Letters to the editor

[8/27, 2:48 PM] Kevin G. Boro: 🙌 I was wondering Maharaj would you like to see the deities Nitai Gauracandra at the farm for Lord Balaram's appearance? Some devotees will be visiting.  A new girl Kayla is a devotee who just moved into farm also. I might bring a friend

[8/27, 2:50 PM] Kevin G. Boro: Camp over night at Murari? Just a thought 🙏 I could drive you also Maharaj, Hare Krsna

🙏Kevin 🙏

HpS/ ASA - AgtSP paoho. Thank you! Was thinking about it.

Any fixed time to go and return?

Need to consult with Sripada NgD et al.

ASA going from Nashville to Houston?

[Third week of November? ? ?]

Anyone want to travel with ASA/HpS to help with everything?

Travel stipends available.

🛩 🛩. . .🛺

Hare Krishna dear Gurumaharaja,

Please accept my humbles obeinsances.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

Quite some time has passed since the last time I wrote to you. I was having some difficulties with the password to access the website. Today, I tried again with a different password and it worked.

asa - 🙂

https://vedabase.io/en/library/bg/6/24/#bb1688

Currently, we are living in Cordoba, Argentina. About a year ago, we managed to purchase a place where we could live and at the same time carry out educational projects. It's a 3.5-hectare property with 3 houses, each of them varying in size. Thanks to the infrastructure of the houses, in early 2023, we were able to host Bhakti Bhushana Swami and accommodate 30 devotees.

asa - 👍

In the middle of last year, along with Dhanvantari Swami, we conceived the idea of establishing the Jaladuta Institute here on our premises for the year 2023. After a lot of effort, we were able to bring the project to fruition. 13 devotees from different parts of South America enrolled, and since May, we have been conducting the Bhakti Sastri course in our home, which will conclude by the end of November 2023.

Maharaja Dhanvantari stayed with us for 3 months at the beginning of the course, teaching his Bhakti Sastri curriculum.

The course is progressing very well; we have fixed morning programs every day, along with open Sunday programs for the community.

The Jaladuta Institute project in Argentina is inspiring many individuals, and we have received excellent feedback from local yatra authorities.

Being fully engaged in this project has brought tremendous enthusiasm to my family and me to serve in Srila Prabhupada's mission and to continue assisting in the field of education within ISKCON.

We offer this service at the lotus feet of our Gurudevs and hope to be able to continue serving in this area.

Maharaja Dhanvantari has the idea of conducting the Bhakti Sastri course in person every other year in Argentina, alternating with a year in Brazil, one year in Portuguese and the next in Spanish.

We would greatly like to extend an invitation for you to visit Argentina and spend some days here during this year.

HpS/ASA - 😦

Are you reading the 'Kapi Dhvaja'? 😃

It is so nice to have the invitation, but looking at at least three different factors we are estimating that we will be leaving this old, tired body, donkey, about September 2023.

Tired dog.

But happy.

At least we only travel now if someone picks us up at our door and brings us back.

Certainly we are considering invitations to talk about Krsna and go places, but we have to put them in proportion to our energy. 🚥

Such nice, news. Hear Srila Prabhupada's books, read the to others.

Nothing else needs to be done, no?

Please engage us in your Sankirtan as you see our nature and strength!

Thank you.

Thanks to, Mataji, all the Cordobites!

Thank you!!!

Your servant,

Devaki-nandana Das

Hare Krsna, Gurudev.

Please receive my most humble and respectful obeisances.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada and to you.

I hope you are well in every way 🙏

Thank you for everything you do for Krsna, Srila Prabhupada, your godbrothers, your disciples and for humanity 🙏

ASA/HpS - We are like little babys taking first steps, no? Whatever progress we make is because our father is holding our hand.

AgtSP!!!

16 and 4 okay.

Gurudev, I have a question and a need... How can we surrender, be submissive, humble?

HpS - The question is like, "How can I build a vast economic empire that spans the world, and occupies my efforts for the next 14-lives". 🙂

Yet, the basic answer is the Bhakti-yoga that SP has given us.

Just do it then. . . SB 5.18.12.

Yet, Krsna, Advaita Acharya, is sending lessons in humility all the time, no? Our job is to accept them, learn from them. Then we can become BIG humble guys! 😄

Jaya!

Jaya ananda Das said that humility does not mean to just avoid being artificially large. it also means to avoid becoming artificially small.

humility is self realization.

"I am the 25th best book distributor in argentina. o.k. i will get better at that. follow those ahead of me, teach those behind me of me!".

In the sense that everything that happens to us in life is our responsibility, and no one (not even Krsna) is to blame for what we conceive as our frustrations, failures and misfortunes....

How can we accept?

Surrender, resign ourselves, sink... how is it done?

HpS - Answer above, but Krsna/Radha, et al, are responsible in at least one sense. they are causelessly merciful. prabhupada said that his karma was to be a rich dude, but KRSNA and guru saw that is would not be good for his spiritual life, so they frustrated him again and again

Maybe someone can be very productive in Sannyasa ashrama as civil Widow, so Radha Krsna arrange a quick marriage experience that shows them what the situation actually is.

There is pretty well documented quote from Edison, who said that before he found out how to make an electric light bulb he had 1,000 failed attempts.

So, we might need to make 1,000 failed attempts to get to pure devotional service, so start making failures [and learn A LOT from each one].

thank you for everything Gurudev and for accepting me despite my lack of qualification.

Your would-be servant DevaVrata das

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Hare Krsna, Gurudev.

Reciba mis más humildes y respetuosas reverencias.

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada y a ti.

Espero que te encuentres bien en todo sentido 🙏

Gracias por todo lo que haces por Krsna, Srila Prabhupada, tus hermanos espirituales, tus discipulos y por la humanidad 🙏

16 y 4 ok. 

Gurudev, tengo una pregunta y una necesidad...

¿Cómo podemos rendirnos, ser sumisos, humildes? 

En el sentido de que todo lo que nos pasa en la vida es nuestra responsabilidad y nadie (ni Krsna) tiene la culpa de lo que nosotros concebimos como nuestras frustraciones, fracasos y desdichas.... 

¿Cómo podemos aceptar? Rendirnos, resignarnos, sumirnos... 

¿cómo se hace?

gracias por todo Gurudev y por aceptarme a pesar de mi falta de cualificación.

Tu aspirante a sirviente DevaVrata das

asa[e] = vad; grhastha; older wife

we have heard that srila prabhupada said that if the wife is older than the husband, then marriage will not be successful.

of course, there are details, details, details.

yet in general we have seen it to be true.

[maybe our expectations have caused the result] ❓

ideal is that girl is maybe 10-years old when she is engaged and boy is like 18-years old.

she can very easily idealize him.

civil marriage, live together at 16.

doesn't mean that man/boy cannot have sisters, aunts, cousins older than him.

no, no, no. doesn't mean that.

very tranquil.

very nice.

subtle sex.

no gross stimulation.

''nirbandha krsna sambandhe

yukta viaragya ucate''.

Hare Krsna Gurudeva, AGTSP, PAMHO

Can you kindly describe/elaborate on ability of swan to separate milk from water?

What can we learn and implement from it?

Devotees are like swan or bees, or both?

Connection with you is the only hope.

HpS - If that is the case, you in a lot of trouble Bobba!

🙂

Take advantage of the books that Srila Prabhupada has given us through ISKCON, use us in our capacity. God is in your heart.

He is controlling your life in detail.

🌷

We cannot get much detail on these analogies. Guess mechanically it is like us filtering liquid from beans through our teeth!! ?

In general the analogy seems to be the same, yes:

Swami takes only the milk from the lotus.

Bees look only for the honey from the flower.

Smart guy accepts good lady for wife from low class family.

Nectar from poison.

Gold from stool.

Education from low class teacher!

Harsh pradhan

[Haya griva Avatara Das???]

I knew a Harsh pradhana, but he died!

Hope he has not become a Zombi.

7.02Pm we must go for a walk or die!

Thank you so much. Hari bolo! Hari bolo!