Everyone has a Mother and Father but only a few are fortunate enough to have a bonafide Spiritual Master

5 August, 1970 Los Angeles

My Dear Subhadra dasi,

Please accept my blessings. Thank you very much for your nice letter dated July 22, 1970 Thursday night. I did not reply right away because I am getting ready to to lead a Sankirtana Party to chant Hare Krishna in Japan and then to India, where Lord Sri Krishna had all His Pastimes with the cowherd boys and girls.

Yes, you are certainly right when you say Radharani cooks prasadam for Lord Krishna. Whenever He returns in the evening from herding cows with His cowherd boy friends, Radharani has a nice preparation waiting for Lord Krishna.

You have also mentioned about Krishna playing on His flute. In the Nectar of Devotion, it is said that Lord Krishna attracts living entities from all over the universes by simply playing on His flute.

Now please listen faithfully to your mother and father and they will teach you all about Lord Krishna. It is said that everyone has a mother and father but only a few are fortunate enough to have a bonafide Spiritual Master. So you are doubly fortunate, you have a Spiritual Master and also you have a nice Krishna consciousness father and mother, simply live by their example.

I am hoping this reply finds you in happy mood, and I remain

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

ACB:rda