Los Angeles. SD Newsletter Vol. 3, Issue 16
SRILA PRABHUPADA
LOCAL LIBRARIES
Letter to Jagadisa
I am so pleased to know that your efforts at placing our books in the local libraries is successful and it is especially heartening to learn that they already have got our books on their shelves.
EVERYTHING WILL BE DESTROYED
Srimad Bhagavatam 6.10.6
Cäëakya Paëòita says, san-nimitte varaà tyägo vinäçe niyate sati: everything within this material world will be destroyed, and therefore one should use everything for good purposes. If one is advanced in knowledge, he must always be prepared to sacrifice anything for a better cause. At the present moment the entire world is in a dangerous position under the spell of a godless civilization. The Kåñëa consciousness movement needs many exalted, learned persons who will sacrifice their lives to revive God consciousness throughout the world. We therefore invite all men and women advanced in knowledge to join the Kåñëa consciousness movement and sacrifice their lives for the great cause of reviving the God consciousness of human society.
FOR THE GLORY
Srimad Bhagavatam 6.10.8
Instead of wasting one’s life for temporary bodily comforts. one should always be prepared to give up one’s life for better causes. After all, the body will be destroyed. Therefore one should sacrifice it for the glory of distributing religious principles throughout the world.
PARA-DUÙKHA-DUÙKHÉ
Srimad Bhagavatam 6.10.9
A Vaiñëava is para-duùkha-duùkhé; he is always unhappy to see the conditioned souls in an unhappy state of materialism. Therefore a Vaiñëava is always busy preaching Kåñëa consciousness throughout the world.
SOURCES OF TRIBULATION AND MISERY
Srimad Bhagavatam 6.10.10
This body, which is eatable by jackals and dogs after death, does not actually do any good for me, the spirit soul. It is usable only for a short time and may perish at any moment. The body and its possessions, its riches and relatives, must all be engaged for the benefit of others, or else they will be sources of tribulation and misery.