Dear Guru Maharaja
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
It has been a while since my last letter. Family life is a little busy for me right now. Our third baby is due in about a month so it will be busier than now!
HpS - Very nice. AGTSP.
I am still in Calgary but have been struggling with spiritual life- not too much association with devotees in our similar life situation and age. We will be moving to a different community next year where there are more young couples with children and a small gurukula. My husband is planning on teaching there. We are looking forward to it. I try to motivate my mind by listening to lectures by you. It helps a lot.
Japa is not very consistent at the moment due to family demands. But I make it my goal to complete my rounds everyday. That's the only thing that keeps me going.
HpS - Get up early and get your rounds done. Have a partner by telephone. That wakes you up or you wake them up.
I do have a question- I see that there are a few devotees who sell tulsi beads that look very fancy and all. Some of the devotees go to yoga shows or conventions and set up a table to sell. My question is, can non-devotees who buy tulsi, not knowing anything about tulsi, wear these necklaces?
HpS - As far as I know it is O.K. It is like taking charanamrta without knowing it. Probably not good to mistreat the beads but neutral affection for them seems to be a greater benefit. We don't know for sure.
I was curious about this because I would also like to do the same thing.
your aspiring servant,
Rasa-mandali dasi
HpS - Dhananjaya Das told us that Prabhupada said that he could package Gaura-Nitai deities and sell them as (Indian) Good Luck Statues and tell people that if they took care of them properly they would bring good luck.
Vijitatma Das. Our god brother who has been a fanatic book distributor forever sells tulasi beads to attract people then books.
I wish they would start exporting them from Peru. She grows very big there.
More news next month. Unless you are chanting good rounds you are giving your babies powdered milk. Ha! Ha! Hare!