2007 Letters

We Are of the Same Party in the Higher Sense (05/07/07) Dear D____ Mātājī, Hare Kṛṣṇa. I am happy to receive your email and I think you expressed yourself quite clearly and elegantly. I especially like what you said, "I'll also have a sort of "party" spirit in a higher sense." That is exactly what my relationship with ____ Mahārāja is. We are of Read more...

Treading on Thin Ice (05/17/07) Dear J_____, We talked about that also when you were here, or I think we did. Anyway, the differences are on small issues, but in too close a proximity the small issues could become bigger and that is why a safe distance allows Mahārāja and I to remain friends and respectful of each other. The differences that I speak Read more...

The Choice is Yours (05/22/07) Dear R____ Dāsa Hare Kṛṣṇa. It has been sometime since our last correspondence, but I have not seen or heard from you since. Also none of our devotees have seen you, nor have you cared to come for darśana of Śrī Śrī Rādhā-Mādhava at Govindajī Gardens or Śrī Śrī Gaura-Nitāi at Diamond District. Also, more than one year ago I humbly requested Read more...

Without an Āśrama, Initiating is Useless (05/25/07) _____ Mahārāja, I reached Mulky, but i am quite sick with a throat infection that is causing me a lot of body pain. I got some medicine so i hope to improve soon. Encourage S____ as best you can. My instructions if he wants to become my disciple is to stop attending iskcon functions and come more Read more...

I Am Very Disappointed, But What Can I Do? (05/30/07) Dear Mātājī, I just heard from J_____ that you informed him that M____ Mātājī is hanging out in Nepal and plans to stay there for several more months. If you have a chance to communicate with M____ then relay to her that I am certainly disappointed that after so much talk for years together Read more...

Running an Āśrama or a Mission is Not Easy (06/08/07) Dear J_____ Dāsī, Hare Kṛṣṇa. Thank you very much for the report. I am always happy to receive your emails and it is encouraging to me to see that you are taking Kṛṣṇa consciousness very seriously and also endeavoring to keep in communication with me. As you can see, running an āśrama or a Read more...

“Caitanya Monks” (06/11/07) Daṇḍavats _____ Mahārāja, I have been thinking about profile and presentation, particularly our profile and presentation outside India and to a broader audience. Thus, I have come up with the idea to single out and try to make better known the order of tridaṇḍi-sannyāsa in the west — not watering down the rules or the conception of tridaṇḍi-sannyāsa, but simply giving Read more...

No Offense Will be Taken (06/12/07) Dear B_____ Devī Dāsī, Hare Kṛṣṇa. T____ Mahārāja is my dear old friend, so please offer him my humble obeisances. But I don't know who he hates more these days - me or ______ Swami? Anyway, if T_____ Mahārāja gets a little out of hand and starts speaking badly, just tolerate the experience as best you can and when Read more...

Conversation with an Iskcon GBC (07/11/07) Daṇḍavats G______ Swami,All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. OK, lets discuss these points via email, but it would be much easier and more effective if we discussed in person and you recorded it also. Possibly that can be done on your way to Māyāpura this coming year. G_____Swami wrote: 1. Problems with ISKCON's policies and ideology: A. Isolation from other Read more...

Offending Vaiṣṇavas - Is That Our Legacy? (07/13/07) Dear H_______ Dāsa Gosvāmī, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda. So nice to hear from you after a very long time. The quote of Śrīdhara Mahārāja that we are discussing from below is excerpted from a conversation between Śrīdhara Mahārāja and several leading GBC men in March of 1982. It was for the most Read more...