2019 Letters

Understand what is not Kṛṣṇa Consciousness (07/04/19) Dear _______, Śrī Śrī Guru Gaurāṅga jayate!! Due to some illness I have not been able to answer your email until today. We accept your proposal to become an aspiring disciple but I must warn you, many devotees say it is not easy to follow Narasiṅgha Mahārāja. And as you live outside Read more...

Not Welcome! (02/28/19)Prabhu,Also in 2005, I received the following message from a GBC thru another devotee:Please ask Narasiṁha Mahārāja if he will be happy with us for not using the word "Adbhūta Mandira" and thus respect our previous ācāryas, then will he join us to build the big temple of understanding to please his guru Śrīla Prabhupāda? If not, then Read more...

Serving Prasādam is a High Service (06/28/19) Dear _____, Śrī Śrī Guru Gaurāṅga jayate. Actually, Prabhupāda's standard was that if you are uninitiated then you are not allowed to to cook and offer to Kṛṣṇa in the temple. At home, of course you can do, but not in the temple. In my āśramas we follow that system. Even the uninitiated Read more...

Trying to Prove the Unprovable (06/06/19) Dear ________ Prabhu, All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. I appreciate very much that you are reading and thus quoting Śrīla Śrīdhara Mahārāja. Please continue in that way and you will find many more things of interest and of even greater value than arguing over that which can never be perceived perfectly. As Śukadeva Read more...

Preaching Means Fighting with Māyā (05/22/19)Dandavats __________,Śrī Śrī Guru Gaurāṅga jayate!Thank you for your question and your appreciation of our Let's Talk videos.Those verses from Bhāgavatam are meant for the bhajanānandīs, not the gosthyānandīs (preachers of the madhyama-adhikārī class). A preacher, a guru, a sannyāsī and even a brāhmaṇa should show proper discrimination, and for an ācārya it is most Read more...

The ‘Good Old Days’ (05/15/19) Daṇḍavats ________ Prabhu, All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. What to say? The world has changed and the Hare Kṛṣṇa Movement with it. Maybe not for the best, but what can be done?? The institution has gone wonky/yampy/bonkers!!! The chances of reverting back to what devotees called the "good old days" is nil. In small Read more...

What are we actually preaching? (5/15/19) Dandavats ________ Prabhu, All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. See the attached photo. It is _________’Swami'. He is an initiating guru and this kind of behavior goes unchecked. It is actually seen as progressive. So when Gurudeva does this, just imagine in future what low standards his disciples will have??? Did you know that there Read more...

Lalitā Prasāda (05/12/19) Dear  ______Maharaja, I did not say that Lalitā Prasāda was not qualified. I said he was inclined toward the solitary life of a bhajanānandī and not the preaching life. So he was given siddha-praṇālī.  Those with siddha-praṇālī and the sannyāsīs have the same rāga-mārga mantra. It is two ways of approaching the same goal, kṛṣṇa-prema. Otherwise, Read more...

Coming in Contact with Kṛṣṇa (05/07/19) Dear _______, Hare Kṛṣṇa! An interesting email. You must have the quality of compassion to do what you are going, trying to benefit those who are about to die and having had no realization or connection to Kṛṣṇa. In anyway that one comes in contact with Kṛṣṇa or His pure devotee is beneficial Read more...

Garbhadhana Saṁskāra (05/05/19) Dear _______, Śrī Śrī Guru Gaurāṅga jayate. I have been very busy the past four days and did not see your email until this morning. My field of service is to guide devotees in the proper conception of the Absolute Truth. Although I do have other fields of interest in preaching such as ancient history, archeology Read more...