741223 - Letter to Sri Raghava Charyulu written from Bombay

Letters by Date, 1974

Letter to Sri Raghava Charyulu

Full copy to Svarupa Damodar [handwritten]

Hare Krishna Land
Gandhi Gram Rd., Juhu
Bombay 400 054

23, December                         74

Dr. I.V.V. Raghava Charyulu M.SC; D.SC.
Government of india (Nuclear Physics Division, 4th flr, Central Complex)
Atomic Energy Establishment Trombay
Bombay 400 085

Dear Sri Raghava Charyulu,

Please accept my greetings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 7th Nov, 1974 addressed to my Los Angeles headquarters. I was so much pleased with your interesting letter and I wish you will understand more and more through your learning of mathematics and physics about the intricacies of God's creation. It is the duty of a learned scholar to glorify the Supreme Personality of Godhead by his talent of knowledge, austerity, penance etc. Why one should become great mathematician? What is the perfectional stage? That stage is when he describes the glories of the Lord by utilization of his talent of education. So I request you to observe more and more the cosmic manifestation; how it is created by the energy of the Supreme Lord. Actually by the evolutionary process when a living entity comes to the status of human life it is his duty to solve all the problems of life. The chief problems of life are collectively birth, death, old age and disease. Bhagavad-gita gives information how to solve these four problems. It is the essence of all Vedic knowledge presented by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna. I am so glad to learn that you have taken so much interest in my book, Bhagavad-gita As It Is. I shall be staying in Bombay up till mid-Jan. and I wish to cordially invite you to see me at your convenience. Generally I can be seen between 5 and 7 p.m. Thank you once more for your interesting letter.
I hope this meets you in good health.

Your ever well-wisher,

A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

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