Letters to the editor

Hare Krisna Gurudev.Pamho. TgSP y sus seguidores fieles.

Espero que se encuentre entusiasta cuando reciba este mensaje. Por aquí seguimos intentando volvernos buenos devotos y aún tenemos que luchar por seguir nuestro sadhana y obligaciones con el guru. No es desagradable pero tampoco espontaneo. Gracias por su contestación a mi carta anterior:

Nimai se gradua mañana y se prepara para ir a la Universidad. Aún no tiene decidido 100% lo que va a estudiar. Aquí se suelen estudiar dos cosas a la vez y, parece que será derecho y también algo relacionado con economía, dirección de empresas o algo así. Tiene hasta septiembre para decidirlo.

En cuanto a los compañeros de estudio Bhakti Vaibhava hay varios conocidos: Con Karuna Sakti d.d. vamos por el cuarto módulo juntos. Hicimos el Canto 2, después el Canto 1, repetimos el Canto 2 y ahora estamos haciendo el Canto 3. Mas adelante se han ido uniendo otros devotos como Caturatma, Abhiram Thakur, Pati Prana d.d., Mathura Mani d.d., Guru Govinda d.d, y otros. Estoy feliz de estar en el grupo con buen profesor y buenos alumnos.

Ayer leí un articulo interesante sobre un libro de un Catedrático de Historia Antigua en la Universidad de Malaga y os comparto el link: https://www.eldebate.com/cultura/libros/20240504/trajano-gan-ying-sahadeva-encuentro-roma-china-india-siglo-ii_194263.html#utm_source=rrss-comp&utm_medium=wh&utm_campaign=fixed-btn . Es sobre un libro que ha escrito este catedrático explicando las conexiones que habían hace siglos entre las culturas india, china y romana (oriente y occidente). Es bueno saber que hay algunos académicos que citan periodos históricos de épocas védicas. (habla sobre tres personajes históricos como Gang Ying en China, Trajano en Europa (nacido en Sevilla) y Sahadev, uno de los cinco Pandavas en India). Creo que es algo curioso que no hayamos detectado a este académico español.

Esperamos con alegría su futura asociación y poder hacer algún humilde servicio para su bienestar.

Gracias

ss (su sirviente)

Jayanta das

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Hare Krishna, Gurudev. Pamho. TgaSP and his loyal followers.

HpS/ASA -Jaya! 🐵👍

I hope you are enthusiastic when you receive this message.

ASA - 67-93%

Over here we are still trying to become good devotees and we still have to struggle to follow our sadhana and obligations to the guru. It's not unpleasant but it's not spontaneous either.

ASA - Is your intellect spontaneously convinced that it will be productive, even if your senses may be a little torpid?

Thank you for your response to my previous letter:

Nimai graduates tomorrow and prepares to go to university. He has not yet decided 100% what he is going to study. Here you usually study two things at the same time and, it seems that it will be law and also something related to economics, business management or something like that. He has until September to decide.

ASA - Why not Law and History?

As for Bhakti Vaibhava's fellow students there are several acquaintances: With Karuna Sakti d.d. Let's go through the fourth module together. We did Canto 2, then Canto 1, we repeated Canto 2 and now we are doing Canto 3. Later other devotees have joined such as Caturatma, Abhiram Thakur, Pati Prana d.d., Mathura Mani d.d., Guru Govinda d.d, and others . I am happy to be in the group with a good teacher and good students.

ASA - You seem to be one of the most fortunate people in the world. Would you trade your position for the Pope, Putin??

Yesterday I read an interesting article about a book by a Professor of Ancient History at the University of Malaga and I share the link:

https://www.eldebate.com/cultura/libros/20240504/trajano-gan-ying-sahadeva-encuentro -rome-china-india-2nd-century_194263.html#utm_source=rrss-comp&utm_medium=wh&utm_campaign=fixed-btn .

It is about a book that this professor has written explaining the connections that existed centuries ago between Indian, Chinese and Roman cultures (east and west). It is good to know that there are some scholars who cite historical periods from Vedic times. (talks about three historical figures such as Gang Ying in China, Trajan in Europe (born in Seville) and Sahadev, one of the five Pandavas in India). I think it is somewhat curious that we have not detected this Spanish academic.

ASA - Could you understand enough about the book from the article to see if he had substantial evidence for his thesis? The Pandavas lived in Dvarpara Yuga. Has he appreciated that factor?

Thank you!!

We look forward with joy to his future association and to be able to do some humble service for his well-being.

Thank you

ss (his servant)

Jayanta das

HpS/ASA - Can you help us with some plans for our visit to Spain?

TODAS LAS GLORIAS A SRI SRI GURU Y GAURANGA

TODAS LAS GLORIAS A SRILA PRABHUPADA

TODAS LAS GLORIAS AL SANKIRTANA ETERNO YAJÑA PARA ESTA ERA.

Querido Guru Maharaj, espero que estés muy bien, porfavor acepta mis respetuosas y más humildes reverencias, después de mucho tiempo te escribo, por mi seguridad no quiero que mi carta sea pública, porque esta persona Milan Ray me volvió a escribirme a mi watsap entonces preferiero seguir manteniéndome en reserva de mis cosas con los vaisnavas y solo hacerles saber a Ud. y a madre Gaura Gadhadara dasi y madre Karuna mayi dd

Mi reporte es el siguiente; estoy cantando 16 rondas, siguiendo los 4 principios, ayunos de ekadasis, cantando 3 gayatris, yo me levanto 4.30 am., estoy leyendo el Srimad Bagavatam canto 4 cap. 9, terminé de leer el libro “El tesoro escondido de Navadwuipa” y El libro “Navadwuipa Parikrama”.

Estoy viviendo en Mayapur, me siento muy feliz aquí, hay protección en todo sentido y tengo la buena asociación de M. Gaura Gadhadara dasi, M. laksmirani d.d. , Matidayini d.d., Tulasi kunja d.d., Yo hice el Navadwuipa Parikrama con mi hermana Gaura, escuchando muy atentamente a los pasatiempos que ella me explicaba, la asociación de Gaura es muy maravillosa y valiosa para mí, me gusta siempre escuchar sus enseñanzas de ella, también le ayudo a ella en el puyari de bhajan kutir en el pulido de las cúpulas de gaura nitay y en la limpieza del altar, me siento muy feliz hacer un pequeño servicio en el altar de las deidades de Srila Prabhupada, también ayudo a Madre Gaura en el puyari de radha madhava con la limpieza y a hacer algunas joyas, en las tardes participo de un grupo de devotos rusos de Harinam durante 2 horas, me entusiasma mucho y me llena de felicidad hacer esto, ayudo a tocar los karatalas, bailo con las madres, y me gusta ver bailar a los devotos bengalíes, tienen mucha inocencia y expresión de amor a Gaura Nitay.

Algunas veces me voy a cantar rondas a bhajan kutir y sentarme cerca de srila prabhupada, me ayuda mucho a meditar en El y ver como hizo todo esto en Mayapur y en todo el mundo, como la prédica de Srila Prabhupada tuvo tanto éxito y cuanta gente se está uniendo a su sankirtana, otras veces me siento delante de Radha Madhava y sakis a cantar rondas y le pido que porfavor me ayuden a mejorar mi yapa, y ha estado ocurriendo un milagro, mi yapa la canto mas lento y mucho mejor, siento que necesito mejorar mi yapa para una buena conexión con Paramatma y Guru.

En mis ratos libres, realizo un poco de hatha yoga y estudiar inglés por mi propia cuenta.

El inglés puedo entenderlo a un 70% cuando hablan, y mi conversación en inglés es muy básico.

Quiero expresarle a Ud. que los parikramas me gustan muchísimo y quiero hacerlo cada año, me gusta visitar los diferentes lugares sagrados, me gusta tomar baño en los diferentes kundas, a pesar que vi serpientes rojas en el kunda del Narashinja Pali, yo pude entrar después con el grupo de devotos, también entrar al Ganges y tomar baño es una gran experiencia espiritual.

Estoy mas de 6 meses viviendo en india, y adecuarme no ha sido difícil para mí, la comida, el clima, la cultura, me gusta todo y yo sé que puedo adecuarme más, lo único que extraño es a mis padres ellos tienen 70 años pero están juntos y pueden apoyarse el uno al otro. 

Despúes de leer el libro el tesoro escondido de Navadwuipa, pude entender muchas cosas sobre este lugar hermoso y sagrado lleno de pasatiempos, me siento muy bendecida por ud. Y por srila prabhupada de poder pisar esta tierra santa. Escucho sus clases gravadas y de esta manera me siento cerca de ud. Y me siento inspirada y medita que ud. Esta muy cerca de mi.

Muchas gracias por toda su protección querido Guru Maharaj, espero seguir reportándome con Ud. Que Narashinja lo proteja.

Hare krishna

Nadiya Nivasi Dasi

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ALL GLORIES TO SRI SRI GURU AND GAURANGA

ALL GLORIES TO SRILA PRABHUPADA

ALL GLORIES TO THE ETERNAL SANKIRTANA YAJÑA FOR THIS ERA.

Dear Guru Maharaj, I hope you are very well, please accept my respectful and most humble obeisances, after a long time I am writing to you, for my safety I do not want my letter to be public, because this person Milan Ray wrote to me again on my WhatsApp So I prefer to continue keeping my things secret with the Vaishnavas and just let you and mother Gaura Gadhadara dasi and mother Karuna mayi know.

HpS - Hare Krsna. It has taken us 3-weeks to open this letter, and now we see that we cannot read it because, as we have posted repeatedly, Sannyasi and B'cari should not have private conversations with beautiful young women.

Or even kindly, ugly old women. 😎

So... please write to us by Whatsapp with a copy to a Brahman dude, like Ananda maya Das et al.

O.K.

We do want to hear about you.

We want to hear that you in the middle of this Battle of Kuruksetra and even though you have not been able to dodge all the arrows, you are getting back up and fighting for Srila Prabhupada's, Lord Caitanyas's ISKCON daily!

Jaya.

......

Hare Krishna

Nadiya Nivasi Dasi

Hare Krishna.

Dandavat Pranam Guru Maharaj 🙏

Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada, all glories to Sri Sri Gour Nityai.

Hare Krishna, wishing you a happy Mohini Ekadasi and an early happy Narasimha Chaturdasi. I apologize for the delay in my communication. Please forgive me. The Sunday GoToMeeting (Bhagavat Katha) made me feel closer to you, which is wonderful.

HpS - ASA - AgtSP! Ditto! So nice to hear from you.

Guru Maharaj, I am now 26 weeks pregnant with another baby. We hope to have another good Vrajabasi devotee. This is only possible with your mercy, "Mukam karoti vachalam pangum langhayate girim yat kripa tam aham vande sri guru dinatarine." Only through Guru's grace. I beg for your mercy.

HpS - We are just dancing frogs 🐸 at the feet of Srila Prabhupada!

We are trying a little bit, but should try more! 💪🐵.

By His Divine Grace and Sampradaya may we understand what Krsna's wants us to do as mother, father, daughter and son. Just like the Pandava's and get His work done!

I listen to the Bhagavat Katha by H. H. Bhakti Anand Haridasa Maharaj every morning and evening on Zoom. Following your instructions, my younger sister Manjuwali Mataji and I read the Krishna book together. I along with husband and daughter also visit the Sri Sri Krishna Balaram Temple in Vrindavan for darshan on regular basis.

HpS/ASA - Wow! So nice. We would like to be your children!

Looking forward to have your Darshan.

Sincerely,

Kalpalatika dd

HpS - Hare Krsna. Hare Rama.

I hope you can follow us on Twitter.

We can post a lot there.

Today we had Full Morning Service online.

SB with ISKCON Hawaii.

Local work on NIOS Campus development with Sri Hari Das et al.

Did one-quarter of annual accounting for ASA.

Went for 45-minutes walk along the river with NgD.

House and yard maintenance.

🏠 .. 🌴.🌴.. . .. 🏠

Did a drawing of Hanuman returns to Rama and just posted it to Twitter.

Let us look at some more mail.

AgtSP. Pamho.

Hare Krsna, Gurudeva.

As you are in, as you are, in the phase of consolidating the work or teaching you have done. I was thinking that maybe you can also consolidate on the work or view of time, you have gathered.

It will help for the generations to come for that reason I have put the Facebook which you gave one time https://www.facebook.com/share/v/ccEdRnCF6rqcuv3G/?mibextid=w8EBqM

34:35

I am ready to work with you on this front to whatever extent.

HpS/ASA - AgtSP. The link opens up and we go to the time place but it does not run when we click the right-arrow.

😦

Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity.

Henry Van Dyke

Trying to be useful

Das of Hayagriva

HpS - You are useful.

More!

Hare Krishna Maharaj

Please accept my humble obeisances

Srila Prabhupada's disciple Rajasekhar Das Bramhachari passes away – 12:16pm – Monday 13^th May 2024

Below is the reflection of HG Milan Radha Madhav prabhu who was present in hospital-

Another disciple of Srila Prabhupada passes away. Rajasekhar Prabhu left his body just now in Sri Dham Mayapur.

We were just there in the hospital, for some minor procedure when we were told that another disciple of Srila Prabhupada was admitted there.

Jananivasa Prabhu went to meet him. Rajasekhar Prabhu was very happy to meet his godbrother there. Prabhu was telling him about the Chandan Yatra and the boat festival going on in the temple. Rajasekhar Prabhu was smiling and nodding, as he was on oxygen support. He spoke a few words occasionally through his mask.

How much happiness they feel in the company of their godbrothers. Smiling and talking about Krishna and Prabhupada. Jananivasa Prabhu was telling him "Radha Madhava's boat festival is there tonight, They are waiting for you..". To that he smiled and said Hare Krishna.

Riddha Prabhu, also came in and also joined the conversation. He was taking care of Rajasekhar Prabhu while in this hospital. Just while they were talking, Rajasekhar Prabhu who was sitting there looking at us and breathing.

They were discussing about relocating him to a better hospital in Burdwan district. There was raising funds to cover the medical expenses. They were requesting Jananivasa Prabhu if he could help, Prabhu immediately agreed to give whatever is required. He told me to make arrangements.

While this conversation was going on, and we were ready to move. Rajasekhar Prabhu suddenly fell unconscious.

The doctor present there immediately went and did his best to revive him, but the machines indicated that he was leaving. How auspicious! In Sri Mayapur Dham in the divine association of his godbrother, Rajasekhar Prabhu left the world.

Seeing this right in front of my eyes was quite a shock for me. We all were chanting loudly the Hare Krishna Mahamantra. Understanding that he was leaving the doctor, who was a devotee — Sukhi Achyuta Prabhu, brought some Ganga-water and put in the mouth of Rajasekhar Prabhu.

It doesn't get better than that, such an auspicious departure of a sadhu. Another great disciple of Srila Prabhupada left the world. A decade of tears, as Kadamba Kanana Maharaj said, where most of our senior devotees will leave. May we take their association more strongly and learn from them the art of dedicating one's life to Krishna.

Here is the link of Memorial festival in mayapur https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGL4ZFRjsg2EtE-ibb8xTtlhHC6WY_vJv&si=KeNE9aBqw6NNC0q5

Rajashekhar Prabhu has compiled many books on Vrindavan, Govardhan parikrama, Srila Prabhupada in South India and Calcutta- City of Divine Grace . I was fortunate to get his association in last months

Hyour aspiring servant

Pranjal

HpS/ASA - Thank you very much. This is essential news for us. I think I remember very, very much appreciating one of his parikrama books. Even several.

Thank you.

Hare Krsna

Hare Krsna

ALL GLORIES TO SRILA PRABHUPADA!! AND TO HIS LOYAL AND FAITHFUL DISCIPLES LIKE YOU!!

Before I begin, allow me to sincerely and humbly apologize for not sending you this report sooner. It is true that ARTd has been quite busy in the NIOS editorial service and with his work at Visual-Impress, in addition, he has been experiencing severe pain in his right elbow (the traumatologist says it is “lateral epicondylitis” also known as “tennis elbow.” for using the keyboard and mouse a lot), but, even so, I should have tried to fulfill my service by informing you of his health and making a brief report. Excuse me for being a silly monkey disguised as good intentions. I am trying to correct this failure by writing a few minutes every day about what we are doing so that when the Ekadasi arrives we already have the report material, we just need to refine the details and send it to you.

HpS/ASA ['g'] - It, agtSP, seems to be very natural. Once a month seems to be good enough for a report. Of course, we have like 40-minutes talks with ArtDas almost every week.

Sankirtan.

In a future report we will talk about the academic sankirtana of NIOS-Hispanic and its website, now, this report will cover the entire editorial service of NIOS:

ASA - Was excellent report at the NIOS Board of Director's meeting last Saturday.

Book "KNOWLEDGE, WORLD AND TRUTH, an introduction to Indian philosophy." Author: Miguel Polo. The book is already completely laid out and the cover designed. Miguel and the University of Huanta have made corrections, on Thursday, May 9, the corrections will be made. I attach the approved cover. Do you have any suggestion?

ASA - We will look later and appreciate.

Book "Waves of Devotion" (WOD). Author: Danudara [Danurdhara] Swami. The progress and current status of the edition are as follows: Mother Purnamasi has completed the style review and the fidelity of the translation of the text from English to Spanish, so the entire text is now ready. Mother Indira Shakti is finalizing the preparation of charts and graphs (which are also being supervised by Mother Purnamasi). Mother Mitravinda is without a computer so only ARTd is doing the work of replacing the Sanskrit diacritics throughout the book. ARTd is expected to complete this phase in May.

ASA ...'g'... - He is a real hero. Hope his Car Pull Sin Drome is manageable.

We trust that by your mercy, Srila Prabhupada and Gaura-Nitay, the diagramming will be complete as an offering to Sri Nityananda on Panihati Chida Dahi Utsava on June 20. Do you have any suggestions regarding this?

ASA - No. It should give great satisfaction to his holiness danurdhara swami and change the course of the history of the world. Sankirtan Latino, Ki Jai.

SOLARIS Journal No. 8. We are in the final stage of the layout. The content of this number is as follows:

1.     The Importance of Indian Philosophy for NIOS. Hanumāt Presaka Swami (Professor Huber Robinson)

2.     ¿Can Empirical Observation Influence Scriptural Testimony? An Exploration through Jīva Gosvāmī’s Sarva-saṁvādinī. Prof. Ravi M. Gupta

3.     Works of Art and Ecology: A Proposal for Education from the union of Ethics and Aesthetics. Prof. Cynthia Farías Ulloa.

4.     University Social Responsibility: integrative ethical method that balances the individual and the collective in professional training. Professors Clara Krafft and Dolores Chávez.

5.     Sociology of food and the Vedic perspective for community development. Prof. Guillermo G. Sepúlveda.

6.     Spiritual Plan of Aztlan. Banner of Chicano resistance and resilience. Prof. José Luis Valencia González.

7.     The importance of cultural contact between the West-India-and-Latin America. Prof. Frank Sucari.

8.     Reviews: Ecology, Spirituality and Knowledge by Diana Sánchez (Danmy DD) / Jung, Man and the Symbols of Him by Renato Delgado (Roy Ramanada Das)

9.     Collaborations from other academic journals

ASA - Super. More than our minimal simian brain can fully handle! 

SOLARIS Journal No. 9.

To ensure that 40% of SOLARIS content is articles in English, we have talked with Radhika Raman and Aja Govinda so that in addition to writing, they invite other academics to write. We have also written to Professor Harsh Pradana to do the same in India. All three have responded positively.

ASA - Also, we can print articles in English from our NIOS books I think.

Currently in Spanish, the following academics have already committed to writing and delivering their article before July 30:

1. Art and history as vehicles for an education in values, Héctor Béjar.

2. Ecological crisis, climate crisis and moral crisis, Daniela Vásquez.

3. Resonance, serenity and synchronicity: Jung and classical Chinese thought. Claudia Lira.

4. A holistic view of east and west, Manuel Ángel Silla

5. The cultural Portal of this issue is dedicated to the 40 years of cultural activities of the INTEGRO Group directed by Oscar Naters and Ana Zavala. Any suggestions on this?

That's all for now, HAPPY AND HELPFUL SITA NAVAMI and NRISIMHA CATURDASI!!

Hare Krishna, Bhakta Manuel.

'Q'pop~ AgtSP. Hope your body is surcharged with super human ecstatic spiritual ecstacy.

These reports are worth a million dollars. Inspire others to do the same.

The book cover looks great!

NIOS and Unversity of Utah are shaking at the gates of Harvard and the Sorbone/