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Advancing in Krsna Consciousness
(an exchange of letters)

Springfield, New Jersey
June 12, 1972

Dear Prabhupada,

I offer my humble obeisances.

I have been associating with the devotees of the New
York temple. With the association of such fine, advanced
devotees, I hope that I may make some advancement in
Krsna consciousness. My fiancée has started to come to the
temple and is chanting a little. She knew nothing about
Krsna consciousness until I wrote her about it from India.
Atreya Rsi has been kind enough to invite us to his home so
that we may see an ideal householder life.

I went to Bombay the end of April for termination from
the Peace Corps. I was fortunate enough to come down
with a minor illness, so that I had to stay in Bombay for two
weeks. I spent the time with the advanced and kind devo-
tees at Juhu. Unfortunately you had left five days
previously.

I understand so little, but I have faith in the process of
Krsna consciousness and hope to take to it more and more.

I look forward to Atreya Rsi’s description of the temple

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