2008 Letters

I Expect Full Surrender and Nothing Less (07/27/08) As for J____’s part in the business idea, I think it simply spells out maintaining something that, in effect, is an alternative to "Well, what if things don't work out with Mahārāja”? The problem is that keeping an alternative shelter almost definitely guarantees that, “Things won't work out with Mahārāja". It Read more...

Finding Peace (05/28/08) Dear M____ Dāsa, I read your email with interest. I heard a story once about a man who always wandered across India in search of a place he could call home. In spite of traveling to many places, he could not find a place that suited him, and so finally one day he just stopped searching Read more...

No Risk No Gain (05/07/08) Dear V_____ Prabhu, All glories to Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga. You mentioned on the phone something about the N_____s getting a building and you were thinking about trying to do something to avert that, etc. Well, my actual opinion is that I do not think that Śrīla Śrīdhara Mahārāja would want you to get Read more...

Everyone Wants to ‘Know,’ But Few Want to Serve (04/13/08 ) Swami, I read your answer to A______'s question with great interest. As always your writing is meticulous and leaves little room or necessity to comment further. Although externally I show myself to be a follower of Gaura-Gadādhara, internally I have no such qualification. Other information that you might work Read more...

The Cause of the Fall Down of Around 100 Sannyāsīs (03/14/08) Dear G____ Swami, All glories to Śrī Guru and Gaurāṅga. “You're right, there are a lot of rules, but I don't see how a big institution which doesn't have one acarya can avoid it. Certainly we can diminish them. You are an independent Acarya, and you can do Read more...

Only the Vaiṣṇavas Can Help Us (01/15/08) Dear M____ Dāsa, Hare Kṛṣṇa. Well, my mood is one of great disappointment and sorrow, but frankly I expected as much because your association with women has rendered you weak and vulnerable to Māyā’s influence. But what to do? You are not the first or the last person who was not able to cast off Read more...