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Camp: ISKCON Sri Mayapur Candrodaya Mandir, Radhastami Festival, Mayapur Dham, India.

My Dear Spiritual Nephew Nandapriya das,

Please accept my best wishes. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Thankyou for your letter cited below with my comments. I have noted the contents carefully.

Dear Jayapataka maharaj, dear devotees,

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

As I understand, HKM wants us to follow all 4 regs. The injunction of sastra for mlecchas to eat meat once a month is not meant to encourage them but to control the tendency. It is HKM's practical realization that many devotees are having big problems due to the present formulation of the principle. I am sure he is fully aware of the importance of no illicit sex for spiritual life. When I read his (HKM) statement, I didn't conclude to have freedom for sex life for myself. I am convinced he is thinking of the welfare of devotees.

ys Nandapriya d

I had long talks about this with Harikesa Maharaja and he feels a sensual relationship with more sex life is good for the relationship. He even told me that in his opinion contraceptives were okay. That contraceptives have existed for thousands of years and weren't a problem. He was emphatic on this point. Harikesa Maharaja thought that household couples should have as much sex as they needed to bring them close together and whenever they actually wanted a child then they should try for a child. Now I don't agree with this principle he has presented. It doesn't match up with our sastras or the instructions of Srila Prabhupada. It may be a practical solution for some persons, but it isn't without karma. It may be better than some other alternatives like going to prostitutes or having sex with someone outside of marriage or obviously than committing suicide. It isn't a standard to be established as the normal situation which is what HKM is recommending for whoever wants to follow him.

Yes I agree that HKM told me also if someone can follow the principles he doesn't object or he thinks it is okay. HKM also doesn't want people to have unlimited sex like animals. What his standard is he clearly expressed. HKM may be thinking this is for the welfare of devotees, but is this the way to really benefit them? It is a change from what Srila Prabhupada and the sastra has said! Following this new standard will they get back to Godhead? I wrote on this in another text to SV disciples. There are less drastic ways of helping disciples who can't follow rather than change the whole standard which means that probably no one will follow any more. I am glad that you still feel determined to follow. If someone is blissful in Krishna consciousness then they don't need so much sex. That is the real point that seems to be missed here. Why suddenly HKM now has these realizations which contradict what he has been saying for so many years? I am sorry that you disciples have to be put through this trauma. I was hoping that a short term solution could be achieved, but now it seems like a remote chance for a solution. As days go by the possibility seems further away. I am still having some hope, but it is a dim hope now. My heart is heavy. If there is anything I can do to help you please tell me. I hope that this finds you in good health.

Your ever well wisher,

Jayapataka Swami

All glories to His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada!