760705 - Letter to Radha-sarana written from Washington D.C.: Difference between revisions

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Letters by Date, 1976

10310 Oaklyn Rd.,
Potomac, Maryland 20854

July 5, 76

Radha-Sarana dasa,
Iskcon,
Santo Domingo Temple
Cayetano Rodriguez #36,
Santo Domingo,
Republica Dominicana

Dear Radha Sarana dasa,
Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated June 16, 1976, and I have noted the contents with care.
On your recommendation I am accepting the following for first and second initiation:

First Initiation:
Bhakta Carlos...............Karuņāmaya dāsa
Bhakta Lalo..................Lalitāgovinda dāsa
Bhakta Jonathan...........Jyotsna dāsa
Bhakta Willo.................Viśvadeva dāsa

Second Initiation:
Minaksi dasa Brahmacari

Hold a fire sacrifice and the initiates should refrain from the four pillars of sinful life: no illicit sex, no intoxication, no gambling, and no meat-eating. This is very easy when one chants daily their prescribed rounds seriously, at least 16 rounds daily. Enclosed you will also find one brahmin thread and gayatri mantra. After the sacrifice the tape of gayatri should be played in the right ear of the brahmin initiate. To become brahmin one must be clean outside and inside. Outside by regularly bathing and inside by always chanting Hare Krishna. The beads for first initiates can be chanted upon by Hrdayananda Maharaj and they should be given these beads and names at the time of initiation.
I hope this meets you in good health.

Your ever well-wisher,

A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

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-Santa Domingo
-Dear Radha Sarana dasa,
-Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated June 16, 1976, and I have noted the contents with care.
+Oaklyn Rd.,<br/>
+Potomac, Maryland 20854
-On your recommendation I am accepting the following for first and second initiation:
+July 5, 76
-First Initiation:
+Radha-Sarana dasa,<br/>
+Iskcon,<br/>
+Santo Domingo Temple<br/>
+Cayetano Rodriguez #36,<br/>
+Santo Domingo,<br/>
+Republica Dominicana
-Bhakta Carlos—Karunamaya dasa
+Dear Radha Sarana dasa,<br/>
+Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated June 16, 1976, and I have noted the contents with care.<br/>
-Bhakta Lalo—Lalitagovinda dasa
+On your recommendation I am accepting the following for first and second initiation:
-Bhakta Jonathan—Jyotsna dasa
+<u>First Initiation:</u><br/>
+Bhakta Carlos...............Karuņāmaya dāsa<br/>
-Bhakta Willo—Visvadeva dasa
+Bhakta Lalo..................Lalitāgovinda dāsa<br/>
+Bhakta Jonathan...........Jyotsna dāsa<br/>
-Second Initiation:
+Bhakta Willo.................Viśvadeva dāsa
+<u>Second Initiation:</u><br/>
 Minaksi dasa Brahmacari
-Hold a fire sacrifice and the initiates should refrain from the four pillars of sinful life: no illicit sex, no intoxication, no gambling, and no meat-eating. This is very easy when one chants daily their prescribed rounds seriously, at least 16 rounds daily. Enclosed you will also find one brahmana thread and gayatri mantra. After the sacrifice the tape of gayatri should be played in the right ear of the brahmana initiate. To become brahmana one must be clean outside and inside. Outside by regularly bathing and inside by always chanting Hare Krishna. The beads for first initiates can be chanted upon by Hrdayananda Maharaja and they should be given these beads and names at the time of initiation.
+Hold a fire sacrifice and the initiates should refrain from the four pillars of sinful life: no illicit sex, no intoxication, no gambling, and no meat-eating. This is very easy when one chants daily their prescribed rounds seriously, at least 16 rounds daily. Enclosed you will also find one brahmin thread and gayatri mantra. After the sacrifice the tape of gayatri should be played in the right ear of the brahmin initiate. To become brahmin one must be clean outside and inside. Outside by regularly bathing and inside by always chanting Hare Krishna. The beads for first initiates can be chanted upon by Hrdayananda Maharaj and they should be given these beads and names at the time of initiation.<br/>
 I hope this meets you in good health.
-Your ever well-wisher,
+Your ever well-wisher,<br>
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-A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
+A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami<br>
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