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is always with us in the preaching mission so go on getting his
blessings by distributing books more and more, and inspiring
others to do so.
Good news you got Caitanya-caritamrita. It’s a really ecstatic
book with very deep philosophy also. As well as distributing
Srila Prabhupada’s books we must read them thoroughly also so
it is good that you are awakening your taste for that also. Read
again and again Prabhupada’s books.

Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s appearance falls on Holi so we celebrate
it by chanting Hare Krsna.

16 April 1992

Further discussion on Nectar of Instruction verse no. 3. An
important point in this verse for those newly coming to devotional
service is patience. We cannot expect immediately full success,
but we have to go on patiently, expecting Krsna’s mercy.

Regarding not associating with nondevotees. This is very difficult
for persons such as yourself. What to do in such a situation? We
can pray for the association of devotees. Although we may not
be able to disassociate ourselves from nondevotees, we should
at least not get caught up in their nonsense talk and activities.
Remember Prahlad Maharaj and pray for his mercy. Prahlad
had only demons as associates but he preached and was able to
convert some of the young boys to Krsna consciousness.
So you also preach and make some devotees. Then you will have
nice association. There must be many devotees in your area,
you just have to uncover their inclination towards Krsna
by preaching to them. Preaching means first and foremost
distributing books and then also speaking about the books. For
this we must read Srila Prabhupada’s books carefully so as to be
able to explain these teachings to others. In this regard please
consult Sri Caitanya-caritamrita, Madhya-lila, chapter 7, texts