Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura manobhista to Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura

In 1914, just a few weeks before passing away, Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura had expressed his mano-‘bhīṣṭa to Śrī Siddhānta Sarasvatī, instructing him to establish daiva-varṇāśrama, preach śuddha-bhakti, develop Śrīdhāma Māyāpur, and publish Vaiṣṇava writings:

Worldly people who are proud of their aristocratic birth cannot attain to actual aristocracy. Therefore they attack pure Vaiṣṇavas, claiming that they have taken birth in low-class families because of their sins. Thus they commit offenses. The means to rectify this situation is to institute daiva-varṇāśrama-dharma. You have started to do that. Know it to be real service to Vaiṣṇavas.

Due to lack of śuddha-bhakti-siddhānta pracāra, all manner of womanish bad theories and instructions are being called devotion by pseudo-sampradāyas such as sahajiyā and ativāḍī. Always crush these anti-devotional conceptions by bhakti-siddhānta pracāra and proper ācāra. Try to begin the parikramā of Śrīdhāma Navadvīpa as soon as possible. Thereby everyone in the universe can receive Kṛṣṇa-bhakti. Diligently endeavor to ensure that service to Śrī Māyāpur becomes permanently established and more resplendent each day. Genuine service to Śrī Māyāpur is not nirjana-bhajana, but to establish a printing press and to propagate devotional books and Nāma-haṭṭa. Do not for your own sake undertake nirjana-bhajana and thus impede preaching and service to Śrī Māyāpur.

When I am no longer present, take care to serve your dear Śrī Māyāpur-dhāma. This is my special instruction to you. People who are like animals can never attain devotion; never accept their advice. But do not let them know this, either directly or indirectly.

I had a special desire to propagate the importance of such books as Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Ṣaṭ-sandarbha, and Vedānta-darśana. Now you must assume that responsibility. Śrī Māyāpur will prosper if you inaugurate an educational institution there. Never try to amass knowledge or money for your own sense gratification; they should be acquired only for Kṛṣṇa’s service. Never take bad association, either for money or any personal interest.