Letters to the editor

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada! All Glories to Guru Maharaj HpS.

Hare Krishna.

PAMHO.

Dear Guru Maharaj,

Thank you so much for the reply.

Please let me know which flight to book and the details required for booking. Indigo tickets will be available as Indigo flies daily IMF-KOL. Please mail me the details at  x x x

As for H.H Haridas Maharaj, we are expecting him just before Radha Astami. We discussed with Banamali Prabhu and we are already planning the programmes for Guru Maharaj.

In fact, if only Guru Maharaj would agree we would like to have your holy presence for a longer period of time here. Once we sort things with Dr. Samresh I hope we can do better planning. How do I contact him Guru Maharaj? Besides the email of course.

Can we have a japa retreat at Kakching, the place donated to ISKCON recently.....?

Anticipating your merciful reply soon Guru Maharaj,

Yours most fallen servant,

Sarada Gaurangi DD

HpS - ASA -- Did you see this post: http://hps.monkeywarrior.com/node/8289
Time was running out. We had to buy the tickets. The exact itenarary is there.  Indigo on Nov 1st and Nov 4th. Will send you Dr. Samaresha's phone number to your secret address above with copy to the Yamnuesvara Das et al.

We can do a wonderful program. Put Manipur at the lead of ISKCON Yatras!

Would like to stay longer this time . but . you see how tight it is also for Mayapur and Kolkata.

HAre KrSna!    Prabhus and any CIA or FBI agents reading!

We are sitting on the floor of the living room/dinning room of our mobile home in the Boro. It is 82-degrees outside of this room, but we have a little portable air-conditioner working here.

Oink!

We keep remembering over and over again that this is just a movie, a stage show where we are using puppets to talk to each other and not looking at each other really.

All kind of like a madhouse.

If we really saw each other, at least talking for us, then we would see such selfish, cruel, people.   In Srila Prabhupada's shadow we can keep physical and mental gentleness.

Today is Ekadasi.   Doesn't matter too much to us.  We are trying to only eat fruit, milk, carrots, nuts every day.  Potatoes on Sunday.

If we eat beans and grains they go more to our stomach and then we "think" from our stomach. Seems better at this point to think from our heart, Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna.

We think of so many devotees, M. Palika and Caturatma for example, and how nice they are. They have no reason to be nice. They are intelligent. They could be competitive and materialistic, but they chose to be devotees. To really see if they are pleasing Krsna, as they have heard about Him from Srila Prabhupada.

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We had an extremely shocking dream last night. We were like someplace in Vrndavana and there was one Mataji, younger devotee, 26-32, with everyone and she was talking about something and then she went into this like lament, "Oh, Radharani, my Mistress, when will you give up this cruel separation from You and let me serve you again! Let me come back to you again!"

It was really heart rending. We are coming apart at the seams just remembering it.

Krsna is the property of Radharani, because She serves Him with Her last ounce of strength, but She is not selfish. She shares Him with Her friends, arranges that they can walk with Him, joke and play with Him personally. Of course, it is very intense and they may only want 15-seconds of that once a year, but She is not selfish.

Is that where we belong?

Are we meant for Vaikuntha, Ayodhya, Mathura?

All these places are just expansions of Vrndavana. Perspectives for the improvement of Vrndavana.   They are best with some of that perspective.      You think Vrndavana is a very old place?  No, it has just started. No, none even knows what to do there yet. Just started.  Oh, yes, there is a bigger world but Vrjabasis just forget about that. Vrndavana is like a little village, town, in the middle of a great forest with one road coming in and then going out. Sometimes people come down the road, but in general, Vrajavasis just forget about the rest of the world because they have so many problems and preoccupations in their own world.

6.11PM - NGD just called. He is going to the program at Vijaya Ji's home tonight. It will be in Hindi, Radha-ramana Swami is here for three nights. We walked together for weeks on the Braja-mandal Parikrama everyone year.   You get to know people in that experience.

We asked him and Mataji to pick us up at 6.45PM. We can sit in the class and also go on the porch and do FEP in English.

O.K. Pack up and some Japa!

The Holy Names, The Holy Names, if you don't know what to do then just chant the Names, then you will get all good advice about how to get the greatest gain.

Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja.

Please accept my respectful obeisances.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

I want to thank you for coming, always incomparable, fills us with enthusiasm and looking your complete dedication to Srila Prabhupada's service, inspires us tremendously.  How are you Gurudeva?

HpS - Well enough to chant our rounds!!

We are very worried about those cramps.

HpS - We have an agreement with our stomach that it will get better if don't overindulge in milk sweets.

We would love to be able to visit you some day.

HpS - How is that???  We are visiting right now!

I will try to be brief (I am very happy)

House and plans: We moved to Chorrillos, it is near to the sea, is nice and quiet. We are starting to plan to have an atelier [altar?] with Gandharva, to begin with the Hare Krishna crafts that Gandharva told you, we want to be able to work at home in an activity that keeps us connected with the pastimes of our beloved Sri Krishna.

HpS - Srila Prabhupada said that we could maintain ourselves with devotional paraphernalia. Peru is especially good for that. Start with small ideas and test the market. What things are you thinking of making??

Attention to His Lordships:  I will like to comb Subhadra's hair, in a braid as the temple deity, so, our dear Deity have not hair, but I know how to make small wigs of embroidery threads (soft cotton threads), is it okay if I make one to Subhadra? Do you allow me to do that?

HpS -  Hmmm?   I don't know. Never heard of that before, but we do put clothes on them, crowns, also it is for your home deities not institutional deities.        O.K.  Try it and see if She likes it!

And Gurudeva, why we should not worship the deitys of a solar eclipse?

HpS - I don't know the details. I think it is because the influence of Rahu and Ketu is very prominent. It is like the pregnancy of Diti in the evening - bad time to get a child.

About regulatory principles-studies: We are following the 4 principles, singing 16 rounds daily. We are trying to get up every day for Mangalartik. In winter I always have difficulty doing it every day, but every time we do it more often, there are ups and downs, but we continue to strive. We are taking Bhakti-sastri with Prabhu Laksmana, I must confess that I have neglected my studies, I strongly wish to resume my reading habits.

Improving the Japa: thanks to Gandharva prabhu, I discovered that sometimes I chant omitting 2 Krishnas, or the Hare of the end. So, To correct it now I sing reading the Maha Mantra. I would like to chant with a better attitude.

Service in Wilson: 

-We are doing pujari service 2 Sunday a month (I LOVE to dress and adorn Them very much!)

-We will take care of the general prasadam one Saturday per month.

-Nitya Kishori and I, cooked cupcakes, cookies, and other sweets for the festivals.

And we also have talked with the authorities because we want to commit ourselves in more service, so we will support Jagat Pavitram Prabhu  in the Saturday program, want to stay in the temple for Mangalartik on Sundays. 

Preaching Plans: We (Gandharva, Nitya Kishori and I) are organizing meetings with friends (in houses), to talk about different topics from the perspective of Bg and SB, themes such as happiness, spirituality, body and soul are themes that attracts to many people. Gandharva gives the talk. Also we give them prasadam. People like to share their point of view and their experiences. We try to make them feel very comfortable and give them support (Some go through cancer experiences) We are surprised to see how many people are looking hard to get more awareness.

HpS - Jaya!  They then tell their friends about the englightenment they get and they come to ask questions.   Complete Sankirtan. Nothing else needs to be done.

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All Glories to Sri Pancatattva, Sri Guru Parampara, Srila Prabhupada and to you!

Trying to serve

Indira-sakti devi dasi

Chorrillos, Lima-Peru.

HpS - ASA -- Aren't Chorrillos a kiind of fried cake stick stuffed with condensed milk?  Are you working?
Is Nitya-kishori Devi Dasi going to gymnasium for weight lifting?

Hare Krsna Gurumaharaj,

I offer my respectful obeisances to you, hope you kindly accept it.

HpS - ASA  --   Of course!

All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

This is a puppet of your disciple, or perhaps more precisely a puppet disciple of your, who is trying to address you, crying out for help, out of desperation and hopelessness.

HpS -- You also!?    We have the same problem.   Of course, even Narottama Das Thakura!!   Regular things like Full Morning Program, 16-rounds, pull us through the days and we can really see that maybe we make some progress to such a very, very, elevated world as Sri-dhama Vrndavana.

It is like in the midst of an exhausting and confusing condition.  Moments like when Arjuna, before the Kurusetra battle approached Krsna saying: Karpanya-dosopahata-svabhavah .. 

                ‘Now I am confused about my duty and have lost all composure because of weakness. In this condition I am asking You to tell me clearly what is the best for me. Now I am Your disciple, and a soul surrendered unto You. Please instruct me.’

Yes, I am in the midst of tribulations not knowing what I should do, acknowledging my precarious condition, I cry out for your help. But there is a big difference between Arjuna’s surrender attitude and mine.  There are traces of rebellious attitude originated from a very rooted false-ego; that even is refraining me to run toward you, like your little child that I used to be.

HpS - Smiling, we have to comment that you have always been a little bit of a proud child, but that is O.K.  Radharani all the Gopis are little bit proud in front of Krsna.  This process, community, keeps building up. We go years with different fruits ripening, and then we harvest them.

The remembrance of a meaningful experience in Vrindavan, during the first trip to the Holy dham under your full guidance and protection is my source of inspiration and strength now.  Once, In Varsana -Vrajamandal Parikram; in a childish rebellious attitude, I was walking away from you all, then realising that I was about to get lost not knowing where to go. I turned back toward you, and there you were, watching me from the distance, and immediately, you showed me the path..  so, I just followed you.

This remembrance is giving the strength and pushing me to turn back toward you again. Here you are, watching me from a distance and ready to show me the path again?

HpS - ASA ---  We can try.  We are also learning so many things about how to do proper service.   It is hard even serving on the level of a civilized person, what to speak of Vaikuntha Dhama or... We can hope that your sincerity will inspire Srila Prabhupada to use us as his instrument.

I cannot write details of my personal circumstances in this media. As I mentioned to you before, the blog blocks me ..  Can I have the opportunity to communicate with you through another less public media? Please.

HpS - As always!   We have done it before.    This Blog is like the situation after a class. The class is public, so many people join, then after the class maybe 10, 15 people gather around and ask more intimate questions. It is naturally limiting who will attend. Your questions and perspectives are always so useful for so many devotees. You can articulate things that they can't so they see your well structured questions and say, "Ah, just what I was trying to say", and then read the answer.

Make this Blog some work.

Some people only like the Class, some only the Blog, some Individual Discussions, but doing some work to participate in all these media to some degree is our mercy on others.

Can you try writing to [email protected] with the participation of some responsible male member of your community if you are a lady (as I think you are). We will be very interested in communicating for the benefit of ourselves and the whole world!!

Thank you Sir.

My respects to you, Sir.

 Please forgive me for my offenses to you.

Your puppet disciple

Todas las glorias a Radha Krishna

Todas las glorias a Sri Goura Nitai

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada

Querido Gurudeva

por favor acepte mis humildes reverencias

¡Vanca Kalpa!

Hare Krishna Gurudeva

Espero que se encuentre muy bien. Hoy  sábado hace un mes que dejó Chile.

Me hubiera gustado escribir mucho antes esta carta, pero nunca es tarde como dice el refrán.

Muchas  gracias por su visita a Chile. Entendemos que es una austeridad viajar tanto y entendemos todo el esfuerzo que usted hace al visitar cada país.

Muchas gracias por permitirnos hacer servicio para usted y también perdone mis errores y ofensas en mi servicio.

• Muchos devotos y devotas hicieron muy buen servicio para usted. En este momento puedo recordar los nombres de: Pundavanika dd, Priya sakhi dd, Gita vali dd, Prabhu Madhumangala, Prabhu Carlos Rold, Prabhu Arjuna, OM BHAKTI, Bhaktin María de los Ángeles, Bhaktin María de Argentina, Abhimanyu y su esposa Soledad, Jagad Guru y su esposa Carolina, Garga Acarya, Prabhu Miguel Ángel Sanhueza, Prabhu Mandara Sakha, Prabhu Dandakaranya, Prabhu Parasuram, y otros grandes devotos y devotas.

Para nosotros es una alegría saber que usted quedó complacido, en especial por las conferencias. Estamos armando buenos equipos de trabajo, estamos aprendiendo a trabajar en equipo.

Muy pronto vamos a realizar una reunión entre los devotos del equipo de conferencias para hacer un balance sobre el servicio y cómo podemos mejorar.

Mi amigo Sebastián Riveros es uno de los directores de Dharma Comunicaciones y él tomó muchas fotografías de usted y las conferencias.

En estos links usted puede entrar, ver y usar las fotografías que sean importantes para usted. También en esta página web hay fotografías de otros años.

Conferencia Hamlet y Arjuna, Biblioteca Nacional.

http://www.dharmacomunicaciones.cl/hamletyarjuna/

Conferencia Carl Jung, Centro Cultural Las Condes.

http://www.dharmacomunicaciones.cl/jungindia/

Antes de despedirme quería contarle que el viernes de la semana pasada, la madre Pundavanika dio una muy buena clase. Y ayer viernes Prabhu Abhimanyu dio una clase sobre cómo relacionarse de manera amorosa en Conciencia de Krishna.

Esperando no olvidar nada importante, se despide a sus pies

Bhakta Rodrigo

HpS - We looked at the links. They are very nice. We are looking for people who want to continue with these dialogs in very profound fashion. Here there is chance to change people at a very fundamental level, then all the rest, economics, envy, cruelty, will go away, at least in some. This material world is a mad-house, so don't expect everyone to change quickly. We look at letter from Abhirama Das and others to see what our future holds!  Now we chant "Hare Krsna/Hare Rama!" and that is very fine future. It will generate other things also.

All Glories to Sri Guruji Maharaja, Sripada Maharaja and A.C. Prabhupada

All Grories to Sri Gouranga Mahaprabhu and Goura Bhakta Vrnda Ki Jay

Radha Krsna Ki Jay,

Dandavat Pranam Guruji Maharaja,

Please accept my humble obeisances unto Sri Guruji's Padamacharan that I had talked with Harida Svami about Guruji's Nort East India Tour recently. He is comming Imphal on the 28th August and a final tentative programme will be finalized. According his suggestion, for Manipur we need five full days including one day for Imphal. The Silchar programme suggested by Krsnamurti Das of Silchar could not be final because there in Silchar only several places needed Guruji's presence.

As Guruji suggested, this time we want to organize  a programme of some selected degree students specially youths and a discussion about NOI, the four principles of ISKCON etc. and a grand Nagar Kirtan, Prasadam distribution etc. Bonomali Prabhu also wants to visit some new places projected for ISKCON such as Kakching, Serou, Moirang, Moreh etc. 

Now I am reading the Bhakti Rasamrita Singhu regularly but slowly. 

Please convey to Haridasa Svami also about Guruji's suggestions.

Yours fallen servant

Yamunesvara Das.

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HpS - ASA -- Hare Krsna.
Looking at all the factors, consulting as much as we could, considering the price of tickets going up daily, we have bought the following ticket:

Kolkata to Imphal, 1st Nov, 9.10AM to 10.30AM,

Imphal to Kolkata, 4th Nov, 11AM to 12.15AM,

On Indigo Airlines!

JayaRama!!!    See you soon!!