On wearing Imlitala on our Tulsi kanti mala

[dharma nitay das]

Jay, Dandavat Pranam dear Gaudiya devotees 🙏🏼

If any of you here have heard or read something about wearing Imlitala mala or a piece of it on our Tulsi kanti mala, could you please share something about this?

I have heard if you do this, Sri Imlitala will fullfill all your material and spiritual desires, but I have not read or heard any scriptural reference to it. So I would really appreciate if any of you know or have heard something about this.

Jay Jay Nitay Gouranga Sitanath Haribol, Jay Jay Sri Radhe 🙏🏼

[Nityānanda dāsa]

Radhe Radhe Dharma Nitai Das!
Pranam!

I have not heard or read anything about this. However, there are A LOT of related issues, such as wearing tilak from the place known as Sri Caitanya Doba, where Mahaprabhu hand-dug clay to wear as tilak as it is the place of his guru, Sri Isvara Puri. Then Mahaprabhu's followers also took some clay/dirt, which ended up creating a kunda. Some consider it the 'Radhakund' of Bengal. Some bhaktas will keep sacred dirt or trees or bark or water from various holy spots. I'm sure there are individual benedictions associated with all of these things, but are they all mentioned in scripture? Probably not. Will you go to eternal hell for adding a wooden Imli Tala bead to your kanti mala? Not likely. My two cents is that if you feel inspired to do it, do it. What's the harm?

Iti sevak,

Nityananda das