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Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada .

Hare krishna maharaja, debido a que es más fácil dirigirse a usted a travez de cartas, lo saludo y espero que su prédica en la misión de Srila Prabhupada sea mejor cada día. Debido a los diferentes procesos de las personas que están en este mundo mejorando su conciencia, estimo lo mejor cada día para seguir sobreviviendo a este mundo material con lo que me queda de inspiración espiritual y tiempo, por eso le escribo para preguntarle , sobre el canto del maha mantra hare krishna, cuando Prabhupada estableció este mantra lo hizo abiertamente considerando que todos podiamos ser beneficiados del canto del amor del señor krishna. Pero por que a veces es recomendable cantar con la guía adecuada, ya que podemos cometer ofensas. ??? por qué a veces es indispensable tomar iniciación de un guru para cantarlo mejor?, puede suceder que nos iniciamos, y caemos o tocamos fondo en nuestro karma, y no continuamos bién, y es mejor no haber tomado esa iniciación.?...       Le cuento, que ahora quiero comenzar a retomar algunas rondas al día, pero yo no sé si esto es beneficioso ya que cantar mantras sin una guía preescrita puede ser perjudicial. La verdad es que me siento muy comoda cantando algunas rondas, por salud, mente y corazón.  Es posible cantar solo bajo el refugio de un maestro como Srila Prabhupada? Me gustaría que hubiera mas actividades de los devotos por acá en Valparaíso, pero se han dejado de hacer programas. .. También quiero contarle que mi hija ya cumplió dos años, y sigo con los estudios de música aplicados a diferentes contextos. .. .. Mis reverencias a su persona y cualidad. Hare Krishna. 

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All glories to Srila Prabhupada. 

Hare Krishna Maharaja, because it is easier to talk to you travez letters, greeted him and hope that his preaching mission of Srila Prabhupada better every day. Due to the different processes of people in this world are improving their awareness, I think your best every day to keep surviving in this material world with what I have left of spiritual inspiration and time, so I wanted to ask you, on the edge hare krishna maha mantra when Prabhupada established this mantra did openly considering all we could be benefited singing lord krishna love. But sometimes it is advisable to sing with proper guidance, because we can commit offenses. ??? why sometimes it is essential to take initiation from a guru to sing better?, may be that we started, and we fall or hit bottom in our karma, and also did not continue, and it is better not to have taken this initiation.? ... Le story, now I begin to pick up a few rounds, but I do not know if this is beneficial as chanting mantras without prewritten guide can be harmful. The truth is that I feel very comfortable singing some rounds, for health, mind and heart. You may sing along under the shelter of a master like Srila Prabhupada? I wish there were more activities of the devotees here in Valparaiso, but have stopped making programs. Also .. I want to tell my daughter and served two years, and continue with music studies applied to different contexts. My obeisances .... his person and quality. Hare Krishna. 

HpS - ASA --- Por favor utiliza translate.google.com
Lord Caitanya is God. He is the cause of all causes. He knows you better than anyone. He says that by chanting Holy Names people will become purified. It is like eating food. If you eat there will always be some effect, but if you eat according to a good standard then there will be a good effect. At some point you start to get advice from a nutritionist about how to eat. At another level you formally accept him as your instructor and he guarantees that if you follow his diet then you will recover your health. Diksa is this formal contract.

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Hare krishna dear guru Maharaj Please accept my dandavat pranams All glories to srila Prabhupad Can you please give me address of NIOS. Your servant Nataraj

2129 Stratford Road; Murfreesboro, TN 37129; USA; Jambudvipa; Catur-mukha-brahma-jagat.

All glories to their lordships Sri Sri goura nitai 

All glories to Srila Prabhupada 

P.A.M.H.O. 

Dear gurudeva

first of all, I hope your health this well, and that your activities too.<img alt="yes" height="23" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/thumbs_up.png" title="yes" width="23" />

my report after a few months is as follows 

I chant my 16 rounds daily, my 4 regulative principles are ok, I read the book Krsna at night.

             ASA - AGTSP!!!!  So do we!

I worship my deities at home, I will not say that my spiritual life is perfect, because it is not, lol, there are days that ended rounds in the afternoon , or reading days I leave for other days (I like to read, so it is not repeated many times ) I think reading is easier some days, than these rounds. <img alt="blush" height="23" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/embarrassed_smile.png" title="blush" width="23" />

this last period I've been working, the work is a little tricky at times, time and distance, as I move my city to another  city some days of the week or weekends, which reduced a little temple visits, whenever possible I will visit their lordships in the temple, and I'm always in touch with friends and closest devotees, by media, internet, phone or temple. for now I'm in this, and in the near future shift to a more peaceful and just work in my city. Well lately I've been thinking about natural disasters, there are some places in the world that suffer many disasters of all types, wars, tornadoes, earthquakes, heavy rainfall, often causing many deaths.

I understand that each soul has a karma and pre-scrito duty in this world which we live experiences, good and bad, so, my question is, no physical territories that developed karma?, an example, countries, cities, towns, etc..?, independent that natural disasters are uncontrollable, it may be possible, that in places where there are more cases of natural disaster, adverse things happened in the past? or just karma is based on the spirit soul and not in physical territories?<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" />

         HpS - ASA - Your English is pretty good. THANK YOU, but few mistakes. Of course some places are spiritual, Mathura, Jagannatha Puri, Badrinatha. I can't remember Srila Prabhupada directly saying that citys have Karma but I think it is a fact. We calculate the birthday of a city to get its Karma. Karma of a person extends to a city.  See - CC Antya 3.146-164

good guru maharaja, this would be my report, I will be writing more often for more news, I'm always reading the blog that clarifies some doubts, and following on twitter also their activities. Always say goodbye, so grateful, for you, reading my reports and so sorry for my bad english.

my humble obeisances at your feet 

Your eternal servant 

Candrarekha devi dasi <img alt="blush" height="23" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/embarrassed_smile.png" title="blush" width="23" />

Santiago - Chile

ASA - No, pictures???

Hare Krishna Maharaja, PAMHO, AGTSP!

I hope this letter finds you in good health. Thank you for putting your instructions in such a clear way through the Guru Tattva link. Now I have a better understanding of how much I have to qualify myself in order to serve you.

I am chanting 16 good rounds almost every day with a few exceptions. If for some reason I didn’t complete them, I do them the next day. Some days I chant even more. 4 principles, well I am always struggling with sexual lust Maharaja. I am so fallen :(

It´s been almost 3 months since I came to Mexico City. Sankirtan is tough most of the time, especially with the wrong consciousness. I do buses most of the time but it gets to a point when I find myself talking mechanically. Books don’t go and I get anxious. I am trying not to forget praying to Krishna and remembering who the real controller is. I would like to develop that mood of prayer of the great Sankirtan devotees, which always protect them. I humbly ask for your blessings so I can keep on distributing Srila Prabhupada’s books.

Now that I’m living on my own I find the attacks of Maya very disturbing. When I was living with the devotees I could control my mind better and I was somewhat regulated. Now it has become a real challenge. I am going to the programs but what I miss the most is the close relationship with the devotees by doing service together. Maybe staying in the temple one day of the week could help? :)

          ASA - AGTSP!  Certainly!!

Another subject that has been in my mind is authority. I still don’t have it clear who should be my authority in Mexico. Should this person by my Siksa Guru formally?

           ASA - There are Brahminical authoritys and Administrative authorities. The Goswamis are our ultimate Br. Author. and the GBC is our ultimate Adm authr. Upadesamrta will give you some idea how to relate to them. Of course, this is practical manifestation of purely spiritual authority within Varna-ashrama-dharma. Temple President can be more advanced devotee than one local Sannyasis but because of formal austerities the Sannyasi is given more formal respect.
You can have a practical relation in Adm. with your local Temple President???

Last month I earned my Hatha Yoga diploma. I’m starting next week in a nearby center. The idea is to introduce people to the Maha Mantra and distribute some books in the process while making some extra Laksmi. We are also having a class on Saturdays in the temple before the afternoon program. Donations are kept inside. Please give us your benediction to proceed with a right consciousness in this new program.

   ASA - Hare Krsna, Hare Rama!

Bhakti-Sastri is also going well. We just finished the first module. Very exciting :)

Please excuse my offenses,

Your aspiring servant,

Bhakta Marco

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tlgsp pamhr

Hare Krishna su santidad espero la presente lo encuentre bien de salud y en buena compañia queria contarle un poco de mis actividades de servicio en el templo y en casa estamos volviendo a la adoraciond e la deidad, cantando rondas antes del mangal aratik y dediandonos a ayudar a los devotos en su servicio, es una manera de servirlos tambien, la verdad q siento mucha la presencia de mi Señor Nityananda en mi vida y la misericordia q me da por tan solo realizar un servicio para El gracias su santidad porq por su misericordia puedo hacer todo este avance espiritual.

la proxima semana realizaremos una ceremonia de fuego en mi casa para equilibrar todas las ubicaciones deacuerdo con el vastu invitare a algunos devotos para honrar prasad....nos visito su santidad Jayapataka Swami y su asociacion santa ayudo a mi mente a entender q el servicio esta mas alla d enuestro cuerpo el cual es tan delicado como fuerte a la vez.....

todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada su sirviente parama karuna das

HpS - ASA -- TlgaSP!.... Claro 16 rondas entusiastas, 4 principios estrictas, vamos a recibir buen inteligencia como actuar.

Tiene Kirtan cada manana y tarde?

"En su casa" es solo Vd or su Mama, Tia? Quienes otros?

Hare Krsna Respected Guru Maharaj, Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.

    ASA - HpS - AgtSP! . . . I doubt if I have lotus feet. Maybe maize like feet, and you? Have you got lotus feet yet by the mercy of Guru and Krsna??

All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to Guru parampara.

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Answering letter, Reference to this letter - http://hps.monkeywarrior.com/node/4226 I am sad, you are not coming Vrndavana this year. Probably, we have to take my parents in Vrndavana, this year in the month of Krartik. we will eagerly wait for your writ at Kapi-Dhvaja about your book.

      ASA - Our respects to your parents! They have guided such a nice devotee as yourself to spiritual enlightenment. Do they live in the same town as you? Do you visit them often? Do they have a bona-fide guru?

Guru Dev, Thank you so much for answers of my questions. we will surely set the priority day-wise for a new location, when we travel. Guru Dev, you have asked, HpS- "Are you using some Study Guide for the BG study???" Yes, we are following instruction from Bhakti-Shastri lectures from Vrndavana. I got few lectures through my Vrndavana Shiksa Guru and one reference book by H G Jita-mitra Das, ISKCON, Delhi.Also we have collected comments on BG by Srila Vishwanath chakravarti Thakur and Srila Bhakti Vinod Thakur. Please advise, if need to correct any thing, or need to add any thing, also please share if you have any study Guide for BG. I am very much ardent for BG. Gurudev, .....about 2nd Initiation. To get the Bh.Sastri certificate is difficult for me, because there is no Bhakti-Sastri course in Pune, now a days. So we will talk to my both the Shika Gurus about Bh.Sastri and and approval letter by President, then will update you. Pune Shiksa Guru went for Jaganatha - Puri, so once he comes back will discuss with him. then will discuss the same with my Vrandavana Shiksa Guru. Gurudev, When you want to visit ISKCON Pune, this year or next year? and how many days you want to stay here.You can visit both the ISKCON Pune temple and give lecture also. We will prepare accordingly. you also asked, HpS - What kind of preaching are you able to do at work? we normally like to discuss about BG at office with Senior people and any one else, who is eager about BG. Please guide. One more thing, my Vrndavana Shiksa Guru has a schedule for me for next year for school preaching in Chhattisgarh state, He will take me with him for a trip, Where i have to preach school boys & girls. So he asked me to be ready with topics. ........So preparing the BG and other topics also. Gurudev, we want to spend minimum one year time in your service. Please advise. Thank you, Guru Dev. your fallen servant, Girivaradhari-Gopal Das

          HpS - ASA - Your BhSastri materials seem fine. We did a BG Study Guide. I just uploaded it to the ASA Archives. It is like tpp.docx. Is it there. It is maybe seven years old??? It is simple.

5.32 AM - Saturday. We have to drive to NGD's home to use the internet connection. This one is not strong enough for our BhVai classes.

Thank you!!