Letters to the editor

Hare Krishna dear gurudeva! Please accept my humble obeisances.

 All glories to Sri Sri Gaura Nitai

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

All glories to you!

I hope you are doing well! I had written you some month ago but I don’t know if you read it, because you were already traveling.. 

 I was dealing with a great challenge and I was all the time thinking about you told me "If you are feeling big enthusiasm, don't be surprised to get big tests also.”  Anyway I’m back on track again. Because of this, I could realize how important is taking shelter of guru, sastra and sadhu specially when  our intelligence is covered. 

Well, Finally I took the decision to give up my job at september and go to Mayapur for living there for a time. As I told you before. My spiritual master His Grace Mahatma Prabhu wants me there because there are a lot of work to do for Soul Tools and he wants I work with him. I will go for studying also. So if Krishna allows me, I will be there on October  and the ideal is to stay there but Indian laws has changed some days ago and there’s no way to extend student visa in India. Once visa expired one have to come back to their country to get new visa or maybe by going to another country but not near to India though. So now we are waiting for lighting and trying to plan a way to extend the visa in some way in the future. 

About my sadhana, I was able to organize my schedule according to my nocturne work, of course. So, I’m still doing the complete morning program at home but at noon. Trying to keep 16 rounds done after the program and following 4 principles, studying bhakti sastri (now the other part: Bhagavad gita), worshiping deities very happily. A picture attachment.

Still very enthusiastic doing a lot of service. How can I develop goodness modality if I’m doing a lot of things all the time of course in the passion modality?

ASA - AGTSP.  Very nice to hear from you. I think you have to set priorities and then even though you do many things you will understand that you can't do all of them. Have full morning and evening program.

I like to have a balance between both. I think that maybe I have a nature mixed with both. I like to be busy all the time and thinking new things to do, i love challenges by doing different things all the time but sometimes these brings me a lot of anxiety. And on the other hand I love some bhraminical duties like studying and worship deities by which I feel more deeply connected to Krishna and with much more fixed consciousness.

Gurudeva, What happens when a devotee get a lot of knowledge about sastra by studying books and starts to feel pride for that

ASA - It is like a snake with a jewel on the head.  Ha!   Ha!   Ha!

How can one stay humble in that position?

ASA - By trying to teach all the knowledge you have. 

On the other hand, Is there something that you want that I do as a service for you dear gurudeva?

HpS - ASA -- 1. Give your regards to The Mahatma (Das),  2. Really focus on getting ready for first initiation.  3. Send us some news from time to time about your Yatra.  4. Tungavidya Devi Dasi was trying to renew her student visa while in India. Hmm.   Guess she can't do it now.   Generally speaking its good to come back to your country every year or so anyway, no?  Hare Krsna!

your servant and siksa disciple,

Bhaktin Belen

Hare Krsna Gurumaharaja!
Please accept my humble and sincere obeisances
All glories to Srila Prabhupada and you!
All glories to Sankirtan movement of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu!

Im sorry for waiting so long to write you, even worst, for telling you i was going to write since last week and doing it just now, i would really like to say i was overwelmed by so much service we are traing to develop in this kshetra, still i had time to spend in my own personal activities so, that would be a lie, i'm really making an effort to start telling allways the truth even when it buys a pain-ticket for me; ¡IT IS VEEEEERY HARD!

ASA - If you are completely honest you don't have to remember anything - Mark Twain

I am very gratefull to you  for the example you always give to us, your aspirant to disciples, each day is a struggle to continue in this path while we dumbly still carring the over-wheight of our anarthas, still we have a great moto. we have 2 months with the preaching center here in Queretaro, we are serving very nice boys and girls who enthusiastically are eager to learn about Sri Krsna, also selling prasada in many places.

Gurudeva, i had a big inner fight because i was very attached to sankirtana while i was in the ashram, but, since 1 year ago when i started to travel and collecting for my own preaching programs (also some offered material gratification)  i felt a great change in my attitude towards sankirtana, i wast just doing it because i needed to... it was allways a great fight with the mind to get out, of course, also a great nectar when i started to speak with the ppl, so 2 weeks ago i spoke with Vanamali Prabhu and asked him to allow me to work with them into the prasada distribution and go out in sankirtana at weekends; i completely felt the changes, im very happy to get out and preach, many honest ppl had approached to the preaching center and wonderfull things had happen since i changed the direction i was heading, yesterder i went to sankirtana with marco, a visitor devotee, and i did 35 books in 1:15 hours, i was soooo happy that Lord Caitanya allowed me to taste that nectar again, that i could not forget how important is the purity with which we are doing any service which is our service for the Sankirtana Movement.

Last weekend Aravinda Prabhu visited us accompanied by his wife, 5 or 7 matajis, and Gokulananda Das Brahmacari. We had ecstatic programs, many many benefited persons who came to them, many many distributed books in the streets and also a big party of tacos to say good bye to our honorable guests; maybe, next monday, if maharaja agree, Aravinda Prabhu will bring Dhanvantari Swami to meet the place, since they are traveling to Cueramaro.

PD: i have to admit that i felt like not valored by the devotees because every time Aravinda Prabhu would say something nice about the preaching in Queretaro, he would give the whole credit to Vanamali Prabhu and his wife Thakurani Sri Mataji; honestly, im allways feeling that i have put so much into this project since one year ago, so, when somebody speak nice about all other devotees participating in this service but me, i feel hurted. i know those are not the feelings of a servant, still, i felt that, Gurudeva, what can i do to change that desiree of prestige in my heart?

Thank you very much for being so kind with this selfish rascal.

Your aspiring to disciple:

Krsna-kirtana Dasa

HpS - AGTSP. Thank you for the nice news. Bhaktivinode Thakur says that if we can do our service our whole life and not be disturbed that no one ever notices us, that is self-realization.

In the Bible it says, When you do big fasts on religious days do not go our with a long sad face and let everyone know that you are fasting, doing austerities. When you do your fasts and austerities do them in private in your closet, and God who sees all things in private will reward you in private.

We can use our intelligence and see how much illegal sense gratification and fame we need at this point. We can be honest and tell Krsna, I'm still a fool, I need some of this, but also let me see how it is suffering not happiness.

Also, we may need some prestige for our service. Unless people know what we are doing how can they relate to us properly. So we can try to let people know what we have done, but not be violent about it and then let Krsna decide what he wants to do with our reputation.

O.K??

Oooops!   Dave is driving us!    Now we kind of remember that.    I was just thinking Srivasa Pt. Das was driving us. Please just  check with Srivasa. If you had al arranged that Swami Prestha was driving then that is it. We can stay with anyone Saturday night.  Your house would ne great.

06/18/15   Hare Krsna Esteemed Gurumaharaja.  AGT  MIGHTY  SP!   pamho

All are very much looking forward to your visit!

ASA - AGTSP     paoho.    Agto mighty Dave Prestha also.     We, ASA, are also looking forward. We expect Sacto to be one our most intense programs.

Forwarded poster to Saci Prema Bhakti. That NOI topic sounds wonder full to all concerned.

ASA - Ha!   Ha!     haaa!   It's NOD.  (Almost the same, like Arjuna and Yuddhisthira)

1.  MENU 27th program-Ekadasi    You take only fruit and milk late afternoon/evening.correct?  Do you like little tumeric or other ingredient in milk?  Warmed?  Or ?        You know all the matajis will want to serve you something.  But, so far, I have told them you strictly follow your diet and I believe it is fruit, etc so no point making many fancy preps for you.  OK?

ASA - We will just take prasadam with the devotees, no?!   Festival program.

2.  MENU am 28th.  Expect decent turn out for morning program our house.  What would you like for breakfast prasad?

ASA - Usually daily we take fruit, milk, nuts in the morning, kitri of split peas and oatmeal (potatoe, celery, carrot...) at lunch and hot milk after everything (at night), but for travel etc. we adjust.  So, fruit milk nutz. (Yogurt)

      For  the devotees, I can keep it simple - like large pot oatmeal served with fruit, nuts and milk.  Or, we can do potluck?  Do you have preference?

3.    DEVOTEE ARRIVAL TIME 28TH AM:   Generally, in similiar circumstances, devotees arriving  9am for kirtan, class and prasaadam.  Is that time ok with you?   Or?

ASA - Seems fine with us. Srivasa Pt. Das is our driver.

4.  YOUR ARRIVAL TIME SAT EVENING PROGRAM:  It begins 5pm. First chanting 1 round japa in unison, etc.  Takes about 20 mins.  some come after.  Do you want to arrive at 5:30 or?

Can't think of any other questions for now.  Will write again if needed.  Do you have questions?

YWS<  Kalindi Devi dasi

ASA - Guess we will arrive a little early. We can work it out when we get to San Jose on Wednesday, Thursday.

Our question, how many more years you think your donkey has?   When do you think you will leave this body?  What kind of body do you think will be your next??

Any news from your "Weiner Dog"???

Who are your natural Sankirtan audience?

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Hare Krishna, dear GM, Pamho, AGTSP and you!

Last monday the Junta Nacional approved NIMSAR as a bonafide educational institute in Perú.

Now, we have more work to do. 

So, you mention that you're starting a evening porgramme every day at 4:30 pm right?

Can we meet friday at 4:00 pm? . We need some specific advices to carry on.

Many detail for our congress in August. We are realising general advertisament very soon. We already invite big shots.

Thanks for your valuable help.

your servant,

The LAD 

HpS - AGTSP.  Paoho. I think we already agreed, Friday at 4PM. We will put news in the DTC now (some especially for The Blue Baboon)

Hare Krsna Gurudeva

Please, accept my humble obeisances

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Finally, after 4 months we have been officially recognized by the National Board. I'm very sorry for having failed to obtain this document before. I'm learning how to deal with our authorities. The NIMSAR legalization will be ready in short term. Through this document, the National Board recognizes our activities and our prerogative to do events, offering courses and lectures officially. The signatories were:

Omkara Krsna prabhu (Chairman of the NB), Vindyabali dd. (President of ISKCON Chosica), Yamunesvara Prabhu (President of ISKCON Lima), Gangamaji dasi (President of ISKCON Miraflores) and Jiva Sakti Prabhu (Education head of ISKCON Perú).

From now on, we will concentrate even more on our service.

I hope you're well

Your servant

Gandharva dasa

HpS - Please send us a copy at [email protected].  Things are much clearer, but still a lot of work to do. We are supposed to lead the National Peruvian Government!