Letter to:
Hamsaduta–Vrndavana, August 14, 1977
From: Tamal Krishna (VedaBase ref# SL_770814_C2)
My dear Hamsaduta Prabhu,
Please accept my most humble obeisances at your feet. I have been
instructed by His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada to reply your letter
dated August 8th, 1977.
Your letter was so nice and enthusing that I decided to read it to His
Divine Grace early in the morning. Srila Prabhupada had just finished
His bath and was sitting upstairs in His house in Vrndavana on the
veranda, where He now sits every morning at this time before going to
the temple for darshan at 9:30. His Divine Grace was sitting there very
beautifully with a tulasi garland from Krishna-Balarama around His neck
as well as a fresh flower garland made of Vrndavana flowers. He was
reclining on a round bolster pillow, and wearing sunglasses, which He
always does now because His eyes are giving Him some trouble.
Prabhupada confirmed your visit to Vrndavana in your dream by saying,
yes, and nodding His head. As soon as I began to read your letter
Prabhupada wanted to hear Dr. Kovoor’s response. I thus began to read
the news clipping but His Divine Grace became very fired up, more than
I have seen in many weeks, and began to interrupt me every minute
smashing the rascal scientists: “Rascals. They say it is like this, it
is like that. Why can they not produce life? The sunshine is there,
green plants are there. Rascals, why can’t they produce life? Simply
suggesting. Unless they can produce life what is the point of talking?
Empty sounds. The scientist himself is going to die. He is under the
control of some energy. But he is puffed up. Educated rascals. Nothing
more. They were rascals before education and now after spending so much
money of the government, they are still rascals. This rascal questions
my perception. It is practical perception. You talk nonsense, you
cannot do anything. This is our practical experience. Jugglery of
words. You can’t stop birth, old age, disease or death. What you can
do–simply talk. We are practical scientists. Not talkative nonsense. If
there is no God, then who is controlling you? You make a scheme and it
is spoiled. You have got good scientists, medicine, can you guarantee
life? Why men are dying? Your so-called knowledge has no value. Empty
words. If you are a scientist, why don't you give this child who is
born without senses new senses? We admit we cannot because we say God
is all-powerful. But you say you are powerful. So you do it without
God. The onus is on you. Rascal. You are simply producing empty sounds.
Where is the chicken? The hen is better scientist than you are. Within
a week they produce another chicken. Therefore you are less important
than a chicken. God kicks on your mouth with shoes. Nobel prize–another
rascal has given you. If the witness is a drunkard, then what is the
use of his evidence? Just like there is some incidence in the liquor
shop. The proprietor has brought witnesses but they are all drunkards.
What is the value of such evidence? You talk of hired wombs. There are
millions of wombs without hiring. Who needs to hire? There are
uncivilized men but they have no scientific knowledge. Yet they are
producing children. You have progressed in eating and sleeping. Nothing
more. He eats by killing an animal in the jungle, and you eat by
killing in an organized slaughterhouse. He can be allowed to do it
because he is not civilized but you are not allowed to because you are
supposed to be civilized. You are God-less and you do not know. What
you have gained? Your mother and father have died. Why don't you save
them? What is the value of your education? And you will also die. Have
you invented something that man will not die? Then it would have value.
You have given simply the faculty to die earlier with your atomic
energy. That is atomic energy.” In this way Srila Prabhupada received
the article of Dr. Kavoor and smashed him point by point.
Then I read your reply and Srila Prabhupada was very pleased to see how
many of the same points your good self had made. Srila Prabhupada
stated, “Hansadutta has become famous now. He is putting very strong
arguments. This is preaching!”
After hearing of your visa difficulties, Srila Prabhupada suggested
that why not go outside of Lanka for a few days and get a new visa and
then return immediately as we are doing in India? However if this is
not possible then Srila Prabhupada says it is better to travel and
preach in Malaysia as you have suggested, rather than coming here to
Vrndavana. If you have to leave then Prabhupada says that you should
let the local people there maintain the branch and you return there as
soon as possible to continue its development. Srila Prabhupada after
hearing your letter said, “All the blessings of Krishna upon you.”
The scientific conference of Dr. Svarupa Damodar is to be held on
October 14th, 15th, and 16th, 1977 here in Vrndavana. Dr. Svarupa
Damodar is also planning to hold a similar conference in Bombay, but
the date is not yet fixed up. Srila Prabhupada is waiting in
anticipation to hear the report of how the challenge to Dr. Kovoor was
received at the big meeting which you plan to hold on the 20th August.
Hoping this meets you in the best of health and Krishna consciousness.
Your servant,
Tamal Krishna Gosvami
Secretary to Srila Prabhupada
