Letters to the editor

Hare Krsna Respected Guru Maharaj,
    Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
    All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
    All glories to Guru parampara.

    We have seen, how krsna helps you in Vrndavana and all places. i have seen, how you hide your love for Kishori & Kishor.

    You are like at Samadi always, you always see Krsna's existence, everywhere. What need to be done to be on that conciousness forever.

    Thank you, Guru Dev.

your fallen servant,
Girivaradhari-Gopal Das

         HpS - ASA --- AGTSP. We have so much room for improvement. Sometimes we have to relax our efforts a little, no and see what is our actual nature. Then push with that knowledge of what our real attraction is. Arjuna was attracted to being a heroic prince and protecting helpless ladies and his brother. By Krsna's arrangement, to show us, he could not give it up. So he showed us how to understand our attachments and then use them to go beyond them.

AGTSP

paoho

We just answered seven nice letters.

We got a little behind because of the Atlanta Festival. It was a dog killer from hell, but being asses, pigs and monkeys rather than dogs we survived. The Rathaytra was six hours in the hot sun with people whipping us to go faster, but we survived. The mantra yoga booth was full of hyenas laughing at our attempts so figure out what to do there. This is our second festival. Houston was the first. We figured our what to say. we had our banners up. NGD helped us. Abhiseka Das helped us.

We distributed three Yoga kits and 20-Upadesamrtas.

We met a LOT of people and worked on Plans for New Mayapura in Ecuador and BI preaching in Atlanta. O.K. NIrjala ekadasi.

Dear Gurumaharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

I wish to inquire on how to see a certain life situation.

              HpS - ASA - AGTSP. We hope we can help!

Generally our vaishnava notion is that if someone hurts us, blasphemes us, we tolerate and do not retaliate. A devotee was telling how another devotee cheated him out of 100k Euro. That is certainly a big amount. He was of the opinion that it was his money, and he wanted it back, so he is in a courtcase.

Now what about the attitude of tolerating and not retaliating?

           HpS - ASA -- Well, a Madhyama adhikari avoids the demons, demoniac, in his Godbrothers. Don't get hurt, don't get cheated. Other than that we must think that it is Krsna's money for my service to Him, so we can do things like take the case for decision by a judge. Depends on the attitude in detail, no?

His argument was that the whole gita is about the same thing. Arjuna was cheated out of his property, and Krishna wanted him to fight for it. I am not sure how to deal with this. My idea was that the kurus were already dead due to their karma, and Arjuna just had to execute the 'death sentence.' If he is suffering his karma, why bother to get the money back? But to just say, "Hey, tough luck, i was probably a cheater in my previous life," that's kind of a hard pill to swallow.

What is your idea on this matter please? Thank you for your response.
I hope you're body is cooperating well, and may you think of Krishna always.

Kind regards,
Raghava Pandita dasa.

    HpS - ASA --- Like we said, it depends on the details. Dharma in the first canto, how M. P. recieved the age of Kali gives that argument that it was just reaction of my bad Karma. That could be O.K. Yuddhistira tried that approach for like 45-years or something and only fought when there was no other choice. 

For details you could have like six devotees talk about the details and make a decision. Look at Parasara's dharma sastr in our archives at: www.bhati.org.

Thank you!

Hare Krsna Respected Guru Maharaj,
    Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.

             HpS - ASA - AGTSP. Maybe potatoe flower feet for us.
 

    All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
    All glories to Guru parampara.

    Gurudev, How do you manage your same schedule for all the countries. When you visit one country to another, like your wake up time, chanting time, and all other timing. What you keep in your mind to follow the same to all the country.

     HpS - We just try to keep the same schedule by local hour - 1.30 AM Japa Joe etc. Of course, takes some time for biological clock to adjust, and then we put our priorities first into the day's calendar: Rounds, Mangala arati, SB...

    Gurudev, What you would advise, when we go to a new place for few days. How we should maintain our daily activities. I mean to say, how i can
    maintain the same kind of conciousness as when we go to Vrandavan. How i can maintain the same kind of conciousness? What we have to do or
    what precaution i need to follow.

HpS - Main thing is WHY you are going there. If you are going for Krsna's service then it is already Vrndavana. What is the goal for going here, do that, then you are in Vrndavana.

    Thank you, Guru Dev.

your fallen servant,
Girivaradhari-Gopal Das

             HpS - Jaya Giri-govardhana!

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Gurudev Hare Krsna please accept my sincere obeisances

I read about your chest cramp , I hope you feel better .
I'm not so very good writing in English so i hope you can understand this message.

              HpS - ASA --- AGTSP So nice to hear from you. Chest cramps gone. Just general degeneration from old age. That's normal. Then new body, spiritual body!??

Your English is nice so far. Very nice to hear from you!

At this last months has been more difficult to me chant my 16 rounds, maybe it's because not yet developed in me a taste for chanting my rounds, but I have not lost the desire to develop that taste anyway I've been improving lately, I've made ​​a list of those who i do not chanted for "recover it" . I do not dared to write because did not want to bother you with my problems if not to have better news. Four principles are much better now.

I already have 5 ½ months pregnant, last week we did the simantonnaya samskara, a  protection ceremony, was very special to me.
I started my practice with Bach Flower Therapy . And I'm working as a secretary at a center of anthroposophic medicine.  I'm also going to a Gospel choir, where I learn to sing, and also glorify Krsna in the mood of "Hallelujah!" They are very cheerful songs.

We continue with the festival of sankirtan service twice a month , we will have the next one tomorrow, which will be made to raise funds to improve the conditions of the kitchen of the temple, many devotees are joining for that because the municipality put this requirement, please blessings to achieve it.

I will always be trying to get to be your servant and disciple.
please excuse my mistakes.

              HpS - ASA - Very nice. How is your husband? Father? Actually is good news. Seems you are moving in the right direction with a good basis, not just superficial progress. Thank you so, so much for the news of the Yatra! How is your husband making money? He is selling things???
For sure make some fixed number of rounds for a certain time - EG. I will chant 10-rounds every day this week, and then see the result. In that way you can learn how to chant 16-rounds in Heaven or in hell.

Dear Maharaja

Pamho agtSP

I think belen can go to brazil by the end of this year.

she is presently taking basic courses of our knowledge.

also she is doing servicea and comes to the temple.

we do not have anybody in baires for now to train women properly.

We can give them services and support but day by day or one to one training is a proyect to be develop.

We need blessings and help for this goal.

Belen has takken already the disciple course in cordoba on january.

another one here is bhakta luis doing well  attending programs and doing fix service for festivals and during the week.

Please send you  blessings for him too.

Looking forward to see you soon.

YS MHD

HpS - AGTSP.  Paoho. Thank you so, so much for your work and association. Your suggestions seem great. Luis has moved into the Temple?  If your letter is urgent, just put "Urgent" in the Subject field and we will grab it immediately. We have nice communication with Ambarisa and Nikunja-bihari and hope to take their help to develop these education courses, like Sanskrit for Kids and Adults in Argentina etc.

Please give us our them any service!!