2019 Letters

Please Guru and Kṛṣṇa! (04/18/19) Dandavats _______ Prabhu, Śrī Śrī Guru Gaurāṅga jayate! Thank you for your email. I agree wholeheartedly. Prabhupāda has said that if we please Kṛṣṇa, others will be pleased automatically. Therefore, we do not have to endeavor to please anyone independent of Kṛṣṇa. All our endeavors should be to please guru and Kṛṣṇa. When and Read more...

Bhakti-aṣṭāṅga-yoga (04/17/19) Daṇḍavats _______ Prabhu, All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. Yoga or bhoga, that is the question! My āśrama in South India is located on the outskirts of Mysore, the present day capitol of ashtanga-yoga in India. The so-called aṣṭāṅga-yoga taught in Mysore that has spread around the world is certainly nothing more than a little haṭha-yoga. It is Read more...

Caste-Brāhmaṇa Guru (04/13/19) Dear _______, Śrī Śrī Guru Gaurāṅga jayate. My opinion is that the so-called _______ Swami is a rascal. Although he is supposed to be a disciple of our Śrīla Prabhupāda, he does not actually follow his guru or his parama-guru, Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta. He was rejected from iskcon due to his having several illicit affairs with women Read more...

Size has nothing to do with the Adbhūta Mandira (04/09/19) Daṇḍavats Prabhu, All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. I watched the Dallas, Ratha Yatra video - a nice community festival that everyone can 'enjoy', well organized, beautiful girls dancing, everyone chanting, singing, taking prasādam and have a good time, etc, etc. For the mass of people, getting as many people Read more...

Re-heating Prasādam (04/02/19) Dear _______, Śrī Śrī Guru Gaurāṅga jayate! Actually in the Gauḍīya sampradāya, and in any temple in India of any other sampradāya, NO prasādam is ever re-heated. If prasādam is re-heated it is considered that you are taking prasādam for sense-gratification and therefore making an offense. However, when the saṅkīrtana movement came to western countries that Read more...

Dreams (03/26/19) Dear ______, Śrī Śrī Guru Gaurāṅga jayate. A very interesting occurrence. I love such incidents because it makes one think deeply. Dreams as it were are manifestations of our external experiences, our deepest desires, even our anarthas. Many times dreams are as confusing as they are real. This I think you know. Kindly don't take offense to Read more...

Big is Best! (02/28/19) Prabhu, Bhāvānanda 'says' that 'once' Śrīla Prabhupāda told him he wanted Aṣṭa-sakhīs. Great! I believe Bhāvānanda, but that does not mean the original Deity arrangement should be over shadowed and minimized. The 'original Deity arrangement' given by Śrīla Prabhupāda is/was the highest conception of Divinity and Theistic thought to be represented by the presence of Read more...

A Wise Leader Listens (02/26/19) Daṇḍavats, Good luck with the court case presentation. That video as of today has 1007 views. The video interview with Garuḍa Prabhu about the book changes has 2216 views. Devotees world wide are very concerned about these issues, so there is no reason why the GBC should not set aside time to reconsider these Read more...

Finding ‘Like Minded’ Souls… (02/23/19)Daṇḍavats _______ Mahārāja,Finding 'like minded' souls amongst GBC godbrothers might prove an impossible task, or even from amongst other ISKCON leaders, but finding 'like minded' godbrothers amongst the multitude of devotees, first, second and even third generation devotees isn't so difficult.My Youtube channel "Let's Talk" is resonating with a good number of viewers and on a Read more...

The Heart is a Sensitive Organ (02/10/19) Dear ______, Daṇḍavat Praṇāmas. Śrī Śrī Guru Gaurāṅga jayate. I am too much disturbed to hear that you have liver cancer. Won't you consider some alternative procedure while you wait for a transplant. In 2014, I was diagnosed with tumors in my right ureter. I had four surgeries total but the tumors Read more...