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Thank you for your appreciation of “My Memories.” I’m sure
there will be plenty of non-appreciators also.

21 July 1997

Listening to tapes is a good way to imbibe Krsna consciousness,
especially for devotees with less time to read.

Offering obeisances to Tulasi in kirtana is OK. “Vaisnava Sikha
O Sadhana” was a forerunner of “A Beginner’s Guide to Krsna
Consciousness” and therefore does not need translating into
English. You can best serve me by continuing to serve in
ISKCON. I am touched by your deep dedication and by that of
all the devotees struggling to bring Krsna consciousness to P.
I’m presently traveling in the countries of ex-Yugoslavia.
The response is wonderful and undoubtedly very pleasing
to Srila Prabhupada.

Here is a quote relevant to your situation.
We cannot expect to find always any utopia in this material
world, that is a fallacy, and it may appear to someone who is
materialistically inclined that what we are doing is not only
harmful to our materialistic condition, but also that we are not
caring for our students and so many other things. But if you
inquire from our students more carefully, you will come to
understand that these superficial matters are not very serious
in the long run, and that the students are becoming very happy
by their acquiring spiritual knowledge and serving Krsna in so
many ways. It is said that “one man’s food is another man’s
poison.” Because they have become disgusted with this material
world, sometimes our devotees appear to have foolishly
disregarded everything, that is seen to be something bad in
their eyes, but we should not take these things very seriously.
Main thing is that these boys and girls have understood what
is austerity and the difference between spirit and matter,
that is the highest knowledge of existence. Because they are
engaged in serving Krsna in this way, you have nothing further