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<div id="Lectures" class="section" sec_index="4" parent="compilation" text="Lectures"><h2>Lectures</h2>
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<div id="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" class="sub_section" sec_index="1" parent="Lectures" text="Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures"><h3>Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures</h3>
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<div id="LectureonSB6115AucklandFebruary221973_0" class="quote" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam_Lectures" book="Lec" index="612" link="Lecture on SB 6.1.15 -- Auckland, February 22, 1973" link_text="Lecture on SB 6.1.15 -- Auckland, February 22, 1973">
<div class="heading">Śāstra says, "Tulasi is the greatest devotee of Kṛṣṇa." We have to accept, that's all. Authority. How she is so great devotee, that you will understand when you become a devotee.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Lecture on SB 6.1.15 -- Auckland, February 22, 1973|Lecture on SB 6.1.15 -- Auckland, February 22, 1973]]: </span><div class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Devotee (3): How is it possible that Tulasi-devī is a pure devotee, what we might call a plant?</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: That you cannot know in your impure state. You just become pure. You will understand. (laughter) Just like a physician, he can understand another physician, what is his position. The layman, what he can understand? If you say, physician, "Oh, how I can understand this physician?" How you can understand? You are not a physician. You become a physician, then you will understand what kind of physician he is. So when you become devotee, you will understand what kind of devotee is Tulasi. So long you are not devotee, you cannot understand. Don't expect. Therefore we have to accept the authority. That is beginning. Śāstra says, "Tulasi is the greatest devotee of Kṛṣṇa." We have to accept, that's all. Authority. How she is so great devotee, that you will understand when you become a devotee. You come to the platform; then you will understand, not before. Now chant. (kīrtana) (Prabhupāda leads prema-dhvāṇī) (end)</p>
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<div id="LettertoBalaiSanFrancisco22March1968_0" class="quote" parent="1968_Correspondence" book="Let" index="120" link="Letter to Balai -- San Francisco 22 March, 1968" link_text="Letter to Balai -- San Francisco 22 March, 1968">
<div class="heading">Sri Tulasi is the eternal consort of Krishna, and the most pure devotee.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Balai -- San Francisco 22 March, 1968|Letter to Balai -- San Francisco 22 March, 1968]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">Yes, Sri Tulasi is the eternal consort of Krishna, and the most pure devotee, and therefore, the Tulasi plant is worshiped by Vaisnavas.</p>
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<div id="1972_Correspondence" class="sub_section" sec_index="7" parent="Correspondence" text="1972 Correspondence"><h3>1972 Correspondence</h3>
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<div id="LettertoRadhavallabhaBombay6January1972_0" class="quote" parent="1972_Correspondence" book="Let" index="28" link="Letter to Radhavallabha -- Bombay 6 January, 1972" link_text="Letter to Radhavallabha -- Bombay 6 January, 1972">
<div class="heading">Tulasi Devi is a pure devotee of Krishna and she should be treated with the same respect given to all Krishna's pure devotees.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Radhavallabha -- Bombay 6 January, 1972|Letter to Radhavallabha -- Bombay 6 January, 1972]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">I am very glad to know that you are seriously taking to Srimati Tulasi Devi worship. Tulasi Devi is a pure devotee of Krishna and she should be treated with the same respect given to all Krishna's pure devotees. Simply by worshiping her faithfully, a devotee can get himself free of from all material miseries. In the Nectar of Devotion I have given two verses from the Skanda Purana, one of which is: "Tulasi is auspicious in all respects. Simply by seeing, simply by touching, simply by remembering, simply by praying to, simply by bowing before, simply by hearing about, or simply by sowing the tree, there is always auspiciousness. Anyone who comes in touch with the Tulasi tree in the above mentioned ways lives eternally in the Vaikuntha world." So from this verse we can understand how pure is the service which Tulasi offers to Sri Krishna. So we should always endeavor after becoming servant of Tulasi Devi. I do not know who has taught you that part of a Tulasi plant may be cut off and then replanted? From the Tulasi plant you can cut off only leaves for offering them to Krishna, never for cutting and planting. That is an offense. The manjaris (seeds) can be offered in water and it makes the water fragrant and tasteful. And the manjaris can be planted for growing new Tulasi plants. Yes, the prayer you have enclosed is bona fide. Tulasi Devi never goes back to Godhead, she is always with Godhead. She is a pure devotee and thus she has appeared on this planet to render service to Krishna by being offered in all temples throughout the world by being offered up to the lotus feet of Krishna.</p>
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<div id="LettertoVidyaVrindaban25October1976_0" class="quote" parent="1976_Correspondence" book="Let" index="598" link="Letter to Vidya -- Vrindaban 25 October, 1976" link_text="Letter to Vidya -- Vrindaban 25 October, 1976">
<div class="heading">Tulasi is one devotee who appears wherever there is devotion to Krsna.
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<span class="link">[[Vanisource:Letter to Vidya -- Vrindaban 25 October, 1976|Letter to Vidya -- Vrindaban 25 October, 1976]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="text"><p style="display: inline;">In answer to your questions; 1) Tulasi is one devotee who appears wherever there is devotion to Krsna. 2) Tulasi's body is spiritual. 3) Yes, jewelry is alright. 4) If possible. 5) Tulasi leaves should be offered to the Deity. 6) If possible. 7) Yes. 8) Yes. 9) You may cut the dead branches, but what is the necessity. 10) I never said that. 11) No. 12) Yes. 13) Use the wood for beads as far as possible, the balance may be placed within the earth. 14) I said no chemical sprays. 15) Undisturbed means what? 16) Use common sense and if you have none then consult with others. 17) No. 18) Don't try to introduce something new. The most important thing is the love and devotion.</p>
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