Letters to the editor

On Sat, 11/14/15, Mishra Illo, Misra Bhagavan Das,  wrote:

 Subject: Re: Kapi Dhavja 
 Gauranga. I am in Mayapur by the mercy of Lord
 Nityananda..  After mangal arotik I took the local bus
 down to the Yoga Pitha and walked the rest of the way to the
 village where I get my milk. The people live there self
 sufficiently in family harmony. 
 This  evening I went to Prabhupada's samadhi to finish my
 rounds. After they were done I felt like I should try and do
 some sankirtan. A devotee was on the top level trying to
 distribute books to the many .visitors that came up
 the stairs. I was surprised on how tough of a crowd they
 were. They came to enjoy a day at the theme park, not
 inquire into transcendental knowledge.
 I tried to use my being a foreigner to
 get them to halt and take the book. We got one family to
 almost buy, but they said that they don't speak Bengali
 and we did not have any hindi books. Then three young guys
 together came along and 2 of them bought. 
 I hope this meets you well. Mishra
 Bhagavan
 Dasa

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HpS - ASA --- Hare Krsna!
We posted this to the Blog!   Very inspiring. How is your wife and stepson??????
You can see our howling and growling in the Kapi-dhvaja, no?

Sankirtan, Sankirtan, Sankirtan!!!

Oink!   Grank!  WHoop!
We are exhausted. It is 3.34PM.    We have done 11-rounds, two Gayatris, little cleaning, little house work. Lots of fruit (juice) and little Yogurt and Nuts, all the letters in Yahoo.com and Blog, up to three days ago.

Now we want to quit....

[Read about 15-pages. FMP. Called Manis about NIOS tax filings. Has taken a LOT of effort to get it done, and we are not the Secretary nor a Director!]

No Lofty learning.

No, NIOS - India.

No, PPTX for tomorrow morning or evening.

We are basically demons.

Monkey/Piggy - Maybe you are just hungry?

HpS/ Brother Ass - Hmfff!    Yes, a little more Prasadam, but real thing is the mind. We have to merge the mind in transcendence. We are actually getting a headache from this mental work. We need intellectual work now. The mind and senses going into ignorance.
All the letters were super, no?  Jorge's poetry was nice.
This movement goes on by the mercy of its Mothers.

O.K. We'll chant Hare Krsna and see you on the "other side", Mangala arati!!!!!!
 

[We wear Sannyasa dress when we go to the market etc. here, I don't see much reaction from the store manager et al, but if we think about it, what can they say. It must be like seeing a Kangaroo in your Kroeger's market at 7AM in the morning. They must remark about it to their co-employees. Who was that Buddhist Monk. He was buying glue and orange juice, just like and ordinary human being!]

In reasponse to :

HpS - ASA --- AGTSP ... I guess the basic idea is whether Krsna was happy after the Battle of Kuruksetra or not, no?   Did Yuddhistira feel that he had eliminated a government and governors that weren't working?

In the end Bhisma convinced him that he had eliminate the right things.

What do you think of:

http://www.vedabase.com/en/sb/1/9/12  ????

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Dear Guru Maharaj, PAMHO AGTSP

Here are my thoughts on the subject matter...

Krsna wanted to establish dharmic kingdom, so He was happy after the battle. From that point of view.

Yudhisthira was not happy, thinking that "so many killings are there just so I be the king." But Bhisma convinced him that it is how it had to happen. 

Then SB 1.9.12 says: "As long as a person is fully in cooperation with the wishes of the Lord, guided by the bona fide brāhmaṇas and Vaiṣṇavas and strictly following religious principles, one has no cause for despondency, however trying the circumstances of life." [side note: interesting how the robot put the word "brahmanas" in small letters].

Following that paragraph, I would say that:

1.whatever project works in cooperation with the Lord,
2. is guided by the bona fide brahmanas and Vaisnavas and
3.is strictly following religious principles, 
is pleasing to  Krsna. And that project WORKS.  

Now, the challenge is  to reassess the project by using these 3 points. <img alt="enlightened" height="23" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/lightbulb.png" title="enlightened" width="23" />  That is quiet enough of work! (For those who want to do it).

Guru Maharaja, do you want to add something more to this topic? Are my thoughts going in proper direction?

Your servant Namacarya das
 

HpS - AGTSP. Seems nice, no? Religious principles seems to be 16-nice rounds and 4-regulative principles, no? Of course, Morning Program, is 99.97% required for the rounds and principles, no?

God, the Brahmanas, and Vedic Scriptures.

Chant Hare Krsna properly: God

Brahmanas: 6-ISKCON devotees

Vedic Scriptures: P'pada's books!!

Even if you go to hell then for your choices you will have your bead bag, kartals, Krsna book and six ISKCON devotees with you.  ISKCON Hell, Ki Jai!

But the first one seems to be the basis. Without it 2 and 3 don't work so well.

Send 'em all Back to Godhead and let the Gopis sort 'em out.

Hare Krishna Maharaja, Pamho, AgtSP.

Yes; to go to Vrindavan.
Maha-bhavi Manager temple; he went to Vrindavan for two weeks.
Murari-caytania is my faithful companion;
He is Lithuanian; He is married, and his son Arjuna.
He is good; chants the holy name. he has 30 years and is a carpenter; his family is in Lithuania.
just us two here.
Yesterday at the party on Sunday; Marga-mana gave the class; Yudistira cook; I clean the bathrooms.
Sanatani and Yudistira are married and two children; kamala-gopi, and Noah, he has another mother.
Marga-mana is married; two children.
His guru fell down.

HpS - Let's hope he gets back up (In a wonderful way!)

Many more details! Gustav is a bhakta with enthusiasm.
ISKCON norway ... the lotus feet of Prabhupada!

-First pure knowledge.
-Come up to the eternal platform.
- .........
jaya Rama ekadasi!

Well, time flew.
the new year is almost here.
Krishna consciousness, such an interesting thing.
we do this because we think it is good; and we will not go to hell.
but the Cowherd Boys do not know "who is God"
umm ...
that's a little strange ...

HpS - Are you sure Krsna is God?   Hmmmmm?    Or would you just love Him because you love Him, even if you might go to hell. Of course, Hell is forgeting Krsna, no?

and what is the name of the mother of Krishna's flute ???
This seems more complicated than I thought.
And what about Putana?

HpS - ASA -  She is the sister of ....(?).
Prabhupada: This movement is for the first class of men.
but that kind of intelligence is that???

HpS - Even if has third or fifth class habits, cow killer, when he hears to Message from the Messenger, Prabhupada, then he is honest with himself, admits his problem. Trys to change, and then P'pada, ISKCON, give him, us, 1st class habits. O.K???
We are looking for 1st class men (at heart) and giving them 1st class habits.

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna
hare hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama
Rama Rama Hare Hare

Maharaj muchas gracias - Thank you very much for your support!

HpS - Thank you very much for your leadership. Sounds like you have a good team there. Get to work! Make it a great team. Do something in the time you have.

Hare Krsna Dear Gurudev,
    Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.

ASA - Lettuce feet. Of course, we hope to aspire that Srila Prabhupada's lotus feet are our lotus feet (possession).

    All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
    All glories to Guru parampara.

    Gurudev, Hope you are good in Health.

    As i had Visited 4 small city - Chilfilly, Ambikapur, Bilaspur and Raipur. Basic objective of the visit was to check scope for us (ISKCON).

    City 1 : Chilfilly - Many 'Sahajiya' sampradaya are preaching on this area. They don't follow any rules. They preach like, they are in Vraja or Gopi-bhava. They say, they can show the 'swarup' to anyone. Even they offered me to show the 'swarup'. But i did not responded. They all have big big and beautiful diets ("diets" or "dieties") at their home. They have made their own rules of bhakti, sadna and worship.

    City 2 : Bilaspur - Good city. Engineering, Medical College, High Court is there. i was success to develop a relationship with two lawyer of high court for preaching purpose.

    City 3 : Raipur - Capital of Chhattisgarh state. Scope is good. Already an ISKCON Temple is there but very less preaching.

    City 4 : Amibkapur - Nice city, growing city. Good Agriculture College is there. Scope for ISKCON is good.

    It was my first visit for these place so need more visit before making any decision.

    Why i had chosen these place : Because 'Sahajiya' preachers are there. They are misguiding people.

    Please let me know if you have any thing for me.

your fallen servant,
Girivaradhari-Gopal Das

HpS - ASA -- It sounds like you are moving toward Sannyasa dharma, traveling and preaching, not having a private family, but loving all people as your family.
When we get telephone and give you Gayatri Mantras???

Dear Guru Maharaja,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

I haven't written in a long while, Maharaja. Life as a mother of two has been very busy and fulfilling. We are happy. Although I do loose my patience with my oldest. I am definitely trying to be more gentle.

HpS - AGTSP. Enthusiasm is more important than patience. Yes, must have patience, but more important is enthusiams. What is that? How to keep it?  NOI-3 discusses. If you lose your patience enthusiasm, then stop and look: What am I trying to accomplish. More clean around the house?   Is this a good goal?    If it is not, then O.K. give it up. If it is then second, how can I make progress in towards this. If you have these two, then you will be enthusiastic and patience will be natural. A lot more details.  NOI 3 is good discussion.

I have so much to tell you but I will keep it brief. 

My husband and I started up our Bhkati Yoga club at school again and will be having kirtan nights on Fridays. We don't expect many people to come but we know that by persevearance and humility Krishna might bless us. We also ask for your blessings to make this our service while here in Calgary.

HpS - Ha!  Ha!    Shoot for the Rhinocerous!    Expect that many people will come. Sufficient. Maybe show part of the Maha-bharata by Peter Brook. Free popcorn (with a lot of salt) and $1.00 glass for lemonade!

I also ask for your blessings on me being able to teach our children how to speak Spanish. It might be silly to ask this, but for me it's a little difficult to do since my husband doesn't speak it. I realised it can be very beneficial to grow up speaking more than one language. So I will try my best to help my children that way. Of course, giving them Krishna is best!

HpS - What about www.loftylearning.com, you can teach them Sanskrit. You all can learn. If you want to teach them Spanish, you must get a few partners, no? Others with your mad mentality. Calgary, Home Spanish, Ladies Circle. Then there must be online courses you can all do together. Its a nice language.

My husband is almost finished school to be a teacher. Very happy forhim. Audharya and Arindama are both growing and getting along well. My family is very happy to have their grand children around so close. Everyone is happy for now. Our Calgary yatra is not quite the same as when we lived in Toronto but as long as people are worshiping Krishna and love Him we can adjust for the time we are here. 

I am chanting my 16 rounds consecutively now for a few months since the birth of my son. I am back on track with a lot to make up for. I don't know about other mothers, but for me chanting when I have avery young and demanding baby, japa is hard to do every day. I feel reluctant to tell you this but I hae a need for you to accept my inability finish sometimes. 4 regs: check.

HpS - Keep track of how many rounds you own Krsna. I was only chanting like 11-rounds a day for several weeks, maybe 6-8 when the GBC had me as Temple President, Head-Pujari, Rathayatra Organize, Treasurer Director in the Berkeley Temple.

Ooof!  I was exhausted. Could barely walk, but kept track and then at one point told them, just can't do this, and gradualy caught them all up.  I hear that 16-day day is hard with a small kid, but I suspect that it can be done. Kids sleep a lot. Just fit in four here, four there.  Pooop!  16!
If I give my opinion, for a young mother to have babies and chant 16-rounds is about the same as taking Sannyasa in ISKCON.
Rasa-mandali Dasi, Maharaja, Ki Jai!

Please forgive my offences, Maharaja. 

Your aspiring servant,

Rasa-mandali dasi

HpS - ASA -- So, so, nice to hear from you.  Please offer our respects to your family, and if you husband can send a little news about his Sankirtan, that would be nice.  Also, you can see that we are focusing on this Peru symposium, and so maybe you can get some inspiration to help also!  Psychology and the Sacred.

Thank you!

You are on the right path, just go ahead.