2013 Letters

The Real Life of a Sannyāsī (08/02/13) There are other things to discuss with you and ____ about our mission, but the above is what i would most like to see you doing... more traveling between or centers and to our friends around the world. That is the real life of a sannyāsī and I much desire to see you able to live that Read more...

Work, Work, Work! (08/02/13) These are not matters for talking on Skype. I want to discuss the spiritual succession of our mission between you and _____ and I want to discuss various aspects of our mission, the preaching, and how to go forward. When you left _____ you were, in your own words, “in pretty bad shape.” I never saw you look so down. Read more...

Kṛṣṇa has Saved You From a Dreadful Situation (08/22/13) Dear _____, Thanks for the update. You are fortunate to have escaped that situation. What it means is that Kṛṣṇa has saved you from a dreadful situation so that you can fulfill your dreams in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. But you must not allow yourself to be taken sexually by your unworthy husband or anyone else. You Read more...

Founder Acārya (08/22/13) Daṇḍavats Swami, In many Bengali publications of Prabhupāda, Śrīdhara Mahārāja, Keśava Mahārāja, Śānta Mahārāja, Purī Mahārāja and Bhaktisiddhānta — all use the term "Pratiṣṭhata-ācārya". This means 'establisher' or 'founder-ācārya.’ In some cases they write in Sanskrit the words "Saṁsthāpaka-ācārya". This also means 'establisher' or 'founder ācārya.’ - Gosai

You Will Have a Better Spiritual Life in India (08/24/13) Dear ____ Dāsa, Many Indian people go to the west to work and then get attached to the material living standards of the west and decide never to return to India. I suggest you make your money in the west and then return to India. You will have a better spiritual life in India Read more...

Try to Make Your Family Kṛṣṇa's Family (08/28/13) Dear ______ Dāsa, To put it bluntly, there are no sannyāsīs or renunciates in the spiritual world of Goloka or Vaikuṇṭha. Everyone there or almost everyone there is a family person. All are pure devotees of Kṛṣṇa and their greatest quality is their pure love for Kṛṣṇa. You are a family man and unless you fulfill Read more...

Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is Also Present in Mahāprabhu (09/12/13) Dear _____, I have never seen or heard of doing puṣpañjalī to Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī. We have very new devotees in _____ and I think that we keep things focused on Mahāprabhu for the time being. And in the deeper understanding, Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is also present there in Mahāprabhu. The developing news is that _____ devotees will Read more...

Who is ’SP’? (09/22/13) Dear _____ Dāsa, Thank you for your question. In all my āśramas we only refer to the original books of Śrīla Bhaktivedānta Swami Prabhupāda, Śrīla Śrīdhara Mahārāja, Śrīla Bhakti Pramoda Purī Gosvāmī, Śrīla Prabhupāda Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura, Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Thakura and other bona fide ācāryas such as the Six Gosvāmīs, etc. I don't know about this person you call "SP". Read more...

Eagerness to Hear About Kṛṣṇa is the best reception (09/22/13) Dear ______ Dāsī, Thank you for your email. You have seen how the devotees greet me in _____ etc/ with happy faces, a flower garland and some nice prasādam. So if that is how we greet the mission ācārya, then that is also how we greet a _____ Mahārāja when he returns to ______. Read more...

I Cannot Think of Getting a Deity in Fiberglass (09/26/13) Dear _____ Mātā, Thanks for the thought, but I cannot tolerate the idea of marble powder and fiberglass Deities. When we can have a Deity made from neem, silver, gold, brass or stone, then I cannot even think of getting a Deity in fiberglass. But thank you very much anyway for the generous thought. Read more...