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As I recall, one of the features of ISKCON culture in the mid-’70s was to<\/span> Mahadyuti (das) ACBSP<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \nANSWER:<\/span><\/p>\n It is a Vedic custom that the junior members of the family should offer<\/span> >>> Ref. VedaBase => KB 85: Spiritual Instruction for Vasudeva, and the<\/span> \nTosana Krsna: Anyone who was a member of that Frederick Street temple will<\/span> >>> Ref. VedaBase => Tosana Krsna:<\/span><\/p>\n So don’t be reactionary. That is personally motivated. Think always of the<\/span> >>> Ref. VedaBase => Vishnu Jana Swami Lecture: Nectar of Devotion Chapter<\/span> \nSrila Prabhupada encouraged the devotees to greet each other in the morning<\/span> >>> Ref. VedaBase => Satsvarupa Goswmi: LS 15: Srila Prabhupada Pranati<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \natmarama<\/span> <\/p>\n Posts 547 <\/span> Morning Walk at Marina del Rey — July 14, 1974, Los Angeles<\/span><\/p>\n Umapati: Srila Prabhupada? We, because of our fallen condition, do require<\/span> \nMorning Walk — December 5, 1973, Los Angeles<\/span><\/p>\n Prabhupada: Our Juhu Beach is very nice.<\/span> \nLetter to: Arundhati — New Vrindaban 16 June, 1969<\/span><\/p>\n Regarding your second question about greeting karmis, if a karmi is a<\/span> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As I recall, one of the features of ISKCON culture in the mid-’70s was to offer obeisances to the other devotees first thing in the morning. I’ve always understood that this came from Srila Prabhupada, … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-27 06:01:44","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19727\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\noffer obeisances to the other devotees first thing in the morning. I’ve<\/span>
\nalways understood that this came from Srila Prabhupada, and I vaguely<\/span>
\nremember seeing an instruction from him. Does anyone have a reference?<\/span><\/p>\n
\nrespects to the elders every morning.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nReturn of the Six Dead Sons of Devaki by Lord Krsna<\/span><\/p>\n
\ntell you it was very special. Although we all experienced it, we didn’t<\/span>
\nrealize at the time that the main reason was Jayananda. Even though we all<\/span>
\nknew he was special, we just took him for granted. He was so dedicated, so<\/span>
\nwilling to do anything, that he was a great example. He was always very<\/span>
\nhumble, always very willing to do the most simple service. Everybody was<\/span>
\nattracted to do nice service because he had such a good attitude, and he<\/span>
\nkind of intoxicated them into the mood.<\/span>
\nI remember everybody would pay obeisances to each other in the<\/span>
\nmorning. Jayananda was the temple president, and this was the standard<\/span>
\nthing. He was so sweet, kind, considerate, and obviously dedicated. Every<\/span>
\nmorning, I would come into the kitchen with a bunch of flowers. I was a new<\/span>
\ndevotee then, and he would explain what I was to do with them. Although I<\/span>
\nwas not even initiated and he was temple president, there was no sense of<\/span>
\nposition. That was extremely attractive. He was very attractive, Jayananda,<\/span>
\nvery attractive.<\/span><\/p>\n
\ndetails of devotional service and if someone criticizes you for not carrying<\/span>
\nit out, then you accept, “Oh Krishna, You are so kind. You are speaking to<\/span>
\nme through my Godbrother. You are trying to help me advance towards You<\/span>
\nthrough my Godbrother.” That should be the attitude. Always be in a service<\/span>
\nattitude, that “These are all my superiors — Prabhus.” You can practice<\/span>
\nthis by bowing down. Boys have been coming up to me, I have been<\/span>
\nrecommending that they rise together and immediately pay obeisances to one<\/span>
\nanother, touch each other’s feet. Sudama Maharaja and I were older devotees,<\/span>
\nwe’ve been used to each other’s association for so many years, but still<\/span>
\nwhen we rise in the morning we offer obeisances when we see each other, we<\/span>
\ntake the dust of each other’s feet. This is recommended by our spiritual<\/span>
\nmaster.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nSix – Los Angeles — April 30, 1973<\/span><\/p>\n
\nby making obeisances and by addressing each other regularly as prabhu, or<\/span>
\nmaster.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nAdministrator<\/span><\/p>\n
\nPosted – 21\/09\/2008 : 13:45:39 <\/span>
\nI don’t have a direct reference but here’s a few quotes to support<\/span>
\nthe etiquette of bowing down:<\/span><\/p>\n
\nmany mechanical means by which we can offer one another respects and to<\/span>
\nteach one another examples of scripture. For example, we are asked to bow<\/span>
\nour bodies down to show respects, or to call one another “prabhu,” to<\/span>
\nunderstand that each person is a spiritual master to the other. How is a…<\/span>
\nHow are the boys and girls to learn these things in manners of decorum and<\/span>
\nmanners from the sannyasis, for example. How are they to offer respects to<\/span>
\ntheir godbrothers. And, uh… [break]<\/span>
\nPrabhupada: You can. You behave like that, others will learn.<\/span>
\nUmapati: For example, I have seen many godbrothers offer one another<\/span>
\nrespects, but I very seldom see that in terms of some of our leaders.<\/span>
\nPrabhupada: So some of you show by practical example, guide them. Then<\/span>
\nothers will…<\/span><\/p>\n
\nYasomatinandana: Yes, Prabhupada.<\/span>
\nPrabhupada: All clean, and you can walk very nicely. In Bombay.<\/span>
\nYasomatinandana: And lot of people can see you. And they bow down to you?<\/span>
\nPrabhupada: If they do not, what can I do?<\/span>
\nYasomatinandana: Well, no, if they do, then they will go to Vaikuntha.<\/span>
\n(laughter)<\/span>
\nPrabhupada: That is our sastric injunction, that as soon as you see a<\/span>
\nsannyasi, you must bow down. Otherwise, you should fast one day. It doesn’t<\/span>
\nmatter, I or you. This is the injunction of the sastra, that sannyasi is<\/span>
\nsupposed to be the guru of the society. So one must bow down.<\/span>
\nYasomatinandana: Prabhupada, in our movement there are so many sannyasis. If<\/span>
\nwe see the sannyasi, same, so many times in one day, we should bow down<\/span>
\nevery time we see him?<\/span>
\nPrabhupada: If you can, of course.<\/span>
\nSrutakirti: It wouldn’t hurt.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nfriend, you just greet him Hare Krishna, and with folded hands touch your<\/span>
\nforehead. If the karmi is a superior relative, then chant Hare Krishna and<\/span>
\nbow down down to him on the ground. That should be the etiquette in our<\/span>
\nsociety transactions.<\/span><\/p>\n