Letters to the editor

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!! All glories to Guru Maharaj HPS!! Guru Maharaj ki Jay!!

ASA - All glories to all the assembled Vaisnavas.

Kindly accept my humble obeisances at Your sweet Lotus feet...cool green lettuce ....packed with minerals and antioxidants!!!

ASA - The same to you and more of it.

Thank You Guru Maharaj for the reply. Here's the latest from Manipur. An elderly couple has donated a piece of land ,2.50 acres to ISKCON....this place (Kakching), is about 20kms from Imphal. We shall perform the Bhoomi puja on 5th May...as we are informed by Banamali Prabhu that this is an auspicious date for Mandir construction.

ASA - Oh, His Divine Goodness!  Were the innaugurators the Brahmana-Vaisnavas who will live there?

As I am associated more closely to Radha-Krishna-chandra Manimandir, I am not in direct contact with Yamuneshvar Das Prabhu who is based at Thoubal. Sadhubhushan Prabhu is out of station at the moment. Hopefully, he will be with us for Narashimha Chaturthi.

Sending you pics shortly.....the files  are too big..let me find a way out. Open them with 

ASA(UG) - We opened the Gopal that was 6MB, then Edited it with Resize, chosing, Web and the Saved As and now it is 234KB.

Yes Guru Maharaj , I am working as Professor of Physiology at a Medical Institute here at Imphal.

I remain ,

Your humble servant,

Sarada Gaurangi DD

ASA - Please complete the following paragraph: Once upon a time, long, long ago in a different Yuga, a little girl went to a distant village with her Grandfather and she saw _____

Hare Krsna!

AGTSP! Paoho.
Only backlog of eight letters in the Blog!  Now to work on the Disciple Reports!   Also, our Bh.Vai, essays etc. So much preaching, teaching, learning. Gardening.

We have cut away about 5-meters of hard, infected, plants that werenchoking our windows. James family came today and we finished reparing the two leaking faucets and the broken door, $180.09. We like doing this work but we don't have all the tools and some of the plumbing is too advanced for us.

Gopinatha Das from Houston, who gives us 50% discounts on HP Computers is coming in 6-minutes. He regularly comes here from Houston to work. We will visit, go to market, river Japa walk and class at NGDs home this evening.

Talked with Sesa Das for 30-minutes about the Seattle conference and everything. Very intense.

Talked with Lokanatha Das in Berkeley about visit.

Listened to the Hawaii class so that we can give a good class.

Had European workshop with The Namacharya Das!

Etc.

Also, played solitaire on our cell phone. It relaxes our brain! We will find better refrain!

Letters are nice!

Hare Krsna Dear Gurudev,
    Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
    All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
    All glories to Guru parampara.

    Hope you are good in health and doing well.

HpS - Health of body is O.K.  Health of soul needs work!

    Introducing - Venkatesh Bhandary.

    Name : S Venkatesh Bhandary
    Date of current birth: 15th January,1994
    Current family: Based at Suratkal, Mangalore(40km from Udupi Dham), Karnataka state, South India

    Languages: English, Hindi, Konkani(Mother tongue), Kannada, Tulu.

    Upbringing at home was in a pious 'brahmin' family environment, Gowd Saraswat sect, a branch of the Madhvacharya lineage. But there weren't
    much spiritual inputs at Home, it was all pious rituals. Real Good fortune arose when he got an ISKCON devotee's association in class in 11th
    &12th Grade(2009-2011). Philosophy was attractive, but couldn't really pick up as he was still doubting if the organization was authentic. The most
    significant touch came when he heard from an ISKCON initiated devotee, HG Haripad prabhu(ACBSP) at a students program(26th January,2013)
    hosted by student devotees at Manipal, Udupi- That was close to his engineering college. Simultaneously, he got in touch with student
   devotees(C/o ISKCON Pune) at National Institute of Technology,their center was 20min walk away from home.

    As you confirmed over call for to share the blog details so I would forward blog details to him for his direct communication with you.

   your fallen servant,
  Girivaradhari-Gopal Das

HpS - Jaya! How is your own perspective?  Are you looking to take Sannyasa in a few years? Thank you for introducing us to a new friend!

Hare Krsna Dear Gurudev,
    Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.

HpS - ASA -- Load bearing feet.

    All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
    All glories to Guru parampara.
    ASA - Jaya!

    Thank you so much Maharaj for India date, you are going to stay 3 weeks ( 27 Sept - 18  Oct ). If GBC meeting is in Mumbai then it would be good.

ASA - It is in Ujjain. 9-17th, but we will not be involved the whole time. Final estmate seems we will fly from Houston on the 27th of September and then return on the 1st of November. During that we will go for 10-days in Australia!  Any suggestions about how to adjust the within India/Australia schedule?  We will ask Mukunda in Kolkata and also look at the Puja Calendar etc. Just about ready to buy.

    Please let me check with senior b'chari in temple with above date and update you again.

your fallen servant,
Girivaradhari-Gopal Das

Hare Krishna, Gurumaharaja

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

All glories to your service/Sankirtan

Please accept my humble  obeisances 

'While you feed my soul, i can feed only your ....inbox. Im sorry i never write to you Gurumaharaja. I can't blame you to said i dont know details.

i just want to said [say] that im so happy that we can be instruments of The Sankirtan of Lord Chaitanya and specially under your guidance. Last Sat apr. 22nd i got the honor and opportunity to speak in the 7th Anual Hindu Youth Award and share my story and service as Hispanic second generation devotee in ISKCON. We spoke in hindi as ice breaker and was a good strategy. We talked a little with Ms. Suhag Shukla who is Executive Director and founder of Hindu American Foundation. We had the opportunity to speak about our services in the temple, Goswami Academy and how is determinating for everybody to promote the wisdom of Vedic Culture. Is only by your mercy.

HpS - Our mercy. Your mercy and SRILA PRABHUPADA'S MERCY!!!!

We are finalizing our services  with Goswami Academy on May 26th and planning to have a 2-week road trip to columbus Ohio on June 1st.  Goswami Academy is getting good and experienced teachers for next year. Teaching this grades became such a experience that I felt that finally i found my place in Sankirtan,  serve this branch of ISKCON (education);  Starting for educate myself. Im been listening your bhakti sastri,NOI, NoD, SriIso, upadesamrita from Iskcondesiretree. Is interesting to see your differnet tones at that time and now. 

Sri sri Nitai Navadwipa Natavara are changing my mood completly.  They just change the atmosphere in the home when i offer flowers and fruits. 

Im been trying to control my eating. I remenber one time you told me that eat lots of sugar is equal to break the principle of non intoxication. So, im trying to cut sugar, difficult task when my tonge is so attach to it and NilaMadhava dham is so generous.

ASA - Offer as many raisins to Gaura-Nitai as you want and honor the Prasada until it comes out of your ears and nose!  (Of course, this may lead to a step to the next level).

Japa walks in the mornings, runs in the evenings. Japa is  getting better with less sugar consumption. 

We are seeking for your blessings so i can visit Vrndavan again. I've been far from my husband almost a year. He has been serving Gunagrahi maharaji and cooking for his ekadasi programs, he wants me to go there and after come back to Ohio.

HpS - Jaya!  A good man's hard to find.

Im trying to learn how to interact with his mood and personality, definitely  association is a sacrifice.

ASA - So is brushing our teeth but the result is good!

But we try to see it as purification. I realice how attach im to be recognized  and how sensible im to chastisement. But overall we seem to work fine together. 

We are getting contacts to get into Ohio state University, also seeking for your blessings.

i saw in your Calendar that you attending Sadhu Sanga. Is that true?

HpS - No, we will be in the Jungle during Sadhu-sanga!

Also i add some of the pics of Goswami Academy Drama on Rama Navami. :)

ASA - Jaya!!!!  Tomorrow is Sita-avibhava-mahotsava!!!!

your servant 

Govinda Pramodini Dasi 

HpS - How is your Father's family? Who is your Husband's family. Who is your eternal family?

Such nice monkey constumes!!

You have made an eternal contribution to Srila Prabhupada by your service in the Academy. No one will ever forget. When you are old, boys and girls will come to you and say, "Do you remember me?"

Hare Krishna, AGtSP!

PAMHO

Dear Gurudev, It's been several months since I last wrote you and I'm very happy to get back to you.

HpS - Happy to hear from you!  No news from Hari-qripa!

I have known that it is very possible that you travel to Peru in a few more weeks and that you will be in several cities including possibly Arequipa. Be assured that you will be very well received, since the Arequipeño devotees have a lot of affection for you, Maharaja.

HpS - Likewise. I hear from Laksmana-Das that we will leave Lima at 6AM, July 15th for Arrequipa and leave Arrequipa 8AM, July 17th. Let's spend time together and invite new people from the public and personal acquaintances. Write here with plans for promoting our visit and your Sankirtan. We have such a nice gift for people.

In any case, we will try to provide you with the best possible service in preaching, and we hope to take initiation with you, either in the temple of Arequipa or in the temple of Chosica; According to the time you have and the most favorable circumstances. We are at your disposal, with the attitude of not being an impediment, but rather, to serve as help in everything that is within our reach.

I commented you, that I finished satisfactorily, my first studies of Introduction to Bhakti Yoga that dictated NIMSAR Peru, in charge of Prabhu Laksmana-Agraja dasa and also already they gave me the letter of recommendation of the temple of Arequipa that presides over the mother Manasi-Ganga DD. Necessary documents, according to the regulation for new initiates, requested by the GBC in its Official Policy of May 2013, in force.

HpS - You passed the Disciple Course?

Finally, I must confess that I try to follow the 4 regulative principles in full, and sing 16 rounds of japa daily, but I still have to get up earlier and concentrate on reading Srila Prabhupada's books more. Fortunately, I have the permanent support of my devout friends in Arequipa and Chosica, who are always encouraging me to remain firm and constant in the process of Krishna Consciousness.

I hope you are always healthy.

Your humble servant,

Bhakta Renato.

HpS - O.K. News from Arrequipa!  Who is the best cook?