Letters to the editor

hare krsna maharaj,
PAMHO, AGTSP,
thank you very much for picking up our call  two weeks back while we were in bus. we were able to hear you a little bit, but even that  was satiating to us ?

can you answer this question again, why does mind wants to follow rules and get agitated when it is not able to follow them ? why some times it does not want to follow rules ?

HpS - Hare Krsna!   I don't exactly understand.   It sounds like a very specific question, no?  Of course the basic answer is in NOI, Text One: The mind likes to be attached to certain plans, "avirodha priti", and when this is blocked, then "yukta virodha krodha", anger results. That is just the way the mind is, like the sky is blue and grass is green.

So: http://www.vedabase.com/en/sb/2/6/34

Is some enlightement?  Some times it does not like to follow them: NOI 7 - It is in jauniced state, doesn't like sugar.

you also said.. just chant be happy ? how can be  happy by just chanting until unless he has purified himself or chanting offenselessly.

HpS - Prabhupada says that. Chant Hare Krsna and be happy, become happy. Jesus Christ said pray to God and become happy. Prabhupada explains that this is like telling someone who is suffering from bad disease, coughing up blood, go to the hospital, you will be cured.

It is true but you have to approach the Reception in the Hospital. Fill out the forms, talk with a doctor, have tests....   But the basic principle is go to the hospital. So in the begining our chanting makes us pious, "srnvatam sva katha Krsna, punya sravana...", material distress dimishes, things start to become auspicius...   prema, happy in being able to offer something really tangible to Krsna's efforts.

trying to hang on
harsh

HpS - http://www.vedabase.com/en/bg/6/40.  You have been hanging on for so long that there can be no doubt about good results.  Everyone is different!   We hope to see some tangible results soon.

Can you contact Acharya ratna Das, Temple President in Kolkata and tell him we will be in India from 1 January t to 15th February and of course we want to work with him and the Kolkatta yatra.  We tried Texting, Calling and writing to him. We think now we will be in Kolkatta from 10th January to 17th. Does he have any suggestions about how we can help them??

Hare Krisna, dear Gurudeva. Please, accept my humble obeisances. All Glories to Srila Prabhupada.

I hope you're fine in all aspects. We are fine by Krisna's Mery in our new stage as parents.

I had a very dificult time by administrative issues and bad relationships with some devotees for that. Whe somebody fall down in offenses his spiritual life falls down with him. But step by step I'm going up, I'm stronger before and I'm giving value that it give it. I'm selecting better my friedships in Krisna's conciousness and I'm protecting to open my mind needlesly. You told my onetime ago I had to get association with devotees with similar nature, and I'm learning to do it, taking skelter in senior devotees as Yadunandana Swami.

We're in Madrid's Temple administration. The proyect is going on weel, growing with new devotees, new initiations. We don't stop. Very intensive but happy. We remoleled the ashram in July. It looks new.

Manu is 5 moths old, but he is very big, entusiastic.

Well. When do you come to Spain again? Do you need something to come? If you need something, please tell me if you think I can help you.

Thank you for all, for your gretting in my birthday last Oct 3th. Please forgive my offenses.

You humble and ethernal servant, Dandava Das.

HpS - Hare Krsna!!  It has been so long since we heard from you!   Yes, learning how to deal with politics in ISKCON is essential.  We have to deal with incredible politics if we want to participate in the different parties. Balarama leads one group of cowherd boys and they have competitions with Krsna's followers, but they only do it to increase the understanding of how to serve Krsna.

Prabhupada used to push Tama-krsna to fight with him on philosophical points. Then when he fought with Karmis it was simple.

We wanted to visit Spain on our trip to or from India: Start of Januar or middle of February, but the cost kept coming back as high, high, high.

We got our ticket round-trip to India from Houston for only $785. That is about $200 less than the cheapest that could be expected. No matter what happens we will set some priorityu and come at come time on a separate trip from USA.  Krsna will make it clear what he wants.

Sananda Devi Dasi is doing a lot of work on this Psychology and the Sacred Sankirtan.

Real nice baby! ..... !...

Todas las Glorias a Srila Prabhupada!!!

Hare Krsna Guru Maharaj, reciba mis respetuosas reverencias.

Estamos en Huancayo, acá esta mi respuesta a algunas preguntas que me hizo en la carta anterior:

Con quien esta asociando alla?  Hay unos devotos mayored in Huancayo?

Acá nos estamos asociando con Madre Laksmirani, Prabhu Ranchor Dwarka, Prabhu Ram Bhagavat, que son los encargados del centro de perdica de Huancayo.  Ellos son devotos mayores, devotos antiguos que estan siempre manteniendo los programas los dias sabados y miercoles. Claro como en todo lugar, aquí también hay problemas entre devotos.

Pero mejor relacionarse más con Srila Prabhupada a traves de sus libros.

HpS - Si, y los libros (NOI 4-6 por ejemplo) nos da una buena perspectiva como distinguir diffentes clases de devotos, no? Tambien NIO 10, de Vikarmis a Radharani

Puede desarollari contacto con la Iglesia Catolica or otros?

Si, en realidad se puede hacer todo eso, pienso con una buena organización en equipo.

Hice un analisis de mi propia vida, antes que predicar a otras personas, tengo que predicarme a mi mismo, mejorar mis rondas de Japa, mi Sadhana, mejorar los 4 principios, luchar con mi mente asquerosa, tratar como a una Dama a mi esposa y no ofenderla, mejorar mi caracter, cantar mejor mis rondas.

HpS - Mucho hacer!

No voy a poder realizar un centro cultural en Huancayo, tengo que mejorar yo mismo como persona y tratar de ser un ser humano, pienso solo poder ayudar a Srila Prabhupada con la distribución de Prasadhan y de sus libros, ayudar a los Sankirtaneros, SOLO  MARATONES  DE  SANKIRTAN..... es lo mejor por el bien de todos..... perdoneme si no puedo seguir su instrucción.  Espero que cuando yo mejore como persona poder realizar su instrucción.

HpS - Claro, mejorar su mismo! Peru achintya bheda abheda, para mejorar nuestra mismos, tenemos que associar con otrs: Krsna, Gopis, Gopas, Narottama Das Thakura, ISKCON pujaris, Sankirtaneros... Desarrolla su caracter pero en el mismo tiempo desarrollar su Iglesia, no?

Luz de la Bhagavata es super para predica, no?  Puede imprimir unos Textos de ww.vedabase.com, Espanyol, y distribuir,

Si en realidad es muy bueno, La Luz del Bhagavata, distribuirlos, mas libros en las calles!!!

organizar seminarios en temas especificas.   Vamos a Peru en Abril-Mayo!!

Claro podemos ayudar a que algún devoto mayor sankirtanero pueda dar alguna conferencia en alguna universidad ó auditorio municipal.  Espero poder verlo en Abril - Mayo...

Hare Krsna Guru Maharaj, me despido, espero verlo en Perú...

Gadai Gauranga Das

HpS - Hare Krsna, Hare Rama!!!  Gracias a Vds.   Unas experiencias de su Sankirtan!!!!

Hare  Krsna SS Hanumat Presaka Swami,

PAMHO. AGTSP.

We feal that your health is not well. The deterioration of the body it is unavoidable all we pass through it. We pray to Krsna to improve your health .We have your good partnertship for longer.

Here our report:

1.-LAD continue teach course Disciple of ISKCON  in Chosica Temple. It is for 2 months.

2.-Karuna Krsna d (Secretary of National Council) said me he will write to you and answer his [YOUR] letter.(the letter send to National Council).

3.-We send a brief report of NIMSAR to SS Jayapataka Swami (by whatssap).

HpS - Do you know Atmananda Das and Divya-priya DD? He told me to work with them. I have exchanged letters with them one time and was very friendly and enlightened about situation in Peru.

4.-Talking with devotees authorities about education in ISKCON:

4.1 There is a confusion about of what they think that preaching is the same as education in the sense of that all students must become preachers. With this logic, therefore if there is not preacher is fault of NIMSAR or that we going to take preaching.

HpS - Preaching means teaching, but there are many ways to do it, no? Yad yad acarati srestha: For the common people the preaching is done by the twice born by there example. The mother explains things to her children. Yamaraja preaches to the Yamaduttas after they return for trying to arrest Ajamila. Scripture is the basis of all these things. The twice born Prabhupada wanted to have this Bhakti Sastri level, but for people who only take first initiation, they don't need to get this knowledge formally. They need to get it informally like through puppet shows and hearing discourses by the Brahmanas put into their language.

4.2.-They say Most of NIMSARs members hasn't lived in ashrama so they dont have certain about maturaty to teach.

HpS - Of course there will be so many personal opinions and we shoudl deal with them like that, no? Individidually and personally, but then as an institution we need to have public discussions, then make public statments and rules and regulations. It is the second class relationship, administrative, like Arjuna.

4.3.-There has not been a good  attitude for some members to authorities.

4.4.- Authorities need teachers for ashrama. And for this Karuna Krsna d give seminars for temple of Chosica y NIMSAR only courses.

HpS - We don't understand the grammar in this???

5.-Some good devotees have recommended that NIMSAR  is low profile for some time (coulb be to April).

6.-What requirements need NIMSAR for enroll in web of MED (Ministery of development of the education)????

HpS - MOE (the name has changed) has the Board of Examiners, and different Temples, ISKCON institutions, can be registered as Bh Sastri, Bh. Vaibhavi centers etc.  The information is on the web site. It is rather disorganized to my point of view, and I am a Member of the Executive Committee of the MOE: http://iskconeducation.org/category/schools/iskcon-board-of-examinations/

I would say that education in ISKCON is just as disorganized on the global level as it is in ISKCON Peru. So we have to each fly our own airplane: Understand what is the goal of education and how to achieve that, then do that as friends with others and then also work on developing it in our institutional roles. GBC Secretaries also have friends within the institution.

With afecction
NIMSAR team.

HpS - Thank you very much for your letters!!!     We seem to be making real progress!    Now to more mail!

Hare Krsna,

If anybody is available, Dr. Samaresh sent us notice of a program by an associate in Irving, Texas on the 23rd, Sunday.

125 w. scotland dr, irving texas 75062

Poster attached!