Letters to the editor

Hare Krisna Maharaja:

JMHD writing you from Madrid.

Actually living in my own apartment in Madrid.

30 Minutes by subway from the temple

50 minutes walking

25 biking

Actually sharing with Bhakta Marcos and Bhaktin Marta

Basiclly working trying to finish my debts with the Bank (around 9000 $)

Travelling alot with the dogs.

              ASA - AGTSP.  paoho (Woof!    Woof!)

The 3 of us chanting 16 rounds and 4 regs.

                          ASA - But no the dogs.  Just Prasadam and Kirtan

Waiting for Bhaktin Laksmi to arrive in a couple of weeks.

We live in a simple basement-apartment with a big park on the front.

We can park at any time with no problem so that save us a lot of time.

My expirience with the temple has been very strong and emotional.

3 wonderful months sharing with Gaura Nitay and the devotees.

I am very happy but also really realy down of energy.

            ASA - That's O.K.   The happy part is the most important the second half is a fact we have to deal with: Rain, Snow, Weak, Strong... just make a practical adjustment.

I closed my company in the north, closed my house, left my child with my parents and just jump in the temple.

Ok now I have to take it easy and establish my self in an organic way.

            ASA - Seems O.K.   We jump start the stop heart but then we go to more gentle methods.

First thing is to consolidate my sadana and my team sadana (Marcos, Marta and Laksmi if she finally arrive)

Second consolidate my personal relation with Madrid devotees

third quit my debts

My son vrindavan is coming soon and probably will stay july and agost.

We are trying to develope some kind of tribe.

              ASA - Haya!    Haya!

We are getting some income from the traveldog thing but want to start distribuiting SP books. 

We do want to establish loving relation with the temple and authorities but think that right now is best for us to stay outside and try to help from outside.

Conclusion:
Trying to understand our selfs and develope a personal and team plan for serving SP and change the world.

Is a great mercy to be your disciple.

It is a great mercy to meet Sp.

Thanks for all your help

Woul be nice to read Jayantas conclusions about love.

Yes I agree authority job is a hard job and they need extra love and care.

I hope he gets enough love and also Jagat Mohan.

They are doing a great service in Madrid.

Of course they could do things better, all of us can do better.

That is to live, to constantly improve the cuality an cuantity of our service to the lord.

I hope that by your merci all the devotees in Madrid willl find Love and the clue to cooperate in a lovely mood.

Will continue

Haribol

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Jara Mara Hari Das

             ASA - HpS --- This letter makes us sooo happy Mr. JMHDas!!  Respects to all your tribe and we do hope to hear the next news!!!!    Seems you are on the right path!!!  Very much on it.  Seems you have improved 665%

Hare Krishna Dear guru maharaj

Please accept my humble obesciences. All glories to Srila Prabhupad. 

I am in two minds maharaj, one side there is a stong desire to take formal initiation and another side I am worried about fall down after taking initiation. I am able to curb the Onion and Garlic right now, but in case after couple of years if i fall down that, Is'nt it  more sinfull then failure at this time.

Please guide me maharaj

your aspiring servant

Nataraj

            HpS - ASA - AGTSP!!  In NOI (3 I think) Prabhupada comments that devotional service is not a matter of sentimental speculation or imaginative ecstacy, but practical activity in the foreground of spiritual life. So, we make a practical investigation: Will this bridge hold up?  Yes, under expected conditions.

Of course, if there is an earthquake and one end of the bridge falls into the Pacific Ocean then no one criticizes the bridge maker for insufficient bridge.  If you test yourself under basic conditions and you can follow now, then you are ready for formal initiation.  You are not responsible for un-predictable situations.

Hare Krishna Dear Guru maharaj

Please accept my humble obesciences, All glories to Srila Prabhupad.

I am having a hard time leaving Onion Garlic, Even if I avoid them for couple of days, I feel like I am depriving myself of somethng that I love. Please forgive me for occassional offences. I dont have confidence that I can maintain the strictness in food all life long. When I dont eat it, I feel like I am depriving myself.

      HpS - ASA - AGTSP   paoho.   Why???  Is it an emotional need?  Does it allow you access to friends?  Does your body go hay-wire without it???   Let us solve this problem for the 65-people who have the same problem and who are reading our exchange!  You are talking about it so you get more mercy than they do!   "The ducks that come closer get more bread!"

your aspiring servant
Nataraj

Hare Krishna Dear guru maharaj

Please accept my humble obesciences. All glories to Srila Prabhupad. I will be visiting India from July 12th for couple of days. When I am at home my rounds suffer because of visiting relatives or friends and travel. I will try to complete them when I come back. I have been fairly successfull in avoiding onion and garlic. As I am car pooling until next week, I didnt goto temple for last 2 weeks. I will start going back to temple from next week onwards.

Your aspiring servant

Nataraj

            HpS - ASA - AGTSP  paho.   Get up early and get your rounds done (then take a nap later).   Your rounds, can mean four a day or 16 or 64/day. Different for differnet folk.  Tel yourself, "This year I will make a little progress over last year's visit to India. I will be better association for my family. I will chant XX (eg. four) rounds/day".

You have more letters.  We look at them.

          A G T S P !
         (((paoho)))
Here we are in ISKCON Boise, Idaho. It was a long hard journey from Denver, Colorado, but we made it. Ananta-rupa Das and Radhika and Gopala, Prabhu Yadubara Das, Panda-vijaya and Adrian are here with other devotees, family, from Vrndavana, Utah, Seattle etc.   We worked like cross-eyed beavers to get our Power Point show on Jagannatha Rathyatra ready for last night . It is posted at the Web-page (4.7MB) and the semi-final revision of Japa Joe (6.4MB) also:

         www.jayarama.us/archives/jagannatha-rathayatra-boise.pptx

         www.jayarama.us/archives/japa-joe.pptx

Now we are getting ready to leave for Rathayatra at 9AM. It is 8.08AM now. We have 17/26 rounds done.

We answer some letters.

We have a packed schedule:
~Today Ratha from 9AM-1PM. Arati-Prasadam (Class?) 1-3PM. Evening Program [Yadubara Prabhu]
~Friday - SB AM with Evening Program by M. Visaka DD 
~Saturday - SB by Srivasa Pandita Das; Picnic - Taking Jagannatha to Vrndavana Forest by HpS; EP Yadubara Prabhu.
~Sunday - Lecture: Appearance of BvThakura by 11AM by ASA.

Things to Do:
1. Sastric Educational Development for Sesa Das and Vraja-bihari Das.
2. MED Web-page with Dinadayal and Rama-giridhari Das
3.1 NIOS - Primary School Franchise Development with Rama-giridhari Das
3. 2 NIOS - Dr. Bandyopadhaya
4. Bh.Vai for San Jose.

5. Stuff on the Calendar each day (like Hawaii Class!).

-gloria a sri guru y gauranga !!!

-gloria a sri sri rsdha-vrindavanacandra !!!

-gloria a jagadguru srila prabhupada !!!

-gurudev srila hanumatpresak swami ki jay ho !!!

-estimado guru-ji,hanumatpresak swami,espero que se encuentre bien,de salud fisica dentro del cuerpo en el que se encuentra ahora.ya que su cuerpo espiritual no es afectado por la cobertura externa.

-en este ultimo tiempo adquiri una govardhana-sila, la cual es lo que estoy adorando como deidad personal.tengo entendido que esta en el humor de sri sri radha-krishna de vraja-dham.siguiendo sus instrucciones,estudiando en profundidad los significado de srila prabhupada,entendi por su misericordia y al amparo de radharani como guru,la cual es la unica  que con su amor satisface los deseos del señor krishna.que la mejor manera de poder tener una relacion con krishna es bajo la direccion de sri radhe,en el humor del madhurya-rasa.

-por otro lado se dice que somos eternos sirvientes de la suprema personalidad de dios.la pregunta seria de que dios? krishna como vishnu? sirvientes de un rey..?

eso seria en bhakti-yoga? reglas y regulaciones...

y por otra parte tengo entendido que el señor krishna cuando quiere algo de sus devotos el mismo se convierte en el sirviente, y la relacion con el devoto cambia. como por ejemplo sanatana goswami con madhana-mohana la relacion con la deidad.si queres sal anda a buscarla vos,la deidad pedia,pedia y sanatana dijo vasta.! mi guru me dijo que siguiera este sadhana y vos me queres hacer mover.

en madhurya-rasa esta incluido la servidumbre,eso se puede ver en los amantes,en una pareja se manifieta,todos los rasa.

sri caitanya mahaprabhu pregunto : " de todas las melosidades, ¿cual consideras la mejor? ". raghupati upadhyaya contesto:" la melosidad del amor conyugal es la mas sublime".

-otra pregunta ,el bhakti-yoga es secundario en relacion con el madhurya-rasa?

bhakti-yoga:,uno se relaciona como sirviente de krishna?,mientras que madhurya-rasa uno se relaciona como amante del señor krishna?.

-por favor mi querido gurudev,humildemente podria ayudarme, en este momento de mi vida espiritual a llegar a relacinarme como un amante de sri krishna y no como sirviente.yo se que el guru original es srimati radharani y ella se manifiesta en el guru.

desde ya muchas gracias.atentamente su bienqueriente sriman pankajanghri das.

radhe,radhe,radhe!!!

HpS - ASA -  TlgaSP.  Pfanrh.   Ooof!   Tan muchos temas.  Buenos pero deficil responder a todos.   1) Honestamente adoracion de Giriraja es muy peligroso de una manera.  Cuidado.  SI ya hace 2-3 anos desde su 2nd iniciacion, entonces posible es bueno.  cuidado. es un hecho, si Giriraja es molestado con el servicio puede reaccioar violently como un nino pequeno y causar muerte, destruccion de casa, riqueza, fama y salud.

De otro manera su sigue bien todo es adoracion muy bueno.

2) No puedo entender MUY BIEN los detalles de sus preguntas, y hay muchos. Como nos entendimos primer cosa notar es que Prabhupada dijo que aun los Gopis, cuando impieza ver a Krsna, vean a sus pies de loto.

Si quiero un edificio de un piso. Muy bien, la fundacion puede ser simple. Pero, si quiero un edificio de 45 pisos, si quiere levantar a nivel de los labios de Krsna necesita una fundacion super.  No hay nada mejor en Santa-rasa como los Gopis, en Dasya-rasa, en Sakhya-rasa.

Si, podemos apreciar y participar un poco en Madhurya-rasa desde la comenza por la misericordia del Senor Caitanya.

Srila Prabhupada mentiona Madhuya rasa en la Introduccion al Upadesamrta?  Como?

Esta bien comenza?

Mejor enviar una pregunta simple, profundo y podemos responder.

Siempre estuve feliz para nosotros visitar a Gupta Vrndavana.  Hay cosas super de Gupta vrndavana, leccion para todo el mundo, y tambien areas para mejorar??