Letters to the editor

Hare Krishna Maharaj,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

It has been very long since I have written. After my wedding and moving 6 months ago I became very absorbed in material life (still am). I'm going to the gym often preparing for a police officer job in one year. Reb and I are still working at the same place. We haven't gone to the temple much over the last few months, but are now prioritizing this more. We are getting ready for a nice Gaura Purnima program tomorrow. Haribol! We have also just started reading Mahabharata. We still at the beginning, just before the incident with the wax house.

I have had a few inspiring conversations with another householder devotee here. He told us about a sadhana chart he was using to keep track of his reading/japa. It's nice and organized in a spreadsheet, suits my style a bit. We will start tracking our daily sadhana there. 

I haven't been in touch with Sri Hari prabhu from Boise in some time. I am hoping that over the next few  months I will be able to continue with good sadhana and take the pursuit of first initiation more seriously. Radhika Raman Prabhu moved to Utah a while ago to teach at one college north of where we live. I had the thought the other day that because he is an advanced devotee, and also one of your disciples, it might make good sense to take siska from him. What is  your opinion?? 

I hope this letter meets you in good health and high spirits! We will be in Boise for Ratha Yatra again this year. Haribol!

Bhakta Adrian-Utah

HpS - Jaya!!! Career in law enforcement. Sounds nice. Devotee, our Student, in Spain  is police man for many years. Yes, Radhika is very nice association. Also, he would like to get your association very much!! Contact him as soon as possible.

Seems that you are on the right path. All you have to do it continue. Of course, that takes innovative thinking, how to do the same thing every day. Sounds like a paradox, but it is not. Unless you are improving you are falling down.

hare krsna maharaj,pamho, agtsp

in vraj parikrama , you constantly compared vraj to earlier days.
here are some pics testifyin that (courtesy Deen Bandhu Pr)

regards,
harsh

HpS - AGTSP paoho. Was so nice to be with you in India. When we were there in 1978 we heard that one old man said that he remembered how there was more water in the Yamuna, more trees and herds of deer used to drink water from the Yamuna. Of course, more poverty in some ways also.

Strange thing is that although the Parikrama path and many of the Holy Places on it around Vrndavan are almost completely convered in asphalt we still felt transcendental satisfaction in doing the Parikrama. It is just an inevitable feature of Kali-yuga.

Photos are incredible!

Parampara.

Only solution.....  ????

Hare Krsna Maharaja!

Agt Srila Prabhupa! Please Accept my humble obeisances.

Thank you for answer my above questions... All clear. The last question I wrote, was about my service. I am going to trying to write it in english: I keep on 16 rounds for day, and keep on regulations but sometimes the service its hard for me.. because it is difficult to link up the action to serve with the cause, Krsna . I have a fixed service in the pujari.. like an assistant of pujari all wednesday during the morning and sometimes its difficult to me thinking that I do it for Krsna... How can I improve that? That is the pending question of the last time.

HpS - Well, AGTSP paoho. It seems that it should be natural. The Deity IS Krsna, so adjusting His clothes for example is service to Him. But service to the Deity as a person requires to be in a little bit advanced position. First we can realize Krsna is a person by hearing about Him and talking about Him. Then we can realize His Form, the Deity, then His characteristics. (NOI 7-8).

Play a nice Kirtan or chant while you work.

On the other hand, today i am very happy because yesterday in Gaura Purnima, I had Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's mercy to be in the altar in front of deities for the first time. I was making all the decoration for a few hours and it was amazing. I was thinking in Krsna all the time inevitably. Also you was there in that beautiful moment for me, because there were a disciple of you, serving to Gaura Nitai and he had your picture. And that was fantastic. I think that maybe Nityananda Prabhu are show me something that I had been asked him for several times... something about who should to be my gurudeva... but maybe its just a coincidence.... (I dont think so) :B

Attach a Gaura Nitai's photo I took them, yesterday!

Thank you for share your rounds by japa joe.. it is a very nice inspiration for me

Your aspirant of servant,

Bhaktin Belen from Bs As. Argentina.

HpS - ASA --- Ha! Ha! Ha!  http://vedabase.com/es/sb/8/24/46 . . .Son los oraciones del Satyavrata Maharaja. Son SUPER. Uno de los mejores descripciones de Guru en La Biblioteca Bhaktivedanta.

Hare Krsna Beloved Gurudeva

AGTSP

PAMHO

Just a quick report yesterday Gaura Purnima festival in Chosik was just wonderful

The deities were so beautiful, we had fire sacrifice, abhishek , dance, drama, maha prasadam, sadhu sanga… just wonderful, we were meditating the whole day on the fortunate that we are to have U as our Gurumaharaja who is always worried about how to help us to get out of this entanglement ¡¡¡  I aspire to be some day like U when U say that U feel always happy ¡¡¡ That is why U do not belong to this world anymore ¡¡¡¡ U just continue here to help us, Thank  U for all iur concern

I was with Gaura Nitai from Wilson the whole day meditating on Their mercy upon us.. And thinking about what may please Them the most , all devotees in CHosik were very happy to have Them as the Special Guests of the festival.

We had abhishek for our personal deities there so that everybody may participate in the abhishek ¡¡¡ It was just wonderful

We receive some gifts for our golden donkey it was really nice to spend our birthday in chosik with all devotees, deities etc

I had some reports from devotees who asked me to give U the following messages:

Rupa Gosai das: He has decided to commit his life to study and preach no more leaving in temples he want to become a bhaktivedanta ¡¡no for ego but to please SP and his GM he humbly request iur blessings

Priyasakhi dd (peru) Is doing the manual that U told her

And this is for me yesterday Guruvrata das renewed his vows as second initiated devotee. I know that U appreciate him a lot so I just wanted to tell U that

Palika dd gave me a ride to my place along with Caturatma, Parvati and Patraka ¡¡¡¡ Very nice friends I  have I feel so fortunate

Thank U Gurudeva again and again ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡

Always trying to be iur disciple

Candramukhi dd 

HpS - Thank you for the news, so much. Why should we even visit Peru if we have such nice news reports. Guru-vrata, Rupa-gosai! Gaura-nitai's hair was too long. Ha! Ha! Ha!

Lokanatha Das told us that Jadurani told him that Prabhupada tolder her that Krsna's hair should never be longer than His shoulders and always behind the ears. (Gauranga's also?).

Was a very, colorful looking festival!

All Glories to Sri Sri Radha and Krsna!
All Glories to Sri Sri Gour Nitay!
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!

All Glories to H.H Hanumatpresaka Swami!

I hope you are well (: ! Where is his holiness now? Mexico?

               HpS - ASA -- AGTSP. paoho. Our body is in complete pain and suffering. I guess like everyone in the material world, like you, but we tolerate it and consider less suffering to be happiness.

Camila, Santiago-Chile, Social work Student, 20 years old. 

16 rounds ! 
4 principles strictly ! 
(thank you!) 

Well, we decided to go to Traveler Sankirtan for febreuary to the south of Chile, it was REALLY NICE, people is waiting for books! they all want Krsna!, we should go more often to those places, because people are so interested! More than 800 books were distribuited! :)  ...We have been in Pucon, Puerto Montt, Chiloé (an island), and Puerto Varas. (: I really loved the experience, always talking about Krsna, thinking about Srila Prabhupada, and Praying to Lord Nityananda! Sri Sri Radha and Krsna are so mercifull to us. 
Also we were in the 3erd version of the Ratha Yatra in the city of Pucon! :) MANY people come! <3 

Now, I'm back in Santiago, trying to retake service, and waking up early (is hard for me, i have to try hardly!) .  Trying to read also, Upadesamrta, and Vaisnava Compassion of Satvarupa Das Goswami :) Veeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeery nice! I'm trying to take those teachings, and be more tolerant, and compasive with others.  Please give us your blessings to be more nice devotee, and leess proud selfish envy dummie donkey . 

Also, we were in Pichilemu (Beach of Chile), to celebrate Goura Purnima there, is a program of preaching, we went there with many devotees  like Oscar, Abhimanyu Das, Adi Yajña Prabhu, and other new devotees ( veeeery nice devotees, with a lot of enthusiasm!) . IT was amazing, many people come, a lot of yoga professors :) !!!! and people of that city ! Very nice preaching (: Im so happy! . 

And then!!  Celebration of Gour Purnima Here!!!!!!!! In Santiago Mandir! Wow! Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is SO mercifull!!!!!!!!!!!! With all of us!  We are such a fortunate souls! We have the opportunity to be with God himself! :))))))))))  All by the mercy of Srila Prabhupada! 

Here I send you some pictures, of the Yajña in Pichilemu, Jagannatha Baladeva y Subhadra of Ratha Yatra of Pucon, Sri Sri Gour Nitay of Santiago in the Gour Purnima Festival, and one of me and my friend Kona doing Sankirtan in Puerto Montt ! 

Please forgive my bad english, I tried to do the letter short but i couldn't please excuse my poor inteligence. 
I hope you had a nice Gour Purnima ! 
Please accept my sincere obeisances at your lotus feet. 
Thanks for reading this. 

Radhe Radhe! 

HpS - AGTSP. Is nice news. We just started to scan the letter, the many city names, as the letter got longer. It's O.K. You can summarize things to make it shorter or assume that we will slide lightly past the many details.

800 books! So nice. People very interested! Soon the world will change. It already has. No genocide in South America and many vegetarians. All from Srila Prabhupada's effort.

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada!!!

Todas las glorias a usted S.S.Hanumat Presaka Swami!!!

Acepte por favor mis  humildes reverencias a sus pies de loto!!!

HpS - ASA - TlgaSP. Nuestras pies de loco.

Siguiendo los cuatro principios y cantando las 16 rondas diariamente, he tomado un nuevo servicio, dejando  a un lado la alergia en mis manos, estoy ayudando los miércoles en la cocina para las 2 últimas ofrendas en el templo.  En cuanto al estudio de los vedas, no estoy leyendo diariamente y he parado con los resúmenes del B.g. que tenía que entregar a Prabhu Vanamali. Estaré Tratando de mejorar mi sadhana para que pueda estudiar cada día.  Me encuentro mucho mejor y trato de dejar a un lado todas las impurezas que se encuentran dentro de mi corazón. Me siento muy contenta por estar de nuevo haciendo un servicio en el templo!

Deceando poder servirle algún día, esperamos poder volver a tener su infinita  misericordia  aquí en México!!!

HpS - So, we saw you when were in Mexico, no?