Letters to the editor

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada & All Glories to Sri Sri Goura & Nitay

Please accept my humbles obeisances

Hare Krsna dear Gurudeva, my english it´s no so good, but i´m learning, and i was thinking maybe this can make more easy to you your service. In this special day of ekadasi i want to thank you for answer my letters in spite of the inconveniences of the body. These letters are fundamental in my life.

I and my husband are living in Santigo, in house of my father for while, we are trying to adore the deities step by step. Senior devotees some of them give us advices about how  to do it in the house. The experience of have deities has been of great help to sing better rounds and follow the four principles.

We are distributing books together, and my service in the temple still is the festival of sankirtan in paseo ahumada, in this time we have done the same program in other such cities as Viña del mar, los Andes and Rancagua. I will send photos.

The next saturday the festival of sankirtan  will be with prabhu aravinda, he comes from Mexico for one week  and it is going to go.

I continue taking the course bhakti sastri with prabhu param padam.

Gurudev please excuses my offenses and thank you again for always giving  us your shelter

Fernanda Leiva.

                  HpS -  AGTSP... Paoho.    So, nice to here from you Prabhu...   Yes, for Grhastha worship of the Deity is essential.  You are so lucky you seem to have good past credits, good husband, good father.  Now you just need good sons, ja, ja, ja.       Yet, you really need to have a good Guru most of all. Prabhupada is offering himself,so take advantage.  Get fixed in the standard for initited devotees as soon as possible or Maya's waves will be very strong and may even push us away from Krsna for some time or for some lives!!!          O.K?                        Send progress report!

Hare Krishna

Pampho       

AgtSP

well, i met KC since june 2010 through  Srila Prabhupada Book! Sri Isopanisad, it was a gift from a friend. i think i read it about 5 or 6 times, i was really atracted, even though i was so covered for intoxication that i didnt understood too much... i continued reading it and searching for more books, then it appeared beyond birth and death, and i found Sankarsan Das Adhikari web page backtohome.com and i started to chant Hare Krishna 1 round each day, and offered in the morning some vegetables to Krishna, but i added onion XD.

then i think Krishna wanted to send some help to me so he sent a sankirtana traveling party to Cuernavaca, i started to go with them to morning programs in the house they were renting, then going to sankirtan with them, and for the end of that week, i was following 4 reg principles, chanting 16 rounds and joined the sankirtana party,(that was for Srila Prabhupada's Marathon 2010) we finish that marathon at the mexico temple, there i met you for the first time, i still have with me the upadesamrta that you signed for me :D i read it from time to time to remember the goal of KC and the point where im situated right now. after that i returned to my home; 3 months later i joined Mexico temple, and as i wrote in the letter Aravinda Prabhu send to you i went to many diferent services for 2 years, and then this year in february i came to Cueramaro to keep my growth under Aravinda Prabhu's advice and serving the BBT.

Actually im working on the front and back matters of Srimad Bhagavatam in the re-printing project.

i wold really like to have your guidance and instructions about Sankirtana, because, even if i would like to keep on book distribution my whole life with your blessings, i know this body is not lasting at all, so i want to learn all kinds of sankirtana we can do so we can keep serving Srila Prabhuada. Also theres some subjects about Srimad Bhagavatam i would like to ask you maybe you can give me some cuotations that i can study, if you like.

Maharaja, im so sorry that i cannot write with more details, but right now we took 4 days for traveling sankirtana and we are in guanajuato right now, i took a few minuts, but i have to keep on the service. i ask for your blessings so all the peopple here can have the greatest chance in the life, the chance to go back to home, back to Godhead. (BTW. we broke ekadasi, the whole group forgot that today was ekadasi, we are so sorry, tomorrow we will fast grains on dvadasi, is there anything else we can do?)

Aravinda Prabhu once told us, the precious time of the spiritual master is paid trought a precious coin: the submissive surrender to his instructions, so remembering that, i just want to ask you help me to get the attraction to surrender fully so i can pay your un-valuable time and mercy.

Your still-trying aspiring servant

Bh. Christian. 

               HpS - ASA -  Jaya, Srila Prabhupada.  Thank you so, so much for your history. If we eat grains on Ekadasi we should also honor  grain Prasadam on Dvadasi and then fast on Trayodasi, the day after.  It is not good to miss Ekadasi!                 Different kinds of Sankirtana, our personal Sankirtan, will develop with time and also with asociacion. Look for people with whom you can asociate in diferent kinds of Sankirtana.   Prabhupda also encouraged restaurants that had book distribution arrangement.  Asociacion, Sankirtan-gurus, partners.

Our respects to Aravind and everyone.  We will be back in North America on June 1st.  Thank you so much for your association.               For studying SB we have an entire three year course, but I think what you are doing with Aravinda Das probably super!

Todas las glorias a usted GuruMaharaja

Por favor acepte mis humildes y repetuosas reverencias 

Hay días en los que cantamos un poco más de 16 rondas lo que aun nos sigue costando es la concentración, cuando nos damos cuenta solo estamos cantando en automatico que podemos hacer para no caer en la mente?

             ASA -   TlgaSP.   Pfanrh.  Podemo simplamente esforzar mejorar.  Try to control the mind, intenta controlar la mente como en cualquire esfuerza, pero el processo, mangala arati, SB, servir ISKCON de Srila Prabhupada es super purificacion para desarrollla un atraccion espontaneo para Japa etc.

los 4 principios van bien, seguimos leyendo la Bhagavad- Gita. 

Hace algunas semanas fui a un taller sobre equidad de genero y la ponente explicó que vivimos en una sociedad en donde no hay equidad, donde la mujer queda en segundo termino, yo le dije que la naturaleza de la mujer era servir a los demás que tenia un instinto materno, la ponente me dijo que no existe tal institnto materno que todo es impuesto por la sociedad en que vivimos. Maharaja yo se que el mundo material esta muy degradado,  usted me podria explicar la función verdadera de la mujer en la sociedad y principalmente en conciencia de krishna?

          ASA - http://vedabase.com/es/sb/1/9/27 

                Stri-dharma

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Women and men both Gate-way to hell  sb.3.31.42 *****<o:p></o:p>

Lord Caitanya, Young girls doing puja, want husband, double dealings, polygamy CC 1.14.55<o:p></o:p>

ksatriyas and grhasthas need support of wife, SB 5.1.29 p<o:p></o:p>

ladies should not be kings, SB 4.16.23 p<o:p></o:p>

polyandry allowed only in special cases, SB 4.30.17 p<o:p></o:p>

polygamy is preferable to adultery, SB 4.26.6 p<o:p></o:p>

Sati acts like an ordinary woman attached to her parents, SB 4.3-4<o:p></o:p>

Urvasi instructs that the heart of a woman is like that of a fox, SB 9.14.36<o:p></o:p>

women are naturally soft-hearted, SB 4.5.9<o:p></o:p>

women attracted to strong men, SB 4.25.42<o:p></o:p>Le agradesco su atención para con esta alma caida y condicionada , y le ruego disculpe mis ofensas

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S/A Biographys of Ladies<o:p></o:p>

Cry easily SB 1.15.11<o:p></o:p>

Civil widow she becomes when husband becomes sannyasa, SB 1.13.30<o:p></o:p>

Oriental civilization, Ornaments, fully covered (disguised), sleep not head north or west, other women, sunrise or sunset, etc. 6.18.50<o:p></o:p>

Diti Plans to Kill Indra, pumsavana-vrata. ***** 6.18.22-52<o:p></o:p>

Attract men to the lower part of their body. ISKCON - Simple profession and dress. ***** 6.5.14<o:p></o:p>

Priyavrata Maharaja (everyone) empowered by his wife. SB 5.1.29<o:p></o:p>

Six months baby drinks milk of mother, gets qualities of mother. 5.2.21<o:p></o:p>

Visnu-priya as Sannyasini, one grain each round.  ***** 4.23.20<o:p></o:p>

Mother gives son to Visnu and gets benefit. 4.12.34<o:p></o:p>

Srimati Svarvithi. All good qualities for lady. 4.13.12<o:p></o:p>

NIOS, SB3.23.1<o:p></o:p>

No sannyasa, SB3.24.40<o:p></o:p>

Ladies well dressed -> Several purports. SB 4.3.4<o:p></o:p>

Tears ultimate weapon. SB 4.4.3<o:p></o:p>

Women soft hearted, men sometimes hard hearted. SB 4.4.7<o:p></o:p>

Prostitution, Krsna Enters Dvaraka sb 1.11.19<o:p></o:p>

Step-mothers, Krsna Enters Dvaraka sb1.11.27<o:p></o:p>

Krsna Enters Dvaraka, Dharma of Queens, Mothers, Don’t dress nice when husband is away.  Embracing SB1.11<o:p></o:p>

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Sati SB 1.13.56 

Su aspirante a sirviente 

Bhaktin Linda Janeth 

    ASA -  Oink!   Oink!   Whoop!    Whoop!    TlgaSP.  Super oir su Japa en Japa Joe por la manana.  Tiene mucho trabajo essential realizar en esta vida no desviajes!

Hare Krsna Respected Guru Maharaj,
    Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
    All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
    All glories to Guru parampara.

    My applogy for delay.

    Gurudev, Actually i have had 'aparada bodth' for i did not come to meet you on your
    February 2013 trip in Kolkata, Mayapur. I was in Pune for new temple opening
    ceremony at that time to serve devotee. I had service at shoes stand for two days.

                HpS - ASA -  AGTSP...   paoho.  Wonderful.   You know that Krsna did something like that at the Raja-suya sacrifice, no?

    Due to this 'aparada bodth', i have not entered into the new temple till today. I have
    not took darshan of new deity till today. Myself is not allowing me to pardon myself
    because as i understand, Guru is ultimate & Guru is more important then Lord.

    It may be a small incident but it is not allowing me to pardon myself. And due to this i
    was not writting in blog.

    But when you called me on 30 April 2013 at 8:12 AM (Indian Time) in the morning to
    know about me. I was Speechless. There was tears in my eyes. Your call given me lots
    of unwordable things.

    Guru Dev, only you can pardon me.
    
    Report:
    1. Four-regulative principles as usual.
    2. Chanting our fixed rounds.
    3. Study - BG, NOI, 'Parsad of lord chatinya' - Every day one character, Padmapuran,
        Sansipt-Brama-Baivartpuran, (Body & I, Types of human - Study based on lectures).
    4. Bhakti Shastri not started yet. Waiting for new batch starting.
    5. Limited/Reduced temple activity.
    6. Temple visit 3-4 time a week. Discussion with temple bramachari (local temple
        shiksha guru ) on BG and other doubts.
    7. Still preparing topic for - Body & I.
       Remark - Topic contains formation of our body in this material world (as SB - 8
       elements and as per 'Sankhikyi' 24 elements). But not completed the topic yet. Need
       to do lot of works. Still study is going on.
    8. Every day, Mangal arti, Guru puja at room.
    9. Read your blog every day.
    10. Spend 9-10 hours at office in working days.
    11. Continuing learning Bengali.
    12. I am trying to focus more on Study rather temple activity.

    Please advise, how can i rapidly grow in KC. What to do?

your fallen servant,
Girivaradhari-Gopal Das

                HpS - We discussed your visit and had both decided that it was probably better for you to  stay in Pune for the Temple opening. I didn't take it as any kind of offense.   That we what we had planned.   I would liked to have seen you when we cam back from Australia, but ooof.  Honestly we were so, so busy with this work with Dr. Samaresh that we didn't have any time for anything else. Of course, maybe you could have visited us then and helped with that work, but I think that our little intelligence is working the best it can and Krsna's unlimited intelligence is making all the adjustments necessary to carry on His Sankirtana.                 Your lists look very nice.  We are working on Sankhya also and our next phase will be to get a copy of the Master's Thesis that Yadunandana Swami did when we get to Radha desa.   More news about Pune!

Por favor acepte mis humildes reverencias;TLGASP.

Gracias por contestar mi carta Maharaj;    Anka es el nombre que me puso mi padre al nacer; ( He born in Croatia), se el significado de Ankita(como me llaman algunos), significa la que lleva marcada los signos auspiciosos, segun he visto en el BG; quisiera saber Maharaj que significa Anka por favor. Por aqui en el PA, seguimos  con el Sadhana  y teniendo nuevos visitantes para los retiros espirituales , intentando servir a Guru y al Señor Krishna. Anka dasi

        HpS - ASA -   AGTSP...   Gracias...     "She who is marked with auspicious signs?"  Nuestra Espanol falta bastante.      Si eso es, Ella tiene tiene rasgos auspicioso, podemos interpretar como Radhika Devi!               Cuales son los fuentes de los contactos para los retiros espirituales?  Tiene nuevo pero?          Como estan los devotos??

Hare Krishna Maharaj,

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

Recently, we have seen your pictures Maharaj (posted from Mumbai) and you appear little weak. Please take care of your health Maharaj.

Maharaj, we have been following the 4 regulative principles and chanting minimum 16 rounds for past 4 years, attending Bhakti Vriksha every week, listening to lectures and reading Prabhupada books.

And we also attending the "Disciple Course (Bhaktivedanta online course)" and will be done in 3 more weeks.

We expressed our deeptest desire to take your shelter when you were in Richmond last September and it's been 8 months and we would like to request your permission to chant your "Pranam Mantra".

Radhika Raman Prabhu is here at our home and he can help us in this regard.

Awaiting for your Mercy.

Your humble servants,

-Srinivasa and Kameswari

               HpS - Jaya!     AGTSP...  So nice to hear from you Mr. Srinvasa of Richmond and esteemed family and esteemed friends.   You can see from the Kapi Dhvaja and the Blog that we are in Spain.    June 1st we are in USA and our cell phone should be working.           Plan is to visit Virginia en September.           ISKCON law is that you can start chanting the acharya's mantra when you are a formal aspirant. That just requires a letter of recomendation from your local Temple President or other person in that capacity.

We feel that any respect to us is like 99.999% due to Srila Prabhupada's miracle, sacrifice to make even a dog take part in his Sankirtana and dance in ecstacy.