Letters from the year 2003 written by Swami B.G. Narasingha Maharaja on various instructive subject matters of Gaudiya philosophy, history and etiquette.
You Are On the Outside Looking In (04/17/03)
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...
Dead Horses (07/09/03)
Dead Horses (07/09/03)Dear S____,Namaskaram.These are old postings that you have sent me. Its like beating a dead horse. The dvaita.org never dies! Evil things seldom do. We call S. Rao, "Shisupal Rao" due to his continued demoniac mentality.As far as there being some mistakes in Prabhupāda's books due to bad editing and such, that is true. But the conclusion is perfect, Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Read more...
Better to Take Birth Again…(10/06/03)
Better to Take Birth Again…(10/06/03) Dear B____ Prabhu, Daṇḍavats. I am in Mamalapuram/Mahabalipuram and I have not been checking my email regularly. Sorry for the delay in answering your question. Śrīla Purī Mahārāja has written in an article "The Essence of Pure Devotion" as follows: “Śrīvāsāṅgam, the place of congregational chanting, was considered the loving playgrounds of devotional mellows of Vraja." Therefore my understanding is Read more...
These Conversations are Trivial and Boring! (10/26/03)
These Conversations are Trivial and Boring! (10/26/03) Dear M____ Mahārāja, Daṇḍavat praṇāmas. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. Frankly speaking, "growing a beard and hair" is not tapasya. For a Vaiṣṇava shaving is a tapasya! We shave everyday to meet the public - that is a tapasya. If growing a beard is tapasya then every Sikh in the Punjab is a yogi! I find these Read more...
Forewarned is Foretold (11/09/03)
Forewarned is Foretold (11/09/03) Dear G____ Prabhu, Hare Kṛṣṇa. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. I thought to mention it previously (but I did not), but now that you have mentioned X_ Mahārāja, I think I should inform you that I have no attraction toward the camp of X___ Mahārāja. We have diametrically opposite conceptions regarding many issues that abound with the followers of X__ Read more...
When Women Give Dīkṣā… (11/09/03)
When Women Give Dīkṣā... (11/09/03) Daṇḍavats Mahārāja, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. Here is a quote for you - Devotee: Can women become guru? Śrīdhara Mahārāja: Yes, if she sincerely feels that she can help others, she may be. There are so many. Jāhnavā Devī, wife of Nityānanda Prabhu, she began extensively this spiritual movement. And there are many Read more...
