Letters to the editor

AGTSP
AGTSSGN
Hare Krishna Maharaj
Please accept my most humble obeisances at your beautiful lotus feet.

ASA - AGTSP.Our feet are pretty clean but not yet lotus.

Hope that when you get this report you are in good health.
I´m Paula, from chile, 36, one daughter, Antonia (14)
I´ve been ungrateful . Haven´t write for a while waiting for the perfect moment to only share good things with you,but time pass and its been too much suffering trying to report when everything is fine in a world of miseries.

 ASA - We may have been ungrateful also and not responded to your letter sooner. We got behind during this six week tour of USA, and now we are catching-up. Certainly we can do more but how much?

But when it comes to CK, seva, etc it turns perfect. And ill keep that.So even though you must hardly remember me, I make a comittment of no matter what keeping constant communication with you. 

ASA - Write to us even if we don't answer immediately!
 

Chanting 16 rounds, sometimes enthusiastic, others in pain, but always trying to improve. 4 principles ok. 5 am for home mangala aratik,chant rounds in japa beads,6.30 prepare my daughter for school, more japa, rounds done by 8.

ASA - SUPER!
Daily  lectures of SB, BhG, NOD, NOI and always complementary readings, just ended the teachings of Lord Caitanya and started Caitanya caritamrita. Also been reading of Srila Prabhupada in Venezuela and its really nice how one, so fallen as to have to get to kali yuga to remember Krsna and understand my real position, can be  inspired by those drops of nectar.

ASA - How is it possible that you were not a devotee in your last life. Maybe you were a Nun, a Monk, a Yogi/yogini.
My fixed services in the temple are going for flowers,  making garlands for the deities and  helping the pujari in the decoration of the altar for feasts .
In my last letter you told me I need a letter from the local authorities for formal recommendation, and they informed me that is ok with that.  P. Bhadra Gopal Das,  in charge of the iniciations here, told me he was going to send e mail to you.Now i´m begging  you to please accept me as your insignificant servant and help me with guiadance for going back to Godhead, Krsna!!!!!!!

HpS - Hmmmmmm! Never got any letter!!  Please talk with him and ask if he sent it!

¡¡Jai Nimai, jai Nitai, jaya Srila Prabhupada!!
B.Paula Quezada

HpS - Thank you for your effort. By staying fixed in hearing and chanting you will certainly advance. You will get a practical position in the ISKCON movement, you will start to wake up so you can hear Krsna's personal communication how to engage in His Sankirtan!
Waiting for more news! (Who is the monkey in the picture? Some one you know in Santiago?)

Srila Prabhupada Ki jay

Maharaja reverencias

Maharaja, le reporta bhakta Italo,

ASA - HpS - TlgaSP! Muy bien. Desculpa demura responder! Viaje destruyendo comunicacion. Espero mas rapido en el futuro. . . 

. . .con buenas noticias y varias realizaciones, ya manteniendo mucho mejor los 4 principios, soportando el doloroso celibato, y realizando que la ansiedad es ya comun,

ASA - Y hoy dia, ya, como es?

. . . en la lectura de libros solo manteniendo los principales SB, Krishna Book; y cada cierto tiempo un poco de otros libros; cantando siempre las 3 rondas por la mañana, y las 16 durante el dia,  bañando al Señor Hanuman todos los dias (5:30 pm);   Cantando Artik dos veces al dia.

ASA - Super! Mantendiendo ahora?

Todos estos dias estuve de viaje buscando un campo de cultivos para comprar por diferentes ciudades pero es caro, tambien  tuve oportunidad de estar ahi y la vida es austera pero me acostumbro y me ayuda mucho el celibato que me da mucha fuerza y sabiduria,

Yo quisiera vivir en el campo y sembrar muchos vegetales  para despues cocinar y ofrecerlos como ofrenda;     y cuidar de una vaca  y que este muy feliz y sembrar mucha alfalfa y contruirle un establo con techo para que le de sombra.

Asi como tambien casarme con una campesina y tener muchos hijos, y que ella este feliz; gracias al celibato que es doloroso y comun llegaron a mi mente muchas realizaciones acerca de la vida familiar, como el sacrificarce por la esposa hasta que este satisfecha, y no tenerle miedo a tener muchos hijos porque Krishna la Suprema personalidad de Dios da para todos y abastece para todos y tambien que la esposa debe ser mas pequeña que yo, casi a la altura del hombro ojala encuentre.

HpS - Jaya! Posible esta vida va a ser preparacion para esta drama y la proxima vida realizarlo. Es un sueno GRANDE!

Maharaja reconozco que he fracasado como vida bramacari toda la vida, no me queda mas opcion que casarme y seguir; ya no importa mucho la ansiedad porque lo acepto como algo comun y que no debo huir, entonces de esa manera mi fe ha crecido. 
ASA - Jaya!
Maharaja tambien realize que soy mu...y insignificante y me siento bien, y todo lo que hago tambien lo es..

Mi abuelita tambien sigue sus 4 principios, y canta hasta mucho mas de 16 rondas de vez en cuando, varias veces ha llegado a 64rondas, y cada dia mantiene su lectura de las Enseñaszas de  Caytania Mahaprabhu, tambien canto en los artik aunque todavia no aprende a pronunciar muchos versos.

ASA - Que piensa ella de Srila Prabhupada???

Maharaja por favor pido que me de sus bendiciones para lograr estos deseos y asi poder vivir pacificamente como devoto al menos toda esta vida.

Estuve sufriendo mucho buscando esposa y lugar sin exito, de repente sera porque no consulte con usted Maharaja; Maharaja estoy listo para aceptar responsabilidad de cabeza de familia, no me parece muy dificil, no me decepcionare.

HpS - ASA - Hmmm. Y despues de esta carta, que ha pasado con sus esfuerzas? Si, Krsna puede organizar milagros, por que no?

AGTSP

All Glories to Sri Sri Guru Gauranga 

Hare Krsna Guru Maharaja, I'm Guna Manjari, Chile, probably should not even remember me, since I was in Santiago de Chile in January I did not write you. 
ASA - HpS - Yes, we remember you, but like you say it has been a long time that we have not heard your glorious pastimes!
 

Maybe because I do not like to bother you because my problems, and always helps me out of maya remembering your instructions, classes, association, by chanting Japa Start Meeting;

But here I am, I remembered the first time I wrote it, when I showed up as your candidate and told you about the difficulty I had with my parents for trying to bring Krishna consciousness, and you helped me, guided me step by step and now I'm drowning in family matters, on problems that do not include me but are affecting me, I get depressed, demotivated me to do things for me. 

I know I should not be telling you this, but you are my refuge, refuge in Srila Prabhupada attempt and instructions. 

ASA - No, it is very import to discuss this. So many other devotees reading this little dialog probably have the same challenges.

We are currently offering cooking morning on Saturdays to Sri Sri Gaura Nitai with Candrabhanu and the day before we were in the temple to attend Mangala Aratik, is very intimate morning show. Thank you very much for your instructions. 

Well, once again I apologize for my letter so sudden and full of problems. I hope you will find very well. 

Please accept my humble obeisances. 

ys. Guna Manjari DD.

ps: Sorry for my english, I used google translator

HpS - ASA - AGTSP Paoho. "Full of Problems" - You don't mention any problems. Of course, it is very difficult for us to give detailed advice about how to solve specific problems without knowledge of the specific situation, and of course that is practically impossible to develop by Blog letters, 5-thousand miles apart.

However, sometimes we can.

Sometimes we may be inspired by the Lord in the Heart!

In general, we can just suggest that you adopt Canakhya Pandita's rule: Victory comes from good advice, and good advice comes from many counselors. So always keep good counselors: Friends, intelligent enemies, family members, Temple Authorities, local and visiting Brahmanas.

BG 10.10-11 - Krsna is in our heart. If we live like Brahmanas then we can practically take inspiration from Him as we do Japa etc.

O.K?

Please send us news as you push your Sankirtan forward! If you focus on your Sankirtan for Srila Prabhupada then you will see the other problems in a clear perspective.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

All glories to Hanumat Presakam Swami

HpS - ASA - Jaya Sri Rama!

Pleace acept my humble obeisances

Hare Krishna Gurudev; how are you?

ASA - Trying to be more sincere. Trying to understand Vaidhi-bhakti better so I can control my senses and mind better!

Thanks very much for taking the time to send your fone number, it had been imposible to call you from Nova Gokula and even at the nerest city I couldnt get a tel card..Im having very good asociation last week with HH Bhakti Dhira Damodara Swami , Rupa ragunath das bramhacari and serving his holines Yadunandana Swami (he is doing a tour thrue Brazil) ..hearing and learning a lot from them.

I had been shearing the asram with Rupa for this last week and had lots of profund conversations. Traying to understand and absorve in the mood of a bcri....prepearing for a future sannyasa asram, always trying to satisfy you and SP!!

I had very good email conversations with Prabhu Mahajan das and close for know my service in the yatra of MdP, also I had small conversation with HH GGDG about future service...   

The idea is: collect in november and december in maraton sankirtana to travel to India for Goura Pournima and stay in India for five months visiting Goura mandala Parikrama, Jaganath Puri, safari Bangladesh and vrindavan with HHBDDS and then visit HH Bhakty Vikas Swami proyect in Banglore, maybe stay there for one month, and some weeks with HH Lokanaths Swami Padayatra with the asosiation of Rupa ragunath das Prabhu, and if there is time Chowpatti Temple one month...

Any way this is my idea but I wanted to ask for your blessings before purchasing the ticket or if you want me to do another thing, pleace let me know. My desire is to satisfy you...

My sadhana has been very good this last month am chanting my round 2 oclock am, Full program, some reading SB 4, NoI, BG, SI..and book distribution..

thank you very much

 Always praying for Nitay and Gouranga's mercy

ys ww Panca tattva das 

HpS - ASA - Jaya! AGTSP. Paoho. Seems you have fine Siksa-gurus. We certainly can accept them as our guides under Srila Prabhupada's elevated guidance also.
Your plan for South American and India seems fine. I guess we will see when we are there for January and February. We will be in India and Europe like September, October, November... 2015.
All I would suggest is to please get a tapa-dura journal and write about your experiences. Even if it is stupid things, five years from now they will be very valuable to you, and us!

O.K. Go ahead! Please keep us informed. Always try to get the internal aspect of things, not just the external.

todas las glorias a Sri Sri Guru y Gauranga!

Estamos aquí aun en pie!

En el Instituto Jaladuta dedicando nuestros días a tratar de servir correctamente a los vaisnavas así algún día atraeremos la misericordia de Radharani... Querido Gurudeva estoy un poco perturbado Interiormente ya que soy muy débil y mi conciencia no esta tranquila y no tengo la fuerza de un bramacari para encontrar solo la paz en el interior para mejorar mi servicio estoy siguiendo el programa todos los días de mangalartik 16 vueltas en la japa y luchando por mis 4 principios pero es muy difícil de todas manera... piensa en la posibilidad de tener una esposa para que me ayude????..

 HpS - Si, puede ayudar. Tiene tomar ayuda de devotoos, buen Grhasthas buscar con una companera y puede adelantar juntos, hace super servicio para ISKCON. 

...pero no se como enfrentar ese problema ...usted me recomendo después de la iniciacion estar dos años de bramacari y después tomar segunda iniciación... es muy complicada mi mente de artista... instruyame por favor... que puedo hacer ? Su eterno sirviente Syamananda pandit das

HpS - Hablar con buen devotos local para detalles, pero si es loco la mente, posible cambiar a Grhastha ashrama con una buena companera ayuda mucho. Es bueno esperar para dos anos, segunda iniciacion pero puede ser compremetido antes.

Hare Krsna Guru Maharaja.
All Glories to Sri Sri Gauranga Nitiananda!
All Glories to His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada
All Glories to you!
All Glories to devotees

Please accept my humble obeisances to your feets my eternal shelter.

Gurudeva, 16 round ok, sometimes 20, bad quality, have to improve. 4 principles ok.
I have some news, the festival DIWALI goes on, Many things to organize but I doing my best effort to can make all my responsibilities in the better way.
Just starting to work with Srinivasa Acarya in your Webpage.
The devotees give me the mercy to make some service in your visit and I keep fixing some programs in your Buenos Aires Calendar.
Started to talk with JagadGuru Prabhu about education symposium, to present it here in Argentina and for inspire the devotees to go to Chile in January.*Gurudeva I trying so hard to be a educated person, to make of this program part of my personality to be representative of your preaches line. Srila Prabhupada say The purity is the force, you are so worthy of that. Thats make me understand many things about my compromise, please bless me to improve.
Monday -  Mangala Aratik full program and Adi Sri Sri Gaura Nitai Buenos Aires Mandir Breakfast. Have good relationship with devotees of the temple, I really appreciate can associate with them.
Talking to Abhirama and Vrisabhanu about Miguel Polo Book.

HpS - Aaaaah! Very nice.
Next week will start to help with ratha Yatra Chariot.



Gurudeva with all thats services, I not prioritized the Sastras studies and some days I even cannot read :(

The next year I will change my plan and start again to finish the Bhakti Sastri Course. Less service, more service, you agree?

HpS - Maybe you die before that and then you will have to take one birth in Vrndavana as a Donkey with Cakori Radha before you can take birth in ISKCON again. So make big plan for next year but make some little plan for today. Start reading EVERYDAY one page or such from one book: Krsna book, TLC, CC... O.K?  Which book. Read it before you take breakfast  or such.

I have so present one appreciation of Mahatma Maharaja, when I talked some things with Him, he told me I'm not balanced, and it's true.
And the most important thing... I try to make all of this thing with a good consciousness, but I can see I'm not surrender to Krsna, I don't know if I make them with my ego, my mind or what, but I not do them with my heart. And I'm worry about that. Why I'm afraid to surrender to Him? Why I'm so attach to my confort zone? I always meditate about BG 4.42: "Therefore the doubts which have arisen in your heart out of ignorance should be slashed by the weapon of knowledge. Armed with yoga, Oh Bhārata, stand and fight." How my intelligence will cut it if I not use it.  I think a lot about Ma sucah - do not worry. Why I can't just transcend?
Gurudev, I really need your instruction. I know that what I do is not enough.
I feel about the only things who have a real value in my life is whats i do for u, nothing else. Is that feeling false? If it's so strong, why I'm not surrender?  How can I improve my service?
Sorry Many questions.

HpS - Seems you should take little practical steps like the reading plan above! We come to the human form after hundreds and millions of lifetimes. So lets not be disturbed if it takes a few years to be pure devotees.
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Gurudeva, the next week I will start to close all the meetings outside of the temple . Please give us yours and Srila Prabhupada blessings for can make it in the better way.
Gurudev you want to give interviews? Because on this way we can organize it from now with specific times and themes. Please let us know.

HpS - We can usually consult with devotees after the morning and before the evening program, but they should ask their question in class in a general way first.

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Gurudev you're present in each service each japa each moment in my life, I pray to Krsna and to Srila Prabhupada, deeply for stay always focused on your lotus feet, my eternal shelter. Only you by your mercy can show me the way.
HAPPY KARTIK!!!!!!!!!!!
Sorry for my long letter. Thank you for your time.

Your disciple who want to be your servant. sorry for all my mistakes in this process. Please give me your blessing to always stay with the devotees.
Rati-Manjari Devi Dasi

HpS - Thank you for the news. Yes, priority. When do you get your rounds done?