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| Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 |
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16 December 2008 16 December, 1974 Bombay My dear Rsabhadeva, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of you letter dated Dec. 7, 1974 and have noted the contents carefully. If we sincerely desire to spread Krsna Consciousness then Krsna provides all facility. So now Krsna has provided the $20,000.00 needed for the down payment for your building. That man who has given us the money, he is a very good man and he should be encouraged in every way to become more and more connected with our movement. Give him good association with Vaisnavas and nice Krsna prasadam and he will develop love for Krsna. I am very happy to hear of the large number of new devotees you are recruiting there in Laguna Beach. That is the real fruit of our preaching work, when people come and join and help us to spread this Krsna Consciousness movement. So I am very pleased with your efforts there. Upon your recommendation I have accepted the following for second initiation; Asurakulanasana dasa brahmachari, Satangati dasa brahmachari, Ratnanabha dasa Adhikari, Khandabhasi dasi, Dhatreyi dasi. Their threads are enclosed herein. I hope this meets you in good health. Your ever well-wisher, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami ACBS/ps Labels: initiation, Laguna Beach letters | 02:12 |2 September 2008 3 September, 1974 Vrindaban My Dear Rsabhadeva das: Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 16/8/74 and have noted the contents. Upon your recommendation I am accepting the following as my initiated disciples and their names are as follows: 1. David Bowmar--Dhanviganesa das 2. Kenneth Venezia--Kalanka das 3. James Sullivan--Jagattraya das 4. Walter Parry--Vrndapati das 5. Michael Matlock--Mangaladata das 6. Christina Wroth--Kriyasakti devi Please see that they strictly follow all the principles, chanting 16 rounds daily. This is also for the older disciples as well. Yes, as you have suggested Dr. Wolf-Rotkay can write to me requesting initiation. I hope this meets you in good health. Your ever well wisher, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami ACBS/bs Labels: initiation, Laguna Beach letters | 08:58 |28 August 2008 30 August, 1974 Vrindaban My Dear Upendra das: Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated August 16, 1974 and have noted the contents. So you have returned, but now you must be very careful not to become rubbish. If you are keeping long hairs, they must be removed. All of my disciples must be clean shaved. Even anyone who stays with us must be clean shaved. They can visit, but anyone who wants to remain with us must be clean shaved. So for a time you may come here to India. Yes, I know your wife, she is of nice character and chaste girl. I hope this meets you in good health. Your ever well wisher, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami ACBS/bs Labels: clean shaven, Laguna Beach letters | 05:49 |9 June 2008 9 June, 1974 Paris My dear Rsabhadeva, Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter of May 4, 1974, just received here in Paris. I have accepted as my disciples the devotees recommended by you and their spiritual names are as follows: Gary--Gopta dasa Joe--Jyotirganesvara dasa Peter--Padmagarbha dasa Steve--Stavapriya dasa Paya--Papaharini devi Rebecca--Rangavalli devi Jayatirtha prabhu may chant on their beads and you may hold a fire yajna. Initiation means to begin so now these devotees, under your supervision must take the vow with utmost seriousness to chant everyday at least 16 rounds on beads and to refrain from the four sinful activities. I have also accepted Bhojadeva dasa and Hrsikesa dasa for second initiation trusting that you have carefully examined their devotional behavior for the past year and that they have not deviated from the regulative principles. It is not that automatically we have to award a devotee second initiation after he has been with us for a certain time, but the qualifications have to be there. Enclosed find their threads duly chanted on by me and gayatri mantra. Have them hear the mantra in the right ear with the tape I have made. Your ever well-wisher, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami ACBS/sdg Labels: brahmana, initiation, Laguna Beach letters | 06:12 | |
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