Letters to the editor

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?

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

ysv

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!).