Hare Krsna Respected Guru Maharaj,
    Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
    All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
    All glories to Guru parampara.

    Guru Dev, In last letter, you have asked me to what i think about BG 17.15 and Puport and how it
    applys in my daily life.

    BG 17.15 Teaches, We should speak - truthful, pleasing, beneficial, and not agitating to others, and
    also in regularly reciting Vedic literature.

    Truthful : I am a strong believer and follower of this. Because without truthfulness we can not
                      approach Lord.

                      Chaitinya or Krsna is in our heart, he knows every thing very well that who is honest & who
                      is incorrect.

                      if we are cheating some one by telling lie, Means we  are actually cheating our own self,
                      not the person.

                      we impure our self by doing so. Whenever we speak lie, we pollute our self. And this
                      pollution drag away our self from Lord.

    Pleasing  : No, Have to work on it. I have to put lots of hard work for this. Because i speak very
                       straight.

                   ASA - Try to think how the person to whom you are speaking will perceive what you are saying.   Will they be able to understand what you are saying our will the violence of your words cover the message?

    Beneficial : Yes, we speak.

    Not agitating to others : Many time my words agitate others. Because i speak very strait. Which
                                                 people don't like.

ASA -  Krsna is not straight.  He wandering on the banks of the Yamuna.  Do you subtley enjoy hurting people with knife like words?   It is a question we ask our selves many times!!

    Regularly reciting Vedic literature : we always like to recite from scriptures.

    Please advice.

your servant,
Girivaradhari-Gopal Das

           ASA -  You are an extremely nice person....  but as you know you must purify, not abandon, your words.  It is better to have a wise man for an enemy than a fool for a friend, it is so nice to have one you doesn't flatter us.  Vibhisana was talking to Ravana giving straight advice.