete or has any income. It is simply utopian to think of possessing the house, and Mr. Price is simply giving us false hope. That is the verdict of devotees and trustees here, and for reasons I believe it is correct.
Please see, therefore, that the above amount is immediately transferred. When actual sales contract is there, I shall again retransfer the amount, as I did it a few days ago. You are all innocent boys without any experience of the world. The cunning world can befool you at any time. So please be careful of the world in Krishna Consciousness. When Krishna will desire, the house will come to us automatically. But we should not ask Krishna to give us a house; let Krishna give us when He likes. If Mr. Price is able to give us the house, it is so far very good. But from circumstances it appears that Mr. Price cannot get financial assistance from any businessman. If somebody gives us a donation for the right cause, that is a different thing. So we should only wait for Krishna's mercy and should not jeopardize the hard-earned money for service of Krishna. I hope you will not misunderstand me; both you and Gargamuni must be careful about the accounts and see that checks above $50.00 are not issued indiscriminately.
Please see, therefore, that the above amount is immediately transferred. When actual sales contract is there, I shall again retransfer the amount, as I did it a few days ago. You are all innocent boys without any experience of the world. The cunning world can befool you at any time. So please be careful of the world in Krishna Consciousness. When Krishna will desire, the house will come to us automatically. But we should not ask Krishna to give us a house; let Krishna give us when He likes. If Mr. Price is able to give us the house, it is so far very good. But from circumstances it appears that Mr. Price cannot get financial assistance from any businessman. If somebody gives us a donation for the right cause, that is a different thing. So we should only wait for Krishna's mercy and should not jeopardize the hard-earned money for service of Krishna. I hope you will not misunderstand me; both you and Gargamuni must be careful about the accounts and see that checks above $50.00 are not issued indiscriminately.
Reference: With Srila Prabhupada in Early days, 1966-1969, a Memoir by Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami
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