740907 - Letter to Batu Gopala written from Vrndavana

Letters by Date, 1974

7/9/74
Krishna Balaram Mandir
Raman Reti Vrindaban
Dist Mathura UP INDIA

Sriman Batugopala das Adhikary
15720 Euclid Ave
E Cleveland Ohio 44112 USA

My Dear Batugopala das;
Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated August 21, with enclosed photographs. So Kirtanananda Maharaja has installed Deities. But without twenty devotees how you can have Deities? Your men are coming and going so why you are having Deity installation? You must have twenty devotees. Kirtanananda Maharaja, he should supply those devotees since he has authorized the installation. You can name the Deities, Radha-Murlidhara.
Regarding taking the Deities out on sankirtana as advised by Tamal Krsna Goswami, occasionally the Deities may come and go, however you can let Tamal Krsna Goswami guide you in this connection. Regarding having your wife do the management, if there are no men available then what can be done? But now there is some difficulty in the management there is no question of opening up any restaurant. Do not open any restaurant.
I am glad to see that you are living an ideal grhastha life. That is very good. The more you will become Krishna conscious the more you will forget sex life. Sex life is the original root cause of material bondage. When one takes to Krishna consciousness gradually sex at last becomes abominable, then he is fit to enter back to home back to Godhead.
I hope this meets you in good health.
Your ever well wisher,

A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

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