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<div id="Correspondence" class="section" sec_index="6" parent="compilation" text="Correspondence"><h2>Correspondence</h2>
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<div id="LettertoSacisutaAllstonMass30May1968_0" class="quote" parent="1968_Correspondence" book="Let" index="180" link="Letter to Sacisuta -- Allston, Mass 30 May, 1968" link_text="Letter to Sacisuta -- Allston, Mass 30 May, 1968">
<div class="heading">And the other standard practices for initiated devotees: Must attend evening and morning classes. Should not extensively mix with non-devotees. Should not eat food cooked by non-devotees. Should not waste time in idle talks. Should not become engaged in frivolous sports. Should always chant and sing the Lord's Holy Names.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Sacisuta -- Allston, Mass 30 May, 1968|Letter to Sacisuta -- Allston, Mass 30 May, 1968]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Please accept my blessings. I am very glad to receive your letter dated May 26, 1968, along with beads, and I am so pleased that you are seeking for being initiated. So, after due chanting I am sending both your beads by separate first class post parcel. Receive it and chant without any offense. The 10 kinds of offenses are like this:</p>
<p>Blaspheming the Lord's devotee</p>
<p>Considering the Lord and the demigods on the same level—or assuming there are many gods</p>
<p>Neglecting the orders of the spiritual master</p>
<p>Minimizing the authority of the Scriptures</p>
<p>Interpreting the Holy Name of God</p>
<p>Committing sin on the strength of chanting</p>
<p>Instructing the glories of the Lord's Name to the unfaithful</p>
<p>Comparing the Holy Name with material piety</p>
<p>Inattention while chanting the Holy Name</p>
<p>Attachment to material things while engaged in the practice of chanting</p>
<p>So you follow those principles as well as the four restrictive rules, namely;</p>
<p>No addiction to indulgence in any form of intoxication, including coffee, tea and cigarettes</p>
<p>No illicit sexual relationships</p>
<p>Must be strictly vegetarian</p>
<p>No gambling</p>
<p>And the other standard practices for initiated devotees:</p>
<p>Must attend evening and morning classes</p>
<p>Should not extensively mix with non-devotees</p>
<p>Should not eat food cooked by non-devotees</p>
<p>Should not waste time in idle talks</p>
<p>Should not become engaged in frivolous sports</p>
<p>Should always chant and sing the Lord's Holy Names</p>
<p>Chanting as enunciated by Lord Caitanya is the only means for spiritual realization in this age of dissension. So chant at least 16 rounds daily, and for other help you can ask assistance from your elderly God-brothers.</p>
<p>Hope you are well.</p>
<p>Your ever well wisher,</p>
<p>A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami</p>
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