Letters to the editor

Dear Siksha Guru Maharaja, Srila Hanumat Presak Swami Maharaja, please kindly accept my most humble obeisances; all glories to his divine grace, Srila Prabhupada; all glories to your good self, his surrendered and sincere disciple; all glories to all the devotees of Lord Chaitanya.

As a follow-up to my last letter and any concerns that others may have, with regard to my behavior and thoughts, I would like to mention that I have never had any hatred for the devotees here in Boise, or anywhere else. That would not only be counter-productive to my efforts to engage in devotional service, but it would be brazen Vaishnava aparadha.

When I was in Houston to celebrate your Vyasapuja in 2024, I mentioned at one time to Sriman Niti Sara prabhu in confidence that I did not hate him, but still had all hope for him and his wife: and I still do. However, I did also mention that I was sorely hurt and upset. They are very nice devotees; and it has always been my understanding that a devotee is very dear to Krishna: so much so that even with all his faults, he is worth an unlimited number of non-devotees.

If hatred was an aspect of my response to things here, I don't believe that I would be able to maintain any measure of sadhana even in my own home. Neither would I be able to visit the temple on the most rare occasions, when nobody is there except for the pujari during the evening arotik. There is one conversation between Srila Prabhupada and one Christian clergyman, in which the question was raised "Is it possible for the devotee to hate the Deity?" Srila Prabhupada replied "How can the devotee serve the Deity if he hates the Deity?" And I feel within me that this same principle is essential between devotees: it is not possible to be a devotee and to hate devotees at the same time.

About the discussion between the GBC and myself on the ride to the airport, his holiness, Badrinarayana Maharaja, expressed to me that "he hopes that he and I could still be good friends in spite of this unpleasant turn of events." He embraced me out of his kindness, thus assuring me of his blessings and understanding. Even now, I still remember his comments very clearly, "These devotees are young and naive, and they wish to manage and preach in their own way; and I have to learn to tolerate them." I took that to mean that I am somehow seen as a threat to this community, and therefore I am in their way. That's why I lost it emotionally. I still feel the pain of it all, almost 2 years later.

I feel better, having finally revealed my pains to you in my last letter. Know for certain that even now "Not a day goes by when I don't think about the temple, and the painful moments that had transpired." I still ask myself "How did it come to this?" I think of all the devotees who used to live here; who sympathized and supported me in my struggles with this temple over the years. I reflect on how they were cent-per-cent committed to serving here for life. Instead, they all ended up leaving. This could've easily been a thriving community by now, with more than a two dozen well qualified brahmanas, not including myself: and now they're all gone.

I wish my wife and I were blessed with such intelligence and good fortune to move, confident that what happened to us here Boise, ID would not repeat itself somewhere else. I will close here, hoping to be worthy of your causeless mercy: Hare Krishna.

Your lowly servant,

Balabhadra dasa🙏

HpS - Personally, I think everyone goes through these crises. Someone may feel they are giving their life, blood, to build a Temple, deal with all the diverse conflicts of the devotees, and people are just exploiting them in so many ways.

In a big temple, we may not feel pain and social conflict from the Temple as a whole, but then everyone belongs to a Department the size of a little Temple like in Boise such as the Deity Department, the Food for Life Department, the Sankirtan Department.... and within those they get all the immediate personal conflicts that one gets in a small Temple.

If something really hurts us, clings to us, as initiated devotees, then it seems it must be connected to some deep aspect of our perverted relationship with Krsna, and as we work through it we are working through very deep steps.

Maybe a ton of work will be done in this lifetime, but it will not manifest until our next birth in Nadia with Nimai?

Maybe we will be Chand Kazi, or a friend like Mukunda...

In general, we see that Temples that once had many devotees are now with only a few, but some are prospering.

I don't know why Krsna has kept us in the ISKCON Boise community.

Srila Prabhupada didn't know why Krsna brought him to Boston, no?

🙂

The fundamental principle is that we have chosen to worship a butter thief.

Thank you.

Mostly we are chanting, looking for any service to the Sankirtan movement and then watching for Krsna's indications.

Dear Siksha Gurudeva, Srila Hanumat Presaka Swami Maharaja, please kindly accept my most humble obeisances; all glories to Srila Prabhupada; all glories to your good self for your many years of selfless and exemplary devotional service; all glories to all the devotees of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. I will leave it up to you to decide whether or not you wish to print this letter for all to see. I have stopped caring one way or the other.

I have been wondering whether or not to share some things that had happened prior to my leaving the temple for a second time, back in the summer of 2023. I purposely withheld these topics from you because I know that you are often assaulted with grievances from devotees: all of whom, like myself, look to you for some hope, some guidance. I did not wish to burden you with additional grievances. But I have had a change of heart, and I am thinking that you should know at least some of the details from my side of the story. I am quite sure that you have heard plenty from the other side. I will be very brief, leaving out lots of details.

HpS/ASA - O.K. AgtSP. We will make our effort to see that these topics are suitable for this forum, and hope that Srila Prabhupada does 99.999% of the work.

First, we only heard that there was some disturbance, that some Temple administrators felt your preaching to some neophytes needed some changes in perspective, but that is about all.

From top to bottom, from you and others, some administrators approached you and administrators and friends, and we heard from them that it was a misunderstanding, but that is all, and maybe we will read other perspectives as we go on.

Before the very first Thursday evening Krishna Lounge ever got started in early 2022, I was offered the honor of being the very first speaker at the Thursday night programs here.

However, that event was passed on to to Bhakti Sundara Swami, a visiting guest speaker: and I can understand that it was Krishna's arrangement. But since that beginning, I was NEVER ever invited to give a class at the Thursday evening programs at any time. I don't know why; nothing was ever explain to me. So, I simply accepted it quietly as Krishna's arrangement for my own purification.

HpS - Does seems strange. Same thing happens to us, even now? Some times I try to gentle catch of sniff of why we are not invited, though not rejected, and sometimes it is because the organizers think that we are only for use in big programs!

Maybe we are useless. 😃

I never inquired and I never complained. And I still participated in all the temple functions: with the exception of the Thursday night programs.

About a year later, at the start of 2023, again for reasons unknown to me, I was removed from ever giving a class or leading a kirtan at any Sunday Feast festivals, or any other Vaishnava celebrations.

HpS/ASA - Amazing

Nothing was explained to me about why; and again I simply accepted it quietly as Krishna's arrangement for my purification: never questioning or complaining about it. And still, I continued to attend all the temple functions.

When H. H. Badrinarayana Maharaja came for a visit in 2023, just prior to your own visit to Boise, Maharaja requested that I be the one to drive him to the airport for his departure. And it was during that drive that he expressed to me some grievances that the temple had against me. He felt bad about it, and he asked me to somehow consider making some changes to my involvement: in other words not to be so involved with the ongoing preaching efforts of the new administration, as if I was doing something very wrong.

HpS - You mentioned this a little and said that you felt Maharaja was speaking as you well wisher, no?

I tried to accept it as Krishna's arrangement as another chance to be humble, to keep my head down, to swallow my grief and be at peace somehow: but I couldn"t. I actually suffered an emotional breakdown, and there was no one I could run to for shelter. And it wasn't until the very next day that it came to me as a realization that I had to remove myself from this community. And it was then that I informed the community as a whole on Whatsapp, and I informed you as well at the same time.

Since then, several appeals were made to try and bring me back, but I was convinced that if I were to do so, I would be setting myself up for a third occasion to be chased away. As offensive as my words may sound, "I really don't give a damn anymore what happens to this temple."

HpS/ASA - Ooops. Red Flag!! Even if I separate from difficult devotees, people and communities. I go to Krsna, Prabhupada, and I see that they are well wishers of all living entities and so I have to situate myself so that I can help them. At least not hate them and be ready to help as an opportunity arise, in this lifetime or the next.

Yes, let Krsna deal with situations that are too difficult.

Sitting outside the Temple, Institute, on a house stoop around the corner on a Saturday in the Sunshine, with many shoppers passing by, I recovered from raising my hands in the air like Draupadi while being attacked again, by one devotee, and a few tears came to the eyes, and Krsna took us out and we found a comfortable place to sit and chanted.... and after some time we got the intelligence from the chanting on how to relate to the situation, painful person, and returned to make our resignation from full participation in the institution, but remaining as a well wisher from a distance.

That worked, was functional, but two years later was another conflict with the same person, even at some distance.

Hari bolo!

Hare Krsna.

Maharaja Parkishit cursed by a Brahmana boy?

Reaction for our hypocritical actions?

Doesn't stop our main progress. Will be resolved.

Maybe in our next life in Nadiya with Nimai.

I have tried to serve, even after I was expelled from this temple back in 2008. I have nothing but complete distrust and despondency for this community. I don't feel safe here at all, and the only reason why I am still living here in Boise is because I am too old, too tired and too lazy to move once again.

I realize that this must be a most offensive letter to unload.

HpS/ASA - Who are we to judge?

Yet, we are chanting and following process, so our opinion is of some worth.

From that perspective we feel that you aren't looking at the situation from the view point of Prahlada Maharaja toward his father. 😆

But I feel compelled, otherwise I will simply struggle with depression if I don't. I wanted to share these things with you long ago, but I didn't have the heart to impose upon you, knowing how you must hear so much of the same griefs from others.

HpS - Feel to some degree we have learned how, and how much we can get involved in these situations as counselor, or 'victim' 🙂.

We can always take up the attitude of the Brajavasi, ISKCON members :In Braja only Krsna and Balarama kill demons. Everyone else calls, Hare Krsna, Hare Rama

You have been a great source of encouragement for my wife and I in our lives. And yet, somehow I feel like I have lost everything and I am without a friend in the world.

But I still have my sadhana. In 1984 I went before Sri Sri Radha Govinda in Denver and took a personal vow to chant 20 rounds of japa every single day: a vow that I have kept for over 40 years to this very day.

I worship my Deities on the altar twice a day, every day.

I have my daily readings of Srimad Bhagavatam, my daily attendances on Bhagavatam classes from Hawaii, plus my evening Bhagavad gita classes 3 times a week.

I still have my Iskcon Prison Ministry preaching, and my book distribution when driving for Uber.

If you find yourself unhappy or disgusted with me and choose to push me away, I will accept it: painful as it may all be. But know for certain that it is genuinely impossible for me to care about this community, where I have felt most unwelcomed and unwanted even from the very beginning. Their "jai prabhus" laden with smiles, and their invitations to come back are all facade and pretentious.

I pray that you can forgive me for this offensive letter. I pray that you will still show some mercy upon my wife and I, and find favor with us. If possible, maybe you can allow us to serve you some prasadam in our home during your upcoming visit.

Your lowly and unworthy servant

Balabhadra dasa

HpS // ASA - We read in the Ramayana that Rama sent Hanuman to talk with Vali about reconciling with Sugriva, but Hanuman came back and said that Vali will never accept that Vali did not intentionally betray him and bury him alive and give up his anger toward him until Vali dies.

Long story.

Yet we can only recommend that if we cannot deal with situations as Uttama adhhikaris, (Which we face in our own life), then we should at least face them as Madhyama adhikaris and avoid what we perceive as demonic character in devotees.

Later Krsna may show us that it is a misunderstanding or he may adjust the situation for the offenders.

Then we go ahead.

Going ahead, means cultivating another community as you say, and that means finding some way to go ahead, every day.

My experience, as a Sannyasi, is that if we do it sincerely, then Krsna will protect us even if we are old, and have to physical resources.

Of course, maybe we do not need to move physically, just accept that for the next few short years, we will have mostly virtual association.

O.K. Thank you.

Maybe others will want to comment on these comments. This is about the most we can do. It may not be much, but it is something!

Five minutes past our bed time. 💤

Hare Krishna! guru maharaja, PAMHO AGTSP!

Thank you so much for giving this to me to chew on.

One thing I appreciate so much about your association is I have felt such a healthy understanding of who Srila Prabhupada is to us, who you are to us and who the categories of other devotees are to us (obviously that clarity does grow and grow as we make some advancement, thankfully)

I feel very clear that Srila Prabhupada is our predominant Guru, we are going home because of his authority, however, I do believe that you have given me Srila Prabhupada by accepting me as a disciple and therefore without your mercy going back home isn't available for me.

HpS/ASA - Hare Krsna... One very relevant experience comes to mind: We were Treasurer etc in Berkeley and Jaya tirtha Das came to act as Temple President for some time because we had none.

We had been initiate for maybe one year.

Then he went back to L. A. and we had some other arrangement for Temple President.

Then... a letter came addressed from him from India with return address from Srila Prabhupad in India.

I called him right away and asked if I should forward it to him.

He responded [are you crazy!] open it immediately and read it to me!

I learned a lot about relations with Srila Prabhupada from his urgent emotions and response.

It was a very interesting letter but Srila Prabhupada finished it with a line that hit my heart and has remained there.

"You cannot exist without my mercy".

I reacted that it was very strong [even a little bit over bearing] but swallowed and in my own mind said, Yes, Srila Prabhupada.

Then I read the next lines and got even more floored:

"... and I cannot exist without your mercy. That mutual respect, mutual love, is Krsna Consciousness".

...and therefore without your mercy going back home isn't available for me.

I believe these both can be simultaneously true and are. With this in mind I believe I am trying to be personal and so my personal relationship with you has shown me that we promote Srila Prabhupada, I believe in this and so therefor I do, even though sometimes I am given an evil eye from others that I seem "ritviky".

To be honest guru maharaja I do sometimes wonder because I am a uncultured monkey that I don't have the respect for you that I should, and lets be honest that certainly is true because, well, I am a uncultured monkey. I would like to say my intent in this respect is that I believe you want me to behave in away that is focused on Srila Prabhupada, promoting Srila Prabhupada. Even though to some mistake on my part currently. Sometimes I am concerned about my behavior. For instance, Gaura Kishor das babaji treated Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur Maharaj in so many ways but BSTM knew not to be fooled. The truth is I am just to dull to even be able to play at that level of game, to know how truly a disciple should act. In this case all I can do is tell you my honest from the heart intention and please forgive me for offenses.

So although I see others, say Guru Maharaja, I promise to address you as guru maharaja because you ask me to. I do see your intention in this differentiation and I believe I understand it. I will not offer you a dish at your Vyasa Puja that you do not want to eat.

HpS/ASA - Very interesting. .. or we could use "guru Maharaja". 😆 😆 😆

Basically I think you, me, Bhakta Tom, Bhakta Buck and even the Robot are headed for Nabadvipa with Srila Prabhupada and Nimai in our next life, what to speak of the so many wonderful devotees who participate in this Blog.

Your disciple,

Nanda-braja das

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Nanda braja Das from New Kalachandji Dhama asks:

Hare Krishna! Pamho AGTSP! Guru Maharaja, I see that you are going to go for Ratha Yatra in Boise. Any updates thoughts about me joining you in Houston and traveling to Boise?

HpS/ASA - Thank you for the question.

We are old and our donkey is lame, so we only exist in practice by the impetus of others.

First, let us please comment on titles in ISKCON.

We feel that it may be impertinent for us to be addressed as "Guru Maharaja" in ISKCON. It maybe insulting to Srila Prabhupada's position, and then how to deal with this academic "Bhaktivedanta" title.

Ooof! Too much for one small monkey to handle. 🐵

First, we remember a letter from Srila Prabhupada where one disciple asked if he could address someone such as his authority Bhagavan Das or Hansadutta Das as 'Guru', and Srila Prabhupada answered, "Yes", but that we should not forget himself as his real Guru.

Hmmm. Interesting.

We feel that maybe we can be addressed as guru maharaja very much in the perspective of ISKCON Diksa guru, and sannyasi and Shiksa, Sankirtan leader, guru in the perspective that we are 🐖

🐖 🐖 pigs become people, PRABHUS [???], by the great personal sacrifice of His Divine Grace, Srila A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder/Acharya of ISKCON and author of book KRSNA - SPOG.

Is O.K., no?

We can't even begin to to take a so called Ritvik Guru philosophy seriously because we do not find it discussed in even one Bhaktivedanta Purport, what to speak of detailed and repeated discussion in several Purports.

Wow! 🚓

O.K. Next - 💪

💪

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Prabhupada directly instructed in a letter that he wanted his disciples to become ISKCON, Vedic, scholars and earn this title Bhaktivedanta as a hereditary title.

Also, Lord Caitanya says: amar anjay guru haya, on my order, you become guru.

Vaisesika Das, ISKCON Minister of Sankirtan, said we should earn these titles and use them. Show the world our quality of education.

We feel His Holiness H. P. Bhaktivedanta Swami is quite pretentious, for us. Maybe some other devotees in ISKCON merit it?

We feel like we can survive, do practical service, with H. H. Hanumat presaka Swami [Bh. Ved].

What do you think?

Hare Krishna Gurudev,

Please accept my humble obeisances,

All glories to Srila Prabhupada,

This is an answer to Namacarya prabhu's question in his letter https://monkeywarrior.com/detail/15502/ about the letter's statement about the pH requirements of starches and proteins. I am going to relate this to the Ayurvedic concepts of Rasa, Virya and Vipaka.

The key to relating these two perspectives is to understand that Ayurveda and modern biochemistry use different frames of reference to describe the same phenomenon: the difficulty the body experiences when trying to digest certain food combinations.

• The letter Framework (Biochemistry):
• The letter's statement ("starches require an alkaline environment, proteins require an acidic environment, enzymes are neutralized") describes a possible explanation of the digestive mechanism at the molecular level (enzymes and pH). It is based on the observation that certain digestive enzymes (such as amylase for starches in the mouth and small intestine, alkaline environment, and pepsin for proteins in the stomach, acidic environment) function optimally at different levels of acidity or alkalinity. The letter suggests that by combining foods that require these opposite conditions, the digestive system is challenged, leading to inefficient digestion. This is called Viruddha Ahara, incompatible combinations,in Ayurveda.

• The Ayurvedic Framework (Rasa, Virya, Vipaka, Gunas, Agni, Ama):

• Ayurveda describes digestion in terms of the strength of the Agni (digestive fire) and how qualities (gunas), the Rasa (flavor), the Virya (power) and the Vipaka (post-digestive effect) of foods interact with each other and with the Agni and the Doshas.
• Ayurveda does not talk about enzymes or pH. Instead, note that foods with Gunas opposite or very different, or with Virya or Vipaka incompatible, or that they are simply very heavy (Guru), impose an excessive burden on Agni.
• Let's consider complex starches (like grains) and proteins (like dairy or legumes). Both are often considered heavy (Guru) in Ayurveda. Combine two or more foods heavy in a single meal requires very strong Agni to process them completely. If Agni is weak, digestion will be slow and incomplete.
• Furthermore, by their Vipaka they can be different (Madhura for starches and some proteins, but Katu for legumes). Agni has to simultaneously process substances that will end up having different end in metabolic effects, which can also be a challenge for the system.

The Relationship:

The relationship is that both frameworks describe a situation that leads to suboptimal digestion when certain types of foods are combined:

• The letter (biochemical framework) says: Combining starches and proteins can be difficult because the enzymes require different pHs, which can cause "enzymatic conflict" and poor digestion.
• The Ayurveda framework ( R/V/V, Gunas, Agni) says: Combining starches and proteins (especially if they are heavy) can be difficult because their qualities (Gunas) and its transformation processes (Vipaka) are different or impose a heavy burden on the Agni, leading to incomplete digestion.

In essence, the letter's claim about enzymes and pH, offers a possible modern biochemical explanation of why the combination of starches and proteins can challenge the digestive system. Ayurveda describes this same difficulty based on the inherent qualities of food (your Rasa, Virya, Vipaka and Gunas) and their impact on the life force of digestion, the Agni, resulting in the formation of Ama (the undigested material that the letter might, from your perspective, describe as "toxins").

It is not that the Rasa, Virya and Vipaka cause directly the need for a specific pH, but these Ayurvedic properties tell us how the food will affect Agni and the body, which, from a modern perspective, involves a cascade of enzymatic reactions and pH adjustments that can be compromised by incompatible combinations.

They are two different languages ​​describing the same observable truth: the combination of certain foods, such as starches and proteins (especially if they are heavy or have very opposite qualities), can make digestion difficult and generate toxic waste (Ama).

I hope this explanation helps Namacarya prabhu see the connection point between both approaches. If you have any more questions, please let me know.

At your service,

Nikunja Bihari das.

ASA 🐵

- Nikunja Bihari Das is regular Western M. D. and Ayurvedic savant and successful practitioner for many years in Argentina. He has/had a nice dog and wife and children and rural and municipal estates.

We will send this link to Sripad Anantesvara Das who is very experienced Ayurvedic Doctor here in Nila madhava Dhama.

Hare Krishna Gurudev,

Por favor acepte mis humildes reverencias,

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada,

Esta es una respuesta a la pregunta de Namacarya prabhu en su carta https://monkeywarrior.com/detail/15502/ acerca de la afirmación de la carta sobre los requerimientos de pH de los almidones y las proteínas. Voy a relacionar esto con los conceptos Ayurvédicos de Rasa, Virya y Vipaka.

La clave para relacionar estas dos perspectivas está en comprender que el Ayurveda y la bioquímica moderna utilizan marcos de referencia diferentes para describir el mismo fenómeno: la dificultad que el cuerpo experimenta al intentar digerir ciertas combinaciones de alimentos.

• El Marco de la Carta (Bioquímica):
• La afirmación de la carta ("los almidones requieren un ambiente alcalino, las proteínas requieren un ambiente ácido, las enzimas se neutralizan") describe una posible explicación del mecanismo digestivo a nivel molecular (enzimas y pH). Se basa en la observación de que ciertas enzimas digestivas (como la amilasa para almidones en la boca y el intestino delgado, ambiente alcalino y la pepsina para proteínas en el estómago, ambiente ácido) funcionan óptimamente en diferentes niveles de acidez o alcalinidad. La carta sugiere que al combinar alimentos que requieren estas condiciones opuestas, el sistema digestivo se ve desafiado, lo que lleva a una digestión ineficiente. Esto se llama Viruddha Ahara, combinaciones incompatibles.
• El Marco Ayurvédico (Rasa, Virya, Vipaka, Gunas, Agni, Ama):

• El Ayurveda describe la digestión en términos de la fuerza del Agni (fuego digestivo) y cómo las cualidades (Gunas), el Rasa (sabor), el Virya (potencia) y el Vipaka (efecto post-digestivo) de los alimentos interactúan entre sí y con el Agni y los Doshas.
• Ayurveda no habla de enzimas o pH. En cambio, observa que alimentos con Gunas opuestas o muy diferentes, o con Virya o Vipaka incompatibles, o que simplemente son muy pesados (Guru), imponen una carga excesiva al Agni.
• Consideremos los almidones complejos (como cereales) y las proteínas (como lácteos o legumbres). Ambos son a menudo considerados pesados (Guru) en Ayurveda. Combinar dos o más alimentos pesados en una sola comida requiere un Agni muy fuerte para procesarlos completamente. Si el Agni es débil, la digestión será lenta e incompleta.
• Además, sus Vipaka pueden ser diferentes (Madhura para almidones y algunas proteínas, pero Katu para legumbres). El Agni tiene que procesar simultáneamente sustancias que terminarán teniendo efectos metabólicos finales distintos, lo que también puede ser un desafío para el sistema.

La Relación:

La relación es que ambos marcos describen una situación que lleva a una digestión subóptima cuando se combinan ciertos tipos de alimentos:

• La carta (marco bioquímico) dice: La combinación de almidones y proteínas puede ser difícil porque las enzimas requieren pH diferentes, lo que puede causar un "conflicto enzimático" y mala digestión.
• El marco Ayurveda ( R/V/V, Gunas, Agni) dice: La combinación de almidones y proteínas (especialmente si son pesados) puede ser difícil porque sus cualidades (Gunas) y sus procesos de transformación (Vipaka) son diferentes o imponen una carga pesada al Agni, llevando a una digestión incompleta.

En esencia, la afirmación de la carta sobre las enzimas y el pH ofrece una posible explicación bioquímica moderna de por qué la combinación de almidones y proteínas puede desafiar el sistema digestivo. El Ayurveda describe esta misma dificultad basándose en las cualidades inherentes de los alimentos (su Rasa, Virya, Vipaka y Gunas) y su impacto en la fuerza vital de la digestión, el Agni, lo que resulta en la formación de Ama (el material no digerido que la carta podría, desde su perspectiva, describir como "toxinas").

No es que el Rasa, Virya y Vipaka causen directamente la necesidad de un pH específico, sino que estas propiedades Ayurvédicas nos indican cómo el alimento afectará el Agni y el cuerpo, lo cual, desde una perspectiva moderna, involucra una cascada de reacciones enzimáticas y ajustes de pH que pueden verse comprometidos por combinaciones incompatibles.

Son dos lenguajes diferentes describiendo la misma verdad observable: la combinación de ciertos alimentos, como almidones y proteínas (especialmente si son pesados o tienen cualidades muy opuestas), puede dificultar la digestión y generar residuos tóxicos (Ama).

Espero que esta explicación ayude a Namacarya prabhu ver el punto de conexión entre ambos enfoques. Si tienen más preguntas, por favor, háganmelo saber.

A su servicio,

Nikunja Bihari das.

Dear Guru Maharaja, 

please accept my humble obeisances on your lotus feet.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

I am very fortunate to have the opportunity to write to you on the auspicious day of your appearance.

first of all you entered my life and heart. 

In your enlightening association is hope for everyone and with all your travelling you bestow the ultimate benefit upon people in general.

Thank you for your austere and sacrificial life,

Thank you for your dedication to follow your spiritual masters footsteps

we need you now more than ever

in this confusing times

your servant

Murari Dasa

HpS//ASA - Wonderful! We, agtSP, are so fortunate that we have no attraction for material life.

So much distress. Then we can see that spiritual life is transcendental.

A life boat may not be very big or even comfortable, but it is enough.

Hare Krsna Gurudeva, pamho agtSP.

As, there are tricks to play Mrdnga.

What are the tricks to play Brhad Mrdnga?

HpS/ASA - Prabhupada calls them spiritual though material tricks.

For example, if you ask a question in such a way that the answer is naturally yes, eg. "you like to eat grass, right", then keep your mouth shut and smile and nod your head up and down, there is tremendous pressure for the other person to answer yes.

Of course you ask, "So you'd like to take a book, right".

Then if it takes one, two minutes, you don't say anything. You just keep the "iron smile" on your face and keep nodding your head up and down encouragingly.

There are others.

They are just regular stuff that salesmen use.

Devotees can learn some. They become habit, but the real book distribution potency is purity of purpose eg. compassion, realization by intelligent deliberation and personal austerity that these books will benefit the person!!

Thank you.

Hope you become a Sankirtan man on the level of Narada Muni.

"Every salesman develops his own technique", SP.