Srila Prabhupada on children

[Anadi Jagannath Das]

Letter to: Arundhati
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Amsterdam
30 July, 1972
72-07-30
Miami
My dear Arundhati,
Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated July
19, 1972, and I am simply surprised that you want to give up your child to
some other persons, even they are also devotees. For you, child-worship is
more important than deity-worship. If you cannot spend time with him, then
stop the duties of pujari. At least you must take good care of your son
until he is four years old, and if after that time you are unable any more
to take care of him then I shall take care. These children are given to us
by Krishna, they are Vaisnavas and we must be very careful to protect them.
These are not ordinary children, they are Vaikuntha children, and we are
very fortunate we can give them chance to advance further in Krishna
Consciousness. That is very great responsibility, do not neglect it or be
confused. Your duty is very clear.
Hoping this will meet you in good health.
Your ever well-wisher,
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
ACBS/sda