Letters to the editor

TLGASP!

Hare Krsna dear Gurudeva,

please accept my most humble obeisances

always in my letters i wish for you that you feel ok, for your  health, i know that really you are trascendental to all pain of this world, but anyway my prayers are with you.

i keep fighting with my material disease, and with the enemies of my mind. I been doing mangala arati some days but not regularly yet, anyway has helped me to improve my 16 rounds daily. We continue with the service of sankirtan festival two twice a month. Some weeks ago came HH Gunagrahi Maharaja with HG Ajamil prabhu and participated with us, i´ll send you a photos. I´m Trying to delegate my service because my son will be born soon, in a month more or less. so i will be helped in a logistic way for some time.

HpS - Very nice. AgtSP! You are giving your blood for him.

i am still studying with bach flowers therapy, I have had new therapeutic experiences with family constelations, do you heard about it? its been very interesting for me, even in my espiritual life.

thank you very much for your last answer, for your understanding and advices.

grateful for your mercy
Your aspiring disciple and servant

Bhaktin Fernanda L.

HpS - ASA - We don't know too much about Family Constellations but we hear that it is good. It seems nice, practical. You are on the right path. Just don't forget that you are Krsna's little girl and that He loves you very much and we have all been away from Nanda's village tooooo long.

Hare Krisna Maharaj Please accept my dandavat pranam All glories to Srila prabhupada

All glories to you. Maharaj please accept my humble pranam.

Maharaj i beg you to please give me shelter of your lotus feet and accept me as your future disciple.

Please allow me to tell you about myself . I am Rituraj Majumder, 22 year old bengali medical student (MBBS) from shillong , India. I am basically from duliajan , assam. During my high school in 2010 i accidently came in contact with Srila prabhupada's book hare krisna challenge and perfect question and perfect answer. After reading them and visiting ISKCON Guwahati which is one night journey from my place I felt peace and a deep emotion in my heart.

The deities of sri Rukmini Krisna had captured my heart. Under the guidance of a youth councellor i started following the regulative principles and chanting some rounds. Then i took admission in medical school in august 2010 .Till 2012 january i had followed all the rules and regulations and chanted few rounds but on reading few articles about ISKCON Guru falldowns and child molestation inside gurukula I was mentally disturbed. Instead of asking my councellor or talking about it to senior devotees i just felt sad and gradually stopped following the regulative principles . Although i had full faith in krisna and still read srila prabhupada books. But i prayed that krisna help me out. In august 2013 i got a call from ISKCON Guwahati out of blue with a invitation to janmastami mahotsav.

I saw it as a sign and visited guwahati. That janmastami Krisna cleared all my doubts through a senior devotee who told me that the site where i had read the articles was from akshaypatra who wanted to defame ISKCON Gurus and that they propagated ritwik diksha which was not according to srila prabhupada and sastra. My faith was restored that janmastami. Then in september 2013 ISKCON Shillong was opened.

I started associating with senior devotees and under their guidance started chanting 16 rounds and follwing the regulative principles. I went to the temple as often as possible sometimes stayed the night and participated in mangal arati and other festivals like govardhan puja , tulsi saligram vivah etc. My main service was to help the pujari h.g yamunajivan das and washing utensils and sometimes the temple floor. In december 2013 i came in contact with your disciple H.G.Vishnupriya mataji and her husband H.G.Kamajit prabhu from manipur whom you had initiated in tripura.

After hearing from them about you, reading about you and hearing your classes over youtube i felt like i have found my guru maharaj. I contacted H.G.Haridas das prabhu ( H.H. Swarup damodar swami maharaj disciple) who told me that if i follow all the rules and chant 16 rounds for a year he will recomend me to you when you come to India next gaura purnima in 2015. From your classes and anjana suta academy slides i have understood that you want your disciples to wake up early in brama murhata and chant good enthusiastic 16 rounds. Now i am getting up early and chanting my rounds .sometimes i fail to get up but i am trying my level best. I offer my breakfast to krisna and take it as prasadam but because i stay inside hostel and i have classes whole day from 8am to 4 pm i am not able to offer lunch to krisna due to lack of time. But i am trying . I try to cook simple things and offer but sometimes its too difficult to manage time so i eat in hostel mess. Currently i am reading upadesamrita along with your notes from ASA and the classes that you had given in radhadesh (iskcon desire tree audio) . Maharaj will you please accept me as your future disciple and give me shelter at your lotus feet . I promise to improve. I am very fallen but i still beg you to accept me. I contacted your disciple H.G.Prahalad Narshimha prabhu and he adviced me to write to you and explain myself to you. I really appologise for this long letter and for taking so much of your valuable time. Please forgive me because i lack the manners required to write to a guru and a sanyasi . Please forgive me if i have offended you by writing this letter. Once again sorry for the lenghty letter. I hope that you will accept me as your future disciple . Begging for your mercy. Your servant Rituraj Majumder Shillong P.S. Vishnupriya mataji and kamajit prabhu sent their dandavat pranam at your lotus feet. They are enquiring about your health and hope that you are in good health . They also request you to visit India . They are eagerly waiting for your arrival .

HpS - ASA - Jaya! AGTSP paoho. We are old and may leave this body before we get to India, but we are have heartfelt connection with you even before we meet. So nice to hear from you. 99.9999999999% of the good qualities that you see in us are from Srila Prabhupada.
Of course, continue to take shelte of him as you are. This is his movement. Supersoul informs him of people and under his direction his servants give his shelter etc.
It certainly seems that you can be initiated as soon as Swami Hari-dasa recommends you and there is a letter from local Temple President.
Of course, why not take formal initiation from local ISKCON Guru. Certainly he would be very happy that we are acting as Siksa guru. Then you would be able to consult with Diksa guru very conveniently.
 

08/31/14

Esteemed Gurumaharaja: AGTSP!  pamho 

What a wonderful visit Dave and I had with you. 

Thank you for all your mercy!!!

Thank you for suggesting a seva for me.  i.e. coordinating with Auruvedic practictioner devotee.  After discussing with Dave, we think this will be too much for me right now.  I will be helping daughter with grandchildren fo r2 weeks in september if health allows.  Also, health ups and downs could make executing this faithfully, staying on top of it on a regular day to day basis, very difficult and stressful. 

For example, I have had a migraine every day since returning from san fran; have no idea why.  Please know how much I want to be at your service but do not want to committ to something unless I feel confident I  can see it through to a successful completion.

    HpS - ASA - Jaya!  It was very, very nice for us also. Very nice. Yes, I understand. It is very nice that you have such a good realization of how much you can do! Of course, Srila Prabhupada showed us how to use this body to the very limit, even when it was just skin and bones. It is like not throwing a way a jacket until it is just thread-bare, no?!!

Dave wants to send you a letter via post.  what is your mailing address please?........

HpS - Hanumatpresaka Swami; 2129 Stratford Road; Murfreesboro, TN 37129

This correspondence is once again a one-time opportunity on your blog.  The system still doesn't recognize me and I have to change my password each time.  Not sure what we are doing wrong.  You are dear to us.  Hare Krsna   I remain YWS Kalindi dd

HpS - Hmmmmf!   Let's see if you can solve the problem or we will try to ask our Blog Manager, Prahlada-nrsmha Das to help!! Krsna is always testing to see how much determination we have to overcome obstacles.

How much do we have??

Unlimited!

If we have to log on 150 times to communicate,will we do it?

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O.K. News from the Highliands!

Dear Guru Maharaja Please if you want to accept my respectful and humble prostrate at his lotus feet divine reverence. 
I am not writing to not bother you, is how busy, but always think of you and I read all the letters that are published in the blog and also all twiters. 
I started courses disciples with Param Padam das, sing my 16 rounds as early as possible and follow the 4 principles. 
I look forward to his arrival in BS AS. 
Your aspiring servant Nanda raja das

HpS - AGTSP - We often think about you!!!  We will arrive in BsAs in 121 days. We will arrive in Goloka a little later!!! Let's go!

NICE Picture!

All Glories to Sri Sri Gour Nitay!
All Glories to Srila Prabhuada!
All Glories to you! 

How are you right now? I hope this take you in a veeery good health ! 

HpS - This body does not get diseases, this body is a disease. It is 8.15PM. Got 20-rounds done. Lots of news in th DTC. Fighting eye strain, little stomach upset, but we can write. Have a happy future!! Going to die for Krsna, and you?

Camila- 21 years old

My rounds are OK, not good, just O.K... some days i can't finish them, so in the next day i chant chant, and I chant. Sorry for that...Our stupidity increase every day <img alt="no" height="23" src="http://www.hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/thumbs_down.png" title="no" width="23" />.

   HpS - We also, but by practice we get better!
Well, i'm in Argentina, Buenos Aires! We had a VERY nice Radhastami! :) Beautiful!!!!!!  

I wanted to ask you, that if I can send you a private message through Abhimanyu Das (I talked with him, and he has no problem), because there are some things that I want to tell you not in this platform. It would be very nice and usefull for me to do that. So, please...can I do that?. 

Please accept my sincere obeisances at your lotus feet... !!!!!!!!! 

HpS - ASA - Pies de Loco. Try  [email protected], but remember, always do YOUR work and step back and think about your situation from a general perspective and write about it to the Blog. Then we can do OUR work and give a general answer. About 15-more people will get answer to their question and then we can anwer details in private if we have to. A full personal letter takes about 8-minutes and Monkey and Piggy charge about $600/hour lately (they are merciful) so a full personal letter will cost you 8/60 x $600 = $80. Of course, they accept Raisins and P-nuts also!

Hare Krisna dear Gurudeva. Please accept my humble obeisances. AGTSP.

I hope you’re fine.

We are well by Krisna’s mercy. Now we are preparing the next Ratha Yatra on September 6th, tomorrow.

I miss your Japa Joe and the sanga-chanting with de devotees.

By Krisna’s Mercy and His devotees we have opened the Temple during the August month. All year open!!!!!. Some devotees have been serving all month and the people have been very happy. We have done some new devotees during August, and Mani Manjari Devi Dasi (Marisol) has take Diksa of Bhakti Gauravani Goswami. She is the first devote from my old group (old school of yoga) taking Diksa. She’s a great value in Madrid’s temple. We have more devotees waiting to take initiation; some of them asked you shelter as bhakta Marcos or bhakta Jacobo some months ago.

Now we are beginning some new groups of Bhakti Vriksa en Madrid coordinated by Bhaktin Anna, and the leaders are: Jaramara Hari Das, Bhadra Vardhana Das and Bhaktin Anna. Carcika and me we are beginning a new group of Sattva in Toledo, and we are working with other group in Tarragona (Cataluña).

I’m very very busy with the service. There are many things to have in the mind, speaking and listening to devotees, their problems and disagreements, their projects, etc. Organizing the temple, services, saving costs, etc …

During August, we have done works in the temple (I’m attaching some pictures).

On other hand, Carcika and I are working spiritually and humanly very hard. In July Carcika was pregnant, but she lost the baby. Krisna gave us a child, but then He thought: “They aren’t ready to be parents”.

HpS - Hmmmmmm! Can be so sad! Yet, like you say Krsna has a plan. From what Srila Prabhupada wrote it maybe that some very advance Yogi, devotee, had just a little, little, Karma to finish off, so Krsna put him into the womb of a pure devotee so that he could here her Japa and and hear her heart beat and take Prasadam from her body and then. . . .  enough!  All finished. Back to Goloka. Prepare a place for my last mother also.

Gurudeva, I’m very fallen. I’m not merciful. Krishna tests me a lot, and I don’t exceed Him test. Sometimes the world seems insuperable, the devotees seem insuperable, the karmis seem insuperable, the principles are insuperable, all seem insuperable.

What can I do?

HpS - You can do what I do, pray to the Insuperable! "Hey, God that's it! Reached the limit! HELP!!! Hare Krsna, Hare Rama!".

Then someone comes in the door and says, "Of, Prabhu, don't worry about that problem between, XYZ and me, we talked about it. It's O.K. now!"

Well, thank you for all Gurudeva. I hope to see you soon.

Please, let me keep at your Lotus Feet.

Your humble servant, Dandava Das.
HpS - ASA --- It is so nice to hear from you. We hope you have a very nice Rathayatra that heals many hearts. We have our ticket for South America. It would seem that we would head for Spain and India like 2015 Fall unless something happens first [like a nuclear war between Putin and Obama].

Let's answer two more letters.