Letters to the editor

Hare Krsna Gurudeva

All the Glories to Srila Prabhupada… please accept my respectful obeisances and forgive my offenses…

and my English s mistakes.

My 16 rounds need to improve but they are still there and my 4 principles can improve also… We have been avoiding sugar, flours and more products that are made outside, is so incredible to see some of the ingredients they use…The last few months I have done an extra effort to keep a good standard… in my mind, my daily routine, my duties, my acts, words…All Krsna does is good so everything is for my own improvement as a devotee, daughter, and as a disciple… I just have to give [put] my intelligence a [to] good use and of course I have to be a good listener. Still learning...  

This year is already finishing and time has flown so fast, I finished my English course like two weeks ago, I am supposed to be in advance level but the level in that institute is not so high (probably You have noticed it)  so  I will go on with my English studies in a better one.

HpS - ASA - Just one little mistake, so far. 

I have been thinking of [about the] future, I mean what I am going to study[,] and so far I just know what I like and I don’t know why is so difficult for me to decide… English is a sure thing[,] so I am focusing on this but  Bellas Artes and the  Conservatory would be awesome also,  and somehow I am going to  study in one of them now…  do not know yet which one..???. If life could be so simple why it gets difficult for me?...there [would not be is no] reason,[.] However… “I would like to travel to Vrindavan and stay there…If Sri Radhe Shyam want me to have a family, would be great! If not okaaay… I could worry about my own advancement, enjoy life in Krsnas consciousness and preach what I learn”… that’s my simple [suggestion]. But I need more from myself f I want to achieve that dream, so [it] is not available for me now. 

Well, I have great news also!... Your transcendental Vyasa Puja next year is on 11th January…the same day of [as] my birthday so I am so grateful with [to] Krsna for giving me the opportunity to take advantage of my birthday and do some service that day. So that’s all for now… Que el Señor Nrsimha Deva lo siga protegiendo ¡…espero que su salud física mejore. 

Su aspirante a sirvienta...

Sita Laita devi dasi

HpS - ASA ---  Thank you. AGTSP!!!   Paoho.   Only little corrections. The prepositional phrases are the hardest to get correct. In Spanish, "sueno con Krsna", but in English, "I dream of Krsna".

Thank you for the letter.

Yes, always look at the ingredients. Don't offer Krsna eggs etc!  Poisoning Gopal!       Also, in NOI its says, "visayera anna kaila...", if we eat grains cooked by a materialist, our minds become wicked!  Enthusiasm is more important than patience. Rukmini wrote a polite letter to Krsna about arranging Their marriage, but said She would be 'patient' if He did not accept Her. Of course, Her father was arranging Her marriage to a demon, so She could go around Him, but She showed the example of being enthusiastic to get a hold on someone She wanted as a partner.

Read NOI three with Grhastha ashrama in mind and write us your thoughts in the Blog.

Art and language see good. Communication is good, but look for good teachers more than a certain subject. Try different things. Try some history from good teachers, devotees (of God).

16-good rounds will make EVERYTHING go better. You can do five hours of study, but with 16-G*O*O*D rounds you will get better results in just 2-hours!  Try it?  Do the experiment.

Try different things. Try music. Try history. Try Library Science. Try music. Try lots of things. Try Drama, Acting. . .    Yes, there is no doubt that you should get married, but if Krsna doesn't arrange your marriage, through your family, then that means that He wants to marry you personally, very rare and very great.

So, chose your education to learn things that you can bring to Krsna, directly or through his representative.

Jaya.

Yes, I remember our birthdays were similar, but I thought yours was the 12th also.

See you in a few hours.

Thank you, all respects to your very venerable Brother, Mother, Father et al.

Hare Krsna,

Just bought the next ticket.

Bombay to Delhi, Air India 864, 7AM to 9AM, Friday 25th March. Then I guess we go directly from the airport to Braja, and then back to the airport 29th night, and fly 30th morning at 2.30AM

Hare Krishna, Maharaj

PAMHO agtsp.

Here we are
16 rounds of delay
And worse, with plans sense gratification; I just hope not to die on the road.

honestly it is not easy.

just keep the mentality and the sense of all this is admirable.
stepping over a lot of material limitations.
at least that is my experience.

in the middle of all this and that.

good we go ...

We direct our horse,
where devotees are.

Prabhupada said we must be positivist

...

yes, we have been thinking about it ...

we believe it may be the best for us.

otherwise we will be just a dirty pig forever.

well ... we feel that we are doing the best we can ...

It would be a great blessing

We expect the mercy of Lord Rama.

maybe for someone; I'm just a scoundrel.

humbly
Krishna bless him ...

Krishna Krishna krihna

We bought a new coat
a good pair of gloves
We are preparing our suitcase for the trip.

this is the best thing that could happen to me in life: Krishna consciousness.

Krishna Krishna ...

AGTSP ... !!!

also a little scary but better not think about that and move on.

I think I can not see you in Spain ... it's a shame.

but ... I think communication is good; humbly.

I'll write from London.

what else can I say…

We listen, Prabhupada every day.

well maybe this is part of our madness.

but humbly, we believe we are making progress.

Maybe it's a way; a little difficult.

but we fight,
with heart in hand and look at the eternal abode.

Poetry can be easy to mask.

but look at the facts, those do not lie.

Prabhupada is like a meteorite.

which created a crater in my head.

Prabhupada in San Francisco.

before; during and after-Prabhupada.

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna

to try to assimilate.

thank you very much for your support

It is like finding water in the middle of the desert.

It is not better, by our inability to appreciate.

HpS - Jorge of Norway???   Nobody signs their letters.  Yes, we want to see how the Manor Program goes. 1. Be a good citizen,  2. Find your crew,    3. Look for the cookies that Krsna leaves just for you.

<cite>HK maharaj please accept my humble obeissances jay srila prabhupada <img alt="smiley" height="23" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/regular_smile.png" title="smiley" width="23" /></cite>

<cite>I am still in madrid with my family so far so good i </cite>am following the spiritual program chant my 16 rounds follow my 4 principles <img alt="yes" height="23" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/thumbs_up.png" title="yes" width="23" />

<cite>the temple autorithies are happy with us, we do a lot of service:  clean services (maintain clean the temple, make everything ready for prasadam program, make laundry for devotees to have clean beds), i take care of tulsi (im very worry because she loosing a lot of  leaves i think is the cold weather but also she had a horrible plague for two months i always pray to Krishna and Nrisimhadeva to protect her... i dont want to see her dying <img alt="crying" height="23" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/cry_smile.png" title="crying" width="23" />)</cite>

<cite>HpS - ASA - One authority told me She likes 1. Association. Put Her in the Kitchen, 2. Warmth, if Her soil in cold She is NOT happy, 3. Sunlight, 4. Water. She can have none for some time and then get a lot. She's happy.</cite>

<cite>to survive right now im doing cakes for sell to the public, still service for Krishna is half for me half for the temple, in the future maybe i will have my own cake company (Bizcochos Ananda) what do you think about that?</cite>

HpS - Cook for Krsna. If there are remnants ditribute them and get donations, contributions.

<cite>Also i am doing lines to buy shoes and they pay me for doing that and finally all my family is doing the food for life program, specially my daughter, is good for her to have compassion for the fallen souls.</cite>

<cite>My daughter Ananda goes to the school is very close from the temple is a catholic school, they are very spiritual, my daughter likes a lot and she is retaking the studies. Sometimes i think the director going to call me because she is preaching a lot. She talks a lot about Krishna to the oter kids but everybody is very open minded about it.</cite>

<cite>Also my wife probably will take initiation with my dad they have a very good comunication and also very good relationship between guru and disciple. I think she has more love for Krishna than me. </cite>

<cite>I only pray to you to accept this falling soul that i am i dont have any good qualification or qualities, i am a rascal, everybody in kali yuga is a mleccha till you accept the mercy of guru and Krishna.  </cite>

HpS - Hey, where is the signature line. I know who you are but I have forgotten your name.

Very nice news. Go ahead. See what Krsna wants from you!

Todas las Glorias a Srila Prabhupada!!!

Hare Krsna Guru Maharaj, por favor reciba mis humildes reverencias, nuevamente seguimos en la ciudad de Puno - Perú, haciendo Sankirtan y practicamente culminando la Maratón de diciembre 2015.

En mi carta anterior le mencione que en el mes de febrero del 2016 me iría a Huancayo, pero la realidad es algo que vengo pensando, SI IR  Ó   NO IR, pues mi interes es más seguir viajando y distribuyendo los libros de Srila Prabhupada, pienso que lo mejor que funciona es la distribución de libros y el ocupar a otros en SANKIRTAN, espero el proximo año ir a hacer Sankirtan a Brasil, Paraguay, Uruguay, espero poder viajar por esas zonas.

Mi esposa, madre Nadiya Nivasi Dasi, va a viajar a Chile con Madre Anadi Adi Govinda, hacer Sankirtan y para su Vyasa Puja, espero en un futuro más adelante ella pueda estar en un templo con madres y yo poder seguir viajando con devotos varones.

Por otro lado queria pedirle disculpas, pues a veces ó casi siempre especulo cuando usted nos da instrucciones ó nos aconseja, perdoneme.

Seguimos luchando para seguir cumpliendo los 4 principios, mi mente es muy lujuriosa, también seguimos leyendo el Srimad - Bhagavatam canto 1, cap.9 "La Muerte de Bhismadeva", Nityananda Caritamrta y Krsna Book por las noches. Mangal Artik 5 am, 16 rondas de Japa y un poquito más. Gaura Artik con Prabhu Percy, su sobrino Alejandro y madre Nadiya Nivasi.

Bueno Guru Maharaj, me despido, espero que su salud esté bien, yo sigo mejorando de a pocos, de  la gastritis. Un abrazo Hare Krsna!!!

HpS - ASA --- Aparece bastante bien, como vida de Vanaprastha, pero piensa un poco mas en como Nadia va ser bien situado tambien. Krsna va a compartir la inteligencia! 

Gadai Gauranga Das

Gauranga! Every day is a festival in Sridam Mayapura, West bengal. Today is especially festive as it is the celebration of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati's Dissapearnce day.

In December 1974  Dina Bandhu Prabhu the Portland temple president announced that we were going to Vancouver, Canada for this festival. Devarsi Dasa explained to me that in Hare Krishna we celebrate a death day as much as a birthday because that is when a devotee goes back to godhead. It was a new concept. We loaded into a couple of vans, picked up a few more in Seattle, another carload in Northern Washington at a little farm, and the devotees from New Saranagati. We were greated by Bahudaka Prabhu and a roaring Hare Krishna kirtan as we pulled up the driveway into ISKCON Vancouver. The next day we had mangals, Tulsis and a class by Srila Prabhupada about his Guru maharaj.

That  morning we fasted and cut up for the feast that was supposed to be served at noon thirty.  Instead the 12:00 arotik was so ecstatic that Sukadeva led Hare Krishna kirtan through the 4:00 arotik. Fianally the prasadam came out in 50 gallon drums. Three Subjis, rice, chutley, pakoras, puris, sweet rice, gulabjamins, and more. In those days there was no oil in Krishna's kitchen in North America, everything was cooked in ghee and other dairy products. The strawberry halavah had so much butter you could have floated a boat. Aw memories, memories.

41 years later I am still feasting with the first class prsadam made by Bhakt Vidya Purna Swami's boys at the Gurukula Brahmana school. They produce their own ghee, from their own cream, from their own cows. It is a good meal. Maharaj said that "The rules of Bhakti Yoga should be presented at different levels so that a person can accept them. All the rules are there so that we can remember Krishna. The principle is the idea to think of Krishna." 

One hundred and one thousand visitors came to Sridam Mayapur Chandrodaya mandir on Christmas weekend. To engage them in Krishna Conciousness as Gita Mela was constructed. This was a themepark with many booths. Visitors poured through a big golden and white archway with releifs ofdemigods and clubs guarding it.

The first thing the folks see is a wax museum type diorama exhibit of various pictures from the Bhagavad Gita. The three modes of nature, changing bodies, the senses as horses carrying away the souls, a man eating like a pig becoming one, naked lady into a tree, and a starving bird in the cage getting the cage cleaned.  Other booths were for japa, kids corner, books, questions and answers, and more. A main stage had rotating show of Indian dance, Hare Krishna kirtan, and Bengali lectures on the Bhagavad Gita. 

Sri Mayapur International School had their own Hari Nama sankirtan party and an art exhibition. There were many Hari Nama Naga sankritan parties all over ISKCON Mayapur. Along with them are dozens of sankirtan devotees ditributing Srila Prabhupada's books to the crowd. Laxmi Moni Devi Dasi spoke about Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati opening temples all over India and preaching in Burma, England, and Germany. Srila Saraswati said "We should call at the door of each and every seeker of the truth. Bearing on our head the baggage of reak truth for them."

I hope this meets you well, Your servant, Mishra Bhagavan Dasa

ASA - Jaya!!  Incredible!!!   Now, please try to write some poetry for the next letter also!!!!   Thank you so much!     We have one foot on airplane for South America.