Letters to the editor

Hare Krishna Maharaja Please, accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

I'll be in charge of NIMSAR communication from now on. After 2 meetings the following was agreed:

1.-To have a protocol for meetings.

2. It was agreed that members of NIMSAR receive training seminars in skills and introspective (psychological)areas.

3. Areas were developed by committees and all is related as a body

HpS - ASA ----  AGTSP!  Excellent Letter, but.... we don't understand this point???  ​
 

4.- An executive and educational model was presented, we will go looking for results at future meetings.

Communications (under the direction of the secretariat) will be developed in 3 stages: The 1st stage (from October to February 2016) we will develop a colaborationa plan for ISKCON temples Agreements: We will take the workshop by Mr Palomino. Sunday School will be developed by Priya Sakhi and Yugala dd SS Isvari dd

Hare Krishna,

Please accept my humble obeisance’s.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

From Bhakta Luciano Macchiavelo Chile

I think this is the second time I send a message to the Blog, your nicknamed me Bhakta Lucifer (whick I find so funny). Luciano + Macchiavello =Lucifer 

A lot has passed since I asked to be your disciple like 4 years ago and formally asked for refugee a little under 2 years back. But I am slowly advancing as a devotee, maybe to slowly but I do feel at heart that I am advance. But I have kept going regularly to the temple.

At this moment I have no formal service, but I do a few things:

1: help in harinam.

2: Community Data Base.  Me and another Bhakta under the guidance of the temple president will be building a database of ALL Iskcon devotes in Chile.

3: Milk products for temple Deities. This service sprang  out of nowhere…  I buy countryside milk products for temple deities and deliver it to the Deity kitchen.  I collect money from devotes, but I end up financing most of this service from my own pocket.

ASA -   Excellent. Krsna loves you!

2 months ago I started working for a  USA company called Troll and Toad  which area  of business is collectable games, my job is basically buy collectable cards in Chile and send them to the company in USA, and help them in events in America Latina, I am traveling each weekend and in November I go to Puerto Alegre brazil fro an international Magic Game event.

Its strange that Krisna is pushing me to administrating Money, for my company (they sent me us$6000 last month), for the Milk for the Temple  Deities and a devotee that I will not mention has a family member deposit money in my account, I keep that money safe and when he needs me to from abroad he sends me a message to hand it over to another devotee.

ASA - -  Karma, karma, karma - Men, money, women.

The temple President Prabhu Amara Gouranga has been giving me space to sit in at his new administration meetings, he is in dire need of devotes who can and want to administrate and he is slowly giving me space to try and see where I can be useful.

Also  I do informal service of administrating 3 Facebook groups:

1: Lacto vegetarians in Chile 460 members

2: harinam Saknirtan Iskcon Chile

3 Congregacion Iskcon Chile. This has been very nice it started off with no members and I started adding devotees and Bhaktas, under the permision of the temple Presidente. It now hs 266 memebrs.  It’s a closed group so it’s a online space where devotes can post stuff more internal issues and share devote stuff for Chile. I see a lot of potential here. It has been conflict free upto now. I have a bit of a reputation as a heavy facebook argumentor… so the trouble makers avoid me ( I was participating a lot on vegan vegetarian  facegroups and gave the Vegans that offended devotes a hard time and gained the respect of a few of their leaders always a gentle man).

My relationship with the devotees has not been easy. I am a gentle man but very critical, not in an offensive way but because I want to help develop a strong community for preaching. Thus my neophyte stage always clashes with a few devotes. But I feel I have gained the respect of many due to my sincerity.

Today I went to temple and gave my respects top Srila Prabhupada and he looked at me grave, too serious, almost angry. My first thought was “Guru” You.  I need to develop a relationship with Guru.

“ 3weeks ago I was given Goura Nitay Dieties from the Chilean Brhamchari called Hari Das Chaitanya (personal assistant of Jayapataka Swami), he brought them from Mayapur.

I should have then asked you permsion to worship them but never got around to doing it.

My Sadhana is below par.

I have problem with my rounds, for that I am trying to get up very early to do at leastt 4 rounds around 5:30. A.m. and during the day fill in the rest.

I have no attraction for meat  and have not eaten meat/eggs etc for more than 10 years

I have no attraction for alcohol and not drank for more than 10 years

I have never done drugs.

I once smoked for 2 weeks (to try and fit in but that was stupid of me)

I do not gamble and the lst time I played a lottery ticket was like 3 years ago.

I tend to have a regular fall down in illicit sex, every few months someone appears to seem like the perfect wife… but not work….

Please guide and advise me.

With  your permission can I worship Guora Nitay?

Is there anything I can do for you?

Your aspiring servant

Bhakta Luciano

Trying to be the servant of the servant

My respects

HpS - ASA -- It is so, nice to hear from you!    We walked in talking circles in the pavillion back of the Temple, no?  All of your activities seem very nice.   Of course, the essence is to bath your self in the Holy Names.

Get up early and get your rounds done!

Por favor acepte mis respetuosas reverencias ! 
Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada ! 
Querido Gurumaharaja :
Hemos visto que ya consiguió  buen ticket a Chile. Nos alegra mucho. 
En días pasados visitamos Tulancingo y los devotos siguen muy entusiastas en el tema de educación, también desean alguna presentación académica de Su parte, y muy buena recepción y prasadam con mucha devoción como acostumbran. Hay buenas propuestas. 
En D.F estamos muy atentos para conocer las fechas de Su llegada en Diciembre como Ud mencionó o las fechas que Ud señale, con las bendiciones de Sri Krsna. Perdón por anhelar  tanto su asociación vapuh. 
También nos esforzamos mucho en la asociación Vani. Claro siempre pensamos evitar demasiado viaje y centralizar los programas en un lugar a donde la mayoría podamos ir. 
Quedamos atentos a Sus instrucciones. 
Disculpe las ofensas por favor. 
Vuestra aspirante a servidora : Asta Sakhi dd

AgtSP

Pamho Maharaja, Hare Krsna.

I regret the delay, I had my head in a thousand places (mental). I had not sung my rounds (16) a few days, but I have targeted.

Sometimes I can hardly write, although I love, becouse my level is not very high, and only I have very normal questions I´ve heard many times but I exceed either. Or are incorrect questions or stories to a Vaisnava Sannyasi.

You know I am a very ordinary person with a good heart, no more.

These days I have had a personal realization. The other day I woke up at 7:30 to sing my rounds, I was very tired, and singing rounds I located what I felt like my union with atma, my atma and Atma(paramatma or spiritual platform, I think). I feltn the change in the circulation of energi, and I felt one individual consciusness, my self, and felt attached to a river of life. The energi going from the inside out, all around, a union like flowers and roots.

I was very happy becouse I felt that that was the same as over the death, or that I thought.

As always, thanks for everything Maharaja, for the blog, etc. Nectar.

Hare Krsna.

Budanath

ASA - Wow!    Sounds like something out of Herman Hesse and "Siddhartha". Super. From previous lives, no?    In the middle of all these esoteric realities Srila Prabhupada's books seem more and more potent, no?  Long way to go!!!   Please go ahead!!!

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

All glories to Their Lordships Sri Sri Gaura Nitai

Dear Gurudeva<img alt="blush" height="23" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/embarrassed_smile.png" title="blush" width="23" />

First, I hope you are in good health, and your activities are going well.

Also, please forgive me, because for months I do not write for you.<img alt="frown" height="23" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/confused_smile.png" title="frown" width="23" />

Now, I'll tell you a bit, before really I did not have much to say interesting, because this year I have been working hard all day and study at night in college. but within this period, things have greatly improved for me.<img alt="blush" height="23" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/embarrassed_smile.png" title="blush" width="23" />

Now I'm going to the temple once or twice a week, I can not even take a temple service, for lack of time for the job and study. but I have sought solutions for this, I discuss with you in my last report, which discouraged me because my shy sometimes leads me to not do some things as sankirtan, ask questions in class, or talk to you when you visit us.  But one day I thought that everything can be a solution, if one wants to make something of heart.  so take courage, and decided to buy books from time to time and give gifts to people who want to know Krsna, many people in my work and in my university, have been interested, so, I bought books and I'm gift some people. sometimes amazed me how many people are coming to know about it, this year was full of surprises, and that has helped me to distribute some books, at other times I leave on a bus, or park with a paper an email that I created for people to contact if they want to know more about krsna.  It is not relevant what I'm doing today, but much gold Krishna and Prabhupada to help me to grow in service and mission of Srila Prabhupada .

ASA - -[;o[/\___     Wonderful!

For my university I attend social gatherings in communities, there attended by several personalities from different religions, lunch we shared all with different religions, and many people they knew Krishna from the 80s here in Chile, my heart was very happy for this.

and my report sadhana, is quiet, I'm reading the books I'm distributing for now, I'm singing my 16 rounds daily, I finish a little late to sing, but singing, I keep my 4 regulative principles, and have a simple adoration for my deities goura-nitai at home, and I'm always in touch somehow with my friends devotees.

I think this  have say for now to you, I am not a super devout, nor do things perfectly, but I hope and wish to grow spiritually and learn of Prabhupada, of you and of service  all the devotees every day.<img alt="enlightened" height="23" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/lightbulb.png" title="enlightened" width="23" />

Please accept my humble obeisances again, and thank you very much for your time to read my report. (excuse my English, I'm learning more slowly)

Your eternal servant

Candrarekha Devi Dasi (Santiago - Chile)<img alt="blush" height="23" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/embarrassed_smile.png" title="blush" width="23" /><img alt="mail" height="23" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/envelope.png" title="mail" width="23" />

HpS - ASA --- I'm sure that after hearing your letter, everyone thinks that it would be a much, much, much nicer world if everyone in the world was like you.    As you continue on the road you will become a different person. More and deep.