Letters to the editor

PAMMHO

AGTSP

AGTSSGN

Hare Krsna Maharaj

Hope when you get this report your health is fine and Tommy the tooth is behaving.

HpS - ASA - San Thomas the Tooth has left our body. I wonder what the dentist does with them. I guess he has some kind of Medical Waste service. Interesting. Useful in the body, dangerous trash when disconnected. Like us and Krsna, no?

This is Paula Quezada from chile (36), subproduct Antonia (14)

I really want to thank you for your good wishes and answers in my past letter.

About what you said that we should try to think as Vaikuntha as a different place from here and wanting to leave this place, that is a feelling that I`ve been wronly having for most of my life. I grew up wanting to get out of here, but not knowing where to or what for. After reading Srila Prabhupada`s books i was able to understand that in fact this is a miserable place, but he has given us the unvaluable treasure on guiding us on our way back home. The point is that the feeling i grow up with make me kind of hate this world, but now i understand that the point is not hating it, but getting out of it, but i really need to consider the world i live in as beatiful, as it is Krsna`s creation, and i can mantain in it without falling in a depression!!!!! From this point of view, i can asure that Srila Prabhupada saved my life.

HpS - Is like a prison or mental hospital, no? No we begin to become sane enough to realize that all our fantasies of being Romeo and Juliet are just the fantasys in the Mental Hospital. With that realization the Mental Hospital becomes a nice place. The society makes arrangements for our comfortable stay during recuperation, enough irritation so we won't want to stay, and while we are here we can help Dr. Krsna with the work in the Mental Hospital, if He wants we can work here with Him forever. Narada Muni spends a lot of time like that.

Regarding my Sadhana, im fixed with my garlands service in the temple, getting up at 5 am for home mangal aratik. Chanting 16 rounds in japa beads, sometimes enthusiatic others full of mind, but always trying to improve. Following 4 regulative principles strictly. I also mantain my daily readigs of BG, SBH, NOI, NOD and ended the Mahabarata, wich, i have to say was very interesting and clarifying of things and situations i didn`t now. I also make my own archive of your archives and now i intend to print them as for me, reading in the computer is not very effective, im attached to papper!!!!

I ended the disciples course of ISKCON and waiting for having the date for participating in Bhakti sastri.

The community here is very enthusiastic because of the first congress of education in ISKCON, making activities for rasing fonds, working together in the team of Srila Prabhupada...

P. Amara gouranga Das, our temple president, told me he sent you my formal recomendation  and i saw my name in the list of refugees in guru tattva. Does this mean that i can formally consider that you accept me for trying to aspire to become your disciple???

HpS - AGTSP. Yes, now you are a Refugee. I liked it better when the title was Aspirant, but Refugee maybe is more honest. Six months as a Refugee and you can take first inititation. THen second, third....

I have something to tell you though, because the first time i ask for your refugee, one year ago, your response was for me to read the guru tattva document, but as im an idiot i took that answer as a yes and been chanting your pranam mantra since then, Im really, really sorry if my ignorance make me commit an offense on you Maharaj...anyway i want to thank you for always being nice with me, responding my letters and giving me advice. Your guiadance is my only shelter in trying to undestand Lord Caitanya`s message and the teachings of srila Prabhupada.

Looking forward for counting with your holy association soon...

In a stupid attempt of trying to aspire to be your servant,

Bhaktin paula Quezada

HpS - AGTSP paoho. No, offense. Is just a small detail. We will see you in just 38-days, no?  Of course, we can all die at any moment. Past sixty it is a reality if you have a USA body like mine. As long as we are chanting HK / HR we are all packed-up on the Spiritual Platform. Even now I am thinking of nice walks up to the Alemeda to visit the Lion and association with the devotees. You are the life and light of Chile. Don't let the light go out!

[NICE photos]! !     !

-todas las glorias a sri sri gaura nitai

-tlgsp

-mis respetuo<cite>sas reverencias a usted gurumaharaja!! ¿como esta? ¿dentista? :O</cite>

<cite>    HpS - ASA - TlgaSP!!!  No era MUY fuerte. Mucho anasthetica. Pero practicando para la muerte. Ya poco mas "healing" requierdo. Pero el robot es bien, para 66-anos.</cite>

Aqui mucho calor nos esta dando krsna yo me quejo mucho haha..sigo con el higado roto :(

HpS - Jaya! How dia la misma aqui, higado cansado pero recuperando.

-mucho sankirtana todos los dias con mis compañeras de ashrama mucho nectar Y muchas historias, colectando nos vamos a cordoba solo una semana 2 de enero al 7 de enero. No creo que llege a verlo el 7 en buenos aires ;( cuando vuelva usted de cordoba si! a su servicio y al servicio de sp con guirnaldas♥...

leyendo nuevamente cc..adi lila gracias xsu instruccion de mis lecturas gm! 

managala-arati todos los dias...

                                               AUF WIEDERSEHEN GM!!!! 

                                             espero que se encuentre muy bien... 

                                                  ter kadamba devi dasi

HpS - Interesante. Quienes son sus asociado? Amigos, enimigos, familiares, profesores.....

  AGTSP !!!

  Please accept our humble obeisances

  Dear Maharaja

  We are finally on twitter !  dont have a cell phone, net at home  and really dont trust technology much but it seems pretty useful when used for devotional purposes.     Also we found the Philemon.org   ... outstanding work,  hope to follow your future collaboration with them.  As you say it's a vast area to share with interested people who understand what cross-interdisciplinary  work is,  so much common ground, terminology, categories, paradigms  can be expressed differently at times but on the surface only, esoterically the link is strong.  We believe that Jungs process of individuation is the key word and hinge where all roads finally meet.

First and foremost spirituality  it's a science that has to be experienced -  "before it's systematyzed and defined"  this was Jung's process,  then find reference points to build a paradigm,  the careful balance between insight and a priory principles. This in a way is  our primary epicenter of metaphysical search,  as saddhana bhakti normally works with a descending process, but eventually has to reconcile identity to paradigm.  Would this theme work well for an essay ?  

    HpS - Jaya!  AGTSP. Paoho. You already have just done a synopsis of an essay. It might be nice to write it and share it with others, even yourself after afew days as it will look completely different when you re-read it, no?

But of course appropriate techniques such as japa, sravanam, kirtanam vishnu, smaranan are essential to even reach a minimun platform of qualification,   so the descending process  is essential even at earlier phases of spiritual search. Eventually though the resistance to a new identity could become a stumblin block  if the individuation process has suffred a disociation from awareness and has fallen into a neurotic fantasy.   I think there is some little useful stuff here, rest is useless, forgive my sillyness Maharaja.   Night !  is the finest moments in Vraja and Navadvipa !!!!  

your servant

Raul

HpS - Thank you for your comments. We are reading Sonu Shamdasani's "Carl Jung and the Making of Modern Psychology...". It is a big book, but we are not losing interest. It is like a very purposeful history of modern psychology from the best Western perspective. I am getting precise summaries of Kant, Henri Bergsen et al. Prabhupada said of honest intellectuals that they may be slow to come but they would also be slow to go.
In all this Essay Writing etc. We are really looking for an active audience, people who are talking honestly and then we can all advance in purification and potency to again help the Gopis!

AGTSP
paoho / bw. . . 
Here we are in Murfree's Boro, the Hobbits, Habits and Half-mad men, drive their autos from end to end.
It's 4.34PM, the sun goes down and it gets dark all around the town.

At 5.30 Abhiseka will take us home, to Sri Sri Radha Natabara's own abode.
Evening program with 23, then we're on the road.

Off to Tandavika's where tommorrow we WON'T SEE YOU!

No, FMP, Mangala-arati on line tomorrow because we have MOE meeting with India, Australia and Europe at 4.30AM.

Srila Prabhupada's lotus feet are where we chant. The more chant we know just what to do.

Now we pack our baggage (Lord Nrsmha deva too), Gaura arati and zoom, zoom, zooooo!

Hari Bolo!

Please accept my most humble obeisances.

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Things are continuing to improve for me in Utah. My work schedule has now become ideal where I am able to have time for my sadhana. I am at 16 daily rounds for at least the past month. Reading and offerings to my deities are also there. I'm in the first half of Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2. Krishna is really driving home the point that we are not the body and the nature and qualities of the jiva soul. I am also reading Mahabharata. The Pandavas have escaped from the burning wax house and have gone through there adventures in hiding. Bhima marries a cannabal! Interesting how though she was a man eating shape shifting demon she knew enough about religion to persuade Yudhisthira that she was qualified to marry Bhima. My mind is a bit boggled by that one. They are now returning from the arena after competing for Draupadi.

HpS - ASA - AGTSP!!!!  Very nice. The whole world thanks you!!!   Krsna, Gopal thanks you! It means you will be coming home soon. Are you reading Krsna dharama's Mahabharata? It is nice.

I am also attending the temple programs regularly, although it doesn't appeal much to me. I have to make it appealing for myself. The topics discussed in class do not come from Sastra. In my opinion it isn't a whole lot to do with Vedic philosophy. But I get to lead kirtan, and I have taken it upon myself to read from Krishna book for the guests after the program during prasadam. This is becoming a regular practice. It's nice to read for the people. I'm happy to get another taste for sadhana in the past months. I'll continue to write regularly, perhaps once a month.

HpS - What "temple program" is it? Spanish Fork? Salt Lake City? SB class??? 

I have not heard back from Radhika Raman Prabhu since I last wrote to you. I know he is very busy with his work. He gave me his phone number and mentioned to call on the weekends, so perhaps I'll try to reach him that way since my schedule has recently changed. 

Your aspiring servant,

Bhakta Adrian

HpS - Yes, I just talked with him. I don't talk with him too much neither, because, yes he is very busy right now. He is finishing his first year at the school there with administrative duties, grading year end examinations, family &&& he and Krsna ksetra Maharaja have the FINAL EXTENDED DEADLINE with Columbia University for their academic summary with selected extracts of the Srimad Bhagavatam. It is a $200 million book! So wonderful for the whole world but they have to do some serious writing and editing before end of the year.

Our respects to the Rebec(ca) and Caru/Vaibhavi Devi Dasa/i if you see them!

Querido Gurumaharaja,

Por favor acepte nuestras reverencias

¡Todas las Glorias a Srila Prabhupada!

Muchas gracias por su respuesta  respecto a la conexión  durante su Vyasa Puja.  El  horario que usted propone nos parece  bien Gurumaharaja. Por lo que esperamos enlazarnos el martes 23 después de las 6:30 pm a la hora que usted disponga, ¿a través de Star meeting?

Muchas gracias  querido Gurudeva, quedamos atentos.

Sus sirvientes

ASA  México

HpS - ASA ---- AGTSP!!!!!   paoho.  Hmmm.  Possible Start Meeting, pero possible Skype. No, camera en Start Meeting!