Letters to the editor

Hare krsna gurudev

All glories to Srila Prabhupada 

All glories to you gurudev

Hare krsna

Dandavat pranam

Just yesterday I wrote to you how sad and lost I was feeling in ISKCON and today I had the good fortune of meeting H.G.Mukunda Dutta prabhu (head pujari Iskcon Vrindavan) and I opened my heart to him. He told me he will guide me and I wish to surrender to him as my siksha guru . He said he knows you. Can I accept siksha from him ?

He also suggested that I should get deities and start serving them then all my unnecessary thinking will be controlled and I will feel more connected to krsna . May I serve their Lordship in the deity form? I know I have so many mistakes but I will try my best . Do you think its advisable.

Today was prabhuji first deity worship class and I felt so much at peace . I couldn't stop myself from opening up to him.

Maharaj now I want to really do better in my sadhana. Please help me. please forgive all my offences and place me in your feet. Please tell Srila Prabhupada that I will try to become better. 

Please pray for me .

Thank you and sorry 

Rituraj krsna das

Vrindavan

HpS - ASA --- Hare Krsna.    I will read your other letter and include responses to this one there also, but both requests seem very, very nice!

Todas las glorias a AC. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Todas las glorias a SS Hanumat Presak Swami

¡Acepte porfavor mis más humildes y respetuosas reverencias!

Hare Krsna Maharaj, mis reverencias ¿Cómo estuvo su vuelo a Houston? ¿Cómo está usted? Espero haya arribado sin demora.                                  Hace mucho tiempo que no escribo, disculpe mis ofensas, tiene más de un mes. El mes pasado su visita me dio mucha energía para poder hacer servicio desde el amanecer hasta el anochecer todos los días durante el viaje de los brahmacaris, gracias por sus bendiciones, mi cuerpo resintió mucho el cansancio enfermándose. Ahora estoy en la segunda semana de clases, me sieno feliz tomando Taller de ArtesVisuales I y Lenguaje Pensamiento II (Narración) no pude inscribirme porque deje pasar las fechas de inscipción ó la Deidad no me dejo pero soy oyente y espero entrar en las altas y bajas de la Universidad esta semana. Nada nuevo sólo cantando veintiun rondas esto antes de entrar a la Universidad. Haciendo tareas y atendiendo en la caja del restaurant de Sri Sri Radha Madan Gopal. Este último servicio me tiene angustiada nunca había trabajado y estudiado al mismo tiempo. Estoy cansada (no recibo dinero), aprovecho para distribuir de uno a cinco libros algunos días de la semana.

Al asrama llegaron dos bhaktines más soy la mayor en tiempo ¿cómo puedo hacer para que todo marche adecuadamente? ¿es mi responsabilidad?Hoy recibí de Prabhu Jayadev Hari tres hojas con preguntas para el exámen de la primera iniciación.  

Quiero ir al Congreso de Arte y Psicología en 2018 y visitar India, son mis dos metas a largo plazo.

Porfavor siga sus dietas y lo espero en cuatro meses por acá en México.

Jaya Rama!

Su más insignificante aspirante a sirviente Bhaktin Diana Karla.

HpS - Muchas gracias. El vuelo de Mejico era facil, pero despues inmediatamente, clases de Bhakti-vaibhava, todo!!!   Basicamente 34-horas sin "acostarse a dormir" (?), lying down to sleep, pero consciencia claro.
Sus actividades aparecen muy fuerte tambien. Quien es su autoridad en Sankirtan, Templo?   2018 es Arte y lo Sagrado.     Sankirtan, Sankirtan, Sankirtan. Base es Srimad Bhagavatam (Libro KRSNA (Luz de la Bhagavatam)))))>
Como estan los demas devotos?

En la Ashrama, solamente viva y predica naturalmente, espontaneamente.

Guru-Lila (Part 5)

[HpS - ASA --- AGTSP!   Paoho.  Guru-lila or Animal Kirtan?]

In part 4, we talked about how guruji was engaged fully as usual in devotional service to Guru and Gauranga and it was Ekadashi and we were in Mumbai and it was on 19th March 2016.  Now let us take a next step and see what is happening on 20th March, Sunday:-

In the morning, we did Mangal Arti.  All the disciples of His Holiness Hanumat Preshak Swami Maharaj should understand this thing very clearly that he never misses mangal arti, it does not matter if there is no temple around, he would place a picture of Radha-Krishna, Prabhupad etc. on any elevated place and start singing sansar davanal in front of Them, if there is no musical instrument, that is also not a problem for him, he would use his lotta or kamandalu or his eating spoon to make some sweet sound and would start glorifying the Lord, well, Utility is the principle.

After Mangal Arti, we went to ISKCON Temple in Navi Mumbai, the suburb is called 'Khargar'. Big, beautiful temple, I was quite excited.  In the past, I have been to Mumbai with guruji  many years ago and we had visited Juhu and Chaupati temple and Mira Road temple, that time Khargar temple was not existing, so this was the first visit of guruji there and he gave Bhagvatam class there on 'Dhruv Maharaj returning Home' (4.9.9) and you know, the devotees there,  just loved it.  We also met Shriman Soor Das Prabhu, President of ISKCON Navi Mumbai. After the Bhagvatam Pravachan, We went to one very nice South Indian devotee's house and he fed us traditional prasad, so delicious, I wish I can get that prasad again.  After that, we came back to our base, packed-up and start traveling to Pune, Harsh Prabhu was driving us, only three of us, Guruji and Harsh and myself.

Photo 1-Guruji in Navi Mumbai temple

Photo 2 and 3-Guruji with Soor Das prabhu

Photo4-Guruji with South Indian devotee family

HpS - ASA - Aaaah!  We remember that. It is so nice when Krsna gives us one thing after another that we can do. Being engaged in any service is so nice.  Navi mumbai Temple is very nice and little frightening becaus so many culturally elevated people there, devotees of Krsna by birth. Learned Sanskrit in public school sometimes.  Will Raktak Ji recount what happened in Pune next???

Thank you for reminding us of this Sankirtan, mercy of Srila Prabhupada.

   Todas Las Glorias a Sri Sri Goura Nitay!!!

Todas Las Glorias a Srila Prabhupada!!!

Todas Las Glorias sean a Usted!!!

   Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja, por favor acepte mis humildes reverencias, muchas gracias por su respuesta. Soy Dhanistha devi dasi de Santiago, Chile.

Antes cuando Abhay estaba más pequeño me costaba organizarme y estaba cantando entre 6 y 12 rondas, ahora último 16 rondas. Abhay tiene 1 año 9 meses. Espero, por Su misericordia, ir reintegrandome a algún servicio en el Templo y tener más asociación de los devotos.

   Su aspirante a sirvienta,

   Dhanistha devi dasi

HpS - Hare Krsna.  So nice to hear from you. No, pictures of you and Abbhaya et al??
First priority, always meditate on Krsna, "smartavayam satatam visnur ...". Best way, Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna katha.

Formally Japa.

If 16-rounds are our priority then every thing else will follow naturally. Of course, sometimes we don't have time to eat or sleep because of other service, so then we may also not be able to chant 16-rounds, but...  keep track of your debt.

Make them up.

Chanting old rounds is like honoring old Prasadam. Very nice!

Pictures, daily activities?

Hare Krishna!!!

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

Dear Gurudeva!!!, a moment ago, I wrote, to Gunagrahi Prabhu with your messaje, and I will wait his answer.
I now read DTC for  know about You, for the moment I don't have computer.

Some news of the Temple? President? Sankirtan?

The temple is well, Now the president is MAha HAri, the other devotee, Mahatma had a crisis, because was very strong shock that his Guru fell, but now He and His wife are well in Brasil with Maharaja Danvanthari, and they are smarth. They are doing the course of Bhakti Sastri. Some devotees give their association and assistence.

The Devotees here, all right, The Sankirtan Program is stable, some brahmacaris in future are changing for the next Ashram, and there are three new Bhaktas.

I will write in the next ekadasi

Thanks for all!!!

Your Servant

Adi Yajña Das

HpS - Jaya!!!        We didn't see a new letter on Ekadasi!   Don't let our slowness impede you. So enlivening us to hear of you and BsAs.   Hope to be there in April.

"In this verse Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī advises the devotee to be intelligent enough to distinguish between the kaniṣṭha-adhikārī, madhyama-adhikārī and uttama-adhikārī. The devotee should also know his own position and should not try to imitate a devotee situated on a higher platform.", NOI 5

So, we should know this if we are actually Brahmanas, no?  Prabhupada is our Acharya and in his light we can see other members of ISKCON and even other people from ISKCON's windows. He wants us to chant 16 enthusiastic rounds daily and follow the 4 principles strictly.    Ooof!   If we just do that, "vidya vadhu jivanam", we will get sufficient intelligence about what to do next: Books, Daily schedule, Institutional work in ISKCON.   Do you feel like preaching to ISKCON devotees, innocent people you meet, is the only real engagment you have? Other than that we cannot maintain our own little bubble of sanity?   Seems that to be "peacefully" situated in Goloka (consciousness), we have to do Sadhana sankirtan in this world until our mind is dead and then the soul's natural  E C S T A T I C love of Krsna comes out.

Push, push, push  ... PUSH!

Hare Krishna Maharaja 

So I spent February to July at my farm developing it. Then I was invited to go with young devotees from Michigan to rainbow gathering. Right after the gathering I joined the Warped tour with your former disciple primarily to help drive and cultivate 3 interested young men also in the van, I'm not distributing books much cause I don't want to upset the other TSKP. If possible I want to spend time again in the Boro with you?

Hare Krishna 

HpS - Hare Krsna.   Thank you for the letter.     You can see from the DTCs that we are struggling to move ahead here in our little service.  Maybe we are still on a very much Karma yoga platform that we are motivated by a particular type of service that stimulates our mind and senses materially generated, preaching in the world of Carl Jung et al. That of course, makes it a little tough because we are more isolated from Sadhu sanga than in the Jnana-misra Bhakti stage or the Dhyana-misra bhakti.

But wherever we are, that is where we are, and our path of progress is acting according to Vaikuntha, Ayodhya, Mathura ... then we can advance at the swiftest pace to the little forest of Goloka. Is correct?

Thank you for news of Phillip the Sankirtan man.   We certainly hope he has all success in his efforts.

We should be based here until the end of December. We have been pushing to get our calendar settled for little bit of travel on the East coast in October-November, but it has been dragging. Now we made a commitment that we are going to do it this week. Looks like 24th Oct - 27th November, we will be visiting D.C., Richmond and Raleigh. Want to join us then?  Airplane.

Other than that of course you are always welcome to stay in the Ashrama here. NGD is always asking about you. Of course, we do a lot of this solitary writing work, but we could also engage you in some of that maybe. Cultural Sankirtan. We are trying to grow flowers and maybe beans on our property, then there is always MTSU!!