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| Prabhupada Letters :: 1974 |
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21 March 2008 Thursday, 21 March, 1974 Bombay Dear Bahudak, Please accept my blessings. I have accepted for first initiation the following devotee recommended by you: David McLeod--Devagiri das You may send his beads to be chanted on by Jagadisa. Be sure to instruct him in the avoidance of the ten offenses and how he has now vowed in all seriousness never to fall down on the four sinful activities. I have also accepted one devotee, Prabhupada dasa Adhikari, for second initiation, upon your recommendation. Please impress on him that this second initiation is not awarded cheaply or automatically, and that he must be very strict in following the regulative principles of bhakti yoga. I am enclosing a sacred thread and gayatri mantra. Have him hear the tape of me chanting in the right ear. I have also accepted Riddha das Brahmacari for second initiation. Your ever well-wisher, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami ACBS/sdg Labels: initiation, Vancouver letters | 11:25 |24 January 2008 24 January, 1974 Honolulu Dear Jagadisa, Please accept my blessings. Enclosed is a copy of a letter I have recently received from Bahudak, president of our Vancouver temple within your jurisdiction as GBC of Canada. Bahudak's description of his plans to move to a farm are not clear, nor have I received any letter from you in this regard, as he implies. What will be the program at this farm? How will people be attracted there? Who will work it? What about the present temple. He appears to plan to want to "close the door" to their present temple. So he has asked me for a decision, but until I know more clearly what is his plan, I cannot decide. This matter should be taken up by yourself, so please consult with him and give me a cool-headed appraisal of what Bahudak is thinking and what is the actual situation in Vancouver. Your ever well-wisher, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami ACBS/sdg Labels: farm, Toronto, Vancouver letters | 12:17 | |
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