Letters to the editor

Hare Krsna, Prabhu,
AgtSP. Paoho.   Here we are back in our cave in Nashville and gradually getting everything sorted out. The symposium in Peru, "Psychology and the Sacred", was incredible. Now everyone is aiming for a global event in 2018, "Art and the Sacred".
We all listened to your 3rd Canto lecture and then had a discussion on it the following Saturday.
We made up up study questions for each lecture, and the links to listen to them on-line. You can see these Guides at www.jayarama.us/archives/godfather-diploma. Your's are at the bottom at "gf-vais...".
T H A N K   Y O U!

Canto Four?
      Maybe do that about Radhastami? About September 10th?

Your analysis has been very instructive. We think these lectures can be used by all the BhVai programs.
Can you look at more specific situations in Canto Four? In the gf-vais-sb3.docx above I went though a bigger list of the specific preaching encounters in Canto Three. Of course, we had no time this pass to look at each one, but even looking at a few was so amazing. If you could consider several of them and the specific situations and people involved as examples for us to take to heart that might be supper useful to us Sankirtan Slows.

Second thing is that we discussed first getting the educational content of these Six Cantos together, and then addressing the record keeping and educational administration. For our group the Tests are all over the place, if anyone has a copy at all. So this has to be be cleared up, and the same problem exists there for the two groups after us. So, maybe you, me, Hari-lila Das, who is running things in Texas, and our great Hero of Education, Srivasa Pandita Das, can get together for a few minutes by phone and make some strategy for correcting these problems.

For our way of mind, it is just as hard to develop an educational system, as it is to build dozens of Temples! Your association in this perspective has been so, so, so important for us.

Hare Krsna, Prabhus,

It is 11.13AM here. We come to NGD's home in the morning to us the WIFI for our SB workshop. Kala-kanta Das, a very senior devotee and Temple President of the Krsna House and the University of Gainseville is here. Many senior devotees visit here.

We answered the mail and now we will go with them to look at prospect of getting a house near the Campus here.

How are you?

We are catching up with the mail. We are getting stronger and stronger in our regualar Sadhana here. Almost certain now we will go to India 10 January to 10 February at least.  Maybe we go to Texas and Mexico for Christmas and Vyasa-puja. End the Marathon.

We bought book recomended by Radhika for writing Sankhya articles and the order number was "108"!

O.K. Some Japa and tonight at Start Meeting at 7PM for Saturday Night Live in Spanish.

We are Tweeting regularly in the hours before Mangala arati.

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     TweeTTT   .    Hare Krsna!

Hare Krishna

Reciba mis humildes reverencias Guru Maharaja,

Todas las glorias son para Srila Prabhupada!

Estuve en el templo de Chosica esta ultima vez que  tuvimos la dicha de su presencia, Maharaja. Tal vez me recuerde del sankirtan que hicimos al llegar a la entrada de la Universidad de la  Cantuta,  llegué algo atrasado, estaba acompañado de Puspa Gopal dasa, y nos unimos al canto. Fue una experiencia imborrable en mi memoria. Como también, la conferencia y las clases magistrales que usted dictó en el templo esos días.

Como le comenté en esa oportunidad, soy estudiante del curso de introducción al Bhakti Yoga de NIMSAR para aspirantes a devotos, paralelamente, estoy siguiendo los 4 principios regulativos y cantando 16 rondas de yapa (Japa. La "J" es como "G" in "Gino"); desde hace más de 9 meses. Mi tutor, maestro y gran amigo es Laksmana-Agraja dasa, quien ya está enterado que he elegido a usted para que sea mi maestro espiritual. 

Por esa razón, nuevamente le reitero mi mas profundo agradecimiento por haber aceptado esa posibilidad. Usted me dijo claramente, que dependía de mi comportamiento, que siguiera estrictamente las normas  y que concluyera satisfactoriamente el curso para poderme Iniciar.

Tengo mucho más que contarle y preguntarle, pero no quiero abusar de su tiempo. Sólo quisiera saber, con que frecuencia le parece más conveniente para nuestra comunicación? Cada 15 días podría ser?

Tomo refugio en sus pies de loto, Guru Maharaja.

HpS - Si cada docena. Cada luna nuevo, llena.  Bien, no?  Noticias de Hari-kripa y todos!  Centro, predica, programas, quien esta alla???

Estimado Gurudeva,
Por favor acepte mis humildes reverencias
Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada

El mes de Julio terminó, tuvimos la suerte de tener su asociación y de poder cooperar en el servicio del simposio. Es reconfortante sentirse útil en un servicio a Krsna, contagiados por el entusiasmo de Prabhu Abhirama y trabajando en equipo con otros devotos.

En el plano familiar, mis papás se están separando.

HpS - Pues es natural - Vanaprastha y Sannyasa, solamente hacer de una manner espiritual

Es algo que se venía venir hace muchos años. Ellos son buenas personas, y por eso se mantienen como buenos amigos. Como fue por iniciativa de mi papá, fue difícil para mi mamá al comienzo, pero ahora está cada vez mejor.

En el plano personal, sigo leyendo el Srimad Bhagavatam, voy a terminar el canto 2 pronto.

HpS - Jaya!   Companera de estudios??

Leo cada día, pero avanzo lento porque es mucha información. Es muy impresionante lo elevada que es la asociación de Srila Prabhupada y lo afortunados que somos de poder leer sus libros. Cuando termino de leer, y vuelvo al mundo real [comun], veo que realmente en este mundo material estamos muy locos y confundidos, y hemos perdido el rumbo. Y me pregunto ¿Cómo lograré yo volver con Krsna? Y veo que mi primer obstáculo es mi propio deseo de seguir aquí.

HpS - Si, pero Radharani (Hara) es tan tucioso, que Ella es buscando nuevo medios extraer nostros de esta mundo.

Sigo sin disciplinarme con mis rondas y mi hora de levantarme. Nunca fui muy disciplinada en la vida material, sobre todo porque no les encontraba sentido a las cosas. Pero en la vida espiritual esto es muy perjudicial para mí. Me siento frustrada y triste conmigo misma, porque intelectualmente entiendo la filosofía, pero me dejo llevar por la comodidad y el día a día. Cuando pienso en volver a practicar estrictamente como antes en el templo, creo que tengo miedo de volver a esforzarme y sentir que no avanzo como quisiera. Entonces pienso que tal vez simplemente debo ser más humilde.

HpS - Y mas experimentado.  Levanta temprano y haz sus rondas muy bien en Ekadasi.

Este mes quiero hacer mejoras y poder reportar avances en mi siguiente reporte. Especialmente porque estoy cada vez más aburrida de mi vida material. (Disculpe por la carta muy larga, intentaré ser más breve!)

Muchas gracias Gurudeva por su asociación.

Su sirviente, Nitya Kisori dd

Hoy leí esto, quisiera que esta frase se quede en mi corazón, significado SB2.9.25:  La perfección de los deseos puede alcanzarse cuando uno desea servir al Señor, y el Señor también desea que toda entidad viviente destierre todo deseo personal y coopere con Sus deseos.

HpS - Y El Hermano Menor, como esta?  El Papa y unos familiares aprecian los libros de Srila Prabhupada?     Ensyansas de Senor Caitanya para El Papa y libro KRSNA para La Mama y La Tia.

Hare Krishna Maharaj

PAMHO. AGTSP!

Although I feel I should insist on at least sending you some Guru Daksina now, India may be the better option as I still have to give a handsome donation to the initiating brahmana!

February sounds great for visiting you Maharaj. I will endeavour to make all the arrangement on my side.

I was going to call you incidentally in the USA, but everytime I do its like 4:53am  or 11pm your time. Perhaps you could advise and appropriate time to call and I can organise myself around that.

Please see photo attached for your reference.

Your servant,

Jay.

HpS - Tell us when the beads arrive and when you have the ceremony. Good time to call us is 9AM Nashville, Houston time.   Looks now like we will go to India from beginning January to Beginning February. Should have tickets by end of this month.
Give the Brahmana a hill of sesame seeds mixed with molasses, a cow and a wife.

                   HARE KRSNA DEAR GURUDEVA,

                   PAOHO, AGTSP!!

                    WE ARE WRITTING YOU AS PROMISED IN THE LAST TEXT...

                    WE DON´T KNOW ABOUT DATES  FOR YOU TO VISIT SPAIN YET, WE WILL CHECK AGAIN SOON.

HpS - ASA ---  Hare Krsna!   I guess we will be in India from 10 January to 15 February, so we could visit The Spain, coming our going.  Which is best?

                    THIS MONTH YADUNANDANA MAHARAJA IS PUSHING US TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD

                    IN OUR STUDIES (SB SECOND CANTO) AND ALSO HELPING US TO BECOME CLEAR ABOUT

                    OUR LIFES BY CREATING A PERSONAL MISSION STATEMENT (AND FAMILY MISSION STATEMENT).

                    LOKANATHA PRABHU IS TAKING US OUT FOR HARINAMA TWICE A MONTH.

                    WE ARE LIKE DOGS DEPENDING ON THE MERCY OF THE DEVOTEES.

                    WE WANT TO WAKE UP AND DO SERVICE.

                    LIVING JUST ACROSS RADHA GOVINDA CANDRA (AND G&N, L&N AND SP) IS QUITE A HAPPY LIFE, WE

                    FEEL TAKEN CARED OF BY THEM, WE REALLY DO. FEELING GREATFULL FOR SUCH CAUSLESS MERCY.

                    CAN WE COME AND VISIT YOU? HOW IS THAT? IS IT LIKE A SCHOLARSHIP OR SOMETHING?

HpS - ASA -- We have a little mobile home with a little room etc. It is freezing in the Winter and Buring in the Summer, but Nitai-gaurasundara Das also has so place in his house for guests. We are trying to develope a permanent program on the Campus (Middle Tennessee State University), with a "Krsna House" near the campus. One could apply for grants to do a Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Education or Mass Communication (selling Coca-cola etc) as a Foreign Student, the study there, preach and get association of ourselves and the other devotees here.

                     HOPING THAT YOU ARE FEELING OK ( WE HAVE KNOWN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE UNPLEASANT ISSUE IN PERU)

                     YOUR SINCERE ASPIRANT TO SERVANT

                     BHADRA VARDHANA DAS AND SANANDA DEVI DAS

HpS - We are trying to get a little bit involved in the politics of ISKCON to help push things forward, so it is quite natural that we get our feelings twisted a little bit as a result. If you want to have kids you have to suffer, but the result can be pretty nice.

Do you have copies of SOLARIS?   You can meet with Enrique Galan and give him copy and discuss with him. Dandha's boy friend, Editorial Ciruela (the one that publishes Jung's works and Journey to the West), and then we can get contacts from Ramon. He is Director of the National Library of Peru and Member of the Cervantes Foundation.

Jung is such a natural base for a bridge from East to West.

Your Deities need a roof!