731208 - Letter to Madhudvisa written from Los Angeles
My Dear Madhudvisa Maharaja,
Please accept my blessings. I am in receipt of the painting you have sent. This is not a good style of painting. It is an artistic style for sense gratification only. I cannot encourage this style—it should be stopped immediately. Paintings should be like the Deities, formal and worshipful. This type of painting is sentimental and not authorized. Paintings should be as our artists in New York are doing. Do not introduce any new styles.
I hope this meets you well.
Your ever well-wisher,
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
NB: The picture is good from artistic point but we want to worship the Lord.
Letter to Mahajan 3
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Los Angeles
8 December, 1973
My dear Mahajan, Sharanagata devi and Bhaktim Hera,
Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your note and offering of December 3, 1973 and on behalf of my Guru Maharaj I humbly accept it. I am happy to have you as my second initiated disciples and I request that you take this responsibility very seriously and carry on with this Krsna consciousness Movement. Always be strong in our principles and faithful in Krsna and Guru and success is guaranteed.
Your ever well-wisher,
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
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