Guest guest Posted November 20, 1999 Report Share Posted November 20, 1999 Home Base: Sri Mayapur Candrodaya Mandir, Navadwip Dham, Nadia, WB, INDIA Camp: ISKCON Radha Madhava-hari Mandir, Buranilakantha, Kathmandu, Nepal. > Dear guru maharaja AGTSP and your lotus feet, a devotee told me that the > japa beads should be always above the waist line,better close to the chest > were paramatma resides,I find myself some times chanting with my arm down > below my waist,im comiting an ofense?? > your servant > premananda goura das Srila Prabhupada didn't like devotees chanting with their bead-bags behind their backs, but when His Divine Grace walked to my memory he swung his arms. It doesn't seem possible not to put the beads sometimes below the waste while chanting and walking, for instance. I never heard that. I don't know what sastra this devotee is referring to. When someone says something you can ask what sadhu, sastra or guru reference they have. Srila Prabhupada personally told devotees that one should not put the beads down on the asana or the floor since the feet touch there. One shouldn't touch the beads where the feet are touching. One Maharaja told me that Srila Prabhupada scolded him for putting his beads on the asana. When the Maharaja countered that the asana wasn't the floor Srila Prabhupada said that he put his feet on the asana so wasn't that contaminated? I hope that this finds you in good health. Your ever well wisher, Jayapataka Swami Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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