Letters to the editor

Dear Gurudeva, please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

In addition to bhakta Nicasio's question about Hridayananda das Goswami's Krishna West idea, in this link maharaja explains it. If you already have this information, kindly discard this message.

http://www.acharyadeva.com/about/krishna-west-1/krishna-west/item/127-krishna-west-qa

Your insignificant servant,
Raghava Pandita dasa

HpS - Jaya!  AGTSP  paoho.  Very interesting topics. Little long for us to read everything. I've heard a lot of the points from Maharaja before. He is my older godbrother. I respect him very much. I like his style very much. Some points we approach things very differently. I like to go in as Hanumatpresaka Swami (Professor Huber Hutchin Robinson). He likes to go in as Professor Harold Resnick (?) (Hrdayananda Goswami), but after discussing it he said that it is just two different ways of approach.

Become good at what you do.

During all these controversies of dress etc. when Maharaja visited South America I notced in a purport that Srila Prabhupada said, "Vedic culture, Varna-ashrama-dharma". Is a simple way to look at it.

In general Prabhupada was and I THINK still would be strongly inclined to Sannyasi dressing in the typical manner of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati and all his Sannyasa disciples and the way that Srila Prabhupada requiered of all his disciples.

This is the Formality of the Sannyasa life. The Sannyasi is supposed to set a formal example of renunciation, formality. Seems like an oxymoron, but that is the job. A married lady is supposed to have a ring on a certain finger.

If Maharaja is acting like a Paramahamsa, which is O.K., then dressing in informal fashion seems fine. But then our suggestion was that he should not do the formal work of a diksa guru anymore. Let some disciples do it. Diksa guru should set a formal example that his neofyte disciples can see and imitate.

Hmmmf!  Our simple ideas.

Without Hrdayananda Goswami ISKCON would be a lot less interesting.

hare krisna beloved gurudeva, pamho, agtSP, when can i call you? what is the proper time so we can speak by phone for a little moment? at your lotus feet, bhakta nicasio.

HpS - ASA - Jaya!   AGTSP.   We are on Skype and you can always try there. We are two hours earlier than you. Tommorrow we will be out at the library, but even then we can talk some of the time.

Our cellular is 209-505-3219!

Waiting!

 A G T S P !
(((paoho)))

The updated ASA Calendar is at: www.jayarama.us/kd/cal.txt

Basically we are here in Tennessee until the 15th then we go to Houston and the next day to Mexico, Radha-Madan-gopal!

We hope They let us stay eternally at Their lotus feet.

Then back to Houston the 20th for the NIOS x Goloka Education x ISKCON-Houston meetings. On the 1st of November back to Tennessee.

We have tickets then on the 25th December to Lima, 1st January to Buenos Aires, 12th January to Santiago, 24th to Lima and 29th to Tennessee.

Then on the 8th of February got ticket to Delhi and depending on the news from you all seems we may just go directly to Kokatta and stay there until the 15th with Dr. Samaresh.

On the 15th Nitai-gaurasundara and Abhiseka arrive and we will go to Mayapura for the ILS meetings and to hang out.

We will see you there?
 

23rd February we plan to leave Mayapura and go to Lucknow, Delhi and Vrndavana-dhama!
 

1st March we march from Delhi to Brussels to Newark to Tennessee.
 

Seems like a pretty good pace.

If we can travel after that, who knows?

Wherever you are, whoever you meet, tell them about Krsna!

Hare Krishna Maharaja

please accept my humble obesiances.  all glories to Srila Prabhupada. 

i hope you are well and in good health.  it's nice to know that you returned safely from your travels.  i have been following them closely.

i apologize for the delay in writing you.  every day i think of all i want to write and tell you.

i just returned from sankirtana.  we worked several different lots, met some great souls.  we just returned from the west coast and i have fabulous sankirtana stories to report.  i just wanted to write you a short note first to let you know that i'm still here and working every day to follow.  i'm enjoying my chanting, my service and working hard to keep my self occupied with morning and evening classes- i've starting a 20 week Bhagavad Gita study course.  You keep your self so busy and i only want to follow your great example.

thank you so much Maharaja for taking the time to read my message and taking note of me.  i look forward to meeting you in my japa time, service and meditation and following your wonderful lectures, newletters and spiritual mission. 

your eternal servant in Krishna Consciousness,

aron illo

            HpS - ASA -  Jaya...     SO nixce to hear from you!   Will we see you while we are in Houston?   We will be there from 20th -31st.  Of course, some days we have different meetings.  Maybe you can call us after we get there.

209 505 3219.

Some of the Sankirtan stories!!!

• hare krsna maharaj, pamho,agtsp..
  please find a video that helped a "blaming horse like us"
• after minute 17 is good to see
  www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zeb-k-XzaI 

HpS - ASA - AGTSP.  Paoho.  We just saw the first minute. We don't have time to watch much more now, but looks like an example of Niscayena. Your right we can see Krsna in so many places and take advantage of His presence to advance our determination.