Swami B.G. Narasingha Maharaja

I Appreciate Your Kind Invitation (12/29/04) Dear Śrīpāda J____ Swami, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. Thank you for your warm invitation to attend the Prabhupāda family reunion in Māyāpura. I am sure it will be a grand success but unfortunately I will not be able to attend. We have opened a new āśrama near Read more...

Students Who are Proud of Their Small Knowledge (11/17/04) Dear Śrīpāda B_____ Mahārāja, Daṇḍavat praṇāms. All glories to Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga. My comments are as follows. First, I would like to say that the statement you sent to me sounds like a statement by X____Mahārāja. Whether or not Swami Mahārāja is in mādhurya-rasa or sakhya-rasa is debated to some Read more...

Society Consciousness is at the Forefront (07/24/04) Dear Y_____ and D______ Dāsī, Hare Kṛṣṇa. Just after sending you my first reply I realised that I had evaded your question. If I have made such a statement as “R______ Swami is not in harmony with the proper concept of Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavism as preached by our Guardians" then I must surely Read more...

Mind Your Own Business - Surrender! (07-24-04) Dear Mother Y_____ and D_____Dāsī, Hare Kṛṣṇa. So now D___ and I request you to please explain to us why you say that “R______ Swami is not in harmony with the proper concept of Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavism as preached by our Guardians." At least that for a start. It is not nice of Read more...

You Are Surrounding Yourself With Too Many Opinions (07/23/04) Dear K_____, Hare Kṛṣṇa. I read your email below. Yes, your śikṣa-gurus encouraged you to hear from me with faith. But now you have added another element to the equation and one that I am personally not I harmony with. There are many things regarding Kṛṣṇa consciousness philosophy and moods Read more...

A Discussion on Cow Protection (05/20/04) Dear B______ Prabhu, Please accept my humble obeisance.  All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. I am Swami Narasingha standing in for N_____ Dāsa because, between the gośālā, āśrama management, and construction, he has very little time for correspondence. I hope you do not mind my doing so. We have been very busy and I do apologize Read more...

When Women Give Dīkṣā... (11/09/03) Daṇḍavats Mahārāja, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. Here is a quote for you - Devotee: Can women become guru? Śrīdhara Mahārāja: Yes, if she sincerely feels that she can help others, she may be. There are so many. Jāhnavā Devī, wife of Nityānanda Prabhu, she began extensively this spiritual Read more...

Forewarned is Foretold (11/09/03) Dear G____ Prabhu, Hare Kṛṣṇa. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. I thought to mention it previously (but I did not), but now that you have mentioned X_ Mahārāja, I think I should inform you that I have no attraction toward the camp of X___ Mahārāja. We have diametrically opposite conceptions regarding many issues that abound Read more...

These Conversations are Trivial and Boring! (10/26/03) Dear M____ Mahārāja, Daṇḍavat praṇāmas. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. Frankly speaking, "growing a beard and hair" is not tapasya. For a Vaiṣṇava shaving is a tapasya! We shave everyday to meet the public‹ - that is a tapasya. If growing a beard is tapasya then every Sikh in the Punjab is Read more...

Better to Take Birth Again…(10/06/03) Dear B____ Prabhu, Daṇḍavats. I am in Mamalapuram/Mahabalipuram and I have not been checking my email regularly. Sorry for the delay in answering your question. Śrīla Purī Mahārāja has written in an article "The Essence of Pure Devotion" as follows:  “Śrīvāsāṅgam, the place of congregational chanting, was considered the loving playgrounds of devotional mellows of Read more...