Letters to the editor

Hare Krishna Maharaj,

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

We are so glad seeing your reply Maharaj (for a second, I thought what is this feeling as if I got a big promotion and  is this much I'm waiting to see your reply. For not seeing your reply for couple days I thought so many things, may be my letter is missing or something, how poor the mind is think and how much anxiety I have).

And thanks for the "tip" and I'm trying to make sure my rounds will be finished ASAP before anything.

I heard your lecture on "cultivating human spirit" and I have a question (Please pardon my ignorance).

How "Karma" is in relates "quota" that you explained in the lecture. If a person is rich and still getting rich, is it because of his past Karma that, Krishna is providing him more and more and on the other hand a person is "lazy/ignorant" and not earning much and becoming poor.

In this situation "how the quota" works? Is this where we use our intelligence to draw a line to say "this is enough" or because you have the ability to earn more (due to the past karma) and use that in the service of Krishna.

Then anothe question pops-up, Do we earn enough (as per the necessity) and spend more time on Krishna service directly (more of a personal growth, reading more sastras, more rounds of chanting etc.) or earn more and help to Krishna's service (indirectly, charities, organizing things, book distributions etc) and bring more people to Krishna (less personal growth and more society growth).

I personally beleive "everyone is special in Krishna's view and given certain talent to serve "Krishna" in his own way", but knowing that talent and using it for Krishna is the main difficult part.

Am I wrong Maharaj? Am I proud? Please pardon my ignorance and correct me. I have a burning desire to serve Krishna and desparatlely looking for help.

Your Humble Servant

-Srinivasa (from Richmond, VA)

                  ASA - !!!!!!!!!  So, so, so , soooo  nice to hear from you Prabhu!    AGTSP.   You can see from the DTC that we are in Sydney.     Your question is really the content of the whole BG, so it is not an easy question to answer in complete detail, but basic principle is that we are getting rich, poor, because of our past karma AND our present efforts.

Now...  our present efforts, how much we can change the situation are also dictated by how we used free will in the past.

Eg.  You have Karma to make $35,000 this year and that may be COMPLETELY fixed. You can't increase or avoid it, or it maybe that this is weak destiny, to that you can increase it o $50,000 by your effort or only $15,000 will come unless you make some reasonable effort.

It's simple, no?         We have free will and we create specific future and also how specifically how much we are DESTINED to have free will.

Of course, when we get connected to the Kings, Krsna, then it becomes a personal thing. At the time of initiation, Durga hands our Account Books to Radha. Our Karma continues, but now is under the supervision of Radharani and She can change it as She sees fit for our Spiritual Advancement, Krsna's service.

O.K????    We are trying to fix tickets pretty soon for September.

Hare Krishna! Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada y a usted!!! Maharaj, es dificil poder leer el CC hasta finales del seminario ya que estamos con varios libros, pero algo voy a ir leyendo con muho gusto. Las aulas del Cc las tenemos con Maharaj Purusetraya, aunque ahora esta leyendo el SB. En este mes nos va a dar unas clases sobre las sampradayas..etc..esperemos se puedan dar. El seminario esta austero, intenso, interesante y entusiasmante, me siento muy satisfecha de poder estar dedicada. Maharaj, el que me inspira es usted, mi servicio nace en usted,no entiendo de otra manera, no puedo seguir otros pasos. Lei una de las cartas donde se dice que no va a iniciar mas.. estoy tambien muy preocupada..es muy serio porque usted me guia en este camino tan olvidado.. Hace tres anios que lo sigo , escuchando sus clases y hace un anio que lo conozco. Lo conoci en Goura Pournima. No nos deje por favor.. siento verdadero amor por usted,es mi unica verdad y es todo al mismo tiempo, con eso viene el resto..y eso gracias a Srila Prabhupada . Disculpe que haya respondido tan rapido, yo no entendi lo que le contesto a su dicipula. Espero que parala presente se encuentre bien de salud.mis reverencias a usted. Su aspirante yemila.

          HpS - TlgaSP....   Claro, vamos a dejar dar iniciaciones por que vamos a morir, y Vd. va a morir y los que lean esta carta tambien.   <img alt="Shift+R improves the quality of this image. Shift+A improves the quality of all images on this page." src="http://hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/teeth_smile.gif" title="Shift+R improves the quality of this image. Shift+A improves the quality of all images on this page." />      Iniciacion es para una Brahmana joven realizar.  Es un formalidad.  No sin significado, pero un formalidad. Discipula significa siguiendo la disciplina del Acharya, Prabhupada, o de un devoto como nosotros. Claro estamos eternamente connectado por esta media.

Claro, Siksa guru principal usualmente convertir a Diksa guru, entonce, pienso podemos funcionar como su Diksa guru tambien, pero es un hecho.  Tenemos 65 anos, entonces tenemos que dejar estas formalidades mas a otros, como Vd!

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada,todas las glorias a Guru y Gauranga.

Su santidad Hanumat Presaka Swami,

acepte mis respetuosas reverencias a sus pies, soy Anka, la esposa de prabhu Yadu, de Prabhupada Ashrama (Chiclayo),

         HpSwami - Jaya Srila Prabhupada.   Muy, muy bien ser en contacto con Vd.  En la ultima visita a P-Ashrama Vd. no estuvo presente y estuvimos pensando en que ha pasado a Vd!

... deseaba pedirle humildemente me acepte como su discipula, me estoy preparando para la iniciacion con la ayuda de prabhu Yadu, esperamos ansiosos su misericordiosa visita, para que nos pueda dar su asociacion y conocimiento ,y asi poder servir mejor a Guru y al Señor Krishna.

su humilde servidora: Anka dasi

             HpS - Claro.    Krsna conoce todo.  Es un hecho.  Es un milagro entender esta conneccion con Krsna por la misericordia de Srila Prabhupada.  SP requiere 16 rondas entusiastas cada dia para devotos iniciado.  Ya esta en esta nivel????   Reverencias al Yado y todo!!

   A   G   T   S   P   !
      (((paoho)))
Here we are in ISKCON Sydney, Australia, Radha-gopinatha Mandir. We are about 75% perfect. As far as our imperfect analysis goes.   Trying to work with more devotion.
Now its, 6PM, dark outside. Sun just left. Little cool, Autum.

Today we had 1AM Bhakti-vaibhava meeting with Nimsar in Peru.  Was very , very useful. They are very sincere in using the San Jose Study Guides and reading with real intention.

1.30-3.30AM - Japa Joe with important chats about schedule for Spain.  HK  HK!

10-12 AM - NOD, BhSastri class in the a PACKED TEMPLE room with about  100 devotees on Sadhana bhakti. Very, very ispiring audience. Raktaka Das is filming. He also made a mad Punjabi breakfast for all the devotees and the puris, subji and sweet rice were all quickly exhausted.

7-9PM - "A Crash Course on BG" at a big Temple Yoga center.

11PM - Another Web-Ex teleconference on BhVai, SB 4.2, with San Jose, Boise!!!   We have 15 of our 25-rounds done. Is time for Gayatri. We have to call Sanjaya in Mayapura about NIOS book shipments. We answered all the letters to our Yahoo account. Other tasks seem to be on schedule.

Our eyes are distorted, little weak, and will probably stay that way.

Our heart is rather O.K.    Our attitude has become, work hard, eat healthy diet and let life or death come as it will.

O.K.   Gayatri, call Sanjaya and we answer Blog letters.

Hare krisna Maharaja:

Jara Mara Hari Das Still alive.

         ASA -  Jaya!    AGTSP!!!   He is always puting up so much work to help us in so many ways!!!!

Living in Madrid temple for 2 months full program and shadana.

Giving a lot os classes atending sri sri gaura nitay deities, preaching.

The most important service now is meeting and taking care of the devotees.

Do not know why  many devotees are frustade and depress and mad with the temple i one or other way.

I am veging the devotees to come to the temple and praying for their asociation.

and...................

Its working Maharaja, by your mercy they are starting to come and talk, and crying and slowly but surely they star to open their hurts.

Most of the devotees are realy sincer devotees they realy love gaura nitay and srila prabhupada but some way or other are not able to work together with each other or with the authorities and there is a lot of pain in their hurts.

         HpS  -  A lot of it is just the same as any Spanish family, community faces, no?  It's not a "Hare Krsna/Temple" problem, it's a local life problem that manages in our particiular religion etc.

What little by litlle Everything is moving and I allready can feel a movement, a bit of hope.

I am telling everybody that this is prabhupada´s and gaura Nitay´s temple and that they should come to serve them.

Prabhupada tall us that you will so the way you love me in the way you cooperate with each other on my movement.

So I am Happy serving you, prabhupada and the devotees.

Also trying to help the female devotees to group together and work to improve their relation with the temple and their spiritual lives.

I went to Malta is a little island south of italy. they speak inglish and drive on the left.

Very nice people a nice devotee (Laxmy) is preaching there if you wish we could make arregment for you to visit the island. there is a Hindu comunity (500 Shindis) an the president (Lady) she is very enthusiatic about helping the devotees to stablish a permanent center in the island, we could arrenge also talks in the university and their is a good group of young people leaded by laxmy.

Is only 2 hours flying from madrid and we could pack the whole program in 3-4 days.

If you want to try let me know and will make all the arregments.

Your fallen servant

JMHD

Is great to be back serving you and Srila Prabhupada I really feell back home, back to godhead.

             HpS - AGTSP.  We see you in two weeks.  How is your son, wife???