Guest guest Posted December 28, 1997 Report Share Posted December 28, 1997 Dear Sri Visnupada Please accept my humble obeisances! All glories to Srila Prabhupada! Is it recommended to tie a string after the 8 beads representing the 8 main gopis? Your humble servant, Ugresa das (Quotes from HH Jayapataka Maharaja) > > >I was personally present when Srila Prabhupada > > >refused to give initiation beads to someone since they didn't have the > > >string after the 8th bead. He said they weren't bona fide without the > > >string. > > > > What if we havent had this string for so long now? I think the majority > > of beads I see don't. Is it appropriate to just tie one on? > > Of course!!! Braid it on is probably better. Better late than never! > Many ISKCON Gurus and devotees don't seem to know this detail. I also > found this out during my Japa Workshops that a large number of devotees > didn't have this thread. Time to change that now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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