2006 Letters

Articles For KṛṣṇaTalk (11/05/06) ____ Mahārāja, I was thinking that the article "Aryan Invasion ‹ History or Politics?” By Dr. N.S. Rajaram might make a good KṛṣṇaTalk by a guest contributor. I like that term "guest contributor" for articles on KṛṣṇaTalk that are written by other people or other devotees than myself. Anyway, Rajaram's article on the Aryan invasion Read more...

It May Be That I Have No Qualification to Be Guru… (11/05/06) Dear M_____ Prabhu, Hare Kṛṣṇa. Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. Nice to hear from you. I have often remembered you and I have often spoken of you to the devotees. You may remember our earlier years together in Denver Yatra. I very much Read more...

The Institutional Guard Will Never Change (11/02/06) G___, It does not sounds as if he is aware that the small Deities of Rādhā-Govinda disappeared, and then sometime later the dacoits came and the Deity of Rādhārāṇī was carried away. They have no proper recollection of what happened at their world headquarters, or what happened in any other part of Read more...

One Has to Respect His Opponent, But… (11/02/06) G___, His reply sounds like he doesn't even know that Prabhupāda installed Gaura-Rādhā-Mādhava at Māyāpura, and Gaura-Rādhā-Govinda at Kolkata. If an opponent is formidable then one has to respect his opponent, but these people are ridiculous. Their arguments are pathetic! Let another week go by and then we will decide what Read more...

Better to Study Your Own Tradition Than Shop Around (09/13/06) _____ Mahārāja, I did a search and read some of the material of Thomas Keating, the monk that A____ mentioned. Pardon me, but for a Vaiṣṇava to think there is something deep in this monk and his technique is a joke! Keating is an elderly Trappist monk (Catholic) and that Read more...

Christians Haven't Made the First Step in God Consciousness in 2000 Years (09/10/06)Dear J___,Hare Kṛṣṇa. Thank you for your thoughtful email.Prabhu, is it not that there was perhaps sincerity in some of these religions at the time when they emerged? God is omnipresent and after all, a man in the desert who had some desire to know truth would experience an Read more...

Mahāprabhu Should Not Be Dressed Like a Sannyāsī (09.06/06) I noticed that last week little Mahāprabhu on the main altar was wearing a very short dhoti (cloth) above the knees. I remember Śrīla Prabhupāda saying that the feet of Mahāprabhu should be visible, but that his dhoti should not be that of a sannyāsī. This means also that it Read more...

Progress is Almost Undetectable! (08/26/06)Dear G____ Mahārāja,Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.I was so happy to finally get your answer. It never came to me directly, although you had sent it to my address. I was concerned that you didn't want to answer. Finally, in desperation, I called J____, and he sent me a copy.I am Read more...

Implementing the Bṛhad-Bhāgavatāmṛtam in the New Temple in Māyāpura (08/22/06)Dear C____ DāsīPlease accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda.Thank you for your email reminding me of my duty to contribute whatever information I might have towards the service of Śrīla Prabhupāda in fulfilling his desire to build the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium (TOVP).I have gone through the Read more...

This Time is the Last Straw (08/13/06) Dear G____Swami, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. I write you this email to briefly express some difficulty and frustration. Today I am in Switzerland with J____ Prabhu and ____ Mahārāja and we are looking for a suitable place to establish our āśrama. Last Thursday, Friday and Saturday Read more...