Pamho, agtSP,

Dear Maharaja,

I hope you are better now and you feel very well. I just have a little question. It is about "chocolate." I wanted to know if the devotees can eat it. As far as I know it breaks principles since it has caffeine so it's considered a drug, but in spite of it some devotees eat it claiming that it's allowed or authorized. Well, I wanted to know what is the truth about it.

ASA -  A G T S P !      As far as we know from Uncle Gismo it is not caffein, but theo-bromides. The effect is a downward stimulation. It squeezes energy from the lower part of the body, sexual energy. Thus we've seen several letters from Prabhupada and he was saying that it cannot be offered to the Deities, it is not for B'caris, but the Grhasthas might take some. Many times he was asked and then one letter he said, "No chocolate, no chocolate, no chocolate". There was GBC law against it that was late removed, as we understand. So, it appears that it is marginal, food for emergencies when you are being chased by cannibals on a desert island the boat is about to leave on the other side.

My news are that I'm studying "office automation" in an Institute and my associate is studying English in the ICPNA of Iquitos with the goal of being better prepared for the collect in the future and doing also of course a better service to Krishna. I've just finish the first application package with sufficient grades to get the certificate, my final average was 16.3 from a maximum of 20 and the pass-grade is 14. I'm chanting 6 rounds every day but Sundays 7 as you told me Maharaja, reading daily the Bg. and also reading the Mahabharata. To my associate and I is very difficult to live in a place where there is no devotees, devotees friends, but we celebrate every important Vaishnava date preparing some offering to the Lord and cheering each other up in our spiritual life.

Trying to serve you

b. David Vinces

ASA - Very nice, and Gopa-kumar Das is back in Peru. Have you talked with him much?  Do you have relatives in Lima?