Enclosed please find your prayer beads which I have chanted one round upon and initiated you with. Your spiritual name is Jagadisa das Brahmacari

Expressions researched:
"Enclosed please find your prayer beads which I have chanted one round upon and initiated you with. Your spiritual name is" |"in which you request to be initiated as my student"

1968 Correspondence

Letter to Jeffrey Hickey -- Los Angeles 2 December, 1968:

My Dear Jeffrey Hickey,

Please accept my blessings. I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of November 28, in which you request to be initiated as my student. I have noted by your letter that already you are progressing nicely by associating with devotees and chanting 22 rounds daily so there is no more any need to wait. You may send to my Los Angles address your chanting beads so that you may receive initiation.

I hope that this finds you along with Rupanuga, his good wife, Bhurijana, and Mr. Eric and all the others in good health.

Your ever well-wisher,

A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

P.S. Please order Brahmananda to send you books for selling. I have Dai Nippon $6000.00 dollars—TLC now we must sell them to get money for the next publication Nectar of Devotion (400 pages).

Letter to Jagadisa -- Los Angeles 13 December, 1968:

My Dear Jagadisa,

Please accept my blessings. Enclosed please find your prayer beads which I have chanted one round upon and initiated you with. Your spiritual name is Jagadisa das Brahmacari. Jagadisa means Lord Jagannatha, the Lord of the Universe.

So please continue to be very sincere about developing your Krishna Consciousness and Krishna will give you all facilities to return with Him to His Spiritual Abode. Take instructions from your god-brother Rupanuga, chant your sixteen rounds daily, follow all regulations strictly, and you will have all blessings from the disciplic succession to advance nicely. So now you have this all important opportunity so I request you to take full advantage and perfect yourself in Krishna Consciousness. This is my request to all of you. This will be great service not only to yourself, but also to all the living entities with whom we come into contact.

Please convey my blessings to all others. I hope that you are well.

Your ever well-wisher,

A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

P.S. I have not heard anything from Rupanuga since a long time.

ACB