2010 Letters

Why Would I Want My Name Associated With Their Lunacy? (05/23/10) You should have your secretary do the needful and make arrangements to email that to as many GBC, sannyāsīs, and Prabhupāda disciples as possible. Most of those guys don't stray far from the 'crow's nest' because they are afraid of being eaten by an ‘eagle'! So email it to them so they can Read more...

Why I Like Your Chanting (05/09/10) _____ Mahārāja, Just a note - when we were in ______ you asked me why I like the recording of your chanting and I answered briefly, but I skirted the main reason because I wasn't prepared to talk about it at the moment. The main reason is very simple yet deep and meaningful to me and therefore I Read more...

Monsters and Axes! (07/09/10) V____Prabhu, Thanks for the email. YES, I saw the news item. The 'giant fish' was found in Peru. Very interesting. There were indeed many 'monsters' prowling the oceans in prehistoric times. Several of these monsters are mentioned in Bhāgavatam, but uniquely the dinosaurs are not mentioned in Bhāgavata - only sea monsters are mentioned. However, a few months ago archaeologists Read more...

Safety First! (07/16/10) Mahārāja, Sorry to hear about the accident. One thing is you should slow down a little! Your emails about the horses read like someone who has gone a little nutty with excitement! The "Ready to ride again" part of your email needs a little moderation. Safety should be first and even a novice like me knows that inexperienced riders are not Read more...

I Am the Great Offender Once Again (07/17/10) Dear S___ Devī Dāsī, B___ forwarded me some correspondence, including your emails regarding a recent article on Kṛṣṇa Talk entitled “Śriya Śuka". I read all the emails below with note, but fail to see how the question at hand is answered. Oh granted, evil I am, but nonetheless we have not found any reference to Śukadeva Read more...

Grow Up and Take Your Medicine (07/17/10) B____, Everything is vaiṣṇava-aparādha because you say so, and because your friends say so. But when you push the issue, there are many Vaiṣṇavas in the world that would say the same about you and yours. So who is right and who is wrong? You have no śāstra or Vaiṣṇava authority for the idea that Śukadeva was Read more...

It Takes One to Know One! (07/17/10) B___, Does the sun ever shine where you live? Or do you dwell in perpetual darkness like the frog in the well? Give your references that Śukadeva is the pet parrot of Rādhā if you have any. Otherwise accept that you, like many others, have been taken in by conjectured hari-kathā and not by proper Gauḍīya siddhānta. Read more...

One is Not a Saint Simply Because Iskcon Says So (07/18/10) P___ Dāsa, It was indeed a great misfortune that A___ passed away under such circumstances. I don't care to read what iskcon has to say because they are not qualified in such matters. Iskcon glorifies their dead, but cannot recognize saints when they are living. Unfortunately, A___ had many misconceptions and could not Read more...

Don’t Cast Pearls Before Swine (07/18/10) G__, Add this to my will - “Avoid rascals whenever possible but NEVER surrender or give an inch to the sentiment-mongers, gate-crashers and the sahajiyās. It is a devotee's solemn duty to oppose the misconceptions of these rascals in preaching and in writing. With the lotus feet of Sarasvatī Ṭhākura and our Guardians on our heads, a devotee Read more...

Śukadeva and the Bhāgavatam (07/23/10)   If this verse "ahaṁ vedmi śuko vetti" is saying that Śiva and Śuka know the full import of the Bhāgavatam while Vyāsa's knowledge of it is questionable, how is it that Śuka is as a loudspeaker or machine? It would seem that the verse indicates dynamic knowledge similar with Śiva's knowledge. Is there a discrepancy? Also it is Read more...