Do you wish to make your mother a special object of your mercy?
Satsvarupa: Tamal Krishna Maharaj was close to his mother up until the end. He would write to his mother regularly, and when he became a sannyasi he wondered if he should keep it up. Prabhupada said to him, "Do you wish to make your mother a special object of your mercy?" In other words, "You have limited time and there are a lot of people in this world you have to save. You're a sannyasi now. I'm not going to tell you to keep writing to your mother every week. However, if you want to make her a special object of your mercy, you can do that." Prabhupada put it to TKG to think about, and TKG stopped writing to his mother so often. But they did remain close.
Reference: Memories Anecdotes of a Modern Day Saint - Volume 4 by Siddhanta Dasa
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