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Imported quote 21956 Upon your recommendation I will accept as my duly initiated disciples the following devotees. Make sure that they strictly follow the regulative principles and always chant a minimum of 16 rounds, avoiding the 10 offenses. Hold a fire sacrifice and have Ramesvara Maharaja chant on their beads. I also enclose one sacred thread and gayatri mantra sheets for the devotees you have recommended. They should also participate in the fire ceremony. Their new names are as follows: Ken Reilly-Krsnacandra dasa Curt Halberstadt-Kunja-bihari dasa Bryan Baxter-Varaharupa dasa Craig Escalante-Kurma-rupa dasa Debbie Escalante-Dasarathi dasi Sheila Halvie-Syama-priya dasi Hoping this will meet you in good health. Imported quote 21963 I'm happy to hear how nicely things are going at our Miami temple. Upon your recommendation I accept the devotees you have requested initiation for. Robin Teter's initiated name is Rama Gopala dasa. I am enclosing 2 gayatri mantra sheets and one sacred thread duly chanted on by me. Now, hold a fire ceremony. The first initiates beads may be chanted on by Balavanta. Play the tape of me chanting gayatri mantra into the right ear of the second initiates. Be sure that these devotees and all of my initiated disciples there are strictly following the four regulative principles and chanting a minimum of 16 rounds every day, avoiding the 10 offenses. Also, be sure that the second initiates know the brahminical principles given in Bhagavad-gita, 18:42. Hoping this will meet you in good health. Imported quote 22036 Upon your recommendation I will accept the devotees whose names appear below for first initiation and also the one you have recommended for second initiation. Please hold a fire sacrifice and instruct the new initiates to follow the four regulative principles and chanting sixteen rounds daily avoiding the ten offenses. You may chant on their beads. Play the tape of me chanting Gayatri mantra in the right ear of the second initiate and teach him how to count on his fingers. Bhakta Andy-Ananta dasa Bhakta Randy-Raghunatha Bhatta dasa Bhaktin Gayle-Gopamatrka Dasi (from Baltimore) Hoping this will meet you in good health. Imported quote 22195 Now hold a fire sacrifice. Ramesvara Maharaja may chant on their beads (or Satsvarupa Maharaja in his absence). Instruct the new initiates to chant a minimum of 16 rounds daily and to follow the four regulative principles very strictly. Hoping this will meet you in good health. Imported quote 22219 Upon your recommendation I am pleased to accept these devotees: for first initiation: John-Jamahara-dasa, Don-Danapti-dasa, Andre-Aprakrtadasa, Cindy-Sindura-dasi, Sylvy-Siddhidasi, Clemence-Klesaghni-bhakti-dasi, and for second initiation: Jaya Govinda dasa, Sadapusta dasa, Paranagara dasa. Instruct the devotees to always chant a minimum of sixteen rounds and to follow the four regulative principles very strictly. One of the GBC or sannyasis may chant on the beads. Hold a fire sacrifice. Teach the second initiates how to count on their finger divisions and let them hear the tape of me chanting Gayatri mantra. Hoping this will meet you in good health. Your ever well-wisher, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami N.B. Gururaj's name is Guru-prasada dasa
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