Letters to the editor

Estimado Hanumatpresaka Swami

Le escribo para reportarme. He comenzado el semestre académico haciendo clases acerca de Carl Jung, el inconsciente colectivo y los arquetipos. Estoy muy emocionado con eso, ya que el tema es muy interesante y me permite acercar a mis alumnos a los temas espirituales. 

Me compré un departamento en el centro de la ciudad y me acabo de mudar hace unos meses. Por eso no tenía internet ni le había escrito una carta antes.

Estoy viviendo con mi mujer y ya pronto vamos a ser padres. 

Estamos muy felices con eso.

También me encuentro trabajando firmemente en el proyecto que usted me encargó, de musicalizar El Néctar de la Instrucción. Espero tenerlo terminado para cuando usted venga a Chile en Octubre.   Pronto le enviaré más noticias de eso.

Eso es todo de momento. Espero que se encuentre bien, y con mi mujer esperamos poder verlo pronto, para poder conversar con usted y escuchar sus clases (y traducir algunas, si usted lo permite).

Muchos saludos.

AGTSP

               HpS - ASA - Hare Krsna.   TlgaSP.    El devoto, professor de poesia Sanskrito, bien honrado en EEUU, Garuda Das, Graham Schweig, Cristopher Newport University, http://cnu.edu/philosophy/facultyprofiles/schweig/, trabaja con nosotros gradualmente en la posesia de la NOI. Es experto. Dice que han gran variedad de metricos en el NOI y puede ver que el tomano de los versos incrementan de primero al fin....

...   Estamos terminando el Auto biographia de June, Memorias, Suenos, Reflecciones.  Fuerte.  Despues tenemos que contemplar su valor y relacion con la predica. Pienso es fuerte. Es predica a nivel del sub-conciente.. . .   Muy bien, esperamos que su hijo va a ser alguien como Gilgamesa o Prometheus o mejor Arjuna o Bhisma Deva o.....   Mas noticias!  Cada mes!    Y pone su nombre fin de cartas!!    Reverencias a su estimada esposa....

Hare Krishna gurudeva, please accept my obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Can you clarify why mother Sita is lamenting in the asokavan, while asokavan, according to the name, is a place without soka, lamentation?

I hope this meets you in good spirits.

Your servant,
Raghava Pandit das

             HpS - ASA - AGTSP...  paoho.     We don't know exactly.  Tricky question.  You should become a lawyer.   Please look at http://vedabase.com/en/sb/5/19/5  , like the last paragraph.  Some light, no?   Maybe Her lamentation is Asokavan.

Hare Krisna Gurudev!, please accept my humble obeisances dandavats. All Glories to Srila Prabhupada.

Dear  Gurudev, I hope you have a good health. First I want to thank you your last letter responding to my email. I’m sorry not responding earlier, but Carcika d.d. and me had ten vacations days in Malaga.

             HpS - ASA --  Jaya!!   AGTSP......      paoho.....   Krsna, says that among bodies of water He is the ocean!

We were in Malaga Temple with Yadunandana Swami having meetings about the Bhaktivedanta Spanish Institute, preparing the academic program for the next year and enjoying the Hindu festival. I think so near of 600 persons were there.

Three weeks ago we were in New Vrajamandala in a Spanish leaders meeting about Spanish Yatra with Hrydaya Caitanya Prabhu (GBC), Yadunanadana Swami, Kripamoya Prabhu, Jayanta Prabhu, Patita Pavana Prabhu, Gundica Prabhu, Caitanya Candra, Nityananda Prabhu (from Portugal) and others great devotees. We were talking about how we can join the Yatra in Spain through three ways: Training, communication and congregational development.

The 8^th August I went to do sankirtan with Jaramara Haridas, and Krisna gave me his mercy and I distribute my first book of Srila Prabhupada (Science of Self Realization). It was very hard for me, because I have a very strong mind and I wanted to control the situation, but Krisna said: “No!!!!!!!!, I’m the Supreme Controller and you’re my servant”. So, when I said: “Ok, take the control” came to me a philosophy professor, he listened me and took the book I gave him. I finally had to say: “My Lord, You are the Supreme Controller, and I’m your fool servant. You are the Knowledge”.

In Madrid Temple, well (+/-). Tomorrow in the morning Jayanta prabhu sent his demission letter and now it open a time of reflection for all devotees. From here I want to give my humble obeisances to Jayanta prabhu for his service during last thirteen last years. I’m very grateful to him and to all devotees of the Madrid’s Yatra. I think so we must reflect on what we did right or wrong. We must be closer, chant together, take responsibility for the services in the temple and we should be friends and best devotees. All together. We must think which is what Srila Prabhupada wants and how can we serve him and Krisna in the Madrid’s Temple, following the GBC guide in the administration organize and the Guru instructions in the spiritual develop.

              HpS - ASA - It is very hard to appreciate Jayanta Das' service enough. He has given his life for ISKCON Madrid.

Carcika d.d and me are fine, following our daily Sadhana, chanting, etc, working in Bhaktivedanta Spanish Institute and waiting for temple open to serve there. Krisna has the control over Madrid city and we only can serve Him and Him devotees, what else can we do?.

We are thinking about to go to India in November-December for two weeks. Maybe one week in Mayapur and the other one in Vrindavan or two weeks in Vrindavan. I would like you give us your blessing to do that, and I would want to know what are you thinking about our travel program.

              HpS - AGTSP.  If you can go with devotees to Mayapura, Vrndavana, that is nice, buy is important to go to visit those Holy Places. Our travel plans we will put in the DTC in just a few minutes. 

Thank you for all Gurudev, I keep at your Lotus feet.

Your humble servant Dandava Das.

      HpS - ASA -  Please just go ahead as you are. Have a little patience, but we can expect rapid progress!   Please offer our obeisances to Jayanta Das if you see him!!

Querido Gurudev: Pamho. TgSP y sus seguidores fieles.

Espero que se encuentre bien de salud cuando reciba este mensaje y lamento mucho que se haya visto involucrado en "problemas" ? caseros.

Nosotros estamos esperando la llegada del bebé y yo, ya me estoy acostumbrando a vivir con las molestias en la espalda........"asasvatam dukhalayam". La naturaleza material es algo divino. Está claro que Krisna es el Creador Supremo.

En cuanto al Templo de Madrid le diré que me alegro mucho de ver la carta de Sananda y Bhadra Vardhana y saber que hay un grupo de unos diez devotos dispuestos a comprometerse. Para mí a llegado el momento de dar un paso atrás para que ellos puedan tomar responsabilidad y trabajar con tranquilidad. Ahora tendré que dedicar mas tiempo a la vida familiar. Tanto Purnamasi como yo trabajamos y con dos niños pequeños tendremos que aportar los dos una parte importante de nuestro tiempo.

Gracias por la valiosa ayuda que nos presta y lamento que haya tenido que estar, de alguna manera, en ansiedad por nuestras propias miserias.

Sin más se despide

su sirviente

              HpS - Jaya. TlgaSP.  Pfanrh.....    Nuevo Vaisnava, Jaya!        Espero tambien su cuerpo es mejor....   Estamos bien aqui.   Honestamente los desafios administrativos que yo veo de mi perspective de Madrid no son mal. Hay la misma en casi cualquire proyecto (de ISKCON) en esta mundo. Para devotos, como Vd esta indicando en su carta, es bueno. Yo pienso todos son dignos de respeto por sus esfuerzas (Monocito y Puerquecito tambien) y adelantamos....   Hay muchos, muchos, mas desafilos como convertir participar directamente con Krsna y Arjuna en la proxima vida, no?

Cuando viene la Bebe????????

Aun hay programa para ninos Domingo?

Hare Krsna, Victor.  We have deleted the letter, but it did not seem anything too confidential. Please excuse our mistake. Mostly we publish whatever comes to the Blog, so you can use a pseudonym or generalize offerings and then we can give a general response.  Thank you!!

AGTSP

All Glories to Sri Sri Radha Krsna!<img alt="" src="http://hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/40.gif" title="" />

All Glories to Sri Sri Goura Nitay!<img alt="" src="http://hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/40.gif" title="" />

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!<img alt="" src="http://hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/40.gif" title="" />

Please accept my humble obeisances!

Guru Maharaja, first of all thank You for your quick response and for Your time. <img alt="" src="http://hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/01.gif" title="" />

In relation to what you're asking me, I think I made drafting mistakes: Oscar lives in Santiago de Chile, he's Paudram Das’s brother (*** Paudram returned to Chile after years in Mexico).

             HpS - ASA -  Jaya!   Very nice for Paudram Das also.   AGTSP... paoho..

In other hand, I commented You that we are moving forward on a project to bring Radhanath Swami to Chile in some time. Radhanath Swami is Oscar’s Guru. Just we have something concrete on the project, I will tell You.

I checked your list of disciples and found that the date of the fire ceremony that took first initiation Dhanistha dd, Guna Manjari dd, Raga Sindhu das, Sripati das and I, appears as 2009 Mar 8, but it was actually 2009 Mar 7. I remember it well.

            HpS - ASA - Just testing to see if you were alert!   On your recommendation we will change it.

Excuse my bad English, and to waste Your time with this sort of thing. 

16R +4P + to improve in the worship of Sri Sri Gaura Nitai.

I hope your health is improving, and has a beautiful celebration of Balarama Purnima.<img alt="heart" src="http://hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/heart.gif" title="heart" /><img alt="" src="http://hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/40.gif" title="" />

My most respectful obeisances.

Your aspiring disciple,

Kriya Sakti d.d. <img alt="" src="http://hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/37.gif" title="" /><img alt="" src="http://hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/38.gif" title="" /><img alt="" src="http://hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/a39.gif" title="" />

             HpS - Jaya!   Thank you for your letter...  We put some more news in the DTC.