To Bhaktin alla. and Tapakarini DD.

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Dear Tapakarini dd, and Bhaktin Alla. jaya Prabhupada.

 

One last instruction for you both regarding Nectar.

 

Once one devotee asked Srila Gaura-Kishor das Babaji how much it took to get

Prema bhakti. Babaji Maharaja replied," 10 paisa". You go down to the market

and buy Prema-Bhakti Candrika, and sing it".

 

I personally experienced in 1978-1982 as a very lonely pujari in ST. Louis

MO. USA that I was inspired to follow one of Srila Prabhupada's instruction

in that regard.

 

(I heard on one darshana he gave to an Indian man in Dallas in 1975) for

Pujaries to sing the arati and bhajanas to the deity themselves instead of

playing tapes.

 

I followed that to my best ability. All day long I sang From Bhaktivinoda

thakura's bhajanas Saranagati and Gitavali. I was literally floating in

bliss! I had to do all the aratis (6) full dressing twice a day, making

elaborate flower vases, taking care of 20-30 Tulasi trees. No time to sleep

more than 4 1/2 hours a day and eating one meal at 10 pm at night.

 

In retrospect, I feel, that because I sang Bhajanas all day long from

memory, it was *definitely* the happiest service I've done to date in

Iskcon.

 

My god-brother Vibhu Caitanya (now very old in his late 60's in Vrndavana)

used to sing similarly in the deity kitchen in 1975 and Prabhupada glorified

it much.

 

Try to learn, memorise and sing the Bhajanas of Bhaktivinoda thakura. Now

Saranangai and Gitavali are in Russian and hopefully next year

Kalyana-Kalpataru will be there too. If you sing all day, you'll be near the

Lord and you won't feel at all lonely.

 

Try it yourself today and see for yourself 6 months from now if your

devotional and material life is much better from doing such service of

singing.

 

ys MMDASBR