Battlefield of preaching work in Krishna Consciousness

Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami: My Dear Satsvarupa, Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter from Cleveland dated June 26, 1972 and I have noted the contents with great pleasure. Similarly I have received such nice letters from Rupanuga and Hridayananda, and I am very much satisfied that you are all feeling the serious nature of this sannyasi mission. So far you are concerned, I am especially stressing the importance of our Dallas Gurukula for training up the next generation of Krishna consciousness preachers. This is the most important task ahead. I am seeing practically how wonderful the children are coming out. Therefore, we shall be very vigilant and careful to maintain the highest standard of temple atmosphere and conduct in Dallas. You may install Radha-Krishna Deities and worship them very gorgeously. Simply by associating with the elderly members, the children will learn everything. So the quality of the elderly members must be also very much to the standard of excellent Vaisnavas, otherwise the children learn by example and they will very easily be misguided if their senior Godbrothers and Godsisters are themselves neglectful. I shall certainly come there to Dallas to see how things are going on as soon as there is opportunity. We must develop our Krishna consciousness school at Dallas to be the model for education in all the world, and let anyone see our Krishna consciousness children and they will immediately understand the importance and necessity for such education amongst the citizens at large. Otherwise, the children of your country and other countries they are simply growing up to be sophisticated animals, so what good will their education do? But if they will agree to try to understand our Krishna consciousness education or way of life and allow their children to be educated by us, they will see them come out as the topmost citizens, with all good qualities such as honesty, cleanliness, truthfulness, loyalty, etc. So that is a very important work, and you are especially responsible to make it successful. All other GBC men should give you all assistance for building up the standard there. You mention that you are no longer much occupied with seeing that the rent and mortgage is paid and that the incense is sold, but GBC means to be occupied with everything in the zone. It is not that now we are preachers we can neglect all other points. No, the GBC member is supposed to know everything and anything about the condition and situation of all matters within his jurisdiction. That is the meaning of secretary. So because we are engaged in many fields of activity, I am especially relying upon that knowledge of my GBC assistants and secretaries to manage everything properly. But if we do not take time to understand how the financial matters are going on, then at any moment we may experience some calamity due to our inattention to these matters. Therefore, you should try to keep yourself always informed how the financial matters are improving and keep your watchful eye on every feature of our Krishna consciousness activity. That is also part of preaching work. I am also preaching daily. But I am at the same time managing everything, seeing the statements of accounts, going to the bank, giving advice on every topic, like that. Just now I have purchased one apartment house with seven apartments just adjacent to the L.A. temple and very soon we shall invest in similar properties. So practically there is no question of my neglecting the financial matters of the society, and similarly, you shall do as I am doing. That is your real business. So far your questions, Yes, it is good we must be able to preach effectively at a moment's notice or under any conditions of circumstances also. As you begin to study the Sanskrit words, in each word you will find a treasure house of different understandings. Hoping this meets you in good health. Your ever well-wisher. Why are devotees leaving (Dallas ISKCON)? Gurukula criticisms (1) Prasadam (2) Endeavor (3) Management (4) Children don't talk katha (Krishna book about Yasoda and Rohini) Solutions (1) Re-evaluate prasadam (2) More exemplary endeavor to think of Krishna (3) 10 a.m. class for all (4) Festival July 25; Letter from Srila Prabhupada to Prahladananda . . . never mind there are not many devotees there. Our program is to enlist the men with quality for serving Krishna, not for attracting the masses for simply watching and going away. As long as the classes are going on well, the rules and regulations are being observed sincerely, the sankirtan party is going out with enthusiastic mood if these things are going on, then everything is first-class. You are engaged in Krishna's preaching work, therefore you are being specially favored by Krishna. So you may know it for certain that Krishna will give you all facility to improve in every way, according to the sincerity of your attempt to spread Krishna Consciousness in the battlefield of preaching work.