740107 - Letter A to Kirtanananda written from Los Angeles: Difference between revisions

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Letters by Date, 1974

DATE ............January 7.............1974.

Dear Kirtanananda Maharaj,
Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge your requests for initiations of devotees at New Vrindaban, contained in your letter of December 30, 1973.
Upon your recommendation I am glad to accept the disciples for first initiation, and their spiritual names are as follows:
Susan Burchell------------Madanalasa dasi
Jim Newsham-------------Jayanta dasa
Evelyn Newsham---------Candrarekhika dasi
Sandra Chiefa-------------Kunjari dasi
Haynes Busby-------------Hari-dhama dasa

You may chant on their beads and instruct them seriously to always chant at least 16 rounds daily and obey the regulative principles. Only in this way is spiritual advancement possible.
Your recommendations for second initiation, Taru das, Radhanath das and Parambrahma das are accepted by me and their sacred threads and gayatri mantras are enclosed. See that they hear the mantra from the tape I have made, and have them hear it in their right ear. Give them further instructions on standards of a Brahman. Thank you for the dakhsina check for one hundred dollars.
Go on developing New Vrindaban: next month I am coming there. Is my apartment completed?

Your ever well-wisher,

A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

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-Dear Kirtanananda Maharaja,
-Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge your requests for initiations of devotees at New Vrindaban, contained in your letter of December 30, 1973.
+DATE ............January 7.............1974.
-Upon your recommendation I am glad to accept the disciples for first initiation, and their spiritual names are as follows:
-Susan Burchell—Madanalasa dasi
+Dear Kirtanananda Maharaj,<br />
+Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge your requests for initiations of devotees at New Vrindaban, contained in your letter of December 30, 1973.<br />
-Jim Newsham—Jayanta dasa
+Upon your recommendation I am glad to accept the disciples for first initiation, and their spiritual names are as follows:<br />
+Susan Burchell------------Madanalasa dasi<br />
-Evelyn Newsham—Candrarekhika dasi
+Jim Newsham-------------Jayanta dasa<br />
+Evelyn Newsham---------Candrarekhika dasi<br />
-Sandra Chiefa—Kunjari dasi
+Sandra Chiefa-------------Kunjari dasi<br />
+Haynes Busby-------------Hari-dhama dasa
-Haynes Busby—Hari-dhama dasa
-You may chant on their beads and instruct them seriously to always chant at least 16 rounds daily and obey the regulative principles. Only in this way is spiritual advancement possible.
-Your recommendations for second initiation, Taru das, Radhanath das and Parambrahma das are accepted by me and their sacred threads and gayatri mantras are enclosed. See that they hear the mantra from the tape I have made, and have them hear it in their right ear. Give them further instructions on standards of a Brahman. Thank you for the daksina check for one hundred dollars.
+You may chant on their beads and instruct them seriously to always chant at least 16 rounds daily and obey the regulative principles. Only in this way is spiritual advancement possible.<br />
+Your recommendations for second initiation, Taru das, Radhanath das and Parambrahma das are accepted by me and their sacred threads and gayatri mantras are enclosed. See that they hear the mantra from the tape I have made, and have them hear it in their right ear. Give them further instructions on standards of a Brahman. Thank you for the dakhsina check for one hundred dollars.<br />
 Go on developing New Vrindaban: next month I am coming there. Is my apartment completed?
-Your ever well-wisher,
+Your ever well-wisher,<br />
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 A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
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