Letters to the editor

Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja, please accept my humble obeisances at your feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. 

Very nice hearing your voice on the phone the other day. Been feeling uplifted ever since. I want to answer your question a little deeper here perhaps..what is your place in the Sankirtan movement?!?: 

Maybe finding the answer to this question will take a lifetime or many but I’m starting to realize more and more that I want to make songs for Krishna and I also want to help create a wonderful environment for young people to practice KC. Not sure how these two things harmonize yet. They seem pretty separate. What would you like me to do? 

HpS-ASA - Do, agtSP, what you are doing, but do it better.

As we wake up we realize our Sankirtan position.

Thank you so much for your pervious response to my letter and I apologize for taking so long to write again. There has been too much travel and over endeavoring for mundane things. We need the temple and devotees to make any progress. Rugged individualism is slowly dissipating.

Anyway, I really appreciate you sending the links to Abraham Lincoln quotes about power. I’ve always liked Bhakta Abraham since I was very young, thought he was cool. And that other quote about power is something that really struck me when I heard you say it years ago: “Great men are almost always bad men..” thank you for sending that link! 

And thank you for letting me share these songs with you. Music for a long time has felt like a separate thing to KC. My desire is for there not to be duplicity in my endeavors. So offering and sharing songs with you is a huge help in that. Also, extremely humbling. There has been some nice and natural preaching opportunities in interviews about the album.

Just wanted to share two more songs as they both have been very inspired by you. 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6OAd3hpqpk8&list=OLAK5uy_l09Rsg4_j-eqlUz6QPEiVoexH0dI3j15w&index=6&pp=8AUB

Transitional Phase

Just a transitional phase 

He’ll be back soon

Says he’s gotta learn this way 

And It’s fine

It’s alright

It’s alright 

It’s alright

Did you hear the sermon 

It was written for you 

You stood with your head down

In the back of the room 

Guess all your old dreams are coming true 

Is it too much? (Karma and mode of passion; working so hard for something and then not being satisfied) 

It’s all a mess anyway 

We’ll sort it out

We’re in this together you say 

But what now 

What now 

What will God allow

Are you really happy(false merriment) 

Don’t get lost in the waves (Maya)

What’s buried deep down 

Is on its way(anarthas) 

Look he’s running for help

But there’s no one around 

Can you relate?  

Transitional phase (the reins being given to Radha)

In-between words and dreams 

There’s only a line 

And you’ve crossed over it 

So many times 

It’s been alright 

It’s alright 

It’s alright 

Just run through the curtains (running to Krishna)

And out the gate 

Completely sober for many days(sober in the subtle sense) 

What a shock to the system (going against the norm/materialism)  

What brilliant way to celebrate(kirtan) 

Transitional phase 

It’s only a phase 

Transitional phase 

And this one: 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BpLNa8CsrsM&list=OLAK5uy_l09Rsg4_j-eqlUz6QPEiVoexH0dI3j15w&index=2&pp=8AUB

Brave New World

Hoping for hope

There must be some hope 

Show me the way 

It’s a brave new world 

It’s a brave new world 

There’s blood on the streets

George said “I can’t Breathe” 

Now we believe 

It’s a brave new world

It’s a brave new world 

So much work to be done (devotional service)

For good change to come 

Love wins 

Love(Krsna)is supreme 

Locked up inside 

Staring at the mirror 

Looking in (seeing one’s short comings and potentials)

It’s a brave new world 

It’s a brave new world 

There must be 

More then I can see 

Looking out (sastra)

It’s a brave new world 

It’s a brave new world 

So much work to be done 

For good change to come 

Love wins 

Love is supreme 

Hold on to hold on (sadana)

Breathe deep and keep on fighting (the good fight, keeping vows to you also the battle of Kurukshetra!)

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna 

Krishna Krishna Hare Hare 

Hare Rama Hare Rama 

Rama Rama Hare Hare 

Oh Govinda

Hallelujah 

Jaya guru dev

So much Love(Krsna/mercy)is needed

It’s a brave new world 

It’s a brave new world 

Love wins 

Love(Krsna)is supreme 

Thank you Maharaja. A few temple updates that I will give in my next letter. 

I am excited to see and hear this next movie based in Tennessee that you are making. We would like to add it to our movie night at the temple roster. Starting this Fall. Mocktails, popcorn and discussion after showing. First Saturday of every month. More on that later too. 

Hare Krishna! 

Your aspiring servant, 

-Nitisara das

P.S. we had a wonderful Ratha Yatra at Fourth of July parade. I think we were the best one lol here are some photos: 

HpS / Thank you!!!!

Many attractive songs that are not directly, obviously KC. Eg."One Toke Over the Line".

Yet all attraction is from Krsna.

One Toke... is about going beyond the mental platform?

Todas las Glorias a Srila Prabhupada!!

Hare Krsna Guru Maharaja, por favor reciba mis respetuosas reverencias.

En la carta anterior usted me hizo la siguiente pregunta:

HpS - AgtSP. ¡¡¡Gracias!!! Por favor, conviertan todas sus actividades en Sankirtan, ¿no? Si hacen astrología, ¿la relacionan con el Sankirtan?

El trabajo que tengo es de editar libros vinculados a la consciencia de Krsna y de Jyotish.

A veces trabajo y a veces no, no es algo fijo.

El Jyotish mayormente lo utilizo para mí en algunas cosas y cuando salgo a Sankirtan, a las personas les hablo de las influencias planetarias y que su remedio o medicina son los libros de Srila Prabhupada.

Estoy leyendo el Krishna Book (Segunda parte) "La llegada de Akrura a Vrndavana", Mangal Artik 4 y 30 am, 4 principios regulativos, 16 rondas de Japa a veces un poco más.

A veces pienso que no atiendo bien a las Salagrama Silas y en especial a la Govardhana Sila. Tengo mis errores. Trato de atenderlas lo mejor que puedo. Quizá todo lo malo que me ha pasado es por que no las atendí como es debido y cometí ofensas. ¿Qué debería de hacer?

HpS - Hare Krsna. TlgaSP. pfanrh. No se mas de Vd. Tiene que ser fuerte en purificarte de sus apegos materiales. La purificacion es eterno.

si es muy fuerte.. rompiendo 4 principios.. entonces el pujari debe volver los silas a govardhana or rio gandaki, no?

Me despido Guru Maharaja, que el Señor Nrsimha lo proteja siempre.

Hare Krsna

Gadai Gauranga Dasa

HpS ... thank you. your news is so good for all of us. i think H. H. Bhanu Swami uses astrology and palmistry the same way as you.

Hare Krsna Beloved Gurudeva:

AGTSP, PAMHO

I have seen pictures from your visit to Richmond. I was overjoyed by seeing all the devotees that went to be with your very good self

I am not going to write much so that your vision is not affected.

I go to church every sunday with my sister. Last Friday it was the festivity of Santa Rosa de Lima so we went there. I couldn't go to Janmastami I hope to be able to go to Radhastami.

16 R ok

4P ok

Last August 28th, was the anniversary of the departure of my father 14 years has passed and I still can feel his presence within my heart I found some pictures when he was young, he went to Japan due to an scholarship that he got. He looked really happy I hope he is fine now

Ulyses is almost 14 years old but he seems still pretty strong

I hope to meet with you in person again if not as you said we meet here in the blog

Trying to be your disciple

CMDD

HpS/ASA - Do they, Hare Krsna, dress their dietys, icons, in the church where you go?

The Catholic church in Murfreesboro is Santa Rosa!

Hare Krishna Gurudev;

Please accept our humble obeisances,

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!!

We got the link for the 5th movie.

Thank you.

Your servant.

Nikunja bihari das.

Sunday Morning Srimad Bhagavatam Workshop: We will start reading Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya-lila, Chapter Nine: Lord Caitanya's Travels to the Holy Places. We will start reading 9.164 verses onwards. We should be able to complete reading another 30 verses.

Thank you to H. G. Ambrish Prabhu for being there to help with translation.

It is the mercy of Maharaja, to engage everyone in reading books of Srila Prabhupada.

YS

Upendra dasa

Hare krishna Gurudeva

Por favor acepte mis más humildes reverencias

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada

Todas las glorias a sus pies de loto

Ofrezco una enorme disculpa por no haber escrito en estos últimos meses, supongo que no nos es tan fácil entender que no nos debemos creer tan insignificantes como para poder mantener comunicación con el maestro espiritual.

Ya no trabajamos en el templo, por el momento no mantenemos ningún servicio directo para las deidades de Sus señorías Radha Mandan Gopal. Iniciamos con muchos tramites universitarios y mantuvimos por algunos meses un programa de distribución de prashada para una de las principales universidades en México.

En este tiempo también estuvimos un pocos decaídos con respecto a la mente, debido a que mi tío paterno que fue para mis hermanos y para mí como un abuelo muy bondadoso dejo el cuerpo y con un par de días de separación una tía también dejo el cuerpo.

Al haber nacido afortunadamente en Conciencia de Krishna queremos poder entender de mejor manera la muerte y los procesos de reencarnación, pero de todas maneras no estamos listos.

Adoramos deidades en casa, afortunadamente mi mama se ha encargado de tener bastantes y enseñarnos a adorarlas, este año viajo unos meses a New Vrindavan (regresa en Noviembre aproximadamente y se fue en junio) así que nos encargamos de vestirlas, ofrecer mínimo 2 ofrendas alimentarias y hacer una pequeña puja. Sabemos que no estamos en el nivel indicado para hacerlo, pero tratamos de que sea con mucho amor.

Seguimos cantando 16 rondas, tratamos de no fallar en eso y si es necesario hacerlas en dos partes lo hacemos, tratamos de no romper esta promesa.

Sin más que decir

Ofrezco mis más humildes reverencias

Esperamos algún día ser aptos de su misericordia y ser mejor sirviente

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada

Todas las glorias a usted

Todas las glorias a los devotos que dedican o han dedicado su vida a cantar los nombres del señor.

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Hare Krishna, Gurudeva

Please accept my most humble obeisances

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

All glories to your lotus [lettuce] feet

I offer a huge apology for not having written in these last few months, I guess it is not so easy for us to understand that we should not believe ourselves so insignificant as to be able to maintain communication with the spiritual master.

We no longer work at the temple, at the moment we do not maintain any direct service for the deities of Their Lordships Radha Mandan Gopal. We started with many university procedures and maintained for a few months a prasada distribution program for one of the main universities in Mexico.

During this time we were also a little down with respect to the mind, because my paternal uncle who was like a very kind grandfather to my brothers and me left the body and a couple of days later an aunt also left the body.

HpS - Happy! Go to better place!!

Having been fortunately born into Krishna Consciousness, we want to be able to better understand death and the processes of reincarnation, but we are still not ready.

We worship deities at home, fortunately my mother has taken care of having enough and teaching us to worship them, this year she is traveling to New Vrindavan for a few months (she returns in November approximately and left in June) so we are in charge of dressing them, offering at least 2 food offerings and doing a small puja. We know that we are not at the level indicated to do it, but we try to do it with a lot of love.

We continue chanting 16 rounds, we try not to fail in that and if it is necessary to do it in two parts we do it, we try not to break this promise.

Without further ado

I offer my most humble obeisances

We hope to one day be eligible for your mercy and be a better servant

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

All glories to you

All glories to the devotees who dedicate or have dedicated their lives to chanting the names of the Lord

HpS - Sorry to answer slowly.

1. we are lazy.
2. our persona is getting old and weak

But very!!!!! nice to hear from you.

Very nice.

Look for miracles.

Now we go to an evening program.

it is 5.47PM here in Richmond Virginia!! Join us.