Letters to the editor

Todas las Glorias a Sri Sri Goura Nitai

Todas las Glorias a Srila Prabhupada

Todas las Glorias para usted Gurudeva.

Querido Gurudeva. Hace un tiempo que no me reporto y no le escribo...en su visita a Chile hable con usted y le consulte sobre mis sueños con usted, bien todo quedo aclarado y mas tranquila. Tambien le comente que desde que me dio iniciacion (1 año) todo se a vuelto mas dificil, tanto espiritual y en parte material, por que he sido tentada por maya y tuve una mala asociasion bajo mi consentimiento y debo admitir que me he perjudicado en mi vida espiritual por no seguir los principios como le prometi el dia de mi iniciacion, ahora solo pago las consecuencias de mis actos, tambien siento que mis anarthas me atacan y son tantos que me cuesta identificarlos pero me esfuerzo por superarlos de a poco!!

De pronto siento que la lujuria me nubla la inteligencia y hago tonterias, ultimamente siento que tengo ira , mucho miedo y  me cuesta tomar decisiones y varios dias me siento deprimida, he pasado cosas muy dificiles que han bajado el autoestima, creo que es tiempo de buscar ayuda sicologica. Tengo un trabajo de horario comodo, lo cual me hace tener tiempo para realizar un Sadhana estable, cantando Guru Astaka, Govinda ; canto mis 16 Rondas antes del medio dia, ahora hace 1 Mes siguiendo estrictamente los 4 principios (sexo ilicito es el unico no cumplido anteriormente), estoy leyendo las enseñanzas del señor Caitanya el BG por la tarde. Me siento muy hipocrita con mi conducta ya que no puedo realizar mi servicio (ayudante pujari), ya que estuve rompiendo principios con un devoto el cual despues de 10 meses no se decidio a darme la proteccion adecauda y ademas de eso me dio maltrato sicologico,( bajo mi consentimiento) y  eso me a perjudicado enormente, por ahora no hago ningun servicio en el templo, ya que las cosas no estan muy bien, estoy enojada con las autoridades por darle refugio a un maltratador de mujeres, que no canta sus rondas, molesta a otra devotas y mas encima hace servicio y nadie le dice nada!!! yo mejor me aleje del templo  por un timpo hasta cuando pueda aceptar que no soy controladora y asi no presenciar esa tremenda injusticia segun mi criterio ....eso me tiene muy mal.

Por otra parte quiero contarle que hace mas de un mes a llegado Goura Nitai a mi casa, son muy bellos mis pequeñines y me esfuerzo por atenderlos, con una adoracion simple, agua,incienso y fruta, le enviare una foto para que los conozca; que ellos Hallan llegado a mi casa me a ayudado mucho para no desanimarme apesar de mis errores ,sin Duda Krishna siempre nos proteje de todo y nos da lo que necesitamos ,solo me falta tener mas confianza... pienso que no soy digna de tanta misericordia.... aaahh debo contarle que he incluido en mi sadhana Japa Joe desde el 18 de marzo ya que ahora tengo laptop e internet... me ayuda mucho escuchar su voz, sentir su entusiasmo, esfuerzo y paciencia....para alguien como yo tan caida . Tambien en Abril tomare el Bhakti sastri que daran en el templo, espero poder desarrollar las cualidades necesarias de forma seria para tomar segunda iniciacion en un tiempo mas, si usted lo considera necesario!!!.

Le pido perdon por mi arrogancia, la poca inteligencia e ignoracia, ojala me pueda ayudar Gurudeva ya que algunas veces me siento devastada con tanta miseria y muchas veces me siento muy cansada de este mundo material, solo le pido que no me abandone ...

Que el Señor Nrisimhadeva lo proteja en su servicio Gurudeva!!!! 

le envio fotos de mi cara de burra con mi hijo y los Pequeñines Goura Nitai

Mis eternas reverencias su Sirviente Krisangi Devi Dasi

PD:. Hace unos dias le escribi una carta similar no se si le llego por eso le escribo esta . Muchas Gracias Hare Krishna

HpS - ASA - TlgaSP. pfanrh. Eso es casi la misma carta como anteior no???     Muy fuerte su situacion, si.   Pienso los desafios que confronta Arjuna son muy parecido con nosotros.  Adelanta, Prabhu.
No se molesta mucho con las autoridades. Si estan en Maya trata predicar a ellos. Si no acceptan mantener un bueno ejemplo. Actua de una manera bueno en el Templo. Mantener su propio circulo de amigos, comos las Gopis, buen Vrajavasis, circulo de amigos particuluar, relacion indivudual con KRSNA!

AGTSP

AGTSSGN

PAMHO

Hare Krsna beloved Guru Maharaj,

Before starting with my report and hoping everything is in order with your health, I would like to ask how are you???

HpS - Our eyes are getting bad. Can't see too well. All else is O.K.   We are trying to sacrifice our sense gratification to do more service.

I pray to Lord Nrisimha, for Him to have us under his loving protection, how big is the refugee we can find in Him!!!!!!

Thanks for your response to my last letter. Especially for your good disposition by helping me in clarifying my doubts. Thanks, your words are always comforting and an inspiration for a fool like me...

Sadhana report: following strictly 4 principles, though i have to recognize that at a sutil level i haven´t been that strict….sometimes, there are some blinks of maya that keep rounding in my mind. When I notice that, I seek for shelter in japa and books. I don´t want the black witch to catch me!!!!! Chanting 16 rounds, for the reason I just mention, with some mind and difficulty……and happens that when I realized that I feel so low, because I promise you to chant 16 enthusiastic rounds, but i´m just keeping my vow of chanting……in the teachings of Lord Caitanya are mention the effects of the offenses at chanting, then I think I have to check that…..

HpS - When we put our life into do 1728 enthusiastic rounds and Maya says, "If you work so hard on your Japa as priority you will die!", we say just what you letter title says, "Today is a good day to die!".

Fixed with my services at the temple of flowers and garlands, also  i´m cooking for the deities and on Mondays i´m giving the BG class, which represents a big challenge for me, mainly because my personality is very in the mood of passion (I talk fast and loud, etc), so I think that maybe i´ve been faced in this service to polish those things ….. thanks to the coordination service of P. Jagat Guru Das, who makes the feedback of the class and help us with advice and provide guidelines so we can improve the quality of our service and personally I feel supported for polishing those things I have to work on….Please, please,  please, give me your blessings so I can do the best way my service, considering I am a donkey….

For some weeks, we have the visit of Nirantara Prabhu and for a curious arrangement, he asked me to be his translator for the classes in the temple and house programs (like bhakti vriksa) mailnly with the indian community, so  in addition to very interesting classes, we  have the chance to share very sumptuous prasadam!!!!!

I need to ask you something that’s been rounding my thoughts, because if Krsna is the Supreme Controller  and everything happens under his approval, where does the free will fits?? Because if everything is already decided, what are the chances of me making real effect decisions?? Or is it so true that the only decision we can make is if we are going to serve Krsna or maya?? And if I decided I want to serve Krsna, isn´t that also full of decisions??Years ago, while talking with Krsna, I told him that all I have done in my life is take bad decisions, so I give my life to him to please help me and guide it, but still, I feel i´m constanly facing having to make choices, and then I think, haven’t this already been decided by Krsna????

HpS - Look at www.jayarama.us/archives for our 'asa-enecyclopedia' file. Answer is there as "free will". We cut and paste it below.

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FREE WILL

(rev. 2015 march 26)

We are asked this question so often that we are putting our thoughts here. We may revise this in the future.

We are part and parcel of Krsna. He has free-will. He can make choices. He is all powerful, but He has given us free will.

So we can chose to try His position and then He created the material world for us to play.

In the material world in the mode of ignorance we are forced by our previous choices. We can be in the mode of ignorance, passion or goodness differently in our possessions, senses, mind and intelligence. Eg. one may be a very clean, nice college professor but in his heart he has the greatest illusion: By my austerities I will become GOD.

In the mode of passion we have choices but the pushes of our Karma are strong.

In the mode of goodness we can make real choices, even though they may be between mundane options. Eg. am I going to steal the money or not. That is how we create our future Karma.

If we make nice material choices, following the King’s advice, then that shows us we want to come closer to Him and eventually He gives us the chance to chose spiritual life rather than material life.

Even in spiritual life there are choices of different kinds of service.

SB 1.6.37  Is very, very nice answer.

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Something that i´m absolutely sure about is that Krsna have shown his infinite mercy upon me at allowing me to get in touch with His Name, Srila Prabhupada´s books, and all what is implied on them, His devotees, His adorable form....and so much more...  this have certainly make my life take a better course.....

Hoping for some day  be able to make a quality service to help you in the mission of Srila Prabhupada and fullfill the prediction of Lord Caitanya, your aspiring for servant,

Pundavanika Devi Dasi

HpS - Go ahead. Be an inspiration to everyone!

Hare Krishna s.s. Hanumatpresaka swami 

Por favor acepte mis respetuosas revencias.

Le saluda bhakta victor de Lima, con respecto a su pregunta. Bueno yo nací en Lima y estube viviendo con mis padres aca, ellos nacieron en Cajamarca y Ayacucho, que pertence a la sierra de Perú, pero tambien se han criado en lima , su ocupacion es de cocineros-reposteros y actualmente trabajan en su propia empresa de eventos catering, yo les ayudaba bastante. Tambien tengo un hermano menor por 3 años que está estudiando en universidad. Bueno maharaja reciba nuevamente mis reverencias.  

HpS - ASA -   TlgaSP. Gracias. Nos lo olvidamos sus carta anterior. Ha! Ha! Ha!    Cabeza burro gris!    Escriba unas notas de sus estudios de SB etc. De sus ensenanzas a otros y envian a nosotros aveces!!!  SB esta conquistando Kali yuga!

Hare Krsna Maharaj,
PAMHO, AGTSP

Just wanted to share, even Bhakti Vinod Thakur thougt something inappropriate about SB, what about conditioned souls

"The Bhagavat, like all religious works and philosophical performances and writings of great men, has suffered from the imprudent conduct of useless readers and stupid critics. The former have done so much injury to the work that they have surpassed the latter in their evil consequence. Men of brilliant thoughts have passed by the work in quest of Truth and Philosophy, but the prejudice imbibed from It's useless readers and their conduct prevented them from making a candid investigation...This prejudice is not easily shaken when the student grows up unless he candidly studies the Book and ruminates on the doctrines of Vaishnavism. We are ourselves the fact. When we were in college, reading the philosophical works of the West and exchanging thought with the thinkers of the day, we had a real hatred of the Bhagavata. That great work looked like a repository of wicked and stupid ideas scarcely adapted to the nineteenth century, and we hated to hear any arguments in It's favour...Oh! What a trouble to get rid of prejudices gathered in unripe years."
(excerpted from The Bhagavata Speech, Srila Bhaktivinode Thakur, 1869)

HpS - AGTSP paoho. Thank you so, so much.  Right in the Introduction to the SB:

"In the modern age Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu preached the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam by practical demonstration. It is easier to penetrate into the topics of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam through the medium of Śrī Caitanya's causeless mercy. Therefore a short sketch of His life and precepts is inserted herein to help the reader understand the real merit of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.

It is imperative that one learn the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam from the person Bhāgavatam. The person Bhāgavatam is one whose very life is Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam in practice. Since Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is the Absolute Personality of Godhead, He is both Bhagavān and Bhāgavatam in person and in sound. Therefore His process of approaching the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is practical for all people of the world. It was His wish that the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam be preached in every nook and corner of the world by those who happened to take their birth in India."

Dr. Samaresh suggests that we shoot for release of our next book by Prime Minister of India while the HpS and Monkey and Piggy are in India, 7-12th of May. Are you ready!??  Sri Hari Das says he can help from Mathura, visits to New Delhi.
We will call you all. You are the hope of Asia.

AGTSP paoho.

We just finished answering letters.
We have so many obstacle in the path of our service, just like you.

We have to fight with the internet robots.

We have to make priorities, understand which service is more important.

Now, 5.47PM it is hot in our office. We sit on the desk. It is by the window. We see cars zooming by on Medical Center Parkway. Let's count how many in one minute. ... 15 cars per minute.

Now we-will pack, chant Japa, Tweet and go to NGD's home for our walk, NOI class on line and to record the first class again.

Hare Krsna ! ! !! !    ! !         !!!!

We wrote an BhVai Examination for Houston today (one hour).

Did our PPTX for Hawaii class tommorrow (1-hour).

Cooked kitri for Lord Nrsmhadeva, laundry etc. (1-hour).

Talked with Dr. Samaresh in India (1/2-hour (but INTENSE))

Wrote Trash.

O.K. Lets. post the trash files in the archives. Look for a folder in the archives.

Hare Krsna Maharaja! All glories to Srila Prabhupada and all glories for the Sankirtan movement of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu!

My name is Fernanda and i have 19 years old. at the moment im living at the temple and my services are deitys kitchen, flowers room, cleanig and sankirtan, these services depends of the day.

im encouraging to write you because im reading Srila Prabhupada's biography and that inspires me so much and recently i talk with tow disciples of you (Vrajendra Kumara and Gopi Radha) and the told me that i need to write you.

so i want to tell you that i´been listen your startmeting clases before you go to south america because in thet moment i wasnt live in the temple; your bhagavatam classes at youtube, and reading the blog and if Krsna wants someday i will like to be your aspiring disciple and serve you. Hare Krsna Maharaja.

HpS - ASA -  Ah, this is same as the other letter. It came three times.
It is very nice to meet you. Being our disciple just means being a disciple of Srila Prabhupada really. Of course, we have our own nature. God made us all like that. If we can be of any help them engage us. Write to the Blog every couple of weeks at least. Read the letters. Notices!

We expect to be in Mexico in the middle of July.