This letter was sent to me and Dravida Dasa, the chief editor at the North American BBT.
Respected Maharaj and Prabhu,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
I request to read the following purport of SB 9.10.29
“After giving up the body, one is transferred to another body, but sometimes, if one is too sinful, he is checked from transmigrating to another body, and thus he becomes a ghost. To save a diseased person from ghostly life, the funeral ceremony, or sraddha ceremony, as prescribed in authorized sastra, must be performed. Ravana was killed by Lord Ramacandra and was destined for hellish life, but by Lord Ramacandra’s advice, Vibhisana, Ravana’s brother, performed all the duties prescribed in relation to the dead. Thus Lord Ramacandra was kind to Ravana even after Ravana’s death.”
Shouldn’t the word “diseased” be “deceased”?
Your servant,
Anuj Agrawal
Banswara
Rajasthan, India
Yes, it certainly should!
(This will be fixed in the next printing.)
