Tulasi old message replyed

February 29, 2000

Dear Kusha mata, kindly send this to Tulasi conf, my address book is

corrupted.

Payonidhi wrote:

> Dear Devotees

> PAMHO

> AGTSP

> I am of the opinion that worship of Girigovardhana should be performed in

> every ISKCON temples,and 8 manjaris are offered to Sri Giriraja if

> possible,so manjaris should be safed for that.If devotees get to

> understand more about the glories of Giriraja,they will make lots of

> advancement.It will do good to our movement.

> YS

> Payonidhi das

His statement is backed from CC where Svarupa Damodara instructed Raghunath

Gosvami to offer 8 manjaris daily to Govardhana shila.

TEXT 296

TEXT

ÛßÁ ßÅÒÁæÃ± æÃù Õ±õþ îÅÂùüÏ-÷?õþÏ ù

ü±¿NßÁ-Îüõ± Ûý×ÃÃ–qX öÂ±Ëõ ßÁ¿õþ Ì 296 Ì

eka kuìjä jala ära tulasé-maïjaré

sättvika-sevä ei——çuddha-bhäve kari

SYNONYMS

eka—one; kuìjä—jug; jala—water; ära—and; tulasé-maïjaré—flowers of the

tulasé tree; sättvika-sevä—worship in goodness; ei—this; çuddha-bhäve—in

complete purity; kari—performing.

TRANSLATION

“For such worship, one needs a jug of water and a few flowers from a tulasé

tree. This is worship in complete goodness when performed in complete

purity.

Antya 6.297

TEXT 297

TEXT

ðÅÃý×ÃÃ¿ðÃËßÁ ðÅÃý×ÃóS ÷ËñÉ ÎßÁ±÷ù ÷?õþÏ ù

Ûý×ÃÃ÷îÂ Õ©†÷?õþÏ ¿ðÃËõ |X± ßÁ¿õþ’ Ì’’ 297 Ì

dui-dike dui-patra madhye komala maïjaré

ei-mata añöa-maïjaré dibe çraddhä kari’”

SYNONYMS

dui-dike—on two sides; dui-patra—two tulasé leaves; madhye—within; komala

maïjaré—very soft tulasé flowers; ei-mata—in this way; añöa-maïjaré—eight

tulasé flowers; dibe—you should offer; çraddhä kari’—with faith and love.

TRANSLATION

“With faith and love, you should offer eight soft tulasé flowers, each with

two tulasé leaves, one on each side of each flower.”

Antya 6.298

TEXT 298

TEXT

ÀýÃÃË™¦ ¿úù± ¿ðÃûþ± Ûý×ÃÃ Õ±:± ¿ðÃù± ù

Õ±òËµ õþâÅò±ï Îüõ± ßÁ¿õþËîÂ ù±¿áù± Ì 298 Ì

çré-haste çilä diyä ei äjïä dilä

änande raghunätha sevä karite lägilä

SYNONYMS

çré-haste—by His own transcendental hand; çilä—the stone from Govardhana

Hill; diyä—delivering; ei äjïä—this order; dilä—He gave; änande—in great

happiness; raghunätha—Raghunätha däsa; sevä karite lägilä—began to worship.

TRANSLATION

After thus advising him how to worship, Lord Çré Caitanya Mahäprabhu

personally offered Raghunätha däsa the govardhana-çilä with His

transcendental hand. As advised by the Lord, Raghunätha däsa worshiped the

çilä in great transcendental jubilation.

Antya 6.299

In fact, in Moscow (where they have tons of manjaries) they often don't give

me enough manjaries for my Govardhana deities because they say they want to

save them for Gaura-Nitai.

ys MMDASBR

My wincom is old kindly add the Tulasi conference to this.

Dear Kusha Mataji and others. Jaya Prabhupada.

Seeking only your blessings, With great respect and love to you Kusha mata.

I beg to differ, kindly consider the following evidence and offer your

opinions again. Also I beg at your holy feet to kindly re-send me the

Govinda dasi article, and the nice verses from Padma-purana about Tulasi. I

want the Tulasi history from Brihad naradiya purana.

All the stuff about Tulasi you kindly sent to me. Please resend it again in

a separate file. My obeisances at the feet of Shrutikirti and to your

devoted feet as well.

Ys MMDASBR

> Srila Prabhupada did not teach us to offer Tulasi manjaris as flowers

> during arotik. Srimati Tulasi devi is only offered to the lotus feet of

> Visnu Tattwa Deities: Lord Krishna, Lord Chaitanya, Lord Nityananda, and

> Sri Advaita Acarya. Srimati Tulasi-devi is placed in the hands of Srimati

> Radharani for offering to the lotus feet of Her Lord. Srimati Tulasi-devi

> also ornaments the bhoga offered to Their Lordships. I have no scriptural

> reference. This is Srila Prabhupada instruction. .

> Your Servant, Kusha devi dasi

What about the Pujari (Advaita Acarya) in CC ADi 3 who offered the Lord

Manjaries. Only He can do it? Not us?

> “Thus the Lord liquidates the debt by offering Himself to the devotee.”

> Considering in this way, the Äcärya began worshiping the Lord.

> PURPORT Through devotional service one can easily please Lord Kåñëa with a

> leaf of the tulasé plant and a little water. As the Lord says in the

> Bhagavad-gétä (9.26), a leaf, a flower, a fruit or some water (patraà

> puñpaà phalaà toyam), when offered with devotion, very much pleases Him.

> He universally accepts the services of His devotees. Even the poorest of

> devotees in any part of the world can secure a small flower, fruit or leaf

> and a little water, and if these offerings, and especially tulasé leaves

> and Ganges water, are offered to Kåñëa with devotion, He is very

> satisfied. It is said that Kåñëa is so much pleased by such devotional

> service that He offers Himself to His devotee in exchange for it. Çréla

> Advaita Äcärya knew this fact, and therefore He decided to call for the

> Personality of Godhead Kåñëa to descend by worshiping the Lord with tulasé

> leaves and the water of the Ganges.

> Ädi 3.108 TEXT 108

> TEXT

> gaìgä-jala, tulasé-maïjaré anukñaëa

> kåñëa-päda-padma bhävi’ kare samarpaëa

> SYNONYMS

> gaìgä-jala—the water of the Ganges; tulasé-maïjaré—buds of the tulasé

> plant; anukñaëa—constantly; kåñëa—of Lord Kåñëa; päda-padma—lotus feet;

> bhävi’—thinking of; kare—does; samarpaëa—offering.

> TRANSLATION Thinking of the lotus feet of Çré Kåñëa, He constantly offered

> tulasé buds in water from the Ganges.

> Ädi 3.109 TEXT 109