Letters to the editor

hare krsna dear Gurudeva!!! 

All glories to Srila Prabhupada and U!!!    

Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet

ASA - Lettuce feet.

Here we are after some months from our last letter....  HOW ARE YOU???

ASA - Just like you! Struggling with our senses and Kali-yuga and our selfish greed.

We are OK for a transplant patient for 2nd time and still dealing with weight... As our ayurvedic doctor said no matter how much you weigh the important thing is the energy we have to do things

ASA - Yes!   It is the energy!

... so in that case we can say we are still alive... We read all your "BACHELOR BEANS ESSAYS" and most of the time we feel so connected with what you write... and we try to follow all your advices ("...you should eat as much as you can hold in your cupped hands ...", "...Eat like a King in the Morning, a Prince at Noon and a Beggar at night..." etc) the body is always telling us what is good for us... we follow some diets to improve our energy and by the mercy of Krsna our energy is improving, and about weight... well doctor said it's gonna take some time but now we know a little bit more our body... how to control agni and be more conscious of what we eat.

ASA - Even a little Ayurveda helps SO much.   Never going to perfect this body. Always some sand in the sweet-rice. Look at Maharaja Parikshit.  He was trying to make his kingdom heaven on earth, and Krsna pulled him out: I don't want heaven the prison house!!!  I want purification in the prison house. Take you Doctor and all the Hospital Staff back to Goloka with you!

Next week we start a new year in the school, this time and we will tutor children of sixth grade (12 years old)  and continue teaching english in secundary. We had to quit our job in the embassy of India because it was too much for us... we have this service in the school, classes at university ( Finally in August we finish the carreer), Waldorf Specialization ( five years)... so as doctor said do not push yourself too much...

ASA - Super!   Super!   Super!           You have to write some deep comparison, contrast between Bhagavat Education and Waldorf Education. Work on a book. Post is here.

By the mercy of Srimati Vrindadevi we have 3 tulsi plants in our home... they grew after more than one year of putting the seeds... it was incredible... Our sadhana is still low.... but we keep reading and chanting as much as we can... No Sanga yet, no temple program, but with our family we try to do something at home... specially the altar ... our Mom is so impressed everytime deities change the clothes that we try to keep that service not only for her but for everyone who comes to our house.

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Well these are the things we are doing now.... we always have hope to improve in every aspect our our life...

thanks a lot for all your support and all your patience

Your eternal stupid servant 

Patraka Das

ASA - Lets hope that we are eternal stupid servants and not eternally stupid servants.  Every time we fall, we should learn from that. You can become like th Mayor of Lima or famous Poet or so many things as you become better at Sadhana.

#1 - Chant Hare Krsna!   Adjust to get 16+ good rounds done!!!

All Glories to Srila Prabhupad

All Glories to the Sankirtan movement by Sri Krishna Caitanya

Dear Guru Deva I hope you are fineness and thanks for holding on the path to learn how to surrender to Krishna's mercy.

There some topics to if you like I want to know.

1. About fast on Ekadasi: why the honey bee must be avoid?

HpS - Very nice to hear from you. Now you are 38-years old. Are you going to take Sannyasa?    I don't know why we avoid honey on Ekadasi. Maybe because it is strong food and the idea is to let the body rest on Ekadasi, no?

2. About association: when we have friends favourables to Krishna consciousness and then they take initiation iskcon away, what's better to do and to avoid on the relationship?

HpS - Text 4-6 of NIO talk about that, no?   It depends on the particular situation. Maybe they are Kanistha adhikari and they just don't have a mature idea of ISKCON, Diksa etc. Maybe they are Indian and their family are devotees of Ramanuja acharya so they have taken diksa in that line but all appreciate Srila Prabhupada as the current Acharya of all Vasinavas. Very particular.

Thanks, actually I keep on siksa programming by CDM (congregation development ministry) and we are try to  make a program parents and Childs for. According to your learnings. We like to help with some tools on this works. I organise some samskaras for congregational's devotees.

I would like to chant the holy name without offences and just by the shadow of your lotus feet.

PostScript: We are waiting for the baby name still. (Of the previous letter)

Thanks to much, your crew member: Aniruddha Krishna Das

HpS - Please, what is the question about Baby Name. We have not seen the previous letter. Maybe because we were traveling!  We will be in Mexico for six hours June 21st!

Dear Guru Maharaj,

Please accept my humble obeisances, all glories to Srila Prabhupada!

I hope you had a rejuvenating trip to the holy dham! I'm anxious to meet with you when you return to California... it feels like it's been such a long time! I haven't heard any response from the last two letters I sent, so they should be in the blog history in case you missed them. Maybe you were busy, or no internet in India? I can also try to resend if you like...

HpS - AGTSP!   Paoho.  We just talked with you on the phone!   Yes, we only answered URGENT letters while traveling.  Too much physical interaction with devotees to also answer letters.  Resend them if they are important...       Was very nice to hear about your Sankirtan and Cat-Boy-Dog cure for Parkinson's syndrome.  So much possibility for preaching in this area of Art and the Sacred. Abhirama Das is supposed to be signing the Memorandoms of Understanding with the National Library et al in Peru and then reporting here.

Life here in California isn't easy, and I'm still living hand to mouth, trying to do something worthwhile as an artist; but somehow or other I manage to keep all my vows and have some kind of morning program in the temple or in the van if need be and I study as often as I'm able, but not as much as I'd like. I'm working hard to carve out a niche for myself in spiritual art and like you said Krishna seems to provide everything I need for service.

Recently my sankirtan has been focused mainly on music festivals. As far as I'm concerned it's by far the most fertile field for preaching to young people in the US, so I was seeking help from devotees who have a similar vision. Since I'm kind of on my own out here, my options are limited, but at the same time I have a great opportunity to engage sincere devotees who have a hard time fitting into mainstream ISKCON.

What we do is set up a big tent and an art display and perform Kirtan by the path so all day people stop in and chant with us and I collect contact info and distribute books and paintings. My friend Arya does massage and sells wellness products, chanting beads, etc and later on I set up by the stage and paint live. The whole time people come and sit by me and ask questions and I use my art to tell them about Krishna and meet tons of really favorable, open minded people of all ages from all over the country. It's hard to find words for how amazing the last few weeks have been. By your mercy, every time I have some doubt or frustration Krishna intervenes in my life and makes a way for me to move forward.

I'm starting to see some light at the end of the tunnel... I've got so much positive feedback and some promising leads too, and I feel like it's only a matter of time before I'll have more time to start going deeper into bhajan again and doing more to directly support your preaching also. I'm having so much fun right now, and I see so much potential with this, but at the same time sometimes I worry that I'm just being whimsical by doing what I like for Krishna. Please let me know if there's more I could be doing to serve you, Maharaj. More than anything else I just want to know that you are satisfied with my service...

Your humble servant,

Ekashma Das

HpS - Yes, it is so nice to do painting in public. It naturally attracts people. They like to see the Puris being cooked, they like to see the art being drawn. Watch "Category B".

Hare Krsna Beloved Gurudeva

AGTSP PAMHO

Gurudeva. The last 2 years were very hard for me,

HpS - ASA -- For Sita, Draupadi, they had like 14-hard years in the jungle then it got worse.

but also very healing and rewarding. With my therapy, yoga, bhakti yoga. I have learned a lot and grow up a little bit I guess. With ups and downs but always trying to have iur association and other good devotees.

Nowadays I am doing vinyasa yoga and some days yoga pilates these combined with our sadhana helps a lot. Morover I have a page on facebook which is called "Armonizate con Candra" ( Harmonize with Candra). There I put some tips about relaxation, gym [gem, gym, would gimnasio] therapy etc. People come to my house.. and I give therapy there in the little cottage that we have in our garden. There I use aromatherapy there some Prabhupada's books also and I have the opportunity to preach also a litlle bit, I am starting doing also some essences that I learned in some workshops.

HpS - Sounds very nice. Don't change, just become perfect at what you are doing. I can tell you about one aroma therapy story of Prabhupada.

One of my patient is Melina Lavado, Jambavan's sister. She is now chanting some rounds and trying to follow the fastings and feastings.

We continue giving classes once a month in Wilson, Pujari once a week!

HpS - Jagannatha and Gaura-Nitai!

We renewed our contract with Alas Peruanas University , my mom and sis are ok. We basically are calm. Ulyses and Mia accompany us.

Well that's it. We are fasting nirjala until noon

Thank U for your association

Trying to be useful

Candramukhi dd

HpS -- Again. Don't speculate too much about how to do different things. Just work mostly on what you are doing, which sounds O.K., and how to improve it (a lot (rapidly)).  Have fun with Krsna!

HARE KRISHNA GURUMAHARAJji,

Dandawat Pranam.

Please accept my most humble obesence. All glories to GURU and GAURANGA.

Dearest GURUMAHARAJji, I am Bishambhar Gauranga Das from Silchar (India). I wish You can recall me! {Your Superman das}

Hope You are fit and fine and have reached to USA nicely.

A year back on this very day I was given the great privilege to take initiation under You as Yours disciple. I still recall that day as the most memorable day of my life. So remembering that day, today I am mailing You. In this one year I found many love and affections from KRISHNA. I whole heartedly thank KRISHNA to allow me to serve You when You came (last month) at Silchar. Is Your new walking stick comfortable, as because it was a bit longer than Your previous stick. Hope to meet and serve You more and more as soon as possible.

Thaaaaaank Youuuu GURUMAHARAJji for allowing me to be Yours disciple and also to serve You.

Please forgive me if I am disturbing You by sending this mail.

In India a professor can register only 8 students under his/her guidance and I was the 9^th student under my supervisor. Since 2015, I was not yet registered. It was this February (27^th) that I was supposed to occupy one recently vacant seat. But my supervisor denied taking me as his PhD scholar. According to him my work on meteorite study was completely experimental and for these experiments I would need machines for analysis which he could not access me (as because no machines are available in my department)!! So, now I am stuck. Now I feel that I am dame big looser. I don’t know what to do. I am even confused that why KRISHNA gifted me the meteorite!

Please forgive me for sharing my materialist sorrows with You.

Yours obedient das,

Bishambhar Gauranga Das

HpS - Thank you!   I also don't know. We should be checking on the utility of our path at every step, no?  This material world is crazy and always changing. We come to this human form of life after many millions of births, so any progress we make as devotees as eternal. What ever problems you have Lord Caitanya can turn them into BIG assets. So go ahead with your attempts to connect you life with Krsna's service. Talk with local devotees and send us more news.  The cane is very , very nice!

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada

Querido Gurudeva

Por favor acepte mis humildes reverencias

¡Hare Krishna Gurudeva! Espero que se encuentre muy bien, aquí Bhakta Rodrigo de Santiago de Chile.

ASA - Somos en el sendero de purification of Lord Chaitanya, so our future is bright.

Entendemos que usted estuvo en India muy ocupado, con muchos programas, reuniones y actividades. Por eso NO escribimos antes.

Lalita Madhava dasa me dijo que usted recibió y leyó nuestra carta, escrita en afiche surrealista*.

*Hoy martes estuvimos en el Centro Cultural Palacio La Moneda (donde usted dio una conferencia y la película La Luz del Bhagavata), estuvimos  viendo una muy importante exposición de Pablo Picasso.

Escribimos ahora mientras usted se encuentra en USA.

El motivo de esta carta urgente es el siguiente:

DALÍ,  nuestro perro, de mi familia, dejó el cuerpo este domingo a las 8:20 de la mañana. Pasaron cosas muy especiales, por eso cuento todo a usted. La historia es muy larga, espero poder resumir.

Dalí vivió 12 años y 6 meses. En enero se enfermó, el veterinario dijo que el perrito  tenía un tumor en la parte final de su columna (mi madre debe hacerse varios examenes, porque tal vez ella tenga un tumor en su cerebro).

Debido al tumor  el perrito perdió fuerza en su cola y piernas, y se arrastraba por el suelo. El veterinario le dió vitaminas y corticoides, entonces Dalí pudo caminar pero con mucha dificultad.

Este sábado en la tarde noche, Dalí se enfermó, tuvo muchos vómitos y estuvo muy muy mal.

(Mi padre y yo compartimos habitación y Dalí dormía con mi padre).

Mi papá estuvo toda la noche preocupado por su perro, yo despertaba a ratos y miraba a Dalí.

Como a las 8 de la mañana mi padre me despierta, porque el perrito estaba muy mal.

Entonces yo con un algodón puse tilak en su frente y cuerpo y el algodón también tenía agua del Ganges y agua de Radha Kunda.

Dalí estaba muy tranquilo, con mucha paz mientras yo lo tocaba con tilak y cante Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya y otros mantras.

Mi padre y yo estabamos junto a Dalí, pero mi padre salió de la habitación para tomar un baño y me doy cuenta que Dalí empieza a moverse (tiritar) para dejar el cuerpo y entonces yo tomo mi  mp3 y mis audifonos y los pongo en la oreja de Dalí.

Todo esto fue como 15 segundos antes que él dejara su cuerpo.

Dalí  murió con tilak y agua de Ganges y Radha Kunda en su cuerpo, y se fue escuchando "Jaya Radha Madhava" de labios de Srila Prabhupada. Escuchó cantar a Prabhupada mientras moría.

Yo siempre pensaba en Dalí y mi mayor deseo para él era que en su próxima vida tomara cuerpo de ser humano y fuera devoto.

En la noche del mismo domingo mi padre tuvo un sueño, y ayer lunes en la mañana mi padre me contó su sueño:

En el sueño Dalí le decía a mi padre "no llores por mi papá, oren  por  mí , yo voy  a tomar otro nacimiento".

Dalí tuvo cuerpo de perro, pero fue un gran amigo para mí y un hijo para mi padre. Mi madre y mi hermano Claudio amaban a Dalí.

Dalí muchas veces tomó Caritmrita, comió una vez maha prasadam de las Deidades del Templo, puse Tilak muchas veces y agua de Ganges y Radha Kunda, y todos los días escuchaba el Maha Mantra de manera indirecta (desde mi computador), el Maha Mantra cantado por Srila Prabhupada y Usted y otras canciones Vaisnavas. También hace 10 días aproximadamente puse en la boca de Dalí dos hojas de Tulsi.

Arjuna tiene su tienda de bicicletas muy cerca de mi casa, Arjuna es uno de mis mejores amigos y uno de mis Siksa Guru. Arjuna conoce a mis padres desde hace años y conoció también a Dalí. Arjuna hace poco estuvo en mi casa para ver a Dalí cuando estaba enfermo. Mañana miércoles Arjuna vendrá a ver a mis padres.

Tal vez  DALÍ fue uno de los perros más afortunados de Chile.

Este viernes su cuerpo va a ser cremado, por eso el carácter de urgente de la carta.

¿Qué puedo yo hacer para ayudar a Dalí en su viaje? ¿Cuál es el consejo de usted?

Mil gracias Gurudeva por ocupar su tiempo en leer esta carta.

Con mis reverencias eternas,

su inútil aspirante a sirviente,

Bhakta Rodrigo

HpS - ASA -- Hare Krsna!!   Muy interesante. Pienso qu ha realizado todo que puede realizar para el. Aparece que su proxima vida puede ser de ser humano - tomando Prasad, oyendo Krsna katha de Srila Prabhupada.

Es natural sentir separacion de un amigo, como el a ido en un barco, pero, no es que no mas exista. Entonces, continuando con sus propias esfuerzas de purificacion y si piensa de el orar para su bienestar. Ya es suficiente como yo entiendo.

Nos vemos en Julio, no?  Hay eventos entonces?

Cual era el trabajo de su Papa?