Letters to the editor

Hare Krishna, Maharaj.

I have met and spoke with you twice. I'm not sure if this is the right place for my inquiry but I cannot determine another.

My question is: "What are the steps you require for a disciple to be initiated by you and come under your shelter?"

After learning your response, I will wonder where I may answer any of your questions to me privately.

Please accept my humble obeisances. I will be eagerly awaiting your response.

HPS - We must met in Houston, no? If you look in our News you will see a link to Guru tattva. There it explains the initiation process and our take on it. Most of the questions we can just carry on here. If h there are any very confidential things, yes, we can communicate privately. Thank you.

02/15/16 Haribol Guru Maharaja! dandavata and pranams Jaya Sri Advaita Acharya! Jaya Sri Guru and Gauranga 1. Am aware you have said you will not be visiting No. Ca this year. However, since I have been trying to develop a contact with Dr. Little for you, and since it was just coming together when I became aware you would not be able to visit, I am going to give you the information anyway just in case you change your mind or it is useful information for some other time. The reason I could not bring the pieces together sooner is because he was in India gathering information for a *paper he is writing during the Summer. Paper is titled: Early Vaishnava Iconography. He has invited you to attend any of his classes and shows interest in connecting with you. So here is the info. If you want his personal e-mail address, just let me know. I'll text it or include it in the envelop with the monthly donation as I don't want to put it in the blog. I promised him I would respect his privacy as he is quite well known. UC Berkeley: Thursdays 3-6pm Course: CJ Jung & Joseph Campbel Ends: 04/28/16 Sac State: Mondays 6-9pm Course: History of Buddhism Ends 04/28/16 UC Davis: Fall Semester (ends?) Art History, one on Hindu Temples including excellent coverage re. Vaishnava temples including Jagannath Puri, Sri Rangam and Srivillipatur to name a few. Sac State: Fall Semester (ends) Asian Art & Mythology Summer School: Not teaching Summer school 2016 due to above mentioned paper*. I have been trying to get a series of regular, once-a-month home programs started for ISKON Sac. First one was at our house in late Jan. I mentioned it in my last letter post. A second was held at Shashi's house last Sunday. A third will be held in March; in April we will host another here. Theme is "Deepening Our Bhakti Creepers." Program consists of 1. Group chanting of Maha Mantra (not in unison) 2. Chanting of most of Brahma Samhita 3. Arati, 4. extensive kirtan 5. personal sharing among devotees 6. light prasadam At the program held Sun. past, some members of the Folsom group attended and I am hoping to bring (by Krsna's mercy) more and more of those devotees into the home programs. At any rate, it is possible you could also speak at that group next time a visit works for your schedule. Dr. Little has asked me to invite him to the home program at our house in April. Please keep this in your merciful prayers. May all your preaching endeavors fulfill your longing to serve God and Guru! Your Useless Servant, Kalindi Devi Dasi HPS - Yes, seems we will only be able to talk with him by phone when we get back to USA. That can be very productive also. Keep preaching to him and everyone you meet. Will we see you in Boise? Great vacation site. We lost your Gopinatha letter!

Dear Gurudeva. TLAGASP! pamhr. El "Kirtan Tour" en Arequipa estuvo extatico. Los devotos nos trataron muy bien especialmente Madre Ramalila y familia. Ahora estamos en Cusco (AKSA) hace un par de días. Hoy vamos a empezar los programas del KirtanTour. Estamos hablando en los seminarios y clases que nos invitaron dar, acerca de la importancia de cantar el Santo Nombre, pero Gurudeva, sólo estamos refugiandonos en su misericordia, para volvernos un poco elocuentes. Gurudeva aquí tenemos un tío materno, que vino hace un tiempo a poner unos negocios y le ha ido muy bien. Cuando lo visitamos nos propuso darnos un departamento sin costo para poder quedarnos, ya que Sita puede estudiar en la escuela de Bellas Artes, que es muy considerada a nivel nacional. Pienso que los cuatro podemos tener muchas más oportunidades de prédica y laborales aquí en el Cusco en comparación con Lima. Nosotros queremos quedarnos y evaluar este año, Usted que opina? tenemos sus bendiciones? Sus aspirantes a sirvientes, AKSA. HpS. AgtSP. No se. It may be good. Talk with devotees who know the local situation, pray to Krsna and you should get good ideas! The central thing is the association not the place, correct? I think whatever you do you will have success.

Hare Krishana esteemed and beloved Gurudeva,

Please accept my humble obeisances,

All glories to Srila Prabhupada,

It was so so so nice to have your and godbrothers/sisters association at Bs As and Cordoba. Many realizations, many gifts, little precious moments, enthusiastic to dwell in Vrindavan Dham.

You are giving so much Gurudev, so many opportunities for purification. Of course I'm missing most of them. Couldnt reach the deadline for Solaris article. So i will write it for the next issue.

Anartha nivritti becomes very painful sometimes!!

On saturday, for Nityananda Trayodasi I will install Sri Sri Gaura Nitai neem deities, the ones i brought from india, you saw them in kolkata.

I returned very enthusiastic for deity worshiping, you told me simple puja and read Srimad Bhagavatam for them. Perfect program!! So I want to bring the lord in a bigger form to increase my attachment to them.

Please Gurudev, give me your blessings to install them next saturday at Sama. They are the real healers!! The magicians!

Thank you for being such an intense and beautiful lighthouse for this unworthy soul!!

Trying to follow your footsteps!!

Krisna Krisna boli!!

Nikunja Bihari das.

HPS - WE HOPE THEIR RECEPTION WAS DELIGHTFUL.

Hare Krishna beloved Gurudev, pamho, agtSP,

As you requested at FMP at Startmeeting here are the World Sankirtan Results.

Source www.wsnl.net

Se han distribuido desde 1965 hasta diciembre 2015

521.931.577 libros

Enero-diciembre 2015

9.327.465 libros

Asia (72 templos, ppalmente india) 5.649.077        61%

CIS (formerly USSR) (71 templos)

1.102.884.       12%

North America (43 templos)

923.590.         10%

Europa   (47 templos)

739.164.           8%

Latin america (33 templos)

520.005          6%

Africa (32 templos)

267.941.           3%

Australasia (8 templos)

124.804.          1%

At your service.

Nikunja Bihari das.

ASA THANK YOU. HARE KRSNA