2003 Letters

We Want Neither Apologies Nor Contact (01/08/03) Dear Śrīpāda N___ Swami, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. Thank you for your humble reply to my apology. As for my former disciples in Boston, I would prefer that the less said to them the better. In the course of the events that took place, several members and sannyāsīs in our community Read more...

I Will Spare You the Details (01/09/03) Dear A____ Dāsa, Please accept my humble blessings. I am very happy to hear from you. Several months ago M____ rejected his connection with our mission and I was thinking that he may have adversely affected you since he had a close relationship with you. I will spare you the details of what happened because we do Read more...

As Nasty as an Angry Warthog (01/13/03) Hare Kṛṣṇa. We are well acquainted with both J__ and M____. This M_____was first a disciple of S____ Swami in Iskcon. Then he went to X___ Mahārāja and was known as A___Dāsa. After that, he left X___ Mahārāja and took initiation from ___ Bābājī at Rādhā-kuṇḍa. At the time of having some controversy with the X___ Mahārāja Read more...

Finding Fault Where No Fault Exists (01/15/03) Dear A___ Dāsa, Hare Kṛṣṇa. Thank you for your email above. When Kṛṣṇa consciousness first began in the western world, there was only Śrīla Prabhupāda to guide us, but still some devotees gave up Śrīla Prabhupāda's shelter and ran to other missions in India. These devotees found fault with Śrīla Prabhupāda where no real fault existed. The Read more...

We Have Many Affectionate Guardians (01/23/03) V____ Dāsa Prabhu, Hare Kṛṣṇa. Thank you for your email below and question. I am leaving for the airport in a few minutes so I will have to keep this email short. I am sure that Śrīla G___ Mahārāja, who is my old and dear friend, is certainly the Guardian for many sincere Vaiṣṇavas. Actually we have many, Read more...

Your Guru Will Not Be Happy That You Wrote to Me. (04/17/03) Dear N____ dd, Śrī Śrī Guru Gaurāṅga jayataḥ. I have read your email below and I thank you. Unfortunately, whenever I have gotten involved with devotees from Iskcon and particularly the disciples of Iskcon gurus the result has always been the same - grief and unnecessary disturbance. Śripāda S____ Swami does not Read more...

You Are On the Outside Looking In (04/17/03) Dear P____ Dāsa Prabhu, Hare Kṛṣṇa. Thank you for your letter of concern. This is a note of concern from P______ Dāsa Adhikārī, the father of your hari-nāma disciple, A____ Dāsī. Because she has accepted you as her spiritual father it is more difficult for me to give her guidance on some of her personal issues Read more...

Just Be Patient (04/19/03) P___ Dāsa Prabhu, Hare Kṛṣṇa. Just be cool for awhile and when A____ writes me again I will patch things up. Rest assured that A____ is too pure hearted to hate you. Yes, you stepped on the ground that a disciple considers sacred but all things will be adjusted in time. In our community I am very up front. When Read more...

I Will Pass On Your message (05/01/03) Mahārāja, pamho, all glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda! I do not follow the ritvik school of thought, however, I am vehemently opposed to those who equate themselves with Śrīla Prabhupāda and are not dedicated to his legacy and disobey the final mandate of cooperation. With all due respect, I request that you instruct your followers not to address Read more...

Uninitiated Devotees Cannot Cook in the Āśrāma Kitchen (06/23/03) Dear G___ Dāsa, Somehow I have received the news that P____ has been cooking in the āśrama kitchen. Possibly this is a misunderstanding, but uninitiated devotees are not allowed to cook. This is the Vaiṣṇava standard. Cooking and Deity worship are reserved for the initiated disciples only. I thought this was already understood. Uninitiated devotees Read more...