Letters to the editor

Hare Krsna Gurudeva,
Please accept my humble obeisances
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

ASA - Jaya!!

    I am in Guadalajara, doing book distribution every day.
I am learning a lot. Yesterday we made a program of book distribution, we invite the devotees from the congregation, that we saw coming to the temple during the week, to go out 3h to distribute some books. It was the first time, and 4 devotees came, we hope the next sunday more devotees can come. We made a class about what is sankirtan, how to do sankirtan... the we went out from 12 to 3pm, then prasada, then feed back, pastimes... It was really nice to try to teach to other what we are learning. The were very enthusiastic, and they collected t help for the Ratha Yatra, only with few books they collected 500 pesos. It was easy, nice, and effective. We try to teach something, and we learn a lot from them.
One of them, is a young devotee that just met us on sankirtan this friday. But he was ready! He is like a devotee, and he went on sankirtan with us on the saturday harinam, yesterday, and also today. And because he has no engeagement he will come with us to Mexico DF for Radhastami!
Today we will go to a big university to try to make Krsna and Prabhupada famous there!!
Yesterday I had a very nice pastime: we went to an antique market on the street, and we were trying to distribute some books, but it was little hard because the people were mostly like wealthy people, to much false ego... they took only small books, and were not so mcuh appreciative (our experience in Guadalajara is that the people is very nice, so it was hard for my mind). So I sat a moment to read the Gita. I open (randomly) on the Universal form, v31, 32, 33. I was trying to take shelter from Krsna, I tryied to take enthusiasm from the words of Krsna and Prabhupada. They explained how Krsna has a plan, and we have to be intruments, how time is destroying everything, so people need the books, even if they cannot understand that death is coming t eat them, and I need to surrender to Krsna also! The next person I talk (on a car, semaphore) took the BG, the cience of self realization, and 2 small books without explaining anything, I felt an instrument, it was very nice to see that Krsna gave me a personal response to my anxiety...

My rounds and sadhana have to improve, they are fluctuating in quality... Today in Japa Joe (it is so nice to wake up for Japa joe) I felt I want to improve, it is not right to give only little endeavor to Krsna, who give us everything.

Hare Krsna Gurudeva, please forgive me for my offenses
Your servant, Nitya Kishori dd

                HpS - ASA  -    Thank you very, very much...   We can only hope that you get the inside essence of all that you are doing, so that you can keep on doing it forever, so that you become a permanent sailor on Srila Prabhupada's boat!!!   Now we leave for the weekend in Virginia - Five schools in four days!   We have NOIs packed in our Bag.

Dear Hanumat Presaka Swami

PAMHO

AGTSP

Thanks for your letter . Really I am very clear about my diksa relationship ! It is over! I understand your position , but in my position the reality is other one nothing pleasant , instead a way to hell . I am very sorry to tell you , my reality !!! When I begins this step , is because I don't comeback !!! I don't know how i can handle this but the Diksa in cuestion tell me :" that if i renounce to Him i renounce to my first and second iniciation" For me , renounce to kind of diksa relationship is the best . This problem is not trivial ! Ojos vemos corazones no sabemos!!! And if the heart is not clean the diksa or siksa don't have sense!!!. If you can not accept me , my way is are ritvik. With humbly, what do you think? You know in all my spiritual life i was behind to lotus feet of Sri Sri Radha Krsna with sincerity . I came to USA because I wanted a pure relationship with devotees,and i ask to sri giriraja in vrindavan for that , and the people that know me , know that i have a god actitud in all my relationship. The reason to break my diksa relationship is a big problem, no of my part !!!   But of course I am a woman!!!!    So, I hope you can understand me , anyway if You maintain your posturer for your relationship with your God Brother and for respects to him , i wil understand it !!!   I will understand, Krsna want other things    Note: I came to Hare Krsna Iskcon Center for a first book that I read " La ciencia de la autorrealizacion" When I finish to read it ,my life take sense and I star to try to find the temple. So Prabhupada make me a devotee !!! Srila Prabhupada Ke Jay!!!! And you help me to chant Hare Krsna , to read the books , and outlet from my concepts. Thank you very much for all your help !!!!! Instead a sopoust authority help me to fall down!!!! Hare Krsna!!!! I am not witch and you are not donkey !!!!    With love!!!!   Or bhakti rasa!!!!    Y.e.s Mahabhava Cintamani dd

HpS - ASA -  Jaya, Srila Prabhupada!    Thank you for your nice letter.  One thing for sure, I know the experience you have in trying to express youself in English.  For me many things are not clear in this investigation, establishing relationships. These Blog letters are very good for general presentation. Like in classes, symposium, and then a little more intimate, like four or five people coming up and talking after the class, but then for very specific things that takes a few minutes with just the individual devotees to discuss details that could not be discussed in the public class, or smaller group...  Is natural.  So, if you like, we will be in Texas from 10th-21st and if it is convenient it would be nice for us to talk with you and Sriman Aravinda Das a little bit about this situation.

In general, one comment from Sridhara Swami, Prabhupada's Godbrother, really helped us a lot. He said that the essence of Guru is "trnad api sunicena..". It is not that we are trying to get as few Gurus as possible, but rather as many as possible.  Ultimately, to go to Goloka, we need to see that everyone is my Guru, master, but in different positions.  So, that develops as we go from 1st to 2nd to 3rd to...    initiation.         Then it is happy life.  I have no enemies.  I a here to serve everyone.  Somebody may be crazy and take me as their enemy but that is temporary insanity in one of my masters.   How can I help them.  Jaya.   So, if that is good we can maybe discuss some details in Houston with the Patni-guru. 

  {:o)-      AGTSP..   Now we go to Richmond, Virginia...

Hare Krishna Dear Gurudeva, All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!!

How are  you dear Gurudeva?, i read your health isnt so good, but anyway you dont want people asking too much!     I hope you are feeling better.

ASA - AGTSP.    paoho....  Yes, long time....   No communication....      Our health is O.K. but sensitive...

...We are ok, trying to do some mangalaratik with Ram, Chanting 12 sometimes 16 rounds, Radhita and Krishnito 3 rounds every day <img alt="smiley" src="http://www.hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/regular_smile.gif" title="smiley" />, Ram 16 rounds, eating just prasadam. no bhoga, offering everything to Radha Krishna JBS, not watching tv! working hard with my father, always problems but we can manage them, also 6 months pregnancy, so maybe for 28 december there will be a new baby devotee,

ASA - AGTSP...  That is not too far from GIta-jayanty..

... my kids are really devotional, Radhita is always playing Krishna games and looking for Krishna around the house.. she is inspiring us every day, we are offering ghee candles for Purusotama masa, flowers adn water, we are very happy..

Thank you Gurudeva for everything, always remember you, love you so much!!

ys

Madhava priya dd

            ASA -  Hmmm.   Interesting.   Where do you live?   Lima?    What work do you do with your father.  Ram is settled in some work??

He recibido su respuesta. La esperé con mucho entusiasmo y finalmente puedo leerla. Muchas gracias por sus consejos. Comenzaré a aplicarlos de la mejor manera posible.
Espero poder conversar con usted en Noviembre, cuando esté en Chile.

Atentamente

Pablo Gallardo Araya

HpS ASA -  Jaya!   Nos esparamos contactar su, en Chilly...

 AGTSP!

Hare Krsna Gurudeva.         How are you?         I hope you are fine.

Sorry for not write so frequently is because I am in Vraja Bhumi Temple in Brasil. I get here on August 7 th and I will be here for 3 months. Here is very difficult to find a good internet because is a rural place. I have to travel 45 minutes to the nearest city Teresopolis for enter through internet.

It is a very beautiful place full of nature and the temple has a wonderful structure. Here I am in charge of making the garlands for the deities and I am pujari assistant too. I am also learning how to cook for the deities because they are some dishes that have been prepared that I don’t know how to do them.

Then I have the possibility of being a pujari Krsna Balarama Deities. I find this experience very interesting because I am developing new abilities in serving Krsna.

My rounds and my principles are pretty good and I am attending the morning program and Gaura aratik too. I am chanting my Gayatri .

I hope to know what do you think about what I wrote, please If you can you could give me an opinion?

Thank you for everything

Your servant
Draupadi Devi Dasi

           HpS - ASA ----   Jaya Srila Prabhupada!!!           Paoho...   Yes, we are in anxiety not to hear from you from time to time...     Is very nice to hear you are in Brazil.                 One time a temple president wrote to Prabhupada commenting that the B'caris and Sannyasis were moving from Temple to Temple and that it made management difficult, so please make a statement that they should not travel.  We heard that Srila Prabhupada responded that no, this was the opulence of the single life.   A married person has their house, friends, toolds, business and they adjust for their satisfaction. But B'cari, B'carini, doesn't have these things. A Sannyasi just has a little luggage and place to camp on the Ashrama floor, but that allows them to travel freely. So, they should be allowed to travel, meet different people, experience different Temples, see the different deitys and their service. Do Sankirtan, but they should not do it whimsically. They should not be restricted from travel but they should co-ordinate it with the management so that they do not have big head ache. "Prabhu, I'd like to visit New York Temple for 3-4 months. Is that O.K.?"  "Yes, but can you leave after one month, then Saranga Das is coming and he can do your service."  "O.K."

            So,    you seem to be doing just fine...      If you fine something valuable to bring back to Peru with you that will be nice!

How long will you be there?   Are you still working in the Britannica Center?  Any long range plans?   What Deitys are on the altar there?

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhipada !!!!<img alt="heart" src="http://www.hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/heart.gif" title="heart" />

Su Santidad Hanumat Presaka Swami porfavor acepte mis humildes y respetuosas  reverencias.

Mi nombre Silvia Alejandra Jimenez Solórzano actualmente en Monterrey NL Mx. En su ultima visita a Monterrey tube la oportunidad de platicar con ustd sobre mi situacion con su dicipulo Gadadhar gosai das y mi motivo ahora es reportarle sobre mi sadhana y que tuve una estancia de 30 dias en el templo de sus señorias sri sri radha madangopal (jay!!!!!)en Mexico DF.

                     ASA -   . . . . . . . .    ! . . . . . .        !!! .   Que maravilloso!           Claro, estamos pensando en que ha pasado con Vd.              Maravilloso!!!     TlgaSP!

  . . . haciendo mi humilde servicio en el templo mi sadhana no estubo muy estable y no tuve la oportunidad de escribirle lo mas pronto posible  por un poco de falta de informacion, ustd me mando un correo al cual comunicarme con ustd pero quiero confirmale ensu blog si me comunico con ustd en su blog o e-mail sobre mi reporte .

     ASA - Jaya...

... ahora que actualmente me encuentro el Monterrey estoi tratando de seguir los principios regulativos y formar mi sadhana por cierto a sido dificil hacer mis rondas en el programa matutino .

Agradesco su atencion SS HPS <img alt="" src="http://www.hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/38.gif" title="" /> su humilde candidata a aspirante .

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           HpS - ASA --- Estimada Silvia Jimenez, no te preocupes.  Vd es una persona sumamante buena.   Sumamente.      Siento en Vd una fuerza muy profundo de honestidad y determinacion hacer bueno, ni tampoco que todo el ambiente hacen cosas mal, egoisticos.       Solamente necesita poco a poco utilizar el conocimiento que Srila Prabhupada nos da.        Claro, va a ser deficilidades, aprender como ser una gran Santa (Santa Silvia..  {:o))    pero  poco a poco va a llegar a esta punto y entonces puede revificar su relacion bromistoso con Krsna.  No hay otro relacion.  Ya existe.  Tiene que revivificar.   Hare Krsna!!!         Esperamos su ayuda  como puede...    Muchas gracias!!!