Letters to the editor

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.

Before all, I salute you with a deep respect, all the glories to you, all my obeisances to you, to Srila Prabhupada and, also, to all devotees of our Lord, Sri Krsna. I ask you, Guru Maharaj, beforehand, to forgive me for any mistake or offense I could do... I'm just a neophyte, a very very fallen one.

I hope you remember me, this is the third time I write to you, my name is Carlos, I'm from Santiago of Chile.  I'm Visvanath's brother in law. We had a first talk 2 years ago, an interview for a magazine, in the cultural center of the government palace. This year we had others brief conversations into the ISKCON Congress in Chile.
 

HpS - ASA - Yes, we remember you!  You are a genius. You will get the Noble Prize for Journalism!
 

A few weeks ago, you gave me a first instruction through this blog : "...write again after a few weeks more of following Srila Prabhupada..."  Later you gave me a second instruction: "... write us a story about Krsna here..."

So, I have written a brief monographic essay in which I intend fulfill both instructions. Before, I want to clarify that I am just a simple charlatan who, thanks to your mercy, Guru Maharaj, is trying to communicate what you order to me. Here I go:
 

THE DREAM OF SRILA PRABHUPADA

Srila Prabhupada is the person because of whom and his mercy we all are recovering the memory about who we really are. He is the spiritual master of anyone who has connected in the west world with Krsna Consciousness, and also of many many people in India and east.

My feeling is that every genuine aspiring to devotee of the Lord that has known Krsna Consciousness in the west or thanks to the invaluable and eternal legacy of Srila Prabhupada, should answer each day the following question for self: how can I please Srila Prabhupada and his followers? By the same way and understanding that we are fallen, so fallen that we don't even know why we're stuck in this material world, so fallen that we can't realize that most of the time we're acting like servants of maya more than servants of Krsna, we must ask ourselves everyday: why Krsna has given me so much mercy if I really do not deserve it?  

I feel that anyone who yearns to become a servant of the servant of the servant of Krsna must respect and revere the legacy of Srila Prabhupada, above all. Also, I think many gurus from other gaudiyas can get some success and recognition worldwide preaching today. This is so wonderful and it is exclusively thanks to the work done by Srila Prabhupada during the last 12 years of his existence on this transitory earth. He paved the way, he opened the hearts of the world and the future generations over the next thousands of years, this is irrefutable. 

Humbleness: Srila Prabhupada wanted that his followers can have the mercy of Krsna and success in their lives and be happy. He never presented himself as the guru of the group, but as a servant. Once said "... I have not done anything magical, Krsna Consciousness is present in all of us, but we must make it live again ..." 

Srila Prabhupada said that his american disciples can save the USA country, that mission was in their hands, he gave them the method, but they should execute it. I apply that phrase to us, aspiring devotees disseminated around the world, we have got the same mission, because what was happening in USA still happening today around the world, it's what globalization is, process that should be called "americanization", because they have sold the "american dream" to the whole world. So, we must replace that "american dream" for the "dream of Srila Prabhupada", this is the only dream that will make us wake up.

Srila Prabhupada's ambition was to replace the mundane literature for transcendental one. At least, every house should have a literary work about Krsna Consciousness, he argued, because if someone read only one page, their life would be directed towards perfection.

He saw everything into Krsna Consciousness and with the eyes of the Scriptures.

Then now I will share some of his teachings that have been very usefull to me over the past few months:

... ASA - Hoop!   After this is too much for one Blog letter. Send it in smaller parts!  What we read above is very nice!!!  Very challenging for us.

All blessings to you, your disciples and any people around you...

Your aspiring disciple and servant, 
Carlos Rold.

HARE KRSNA !!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?<wbr />v=Cscq66Ec8qc