Letter to Sumati Morarjee

Madam Sumati Morarji Baisaheba,

Please accept my greetings. Hope everything is well with you. Kindly refer to your letter of 22nd November 1966 in which you ask me two copies of my Srimad-Bhagavatam. I had some books in Bombay c/o the Universal Book House, Dadar and I advised them to deliver you the books. It is understood that they have delivered all the books to your office. I would therefore request you to take as many books as you may require and the balance out of 126 books may be booked to New York by any one of your ships.

You will be pleased to know that people in this country specially the younger section are accepting the philosophy of Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam as it is and I am hopeful of my mission in this country. I am enclosing herewith some press cuttings which will convince about my success in preaching in this country. Kindly pray to your Bala-Krsna to help me more in this connection. I have now opened three centres namely one in New York, one in San Francisco and one in Montreal (Canada). This branch is opened by one of my American disciples. Kindly let me know if you have got any office in Montreal and in San Francisco. I shall be much pleased to hear from you at your earliest convenience. Kindly convey my blessings to Sriman Choksi and your other Secretaries.

Hope you are well,

Yours sincerely,
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

Enclosures:3 Letter to: Hayagriva and Upendra
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New York
18 April, 1967

67-04-18

My dear Hayagriva,

With reference to our conversation on the phone, I may inform you that the printer Howard is not interested in hot type printing, because, when I met him last, I asked him whether he can print in sharp linotype.So, if he agrees, he must sign the letter which I have handed over to you and then the manuscript;one chapter after another;shouldbe handed over to him for composing.The composition should be solid; only translation portion should be composed in 12-point type.The headings (Purport, translation, etc.)should be black, and on the top the left hand page shall contain “Geetopanishad,” and the right-hand page “Bhagavad Gita As It Is.”This will continue, and the page number and verse number should be printed in the corner of each page.If he agrees, then you can begin the printing work immediately.Or, if he has to say anything more, he or you can write to me.

If printing is not going to be done there, then I shall send it to India.

My dear Upendra,

I have received your very nice letter and dhup.I thank you very much.You are a very good boy, and your humble behavior and service attitude will be very much appreciated by Krishna, and by this appreciation I am sure you will make very great advancement.Always chant Hare Krishna, and if you have any questions, I shall be glad to have them from you.I am very glad that you are cleansing my room (roon) daily.I shall always pray for you.Don’t be under any influence of Maya.Hope this will find you all right.

I am
Your ever well-wisher,
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami