Letters to the editor

Dear Gurudeva

On the auspicious day of your Vyasapuja I remember deeper  these prayers and thank you sincerely for your mercy and hope one day to be his dignified disciple

The lotus feet of the spiritual master are the abode of pure devotional service. I bow down to those lotus feet with great care and attention. My dear brother (my dear mind)! It is through the grace of the spiritual master that we cross over this material existence and obtain Krsna.

 Make the teachings from the lotus mouth of the spiritual master one with your heart, and do not desire anything else. Attachment to the lotus feet of the spiritual master is the best means of spiritual advancement. By his mercy all desires for spiritual perfection are fulfilled.

 He who has given me the gift of transcendental vision is my lord, birth after birth. By his mercy divine knowledge is revealed within the heart, bestowing prema-bhakti and destroying ignorance. The Vedic scriptures sing of his character.

O spiritual master, ocean of mercy, and friend of the fallen souls, you are the teacher of everyone and the life of all people. O master! Be merciful unto me, and give me the shade of your lotus feet. May your glories now be proclaimed throughout the three worlds.

HpS -  AGTSP!!!  We try to follow your example and be better servants.  Less lazy...

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                                                                                               Whooop! !   !                     AGTSP     paoho & bw...  Here we are in Fremont, California, Ashrama de Srivasa Pandita Das, Malini Devi Dasi and Gita-priya...     Now, 4.18AM.  We have 16-nice rounds done.  We have successfully recovered 87% from our flu attack and we are packing to go to the airport at 6.10AM.

[PP]   TlgaSP   Pfanrh.  Estamos en San Jose, California preparando salir para aeropuerto a las 6.10AM.  Ya son 4.20AM.  Jaya!!  Hoy dia vamos a Seattle.   Todo el trabajo de ASA es a tiempo.

MONKEY: Most of our ASA work is on schedule.  We live in a bubble of time and space dominated by the feet of His Divine Grace. Now we will answer a few letters because we won't have connection later.  More Japa on the airplane and lunch and rest in Seattle and then to the Temple for "Every Bear Can Dance" ie. we are all Sankirtana men!

PIGGY:  Revisamos unos cartas y adelantar arrelgando la equipaje y vamos a Seattle. Por la tarde seminario de Sankirtana!!             Vamanos!

AGTSP    paoho.  We are still week with this killer flu but have recovered rapidly and haven't had to cancel and programs, real miracle.   Several things have get delayed but in general we are doing well.  Hare Krsna!!!  Hare Rama!!!

We have a whole bunch of Vysasapuja letters so we are trying to look at like 4 or so a day!   Nectar!  And still sort out the other mail.

Tonight is program in the San Jose Temple and then tommorrow, Stanford University!

T. Brown

Gurudev:

    HpS - ASA -  Jaya!   Gracias,  Gracias, sus noticias.    Leyendo, leyendo , leyendo Srimad Bhagavatam Vd. puede convertir un experta en sicologia.  Entonces puede evitar mal associacion que puede ruinir sus aspiraciones a liberacion de esta mundo material!!!

Todas las glorias a sri sri goura nitai

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada

P.A.M.H.O.

Querido gurudeva

Espero se encuentre muy bien al igual que sus actividades.

Mi reporte de este ultimo mes de diciembre, a sido bien tranquilo, estoy siguiendo mis 4 principios regulativos, tengo constante asociacion con devotos, leyendo constantemente los libros de srila prabhupada, adorando mis deidades en casa, este año a sido un termino de año tranquilo y muy agradecida de krsna, srila prabhupada y de usted y su asociacion gurudeva, gracias a krsna y ustedes marcha todo bien. Fue buen año estoy con mucho entusiasmo de hacer muchas cosas y mejorar cada ve mas mi este 2013 en mi vida espiritual y material asi cada vez mas, cada año que pasa soy muy feliz de ser cada vez mas conciente de krsna y seguir luchando en la mision de srila prabhupada.

Estos ultimos dias he estado meditando en unas preguntas que queria hacer para usted:

Yo entiendo que uno debe estar refugiado siempre en las instrucciones de srila prabhupada y el guru diksa, y pedir consejos a brahmanas y devotos que nos inspiren como siska gurus pero,

¿ Que ocurrira cuando la sucesion discipular autorizada se termine? me refiero a cuando los maestros espirituales que son discipulos de prabhupada abandonen el cuerpo material y dejen de dar iniciaciones? 

¿ Como continuara las iniciaciones diksa y segunda iniciacion en este caso ?

   HpS - ASA  - TlgaSP!!!!   pfanrh.   Sus discipulos acuerdo de su cualificacion va a iniciar.  Ya existe.  Por ejemplo Kadamba-kanana Swami es discipulo de Jaya-advaita Swami y esta inciando.  Claro Vd. tiene que ser Goswami and Guru ambos.  O.K.   No toma papel de Sannyasi formal ni tampoco Diksa guru formal pero Guru si!

Bueno nuevamente por favor acepte mis humildes reverencias y agradezco mucho su tiempo en leer este reporte .

se despide 

Su eterna y humilde  sirvienta

Candrarekha devi dasi ( Santiago - Chile)

   HpS -  Jaya!   Tiene Templo muy bueno.  Ayuda Amara Das superar sus y el templos problemas!

from last KD: "We are focusing on making NIOS legitimate if someone wants to use it when were gone. So please let us know what you think."

Guru Maharaja, please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

As you asked what we think, I will submit humble thougths...

Maybe it is enough and more proper to work through ISKCON organization than to register another association. Is ISKCON not an organisation through which such kind of activities NIOS performs could be performed. Of course, I do not know all the details. Maybe thorugh ISKCON that cannot be done.
But if it can, then way spend time and in registering another organisation  ?

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Your servant Namacarya das

     AGTSP   paoho.   Well, there is the general ISKCON which is a movement like the communist movement or the ecology movement, and of course we would feel that any sane person could work through that movement. Then there are the institutional ISKCON organizations. The majority are local ISKCON temples in USA, India and other parts of the world. Specifically the USA ISKCON Temples are all IRS tax exempt 501(c)3 tax exempt Church corporations. So, practically speaking immediately they can have no deep relation with any university because they are churches. For this reason Srila Prabhupada started such groups as the Bhaktivedanta Insitute which is educational and not religious in both form and substance. We would be glad to work with the BI, but for one thing is is hard science focused and we are more cultural and literary. So we registered NIOS in January 2004 following in Srila Prabhupada's footsteps for this kind of educational work.

O.K?