Letters to the editor

I get about three times as much mail per day as I can handle.

A lot of it is redundant eg. where are you, what are you doing, what do you think about this topic.

A lot of it is also quite important, so the Blog is the only solution we have to deal with this.

It eliminates the redundancy and puts people in touch with other people with the same service concerns.

Hare Krsna.

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Todas las Glorias a Srila Prabhupada!!!

Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja, por favor reciba mis respetuosas reverencias, espero se encuentre bien de salud.

Tengo algunas preguntas:

¿Se puede renunciar a ISKCON, sabiendo muy bien que la relación Guru-discípulo nunca se rompe?

Vemos que hoy en día autoridades locales hacen lo que quieren, especialmente en ISKCON-PERÚ, como si Iskcon fuera el congreso ordinario de la república del Perú. Algunos devotos quieren irse, no quieren hundirse con el barco, también ¿que podrían hacer? entonces...

Ésta administración de ISKCON-PERÚ ya es una dictadura, o es que ¿así verdaderamente funcionan las cosas?

pero, ¿como podría funcionar, si no les interesa la prédica y solo les interesa tener la billetera gorda?

¿como encontrar la protección adecuada sin cometer ofensas y no irse al infierno?

MUCHOS no quieren meter la mano, más bien se las lavan como Poncio Pilato y los pocos que tratan de hacer algo son sancionados y sancionados.

Disculpe si estoy siendo ofensivo con mis palabras..

Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja

Gadai Gauranga Dasa

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All glories to Srila Prabhupada!!!

Hare Krishna, Guru Maharaja, please accept my respectful obeisances. I hope you are in good health.

HpS - Our bodies, agtSP, do not get diseases. They are diseases. My body is like your body! 😆

I have a few questions:

Can one resign from ISKCON, knowing full well that the Guru-disciple relationship is never broken?

HpS - Candra mukhi Devi Dasi asked similar question in here post like yesterday or so. If you read that, https://monkeywarrior.com/detail/15575/, I think it will help but...

We see that these days local authorities do whatever they want, especially in ISKCON-PERU, as if ISKCON were the ordinary congress of the Republic of Peru. Some devotees want to leave; they don't want to go down with the ship. So, what could they do?

This ISKCON-PERU administration is already a dictatorship, or is that really how things work?

But how could it work if they aren't interested in preaching and are only interested in keeping their wallets fat?

How can one find adequate protection without committing offenses and going to hell?

Many don't want to interfere; instead, they just brush it off like Pontius Pilate, and the few who try to do something are punished and punished.

Excuse me if I'm being offensive with my words.

Hare Krishna, Guru Maharaja

Gadai Gauranga Dasa

HpS ... we can reiterate what we said to Candra-mukhi Devi Dasi on same topic.

To our understanding from the KRSNA book the Gopis live at three levels and this can be applied perfectly to ISKCON:

1. They are good citizens of Nanda Maharaja's village. They pay their taxes, barter over the price of yogurt. Complain about things that they think are wrong. This is ISKCON at the institutional level.
2. They have their circle of friends within the institution. The Temple President's closest friend may be the Temple pot washer. The Gopis look around to see who is looking at them milking cows and then begin to talk confidentially with other Gopis, their brothers et al.
3. They each experience a direct relationship with Krsna. Of course, this is through so many transparent via media, but those media are transparent, even unconsciously. We, you, me, must be experiencing a transparent, direct relationship with Srila Prabhupada. By the nature of the internally potency you are Srila Prabhupada's most intimate disciple. In our service as 'guru' in ISKCON we only try to act as that media.

We have, and are, personally experiencing this and know others who have, are, also.

You also?

Never leave SRILA PRABHUPADA's ISKCON!

Never be afraid to act with enthusiasm, bravery and honesty, to serve at all three levels.

If there are problems in the Institution, then maybe they are there to just get Peruvian devotees to make improvements, solve problems that will lead the entire world.

There is no restriction to you taking Sannyasa, becoming Chairman of the GBC!

diary of a traveled creature.

dreams of a traveling creature.

lot of news in the other posts for today here.

• daily always very intense program from 1.01am until 9.31am.
• daily joining shyama-sundara das' excellent online japa program at 2am for about two weeks now. it has improved our japa by 100%.

(We would suggest that others might like to join us, but sometimes we don't do things like that as a Test to see who is motivated personally to do things?) 😎

today our regular Saturday Sankirtan was Srila Gopal-krsna Maharaja's Tiro bhava festival. Very, intense!

Good night.

10.21PM

!Hare Krsna!

Hare Krsna Beloved Gurudeva:

AGTSP, pamho

I hope this meets you in good health.

HpS/ASA - 👳 🐵 🐖 🐖 ... We are sat cit ananda, no? Our body is a duality of pleasure and pain. No one can see us materially unless they see healthy and sick. So if we are here only for KRSNA, Sankirtan, our instrument will be visible to people only if it is healthy and sick.

Read the post to PMD. Describes our current situation.

Have you talked with devotees in Chile much?

Guru-govinda Dasi?

I'm sorry to write repeatedly about the same topic.

HpS/ASA - G, SB, CC are all the same topic again and again, but each time higher, no?

I won't name anyone, but the political situation in ISKCON Peru is worse. I don't identify with the authorities; I don't know if they represent what Srila Prabhupada wanted. Then I wonder if I represent Him or You. And as you sometimes say, "I tolerate my disciples because I think about how much Srila Prabhupada has put up with me". Of course, that's just a sign of your immense humility, which You don't like to be constantly reminded of.

HpS/ASA - Consulting with Tom Brown et al, we are constantly reminded of our hypocrisy, lust, vanity etc.

Like several ISKCON Peru members, we don't know if we're still legal members. There were elections, they chose a new board, and they didn't even inform us. We had a meeting (I won't mentioned names), and when we asked directly if they could inform us if we were still members of the institution, they told us that the president-elect would inform us in due time.

In fact, I didn't even open my microphone or turn on my camera because I was going to offend them. I preferred not to say anything. I had the sword in my hand and it was bleeding

These lines are merely political, sometimes necessary, but I truly don't feel any kind of inspiration from the authorities. I can't give classes, I can't worship the deity. I know the most important service is chanting 16 good rounds, but I would also like to perform some practical service. Sometimes I think back to my service to the deities, which I performed uninterruptedly for 12 years. And I remember you once said in a class: "An apple once, and the deity never forgets." Then I feel good inside

I'm writing these lines to you like a wounded soldier, still standing in the fight against Maya. As I told you on WhatsApp, I go to Mass every Sunday with my sister. It's what keeps me connected with the human spirit besides my rounds. I'm asking you, what else can I do?

I'm still waiting for my Kurukshetra battle to end.

I hope to see Palika and family, Patraka, soon. I'm very fortunate to have friends who are such good people and devotees of Krishna.

I hope to see you at Christmas. Will you still be in Houston?

Thank you for your daily WhatsApp messages.

My sister is fine, She is one of the best psychologists in my district, she is invited to give talks on television.

Ulysses has recovered, thanks for your concern, He is like 100 years old ¡¡¡

See you soon Gurudeva. I am attaching some pictures from my service that I treasure within my heart

Trying to be your disciple

CMDD

HpS - Iskcon the Institution. Iskcon the community of friends. Iskcon with you and Srila Prabhupada.

The Gopis Attracted to the Flute, in the KRSNA book seem to be in all three levels in their lives in Braja.

I live in all three.

I, ASA, are camped in ISKCON Houston until Janmastami. August 15th. We discussed that with friends, Prabhupada, devotees, Brahmanas, Temple authorities, President and they all approved, some have been very aggressive about us staying forever.

Years ago one Temple President told us to leave the Temple because he felt we had supported his political enemy. Later he apoligized.

So, it will always be that way.

Yet, as we become more purified we will see, experience, the political life, village politics, as purifying. Radha and Candravali love each other!!! Yet they also LOVE to fight over their boyfriend!

We are involved in the GBC letters between Gita govinda and Baladeva. We were involved in the previous letters. I think Hansarupa Das was assigned to investigate all the claims.

From our perspective it was not a good investigation.

We think our perspective is accurate about 75%.

It may have been that he just did not have time and resources to do more than he did.

Eg. You can apply to the GBC to become a GBC Secretary for Peru.

Less ambitious, you can apply to open your own Temple, or arrange with others to open one!

We would certainly consider such ideas with our limited abilities.

In Tom Brown's correspondences with the Blue Baboon it seems that Laksmana agra ja Das is giving classes, and Maria of la Perla is decorating the altar in Choseeka. Can you also do that???

Can you and your sister stay with Mitra v. D. D. in the Ladies Ahsrama for some weekends?

We pray to Krsna that you be a veritable Wonder Woman of the Spiritual World and combat the Forces of Evil!

Thank you for your constant association. We all, even Ulysses, can certainly expect that our next life will be in Nadia with Nimai, no?

Please give me your blessings for tomorrow. We will hold a preaching program in Cabildo with a group of devotees from different parts of Chile who will support me. 

It's the most important program I've organized here. I hope everything goes well and that many people become interested in cultivating Bhakti.

PAMHO 

¡Jaya Srila Prabhupada!

HpS/ASA - AgtSP!!! Of course, we hope for all success in your Sankirtan. Will there be ISKCON authorities participating or giving their advice?

Constant chanting of the Holy Names in private and public is the best religion of this age!!

So, many best wishes for you and your spiritual development, becoming free from all obstacles.

Hare Krishna Gurudeva

PAMHO - AGTSP

For some years now, I've been doing a regular daily reading of the translation of a chapter of the Bhagavad Gita.

Whenever I have extra time, I continue my reading of the Srimad Bhagavatam; I'm currently on chapter 9.6.1.

I'm progressing very slowly in my reading of the Srimad Bhagavatam, so I thought maybe instead of doing my daily reading of the Bhagavad Gita, I could use that time to further my reading of the Srimad Bhagavatam.

In a handwritten letter you gave me, you advised me I should read the Bhagavad Gita daily, hence my question. Perhaps I should continue my daily reading of the Bhagavad Gita and devote some extra time to Srimad Bhagavatam.

What do you think?

Thank you.

PMD.

HpS - AgtSP. We wish we could answer these Blog posts a little faster. Right now it is 9.26PM. It has been a day of hard work and nice results. We have pretty strong chest pain, and our eyes are burning, but that is probably true in some way of so many of the people who are reading this letter.

We also see a post in the Blog from your good self.

We will copy and paste it here.

We try to answer mail, posts, from devotees, but we only have so much strength, so we hope no one abandons us because we may only click the response button on WhatsApp.

As for reading.

We heard Srila Prabhupada said that my books are like a tree made of sugar. Wherever you taste them they are sweet.

So, we can pick up any of Srila Prabhupada's books and read them and get benefit.

If we read Caitanya Caritamrta we may be then inspired by that reading to focus more on BG vice-a-versa.

Read some book you like.

Read whenever you can, like, but of course, it is nice to establish a regular habet. Eg. read Lila amrta before breakfast. CC before Mangala arati.

Even more important is to read in the association of devotees. Have study partners, students, teachers.

Share what you are reading on line.

Have you read CC?