Letters to the editor

Hare Krishna Maharaj,

Please accept my humble obeisances, all glories to Srila Prabhupada and Gurudev.

It’s been a while that I came on to the blog and my sadhana is going well. At least I become serious in my chanting (most of the time I’m completing all my rounds in the morning) and my reading become regular.

              HpS - ASA -  AGTSP!   paoho.  Wow!    In Kali-yuga this makes you a Saint!!!   AgtSP!

With your mercy and blessings, I took a small step towards preaching and working with SARITA mataji (who is a president of BHAKTI YOGA club in VCU in Richmond, VA) in the Yoga club. We gather every Thursday, chant a round (just started) and go over Bhagavad Gita (As it is)

At present, they don’t have a regular preacher, so I’m attending (our Bhakti Vriksh is providing the prasadam and I’m taking that to club every Thursday) and got an opportunity to talk to these kids and understand their view of life.

So far I gave three classes and attend two (one given by SarvDrik Prabhu)

1.    One is on Yoga (what is Yoga, why, different type of Yogas and what is Bhakti Yoga – touched briefly)

2.    Why do we need to study Bhagavad Gita  and little back ground about Krishna/Arjuna (Maha Bharat – a bit)

3.    What is that we are all seeking (Happiness) – a little bit about senses and their functions and Soul?

We recently conducted a musical concert (Sacred Sounds, different tunes of Hare Krishna and other Kirtans – by Gauravani’s team) in VCU and distributed “Journey of self-discovery and meditation kits (around 200 I believe may be more)

Yagna Sankirtana prabhu (from Potomac temple, DC), who is instrumental in starting this Bhakti yoga club, got the feedback from Sarita and the students and spoke to me and appears like everything is good so far, and discussed about further classes.

Maharaj, at present, they don’t have any particular agenda what to cover etc. in this semester.

Please advise or provide some suggestions (most of them are 1^st timers)?

Here is the list that I came up with, after discussing with couple of devotees and in other Yoga clubs etc (Touching on the practical side with Philosophy/spirituality as foundation)

1.    Nature and Modes of Nature

2.    Jiva tattva (self) and Vishnu tattva (supreme)

3.    Time and Karma

4.    Mantra Japa

Please correct or advise me, if I’m wrong or better way of go about this.

Waiting to hear from you…Maharaj.

Your Humble Servant

Subhala Sakha Das

Richmond, VA

..........  AGTSP.  So nice to hear from you!!!!  Was wondering what happened to all of you!!!!    Sankirtana result sounds very nice. What about just reading the Upadesamrta together? Going through a little bit each week. Little homeworkd assignment, and Srila Prabhupada's one volume bio-graphy. Those who are more serious can read in detail and then for others there can be a summary each week.

If you base it on those two books it seems it will be nice program.

Then you can also ask questions.

Kirtan, lecture, Kirtan, Prasadam!!

AGTSP

AGTHpS

Hare Krsna Guru Maharaja!

Thank you very much for your reply to my letter of October. Very inspiring about Houston Elementary School, hopefully here in Chile can do something similar one day, with Candrabhanu we thought it would be great to live in community with more devotees; find out from other countries living well, for example in Brazil.

Candrabhanu is finishing up the thesis, to finish his college career in social work, still working in a supermarket packing and Friday cooking for Srila Prabhupada Festival with two devotees, sometimes cooked for some parties and Vyasa Puja also, devotees trust their service as a cook.

For my part, I continue with the offering cooking service on Friday afternoon at SS. Gaura Nitai and Berfi and sandesh cooking for a week. Yesterday was exhausting but beautiful afternoon, as I cooked the offering so that he could eat subji maha prasadam, Bhakti Sundar Goswami Maharaja. Also Jagannatha, Baladeva and Subhadra have been all this week in the temple, since last Wednesday was the first Ratha Yatra this year and November 3 this Sunday will be the second and yesterday I also made preparations for Them. I was very tired and so I plugged it into Joe Japa Saturday.

Well, I wanted to mention that I'm going to sankirtan and we are coming out with Fernanda Leiva (aspiring start with you), she helped me a lot the first day, as sankirtan did long ago and she is an expert :) It has been very inspiring and enriching the sankirtan and sadhu sanga with Fernanda too, I'm very happy. Thank you very much for your blessings and enthusiasm to continue doing so. Finally, here I send you some photos, Ratha Yatra truck on Wednesday, one of SS. Gaura Nitai temple and another yesterday in the kitchen of SS Gaura Nitai when preparing Berfi and sandesh sweets.

I hope you are in good health. Thank you very much for your effort every day to give your association through Japa Joe.

Please accept my humble obeisances.
trying to serve, Guna Manjari dd

            HpS - ASA --- AGTSP....   Paoho. Is so nice to hear from you and about Candra-bhanu Das and everyone. We will be in Chile en less than 8-weeks, no?  It is nice to visit other Yatras. You can even make an arrangement to trade service with devotees. Some couple that wants to visit Chile can do your service and you can go to their country and do there service for some time.
Narada Muni visited all the homes of Krsna in Dvaraka to see the Grhastha life of Krsna in different places. Then we can appreciate our own temple much more. Get ready for Goloka!!!

Thank you so much for your association in our Japa sanga.
We can all be birds in Radha-Krsna's garden at lunch and sing together for Them!! !

Nice fotos!!

Hare Krsna Querido Gurudev!

todas las glorias a srila prabhupada! todas las glorias a sri sri radha madhana vihari!

Espero se encuentre muy bien y feliz en conciencia de krsna! trato de leer sus mensajes en el blog, me alegra mucho que se este cuidando. Gracias por su respeusta anterior!

 Ahora estoy leyendo el guerrero espiritual 2 de SS. Bhakti thirta Swami. El explica que estamos en una escuela de amor y que es realmente amor y lo que no es. yo tenia muchas preguntas acerca de lo que le conte en mi carta anterior. Vi que con algunas personas no tenia una relacion real. y no me sentia bien al ver lo malo de las personas. estoy viendo ahora lo malo de mi mism y al ver mis limitaciones, veo que ellas me alejan de krsna. Maharaja dice muchas cosas hermosas, una de ellas es:

uno puede amra de verdad y tener que alejarse por amor.

HpS - ASA - AGTSP  paoho. Muy bien oir de Vds. que significa "amra"

Me di cuenta que soy mas feliz amando, auqnue tenga que alejarme por el bien de la otra persona y el mio, que alejrame porque estoy enojada. Estoy entendiendo que es normal que todos tengamos malas cualidades por eso que estamos en este mundo. Pero si quiero salir de aqui y ayudar a otros a salir tengo que asociarme con almas que me ayuden. Hay muchos motivos para amar a personas " no tan agradables" todos tienen hermosas cualidades y sino las  puedo ver puedo amarlas porque son parte de krsna. Entonces me doy cuenta que cuanto mas siga mis practicas espirituales, mi sadhana,etc, mas podre amar a lrsna y por lo tanto tambien a todas las personas. Le cuento todo esto por que queria que sepa como me siento ahora, estoy mucho mejor.

        HpS - ASA -- Y mas que estamos dando amor a personas que no nos gusta mucho como acto de voluntud, el mas que podemos ver y eliminar los malas cualidades en nosotros!

Mi hijo esta muy bien, gracias a krsna, ya camina y esta muy hermoso e inquieto, cuando baño a las deidades, le gusta estar a mi lado y mirar como lo hago, como los levanto y acuesto, etc. les sonrie mucho. Franco le hizo una cuna a gopla  nuestra deidad.

Gracias por desear que vivamos en una comunidad de devotos, a mi me encantaria!! por ahora trato de vivir  mas en el presente. Nos estamos organizando ahora para comenzar con nuestrao proyectos el año que viene. ya tenemos el pasaje del 30 dic al 6 de enero a buenos aires, para poder tomar Su asociacion!

          HpS - Vamos a Mar de Plata para Viernes y Sabado. PUede hablar con Ambarisa Das de los detalles. Vamos a poner en Kapi Dhvaja.

Estoy muy inspirada con la danza, sigo ensayando por las mañanas cuando gopalito duerme despues de mangalartik y rondas.

Gracias por su tiempo y Asociacion! Que pase un hermoso mes de damodara en compañia de Gopal!

Intentando ser su discipula: Radha japa prati jalpa dd.

P.D. nuestra compu casi deja el cuerpo.. tenia algunos fotos para enviarle , sera para la prox carta!

      HpS - Hay una devota se llama Yamila, regresa de programa de Dhanvantari Swami in Brazil y ya es con su familia en Cordoba. Pienso Vd le gustaria mucho encontrar a ella y posible ella le gusta mucho comenzar aprender baile. Ya es alumno en la universidad.

Revenencia a su "Swami"!!!!!   Ya un altar para Gopal!

Dear Gurumaharaja,

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

I wish to report bookscores from last month. I went to the closest town some afternoons, and distributed 9 big, 10 med, 7 small and 1 dvd. No gita's, but had good meetings and inspired several people without them taking a book. It was a while ago since i went out, and it was great! Very enlivening and cleansing. I desire to go more often, perhaps in small groups with stationary harinam, and bookdistributors and prasadam. Nice idea, but so far i haven't been able to execute much of my sankirtan ideas. Perhaps when spring arrives this one can actualize.

Other than that, listening very inspiring and helpful classes from Vrindavan dham on the chapters of king Puranjana / Pracinabarhi. Practically they are my siksa shelter. Started working fulltime yesterday. My schedule is irregular, from very early till very late, but the work has its advantages. I feel enthusiastic about it.

Please forgive me for my kanistha shortcomings. All good fortune in your busy-ness.

Following in the back,
Raghava Pandita dasa

             HpS - ASA - Jaya! Hare Krsna!  "Nearest town" - where do you live? In the forest with Hansel and Gretel?  Yes, working is chance to meet people! I told you how Jayananda Das did Sankirtan as a Taxi walla!  Now, by the mercy of Srila Prabhupad and Lord Nityananda you can do more!!!

All glories to sri sri gaura nitai

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

P.A.M.H.O.

Dear Gurudeva!

Always praying to Krishna, you find yourself very well in your service, and your health.

This time I want to ask some questions

In this world, we find it hard to be really honest, we are full of errors and difficulties, and I think personally being devotees, we have the advantage that we want to enhance awareness and interest us for a better life.

Being fallen as we are, we can help people who are devotees who want to improve, but somehow or another, your lifestyle, work ou any coisa impedes this progress?

Thanks for reading my questions Gurudeva, Please accept my most humble obeisances again and excuse my bad English too ...

Please accept my humble obeisances 

Dear Gurudev

I'm in the service to give educational programs for the comunity on New Nilacal Mandir, I send my plan for education develoment in Guadalajara, I visit other devotees of Aguascalientes city where there are a Bhakti Vriksa Program, and try to take good asociation with devotees of Durango, Uruapan, Queretaro, and Leon.

Try to be a devotee, chanting good rounds and taking properly association. it's hard to be an representative of S. Prabhupada or exalted devotees like you but we need start, and  now we take help of good friends that are try to preaching in some pleaces.

On Aguascalientes we make a festival on the public park, and on Uruapan study with the devotees how to do for stay on the devotional path (reading and studing Prabhupada books, chanting properly with asosiation, start on mangalarti every day, take comon sense)

I keep the program of the records about the new devotees and making presentation for kids, studens and general people, we take participation on sanga programs and siksa program, of Congregational ministry.

On MED I send a mail for devotees of chile with plan of education.

Thanks a lot for your good example and mercy, your crew member Aniruddha Krishna Das

           HpS - AGTSP. Very nice news. If you continue like this all the contamination in you heart will disappear and your dormant love for Krsna, and your eternal service will reawaken. You will see Krsna even in this body. I hope you are in touch with Bhakta Rodrigo en Chile. He is member of surrealist community in Chile and has nice preaching platform with them. It has many people looking for the 'real' essence of life.