Letters to the editor

Hare Krishna dear Guru Maharaja

Please accept my humble obeisances. All Glories to Srila Prabhupada! 

I'm happy to write you. We are trying to participate in FMP and chanting rounds at the morning. I'm giving classes of Bhagavad Gita in Wilson temple twice a month.

HpS - ASA -- Are you going through one verse after another or are there topics that you are dicussing?

At house, my mother Gauri is recovering from an illness and I'm taking care of her. My daughters are trying to serve Krishna. My father has a radio program, so we are trying to preach and introduce Krishna consciousness. We invited m. Candramukhi, m. Isvari and we are thinking of inviting more devotees. We also have a study group with m. Isvari, p. Abhinanda, m. Nitya Kishori, p. Gandharva, m. Indira Sakti, Bhakta Juan, her wife Lourdes and Bhaktin Rukmini. We study twice a month.

HpS - Judo, Real Estate Marketing???

Trying to mantein sadhu sanga with friendship, knowing each other and sharing realizations. In the next report, I will send you some photos of the group. I'm reading again the Upadesamrta and inviting devotees to read it with enthusiasm.

HpS - Are you going out for work during the day??

I will try to write you more frecuently. May Sri Nrisimha always protects you. Please, if you could give me instructions and mercy for continue in this service. 

Trying to serve, 

Tarangaksi Devi Dasi

HpS - ASA -- Thank you. We will see you in like 11-weeks!    Become a great devotee!!

Dear Maharaja,

PAMHO. AGTSP. All glories to your service.

HpS - ASA -- Radhika says enough. (With regards to you not appearing in the YouTube video)

I think everyone here will agree we can never have enough HPS.

HpS - ASA -- Durga Puja is Sept 26th.
Rama-vijaya is 30th.
Bengal is on holiday until 30th, I think.
So, 29th August, Radhastami in Hawaii, 3rd September in Australia, Vamana-dvadasi and three more BIG holidays.    Hmmmm?????  Any comments from anyone????

The 3^rd is good. What’s your current itinerary/preferences if any? Last time you visited Brisbane/Gold Coast/Murwillumbah, Sydney, Melbourne and Perth. Are you planning same again? How long would you like to stay in each location? As soon as we have an idea of locations and dates we can fix dates for programs.

_{HpS-ASA -- If possible just meet some people personally and introduce yourself, and then give them the link to the Peru conference and then if they want more we can have a conference call etc.}

Yes certainly. I can arrange everything in regards to university programs from here “no worries mate” (maharaja). I’m currently touching base with Bhakti clubs at Universities in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. I already know most of the devotees personally so no small talk needed. Actually the only devotee I don’t know already personally says he has assisted you before in Houston. Radha Vinod prabhu(Ravi Jadhaw). He is managing the Bhakti club at University of New South Wales (top university) and is very eager to have you visit.

So if you are comfortable with Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne I will go ahead and arrange the university programs there. If you require any assistance in corresponding with local temples for accommodation, programs etc. I can certainly help there also. I’m not sure how arrangements were made for your last visit as Raktak Ji was still here making rotis then. At this point I haven’t been considering Perth in regards to University programs. Western Australia is practically another country for me so I’m not sure who or what goes on over there but if you need any assistance for Perth I can certainly try help.

Jai Hanuman!!

Ys

Dhruvananda Das

Australia

HpS - AGTSP, Mate!!!    Paoho....    Thank you so much for the letter.  We have been looking for tickets. Seems best flight to Hawaii is from San Francisco and from Hawaii to Sidney via Jetstar.  Is it and O.K?  airlines? Preaching programs will depend on our contacts there also. Like last time Dr. Samaresh arranged a strong program with Dr. Mabbett.

Recollecting Raktaka
We mentioned his recollections of being young fellow and begging at Hanuman Temple.  Another experience was when we were traveling with Nadia-rasa puri. I knew here and here parents when she was like four years old, then I met here maybe 18-years later when she was 22-years old. She wanted to go to India so her mother asked if she could go with us. Her father had left her mother and I guess here also many years earlier.

I said it was O.K. as long as we had other devotess in the party. There were several and Raktaka Das was one of them. There was interesting experience in Naimisaranya, but I will just tell what happend in Fazilka, Raktaka's home town.
We were visiting there. His family had a very, very small, house packed in on one street with other very lower class residences. During the day everyone just moved out into the street shuck peas, talk, live. Acros the street was Mr. Khuranna. He was a lawyer and landowner.

One day he took us all, maybe 8-devotees, to go the Flag Down ceremony at the Pakistan-India frontier. I think M. Rohini and Ananga-manajari and some others were with us??

Anyway, it was only like a 20-minute drive from Fazilka to the border and on the road we passed a de-militarized zone that was full of land mines, and bunker for immiate troop occupation. There was a double fence at the border and the road came down to a  big gate in the fence that could be opened up to allow traffic to go between India and Pakisthan, but never was.

On both sides of the borders there were little military barracks. Maybe twenty five Pakistani and 25-Indian soldiers on both sides.

This was a real case of Mano dharma, because even though they were ready to shoot at each other they probably were even cousins from just the other side of a chain link fence, what to speak of all spirit souls, servants of Krsna.

Well, we got there on time and the sun was setting and the Indian Captain put us in kind of a formal observation place on the roof where we could watch the ceremony and VIPS. Then they stood at attention on both sides and blew trumpets and saluted and marched and took down this flag, then that flag and then folded them in a coordinated effort.

Then we were going to go and Raktaka Das, who had been in the military, told me, "Really impressive sight, no?", and I said, "Yes", and he said, "It was a really impressive how they honor their respective countries, but, 18-25 year old soliders. Alone out here day after day, and a 22-year old chaste, pretty white girl is sitting looking at them. What do you think every single one of them is thinking about and trying to catch a glimpse of out of the corner of their eye?"

I laugher at the wisdom of Raktaka Das.   He was on the level of Jnana-maya by the mercy of Srila Prabhupada.

Hare Krishna, dear Gurumaharaj. Pamho, AGTSP!

I'm in Chosica again doing my service on education.

I wrote to you before asking for permition to continue my service under ASA due to the necesity of helping devotees in that area and you asnwered "cool". So I started several study groups. I think you forgot due to your several services etc.

HpS - ASA --- I remember in general and I think I indicated that it was O.K. to work as a member of ASA BUT if there were going to be specific details we had to work those out. We don't even have those for Nimsar to this point. The money we gave for legalizing Nimsar went to Baladeva's visit, no? We never got system worked out for even the Bh.Sastri diplomas with the National Council, but, to quote Bh. Vijna Swami of Russia, we are not fruitive workers. We want to teach even if there is not a formal system.

Some people got upset when you ask if I'm teaching despite NIMSAR suspension. I'm teaching as ASA teacher. Please, write about it, and confirm that if necesary, or tell me stop the programs. I'm just trying to cover a lackness in the area. I'm doing it for service. This makes me look that I'm cheating. Well. may be I'm. I think you know me well enough. If I don't do this I'll probably be watching movies and having chocote icecream all day long and eventually acompany that with some pot cause I'm a rascal.

I'm sorry for these stupid commentaries.

My paper work went wrong so I'll probably start my master degree in Agost if I still have the enthusiasm.

your stupid disciple.

(I don't know why I'm getting touchy lately).

LAD

HpS -  Again, we certainly agree that anyone can teach from Srila Prabhupada's books, especially if they are an ISKCON Brahmana.  So, I don't see that you are doing anything wrong in doing that, go ahead!   But, and also again, if we want to give formal diplomas: Guru-disciple, Bh. Sastri, Bh. Vaibhava, then we have to work those out with the Ministry of Education according to their rules. Nimsar was never approved for the Bh. Vaibhava diplomas, we all know that, and told everyone very clearly that I was stopping to be the Examiner for the Bh. Sastri diplomas.
What do you want to do?
What is your service to Krsna and Prabhupada even if everyone else falls away?
I want to join you in that!    I hope we are finding the answers to the above two questions for ourself and communicating it here in the Blog, Kapi-dhvaja, person contact, Twitter, etc.

If you want to give ASA approved courses, O.K.   Present them to us and we will work on it.  We are doing TLC now and maybe give and ASA certificate in the end. It would not be a Ministry certificate.  If you want to do the Bh. Vai./ Bh.Sastri then like Nimsar, it has to be approved.

Do you want to do that??    It would be very nice.  I am struggling to continue and advance those certificates and programs in both North American [and South America [and India [and everywhere]]].

What do you say?

Go ahead teaching the subject matter for sure if you can!  ASA approves that as we always have.

For Ministry approved certificates we will have to make some plan, work?   Maybe Bolivia could become an approved Bh. Vaibhava Center????
Eagerly awaiting your replies, even though you are "touched" (Means Crazy in American English).

Todas las glorias a sri sri gaura nitay

todas las glorias a srila prabhupada y a su sankirtana

Hare Krsna querido gurudeva, porfavor acepte mis más humildes y respetuosas reverencias.

Espero ésta carta le llegue, aquí reportándome; 4 principios regulativos, 16 rondas y 9 extras luchando para que sigamos nuestro voto de cantar más maha mantra, sadhana a las 5:00 am, adorando a las deidades JBS, silas ( tenemos una más es una krsna balaram), gaura nitay y krsna balaram, 3 gayatris, lectura del SB Canto 1 cap.15, todo gracias a seguir los estudios del bhakti vaivaba con p. Laksmana.

Aquí muchas cosas han cambiado; estámos viviendo en el centro cultural "Bhaktivedanta", los programas son miercóles y viernes y alquilamos  el primer piso para seguir con el restaurante llamado ahora Jaganata's hay de 20 a 30 personas en el almuerzo, distribuyendo también algunos extras, todo lo que se le cocina se le ofrece a las silas, la cocina es un pequeño puyari. El día es agotador pero tratamos de mantenernos en nuestro sadhana y rondas, aqui vivimos con p. Hari un devoto muy antiguo y su hijo p. Deva Deva Vyasa, agradecemos a krsna por permitirno asociarnos con devotos mayores que nos ayudan en nuestro avance espiritual.

Con los devotos de aquí Huancayo tratamos de mantener la casa alquilada que es el templo y el restaurante Jaganat's [Jagannatha's].

También sembramos choclo, habas, arverjas, calabazas en los terrenos,  hemos cosechado algunos productos y lo cocinamos en el restaurante para las deidades, tenemos un perro llamado kirtan es de raza peruano tiene ya un año

Gurudeva en cuanto al sankirtana de libros le diré que en mayo p. gadai y p. bhakta Percy van a organizar una marathon por Nrisinja y yo deseo apoyar con el prasadam de los devotos sankirtaneros en Huancayo, estámos muy felices porque en verdad no hay otra cosa que satisfaga más a Srila Prabhupada, yo siempre voy a estar muy felíz si mi esposo dedica su vida a la distribución de libros y al sankirtana de Prabhupada.

P. gadai le está escribiendo una carta invitándolo para que pueda venir a Huancayo en junio o julio, aquí hay vuelos en avión, ojalá se dé, lo extrañamos mucho y quisiéramos que venga a huancayo para que muchos jóvenes se entusiasmen más y la prédica se fortalezca en Huancayo

Hare krsna

su hija Nadiya Nivasi Dasi 

HpS - HAre Krsna. TlgaSP   Muchas, muchas, muchas gracias para su carta y noticias. Reverencias a todos los devotos. Aparece que Vds. son bien situado en Sri Dhama Mayapura con Senor Caitanya y Senor Nityananda. Solamente tiene que ver como los nuevos devotos convierten en Sankirtaneros como Vds.

Fotos, del edificio, cuartas, comunidad, Hari Das...

No se si podemos ir a Huancayo!  Ya tenemos Callao, Wilson, Chosica, Arrequipa, Santiago, Chocabamba. Pero podemos adjustar detalles en los siguiente dias.
Sankirtan...  Sankirtan... Sankirtan
Vamanos a los demas cartas juntos!!!!
Sankirtan.
Mas noticias. Ha ido a India, no??

Hare Krishna, dear Gurumaharaja, Pamho, AGTSP

I wrote you before, but I guess you were and are very busy.

HpS - ASA --- Was it over two weeks ago?  We have answered all the letters within two weeks, and this one said, not so Urgent so we would have got to it tomorrow. We are busy, but also lazy.

So, just to inform that I'm finishing my 10 days Cuzco educational tour.

Five students in Bhakta program, some Communications and Conflicts Resolution Seminar. Some Bhakti vaibhava and Bhakti sastri.

M. Goura gaddhadara is doing pujari and studying english. She is doing very well as always. Send regards.

I hope I can continue my service in this area with your blessings.

This is my ekadasi report. I'll do it regulary.

Thanks for your support.

Your servant,

LAD

HpS - We were wondering about you, very much. If we chant good rounds we get sufficient intelligence to do inspired service!
Please send us more news.

Chat during the FMP!

More news!   More news...  How will you accomplish the mission of Lord Caitanya?   You are still doing these Bh.Sastri, Bh.Vaibhava programs with Nimsar suspended? Details?

Querido Gurudev: Pamho. TgSP

Ya quedan pocos dias para su visita. Lo mas probable es que yo vaya a NVM el dia 5 por la mañana; así el dia 6 podremos ir a la Universidad desde allí. El Harinam, si Dios quiere, será el viernes por la tarde de 6,30 a 8,30. Posiblemente puedan venir algunos devotos de NVM.

La información detallada del Nama Hattha no se sabrá hasta que no sepamos el estado del tiempo. Si hace un dia muy bueno lo haremos al aire libre (posiblemente en el rio como la vez anterior) y si hace mal tiempo o frio lo haremos en mi casa. Esos detalles no cambian mucho. Lo importante es que los devotos sepan que se va  ha hacer un nama hatha y el dia y hora.

Espero que pronto podamos vernos y que su viaje sea mas agradable que la última vez que vino a España.

Su sirviente

Jayanta das

HpS - ASA - Jaya!  Sadu sanga, sadhu sanga, sarva sastra koi....  Solamente por momento de asociacion de devotos uno puede lograr el mas gran exito de la vida.