Letters to the editor

Hare Krsna Dear Gurudev,
    Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
    All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
    All glories to Guru parampara.

    Gurudev, Hope you are good in Health.

    Have extended stay in Vrndavan for one more week, will start on 25 or 26 Sep 2015 from Vrndavan.
  

HpS - ASA --- AGTSP.  paoho - "bharata  bhumi janma...".   Because of your previous good deeds you have taken birth in Bharata!  Can visit Vrndavana dhama as easy as I can go to Texas!  Vrndavana is better than Texas (Of course, ISKCON Texas is something special also).

    Meanwhile, have got news that, i will be transferred to a new Project in office so have to re-plan
    everything. Don't know how long it will go on...

    Yes, Gurudev, i am very much eager to get 2nd initiation so that may enter altar. how you would like
    to give, Maharaj and what i have to do - before and after the 2nd initiation, will follow as per your
    instructions.

HpS - Just find a time for the fire sacrifice. Usually there are sacrifices by other ISKCON gurus and you will just sit in the fire and offer grains with their permission with a photo of us present. AGTSP .Then you should get a printed copy of the Gayatri Mantras and we can chant them together over the telephone. We have heard that Naryana Maharaja said that Srila Bhakti-siddhanta Maharaja intitiated devotees in Malaysia that way.

    i need to more focus on more sadna, more reading, more hearing and more speaking about Krsna
    to cross the material consciousness. Don't know, how many time, have to keep trying...but have to keep
    trying so that someday, you would pull us......i don't have the capacity to cross...need help.
    
    Please let me know if you have any thing for me.

your fallen servant,
Girivaradhari-Gopal Das

HpS - Yes, we have to learn how to do better and better Vaidhi bhakti.  Just by being in ISKCON under Srila Prabhupada's direction we automatically get so many opportunities for help  -  Specific help - We are still working on this academic preaching with Dr. Samaresh. We are waiting for Harsh Ji to undate the University Mailing List and then we will sen notice of our book to them. In general we are working with Rama-giri-dhari Das in Nava Mumbai, Ministry of Education. So, we will communicate what help we need with these projects!   Thank you so much for all you help to date!!

HK PAOHO

Querido Guru Maharaja me rompe el corazón su carta,

HpS - AGTSP pfanh.    Espero que esta recuperando su forma, su corazon!!!  Cual carta??

. . . quería pedirle para continuar las clases de BV Rev C5 en español a las 6 AM, desde el lunes 28 que viene

HpS - ASA --  Honestamente Vd (con LAD (y Jagad Guru)) es casi, la unica persona que toma en serio esta curso, estudio de Bhakti Vaibhava en Espanol en Peru por ASA etc. Claro, esta curso no es la unica curso de SB in Peru, y bien raro pensar en que es El Mejor.   Pero es uno.   Importante, no?    

Estamos casi listo dejar nuestra cuerpo.    Energia exterior bajo.  Casi listo romper nuestra higado, no corazon.    Pero interior, corazon!   ...  Cada dia adelantando..

Reflexionando en todo, buen para nosotros es 11AM cada Thursday = Hawaii SB in English, Sabado por la manana SB in English,  and Sabado por la tarde clase en Espanol.  7PM???       Claro su opinion del contenido del Sabado noche clase es uno de los primeros: BhVai, Lilamrta..?​ 

O.K?     Sabado 26, 7PM, www.startmeeting.com (number 992 055 489)???

. . . y de paso contarle el Bhakti Art la semifinal estuvo lindo y divertido. Madre Yamuna y P. Kavi Como Jurado, P. Kavi desempolvo sus poemas y recito párrafo para hacerle honor a un su nombre, P. Abhirama Hizo de maestro de ceremonia conmigo. Y las mamis, en bhava bhakti .... hubieron tres concursos "La Pareja Divina Yugala Kisora", poesía y dibujo, Mañana es la premiación final. Para aniversario de Prabhupada se Piensa Hacer algo semejante,

Deseo un libro de Radha de pasatiempos maravillosos, adoro la personalidad de Radha, ellas y las sakhis sometiendo a los gopas, muy divertido, pensaba campesina fuerte.

Sinceramente espero que su salud mejore, no me gusta que este enfermo, ¡Existencia material miserable!, pediré mucho a Radha, Que el Sr. Nrsimha siempre lo proteja.

Su hija Que Lo adora: 

Yugala Kishora Dasi

HpS - Gracias su carta YKD.  Despues de muchos anos pienso que Vd es una Heroina. Claro tiene que luchar con La Novicia Rebelde interior, pero de nuestra perspectivo, Vd esta luchando muy bien con La Bruja.  Adelante!!  Mucho mas hacer.   Tiene muchos hijos dirigir y no mucho tiempo antes de 'desanzar'.

Hare Krsna Gurudeva

PAMHO.AGTSP.

I hope you are in good health. My question is about Bhakti Vaibhava Degree. What institution accredited this course? What are the requirements to be an Examiner of Bhakti Vaibhava?

One of the functions  of the educational  Commission is to ensure that devotees read the BG and SBhg. One idea for doing this is that the readings are included in the tests. I think a devotee of the first initiation must have already read the BG and devotee to the second initiation must have read the canto 1, 2 of SBG and Nectar of Devotion  then a reading program could bring him close to Krsna.

Many Thanks Gurudeva. (forgive my bad english)

Abhinanda das

AGTSP paoho...  Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna!

Got mean headache. 5.48PM.     Don't know why. Also right, top, rear molar is sore when chewing. Vision is always fuzzy now at a distance; but it's Radha-ranis birthday!     It is good that the body falls apart. Then the parts can be reconstituted for new service to Krsna.

Fasted 'till noon and cooked regular Kitri for Radha for Krsna. Start Meeting program with CMDD and JGD. Tweeted the link.

I think Lord Nrsmhadeva helped cook.

Did our ASA accounts. Got a lot of cash. It will go to NIOS, belongs to NIOS, was donated for NIOS.​

Talked with Tandavika, NGD, Hari-lila, Visala and Radha-Krsna-ananda Das.

For NIOS, World Classical Literature, we have been reviewing Somerset Maugham. He was maybe the highest paid writer of all times.  Interesting. Taking gold from the mixed bag. "The Magician" couldn't hold our interest. The surgeon was such and idiot he couldn't recognize subtle forces.

"The Moon and Six Pence" was not a fit place for a B'cari so Uncle Gismo reviewed it with a filter. It is incredible work of art. There is meat, alcohol and sex, but in the middle of the mode of passion some idea of transcendence.  This is where many Westerners will find transcendence. Profound (but not as profound as KRSNA book).

"On a Chinese Screen" (all these are for free at www.gutenberg.org) was pretty pure. It was a collection of short observations that Somerset Maugham made while he was traveling in China and was thinking to make into larger stories later. They are an INCREDIBLE view of the British Raja and China. "The Philosopher" contains fantastic information about Chinese machine guns of the future and "Sights of the Town" is almost more than a human can tolerate. (See Isopanisad - 11).

If we are going to save the world we have to know what it is.

YouTube: "China vs USA / Empires at War. If political analysis is part of your service to the Sankirtan movement. China capable of sinking USA aircraft carriers, destroying USA survelance satellites, but there is also an academic report on the YouTube from an Australian University, as far as we can tell, that points out that to achieve the economic and military build up, China has had to thoroughly trash its environment (poor Bhumi!), and develop an economic debt greater than all the money in all the US Banks, etc. So, there is an expectation of negative growth in the future.

These are complicated things. Arjuna had to consider them in his service, but in general, we try to be aware of the Sankirtan environment at every level and follow the dictates of Guru and Krsna, and if there is a nuclear war then Prabhupada said, "Oh, how nice. Then we would not have all these headaches for preaching. We could just sit down and chant Hare Krsna".   Of course, after a little of that we would get good intelligence from Krsna, ISKCON, and get up and preach again.

Hare Krsna.  Clap your hands and chant.
 

6.20PM.  Near sun-down. We are alone in the city!     Mail. . .

. . . 7PM.    Hmmm!    40-minutes of letters.   No, physical contact with any human being today.  Last color is leaving the sky.   IS GETTING DARK  (somewhere in the distance a dog howled.  wuwwuuuuw!!)

All the mail answered up ​three days ago!   And even a few more recent.   Nice letters.   Thank you.

Headache is about the same.   Dangerous because can result in Brain Stroke.

Now, Gayatri and Sandhya arati and ....  more reading?  Hare Krsna!      Jaya, Radhe!   Oh, Radha, please engage us in Your service to Krsna and chase Your sister-in-law far, far away!!!

Is O.K?   Hawaii Class every Thursday. Morning and evening (English and Spanish), Saturday SB classes?   That's three basic classes per week?

Hare Krsna dear Gurumaharaja

Please, accept my humble obeisances

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!!!

Maybe you have already received the news that I'll be in charge of NIMSAR for the 2015-2016 period . It was a bit surprising. Initially (as we talked), Madre Isvari was for the job but during further conversations another possibility emerged and devotees accepted, at least almost all of them.

I accepted as well and I'm sure we'll do well. There are situations that can be improved organizing better our procedures and enhancing our coumnicación channels . For now, I've given this week to think what to propose to the board members. I have ideas and I'm excited, but I need your blessings Gurudeva, so I ask them humbly.

I want to ask you if I can talk to you about some issues by Skype (evntually, I don't want to bother you) or is it strictly necessary to do so through the blog? Whatever you say it is fine for me. This Sunday we have our second meeting to discuss the working plan for the following year (with flexibility, but it is good to have a compass on hand). I´ll give you news soon.

I am glad you are resting and recovering. I hope your next trip consider what your doctor has told you.

Your servant

Gandharva dasa

ASA - O.K. We go to the DTC. Now!

Dear Maharaja

Kalindi is in the puja room singing bhajans.  We are quite comfortable in our new home and she is as happy as a 70 year old person with chronic health problems can be.  We moved here to be closer to the devotees and she is very happy and as active as she can be, preparing prashadam, often leading kirtan at the programs, and chatting with the matajis.  We went to a home program Friday night to celebrate the appearance of Vykasananda Krishna Das's (an ISKCON Sacramento board member) spiritual master, Saturday night at the program, and Monday night we go to a home program to celebrate Radhastami.  And I am enjoying it all almost as much as Kalindi.  I realish the oportunities to serve Krishna through the devotees, but honestly, I think too much about serving the devotees and not enough about Krishna.

Your inquiry, have you made some realization of the phrase "you are not the body"?  Read my letter.  I would very much appriciate your thoughts on it.  I will start reading The Krsna Book, and then Nectar of Devotion.

Your humble servant, David

HpS - Hare Krsna.    Thank you for the news!!!      If we realize the different levels of the devotees and serve them within that perspective then it is O.K, no?   NOI 4-6.  Otherwise it can be celestial pleasure of materially contaminated heaven with Grandma, Grandpa, the Dog, Church and friends all there, but no Jesus or Jehovah!

We have a real tough time getting to the Yahoo mail now.   We are 67-years old.   Can you put some of the answer here?  You could even use a Secret Name:  eg. Navajo of the Highlands.

Knock 'em dead!!!​