Letters to the editor

Respected Guru Maharaj,

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

Here in Australia-Brisbane, Iskcon GBC Vaishnava calender shows that your vyas-pooja is on 23rd Dec.  jiva Goswami's Tirobhav mahotsav is on 24th, so your vyas-pooja should be on 25th Dec, as I remember listening from you that your divine birth day comes next day after Jiva Goswami's Tirobhav, Am I right, if yes then how to correct in GBC Calender, and if I am wrong, kindly advise me to celebrate it for Australia on 23rd, a lot of thanks in advance, HARE KRISHNA.

Here's the link:
http://www.iskcon.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=139&Itemid=61

yours servant,

Raktak Das

HpS - ASA - Jaya! AgtSP.  Paoho.      Remember, this is our offering to Vyasa Deva.    That's how we see Hanumatpresaka Swami's VP. We then are quite greedy about doing it.

It normally is the day BEFORE Jiva-goswami's Disappearance. In Australia and other places it seems to be that way, but in Tennessee that day disappears so it is the same day, 24th. Since it is 23rd many places let's do it that day.

HpSwami will be celebrating Vyasa-puja on the 23rd of December.

He likes to offer Kitri of Split-pease, Oatmeal with little salt and ghee and celery/carrots to Lord Nrsmhadeva. Cookies etc. may be sent for offering to 2129 Stratford Road; Franklin, TN 37129; USA, but in moderate quantities.

We can be available on-line to join you. What time will you have the program in Australia? What time will that be here!

Narayanam namaskrtam

nara caiva narottamam

devim sarasvatim VYASAM

tato jayam uddhirayet !!!

Hare Krisna!! Beloved and esteemed Gurudev,

please accept my humble obeisances,

All glories to Srila Prabhupada,

Here we are reporting from our cave in Mar del Plata. Thank you so much to pull me out from my sleep. Bad quality 16R / 4P in the gross world.  Most of the time lately i finish my rounds before going to bed or the next day sometimes. No morning program. 

Moving SAMA demanded lot of time and energy, but in the core of my heart i know it is only a choice. The mind is so tricky. It is a fact if one really wants to serve Krisna it is impossible no matter the situation not to do it. So this brought lot of reflexion to me, whether i'm doing the best service i can to Srila Prabhupada.

Regarding your questions in my last report i'm like 60 rounds behind from my kartik vrata of 20 / day.

The meeting with Rupanuga das was interesting, I could observe the kind of practice he is doing and I told him about mine. He told me that he was willing to teach me about astrology for applying it in ayurveda. He was very polite and I felt he really wants to help me to improve my practice.

The relationship with CMDD is fine, i feel like we can make a very good team to serve you and Srila Prabhupada. Little by little we get to know better each other.

Here in argentina your Vyasa Puja IS GOING TO BE on tuesday 23rd. I will celebrate it on sunday 21st with local devotees at El Loft and on tuesday alone at home. I think this year i will be your only disciple her in Mar cause Pancattava prabhu is in brasil and Gargacharya prabhu will be in chile. I hope i can log in for the "web darshan". What do you want to eat on your VP Gurudev?

The idea for Sunday is to tell devotees about your glorious deeds, your "avant garde" Sankirtan with Jung and MOE, and make a flyer with info about all your activities, blog KD, youtube channel, twitter, TPP, etc. 

Regarding suggestion for the online program it would be nice to know in advance how many devotees are willing to make their offerings online.

Thank you so much Gurudev for your constant inspiration. I  hope soon i can return to a nice FMP and acceptable japa.

Trying to improve my service to you,

Your fallen disciple,

Nikunja Bihari das.

HpS - AGTSP!  >>>=========>     Do we want to enjoy vegetarian tacos & tamales? Do we want to enjoy the delightful company of intelligent friends and our charming wives? Do we want to enjoy excellent conferences on Science and the Vedas?
EVERYTHING WILL GO BETTER,  FASTEST, if we chant better rounds!  Make this plan. Make that plan. Do this. Do that... improve your rounds. Money, power, movies... they will all improve the best if we put 16-rounds first.
"If you chant 16-nice rounds daily people will respect your preaching", Srila Prabhupada said.

O.K. Try it out.
Give us a report!     The Revolution is Now!      . . . . . . . About the Puja for Vyasa-deva, let us see what Raktaka Das is asking.

 A G T S P ! (paoho)
7.30PM.   NgD was sick, tired, from Dentist visit etc. So we are home alone tonight. In some ways it is very depressing. No, fallible soldiers. We have a little room, it is cold and dark outside, with rough automobile sounds and the dumpsters at the backs of the stores across the street as our only vista, but... we do have our solitude, nice little fire in our cabin. We chant for Lord Nrsmhadeva, Srila Prabhupada, all the assembled Vaisnavas, Radha-Krsna... Honor Prasadam ... have Monkey Warrior association and it is great. Very much preparation for non-corporal life.

Personal arrangement by Krsna for our advancement. He is training us all to be Acharyas, Vraja-basis.
 

Today we offered: One orange and 1-grapefruit for Lord's breakfast. Four baked potatoes with butter, almonds/walnuts and celery and some boiled carrots for His lunch,  and in the evening 1-apple and a cup of boiled milk with little sugar!

Did about an hour of BhVai, Canto 6.4, Chapter Study Guide reading and writing. Lot of progress reading "Jung and the Growth of Modern Psychology...".

Phone calls/counseling. Scanned Tpp-Cb/16.1-24 and experimented with the format.

                       FULL DAY -}}-----}

Now lets call our local devotees about the kid's drama for our monthly Sunday Festival.

Sri Krsna Sankirtan, Ki Jai!

Dear Hanumatpresaka Swami,

Please accept my respectful obeisances,
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

I'm ashamed that i'm not getting back to you sooner :(

HpS - ASA - AGTSP paoho. We thought maybe you had realized our association was useless and went on to find more competent Sankirtan partners. <img alt="smiley" height="23" src="http://www.hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/regular_smile.png" title="smiley" width="23" />
 

So many things happened with us in the last few months.
We left Manchester for Luton in August.

ASA - Wow! Its 30-miles North of London.

Actually we wanted to move to Birmingham but Krsna had an other plan.
We had a hard time, we were "homeless" for more than a month. But we needed to sleep just one day in our car ;)
But Krsna is the best director and finally He solved lot of our problems with one arrangement.
Luton is a very disgusting place but near to Bhaktivedanta Manor, just 25-30 minutes drive.
So we can attend the whole morning program once a week.

ASA - If you dig into it aren't there some good folks, things, there? We went for several bicycle tours around our neighborhood and yes, so many stupid things, but we also found a bookstore where they said we could have meetings of a Reading Group with our tea and cookies and they would advertise it. Of course, we offered to have them sell any books we were reading.

Just once a week because we started to work otherwise we couldn't have paid the rent and the bills.
Unfortunately we didn't find part time job and after 8 hours work plus 1,5 hours drive plus sadhana we don't have enough time for internet. So sometimes i don't use the net for days.
Our plan was to work until Christmas and after that just be part time at the same company but mid of December they will move to an other city so need to find some other job. We want to work just 20-25 hours weekly and focuse on our spiritual life deeply and try sankirtana again (book or prasadam distribution).

ASA- Yes!!!  We see that this economic stuff can be adjusted very simply just like you plan, if it is not it is personal harrassment by Krsna. <img alt="smiley" height="23" src="http://www.hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/regular_smile.png" title="smiley" width="23" /> [Fourteen years homeless with five husbands!]

We have difficulties but that's life in the material world. But all in all we are very happy because live near to Radha Gokulananda and their devotees. They are so merciful with us.
And in London always happens something. Lot of your godbrothers and godsisters come so we have such a nice association here.
I checked Bhaktivaibhava course in Radhadesh when you proposed me but i was late so couldn't apply for this semester.
In the Manor they will start a course in January but i don't know yet can i join or not. It depends on my would be work.
But anyway i can study the Bhagavatam alone and I can join next year so no problem.

HpS - ASA - You can also join the ASA Hawaii and San Franciso groups, if they match your time.

I'm sorry to hear that you come just next autumn to Europe but hopefully we can meet then somewhere for a while.
I (and i'm sure all devotees in London) would be very happy if you could come here once and gave your association.
This is a very special place you can feel Srila Prabhupada's presence.
He loved this temple and I'm sure you would love as well.

HpS -  Hmmmmm, maybe we do a big program with Oxford Center etc???

I wish you all the best and thank you for your DTC's, your blog, your tweets and your inspiring words.

Your servant,
Sri Radhe devi dasi

HpS - ASA - Thank you! Krsna doesn't waste anyone's austerities. Please tell your good husband to send us a little news of his Sankirtan also!!!

mis Respetos  a Srila Prabhupada¡¡¡¡¡

mis respetos y reverencias  a Ud. Maharaja¡¡¡¡¡

Maharaja, le tengo buenas noticias, soy Bhakta italo, de Tacna -Peru, le informo que ya compramos unas 20 hectareas de finca, lo compro mi abuelita en sociedad, en mi nombre. Y de regalo me daran cinco vacas. Me lo daran todavia en febrero del 2015, ahora lo unico que me falta es una esposa, le suplico Maharaja  me de muchas bendiciones. Mi abuelita Marina esta muy contenta y yo tambien, realmente este es un arreglo del señor Krishna, tal como Ud. Maharaja me dijo, tanto que hemos buscado al fin de un momento a otro se presento, por una amiga de mi mama que tambien esta comprando ella se ha comprado 30 hectareas de finca. Su amiga de mi mama se llama Susana. Este mensaje se lo dedica mi mamita abuela Marina.

Mi abuelita Marina canta muchas rondas cuando viajamos; pero todos los dias canta 16 infallable, y cuando salimos de viaje canta hasta mas de 64 rondas. y todos los dias lee Las Enseñansas de Caytania Mahaprabhu.

y yo todos los dias canto mis 16 rondas y a veces mas y tambien, leo todos los dias los libros ahora mas pausado y con ganas de estudiarlas, me acorde de un consejo que me dio Su Santidad en el asram de Chosica, que deberia estudiar a menos media hora y ahora me doy cuenta, tambien estoy siguiendo un celibato severo pero no es para soportarlo tanto, mas aun asi estoy dispuesto a soportar mas fuerte aun. Nunca pense que el celibato era tan beneficioso. 

Continuo bañando al Señor Hanuman todos los dias y ofreciendo Artik,  2 veces al dia, ahora con variadas canciones.

Tambien estoy tratando de romper algunas barreras que no son compatibles para mi de lo que aprendi en el templo, lei que la religion buena es para obtener paz, y sosiego, asi que no debo sufrir o ver que la religion me trae perjuicios, asi de esa manera quizas siento o veo que ISKCON esta mas cerca.

Tambien descubri que erradicando de la mente todo lo que me enseñaron en el colegio y desechando lo aprendido acerca de anatomia y medicina moderna, y otras teorias de la ciencia moderna se puede pensar con el corazon y se piensa mucho mejor, quizas ya no especular como lo hace la cabeza. Y todo eso viene gracias al celibato.

Y tambien tratando de analizar si  dentro de mi corazon tengo un idioma o lenguaje propio y suena  mucho mejor que el español.

Maharaja desde que practico el celibato llega momentos donde quizas parece que rebico conocimiento que proviene o quizas esta en el eter.

Mi abuelita piensa de srila prabhupada que es como un angel de Dios, y esta muy agradecida de que por el aprendamos todo y mi abuelita le da muchas reverencias a Srila prabhupada y tambien a Ud. Maharaja.

HpS - ASA - TlgaSP!     Increible.   No, decir casi nada. Solamente espero que puede desarrollar muy fuerte relaciones con otros devotos de ISKCON. Algo muy practico en terminos de servicio a Krsna, Sankirtan.

Unas fotos de Vds????

Escriba como quiere!

Hare Krsna dear <img alt="heart" height="23" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/heart.png" title="heart" width="23" /> Guru Maharaja, please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

In last KD you wrote: "All the letters are answered on the Blog except for one two days ago. Very interesting. No new letters. Some technical problem? New letters aren’t coming? Candra-mukhi DD – Nikunja-bihari Das, Patraka, Namacharya Das???"

So, now I am checking out if all works nicely on the Blog. It looks it works. It is quiet on the blog with letters coming. Hmmm... Maybe it is the lull before the storm <img alt="smiley" height="23" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/regular_smile.png" title="smiley" width="23" />
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My Annual Disciple Reports coming in next days. 

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Also, you wrote: "We will be in Murfreesboro for HpS Vyasapuja. We will make some Internet plan. Any suggestions?"  

Well, I am little apprehensive about programs over internet. So many technical details need to work properly to have a situation with proper audio and video, one that can be heard and seen.
So, whatever will be there, I'll try to join in <img alt="angel" height="23" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/angel_smile.png" title="angel" width="23" /> <img alt="yes" height="23" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/thumbs_up.png" title="yes" width="23" />

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Thank you very much for your notes for BhVai. As your notes comes on time, Upendra and me can build our humble suggestions around your precious contribution.

Your servant Namacarya das

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HpS - ASA ---  AGTSP  paoho.  Yes, is working.     It is amazing how Srila Prabhupada, devotees can pick up the current technology and use it. Srila Bhaktsiddhanta had a wrist watch. Otherwise, I guess people would just tell time from the Temple bell.

Prabhupada used airplanes and movies.

Soooo o o o    we see what we can do for Vyasapuja. 24th December here in Nashville.

What is happening in Pulah?  (You know, in Spanish, Pulga is Flea).