Letters to the editor

Hare Krishna: Maharaja, por favor acepte mis más humildes reverencias. Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada.

Soy Mercedes. Una devota del templo de Madrid. Dandava Das le ha hablado de mí; le conozco desde hace 4 años, él me ha estado ayudando con mi espiritualidad hasta que he conocido a Srila Prabhupada y su movimiento para la conciencia de Krishna.

HpS - Hare Krsna! Bien venidos a nuestra Blog de ASA. Estuvimos juntos en esta viaje a Valencia, todo, antes, no?

Actualmente hago servicio en el templo de Madrid: guirnaldas para las Deidades, bolas de coco para Harinama, salgo de Harinama todos los domingos, ayudo a limpiar el templo y estoy en el grupo de Bhakti Vriksa. Actualmente estoy cantando un minimo de 16 rondas desde finales de verano. Sigo los 4 principios regulativos desde hace más de un año

Pedí refugio como Siksa Gurú a Yadunandana Swami

Le conocí a Usted la ultima vez que estuvo en Madrid; me inspira mucho para seguir mi camino espiritual y a Srila Prabhupada.

Me gustaria ver la posibilidad de tomar refugio en Usted de la mano de Yadunandana Swami.

Muchas gracias por todo y espero me permita poder escribirle para contarle más cosas de mí.

Su humilde aspirante a servidora

Maria Mercedes Inmaculada Pérez Rolán 

HpS - ASA --- Aparece muy natural. Por favor lea nuestra "Guru-tattva", con nuestra comprehension del papel de Guru, discipula, Acharya-Fundador et al en:
http://www.jayarama.us/peru/archivos/guru-tattva-es.txt

Piensa esta bien?
 

HK Paoho Jay Gurudeva, espero que este año que comienza con su honomástico sea más que auspicioso en su predica, y por el programa de Enero del 2015 parece que será así, una comunidad debe ser educada y que mejor que se empiese el año tratando el tema de la educación.

Como lo demuestra la historia los grandes cambios y grandes trasformaciones se dan a partir de que la gente se instruye, y surgen los nuevos líderes.

Si embargo este mes que todavía no acaba es la maratón de Srila Prabhupada y quería compartir esta experiencia de sankirtana:

HpS - Monkey/Piggy - Super!!!  TlgaSP!

Llevada por el viento, liviana como una pluma, sostenida por delgadas alas pero tan fuertes…¡Útiles!
En el mundo del sankirtana, dentro de un bus, ¡Oh! La atmosfera se torna hermosas, mar, cielo limpio, claro, estamos en Larcomar, o sorpresa, un accidente automovilístico, no muertos no heridos, salvo una señora que pedía la lleven a un hospital, se golpeó la cabeza contra el asiento de adelante, el carro se detiene…. pero antes, …..¡Extraño! todos los pasajeros sentados salvo la joven que distribuye libros, en su momento más vulnerable, cuando un sankirtanero hace buses al entregar los libros por momentos no se agarra de ningún pasamanos, y si es muy delgado en una parada estrepitosa, se abalanza hacia adelante, pero por reflejos  rápidos se cogió de un brazo fuertemente, el brazo se soltó pero el otro reaccionó, se sostuvo, solo así no salí disparada. ¡Auch!

Hare Krsna Hare Krsna, pude haber muerto pensé, me duelen los brazos, más estoy ilesa, me senté un rato, ¡Hare Krsna!. Momento después fue a recoger el libro de la única persona a quien llegué a repartirle, la gente estaba conmocionada por el accidente, a aquel joven asustado le mostró el libro Más allá, el joven sonrió, al bajar del carro a la gente expectante por las ventanas les mostré el libro más allá.

El sankirtanero pensaba pude haber muerto y quería llorar, pues morir así significa el traslado inmediato a un mejor lugar, pensaba para sus adentros, estamos en maya siempre, pero gracias a Srila Prabhupada, puedo hacer este servicio, me purifico y si me toma la muerte en el campo de batalla sabemos que el éxito está asegurado.

Jay Srila Prabhupada!

Jay Gurudeva!
Sankirtana Ki Jay!

HpS - !
Adelantando muy rapido, sus papeles en la drama va a ser mas y mas asombrosos...

Respected Guru Maharaj,

Please accept my humble obeisances.  All glories to Srila Prabhupad.

As you have suggested, we would be celebrating your divine birth-day festival on 23rd Dec here in Brisbane, at our home.  Dhaneshvari is coming to join us with her parents. And there would be a few other devotees as well.

You have written to Kama-Gayatri Dasi that  your vyas-puja would be On line 6.30 - 8.30PM, it means Tenessee time? and which website? I would keep an eye on kapi-Dhvaja.

I would start program here at 10am, it means there would be-----, I just googled and discovered that Brisbane is 16 hours ahead of Nashville, TN, USA, it means it would be previous day in Tenessee 22nd Dec and time would be 6pm, may be we can have your darshan on SKYPE during that time, thanks a lot, HARE KRISHNA.

yours servant,

Raktak Das

-----on 24th Dec---i am going to mayapur for a week and back to brisbane on 31st Dec, please bless me that I do not commit any offense in holy dham------

HpS - AGTSP!  paoho. Hey, Mate, we did hear from you on Skype and now 8.23 AM the 24th in Brisbane! Well hope you realized our, Srila Prabhupada and your position in the Parampara, and can do something about it!  Of course, best of luck in the Dhama. Also, hope you don't commit and offenses anyplace. Time is running out. Your next body is being selected now. What do you want? 

Vyasa Puja Offering 2014

His Holiness Hanumat Presaka Swami

Please accept my humble obeisances on this auspicious day,  All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!

So much to say on your appearance day, yet words just evaporate

Salutations and venerations await, lacking purpose to elaborate

Sincerity stifled while this feeble mind is trifled, missing pure devotion

While grasping for a phrase or something to say in deep emotion

Realizing all I can do is share Love you have given with care

and hope to do the same with others wandering out there

To summarize, the bliss of the Holy Names cured this soul once

insane and your mercy has kept it contained. Bringing the potency

of His Divine Grace you keep sanity in its place and I am eternally

grateful to you and hope others may also learn too.

All Glories to your service!

Your servant in training,

caitanya caritamrta das anu das

HpS - ASA
AGTSP Paoho
Your poetry is really quite good.
Pray when you chant to get some themes from Krsna to illuminate with poems for specific audiences.
But as some of our friends say, "Even though your poetry is pretty good, right now, Brother, if you got a day-job, better keep it."

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

Thank you so much for your answers to my letters.

We already get the Jacobo's beads at last. We have the Bhakta Marco's and Jacobo initiations on Dec. 23th at 18:30. This is the program:

18:30 Bhajan.

19:00 Words about "Guru and spiritual Initiation" by Yadunandana Swami.

19:30 Initiations

20:00 Hanumatpresaka Swami's Vyasapuja

20:30 Prasadam

If you want we can connect throw Skype. I have you in my Skype and you can be during the celebration. Are you agree?

HpS - ASA - Jaya!   AgtSP. Si, vamos a ser disponible en Skype desde 12.00 horas aqui, 18.00 horas de Madrid, El Capitol!

I'll follow yours recomendations about you told me in your last email. We are working to be better, but I have somethings driven in to my heart. This is the hardest year in my life and almost all the pain comes from devotees, some of them senior devotees. Only a little pain from no devotees. But I'm not complaining. I have to purify myself. I'm sure I have done so many many evil things in my life and previus lifes, and now I have to pay for that. I accept it. I can't be all day thinking why?. It's clear for me. I only ask your patience, Prabhupada's patience and Krisna's patience to understand which is my position as a soul in this world. Maybe Krisna will let me to serve to His devotees (dasa anudasa).

Thank you for all Gurudeva. I hope you can connect with Madrid on Dec. 23 at 18:30 (Madrid Time) via Skype. I'll have Skype ready.

Please, forgive my offenses. Your humble servant.

Dandava Das.

PD. Piture of our some people of our Bhakti Vriksa group. In order: Patricia, Carcika, Carlos, Bhakta Jacobo and Mr. Donkey (me). :-) 

HpS - Jaya! Mr. GRAB Donkey. 

Hare Krishna dear Guru Maharaja,

Please accept my humble obeisances

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Dear Gurudeva,

I apologize for not having presented the ekadasi report in the past few weeks; I've been busy with work issues (every end of year is a little hell at the university). Henceforth I will organize best so i won't fail. We are very happy with your arrival, the enviroment begins to move and devotees's excitement increases.
In NIMSAR, we have been working hard in recent weeks.The mission, vision and values draft is very important because it allows us to establish a coordination in the subtle plane of thought. It is also useful for the website and as institutional presentation material in the Bolivia and Chile congresses.

This sunday, the final document will be approved and move forward. We are also working in the powerpoint presentation that we will present in Chile and Bolivia, the final review will be in charge of Prabhu Patraka . Finally, during the last board meeting NIMSAR academic agenda was proposed for the next year. It was established the organization of Bhakti-sastri and Bhakti-vaibhava contents in a format used in modern universities, this will make easier the course management. In addition, the courses in communications, management and leadership, deity worship, introduction to bhakti yoga and (maybe) the disciple's course. I'm taking this course with Param-padam prabhu online but I will not be allowed to dictate it, until I have five years of being initiated. We will give you details during your visit. I must assume that you must be very busy with your travel arrangements.

The mango season has begun, I'll waiting for you with a few.
See you soon
Your servant,
Bhakta Germán NIMSAR Secretary

HpS - ASA - AGTSP!!!!  paoho.  Yesssssss, if you can send such nice reports each Ekadasi it is nice. They can be very short eg. "Nothing happened these last two weeks except for regular classes by ABC and XYZ". Of course, these educational programs can be taken as the most important preaching in ISKCON. We looked at the Nimsar Web page with the Mission Statement through the link that Patrak Das sent by Twitter.
We will have a formal Nimsar meeting January 1st, after the morning program.
Very good luck for dealing easy with your "material" obligations.