Letters to the editor

Hare Krishna dear Gurudeva
Please, accept my humble obesisances
All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Dear Gurudeva, I hope you're fine and in good health. Let me tell you that I'm okay, by Krishna's arrangement I'm working a bit less than the last semester so I have more time for my service. In a first place, I was a little bit worried because of my silly tendency to work hard, but It's ok, I have what I need, nothing else and I feel much more calm. To need in excess means to suffer unnecessarily.

Last week NIMSAR organized a conference with Mahavidya dd.(the Ministry of Education in Germany, a doctor in Philosohy) as speaker. She gave us a wonderful lecture about the position of Srila Prabhupada as the prominent ISKCON's preceptor.I say wonderful because her arguments were unexpected and very deep in their philosophical and esoterical explanations, everybody was pleased and after the conference was finished many devotees asked us to organize more of this activities. Maybe, beside the formal NIMSAR courses, we should keep on offering this kind of lectures. Education for everybody in all levels. What do you thing about this? do you think it worth the effort? do you believes that we should advise, experts on particular topics devotees in the exposure of their knowledge?

HpS - ASA - AGTSP paoho. Very, very nice to hear from you. 
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Yes, short seminars are wonderful, maybe even the best. Our whole goal in education is to elevate people along the line of kanistha, madhya and uttama adhikari, so these seminars are great if it is helping that process.

I have been improving my spiritual practice slowly and gradually. It has cost me quite a lot to leave behind many vices and attitudes but by the grace of the Holy Name I've been achieving this and I'm happy. For the first time in my life i know, by far,  what is what I really want, where is the pivot of my life and where do I belong. But, how to deal with mediocrity in myself and others? Does it depend exclussively in my guna or it's only a tricky argument of my mind to keep me away from what it contradicts her? The disarticulation of the false ego hurts, what should I have in mind during this process?

HpS - ASA - "Param drstva nivartante...", experiencing a higher taste we automatically give up the lower taste. We can stop listening to the false ego as we start to listen to the real ego. Of course, your question is very big and really the entire Srimad Bhagavatam addresses the question. Basically this is the amswer, satisified with a better ego the lower ego is abandon by the self.
"Nitya siddha krsna prema...", we are all unique lovers of God, so the mediocrity is very temporary covering. In the port the big boat turns of its propellor and then little boats can tug it here and there, but as soon as it turns on its motors it breaks the ropes from the little boats and goes where it wants to go. When we wake up we are all great, useful to each other in being useful, fun for Krsna. Always pioneering.
So, have an attitude of waking up yourself and waking up others.
We will post a article with our Calendar now. We just bought tickets for Lima.

Thank you very much in advance for your answers
Can't wait to hear you in person.

Your servant
Bhakta Germán

Hare Krisna!!!

Beloved and dearmost Gurudeva,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your divine lotus feet,
All glories to Srila Prabhupada,

Sri guru carana padma, kevala bhakati sadma,
vandon mui savadhana mate,
janhara prasade bhai, e bhava toriya jai,
krsna prapti hoy jaha ha te

 This last months have been very intense for me. for who they werent?
Many challenges in my personal life and balancing sva dharma with sanatan dharma is a day by day struggling.
Due to different reasons i wasnt having a good sadhana, and as you know i left behind in my japa and of course as a consequence of that i broke a regulative principle.
The result bitterness in my heart i have lost the bliss of connecting with the holy names. Sorrow, etc
i feel very ashamed of course and stupid for what i have done.
Now somehow or other i woke up and little by little i'm recovering. Returning to a healthy pace.
I'm asking for your help gurudev, i really want to be a useful tool in this sankirtan movement and i know that strenght comes from purity.
Your answer to Dianita Lalita dd  in  http://www.hps.monkeywarrior.com/node/4303  is pretty clear about the way to go

"  HpS - ASA - AGTSP! Paoho. It is amazing. Every single letter so far has been exactly the same:
Please forgive me for not writing so hard, I have been forced to work like an ass, I am struggling to chant and follow principles, I have bad association.

Ooooof!   Amazing!   Any "psychology" that minimizes the value of Japa is insane. Carl Jung, the whole world of competent psychologist can recognize that introspective chanting of the Names of God following the process of Rupa Goswami is without equal, if you really want to become secure, happy, ecstatic.

We love to drown in self-pity. Give ourselves rewards for our suffering, but it is all little pig like pleasures that don't even satisfy us but we try to make ourselves so stupid that they do.
We are all in Goloka!. We have become confused. Krsna is saying "Wake Up! Wake Up! Wolves are attacking the cows! We need your help!"

Put your Japa first and to hell with your family, body, life, country, fruitive activities described in poetical language. To hell with it all. Make universal happiness not universal blood-sucking!

This is what we tell our mind daily!!!"

Japa first, who doesn't know this, but why we skip this point so easily? i guess BG. 3.37 is the answer.
The reallity is that i'm not feeling so well in a daily basis. I feel myself in a dangerous position because of not having a definite asram.
You always say that good advice comes from many different advisors, so i consulted about this with different senior devotees and they all agree that i should get married again.
Then i remember your instruction about to wait until second initiation to define one's asram, cause then intelligence will be in the mode of goodness.
I'm in a dilemma gurudev. Please if you kindly bring some light for me in this situation?
Currently I'm 64 rounds behind, and determined not to act stupidly again.
We want to improve.
Please help me gurudeva.
Your unworthy disciple,
Nikunja Bihari Das.

HpS - ASA - Jaya!  AGTSP!    paoho....  You are almost as stupid as we are. Well I guess if you try hard you can catch up. Just put everything else in second place and chant at least 20 entusiastic rounds per day for the next 16 days.

HpS - ASA - Jaya!  AGTSP!    paoho....  You are almost as stupid as we are. Well I guess if you try hard you can catch up. Just put everything else in second place and chant at least 20 entusiastic rounds per day for the next 16 days.

HpS - ASA - Jaya!  AGTSP!    paoho....  You are almost as stupid as we are. Well I guess if you try hard you can catch up. Just put everything else in second place and chant at least 20 entusiastic rounds per day for the next 16 days.

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Tell us the results as often as you can.

Hare Krsna Beloved Gurudeva ¡¡¡¡

AGTSP

PAMHO

I hope this meets U in really good health ¡¡¡

HpS - ASA - Oink!   AGTSP!!!  Hare Krsna!

I miss all so much iur saint association during our rounds ¡¡¡But we understand that your preaching is really important. And we feel happy and proud to try to be iur disciple.

ASA - Yeah! This tour has been hell on wheels in many ways. Ooof! Will be interesting to go to Goloka!!!

Our life has encountered too many changes. I always been afraid of changes,but I am asumming them with dignity integrity and character. 

Our schedule at university is too overwhelming, we have been forzed to leave many services in wilson ¡¡ we are still in charge, but is a struggle at every step. THis year Gaura Nitai did not go to Janmastami :( a new junta resolution. FOr me has been always a tradition that They go, but They won't go anymore. I can not understand that resolution because for me Chosica is our main temple and all important celebrations as Gaura Purnima and Janmastami should be there, but now GN won't go to visit RMB anymore ... Despite all this.. Gurudeva this Janmastami was the best ever¡¡

I went one day before with Palika dd and her family spent the night in the house of a family of devotees, attend mangal artik, we did the puja to GN , Gaura g invited us ¡¡Then I helped to dress Sita Ram ¡¡¡ nice SB class and the whole day we were on pujari helping we finished our service at 2 am ¡¡¡¡ it was so nice I felt really blessed ¡¡

We have our Ratha Yatra on November 9th, we are collecting funds but it is a struggle... we need the support of all the community. I am thinking in new ways of collecting but since I am not a vaisya is a struggle for me...

we are really looki ng forward for your trip to Sudamerica ¡¡¡ we hope we can help a little bit in your preaching , I have talked to the devotees in charge of the programs in Chile, argentina and Peru and all of them agree about the calendar that U proposed SO we are waiting your final decision

We are fixed on 16 rounds 4 principles strictly sadhana regular SB reading but still it should be better . It was so nice to talk to U a little bit on Janmastami.. Gurudeva jayarama.us is not working it appears this message: Our site is temporarily unavailable, but will be back online shortly.<img alt="frown" height="23" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/confused_smile.png" title="frown" width="23" />

In attached some photos from Janmastami since mangala artik ¡¡¡

Thank U all so much Gurudeva for your inspiration and kindness 

Always trying to be your disciple

Candramukhi dd 

HpS - ASA - Yes!!! Some problem! We will try to correct it!!!! Thank you for so much news. We spent 45-minutes trying to get a good ticket for South America. Ooof! Everything like $2,000! However we are very enthused by the Carl Jung project. We had excellent program at the University yesterday. There were more people in the program than we saw on the entire rest of the campus that day!

O.K. We check our Jayarama.us

We think of you all often are looking to see how Krsna is arranging our visit to Peru!!

NICE pictures.

A G T S P!
Paoh..o'.....  Here we are in our elevated tree house in Pandavavijaya and Mataji's ashrama in Sammamish, Washington. Last night there were about 200-devotees and our Brother, Ernest Robinson, in the Temple. Topic was Education in ISKCON and there were about $1,500 in donations for NIOS and the ASA.
Of course, we are low on energy, but what we have is pure and well running. No fever. We cannot drvie without glasses. Our hearing is little weak. He! Haw! He! Ha!

HK/HR - Plan for serving Krsna best!
3.30AM - Blog, Research South America Ticket, about two pages of letters left.
4.30AM - Bath, wash our clothes and put them in the drying machine.
5.00AM - Nrsmhadeva Puja and Pack luggage.
5.30AM - Mangala-arati.
6.00AM - Last BVC, Mahabharata Class.
7.00AM - Japa.
7.30AM - NOON Japa, Tpp-Cb, Drive to Corvalis.
University Program on Carl Jung and Evening Program with congregation and friends. Short Nap.

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HpS - ASA - Jaya!!! So nice to see your letter here. Yes! We are leaving for San Francisco tomorrow! See you in about 64-hours!

Hare krsna 

agtsp 

all glories to you

Were in living huerta grande, cordoba and We are sharering service and organising programs with devotees in here and these devotees  are in charge of The organisation of the ratha yatra. all wants to invite you and to the ratha yatra of the 11 of january of 2015 in carlos paz, cordoba. it s a turist city with a big lake . Also the mayor of the city have a good relation with a devotee from that city. Dhanvantari maharaja confim that he will participate.

in case that you accept the invitation i think an idea for the itinerary. If you arrive to argentina the 3 of january you can stay like 2 day in buenos aires and then flight to cordoba and go to balaram puri ( we are in contact with param padam) and the 11 ratha yatra in carlos paz( cordoba) and the 12 go to the airport and flight to buenos aires and then mar del plata.
What do you think?

where you will stay in your vyasapuja celebration?

thank you for love, tolerance , inspiration and guidence

your servant  ambarisa das

HpS - ASA - AGTSP!   paoho.... Aaaaa! We want to visit Mexico for Vyasa puja, but it will kill Brother Ass so maybe better we go there in June.
Trying again and again for the best ticket to BsAs, Chile, Lima and the last effort, 10-minutes ago was $2000. Oooof! But that may be the cheapest. Many factors. If we don't buy it as a complete package then we can't check our luggage all the way and only get 1/2 the luggage.
11 January in Cordoba, but intense pull to visit Paraguay and Uraguay!
Hare Krsna. We make decision soon!