Please accept my most humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

The article as it is, is not finished. It contains a lot of questions
addressed to Sridhar Maharaja. Could you please go over it again and make it
read like a finished article.

Thanks.

Your most humble servant,

Umapati Swami


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From: (Bhakta) Jan Mares (NE-BBT Czech) [mailto:Jan.Mares (AT) bbt (DOT) se]
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2003 3:55 PM
To: Sridhar Swami; (Krsna) Katha
Cc: Umapati Swami
Subject: Vaisnava appearance

Hare Krishna Maharaja, ___o_

> I'd like to thank you for your nice research about Prabhupada's mood
> about devotees wearing devotional clothes as often as possible unless they
> had some job etc.

thank you for your appreciation.

> Umapati Swami also liked your research and would like your permission to
> put it on his website. If he gives you credit, will you consider kindly
> allowing him to do so for the purposes of preaching? If nice messages such
> as yours rings louder to devotees how devotional cloth can help to protect
> vragile new devotional creepers why not publish it on as many devotee
> webpages as they like?

I already gave my permission some time ago but haven't heard from Maharaja,
neither saw that article on Dipika.


Your servant, bh. Jan

www.veda.harekrsna.cz (Bhakti-yoga Vedic Encyclopedia Vedic Library)

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Letter PAMHO:6865277 (13 lines)
From: Kavicandra Swami (GBC Japan)
Date: 30-May-03 04:03 (00:03 -0400)
To: Sridhar Swami [41067]
Reference: Text PAMHO:6861616 by Sridhar Swami
Subject: Vaisnava appearance
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The Vaisnavas, with tilaka, with kunti, with chanting beads, as soon as you
see... And practically you know. As soon as they see these Hare Krsna
movement people, they also chant, "Hare Krsna," giving a chance to the
others. The dress is also required. You should be always equipped with
tilaka, kunti, and sikha, sutra. Then, as soon as a common man sees, "Oh,
here is a Hare Krsna man. Hare Krsna," he'll chant. Automatically you give a
chance to chant Hare Krsna.
So this is required. The foolish rascals, they say that "What is the
necessity of this, that?" No. This is necessity. You must always remain
dressed like a Vaisnava. That is necessity. So preksaniya: "is very
beautiful to see." Otherwise how they became impressed? Immediately they
become so pious that they chant Hare Krsna. The chanting of Hare Krsna is
not so easy. (Srimad-Bhagavatam 3.28.19 -- Nairobi, October 29, 1975)
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