Letters to the editor

Hare Krishna Maharaj!

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

Thank you for your kind responses to the questions regarding psycho- analysis. The brain is a funny thing [and I only studied it for 6 yearsL].  The weeds were a great way to explain the attachments.

Instead of prying too deep, I am going to start a prayer journal dedicated specifically to jivas I come across. Writing down my convoluted thoughts and relinquishing control to Krishna is the only way to not be consumed by it. The director of our division literally walked over to my desk a few seconds after I had this idea and gifted me a nice hard bound blank journal. It's amazing to see the Lord's hand in everything. It just brings so much happiness into daily life :) 

I am half way done with Diet for a New America. It is such an informative, exposive read. Very eye opening and great “evidence”  and facts to back up any vegetarian debates I run into (happens quite a bit at the office). Must be careful not to step on anyone’s toes though.  

I am currently serving in New Hastinapura Dham in Washington DC Maharaj,  so Ananda Vrindavana mataji is our temple president. She did recently send out the letter of recommendation! I had butterflies in my tummy (there is a medical term for this) when I read you received it!

Also, what does C=2pi x D! mean? (Excuse my obliviousness Maharaj).

Your aspiring servant,

Sarita

HpS - ASA --- AGTSP paoho.   We have the Letter of Recommendation, but have you taken the Disciples Course? It is a mandatory GBC requirement for Initiation. If you have then as far as I can see you are ready to matriculate in the Bhaktivedanta School of Prema Bhakti as a Registered Student, take first initiation.

Yes, 'Diet for a New America' is great. Did you hear how John Robbin's father left his body? Your diary seems also great!

Also, what does C=2pi x D! mean? (Excuse my obliviousness Maharaj).

Monkeys "Whoop!", Piggys "Oink" and Scientists (Uncle Gismo) recite scientific mantras (Circumference = 2 pi x Diameter)!

Hare Krsna Maharaj,
PAMhO, AGTSP

Hope you have reached Nashville and recovering from your travel. May be you can sleep like king Mucukunda and when you are awake you see Lord Krsna (just joking)...
You were right that Guru-Tattva does austerities to benefit fallen souls. (storry of Nityananda-Gauranga & Sannyasi with white beard. do you want some ananda? ) It seem i am like that sannayasi.

I personally got to see your austerities done in short trip to Mumbai.  6 nigths and 6 different apartments.

i beg forgiveness of driving at 140 kmph. I was trying to reach destination as fast as possible. I did cause some troublevto you. you were right  even Duryodhana tried his best to prevent the war...

HpS - ASA - No, Dhrtarastra, and that is the doubt. We say, "I tried my best!", but did we blame God for our problems, but He can say the same thing, "I also tried my best". Then who is responsible? Who cares...    Just try our best some more.

I hope you were able to talk with Justice Mukundkam Sharma. 

just a little thing to share ot blog readers (eso those of Ksatriya orientation)

“My dear King,” the Lord said, “because you are a kṣatriya, you have committed the offense of slaughtering animals, both in hunting and in political engagements. To become purified, just engage yourself in the practice ofbhakti-yoga and always keep your mind absorbed in Me. Very soon you will be freed from all reactions to such sordid activities.” In this statement it appears that although kṣatriyas are allowed to kill animals in hunting, they are not freed from the resultant contamination of sinful reactions. Therefore, whether one is a kṣatriya, vaiśya orbrāhmaṇa, one is recommended to take sannyāsa at the end of life, to engage himself completely in the service of the Lord and thus become freed from all sinful reactions of his past life.

The Lord then assured King Mucukunda, “In your next life you will take your birth as a first-class Vaiṣṇava, the best of brāhmaṇas, and in that life your only business will be to engage yourself in My transcendental service.”

May be next birth is definitely on cards for person like me.

Jaya Rama!!!
trying to be disciplined
harsh pradhan

HpS - ASA -- We wanted to spend more time with you "in your natural habitat". You seem like some kind of species of forest bird that lives in the trees and eats seeds all day long. I think there are three things that you should focus on:

Japa.

Japa

Japa!

Ha!   Ha!   Hare!       I maybe hard, a "frontal assailt", but the result for you will be so, so great that I have not got enough Giga-bytes to describe it.

We will see you very soon when you are King of India.

Respetado Maharaj Ji,
Por favor acepte mis humildes reverencias. Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada.
Gracias tanto por su asociación en el templo de Iskcon Pune, Sri Sri Radha Kunjabihari.
Maharaj Ji, hizo llegar el devoto disponible en línea - en el teléfono, por favor hágamelo saber, muchas gracias.
Voy a estar agradecido por el mismo, gracias
Su sirviente,
narayandas

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

I hope you're fine in all aspects.

I only thank you for your last visiting in Spain. It was very inspired for me. Thank you for your blessings for Manu too.

Manu was born on April 20th at 16:47. The birth was very quickly and good. He was received with "Haribol, Haribol!!" chanting. After that I chanted in his right ear the Maha Mantra Hare Krisna for three times.

Just Before He born I was reading SB 4.12 for Carcika and him, and we were chanting our rounds

He is a very quiet child, he eat a lot in many and short times and listen to me when I do Mangala Aratik in the morning and I read the Srmad Bhagavatam too.

He is a very loved child for us but without attach. Krisna len us His devotee in His huge mercy for we learn more and more.

We hope to know how we teach Manu to be a Krisna's devotee.

Thank you Gurudeva for all. I hope next time we see you again I can speak to you a little more.

Your humble servant, Dandava Das

ASA - Such nice news. All respects to your good wife, Manu's mother. Just keep listening, looking at, Manu and you will see him in a deep perspective, no?   We all come with a lot of history and to help someone we have to understand that history.

Respetado Maharaj Ji,
Por favor acepte mis humildes reverencias. Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada.
Gracias tanto por su asociación en el templo de Iskcon Pune, Sri Sri Radha Kunjabihari.
Maharaj Ji, hizo llegar el devoto disponible en línea - en el teléfono, por favor hágamelo saber, muchas gracias.
Voy a estar agradecido por el mismo, gracias
Su sirviente,
narayandas

HpS - AGTSP. I cant understand what you are saying!!  Good English translation??

Dear Guru Maharaj,

Please accept my humble obeisances, all glories to Srila Prabhupada!

I hope Krsna is making your roads smooth and your flightpaths straight.

HpS - ASA -- The progress of the loving affairs of the Prince and Princess of Braja is crooked, like the progress of a snake.

I'm sorry for taking so long to reply. Life is a little boggling as usual, I'm still trying to process all the experiences I had in India, and trying to figure out how to translate that into my service here in Devi dhama. I'm just praying for the strength and the intelligence to serve your good self and Svavasa prabhu and Srila Prabhupada nicely. I'm very grateful that we could spend so much time together in the dhama and I was reflecting a bit on our meetings, thinking of how I can improve my service. I'm thinking I need to be more astute at anticipating what is required. 

I was asking you for service, but when the bulbs were burning out in your apartment, I didn't think to go to the front desk to ask someone to fix it, but then I saw Chakori mataji pick right up on it later. There is always some service to be done if we are attentive it seems.

When I asked for some parting pearls, you gave me the instruction not to throw pearls at swine, so I was trying to figure out whether that was the instruction itself or just a polite way of saying you didn't want to give me an instruction yet.

ASA - Ha!   Ha!  Ha!  Maybe we were the swine trying to cast our rubbish at you and thinking it was pearls.

Either way, I'll try to be more careful about overextending myself, wasting books or giving mundane charity; (or in general trying to be the 'best friend of everyone') and meanwhile I hope I will also become more qualified as a disciple.

I was meditating on so many discussions I had about sankirtan with so many great souls in Mayapur and Vrndavan. In particular I was very inspired by one Bhakti Vrksha seminar I attended in Mayapur. Over the years I've seen that everywhere I go, I meet people who have our books, read them, and like them; and yet so few come forward to surrender. When sowing seeds in a field, one may expect a few plants to just come up on their own; but nonetheless it's well understood that to get a substantial yield it's necessary to actually tend the crop. Similarly, in preaching occasionally we get a few rare souls who drop everything to join the brahmacari ashram, but what about everyone else? There are temples, of course, but the range of temples is extremely limited geographically, and it can be easy to get 'lost in the crowd.' This is where I see tremendous potential for the Bhakti Vrksha format to spread and strengthen Vaisnava communities. At our last Sankirtana meeting I was just discussing with Svavasa prabhu about trying to start something like this in LA, where there is practically limitless scope for expansion if we were able to penetrate into local neighborhood communities. He seemed pretty receptive to the idea, so it looks like we will  explore this more in the future.

ASA - Jaya. Of course, the exact system will vary from community to community, but the basic principle is building things on people, no:  Who wants to do this?

In the meantime, I am on tskp in ISV. We had darshan of HG Vaisesika prabhu yesterday evening and picked up a copy of his new book. We are heading north, and looks like we will be able to meet you up in Boise.

HpS - ASA -- Boise, New Biharvan, broiling in the Nectar of Radha-Shyama antics.

Aside from that, I'm increasing my rounds again for the first time in years, and doing lots of paintings for people as gifts based on photos of India. I'm pushing aside much of my regular (nonessential) sadhana in order to cram for Bhakti shastri exam at the end of this trip. I'm reviewing maybe 4-500 BG slokas which I've grouped into thematic sections and I'm frantic I won't be anywhere near complete by the end of this trip, but I'm just trying to depend on Krsna. I still try to make a little room to practice mrdanga and guitar because it calms my mind. My party and I look forward to seeing you in Boise, Krsna willing.

Your servant,

Ekāśma Dāsa

HpS - ASA -- Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna!!!!!!!

See you in a moment.