Letters to the editor

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Read the letter from Mantri Rama prabhu, and was thinking to ask you here on the Blog (if that is all right), what is the situation in Mayapur? I hear some snippets of description, not knowing if it is a balanced description. How the situation in Mayapur affects ISKCON worldwide (if at all)?

Thank you!
Your servant Namacarya Das

 HpS - AgtSP. I don't know too much. Probably no more than you. Maybe some materially attached Indian devotees want more local control and less international GBC control. Lot of money and power involved.

Is interesting we don't know. Seems unhealthy. Always problems in material world. If you can contact Prahlada Nrsimha, he might be able to give more news.

Can you collect the previous and future cookie recipes? Maybe they can be a part of an ASA cookbook: Bachelor Beans.

We are in Houston until tomorrow. Very short of breath from steroid medication. That is o.k. We can serve Krsna without air, no?

Hare Krsna

AgtSP

paoho. We made it to Houston. Hari Lila das is looking at this letter.

We answered so much mail. Prepared for the Third Canto, Bhakti vaibhava class tonight. We wish we could do more.

We can't do everything, so we have to set out priorities.

Hare Krishna GuruMaharaj! All Glories to Srila Prabhupada! Please accept my humble obeisances.

I continue in Madrid now is summer!! Very hot!!

I have different news.

I went to communication congress of ISKCON in Vila Vrindavan Italy. The experience was very good (4 days) and I learned a lot from the different devotees. Many people from all Europe and a few from North America.

 I was talking with two very seniors devotees about the situation in Mayapur (one of them couldn’t speak Spanish this is why I was in the conversation, I was helping to translate). One of these devotees is one of the main GBC in ISKCON, with the information that I know now of Mayapur I think that it’s not a good idea to try to go now, maybe it’s better in the future. I hope that they can solve the problems but under my very little understanding will be very very very difficult. I would like a lot to go in the future to pass the course of brahminical culture in Mayapur Academy.

In Madrid there is one of the two Master diploma of all Spain about “ciencias de la religiones” I started some days ago to compile all the documents that are necessary to enter in the master. The master is one year and after of that you can start to do a doctorate. My parents are very happy with the idea of return to the university. The temple will help me with the payment of the studies. If I pass the selection of the university I will start the master in October, I could continue without problem with the service in the temple because the classes would be in the afternoon.

Two days ago we started to worship Tulsi Devi again, we have been caring the seed from the begging and now it’s enough big to worship, all the devotees in the temple are very happy with Tulsi Devi.

There are daily classes in the temple, today I had the exam of Sri Upadesamrita (only nectar of devotion and I will finish bhakti sastri). I hope to start soon to learn word by word the Gurvastak. In a few weeks, we will close the ashram because we are going to do reforms, in the finals days of August we are going to open again, Ratha Yatra will be the first or second week of September.

My mother returns from India (She was there 3 months) a few days ago, she loves the experience. She was visiting different temples (also ISKCON temples), touristic spots and helping to some catholic nuns to take care of children from the street.

Thanks for your instructions and advices.

Your servant Mantri Rama Das.

HpS - Wow! You have a very interesting life! Any news of Jara Mara Hari Das? How is Dandava Das and others.

Can you teach in public schools with the Masters degree?

Tulasi! SB classes! Just go ahead.

We are all waiting for more news.

All Glories to Sri Guruji Maharaja and Gouranga Mahaprabhu

Dandavat Pranam

HpS - ASA. -- So very, very, very nice to hear from you!

We had tried two three times to sit together with the present Mandir Management Committee Members along with Bonamali Prabhu and  some bhaktas of Imphal to start the functioning of the Thoubal Mandir in the ISKCONsystem  (padhati) but with some reason or other we could not sit together and solved all matters. In our small mandir there are three groups 1) Bhagavat Shiksha Aashram Group of Three Members who construct this mandir 2) Initiated under ISKCON padhati consisting of Three Members among the management committee who wants to run the mandir in their own style and 3) Initiated under ISKCON padhati but outside the management committee consisting of 10 (ten) members. 

Some days back, one of the members of the present management group suggested to Bonomali Prabhu for siting together all the three groups so we are planning for a meeting on Sunday the 19th June, 2016. We hope, all problems may be solved and run the mandir together with the blessing of Guruji, Gouranga Mahaprabhu  and Radha Krsna.

We need  Guruji advice to all the initiated bhaktas what to do and what not to do.

Yours fallen servant

Yamunesvara Das

HpS - AgtSP. Put Vaisnava relations before administrative relations. Means, apply Text 4 and 5 in having progressive relations. Make friends with devotees in terms of their advancement.

Chant together. Share Prasad and then make a few practical plans for Temple functions like arati, class, festivals.

Within this there will be everybody's different group of friends. That it's natural. Finally you must have your own direct relationship with Srila Prabhupada through other transparent devotees, his books, super soul etc.

1. Work as members of ISKCON

2. Associate with your friends in ISKCON.

3. Communicate with your Acharya, Srila Prabhupada.

o.k?

Hare Krsna  Gurudeva, please accept my obeisances, and  all my

... please do not publish this letter,
Please would you  contact me at my email:  ....
YOUR ETERNEL SERVANT: AMALAKARUNA DAS

HpS - O.K.

                   HARE KRSNA GURUDEVA,

                   PAOHO,AGTSP!!

                    WE HOPE YOU FEEL BETTER ,THAT THE RASH IS FINALLY HEALED BY THE TIME

                    YOU READ THIS WORDS.

                    WE JUST WANTED TO WISH YOU GOOD LUCK WITH THE SIMPOSIUM AND LET YOU

                    KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT US.

                    WE STAYED IN ALMERIA FOR ONE MONTH, IT WAS NICE, WE TOOK REST, STUDIED,

                    DID BHAJANS, ARGUED,LAUGH...ETC

                    WE ARE MOVING TO NVM, WE ARE EXPECTED TO BE THERE BEGGINING OF JULY,

                    WE WILL SHARE A HOUSE WITH SITA AND PREMA, WE THINK THEY ARE VERY

                    NICE.

                    BHADRA HAS BEEN GOING OUT ON BOOK DISTRIBUITON, HE PLANS TO CONTINUE LIKE THAT...

                    THERE ARE A FEW JOBS I (SANANDA) AM GOING TO PUT MY NAME DOWN FOR, IN BRIHUEGA

                    (SEVERAL DEVOTEES ARE ENCOURAGING ME). I WILL STUDY ENGLISH DURING THE SUMMER

                    TO PREPARE FOR ONE OFF THEM.

                    SHORT TERM GOAL- SAVE LAKSMI

                   MIDDLE TERM GOAL- DO SOMETHING TO PLEASE YOU WITH THAT LAKSMI (IN ALMERÍA MAYBE)

                   LONG TERM GOAL (HOPEFULLY NOT TOO LONG)- GO BACK HOME, BACK TO GODHEAD

                   WE MISS ASSOCIATING WITH YOU PERSONALLY...

                   YOUR ASPIRING SERVANTS

                   BHADRA VARDHANA DAS & SANANDA DEVI DASI

HpS. - ASA. -- AgtSP. We made it to the glorious Nila-Madhva Dhama. Rash it's still there. Steroids are tough but treatment has not yet finished.

Your news is nice. Hope the arguing is going well. Such an exalted state can be obeying in married life.

Plans sound fine. Please please please send us depth reports of NVM and Swami Bhadra's Sankirtan.

We hope to send news of our Peru effort.

If it is not fun, why do it?