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MOE, BhVai, ASA, NIOS all,
Chant Hare Krsna and you will never stall.

ALL GLORIES TO SRI SRI GAURA NITAY

TLGSP, AND MY RESPECTFUL OBEISANCES TO YOU  GM!

HERE AGAIN BOTHERING!!! THANKS FOR YOU LETTER.

I WANT TO LIVE WITH NANDA MAHARAJA! CHRISTINA? OH MY GOD, NEVER!

THANKS FOR THE LETTER TO MY SISTER GM, WITHOUT ANSWERS would be lost !

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HARE KRSNA HARE RAMA GM! FORGIVE ME FOR MY OFFENSES.

                                                             your servant ter kadamba devi dasi.

HpS - ASA - Hare Krsna! Maybe you have stomach cancer and you will die within three months! Maybe not.   More news of your studies.

All gloires to Sri Sri Gaura Nitay ,to All Srila Prabhupada, All glories to his feet Dear Gurudava,

I hope your health accompanying ... A long time ago since I wrote you, and I have no excuse; speak a word with you on your visit to Chile and asks him about the dreams I've had with you !!

, well give me your answer and left very happy, also very inspired to keep striving in Krishna consciousness;

Also I made the comment that since initiation gave me a year ago about my anarthas attacked me mass also helped me with that.

Thank you very much.

Currently I have a job where they pay me well, I occupy time in my son and also in Gaura Nitai, but I must confess that time my sadhana low for having bad association and fail on some principle, leave my service in the kitchen of the deity and somehow give me a maya, never stop singing my rounds, neither ate meat nor jugue gambling, I had just a bad association under my consent, now I can do a service without touching fire ... all this brought me much suffering and I'm paying the consequences of my actions which I realized once again that associated with maya and surrender to lust blurs the intelligence and only makes nonsense,

I am very sorry for my actions and I cry and suffer for them, what I liked best is the service in the pujari and now Iand now I must wait six months following strictly the principles to serve the Lord (assistant pujari) which is fair.

Well since a month ago again and strictly follow the 4 principles, singing my 16 rounds, I'm reading the teachings of Lord Caitanya, the BG afternoon and also must tell you that Krishna in his infinite mercy, I have in my house Gaura Nitai !! and this for several days (1 month) makes my sadhana is a stronger, get up early, singing aṣṭaka Guru, Govinda and today also japa joe with you and the devotees also taketh the course of Bhakti Priya Sakhi sastri that will impart dd and Paramesvara D from April. since giving me initiation had a very difficult year where Maya was merciless and I attacked subtly and since I have to Goura Nitai in my house, my sadhana is to strengthened but still maya insists and I feel weak, I feel hypocritical, I strive but I think it is not enough ...

I just want to give to the Feet of Krishna and do a good service, but I feel with acute depression, I feel lonely, I have faith that everything is fleeting !! I just want to do the right thing, but my ignorance is such that I fear this material world, I just want happiness I'm tired of suffering and find myself trapped in this poor sense of intelligence.

Hopefully I can understand by Gurudeva and help me.

Your eternal servant Krisangi Devi Dasi

PS: I am using a translator, sorry I am not good at English. I sent photos of MI Goura Nitai and mia to be reminded of my face donkey. I hope to meet daily in Japa joe. Jaya Radha and Krishna.

HpS - ASA - No foto de su Caro Burra!      Gracias su carta. Su situacion es bastante comun. Yo siento solo muchas veces. Realmente sin la amistad de Krsna sentimos solo. Cada Gopi siento sola a veces, pero Krsna viene y habla con ellas. Son chicas, no muy madura. Y Krsna esta asegurando que El es su amigo y Ella es una amiga individual para ella. Nunca va a dejar Su amistad individual.

O.K. Necesitamos escapar de la illusion de la Bruja y obtener amigas/gos en Vraja eternos. Claro, es una lucha para todos nosotros. Ya estamos obvservando, involucrado en una lucha entre la GBC de cosas fundamentales! Principios super basicos. Tentaciones de poder, fama etc. que puede ruinar ISKCON.
Levantate temprano y cumplir con sus rondas con el mejor entusiasmo que tiene!
Escribra nos.

Actua como su hija puede decir con orgullo, "Eso es mi Mama!".

HARE KRSNA 

QUERIDO GM

PAMHO AGTS

XD PERDON NO ERAN 8000 MIL JAJAJAJAJA ERAN 8 MIL LIBROS

ASA ---- Aaaaah!  TlgaSP!

UN LINDO PASATIEMPO entre varios q ocurrieron esta maraton fue cuando nos toco llevar 25 cajas de medellin a monteria dos ciudades colombianas, el devoto donde nos queabamos nos llevo hasta la terminal de buses, y nos dejo las cajas muy amablemente en la entrada del terminal, el problema es q no se a que arquitecto se le ocurrio diseñar ese treminal de tal forma q para abordar el bus teniamos que bajar tres pisos con un par de secciones de escaleras de 20 escaleras masomenos cada seccion, sin construir ni una rampa para poder llevarlos en una carreta por lo menos.

ok hay estabamos alguien tendria que cuidar las cajas y el otro iria a negociar la cargada de los libros (solo viajabamos dos devotos yo y Jaladaraka un sankirtanero guerrero de muchos años) asi q yo fuy a buscar un bus q nos llevara.

preguntando en cada ventanilla me di cuenta q solo las lineas mas caras de buses viajan al destino q teniamos planeado, el presupuesto eran 110 dolares  y cada pasaje valia 60 dolares sin contar las 25 cajas q teniamos; el calculo que hizo la señorita de la ventanilla fue como de 250 dolares

:O     I M P O S II B L E

LE PEDI AYUDA Y ME DIJO Q ELLANO PODRIA HACER NADA LO UNICO Q QUEDABA ERA IR A HABLAR CON EL DEL BUS.

hay estaba otrabes yo hablando con el conductor: ES LA GRAN MISION DEL SR CAITANIA AYUDENOS PORFAVOR  es lo unico q recuerdo de todo lo que le dije, ok los voy a ayudar paguenme solo 10 dolares por cada caja, jajajajajajajaja me empece a reir y le dije yo venia antes para q me dejara los pasas mas baratos y ud me pide que le pague mas por las cajsss no tengoooo porfavorrr AYUDENOSSSSS,..................... NO PUEDO respondio el conductor y un poco afanado me dijo ademas es el ultimo bus de hoy  y salimos en 10 minutos.

no habia otra q pedir la ayuda como cientos de veces lo hemos hecho de Sr Guru y Sr Gourangaaa........... al pasar de max 2 minutos aparecio atras del conductor una encarnacion de su misericordia GM un hombre de contextura ancha le dijo al del bus, AYUDELES PUES HERMANO NO VE QUE SON MISIONEROS DE DIOS!! NO TIENE NADA QUE PERDER, el conductor seguia determinado con que no podia hacer nada, asi que este hombre sin pensarlo saco un rollo de billetes los cuales fueron convertidos en laxmi pues pago todas las caja y uno de los pasajes, yo estaba realmente perplejo y mientras le agradecia me dijo!! NO CANTEN VICTORIA SALIMOS EN DIES MINUTOS Y TIENEN Q BAJAR TODAS ESAS CAJAS APURENSE!!!!!!

subi corriendo y le conte al P Jaladaraka nos enpezamos a matar de la risa, yo alse 6 cajas en mi espalda no se como y empece a bajar las escaleras lo mas rapido q pude cuando un guardia me vio en estas agarro una carreta no se de donde y nos dijo utolicenla el devoto Jaladaraka subio 10 cajas a la carreta y comenzo a bajarlas escalon por escalon, mientras corria por las escaleras se me calleron 3 cajas y una viejita sorprendida le pisio a su hija y al esposo de su hija q me ayudaran, el guardia se cargo las otras cajas q llevava en mi espalda y me dijo q fuera por las q me quedaban que eran aun 9 cajas mas asi que pedi a otras personas q me ayudaran a subir oras seis a mi espalda, en esas ya habia vuelto yalak y se cargo lo q faltava en la carreta, estabamos sudandoooooo pero muertos de risa el Sr Gaura no habia enviado un ejercito como de 6 personas y los ocupo en su servicio tracendental............. total en 8 mins tubimos todas las cajas listas para subirlas en el bus el conductor el ayudante y los guardias estaban muy sorprendidos de nuestra determinacion, y nosotros de la determinacion de Guru Y Gauranga por ayudarnos a cada paso, le regalamos un BG al buen hombre q pago las cajas y cuando subimos al Bus era super primera clase con aire acondicionado, internet pantalass etc, jajajajajajaja cuando estubimos sentados nos miramos cara a cara con Jaladarak Prabhu y al ve nuestros rostros llenos de sudor recostados sobre un asiento con cojineria fina empezamos a reir como loocos.

miestras hicimos el viaje pude ver en las pantallas los lugeres donde hariamos sankirtan pues tenian internet quisa eso en EEUU sea muy comun pero en Colombia solo la miscericordia de Gaura Nitay nos pondria en una vimana como esas!!!!

Gracias Gurudeva por permitirme ocuparme en este servicio!!! porfavor permita q mi gusto pot el sankirtan incremente mas y mas con el pasar de los años y q pueda inspirar a otros !!!

su aspirante a sirviente

Vrajendra Kumara Dasa

HpS - Jaya!  Muy bromistoso. Funny. Hemos pasado cosas similar con cajas, pero estamos bastante timidos relacionar con personas de esta manera. Esta creciendo con hermanos????  Gracias!

Hare Krsna dear Gurudeva

Please accept my humble obeisances

All glories to Srila Prabhupda

Dear Gurumaharaja, 

I'm very happy to tell you that I've recently started my Bhakti-sastri course (at last!). It's something I've been waiting for a while. For now, Laksmana prabhu is giving me on line lessons but as soon Isabelle and I move to Chosica I'll engage the classroom group at the temple. Bhagavad-gita is the most intelligent, overwhelming and sharpest book I've ever read. It is going to be very nice to study it systematically. 

Gurudeva, I have a few questions concerning to some doubts. I hope you kindly give me an answer to them.

1. Our philosophy encourages congregational chanting of the Holy Name and association with the devotees, but our relation with Krsna is individual, now and forever. In which way an incorrect understanding of what association means could harm the development of this natural individual rasa with the Lord?

HpS - ASA --- I guess the answer would be 1) When the association is based on material things eg. we are associating because we want fame, prestige etc. from our "religious" association. Eg. I associate with devotees because I want to become President, Sannyasi and have comfortable accomodation, association with the opposite sex. 2) When the association is an improper mixture of mellows. The Gopis are good citizens of Vraja, they milk cows. They have their own friends and circle of associates within Vraja. They have their own unique relations with Krsna. See Krsna Book Chapter 21.
So, they, we associate with devotees who have a similar spiritual perspective. We don't associate with Karmis.
AND it is acintya-bheda-abheda-tattva. You must give you whole energy to your unique relation with Krsna giving up all concern for GBC, Guru etc. and as you do this then you will realize that you cannot devolop it without GBC, Guru. Also, quite inconceivably you must give 100% to Guru, GBC et al and if you do this then you will realize that you cannot serve them unless you have your own unique, secret relation with Krsna. Actually this question is the whole focus of our filosophy and goes on forever in its answer.
 

2. Pure devotional service means to serve God without any trace of selfishness or personal desire and free of karma and jñana yoga. Srila Prabhupada explains in NOD that karma yoga is performed in rituals and jñana yoga in philosophical speculation. This means that in the way we achieve Bhakti we leave our analytical approach to philosophy and practice of rituals?
HpS - No, Krsna stopped the Rasa-lila for Brahma-muhurta (Mangala arati). We do the rituals and use our intellects in the SERVICE of our Rasas with Krsna. We do them. They are wonderful, but ultimately in terms of the nature of Rasa. Actually this is explained in the BhSastri curriculum!

"Whatever is produced of the Complete Whole is also complete in itself" (Isopanisad, Invocation). This phrase could refer to us, the Jivas. So, why do we need to engage whith the Complete Whole? What kind of feeling moves us towards God despite of being complete in ourselves? what kind of completeness is this?
HpS - I would say we "don't" have to engage with Krsna, in one sense. Prabhupada says Krsna is free to accept our service or not. But the devotees attitude is that he will never stop offering it, with love. So, yes the devotee is complete just like Krsna, although of course different.

I've been a little bit demanding with my wife's saddhana, can you please tell me up to which point we could be a raw example for others?

HpS - What does "raw" mean? Do you mean you are putting stress on her that doesn't let her get her rounds done, or you are putting pressure on her to get her rounds done.
1. We "put pressure on people" by preaching intelligently, nicely, humbly, to them.
2. If they don't, can't, listen then we preach by setting a good example!

Hoping you're doing well with your health and sankirtan

Your servant

Gandharva dasa

HpS - We have to establish some time for some online discussions. Also, you can certainly ask these questions to Siksa gurus like Virabahu, Bh. Bhusana Swami et al.

Thank you so much.

Hare Krsna Gurumaharaja

Please, accept my humble obeisances

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

HpS - ASA -    Paoho... !.

Dear Gurudeva, we had a week full of activity. On Monday we had a meeting with the national board. I think the balance was positive because the authorities were receptive to our proposals. Actually, they have two fundamental questions: they want to know whether the contents of our courses are related to the courses given by prabhu Jiva-sakti whom they recognize as the manager of education in the yatra. On the other hand, they want us to respect the controversial rule not allowing anyone to take the course of Bhakti-sastri, unless they have been initiated previously. We expressed some dissatisfaction with the standard but they agreed to discuss the item with us before long. In the next meeting, after the Vyasapuja of HH Jayapataka Swami, we will be defining issues related to the certificates backed by ISKCON and the permission to give our courses in Chosica and Lima temples, as appropriate.

HpS - ASA -- Very nice report. Seems to us these are significant points leading to having NIMSAR accepted as a Branch of ASA in Peru.

Yesterday we had a very long and productive day in Chosica where we talked extensively about "the incident" (my temporary resignation). The doubts were clarified, responsibilities were accepted and everything goes forward. We basically discussed the contents and agenda of the worship seminar by Gaura gadadhara mataji, the idea of traveling to different cities for a NIMSAR presentation in Arequipa, Cuzco, Puno, Huancayo and Guayaquil and the organization of the education meeting in August. I will be sending you the progress report as soon as possible.

Regarding to your request here is the result. 

About the duties for the President, Secretary and Treasurer of NIMSAR:

President:

a) To represent the Association before all kinds of people, authorities and public or private entities.

b) Convene meetings of the Board, preside, direct the debates, suspend and terminate sessions.

c) Implement the resolutions of the Board, though it can perform all acts and contracts and sign any documents necessary for that purpose or delegate this responsibility to another member of the board if necessary.

d) Comply with and enforce the decisions of the Board.

f) Tiebraker vote  in ties.

h) Perform such other duties that are inherent in its capacity as Chairman of the Board.

HpS - ASA --- The last one seems to be very ambiguous and I think should be eliminated. What do you think?

Secretary:

a) Attend meetings of the Board and draft and approve the minutes of those.

b) Perform the call to meetings, by order of the President, and citations of the members.

c) Receiving communication from the members of the Board such as notifications, requests for information, amendments, certifications or any other kind of messages.

d) Prepare the documentation that shall be used or considered.

e) Issue certificates of approved agreements and any other certifications, with the approval of the President, and the reports that are necessary.

f) To have the custody of the Archives, documents and books of the Association, except ledgers.

g) Any other functions inherent in their capacity as Secretary.

Again g) seems to be unclear and could be anything, no?

I would and iii) shall be responsible for sending and receiving all official communications of Nimsar

In cases of absence or illness and, in general, when any cause, the Secretary shall be replaced by the Treasurer.

Treasurer:

a) Raise funds of the Association, guard them and invest them in a manner determined by the Board.

b) Make payments, with the approval of the Board.

c) To intervene with his signature all documents of receipts and payments, with the assent of the President.

d) The keeping of accounting records and compliance with tax obligations in time and form, of the Association.

e) The preliminary draft budgets for approval by the Board. In the same way the accountability for annual approval by the board of directory.

f) Any other activities related to their status as treasurer, responsible for economic and financial management.

ASA - Look at BG 10.23!
As we have heard from Prabhupada etc.
1. Treasurer is to keep the assets of the organizations safe.
    All the money received by the Oragnization must be given to the Treasurer and he must deposit it in the bank. Then funds can be released with the signature of both the Treasurer and President.

2. Keep record of where every penny comes from and where every penny goes to.

3. Generate Reports on the basis of 2. for organization and other bodies.

4. Generate Projections on the basis of 3 etc.

About the Statement of Requirements for the Membership in Nimsar:

1. Professional level. Set of academic and technical skills of the candidate able to contribute directly to the development of the NIMSAR project. Example: educators, administrators, accountants, journalists, lawyers, designers, marketers, engineers or technicians.

2. Devotional and vocational level. The applicant must be a devotee, whose faith does not depend on external circumstances, or not affected by the environment.

• A devotee whose vocation or nature is directed to education and do not do things to please others.
• A devotee who is a devotee everywhere in the temple, at home, at work, on the street.

3. Psychological level:

• NOI 3
• Maturity (liability), mental equilibrium (fortress-Vaishnava etiquette), desire for improvement (evolution or spiritual advancement).
• It [He] can work as a team (shown).
• Conciliator.
• Transparent, confidential and reliable.
• Breadth of perspective (optional).

About the NIMSAR members and their status:

• Founding members (honour title, no vote or opinion): Rohini dd, Goura gadadhara dd., Candramukhi dd., Yugala Kisora dd., Laksmana-agraja dasa, Patrak dasa.
• Board of directory (vote and opinion): Laksmana-agraja dasa (president), Gandharva dasa (secretary), Isvari dd. (treasurer). 
• Directory (vote and opinion): Laksmana-agraja dasa, Candramukhi dd., Isvari dd., Abhinanda dasa, Yugala Kisora dd., Goura gadadhara dd., Patrak dasa (temporary resignation) and Gandharva dasa.
• Advisory board (to be confirmed, only opinion in specific issues): HH Hanumatpresaka Swami, HH Jayapataka Swami, Mathuresh dasa, Baladeva dasa, Om Kesavaya das, Govindanandini das, Omkara Krishna das, Vindiabali dd., Duiya dd. Gangamaji dd., Yamunesvara dasa and Jiva sakti dasa.
• Staff members (no vote or opinion): Padmavati dd., Nitya Kisori dd., Lila Sakti dd., Goura Karuna Sakti dd. and Bhaktina Isabelle.

We are waiting for your opinion and suggestions. Hoping you're in good health.

Your servant

Gandharva dasa

NIMSAR Secretary

HpS - Hmmm.    I am used to how it is done in USA. The ultimate authority is the Board of Directors. They chose the the Officers: President, Secretary, Treasurer [and others, eg. Vice-Presidents with specific port folios]. They give general and specific instructions to the Officers. Of course one can be a Director and Officer also.

President - Chief Excecutive
Secretary - Communication
Treasurer - Assets

Directors, Officers and Members
Members can be classified in different ways, but one important distinction should be Voting [for Directors] and Non-Voting Members.
What about this model?

This is very important work, but main thing is that we all chant Hare Krsna, Dance and honor Prasadam.