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70-01-30

J.F. Staal Professor of Philosophy and of South Asian Languages University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California

My Dear Professor Staal;

I thank you very much for your kind letter dated 23 January, 1970. In the last paragraph of your letter …

This is the easiest and recommended process in the Vedas. In the Brihad Naradiya Puranam it is clearly stated that …

Western culture is monotheistic, but they are being misled by the impersonal Indian speculation. The young people of the West …

But I am surprised to see that in the last paragraph of your letter you say, "it is an indisputable …

satatam kirtayanto mam yatantas ca drdha vratah namasyantas ca mam bhaktya nitya-yukta upasate

[Bg. 9.14]

The engagements of the Great Souls, freed from delusion and perfect in their realization of God, are described here: "Satatam …

So I do not know how you can say "indisputable." And, if you want reference from the Vedas, I can …

Furthermore, in the 15th verse of chapter 15, Bhagavad-gita, Krishna says, "I am seated in everyone's heart. By all the …

The goal of Vedantic study, therefore, is to know the Supreme Lord Krishna. This point is stressed in Bhagavad-gita chapter …

This is accepted by the exemplary disciple, Arjuna, who has perfectly learned the conclusion of spiritual science from the Yogisvara, …

In the Narada Pancaratra it is stated that all the Vedic rituals, Mantras and understanding are compressed into the eight …

All these points are elaborately presented in my book, The Teachings of Lord Caitanya.

The process of chanting is, therefore, not only the sublime method for practical perfection of life, but it is the …

The scope of the Krishna Consciousness Movement is Universal. The process for regaining one's original spiritual status or eternal life …

As the goal of Spiritual realization is only one, love of God, so the Vedas stand as a single comprehensive …

Thanking you once again,