Bali-mardana immediately lodged a visa application at the Australian Embassy in Tokyo, being careful to avoid the mistakes that Cidananda had made. A few months later he again wrote to Srila Prabhupada, who replied with another warm response.
I am so pleased to receive your letter dated November 7, 1969 and have noted the contents carefully. You are a sincere devotee from the very beginning, coming of a very respectable family, intelligent, and your humbleness is a proof of your high parentage. Thank you very much for this Vaishnava quality. Caitanya Mahaprabhu has advised a Vaishnava to be humbler than a straw and more tolerant than the tree. Then he can become a perfect preacher. So Krishna is giving you intelligence from within, how to become a preacher in distant countries to fulfil the mission of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. By this attempt only can we come within the perspective of the Lord’s attention. Our endeavour should be not to see the Lord, but that the Lord may see us. He will see us when we become in His confidence by rendering service unto Him. The best service we can render is the preaching of His Glories by which the hearer is glorified, the preacher is glorified and the Lord is certainly glorified. I hope your application for an immigrant visa will be duly accepted because I know the Australian Government is very much anxious to invite white people to domicile in Australia. So your application must be favourably treated.
Reference: The Great Transcendental Adventure by Kurma Dasa
