750511 - Letter to Mr. K. C. Nigam written from Perth: Difference between revisions

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Letters by Date, 1975

9 Marimba Crescent, City Beeach
Perth, Western Australia

May 11th, 1975

Sri K.C. Nigam
Convenor-All India Spiritual
Conference
108/119 Durgadevi Road
Kanpur--208012, INDIA

My dear Mr. Nigam,

Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated March 11th, 1975 and have noted the contents. Now, I am on world tour. At present, I am staying in Perth, Australia, then in one week, I shall go to Melbourne, then Fiji, then Honolulu where I will stay for at least one month. Then I shall go to Philadelphia and San Francisco, etc.

I am very glad that you are holding some spiritual conference, but my only request is to follow the standard method of spiritual consciousness. One must know first of all, what is the spiritual basis. Anyone who is accepting this body as the self, he is no better than the cats and dogs. One must know what the spirit soul is within this body. He is eternal part and parcel of God, therefore, his only business is to revive his eternal relation with God and work on that fundamental basis so that he can achieve the ultimate goal of life. The whole thing is instructed in the Bhagavad-gita and if we accept the teachings of Bhagavad-gita, as it is without unnecessary commentary on it, then our spiritual movement will be successful. But, if we manufacture something out of our own concoction, it will never be successful. This is confirmed in the Bhagavad-gita (16/23):

yah sastra-vidhim utsrjya vartate kama-karatah
na sa siddhim avapnoti na sukham na param gatim

"But he who discards scriptural injunctions and acts according to his own whims is headed for a hellish destination."

I hope this meets you in good health.

Your ever well-wisher,

A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

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-Sri K. C. Nigam
+Marimba Crescent, City Beeach<br />
+Perth, Western Australia
-Convenor-All India Spiritual Conference
-/119 Durgadevi Road
+May 11th, &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1975
-Kanpur-208012, INDIA
+Sri K.C. Nigam<br />
+Convenor-All India Spiritual<br />
+Conference<br />
+/119 Durgadevi Road<br />
+Kanpur--208012, INDIA
 My dear Mr. Nigam,
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 Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated March 11th, 1975 and have noted the contents. Now, I am on world tour. At present, I am staying in Perth, Australia, then in one week, I shall go to Melbourne, then Fiji, then Honolulu where I will stay for at least one month. Then I shall go to Philadelphia and San Francisco, etc.
-I am very glad that you are holding some spiritual conference, but my only request is to follow the standard method of spiritual consciousness. One must know first of all, what is the spiritual basis. Anyone who is accepting this body as the self, he is no better than the cats and dogs. One must know what the spirit soul is within this body. He is eternal part and parcel of God, therefore, his only business is to revive his eternal relation with God and work on that fundamental basis so that he can achieve the ultimate goal of life. The whole thing is instructed in the Bhagavad-gita and if we accept the teachings of Bhagavad-gita, as it is without unnecessary commentary on it, then our spiritual movement will be successful. But, if we manufacture something out of our own concoction, it will never be successful. This is confirmed in the Bhagavad-gita (16/23):
+I am very glad that you are holding some spiritual conference, but my only request is to follow the standard method of spiritual consciousness. One must know first of all, what is the spiritual basis. Anyone who is accepting this body as the self, he is no better than the cats and dogs. One must know what the spirit soul is within this body. He is eternal part and parcel of God, therefore, his only business is to revive his eternal relation with God and work on that fundamental basis so that he can achieve the ultimate goal of life. The whole thing is instructed in the Bhagavad-gita and if we accept the teachings of Bhagavad-gita, as it is without unnecessary commentary on it, then our spiritual movement will be successful. But, if we manufacture something out of our own concoction, it will never be successful. This is confirmed in the [[BG 16.23 (1972)|Bhagavad-gita (16/23)]]:
-''yah sastra-vidhim utsrjya vartate kama-karatah''<br />
+yah sastra-vidhim utsrjya vartate kama-karatah<br />
-''na sa siddhim avapnoti na sukham na param gatim''<br />
+na sa siddhim avapnoti na sukham na param gatim
-([[BG 16.23]])
-"But he who discards scriptural injunctions and acts according to his own whims is headed for a hellish destination.''
+"But he who discards scriptural injunctions and acts according to his own whims is headed for a hellish destination."
 I hope this meets you in good health.
-Your ever well-wisher,
+Your ever well-wisher,<br />
+[[File:SP Signature.png|300px]]
 A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
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