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Inmate letters

Whole Letters from Inmates

I can see the power of the maha-mantra to purify

Posted Mon, 03/07/2011 - 15:01 by bhakti

By :

Bhakta Richard Chase, Sheridan, Oregon

1-18-11
Dear Bhakti-lata, Hare Krsna!
Please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Hope all is going well for you. I’m still here in segregation but I’m safe and that’s what’s important. [My present] cellie is a very negative person but at least he’s not a bully. Practicing KC has gotten me to a point that I don’t even hate those

9-4-10: With KC, I Can Embrace My Situation

Posted Fri, 11/05/2010 - 11:28 by bhakti

By :

Bhakta Richard Chase, Sheridan, Oregon

Dear Bhakti-lata, Hare Krsna!

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

I hope everything is well for you, mataji. My KC grows and flourishes with our correspondence and your letters are truly worth the wait.

Well, I never imagined it would be so difficult to practice my KC here [a new institution]. Chaplain H. hates KC. He more or less alluded to the fact that he was going to have me sent to the hole [solitary] if I persisted in trying to practice KC in the chapel. Chaplain R. is much more enlightened. It’s been so discouraging and my KC has suffered as a result.

9-11-10: I love the Butter Thief

Posted Fri, 11/05/2010 - 11:16 by bhakti

By :

Bhakta Mark; Iowa Park, Texas

Dear Bhakti-lata, Hare Krsna!

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
All praise to IPM!
Please accept my humble respects and obeisances.

You asked about the Krsna book, what is my favorite pastime up to now. I really like the “butter thief.” In fact, it is one of the pastimes that bring tears welling up in my eyes. I know that for those who do not “get it”, that the idea of a person relating to God as a friend, parent, or lover is appalling. Some would even see it as blasphemous! I actually feel badly for these blind folks. God can be so much more than a “father”, (a Santa Claus), though Father is accurate as well. No, I understood perfectly how a person could