Letters to the editor

Dear Gurudeva:

Please, accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

Thank you for the continuos opportunity to get your association in live, trough Go to meeting and another media.

Very soon it is going to be Nityananda Trayodiasi.

These last days, I am being role playing, in the classroom, the pastime of Govardhana and some fighting with demons. I am sending you some pictures.

I have also writen a short story about genre [gender?] violence for a contest, since one school friend has encorouge me to do it. I included the Maha mantra. This way, I think the judges will read it. I am also sending it to you.

Still working, day after day. Life is hard and sometimes I feel tired. but thanks to devotees asociation and chanting japa, I am still in the fight, triying you to be satisfied with my minimum aportation to Srila Prabhupada mission, which is the real goal. Practicing sports also helps me. I practice triatlon adapted to my age, body and very few abbilities. Running allows me to reduce stress and anxiety after a difficult hard day in the classroom, with 17 child minds plus mine! Sometimes, I run, sometimes I swim and, less often, but sometimes as well, I ride the bike. And I do it with Nimai and Sarasvati. We all go together but Sarasvati with kids of her age. In the triathlon group, some people call me Purnamasi, since that is the name that appears in my WhatsApp and they like it.

Nimai is almost finishing his last year of school before the University. He still doesn’t know what to study, but his preferences are International Relationships and Economy. He is a good student and, most of all, a good person. Sarasvati, she is 10, very positive girl. Everybody likes her so, she is popular.

Thank you very much for your mercy.

Hoping one day being able to serve you properly.

Purnamasi devi dasi

HpS - Thank, agtSP, you. It is awesome when we think that there must be thousands of people like us in the world now.

You meet all the Purnamasi type followers of Srila Prabhupada and you all laugh to see how much the same you are and that you all are trying to do something and it is not just one of you but one thousand!

Thumbs up.

Encouraged to do your work.

I meet the 1,000 hps types, nimai meets the 1,000 nimai types.

\srila prabhupada has put life blood into the world.

things are changed.

iskcon is going into third phase.

what does jayanta das think about nimai's studies?

maybe try a lot of different things.

what about cinema?

Hare Krishna Maharaja, PAMHO AGTSP!

The picture below is an original painting of Sri Advaitacarya, released by 14th generation of his family, still living. It is believed to be made about 500 years ago.

HpS - Amazing. Where did you get it??

PAMHO AGTSP! All glories to Sri Sri Guru and Gauranga!

Hare Krishna!! How r u Maharaj!?

HpS - AgtSP!! Do you get our Tweets?🙂

Well here go some of the issues I was telling you in the former letter.

I began experiencing some problems with the mother of my child, some of them are pretty private, and the ones I can mention are:

1. She threatened me and my family, and took my kid away certain day with the police
2. She’s moving to a town a little far away from where I’m living, so I won’t be able to see her that often, and I’m really close to her so that caused me certain distress, and the accumulation of all this things caused me to get a little bit attached to tobacco, thank you and Krishna I didn’t fall so deep, I’m trying to follow your advice of at least not smoking before 6pm and I usually don’t smoke really much
3. She sometimes feeds my kid with certain egg-containing foods

Sometimes I’m feeling sleepy, and I force myself to stay awake because of the stressful situation.

I started a treatment with a counselor in order to quit smoking and seeking new ways to improve my health.

Could you please give me an advice?

HpS - No. Not really. 🙂 Nothing new. Go ahead with the tools Srila Prabhupada has given you. Be bold in chanting Hare Krsna loudly, often. All the:

Tobacco

Witches

Attachments

Etc

Will just dissolve like the fog as the Sun comes up.

Go ahead. You are on the right path. Just stick to it and lean how to progress on it better by practice.

Well beside all of that the quality of my rounds I feel have been better than ever, and also of my reading.

Prabhu Govinda Damodar referred me to a text in which Prabhupada says that in difficult times Krishna gives more mercy.

Also I’ve been feeling myself more enthusiastic.

Thank you very much in advance Maharaj!

Federico Molnár

HpS - Jaya!!

Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja, please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Still relishing our time with you in Houston. A fire was lit and we are keeping it stoked. Some times there are just red coals and other times there is a lot of light. Maintenance and steadiness is our constant work. Internally crying selfish tears half the time, though. Noticing everyday and sometimes many times within a moment, how I am like a spoiled brat. An ungrateful child in the hands of so much mercy. Not fully taking advantage of what I have been given. A kind of purgatory. And then your voice comes in..Durga has given the reins to Radharani. And your illuminations are remembered. A few things I know by heart and text 3 and statement in the purport of NOI comes to mind/heart: devotional service is so pure and perfect that once having begun, one is forcibly dragged to ultimate success.

Wow.

I endeavor to be dragged? Enthusiasm is more important than patience as I’ve heard you say. We’ve observed that when most rounds are done before breakfast and there is class then that momentum carries and we are able to actually give to others. Otherwise there is nothing to give really and it can feel like hell or purgatory. I don’t want to waist this life that you have given.

A lot of exciting new projects and pioneering work ahead here in New Biharvan dham. Our dear Kalakantha Prabhu has made Boise his number one focus for Krishna House and Krishna Lunch. Him and his good wife Jita Mitra Prabhu will be living here for a year and they are bringing other angels and experts to give us a strong push to get things going.

The New Biharvan perspective and bonsai tree is growing nicely despite so many challenges and opposition. I think about what you said a lot when I am feeling unhopeful..the temple is Sat Cit Ananda. I try to just lean into that and do my duties. Sing to God in His home, fix things here and there and be the janitor. Pretty good gig! Hope to just keep doing this after I die? Long row to hoe..

Here is a song/poem(it will change to fit music) I wrote for you this morning:

Profoundly Dying 

For you, we are trying 

But there is no try, there is only do? 

Well I know what will be done 

Can be done more for you  

Giant steps, baby steps 

Or a slow and steady crawl 

A leap of faith, an effort made 

or a care free flippant fall 

I want more with you 

And connection to that line 

Disciplic succession 

No more waiting for a sign 

It’s you, the one I will die to follow 

It is me, the false ego 

Many bitter pills to swallow 

To garland your shadow 

What is the need? 

When the root is watered 

And it grows from the seed 

Lighter, brighter days ahead 

And the mercy river flows 

Saintly joyous attributes 

From the crown down to the toes 

Rising above the gunas

Your arms stretched out like wings 

Attention sharpens 

If I can only hear you in the mornings 

Divinity blues sung in the darkest hour 

Preservation, cultivation 

Then the light comes rushing in 

As I offer you a flower 

Now it’s a good day to die, to die profoundly 

Thank you Maharaja for the constant inspiration. Your enthusiasm keeps our fire bright and illuminates Srila Prabhupada’s teachings for us. Praying that you heal quickly from the dental surgery! Transcend~dental

Eternally grateful and indebted, your aspiring servants,

Nitisara das, Anadi and Yamuna

P.S. We got the Improvisations for the Theater book like you suggested and have started trying out some of those exercises/games on our own and at Krishna Lounge. Thank you for that suggestion! Amazing young people coming each week and a very very sincere ex Christian.. hallelujah/hare Krishna!

HpS - The beginning part is very nice, where she talks about the fundamental principles of drama theory. she capitalizes the word Environment.

It think it is Paramatma yoga???

Very nice news.

You see we have been drowning in blood etc.

Yet getting to this wonderful mail, no!!



Hare Krishna Gurumaharaj.

Please accept my obeisances.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

Thank you for taking the time to read Rumi's poem that we shared and give your comments, which are very much appreciated.

Krishna Consciousness is ever-evolving, perhaps as you said, Rumi might be now an ISKCON devotee.. why not, that means going deeper into bhakti, the refined mellows that can be found only if you get entrance into Gaudiya vaisnanavism, especially, Lord Caitanya's teachings, six goswamis, down to our merciful Srila Prabhupada. Thank you for clearly and emphatically pointing it out.

Your wishes for the complete purification of my heart, less and no selfish motives, is my source of spiritual strength and enthusiasm to endeavor in KC, Bhakti process.

I know that you are busy with many important preaching services despite your physical health challenge. Nevertheless, please allow me to request you to have a look at my last annual report written more than three weeks ago, there are some questions that I hope you may answer eventually, if you consider it appropriate.

We will pass on your message to Aniruddha prabhu (who has to cancel his India trip due to manor strock like symptoms and medical recommendation).

Today is Jagannath Ratha Yatra festival here in Melbourne, Mahavishnu Swami and Harinam Ruci group are leading the Harinam Party.

Some visualisation can help me sometimes, so we attempt to envision you in the San Francisco Ratha Yatra, when Srila Prabhupada was there raising his arm chanting Hare Krishna mantra, entuesing devotees.. and of course, you in the some other Ratha Yatra festivals.. like the one in Chosica 1993 (?) with the whole gurukula kids and big Gaura Nitai deities (Them came from Wilson preaching Centre, all the way to lead the Hariman Party.

Thank you Gurumaharaj.

My obeisances and gratitude.

Ys,

Madhumanjari dd

HpS - ASA - AgtSP! Paoho. We are really struggling with the oral surgery, intense pain, bleeding, tons of Temple programs, Sankirtan efforts like the 4-movies which are meant to offer a consolidated perspective on whatever preaching Srila Prabhupada occupied us in.

The V-puja offerings and reports come in volumes!!

The best we could do was to;

copy and paste,

copy and paste,

copy and paste,

copy and paste,

...

copy and paste,

then into one file, where we can work on them all at one time.

It may take us a year to digest the whole V-puja!

On the other hand, if there are specific things that need more immediate attention. Then we can try to address them here with new posts!

Thank you.

Respects to The Anirrudha Das!

Hare Krishna Guru Maharaj,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

By Krishna's and Your mercy, we have published the verse book of all verses Prabhupada cites in Nectar of Instruction which You collected in Tava Pache Pache.

This is the link for purchasing the book on Amazon, Guru Maharaj:

https://a.co/d/7XLybi1

Your humble servant

Sri Rama Krishna Das