In one of my first attempts at writing, I dashed out eight points I thought might be useful for a pamphlet in London. During his 1969 visit, my attempt came into Srila Prabhupada’ hands. He asked us to translate it, make many copies, and to distribute it. The title was “KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS: What We Believe.” We made many copies and distributed it on the streets of London. It went like this: 1. The Absolute Truth is contained in all the great Scriptures of the world: the Bible, the Koran, Torah, etc. However, the oldest known Revealed Scriptures in existence are the Vedic literatures, most notably the BHAGAVA GITA, which is the literal record of God’s actual words. 2. God, or KRISHNA is eternal, all-knowing, omnipresent, all-powerful and all-attractive, the seed-giving Father of man and all living entities. He is the sustaining energy of all life, nature and the cosmic situation. 3. Man is actually NOT his body, but eternal spirit soul, part and parcel of God, and therefore eternal. 4. That “all men are brothers” can be practiced only when we realize God as our common ultimate Father. 5. All our actions should be performed as a sacrifice to the Supreme Lord…“all that you do, all that you eat, all that you offer and give away, as well as all austerities you may perform, should be done as an offering unto Me.” (Bhagavad Gita IX, 27) 6. The food that sustains us should always be offered to the Lord before eating. In this way He becomes part of the Offering, and such eating purifies us. 7. We can, by sincere cultivation of bona fide spiritual science, attain to the state of pure, unending blissful consciousness, free from anxieties in this very lifetime! And the proof is in the practice. 8. The recommended means of attaining the mature stage of “Love of God” in the present age of Kali, or quarrel, is to chant the Holy Name of the Lord. Any Name of God will do, but the ecstatic method, the easiest method, for most people, is to chant the Hare Krishna mantra: HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE HARE RAMA HARE RAMA RAMA RAMA HARE HARE SRI SRI RADHA KRISHNA TEMPLE 7, Bury Place London W.C.1 (near British Museum) 01-242-0394 You are cordially invited to come and participate in our vegetarian feasts, daily, with special feasts every Sunday. Services: 12.00 noon, 4:30p.m., 8.40p.m. SPECIAL SUNDAY FEAST: 4.00 p.m. EVERYBODY WELCOME! PLEASE COME!