Letters to the editor

HpS - AGTSP.  I think the cost of the transfer would be more than the cost of the postage. You can buy us a mango or some such nice thing to offer to Krsna when we get to Spain, no??

Hare Krishna Maharaja, please receive my humble obeisance, all the glories to Srila Prabhupada. I hope that when you receive this letter you are well and receiving all the blessings of Krishna.

I wrote a few weeks ago and tell you about Brahma muhurta. I told you that I was waking up at 7:30 am. Rising early has been always something very difficult to me and since you tell me about getting up 1-1/2 hours before down I have tryed to do it (in Spain the sunrise is at 8) . The last twesday finally I decided to wake up at 6 and I´m doing it. I feel very happy and by the moment it´s not difficult to me. Even I dont need a "siesta" at noon :) I think that is the mercy of Krishna. I´m chanting Sri Guru Astaka and Sri Nrisimha Pranam, then I do a Puja and offer a flower and incense, chant six rounds, read the Bhagavatam and offer breakfast to the Deities before going to work. I chant the rest of the rounds during the day. In the evening I use to read something too. Two days ago I finished the Science of realization and now I would like to begin a book that Yadunandana Maharaja recommended me about the chant of the Maha Mantra. I don´t remember the name. I think all this is helping me to have the mind fixed on Krishna and in my sadhana. Thank you Maharaja.
I have a question for you. When I get into Japajoe I see that all devotees call you Gurudev. I guess this is because they are initiated. I also would like to call you Gurudev and do it if you give me permission.

HpS - AGTSP!!!  Yes, I think it is O.K. if you understand that I am not presenting myself as any substitute for your relationship with Srila Prabhupada as your Guru and everybody's Guru in ISKCON.

I sent you a Japa Mala as my Siksa Guru Dandava das indicated to me for you please sing the first round if there is the possibility that one day I take initiation. Did you recieve it well?

HpS - Jaya! We got it and chanted on it like we did for Marco and were going to mail it back to Danava Das at Espiritu Santo address, but didn't want to do that until we heard that the first one had arrived properly. Did it? We asked your good self to investigate and report but I guess you didn't get that request.

Thank you very much in advance.

Greetings. Your servant.

Jacobo.

Hare Krsna!!!  So, so, so nice to hear from you! You have wonderful situation to purify yourself without limit and do amazing service. Go ahead!

Oink! Oink!

    WHoop!   Whoop!     E=Mass times the Speed of Light Squared!

A G T S P !   Paoho.
We have done 99.9997% nir-jala ekadasi today. (took water with our anti-biotic (for tooth infection remnants)).
Now, 5.09PM we are going to offer lots of water, milk and sugar to Lord Nrsmhadeva before He has a brain stroke.
We considered and dying is not so bad.

We have the NOI Afterwords disctated. I hope Ambarisa Das et al can illustrate them and then they can be transcibed for Radhika. Of course, we would like to do more work on them.

We also updated "Japa-joe" today at www.jayarama.us/archives/japa-joe.docx .

We also sent off a Regional Representative Job description to the Ministry for Saturday's meeting, and posted our updated bhvai-sb6-essays.docx file in the achives. It includes carefully selected questions for the Module Review.

Few nice phone calls!

Now is DARK outside and c-o-l-d. In few minutes we go to NGD's home for our walk and a little human association!

Tommorrow we mail the final version of the Philemon proposal and nice copy of Japa-joe to Satsvarupa Goswami for his Birthday anniversary.

What is left to do???   Work on the Chapter Study Guides, Afterwords to Cantos One and Two etc.

Any questions?
Let's go soon to Goloka.

Of course, we can also stay here as the Local Sankirtan develops. It will take a lot of work but there are some very clear avenues of Sankirtan here in Murfreesboro, but that would require help.

Today is Gita-Jayanti but I think our main celebration will be Friday at NGD's ashrama.
O.K.

Hare Krsna!!!!!
We just want to live with Krsna in the same village like we used to. All this big city stuff is useless!

HpS - The Comments can go just to the Reporting Disciple, not to everyone?

PND: Yes. Both comment and report is visible only to you, user who posted report. I have to have permissions also, but I am not/will not be looking.

If you post comment, message with link to the comment should come to that specific devotee email address (one they use for this site). They will have to be logged in under same user who posted report to be able to access it.

Our plan is to Monkey and Uncle Gismo's vote is to Drop the Ax on Christmas Day and anyone who hasn't Reported by then will be cast into the Outer Darkness where they must Wail and Gnash their Teeth Eternally.

Then we will gather the Good Disciples into our Fold and answer all the Reports before we shove off for Peru.

PND: It is possible to disable posting of reports at Christmas day, so no new reports will be possible to post till next year.

ASA  (Piggy of the Compassionate Heart) - Maybe we try to sneak a few late reporters into the caravan back to Godhead. (Maybe you and I also need a little extra mercy also!). <img alt="smiley" height="23" src="http://www.hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/regular_smile.png" title="smiley" width="23" />

This Blog is working so well, Thank you!

Srinivasa Das was looking at a Muslim site and they were talking about the confused Hindus and the were citing vedabase.com again and again as their source of True Hindu beliefs!

What about the Index and User Bookmarks etc?

Especially necessary is an Introduction page: 1) How to use the Vedabase technically, and 2) How to use understand the priority and how to read the books. Definitely should be big part of the ministry of education, no???  Your ideas now???

Hare Krsna Guru-maharaja

Please accept my humble obeisances

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

All glories to Sri Caitanya's Harinama Sankirtana movement

Its nice for me to say im working really nice on my sadhana, waking up earlier when im in traveling sankirtan than when im in the temple... more motivation?

It has been 2 months full of adventure since the last letter... after you responded me, i got my visa aproved, still i was not so animated due to your words, i spoke with mother jambhavati and she told me your answer wasn't a complete no... that i just needed to prepare myself with a good plan of what was i going to do there... still i felt discoraged, so i spoke with Vanamali Prabhu and we thought it was better if i concentrate fully in SP marathon in order to collect a little laksmi to start my life program in Queretaro city, you remember in Gaura Purnime i told you we had 2 nama hatta programs per month in that city? now Guru Prasad Maharaja gave his blessings to start a congregational developmet program there, i will be supported and guided by Sinior devotees to serve in that issue and at the same time i start building my griha... i have a few projects wich will be acompanied with sankirtan as much as possible.

if its ok for you, we thought that could be nice to visit you next year when you go to somewhere in texas...

HpS - AGTSP - - -  We would like to be in Mexico right now. If you can avoid the bullets, it is a wonderful place. Everyone are natural devotees of Jagannatha....  In general, I guess we will be in Texas at the end of July for the North American Symposium on Education!  Krsna met the Brajavasis at Kuruksetra during the solar eclipse.

Gurudeva... there is also one question i need to know the answer, because my mind is very very offensive, how can i come to understand the position of an ISKCON guru who is accepting to initiate devotees who are not COMPLETELY recomended by the local authorities, and further more... proving that they dont know even how to put tilaka on themselves?

HpS - Hmmm.  As you are describing, would not be an ISKCON Guru. Sometimes ISKCON Gurus, like Prabhupada, accept people on the recomendation of others, older disciples without personally knowing the devotees. Prabhupada did that and also chastised the Temple Presidents for recommending people who weren't ready. Try to deal with it enthusiastically and correct the situation.

Just based in the authority they are following 4 principles and chanting 16 rounds by now...?

i fear for that question on my mind to be offensive towards a great devotee of The Lord.

Thank you for all your kindness Gurudeva.

Yours in service

Krsna-Kirtana Das

HpS - Yes, is difficult situation, and again, the exact same problem was there when Prabhupada was managing things also. Talk with local GBC Secretary. Talk with other administrative authorities. Try to arrange better situation. Sometimes it is also a fact that ISKCON "Gurus" deviate. Maharaja Bharata deviated!

You will be and ISKCON guru very soon.

Hare Krishna, querido Gurudeva, como esta?

Porfavor acepte mis reverencias, AGT Srila Prabhupada.

Disculpe por la terdanza en escribir.. no tenia nada para decir, hubo mucha actividad.

Queria informarle que estoy mejorando, y me siento bien, me siento asi porque por fin se lo que tengo que hacer en cuanto a mi servicio.Y esto permitio dejar tonterias a un lado. Gustos superiores ..eso es lo que necesito para dejar los inferiores. Estoy entusiasmada ahora que el panorama esta mas claro.Yo sabia que debia estudiar arquitectura pero hay tanto para hacer dentro de la arquitectura que no sabia que serviria en CK... pense que esa respuesta llegaria mucho mas adelante pero Krishna nos ayudo muy rapido..entonces, dentro de la arquitectura , descubri que puedo servir en la rama educativa, crear nuevos proyectos para niños, y mas... pero no puedo adelantarme ahora, solo le doi una basta idea de lo que puedo hacer.Me queda un largo trecho ,pero con mi japa y los principios ..mas los devotos es solo una cuestion de saber por donde ir y se van a dar las cosas para que se realicen. 

Este año fue muy dificil para mi, ahora esta clamandose..y se vienen deciciones un poco fuertes, por ejemplo tengo que mudarme  a cordoba capital.. necesito estar mas cerca de los devotos.. sino asi no voy a poder, ademas pierdo la vida esperando el colectivo..quita mucho tiempo.Le pido su proteccion para eso..

Mi japa ;16 rondas estan bien, y mis 4 principios tambien.Eso es lo mas importante, sino no podria hacer nada..

Mis calificaciones son buenas.. no me lo esperaba, 80 %.. si puedo tener buenas calificaciones.. mejor.Pero tengo en cuenta su consejo por si las cosas se complican!.. 

Por lo que hace unos meses le conte por mail.. recuerda que djo que tal vez lo solucionaria en 20 años ... bueno Gurudeva lamento mucho tener que haberle contado eso, fue muy debil de mi parte, tube que ir en contra de mi ego para poder hacerlo.. pero fue bueno .. sirvio. Puedo asegurarle ahora que estube trabajando en eso, y como usted siempre dice; hay cosas que no tienen solucion pero las aprendemos a tolerar..

No hicieron falta 20 años, los recelos ;confusiones y recuerdos se calmaron y se transformaron en compasion y amor, y no hay solucion pero hay una verdadera tolerancia.. es decir que ya no hay nada que tolerar, puedo comprenderlo ..gracias . Siento que mi mente esta despejada . Queria agradecerle por completo,  no hay nada mejor que develarle la mente a un devoto como usted..espero siempre tener esa suerte.

Querido Gurudeva , nos vemos pronto.. los esperamos entusiasmados , estamos trabajando juntos para su llegada.. muy lindo, gracias tambien.

Yamuna Tiravana dd

HpS - ASA - Jaya!   TlgaSP!!!!  Gracias su carta. Si, necesita asociacion de devotos. Adjustar como Vd. tiene!!!!    Nos vemos en BsAs??