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Hare Krsna Por favor acepte mis más humildes y respetuosas reverencias Todas las glorias sean a Srila Prabhupada Estimado Hanumat Presaka Swami Maharaja Hoy desperté en éxtasis recordando que soñé con usted, y como hace bastante q no le escribo, me pareció una buena oportunidad para comentarle el pasatiempo.... Usted estaba de visita en Mar del Plata dando unas conferencias en un encuentro parecido al de la última vez pero no recuerdo bien los tópicos. En ese momento yo me encontraba estudiando para rendir el examen de iniciación que usted iba a tomarme, y recibí la misericordia del servicio de trasladarlo a usted en automóvil. Auspiciaba de chofer y lo llevaba adonde necesitara. Claro que siempre íbamos entre devotos y escuchando sus nectáreas palabras, pero recuerdo puntualmente una ocasión, en la q usted me ayudaba con los temas del examen y me daba la instrucción de recaudar fondos para hacer un viaje en el 2014 a Europa del Este. Allí se llevaría a cabo un encuentro de todos los gurus de ISKCON y usted quería que yo este ahí. Lo recuerdo tan claro Maharaja....fue un néctar!! Es la primera vez q me sucede y le aseguro q me hizo comenzar el día muy entusiasmada. Respecto a mi Sadhana, voy muy bien. Con mucho entusiasmo. Cantando la mitad de las rondas antes de las diez am y el resto a lo largo del día. Se qué no es suficiente, q debería cantar las 16 antes de las diez, pero también se que por el momento es lo que puedo hacer y no quiero entrar en ansiedad. Estoy adorando a Tulasi, lo que me reconforta mucho. Si puedo le enviaré una foto para q la conozca. Hoy por la mañana le corté la mayoría de los Manjaris así los reparto entre los devotos del yatra. Deseo que se encuentre muy bien de salud. Le envío mis más humildes, afectuosas y respetuosas reverencias desde Mar del Plata. Ojalá pueda servirlo personalmente pronto. Su aspirante a sirviente, Bhaktina Juliana

              HpS -   Jaya!   TlgaSP!     pfanrh.....  Muy buen carta.  No se que significa el sueno pero es bueno asociar, pero esperamos que en sueno como alerta Krsna esta occupando Vd. en servicio muy cotidiano (actual).  Donde esta, BsAs???    Por seguir los principios y cantar 16 rondas y adorar a tulasi un desarrollar poderes misticos fuertes.  claro el mas gran es compacer a Krsna en Vrndavana.

All Glories to Sri Sri Gaura Nitai
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada
All Glories to you!
All Glories to devotees

Hare Krsna Guru Maharaja!
I miss so much your and the devotees association in Japa Meditation, but is so hard for me waking up at 3.30Am to join in Japa Joe, before go to work. Krsna Consciousness is so exigent! And I’m so busy because of Krsna’s mercy. I try to not loose my time and doing always something for Krsna, oh Gurudev! Is so difficult stay consciousness all day all days. Sometimes I feel like a machine, without feelings and doing things because I have to be a good disciple a good person, because without effort there's no goal. The Krsna Consciousness is the process and the aim at the same time. Now I'm trying to redirect my wishes to Krsna.
I keep studying the Bhagavad Gita in BS. One day a week I stay in the temple to do Mangala Aratik, once a month, participate in Dasanudasa Fest decoration, 4 principles, and almost all days 16 rounds, sorry for that, worshiping SriSriNitaiGauraNataraja ans Srila Prabhupada. I have a dream, you was here and tell me “who not chant the rounds, is not my disciple” and your look was so deep to my eyes, that dream was great GM! I can realize in my heart your huge effort to keep us consciousness, Thanks, thanks thanks!

With my partner, like you ask me in my previous letter, strive and strive. Both have a strong personality and sometimes is difficult for us understand and support each other. Is not easy give to a person exactly what it wants. We keep living with our families, and we’re not talking about marriage yet. We are engaged right now and like four years together. The Grhasta Asrama got many lessons hidden. And sometimes we’re overwhelmed because of that.

Thanks for ask about that and for take care about me GuruMaharaja. You’re so important in my life, everyday I offer my obeisances to your holy lotus feet. AGTSP.
Please keep teaching and showing the correct way. You are the object of my vision, because of your mercy I can aspire to be a dust atom of Srila Prabhupada's feet. Jaya Srila Prabhupada! Jaya Hanumat Presaka Swami.

Your fool but determined servant.

RatiManjari Devi Dasi.

            HpS - ASA -  Jaya!   AGTSP........   paoho.  Thank you your letter.  Srila Rupa Goswami says in the NOD that in the beginning there is a tendency to impersonalism. We try to give up our attachment to the personal reflection in the mirror, then we don't yet have personal relation with Krsna, devotees. So don't be too distubed by this. Try to chant you rounds with feeling. It will happen soon.

           You need to get all your rounds done, even if you have to keep a register of how many you are behind. You promised Him you would do it. Don't break you promise. Of course, eventually you will see perfectly that whatever strength you have if you give it chanting 16-nice rounds then you will get the greatest benefit for every other aim by doing that.

Krsna will never punish us for chanting 16-nice rounds. Hari bolo!   Have fun with Krsna!!!!

                               Su tonto discípulo, Anandamaya das.

Hare Krishna Gurudeva.
Please accept my respectful obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Excuse me for not writing sooner. We know from the KD that's fine,
we all (Karuna, Sita, Arjuna, and I) are good, struggling to follow your instructions.
 
Gurudeva, last Saturday Temple Board Chosica us that the National Board approved Peruvian Yatra integrate two new members to the Board of Temple Chosica: Ekacakra and Anandamaya das Prabhu.
As you know, some time ago they (the Board and senior devotees Chosica) are asking for my support, but I had been reluctant to order.
Now I have accepted, despite my lack of time and my ineptitude. The ideal would have been to first ask to you that you think. But I do not because here are fickle anime proposals and I would not even bother with something that did not happen.
   Dear Gurudeva, later still would like to know sincerely think you? This my new service. Without their blessings there a successful plan. Waiting for your reply.
 
                                Your silly disciple Anandamaya days.

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Estimado Discipulo Tonto,
TlgaSP. Pfanrh....   Como su Consejero Tonto puedo decir que aparece muy bien para nosotros. 1) Las cosas importantes que esperan la demas y Vds en la relacion tiene que ser escrito con firma de todos,  2) Tiene que ser un compromiso para un tiempo fijado, por ejemplo vamos a trabajar con miembro de la Junta con 1-hora cada semana de reuniones y dos horasa de trabajo personal HASTA fin del Deciembre esta ano. En esta fecha podemos pensar en como mejor el servicio y continuar para mas tiempo o dejar el servicio.

O.K?    Piensa es buena idea?  Tiene que realizar un revolucion para Krsna en Chosika!!!

          AGTSP    paoho....   It's 1.24AM.    We have 6-minutes before we start Japa Joe. We are in Srivasa Pandita Das' home/ashrama in Fremont (San Francisco) California.  Our health is fine for a 65-year old ass.       We are doing all kinds of Bhakti-vaibhava and MED programs here.  Again it has been very,  very busy!   We have 1 week and 6 days worth of letters to answer.  Today we should get to them!

Yesterday we got up for Japa joe at 1.12AM.  Washed, water, cherrys, Japa-joe, 30-minute nap, yahoo mail, mangala arati, unexpected trip wit Srivasa to Vaisesika Das home and read Radhika's book, left it with Vais, talked with him about ed. dev, b'fast, little nap, more mail to rama giridharai about goloka education, to berkeley with sridhara, 2-hours with lokanatha das, drive 3-hours, little K'video, take rest!!!

OK>   Japa Joe!!!    Thank you!

All Glories to Sri Sri Goura-Nitay
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada
All Glories to H.H. Hanumatpresaka Swami

Please accept my most humble obeisance

Hare Krsna Guru Maharaja, I hope that your health is acceptable and you are finally getting some rest. My name is Ignacio González, from Valparaíso.

             ASA - AGTSP....  We remember you Ignacio.  Your wife, baby and cat!

Now I´m writing to give you some news about the seminars that we have been arranging for your visit in November to Valparaíso, Chile.

We have being organizing at two universities:

1.       With the Santa Maria University (UTFSM), but we haven´t got any answer from them yet… we will keep trying. Anyway this has been the modus operandi for the last 2 years.

2.       We have confirmed a seminar in the Pontifical Catholic’s university of Valparaiso (PUCV) about “el cantar de cantares”. Will attend 3 theologian teachers from the university, to discuss different aspects of the seminar. Here are the links so you can see their curriculums:

a.       Dr. Kamel Harire https://www.dropbox.com/s/au82iix07diyc2k/Curr%C3%ADculum%20%20Kamel%20Harire.doc

b.      Dr. Gonzalo Ulloa https://www.dropbox.com/s/td09udtnrwcev68/Curr%C3%ADculum%20Gonzalo%20Ulloa.doc

c.       Dr. Juan Daniel Escobar https://www.dropbox.com/s/r34qaxsalvbfjgc/Curriculum%20Vitae%20Juan%20Escobar%20%281%29.doc

All public (60) will be university students of this and other universities. Also will be invited different academicians of the university.

The people of the university ask us for a little summary of the presentation for advertising in the university, and also for the theologian teachers that will discuss with you because they want to prepare themselves for you. In addition, do we have an official name for this presentation?

That´s all for now. Anything that concerns, worries or bothers you please let me know, so I can try to repair the situation.

Your lousy servant
Ignacio

              HpS - AGTSP.   AGAIN.    We are still not sure that we are coming to South America this year.  After we get back to Nashville and settle down for a few months and WRITE then we will know for sure.   But this work on Song of Songs is very, very useful.   The title will be The Song of Songs of Solomon and the Bhakti-rasa-amrta of Srila Rupa Goswami.  Is tha O.K?   You have to keep writing about this and talking to us and see that the work is going on.   It seems 87.332% we will be there as planned and 97.11% that any work we do will be published and even if we don't attend the seminar can go on with great enthusiasm.

All Glories to Sri Sri Goura Nitay
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada
All Glories to you Gurudev and please accept my humble obeisances to your lotus feet’s    ASA- HpS - AGTSP, P-nut butter feet.

This is my first English letter so if I have any mistakes please forgive me…..I know that it’s been a while since the last time I sent  you a letter Gurdev….I decide to returned to La Paz (Bolivia)….I enjoyed the time I spent in Buenos Aires but I think that be near my family and friends It’s going to be better  for me….I learned a lot of things from the devotees that I met….It was a pleasure for me to visit the temple there….Now here in La Paz I’ll continue to do Sankirtana and I want to do some service in the temple so please send me your blessings Gurudev.

           HpS - ASA -  Soooooo nice to hear from you.  Sooo nice!

I have some questions to you Gurudev:

1.       Here at home we have a Krsna-Balarama deities but They got broken so we don’t know what to do with Them…what we should do Gurudev?

            ASA - If you can fix them well then you can still worship Them.  Otherwise They can take rest under a tree in the forest.

2.       Which form of Lord Krsna we should worship?...I ask this because I met a lot of devotees and everyone feels a different attraction for Krsna…Some devotees for Radha-Krsna, another one for Jagannatha Baladev and Suvadra, and I feel a strong attraction for Krsna-Balarama.

               ASA - Srila Prabhupada and Gaura-Nitai and ... The Jagannatha or Radha Krsna are O.K.   Your feelings!

3.       Maharaja I have some doubts about the Japa….It’s the same to chant with a Tulasi’s Japa?....When we’re chanting Japa the schedule of the day it’s important??

             ASA - Yes......   Really the 16-rounds should be on a regular Mala like Prabhupada and our acharyas have used.

I hope your health it’s going well

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada

All Glories to you Gurudev

Hare Krsna

            HpS - In the DTC's we put our health, location and work news.  It is so nice to hear from you.   Your English is fine.  Will you do more formal study?