Swami B.G. Narasingha Maharaja

Such Things are Not to Become the Standard (07/19/02)  “If, in modern times, in special circumstances a guru has given dīkṣā through his representative or through cassette, this still cannot be accepted as the ultimate principle for everyone at all times and in all places. A guru may give dīkṣā through the medium of his representative or cassette to Read more...

We Cannot Give a Śālagrāma (07/15/02) A____ Maharaja, Hare Kṛṣṇa I received the email below. Please inform that devotee that I received his email and that no offence has been made to me or you. If he wants a śālagrāma to worship, then he will have to approach his guru. We cannot give śālagrāma to some other guru's disciple. Read more...

Our Only Duty in Life (07/14/02) Dear P___, Hare Kṛṣṇa. Thank you for your email and your continued willingness to assist our humble mission in Bangalore. I hope that after receiving initiation from your Guru Mahārāja that you will serve him as a real disciple and not try to keep guru as a fashion. Our only duty in life Read more...

Let Him Live in the Hole He Has Crawled Into (07/03/02) The X_Mahārāja people say that Śrīdhara Mahārāja's book: ‘Follow the Angels’ is based upon conversations that others had with him, and the statements in the book are out of context statements that don't represent Śrīdhara Mahārāja's opinions. R___ said this explicitly. Mahārāja, A goat can eat anything and Read more...

They Do Not Know What is Prema-Bhāva (06/29/02) _____Mahārāja, Hare Kṛṣṇa. So much for the preaching against Dhruva and Prahlada — the following are two verses from Caitanya-bhāgavata describing how Mahāprabhu used to hear the pastimes of Dhruva and Prahlāda from Bhāgavatam. We read the purport by Sarasvatī Ṭhākura and he says that Mahāprabhu used to hear the pastimes Read more...

It is Not a Fashion to Worship Śālagrāma (06/15/02) Dear A____ Mahārāja, I have just got a letter from devotee to whom śālagrāma-śilā was to be send. In that letter  he also asked me  is there any scriptural reference that Ugra Narasiṁha can be worshiped only by sannyāsīs ? Yes there are śāstrika  references in Śālagrāma Kośa, Garuḍa Purāṇa, Read more...

Eating Bananas and Looking at Women in Saris (06/04/02) M___ Dāsa, Hare Kṛṣṇa. We welcome any sincere Iskcon devotees to attend our programs if they want to hear, but we do not go to Iskcon. This was the instruction of Śrīla Śrīdhara Mahārāja and we have been following that for many years. If there is an invitation from the Read more...

I Don’t Wish to Bang Heads (06/04/02) Daṇḍavats G_____Mahārāja, Hare Kṛṣṇa. Dear Mahārāja, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. I am sorry to not have responded to your request. The urgency was due to X_Mahārāja´s impending visit, which is now over. While he was here, I was busy with some of our godbrothers who came Read more...

What is the Name of Our Mission?? (06/03/02) Actually, I am wondering what we should call you. I have heard both you and Śrīla Gurudeva refer to your śikṣā-guru, Śrīla Śrīdhara Mahārāja, as ‘Guru Mahārāja.’ Of course, that is simple because you do not refer to Śrīla Prabhupāda by that title. But how do we convey to others that Read more...

We Are Small, but Unique (05/10/02)   Dear Prabhu, I received the photos, thank you. Happy to hear that your festival was successful. I will only be in the US for a couple of weeks in August. We have several gāyatrī and other mantras in our paramparā that Iskcon does not have, but we cannot share them outside our Read more...