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Tulasi Neck Beads

Posted by Divya Dhvani on August 21, 2010 at 10:12pm in Bhakti


Hare Krishna, dear devotees.

> Question: Is it all right to give tulasi neck beads to relatives, friends or congregational members, even though they do not follow the four regulative principles? I've heard that only "full-time" devotees can wear Tulsi, but then it would be difficult to tell people why they can't wear it.




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    • Gauranga Dasa > Priyanka Harilela November 5, 2012 at 7:12am

      Hare Krishna!

      You are correct. Offenders should never be allowed to wear Tulasi. Therefore only sincere devotees should have the privilege of wearing Srimati Vrinda-Devi.

    • Jagadish Chaitanya das > Priyanka Harilela April 4, 2011 at 12:39pm
      Its mentioned in the Chowpatty Vaishnava etiquette book, but I don't remember where they were quoting it from. Not something I had heard before reading it there.
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    Sarvopama dasa ACBSP August 30, 2010 at 1:24pm
    Back in the airport in Chicago one day when I was distributing books one young man from the navy came through and while I was showing him a Bhagavad-gita he suddenly noticed my neck beads. He said, "Whoa, dude, those are all surfed out. Can I have some of those?" He gave enough to cover both the beads and a Gita so I prayed for extra protection for spending the rest of my day without beads.
    • Lalita Sakhi > Sarvopama dasa ACBSP August 30, 2010 at 11:22pm
      Savropama, Your talking about Chicago's O'Hare airport? I thought they didn't allow any krishna's to go into airports any more? did u ever replace ur beads? And tht's my hometown u were talking about.
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        Shravn Prabhu > Lalita Sakhi January 29, 2011 at 8:53pm

        Not true. I chanted in Sacramento Airport. As long as you are moving, they normally don't care.

        Surprisingly they stopped me from chanting with Mridanga, in Calcutta Airport even though their is no law against it. I had to see the authorities and tell them I was just practicing my religion. They let me continue.

        If anyone stops and enquires, what I am doing, ( even at private business areas), I usually tell them that I am practicing my religion and practice of my religion requires this meditation.They become defensive saying that they were only trying to find out what I was doing.

        At the Sacramento downtown Wednesday market, surprisingly, I am allowed to come in and chant Hare Krishna while the Christian preachers including Jahova's Witnesses are kept out of the market. That's a bit odd in a so called Christian country.

         

         

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          Sarvopama dasa ACBSP > Shravn Prabhu January 29, 2011 at 9:49pm
          Ki Jaya! Sravan Prabhu, while you're there in the airport, you can also distribute books and prasadam.
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            Shravn Prabhu > Sarvopama dasa ACBSP January 30, 2011 at 1:06am

            Isn't distributing Krishna Prema higher than distributing prasadam?

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        Sarvopama dasa ACBSP > Lalita Sakhi December 30, 2010 at 7:47pm
        Lalita Sakhi, I was out there from '75 through '95. I replaced them a number of times because I found that more than once different people would notice them and want a set.
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    Gadadhar das August 22, 2010 at 12:29pm


    Anyone can wear tulsi beads. It is good to make them a fashion. However, they should only wear on strand of beads. Three or more strands (odd number) is for initiated devotees only. Try for that standard at least if possible.
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