Letters to the editor

Hare Krshna Maharaj, 

All glories to Srila Prabhupada and all glories to you...

Please accept my most humble and respectful obeisances.

I am really happy to know you are doing well, for me, Im doing well too; I am happy here in the temple going to get flowers for our Lordships and also trying to chant more rounds than the ones established and also following the principles, I am on a period of vacation from University but one of my family members passed away couple of days ago and I still feel some pain.

HpS - We have heard that Prabhupada said that that is natural. It is like some family member goes to a foreign country to work for 9-months. The whole family comes to see his boat leave and all feel very intense separation. They will exchange letters and phone calls, but their is a natural separation, but we dont think that the personal associate has ceased to exist!

I have a list of the ones who lead Mangala Arati Kirtan here in Mexico mandir from last week, there is nine of them: Mataji Alina, Prabhu Dharmaraja, Prabhu Ramacandra, Prabhu Adoksaja, Prabhu Mahasankarsana, Prabhu Uddharana, Prabhu Efraín, and Prabhu Hari Gopal

I hope this is useful for you. Please let me know if there is something I can do to serve you.

HpS - It is such a nice list!  Thank you. We hope people send us lists like this from other Temples.
What are the Bhagavatam class verses?

P.S.:Dear Maharaja...I also write to you.. to confirm my assistance to the airport on the 13th of July.

Your insignificant servant Bhaktin Diana

HpS - I hope all goes well and we can exit the airport and meet with everyone.

Hare Krishna Guru Maharaj,

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

I just read your thoughts on Divorce, and they are extremely positive, thought-provoking and Krishna Conscious. Having read them, I felt shame on myself, since some people in the community had asked my opinion about it and I gave them very wrong advice. But now, my eyes are opened and as a result, I would call those people who had asked my advice in the past, and would share your letter with them, thank you so much.

I am going to India in the 2nd week of Nov with all the family-members to attend the marriage of my Ganganagar sister's daughter (Silky) for two weeks.  Guruji! you were saying that His Grace Nitai-Gaur Sundar Prabhu is going to India with his family-members for Kartik, and since there is no association of anyone for you in Nashville during that time, you were thinking where to go? My humble advice is that you may go to India for Kartik with them, they would be happy to have your loving assoiciation or may be you can kindly come to India bit later, then, we can have your holy assoicitation and even I can arrange some preaching programs in Punjab, what do you think? I am giving all these suggestions because you were thinking where to go when Shriman Nitai-Gaur Sundar Prabhu is not there.

Thank you very much, HARE KRISHNA.

yours servant,

Raktak Das

HpS - AgtSP.  Hare Krsna.   Thank you so much for your news and help in our travel plans.    These are just our thoughts on Divorce and polygamy from practical point of view.   We may go to India for the Guru, Swami, GBC Sanga in the beginning of February, and to go twice may kill us. The travel was so so hard on our body last time.
We are just finishing this INTENSE program in Peru with the National Library et al.  Hansadutta told us in very intense moments: Your job in this movement is to see that people who come, dont go away, and your will be appreciated after you are gone. This is the same comment we have gotten from so many sources from first grade to PhD work.  O.K. Seems we have to learn how to write.    Please help us a little bit with that.

You write a few short poems!
All best wishes for Silky and all your family and friends.

All Gloritis to A.C. Prabhupada Maharana and Sripada Maharaja

Sri Guruji Maharaja and Gouranga Mahaprabhu

Radha Krsna Ki Jay and Goura Bhakta Vrnda Ki Jay

Dandavat Pranam

Thank You so much for Guruji's reply and advice from time to time.

Please accept my humble obeisances unto Sri Guruji's pdmacharan that last Saturday the 2nd July, 2016 Bonomali prabhu and Sadhubusan Das along with other young bhaktas of about 15 came and performed Nama Sangkirtana, Gita Prabachan by Bonomala Prabhu and Sandhya Aarati at the end. This time some more invitees of local area also participated and from our side two mataji and six other initiated members also joined the above mentioned programmes.

Verbally we have decided to continue such functions at the same time and place for one year, then gradually some more new members will automatically join in our Nama Sangkirtana.

Guruji Maharaja, in every reply please advice me  one or more instructions to be done or not to be done so as to increase my spiritual knowledge. Now I am reading Bhagavatam of 6.5.20. Daily, after mangal aarati, I remember some slokas of Gita such as 4:7-8, 9:25,26,34 , 10:8-11, 18:65-66 and Bhagavatam 1:1:1, 2:9:33-36, NOI sloka 1-11, Brahma Samhita 1-5, Namaparadha 1-10 and Gurubandana.

The rules instructed in the book "Guide to Bigginers" for Pujah and Arati is sufficient or is there any more to be performed for personal daily arati?

Yours fallen servant,

Yamunesvara Das

Dear Guru Maharaj

Please accept my humble obeisances all glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Even before I came to ISKCON I realized that the principle of spiritual advancement is sacrifice. I never had a whole lot of money or fame or opulence but I had something I loved more than life itself. I realized that art would have to be my sacrifice for Krishna. But I'm in pain. I see no reason to give that up forever, if I can use it in Krishna's service. But I'm full of religious guilt because nobody appreciates what I do. I've had to fight my whole life to justify my existence to the world. It literally almost killed me. This feeling of worthlessness is not new by any means. But I'm good at what I do, and I think I could do it in a way that would be beneficial for me, for the public, and for the movement. It's not like I'm into big game hunting or carjacking. For God's sake I'm an artist. Why not give me a chance?

Your servant,

Ekāśma Das
ISKCON, New Dwaraka 3764 Watseka Av.
Los Angeles, Ca, 90034

HpS - Hare Krsna.   We are doing four hours of intense lecturing a day here in Peru, day after day to intense audiences, then two hours of personal consultations. It is too intense. We have to minimize or die, or get deeper source of energy. Using this Blog is wonderful. We hear that six more people will take advantange of this letter.

1. Hare Krsna. Paoho.

2. Hare Rama, Paoho.

3. We answered the more "robust" version and it was nice. This version is very, very nice also but it is like both are needed. Kardama Muni was intense devotee but was still attached to material life. That was fine with Lord Visnu. He arranged a nice material experience for him that allowed him to see that his real love was Krsna.
Arjuna showed face of person attached to his type of service,  Karma-yoga, and Krsna denied him to go to higher yoga by jumping over. Quickest way to to Goloka is through Ayodhya.

We recomnend Karma yoga for those on that platform. (Like us).

4. If the drive to do art is very intense, then it is probably not Karma yoga,, but Bhakti yoga through our Karma (which is what Arjuna really is. He just acts like a Karma yogi for our benefit.).

5. Be social about your Karma/Bhakti-yoga. Have friends. Dovetail with the administratiive, institutional aspect of yoga.

O.K??

Querido Gurudeva por favor acepte mis reverencias, estamos contando los días para verle, y queremos ofrecerle mi hogar para que usted descanse en el trayecto a Houston, si el tiempo de aduana nos lo permiten, por favor permitanos prestarle un servicio

Su aspirante a sirviente Saranagati Dasi .

HpS - ASA -- Hare Krsna!    Esperamos podemos salir de la aduana facilmente y encontrar a todos Vds. para un buen reunion. Gracias!

Hare Krsna.    AGTSP    Paoho and Bw.   We are late sending the Kapi Dhvaja. Got back to Chosica and there is 110% work here. Anandavardhana Das arrived from Chile last night. Very happy to see him. Daily meetings with Nimsar and Education Symposium Marathon.

Answered all the mail to 4-days ago.

Monday we meet with Ramon, Miguel Polo and Eduardo at the National Library to make more plans for NIOS.
O.K.   (Om Kesavaya Namah). Bath, Puja, Temple >>>------>  Kiss the dust at Srila Prabhupada's lotus feet.
Eating less, late at night. ELLAN!