Letters to the editor

​All glories to Srila Prabhupada and his eternal sankirtana. "" Hare krsna dear Guru Maharaja, please receive my humble obeisances at his feet of "loto" good GURUDEVA news actually important, know for GURUDEVA you in the. AIRPORT I SAID "EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE, EVERYTHING."

Would come out good, that was well who we MARRY, one helps the other ".. .the to my me helps a lot, however I feel that the solo.le I give problems and more problems and harm you, marrying a woman sick., with children, when you could go to Mathura which was his desire, COMETI knows the. WORST mistake that a woman and was say a lie, maybe white although not exist the lies white now knows GURUDEVA PRABHU AMALA ME says that NO longer wants to be with me, which does not want a life with me than I will to hate is that was by the lie that you. SAID that neither is serious is the fact of the lie, GURUDEVA not is if by the stress of the LAKSHMI which is needed for my operation, by medicines or disappointment that I have menrido know that I I feel helpless and without knowing that do, leave my work and life that I lived in lime, leave my things the REGALE the sold and I came , BRINGING MY SMALL CHILDREN WITH ME, NOW DO NOT WORK BECAUSE I'M SICK AND THAT I CAUSES MOST IT ANGUISH AND DESPAIR, BECAUSE HERE I HAVE FAMILY ALL MY. FAMILY. ERA. AND IS MY. HUSBAND, even at home when he came to ACA family me Hill all the puertad and all that... LEAVE EVERYTHING IN THE HANDS OF. KRSHNA AND CONTINUE WITH 24 ROUNDS AND 4 STRICT PRINCIPLES, IS AN ADVICE NOT ME. DARA BUT IF THE WORDS TO GUIDE ME AND KNOWING WHAT TO DO TELL YOU MY DESIRE IS TO LEARN ENGLISH WELL E GO TO VRINDAVANA AS PROFESSOR I AND MY SMALL STUDY AHY AND PARBHU AMALA WOULD MAYBE NOT BE TEACHER BUT IF THE SAME COOK ETC, IS MY DESIRE THE MORE LARGE I HAVE... THANKS GURU MAHARAJA FOR BEING ALWAYS AHY, THANK YOU FOR ESCICHARME AND READ ME HOPE TO SEE IT SOON YOU IS MY GUIDE, MY FATHER AND MY MOTHER THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WISE ADVICE... SOMEONE THAT ASPIRES TO BE HIS SERVANT AMPARO HERNANDEZ
 

HpS - AGTSP Utiliza translate.google.com. This is not urgent news. That is your confusion. This is news that we have all the time. We have no source of wealth in this world or the spiritual world other than from Krsna and His devotees like Srila Prabhupada and Nanda Maharaja. Breath regularly and chant Hare Krsna until you can see who is Krsna and what He wants you to do. If he wants you to die today, then O.K.

The Robot translation is not good. You have to use simple clear words for the robot to translate them clearly.

Am I cheating you?

Are you cheating Amala?

Is Amala cheating you? All this is not clear. Just go on chanting and be happy. As you read this I may be dead. We are all connected by our service to our Guru, Srila Prabhupada.

Thank you very much for all you austerity. We hope your kids and husband are happy!!!

​Todas las Glorias a Srila Prabhupada y a su sankirtana eterno.
Hare krsna querido Guru Maharaja, por favor reciba mis humildes reverencias a sus pies de" LOTO" los cuales espero con ansias poder tener la misiricordia de ver ,si es que la salud me lo permite y el laksmi tambien....
​BUENO GURUDEVA NOTICIAS EN REALIDAD Nada IMPORTANTES ,ESTE CUERPO CADA VEZ SIEN MAS Y MAS Y MAS Y MUCHO MAS. DOLOR ME OPERE DOS VECES DEL ESOFAGO, SALIO BIEN TODO POR DECIR SIEMPRE LO. BUENO,UN PEDAZO.DEL.CALCINOMA ESTA EN UNA ZONA QUE NO SE PUEDE SACAR,, PRABHU AMALA MI ESPOSO SE DESVIVE TRABAJA MUCHO EN DOS EMPRESAS. YO LE.DIJE PARA PONER UN RESTAURANTE PORQUE BUENO DISTRIBUCION DE PRASSADAN Y YO.SOY MUY OPTIMISTA,HE BAJADO MUCHISIMO DE PESO (YA HACIA FALTA)SE ME CAYO EL CABELLO LO QUE ERA DE ESPERARSE ,SABE GURUDEVA USTED EN EL. AEROPUERTO ME DIJO "QUE TODO VA ESTAR BIEN ,QUE TODO. SALDRIA BIEN,QUE ESTABA BIEN QUE NOS CASEMOS,UNO AYUDA AL OTRO" .......el a mi me Ayuda muchisimo ,en cambio siento que a el solo.le doy problemas y mas problemas y le perjudique ,al casarse con una mujer enferma.,con hijos ,cuando se pudo ir a Mathura que era su deseo, SABE COMETI EL.PEOR ERROR QUE UNA MUJER PUEDE HACER Y FUE DECIR UNS MENTIRA ,TALVEZ BLANCA AUNQUE NO EXISTEN LAS ME   ...

ASA - HpS - Hare Krsna. En esta punto estamos perdiendo comprehension de la carta!  No hablamos Espanol bien. Es bastante larga!...    Eso no es bueno para Blog, chat. Bien es puntos cortas, simples a la comenza. Diagolo.
Todo el mundo va a pasar por estas sufrimientos. La muerte es la suma total de todos los experencias. Tiene que prepara para viajar en el ocean sin cuerpo burdo. Vd. y Krsna.   Boooop!   Prepararse ir a Goloka!!!

Otro carta, corta!!  Diagolo...

NTIRAS BLANCAS AHORA SABE GURUDEVA PRABHU AMALA ME DICE QUE YA NO QUIERE ESTAR CONMIGO ,QUE NO DESEA UNA VIDA CONMIGO QUENME VA A ODIAR SE QUE FUE POR LA MENTIRA QUE LE.DIJE QUE TAMPOCO.ES GRAVE ES EL.HECHO DE LA MENTIRA ,GURUDEVA NONSE SINSEA POR EL.ESTRES QUENTRAE DEL.LAKSMI QUE SE.NECESITA PARA MI OPERACION ,POR LAMDECEPCION QUE LE CAUSO LONQUENHICE ,PERO SABE QUE YO ME SIENTO INDEFENSA Y SIN SABER QUE HACER ,DEJE MI TRABAJO Y LA.VIDA QUE VIVIA EN LIMA ,DEJE MIS COSAS LAS REGALE LAS VENDI Y ME VINE ,TRAYENDO A MIS HIJOS PEQUEÑOS CONMIGO,AHORA NO TRABAJO PORQUE ESTOY ENFERMA Y ESO ME CAUSA MAS ANGUSTIA Y DESESPERACION,PORQUE ACA NO TENGO FAMILIA TODA MI.FAMILIA.ERA.Y ES MI.ESPOSO,ONCLUSO EN CASA CUANDO VENIA PARA ACA LAMFAMILIA.ME CERRO A MI LAS PUERTAS POR RELIGION Y TODO ESO ,.......DEJO TODO EN MANOS DE.KRSHNA Y SIGO CON LAS 24 RONDAS Y LOS 4 PRINCIPIOS ESTRICTOS ,SE QUE UN CONSEJO NO ME.DARA PERO SI LAS PALABRAS PARA GUIARME Y SABER QUE HACER

LE CUENTO MI DESEO ES APRENDER INGLES BIEN E IRNOS A VRINDAVANA COMO PROFESORA YO Y QUE MI PEQUEÑO ESTUDIE AHY Y QUE PARBHU AMALA QUISIERA LO MISMO TALVES NO SER PROFESOR PERO SI COCINERO ETC ,ES MI DESEO EL MAS GRANDE QUE TENGO......GRACIAS GURU MAHARAJA POR ESTAR SIEMPRE AHY ,GRACIAS POR ESCICHARME Y LEERME ESPERO VERLO PRONTO USTED ES MI GUIA MI PADRE Y MI MADRE GRACIAS POR TODOS SUS SABIOS CONSEJOS......ALGUIEN QUE ASPIRA SER SU SIRVIENTE AMPARO HERNANDEZ

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Dear Hanumat Presaka Swami Maharaj,

Please accept my humble obeisances, all glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Sorry for the delayed reply. In regards to my question about gay marriage, I appreciated very much your reference to SB 1.17.38. Some points that stuck out to me here were "One man's food is another man's poison", and that in some cases, "regulation of adharma is necessary to bring people to the path of dharma."

I had a long conversation about this recently with my old Bhakta leader, and he was saying that the reason for my confusion here was because I was equating two different vows. In others words, marriage is a vow of monogamy, but it doesn't necessarily require 4 regs. As you pointed out, in some cases even animals mate for life. Omkara prabhu said that to ban people from marriage because they don't follow garbadhana samskara would diminish protection of women and other virtues, and would be like "throwing the baby out with the bathwater?" Would gay marriage also fall into the category of adharma which may help vikarmis approach dharma through pravrtti marga? I suppose the key point here is that initiation vows are the same for everybody.

Certainly this is not the highest topic, but I only ask because I feel like I should be competent to give scientific answers on sankirtana. To feel inspired, it's important to me to be able to picture people in Krsna consciousness.

HpS - AGTSP.   Seems like a very broad topic to us. In India for example there has been a class of eunichs that were placed in a certain social situation. Traditionally India, Bharata varsa seems broad enough to fit everyone. In SB 1.9.26-28 Prabhupada gives a fantastic summary of our political science. He recomends Parasara dharma sastra. Researching it we found that Parasara gives details fo what is Adharma and what is Adharma. This is like saying what are the laws of gravity or optics. He gives details of differences of adharma in Kali yuga and says that Kali yuga is so confused that he can't possibly give rules for everything so you can ask one sadhaka totally dedicated to spiritual life for instructions about specific situations, eg. Gay marriage. If you haven't access to such a person then he says a synod of six brahmanas can arrive at the same insight.

So about things that are not detailed in Prabhupada's books and other books, then ask six nice devotees.

In general us it seems that homosexual relations can be regulated on a level below the four principles, but why call it marriage. That seems strange to us. Use the word marriage for heterosexual relation in God's sight to get nice sons.

Rama and Sugriva made a vow of friendship that was just as binding as marriage, no? But it has a differnce name because it is a different relationship.

Hare Krsna!!  Jaya!

I was also wondering if there is some standard conduct for sannyasa? Bathing 3 times daily? Sleeping 3 hours? One meal? I'm curious because such practices may help me get a taste for devotional service sooner than otherwise, and may enable me to, at least, establish a deeper foundation for grhasta ashram if it doesn't allow me to circumvent grhasta life altogether.

HpS - BG 16.1-3... One Paragraph on the basics of sannyasa. Other instructions throughout Prabhupada's books. Associate with nice devotees. They may only be 80% perfect but use your intelligence to separate the wheat from the chaff and get to Prabhupada('s books) through them. Read his books directly.

I guess you should focus on the practices for 1st initation, 2nd initiation ... in order more, no? Of course, yes it is important to have a general view, view by mercy, all the way to Goloka, no.

I passed the initiation test since last we spoke, so you should be receiving my recommendation from Svavasa prabhu shortly. Mukunda Datta das Thakur has given his permission and blessings for me to become your disciple. I hope your travels are going nicely, Maharaj. Hare Krsna!

Your aspiring servant,

Bhakta Eric

AGTSP.  We have to run to the Temple!  More in the DTC. Thank you!

AGTSP paoho.
We are like a grape under an elefants foot. There is so, so much pressure for this NAC. About 13-devotees are here from Mexico. There are devotees from Canada etc.

About 35% of the time we have to take the initiative to get things done. Devotees are helping a lot. We, you, have to surrender to Krsna and be active, little tools.

Zooooom!      Zoooooom!     Zoooom

We have to do a lot of cooking for our selves.   When people offer big, big Prasadam, we have to take little, little and then leave the rest for them to distribute to others.

We want to stop all work on the NAC now. Just chant Hare Krsna under Srila Prabhupada's lotus feet and go with the Tsunami; and work on the Jung Conference in Peru.
 

Watch for notices in Twitter!!!

07/24/15    Hare Krsna Esteemed Guru Maharaja    please accept my dandavats and pranams.

Haven't written since your helpful and wonderful visit in June.  Thank you so very much for staying in our new home and blessing us with your presence, your example.   i do not write more often because i do not want to take your valuable time.   Please know i am always praying for you and taking the dust of your lotus feet within my heart.

The ISKON Sac devotees expressed how much they benefitted from your visit.  They thought you so very humble and approachable, with the ability to illuminate sastra in a clear and unique manner.  They have asked me to ask you to put us on your calendar twice next year.   So please visit us next year twice and advise me how I may help with scheduling in advance.

We were (Dave too) out on book distribution at lg. apt. complex in Sac a couple of weeks ago.   By Krsna's mercy, we were invited to return and do home program for a group of residents!  It is this Sun.  How wonderful it is to preach this sublime and helpful philosophy of Krsna Consciousness.  Also, our group attended International Yoga Day in June by the state capital bldg.  Fortunately, I got to lead kirtan though I am always unworthy.  Also, me and Vikasananda Krsna Das were interviewed by Indian Television news so it was really so much mercy to be able to serve Srila Praphupada and this Sankirtan Movement and let the Indian population know more about our ctr!  Our group will also be at India Day and we are hoping to have an even better Janmastami celebration this year.  So lots of opportunities for service right now.  Jaya!!!

My dear Radha-Gopinatha are now in Their puja room.  I don't think our home is ready for Them to be in the front of the house;there was not a consensus about it.  Perhaps it's what they wanted.  I hope so.

Shoes ?:   So, recently Govinda Priya Dasi, who teaches deity worship in Mayapur each year, showed me how to put Their Lordships to rest at night.  Their bed is on the right side of Their altar on a table along with a brass vyasasan.  The vyasasan is too small for the murti of Prabhupada.  So i am using it to put his shoes on at night.  Then I take your shoes and put them on the table at the foot of Prabhupada's "bed"   and pray for your safety that night.  Anyway, may I continue to put your shoes like that?  Some how it occured to me to ask you if that's ok with you.

Continuing as your unworthy servant,

Kalindi Devi dasi

HpS - ASA -  Gosh!  AGTSP.  Paoho.   Yes, this pace of letters we can handle. We have noted all your content with great attention. Krsna is giving you so, so, so much chance to preach!!  Our respects to The David Prestha (which rhymes with Pasta) and all the Sacramento ISKCON Yatra. Of course we will try to visit again. We form the Calendar here.

I guess you can put our shoes some place. Off the floor I don't know. For sure lower, lower, lower thatn Srila Prabhupada's paraphernalia. We still have material desires but they are under control (now) and diminishing!

O.K. DTC>

Hare Krsna Gurudeva

Please, accept my humble obeisances

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

I hope you are in good health and that your proyects are going as expected.

HpS - ASA - So nice to hear from you. AGTSP. Please see the Kapi Dhvaja with answer to the above hopes.

We are very happy to have you for these weeks and more happy to serve you. Regarding this issue, we consult on your stay in Chosica. Prabhu Chaitanya Chandrodaya offers a space in his home. It is very comfortable and nice, but a bit further away from the temple. On the other hand, at Kanu Pandit Prabhu you can also stay, it is closer to the temple. Also, I live 80 feet away and that allows me to serve you in a better.You decide, please.

HpS - I think Kanu pandita's house is fine, no??

During the last week I was cooking for Bhakti Bhusana Swami Maharaj and was a wonderful experience to be close to Maharaja and able to talk with him and listen to his lectures and accompany him in his walks and other activities.Maharaja have much knowledge and is impeccable in his behavior. It has been a great lesson for me. I continue to study the Bhakti-Sastri, very impressed with the Bhagavad Gita. I read the text twice before studying it but this time I discover and understand some points that were missed before. The BG impresses me by its force. Possibly it lacks the philosophical depth of the SB but is like a handgun: short, precise, and is the Lord's spell. I don't leave my amazement. I have two questions for you, Gurumaharaja.

HpS - ASA --- It is interesting. Seems we have BG As It Is. This is different thatn BG. This is Srila Prabhpada's illumination which includes perspective from SB and even CC!

What is the difference between the pantheistic perception of Brahman and the omniscient perception of the Lord of a pure devotee?

HpS - ASA - As we know, Professor Alfred North Whitehead. Santana Professor of Philosophy at Harvard University said that there is no inevitability as long as there is a willingness to contemplate the present. We have remembered that when in great provblems. That is Sat and Cit, no? In Brahman we realize there is a reality. Then in Pantheism, Virat rupa, Paramatma we begin to see form of this eternal reality. For example we realize that our body, name, job are all Asat, Nir-brahman. They are not eternal, but Masculinity and Femenity are eternal. Siva Pravati, Laksmi Narayana, Radha Krsna are all eternal.

O.K?   A devotee see, "premanjan churita bhakti vilokayena..." he sees reality as the effulgence of Krsna. Presence of the King in the Kingdom. He sees the paramatama, hand of God, as Krsna's hand.

What is the difference between following the footsteps of a pure devotee and imitate him? Srila Prabhupada raises the importance of not confusing these concepts but sometimes it is difficult to tell the difference, at least in my level of progress.

HpS - Imitating Srila Prabhupada is trying to be the Acharya of our Sampradaya immediately. Sit on a big seat, receive big worship and gifts. Following in the footsteps is to follow the path that Srila Prabhupada took to get to the positon of Sampradaya Acharya. You act like he acted when he was in your level of existence. He set an example. Made a path.

Thank you in advance for your answers. See you soon Your servant

HpS - ASA --- Thank you.