Stopping Ananda Katha

[Published in Prajina Bharati January 1985]

To The Editor

Dear Sir,

The letter of Revered Acarya Shri Santoshanandaji Avadhuta is more amusing and interesting than that of Reverend Acarya Shri Hari Shankarji.

During your last visit to Muzaffarpur you personally gave me several copies of Prajina Bharati of July 84 for sale.

In this issue my letter addressed to the editor was published against the comments of Revered Acarya Shri Hari Shankarji.

After going through that letter in Prajina Bharati, I found it to be amended to some extent at your end and I requested you to issue a corrigendum to it which could never be published.

The letter of Acarya Shri Santoshanandaji Avadhuta in Prajina Bharati of October 84 has completely dampened my spirit and zeal in writing Ananda Katha.*

This led me to decide finally to request you most sincerely not to publish Ananda Katha any further.

I request that the rest of my manuscript of 14th and 15th installments of Ananda Katha be returned to me urgently.

Even if some portion of the manuscript of Ananda Katha has been sent to the press, it should be taken back and returned to me without second thought.

My decision on this is unchangeable and unalterable at no cost I would like any further publication Ananda Katha.

The subject matter of Ananda Katha always remained sacred and pious treasure for me which I never thought of revealing to the world and what to talk of writing about it at all.

But your persistent and repeated request compelled me to write Ananda Katha and publish it.

Please publish the Hindi translation of this letter in Ananda Yuga also.

I thank the revered critics of Ananda Katha and finally bid them good bye through your esteemed journal.

Yours faithfully Nagina