Swami B.G. Narasingha Maharaja

The Love of Advaita Ācārya (02/20/02) Dear B____ Prabhu, Hare Kṛṣṇa. Thank you for your email below. Please excuse me if it sounded as though my appreciation and understanding of Śrī Advaita Ācārya was lacking. In general, what you have said below is true, but in particular only Mahāprabhu grants us entrance into the highest transcendental realm of bhakti. Read more...

I Am Living By the Grace of Our Guardians (01/28/02) Dear V____ and G___ Dāsī, Hare Kṛṣṇa. I am very happy to receive your email below. I will be going to India on Monday and after my return to Vermont in March, I would like to start the process to bring yourself and G___ Dāsī to the USA. Your Read more...

If You Want to Save Your Countrymen From Sahajiyāism…(01/22/02) D___ Dāsa, Hare Kṛṣṇa. Question: Is there any difference in `quality` of love between Rāgātmikas and Rāgānugas? There is quality of difference between every living being and there is quality of difference between the love of all living beings for Śrī Śrī Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Every Read more...

The Mood Concerning Mahāprabhu’s Sannyāsa Līlā (01/15/02)   Dear M__ and P__, Hare Kṛṣṇa. Thank you for your email below. Yes, your thinking is correct. Here at Govindajī Gardens we observed the sannyāsa anniversary of Mahāprabhu in a happy mood and a nice feast was offered to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Śrī Śrī Rādhikā-Mādhavasundara. However, when living in the Read more...

I Cannot Come Without My Ammunition (01/12/02) Daṇḍavats B_____ Mahārāja, Hare Kṛṣṇa. I have gone through the email below and I understand your concerns and points. I am certainly not offended. Immediately after the disappearance of Śrīla Purī Mahārāja, I informed some of the devotees that X_Mahārāja and others of their ilk would increase the intensity of their 'sahajiyā’ Read more...

Become Free From the Sin of False Flattery (11/11/01) Daṇḍavats R___Bābā, Hare Kṛṣṇa. I finally got back online. One thing disappoints me - you mentioned that you wanted to visit me in South India on this trip, but that you were disappointed that I would not be there. So I called ___ Mahārāja and insisted that he spend a Read more...

Brahma-gāyātrī for Women. (10/28/01) P__ Devi Dasi, Hare Kṛṣṇa. I am very happy to receive your email below. Do you give your female disciples Brahma Gāyatrī? What is the process for receiving Gāyatrī Mantra, should I ask you for it or should I wait for you to offer? Actually, that is a controversial issue and would require some discussion. Read more...

Śaktyāveśa-avatāra (10/23/01) Dear P____Prabhu, Hare Kṛṣṇa. I received your email below, but these days I am fully engaged in a variety of services here at our āśrama and I have no time for writing. But when we meet in Boston next time, this might be a good topic to discuss - śaktyāveśa-avatāras. But in short, when a Vaiṣṇava is Read more...

I Do Not Want to Popularise the Worship of Śālagrāma-śilā (10/02/01) G___ Mahārāja carefully examined the śālagrāma-śilā that accompanied the mūrti of Śrī Narasiṁhadeva to Boston, and concluded that He is Śrī Gopāla as He has ardha-candra and calves hooves markings, and fits comfortably in the palm of my hand. Of course, I will await Your instruction on whether Read more...

No Other Medicine is Required (09/26/01) M___ Dāsa, Hare Kṛṣṇa. Actually I am getting fresh salad everyday and my previous digestion problem is no more. I have simply been suffering from a viral fever with lots of body and head pains. But I'm typing away like a lad of twenty - I'll be fully recovered soon. In the prayer Read more...