"That is another very auspicious sign. The Tulasi, she will not go to live with anyone non-devotee.."
Bombay
4 January, 1973
73-01-04
London
My dear George,
Please accept my blessings. I was informed by some of my disciples at London, namely, Dhananjaya, Jaya Hari, Revatinandana Swami and others, that you so kindly have sent your car and drive to our place filled-up with fruits and flowers to offer to Radha and Krishna on the Disappearance day of my Guru Maharaja, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura.
I am so much pleased that you have thought of Him in that way, thank you very much. Surely you will become blessed by Him more and more.
Yes, if one simply comes to that platform of spontaneous love for the spiritual master, then very quickly he will get love of God, or Krishna, and his all hankerings and lamentations of life will be finished.
That is the process. Just like when two friends meet and, if the friend is also with his dog, the gentleman pats his dog first, is it not? So the friend becomes automatically pleased, his dog being patted. I have seen it in your country sometimes when I used to walk in the Regents Park early mornings. So it is like that, the spiritual master is the pet dog of Krishna, and if he is pleased so Krishna is also pleased. That is the process.
I can understand by your activities that you are making good spiritual progress, by Krishna’s grace. That is very good news to me. It is not by accident that you are coming gradually to the right point, neither it is very common thing, no:
bahunam janmanam ante
jnanavan mam prapadyate
vasudevah sarvam iti
sa mahatma sudurlabhah
[Bg. 7.19]
“After many births and deaths, he who is actually wise surrenders unto Me, knowing Me to be the cause of all causes and all that is. Such a great soul is very rare.” Mahatma means great soul, and such great soul is sudurlabhah, very rare.
Great soul does not mean politician, or scholar, or so-called yogi, or any other so-called big, big man, famous musician, or scientist, or anything like that. No, great soul is one who understands that Vasudevah, Krishna, is the cause of all causes and all that is, and then surrenders unto Him.
You are doing that, therefore I say that you are great soul, not because you have got some material name, fame or wealth. But that will vanish at the time of your death, so what good it is? But because you are serving Krishna in devotional loving mood, therefore I say great soul. There is one Bengali proverb that the person who is actually famous is the Devotee who is known by all other Devotees to be great.
So that surrendering to Krishna, that is great soul. Now you may enquire, what is that surrendering? Surrendering to Krishna means to try to please Him only, by our serving mood. Just like if I want to please you, or someone else, they will appreciate me by my serving their desires, that will give them pleasure.
So if we want to please Krishna, He is kind enough to give us the formula how to please Him in Bhagavad-Gita, so if we are intelligent we shall follow the instructions and orders of Krishna as He gives them, that is pleasing Krishna, that is surrender. If I say, Yes, I like rasagulas, I like this type of incense, I like this and that—so if you bring me rasagulas, that incense, like that, that will be pleasing to me, will it not? But Krishna is not so rascal as me, He wants only little flower, some water, that’s all, but main thing He wants is our devotion, nothing more:
manmana bhava mad-bhakto
mad-yaji mam namaskuru
mam evaisyasi satyam te
pratijane priyo’si me.
[Bg. 18.65]
“Always think of Me and become My devotee. Worship Me and offer your homage unto Me. Thus you will come to Me without fail. I promise you this because you are My very dear friend.” So to become the friend and the devotee of Krishna, that is required. Just become the pet dog, that is surrender.
What is that friendship? At the end of 12th Chapter of Gita, Krishna describes that the person, “who is very dear to Him, or His best friend, is one who is not envious but is a kind friend to all living entities, who does not think himself a proprietor, who is free from false ego and equal both in happiness and distress, who is always satisfied and engaged in devotional service with determination and whose mind and intelligence are in agreement with Me . . . He for whom no one is put into difficulty and who is not disturbed by anxiety, who is steady in happiness and distress . . . A devotee who is not dependent on the ordinary course of activities, who is pure, expert, without cares, free from all pains, and who does not strive for some result . . . One who neither grasps pleasure or grief, who neither laments nor desires, and who renounces both auspicious and inauspicious things . . . One who is equal to friends and enemies, who is equipoised in honor and dishonor, heat and cold, happiness and distress, fame and infamy, who is always free from contamination, always silent and satisfied with anything who doesn’t care for any residence, who is fixed in knowledge and engaged in devotional service . . .” such person is described by Krishna as “very dear to Me.”
But even more dear than such devotee who is dear to Krishna, one who is, “very, very dear to Me,” is, “He who follows this imperishable path of devotional service and who completely engages himself with faith, making Me the supreme goal” and also “one who explains the supreme secret to the devotees” . . or one who is preaching the message of Krishna to the devotees everywhere—such person is most highly regarded by Krishna as His best friend and devotee:
na ca tasman manusyesu
kascin me priya-krttamah
bhavita na ca me tasmad
anyah priyataro bhuvi
[Bg. 18.69]
“There is no servant in this world more dear to Me than he, nor will there ever be one more dear.”
So that will be the supreme perfection of our existence, to come to that point of being best friend, best devotee of Krishna. And how is that? If we become simply engaged in His preaching work, trying with whatever talent or education or experience or material advantages we have got, to spread Krishna Consciousness message all over the world. That is best friend of Krishna, that is Krishna’s pet dog.
So I am pet dog of my Guru Maharaja, and you have helped him so nicely to push on the message of Lord Krishna or Krishna Consciousness Movement, and I am very much pleased by your serious and sincere attitude, so you will get all the full blessings of my Guru Maharaja, that you may know for certain. And if you have ever got any
questions or difficulties, I am always your humble servant, you may please write to me wherever I am.
I have heard that your good wife, Patty is growing Srimate Tulasi devi there at your house with good success. That is another very auspicious sign. The Tulasi, she will not go to live with anyone non-devotee, and because she is growing so profusely, therefore she is giving you her best favor because you are best devotee, that is to be understood.
Now go on with your chanting regularly as much as possible, that will protect you from the attack of Maya, without any doubt. Just like if there is sunshine then where is the question of darkness? So Maya cannot remain in the presence of Krishna, therefore we chant always Hare Krishna to become freed from all attachment to Maya.
I know you are very intelligent boy, and I like you very much, you are better than my own son, and I am so much pleased that you are displaying gradually more and more the qualities of becoming Krishna’s pet dog as described above. If you have got any time, you may kindly write to me, or you are free to come to India to live with me for some time, as you like.
Hoping this meets you and your good wife in the best of health and spirits.
Your ever well-wisher,
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
n.b. Regarding that house in London, I have not heard from my disciples for some time in that connection, what is the progress. But I have written one letter to Dhananjaya that he should keep in contact with you for getting the place, because you had kindly volunteered to help, so why he has not done anything? My spiritual master used to say me: Strike while the iron is hot, so if we delay the matter too long it may not remain a favorable proposition. Krishna will help, we do not rely on anything non-Krishna, but He will give facility when He sees we want it very, very seriously, working very hard and with great determination to get it, just to be able to serve Him better. Then He will give everything and anything. He is the Supreme Proprietor, Enjoyer and Friend. These three things, if we always remember them, our life will be completely perfect.
ACBS
ACBS/sda
Better than my own son…….
The spiritual son of Srila Prabhupada
once a hero to the world,
becomes an icon for us twiceborn.
…………………….
Om Sir George Sri Hari’s Son Om Hari Om
Jaya Raja Hari Sana Preet Kiya
Jagat Ko Kitna Geet Diya
Wo Mahan Ko Hum SmaranKaren
Wo Mahan Ko Hum Naman Karen.
……………………
Listen, do you want to know a secret,
do you promise not to tell….
Closer, let me whisper in your ear,
say the words I love to hear….
My sweet Lord I always love you, yes,
for me this material world, is no more fear.
You are best devotee
Srila Prabhupada speaks out the holy truth, and calls Sir George his most beloved son, who he thinks is a real honest & pure devotee.
Sa mahatma sudurlabhah, very rare
Wow, that’s mercy and a first class blessing from his guru.
Yes folks, in Sir George we can Trust.
Tell me why
As i read this letter, send from a father to his beloved son, the only thing that comes to my mind is, why not be guided by Sir George, Sriman Hari das, Sri Harigeorgeson, he seems to be more in line with Srila Prabhupada than all the gurus and neo-representatives of Srila Prabhupada’s Iskcon.
As far i can see, it’s better to stick with someone who has the blessings from the spiritual master, and all the past masters since Lord Chaitanya, and is in line with the great acarya Srila Prabhupada who lives forever, in his instructions and his writings, as his beloved devotees do!
The divine line
So let’s stop worrying, stop the magic dragon of criticism
just follow the proper line, back to godhead, you be fine, chant and be happy, with Sir George and Srila Prabhupada.
Listen to Gopala Krishna von Sir George on You Tube, a real wonderwall of spiritual age music in line with the divine.
Yes We Can, change the face of the world, if we change
ourselves first, sa mahatma sudurlabhah, than change
the faces around us, make them smile – send them a letter,
since they will not mind, and you will feel so much better.
Hari nama hari nama, hari nama eva kevalam,
kalau nasteva, nasteva, nasteva gatir anyathah.
The divine line……..
I agree with the divine line, and also think it is gentle and fine.
Thanks for the roses for harigeorgeson, yes I agree with Acchedya das.
Srimati Tulsi love will grow, if we treat her as a divine spirit in form of a plant.
The Tulsis in my garden and here at home all in good spirits and they love to hear Beatles, Srila Prabhupada and Sir George’s music.
But also the cat, the old fritz, loves this sweet and charming sounds, and is never sick or in bad moods. For me thats a sign of divine sound vibration, right on, made by father and son, yes they carry it on the burden of divine wisdom, and so liberated a whole generation of devotees from all over the wide wide world, and that, also for me, makes Sir George and Srila Prabhupada, two divine messengers, and they can be trusted!
An apostolic harigeorgerson apotheosis
Yes, i think thats the message from Srila Prabhupada in his letter to Sir George.
He is underlying in his words, that his real son would be rather Sir George than his materialistic minded Indian children. And Sir George would be his first choice for leading the movement if he would be gone, back home back to Godhead.
Sir George was the best apostle of Srila Prabhupada’s divine message, this why he loved him so dearly all the years from 1969 to 1977, and then in Vrindavan when he was bedridden, he gave his Iskcon seal ring to a responsible devotee, saying…… please give this to Sriman George Harrison, with best wishes from me.
That would mean in vedic times, and everyone would understand, that this is a sign of a king, to tell his kinsmen, who he would like to follow him on the throne, and thats mostly his own son, or his spiritual son.
So, yes, Iskcon made a great mistake in not taking the magical dark horse for representing Srila Prabhupada’s spiritual movement to the world.
This why we saw 33 years of disaster with all this, I would like to be master.
A glimpse into transcendence, an axis of vision, would have made this great Iskcon movement a prophetic, remarkable, lead by a Beatle, new age church.
Isn’t it a pity……
Yes, we remember, isn’t it a pity, isn’t it a shame…. a song by harigeorgeson, on his My Sweet Lord record 1970. This song says all, he felt after the breakdown of the Beatles. The same I felt when Iskcon broke down.
Since then, Iskcon is just a broke down melody for me,
with not much esprit, as we can clearly see.
Gopala Krishna
Yes, this song by George Harrison is so sweet and gentle,
it shows us a real magical mystery mantra joyride,
This is what happens, when a divine messenger lies hand on a divine chant.
And as a apostle of harigeorgeson, i beg your pardon that i like to ask you, to sing along this lovely song for you and me and all, who are able to see……..
He Krishna, karuna sindhu, dina bandhu, jagat pate,
gopesha, gopika kanta, Radha kanta, namo stu te.
O Gopal, O cowherd boy, owner of my senses.
Protector of the helpless ones, please give your mercy,
please give your mercy to this hopeless one.
Swimmin’ in this ocean…. of life and death.
Worshipping the idol of success,
saying yes to no, and no to yes.
I think I’m free.
I think I’m free till my last breath.
But all your beauty, I’m begging for.
I’m begging for mercy, mercy, mercy.
I have heard from vaisnava saints
that your mercy knows no bounds.
O Gopala, you’re my only hope.
Will you drag me please back home to Vrindavan.
Day and night my soul cries in vain,
desires control my mind & I feel a shamed.
Feels like these life airs flow also in vain
as I calculate, all my loss, all my gain.
But all your beauty, all your beauty I’m begging for.
Pa dha pa ma ga, ma ga re, ga re sa,
re sa ni, sa ni dha, ni dha pa.
Throw me that rope…. it’s hope against hope…
that you’ll throw me that rope of your mercy.
Please my sweet Lord have mercy on me and make my heart get free.
Free from material entanglement, and let it be happy with your holy chant.
In George we trust
In George We Trust
Yes, you are realy right, Sir George is the our divine light.
Hari Om, and why is that so……..
Amazingly we share the same dream and come to the same wonderful conclusion, that harigeorgeson is something forever.
Let’s put it clearly, he is our magical tourguide in this life, living in this material world, he was the one, who turnt us on, to the wisdom of live, to our sweet lord, who sings in paradise.
Soul’s paradise, is there, where here comes the sun is sung, full of praise, yes, let’s praise the one, who turned all of us on, and who made this life’s journey, yes, a wonderful one, a real magical mystery tour, yes, we trust Sir George!
Tourguide Tours
This is realy like tripping the live phantastic with Mr. Bombastic, with the beatle of the people as our tourguide to the other side, other side, other side, where he is gardening his devoted soul’s with great pride & smile in heiterkeit.
He loved gardening so much, i understand it now, but you have to be a soul gardener yourself, learn to dig love, and learn how to plow, since ill creeds grow apace.
Hermann Hesse used to say, ” to pull out ill weeds is my real opium! ”
O yes’e master Hesse, you’r right, this is a gentle meditation to cool down our pride.
Think for yourself
You have to taste the honey, not talk about it, this is the George we talk about, he points out and shouds loud, think for yourself, one of Georg’s early songs, says it all, if, we dont care ourselves, nobody does, if, we don’t do it.
First be yourself, don’t try to be somebody else, find yourself and help yourself than God helps you, and that’s true.
George and the beatles would sing, we followed the sun, and then found the long and winding road, across the universe, jaya gurudeva, jaya gurudeva, the lord in our heart wispers, i will be with you, allways side by side, you just have to believe, and learn to hear me whispering, with no pride, so don’t worry and chant and be happy!
Gopala Govinda Ram, Sri Madhusudana,
Giridhari Gopinatha Madana Mohana.
Sri Chaitanya, Nityananda, Sri Advaita, Sita,
Hari Guru Vaishnava Bhagavata Gita.