2010 Letters

This is Not the Mood of Govindajī Gardens (09/23/10) H___, Unfortunately, the recent disturbance created by S____ is now having its effect on the way that myself and my disciples are now thinking about our involvement with the project at ____. I have only recently come to know more of the details of what happened and I am not Read more...

You Have No Clue! (09/23/10) Mahārāja! We have got more important things on the mind right now than a damn pet shop! Read your other emails and pipe down until I am ready for this dog business. I am on the verge of pulling up all my shallow roots here and hitting the road and taking my men with Read more...

Fault-Finding - The Fast Ticket Out of Our Mission (09/21/10) Dear R____, I am very happy to see that you wrote a few words to K___ and D___. In Govindajī Gardens we do not do the types of things that S____ was doing - talking gossip, talking nonsense, fault-finding, making politics between devotees. All these thing are a fast Read more...

A Heavy Stone from My Chest (09/21/10) H____, YES, now there are so many things becoming clear about S____. It is good that he has decided not to return. I won't bother to speculate, but the fact is that so much talk and jokes about sex and in such a short period of time suggests to me that he Read more...

Things to Be Done in the Dhāma (09/20/10) V____ Dāsa, Nice to hear that you are taking you mother to Vṛndāvana. Hopefully she will be enthused by the darśana of Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Dāmodara and Śrīla Prabhupāda's rooms and will be able to do some humble service. If you remember when you were distributing books at Rādhā-Dāmodara, many devotees were Read more...

Choose Wisely! (09/19/10) D____, Keep in touch and always try to keep the company of the Vaiṣṇavas. Otherwise, household life turns into a deep dark well filled with shallow relationships, exploitation, sense enjoyment, flattery, delusion, disappointment, hard work, no service connection and second-class prasādam. So be advised, young man - many opportunities only come once in life so choose Read more...

Not Suited For Āśrama Life (09/17/10) _____Mahārāja, The long and the short of _____’s email is that he is not fixed or reliable. He seems very eccentric and his mind is never peaceful. If you continue trying to hang on to him and keep him in ____ then he will eventually come to the breaking point and it could Read more...

Problems Should Be Met With Kṛṣṇa Consciousness (09/15/10) Dear ____ Dāsa, I am happy to receive your email and report. Whatever difficulties or problems may occur (and there are always things happening around us that we do not like) should be met and dealt with in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. In many cases, tolerance is the medicine and in other situations Read more...

The Only Thing Lacking (09/15/10) Dear _____ Dāsa, Thank you for your offering and continued dedication to Mahāprabhu's movement. The only thing lacking in this world is Kṛṣṇa consciousness and nothing else. But getting people, and even devotees, to really believe it is not an easy task. But by the grace of our Guardians, yourself and other sincere devotees Read more...

A Spiritual Vacuum With a Poor Fund of Knowledge (09/15/10) Daṇḍavats _____, Sounds like a full house. Are you sure you have room for two vagabond swamis for a week? As for Czech, Poland and Germany, I will have to wait for _____ Mahārāja to sort things out and make a plan. No need to trouble yourself about that. Read more...