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Letter to: Jitadusana
Vrindaban 20 November, 1976 76-11-20
Los Angeles
My dear Jitadusana,
Please accept my blessings. I am in receipt of your letter dated Nov. 10, 1976.
Devotional service does not depend on material assessment. It is said in Srimad-Bhagavatam, "ahaituki apratihata''. Devotional service must be without any material ambition and there is no material impediment which can check advancement in devotional service. Srila Gaura Kisora das Babaji was unable to sign his name, and yet he became the spiritual master of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Gosvami Maharaja, the most erudite learned scholar of His time.
sa vai pumsam paro dharmo yato bhaktir adhoksaja
ahaituky apratihata yayatma suprasidati [SB 1.2.6] vasudeve bhagavati bhakti-yogah prayojitah janyayaty asu vairagyam jnanam ca yad ahaitukam [SB 1.2.7] If one is materially well equipped it is welcome but devotional service does not depend on material qualifications.
Hoping this will meet you in good health.
Your ever well-wisher,
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami ACBS/jda
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