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Following the instructions of guru and 痴补颈峁ａ箛补惫补蝉 is more beneficial than their direct 诲补谤艣补苍补 鈥� If possible, it is best to follow 办腻谤迟颈办补-惫谤补迟补 in the 诲丑腻尘补 鈥� Installed deities must be offered full meals, not just dry snacks and fruit 鈥� We have no refuge in this material existence besides 艣谤墨 guru, 痴补颈峁ａ箛补惫补蝉, and 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍

艣谤墨 艣谤墨 guru-gaur膩峁単au jayata岣� 艢谤墨 艢测腻尘补蝉耻苍诲补谤补 骋补耻岣嵞珁补 惭补峁环补 Milanpalli, Siliguri

Darjeeling 29/8/1994

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B膩b膩鈥斺��! I received your loving letter, which was dated 11/8/1994, the day before yesterday. I hope that by the grace of 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍 you are well physically and well in bhajana. Here, we too are quite well. 鈥� It is true that we have very little opportunity to have direct 诲补谤艣补苍补 of 艣谤墨 guru and 痴补颈峁ａ箛补惫补蝉, but we can expect more benefit from accepting and following their orders, directions, instructions, etc. in actual day-to-day life than from having their direct 诲补谤艣补苍补. Not that I want to discourage you from your aspiration to behold guru and 痴补颈峁ａ箛补惫补蝉. It is good that you go to 痴峁沶诲腻惫补苍补 and other 诲丑腻尘补s every year during the month of 顿腻尘辞诲补谤补 and observe 奴谤箩补-vrata. To observe 办腻谤迟颈办补-vrata at home is to be rather constrained. 鈥�罢墨谤迟丑别 办腻谤迟颈办补峁� 办耻谤测腻迟 鈥搊ne should observe K膩rtika in a holy place.鈥� According to this statement of scripture, there is special recommendation to go to a 诲丑腻尘补 or 迟墨谤迟丑补 to observe 诲腻尘辞诲补谤补-惫谤补迟补. If you observe the vrata at home, you will end up having to go to the store and will surely have to fulfil the obligations and duties of material existence. No one is exempt from these daily activities and duties. Hence, if one goes to 艣谤墨 诲丑腻尘补 and, without any worries, keeps one鈥檚 body, mind, and life force engaged in chanting 艣谤墨 苍腻尘补, hearing 丑补谤颈-办补迟丑腻, and participating in 颈峁ａ弓补-驳辞峁ａ弓丑墨 (spiritual discussions), it is seen that there is a greater chance to obtain ultimate auspiciousness. Your children have now grown up. If you somewhat place the burden of looking after the household on them, it will be convenient for you on your path of 蝉腻诲丑补苍补-产丑补箩补苍补. But it is still surely necessary as a guardian to supervise their activities. They will be content if you entrust them with responsibility, having understood their mental state, and maintained your love, affection, and possessive fondness (尘补尘补迟腻) for them. In this material world, if the people at home cannot come together and cooperate and if there is no mutual assistance and solidarity, it creates a sort of dysfunctional situation. You are intelligent guardians, so if you proceed having considered all of these matters, I too will gain some peace and well-being.

This year I have a special desire to stay in 狈补惫补诲惫墨辫补 to observe 艣谤墨 诲腻尘辞诲补谤补-惫谤补迟补. Though my body is not very healthy, it is more or less functioning. For many years, I have not had the opportunity or fortune to observe 奴谤箩补-vrata in 艢谤墨 Dh膩ma 狈补惫补诲惫墨辫补. This time, by the causeless mercy of guru and 痴补颈峁ａ箛补惫补蝉, I feel I will have this opportunity. If my body is healthy, from time to time, I will try to discuss hari-办补迟丑腻 during the vrata period. I was delighted to hear that you have decided not to go to 痴峁沶诲腻惫补苍补 this time and will instead observe 办腻谤迟颈办补-惫谤补迟补 in 狈补惫补诲惫墨辫补-诲丑腻尘补. 鈥� This year, because you have had 艣谤墨 vigraha installed in your home, some new responsibilities have developed for you.

One cannot expect the full result of service if one keeps installed deities fasting or offers them only fruits, roots, sweets, and other similar offerings. One must at least follow the standard of serving and worshipping 峁琱腻办耻谤补 as prescribed in the 惫补颈峁ａ箛补惫补-蝉尘峁泃颈 texts. Just because some 产谤补丑尘补肠腻谤墨 says, 鈥淵ou can just serve 骋辞辫腻濒补,鈥� or, in other words, that you can take 骋辞辫腻濒补 with you to 狈补惫补诲惫墨辫补 (and keep the 艣谤墨 vigraha of 艢谤墨 搁腻诲丑腻-碍峁涐梗峁嘺 in the temple) does not mean this is a good idea. How can deities who have been installed in the home and are accepting rice and curries every day be satisfied with eating only fruits and sweets for a whole month? Can the children in your home spend a month eating dry snacks? Therefore, no matter how inconvenient it is, it is one鈥檚 responsibility and duty as prescribed by scripture to offer installed deities food-grain offerings and other prepared dishes. For this, you will have to make a special arrangement that will address every aspect of the situation. In other words, it will be most auspicious if you can keep the service going for a month with the assistance of an initiated 驳峁沨补蝉迟丑补 or a renounced 产谤补丑尘补肠腻谤墨 sevaka.

Do not become too preoccupied with asking about my well-being. I am at present moderately well. [However] asking about guru and 痴补颈峁ａ箛补惫补蝉鈥� well-being is a part of service. Desperation to have their direct 诲补谤艣补苍补 and to hear their teachings and instructions is surely something always necessary for the 蝉腻诲丑补办补蝉 and 蝉腻诲丑颈办腻蝉. We will find real auspiciousness only if we can take 艣谤墨 guru, 痴补颈峁ａ箛补惫补蝉, and 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍 to be our own. Their direct service and instructions are the sole provisions and resources for our lives. The 惫颈艣谤补尘产丑补-蝉别惫补办补 becomes blessed to attain the direct service of 艣谤墨 guru and 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍 through his heart鈥檚 simple, natural anxiousness and desperation. Besides 艣谤墨 guru, 痴补颈峁ａ箛补惫补蝉, and 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍, we have no other refuge in this material existence, nor any other aid or support. Our life can only become blessed if we can come to know this. A 蝉腻诲丑补办补鈥檚 life can only be properly developed by putting 艣谤墨 guru and 叠丑补驳补惫腻苍 in the centre. Iti鈥�

Your eternal well-wisher,
艢谤墨 Bhaktived膩nta 痴腻尘补苍补