Letters to the editor

HARE KRSNA DEAR GURUDEVA…

all glories to Srila Prabhupada and U!!! 

pamho  _____0_

hope u ar ok…

first of all I would like to apologize because I don’t write so often…

actually I feel more comfortable when talking to U on Skype

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Our sadhana (16R,4P, 4AM, worship, reading) is ok… we would like it to be better so we are working on that…. a little bit away from devotees because of our ego… but keeping our service in pujari twice a week so it give us as a good excuse to see them and associate with some of them…

As I told U before I got a part-time job cooking for a family..i really feel it is Krsna’s hands cause for me it is very difficult to get a job…  it is going very well I have the opportunity to give them prasadam…

 Bhakti Sastri is great!!! I am not a good teacher but the students are so nice that I learn a lot from them… we have a very good group of matajis in Chile that culminate the course this year, and one godbrother from Tarapoto who started this year…

Brother Ass… well we can only say that we are here by Krsna’s mercy and of course yours too…  as u told me before this body doesn’t get a disease, this body is a disease

 Some projects for studying  but let see what krsna wants from us…

forgive me again for not writing so often on the blog…

thanks a lot for your patience…

always thinking a way to be useful for ur Sankirtan!!!

your servant Monkey warrior

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     ASA -  Jaya!   AGTSP.     paoho.  Yes, SKype is nice, but is also so important to post news here.  Your news is very nice.  This is new for us a lot.   What about NIMSAR?  There was going to be an "Identity" meeting with your CMDD, RDD et al and then you were going to contact us after you discussed what were the purposes, members etc of NIMSAR.   We called LAD. Health is so much better.  We try to get computer for him, internet!          Really Krsna wants us to be fully engaged to our limit!

  SUch nice fotos!!!!

Dear Srila HP Swami Maharaj

Sri Sri Guru Gauranga jayatah

Long time no speak! 

Some more Srimad Upadesamrta questions for your Holiness :)

I really appreciated Srila Narayana Maharaja's translation of Bhaktivinoda Thakura and Bhaktisiddhanta Prabhupada's commentaries of Upadesamrta on your recommendation! Very helpful, but I'm wondering what your feelings on BR Sridhar Maharaja's translation/commentary?

          HpS - AGTSP  paoho.  I think I answered this in another letter that you sent. We just started to read Sridhara Maharaja's comments. They seem nice, inspiring.

Also, what is the signifigance of the white beadbag? is it important? some gaudiya camps say that this is a signifigant external part of a gaudiya devotee... I know that Bhaktisiddhanta Prabhupada used a white bead bag and all other acaryas seem to have...

ok, thank you for your time, come to dallas real soon!

your servant, Gauralila Dasa (Rtadhvaja Swami)

             HpS - Yes!   We answered this in another letter.   What usually happens is that we answer the letters between 3-10 days.  Usually we keep it to three. So, if there is no response in that time don't worry.  If it is URGENT.  Put URGENT in the Subject field.  We wait for your responses!

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

    Guru Dev, There is a problem! I am not able to recollect the slokas but i am able to
    recollect the essence of slokas.

    But devotees say, i should be able to recollect the slokas also. So please advise.

your fallen servant,
Girivaradhari-Gopal Das

                             HpS -  Hmmm?    AGTSP   paoho.   Actually Prabhupada said that some Brahmanas are Sastric Brahmanas and others are Pujic Brahmanas. They worship the Deities but may not remember slokas so well.  The same realization comes from reading as from worshiping.  Can you memorize other things?  Eg. things for your job, programing??

Dear Guru Maharaj:

Please accept my most humble dandavata pranama. Jaya Srila Prabhupada and Jaya ASA, NIOS, and Bhati!

I will be returning to the USA in the end of June.

             HpS - Jaya!   AGTSP...  We will be in Denver then.  3 July we go to New Biharvan!

My parents are asking me to continue the treatment prescribed by Vaidya Nahar Singh of Hodal, a town which is 1 hour by car from Vrindavan. He is a nadi-vaidya (Ayurvedic doctor who diagnoses diseases through the pulse) and has Sanskrit Ayurvedic books based on which he cures many diseases. Nahar Singh has said that his treatment will continue for at least 10 months for me and he can only give one month's medicine at a time. However, I cannot stay in India that long as my Tulane professor is awaiting my starting the postdoc. My dilemma is that my mother wants me to stay in India indefinitely till I get treated, however, I have promised my Tulane professor that I will start the job in end of June.

Maharaj, you are so merciful for giving pearls of wisdom to us. It is a very interesting point that you mentioned - Why not get to Sannyasa???   Kardama Muni did it?    It is based on Yukta vairagya not impersonal renunciation. Renounce to become more intimate with everyone! - This is something I never thought about. I always thought that this stage is always going to be too advanced for me. However, you have clarified my vision that when a Vaisnava performs tyaga, they don't give it up, but they give up the desire to enjoy it. We need to renounce our desire to enjoy the world. The sannyasi gives up one small family to make the whole world his family. 

Maharaj, sometimes I feel that I am a theoretical devotee in the sense that it is easy for me to talk about the theory but bringing it into practice is so difficult. It is so difficult to give up the desire for enjoyment.

Aja

                    HpS - ASA --  Ha!    Ha!    Ha!                We see that a lot of our "material" enjoyment is just natural demands of the sense.   We think we are sleeping too much, but it is not a fact.  We have a different life and body than Rupa Goswami. The thing is too purify our enjoyment.  Probably there is good reason why we are addicted to a certain type of movies or sport etc.  Find out what it is and purify the attachemnt, no?

             2.  Medicine or PhD.   Why not ask the Doctor?????

Querido Gurudeva: Por favor, acepte mis humildes reverencias. Todas las glorias sean para Srila Prabhupada. Tan sólo quería agradecerle los momentos que he podido beneficiarme de su asociación personal. Han sido de gran inspiración! Espero que se encuentre bien de salud. Su humilde sirvienta, Purnamasi devi dasi

             HpS - Jaya!   Muchas gracias.   Espero su nuevo vida como una Dama Estimada, Brahmini, pasa bien!            MUUUy bien hablar con Jayanta Das y oir el con tan mucho animo despues de la cirugio...  Solamente puede ser la mesericordi de Krsna.  Con Jara-mara hari Das esperamos viajar a Valencia y Barcelona y esperamos tener buen oportunidad conversar mas con el.  Aparece que Krsna quiere buen cambios para ISKCON Espana!

Todas las Glorias a Sri Sri Goura Nitay!!!!!

Todas las Glorias a Srila Prabhupada!!!!!

Todas las Glorias a sus pies de loto querido Gurudeva!!!!!

               HpS - ASA - Lodo, no loto.           Posible pies de manzana.

Espero se encuentre usted muy bien Gurudeva, Nrsimhadeva proteja cada uno de sus pasos!!! Buenas noticias!!! Esta semana hable con P. Om Kesavaya y me dijo que este año podría iniciarme con usted J así que me estoy preparando para dar la prueba de iniciación a fin de mes, y si Radha y Nitay quieren podré iniciarme para cuando nos visite, estoy muy agradecida de poder tener esta bendición, es algo que he deseado hace mucho tiempo…. Les agradezco a todos a Srila Prabhupada, a los devotos, a GouraNitay, a la hermosa Radharani y a usted por esta misericordia!!!

Nuestro reporte

16 rondas diarias / 4 principios estrictos, mangalarati 3 veces a la semana, y todos los días Govinda con las deidades, lectura de los libros de SP, servicio semanal en el templo, buena asociación de amistad con los devotos, seguimos distribuyendo prasadam a todos los que se nos cruzan por el camino… este tiempo ha sido intenso, no he tenido mucho tiempo,  mucho trabajo, por lo que no pude seguir con el Bhakti Sastri intensivo, así que tomare el próximo curso que no es tan intenso, por ahora estamos estudiando con el material que nos dieron en el curso….este tiempo hemos dejado muchas cosas que no nos sirven atrás y estamos tomando aquellas que pueden ayudar en nuestra vida espiritual…

La construcción del templo va avanzando, se mantiene el programa de sankirtan y harinam,  pronto se hará un 24 hrs. Kirtan, hay pocos devotos viviendo en templo, así que necesitan mucho apoyo de todos los que viven afuera….lo extrañamos mucho!!!! Usted nos inspira a todos a ser más humildes y más cooperadores, a no dejarnos llevar por el tonto orgullo, a respetar a cada devoto, y a cuidar de ellos, usted Gurudev, va mostrándonos el camino con su ejemplo y dedicación, el camino que Srila Prabhupada nos dejo a todos nosotros para volver de vuelta a casa…. Y así poder jugar todos como locos, llenos de amor junto  a RadhaKrishna!!!!

Mis más humildes reverencias Gurudeva!!!

Se despide quien aspira a recibir su misericordia y ser digna de ella

Bhaktin Andrea

                    HpS - ASA -  Jaya!    Muy bien!      TlgaSP!         Muy bien.  Mangala arati 4-veces cada semana?????          Realmente BhSastri no es necesario hasta segunda iniciacion, pero si puede realizar no hay perdido!          Que significa, "La construcción del templo va avanzando"...  eso es en Maipu??