Reference for the recent quote of Prabhupada about children

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The quote is from a letter to Arundhati, July 30, 1972. If you don't  
have folio, just look it up on: prabhupadabooks.com
All of Prabhupada's books are there and it's easy to search and  
download.

One senior mataji has kindly pointed out that Srila Prabhupada was  
referring to devotee's children, while we do fully accept that I do  
not see why the same principle cannot be applied to all children not  
only born of devotees, but also born in Vrindavan.
The 1200 plus children that we have in our school are surely given to  
us by Krishna and surely they are very dear to Him.
Personally I do not see any difference in protecting these children  
and giving them Krishna consciousness. It gives us great pleasure to  
see them grow in a vaisnava environment.
Posted on youtube is a short video taken during our morning assembly  
at the school, the children do these things naturally none of us ever  
told them to bring flowers etc. check it out for yourself: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Nf9YXV3_Uk
Thanks
Your servant
rupa raghunath das
fflvrindavan.org
fflv.blogspot.com
Our yearly report is available for download on: http://www.fflvrindavan.org/index.php?S=1&Article=155

"Child-worship is more important than diety-worship. If you cannot  
spend time with your child, then stop the duties of pujari. These  
children are given to us by Krishna. They are Vaisnavas and we must be  
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."
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