Letters to the editor

Hare Krishna,

Please accept my most humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Always ups and downs. I feel like I am on a spiritual rollercoaster. Working on patching things up with Reb. I think it is going well. I am constantly working on improving my rounds, staying focused, and making the full morning program. Caru and Vai are such amazing devotees! They are excelent leaders, and give wonderful advice. I am so fortunate.

I had one question. I was reading in the  NOD, where it was talking about doing service to devotees. Lord Siva says that the greatest service is done to the Supreme Lord, but even greater than that is serving the Lord's devotees. So I was asking about this in Bhagavad Gita class, and the responce that I got was that there was actually no greater service performed than by those of the Gopis, and that serving the devotees isn't the most dear to Krishna. I have learned that the Gopi's love for Krishna goes unmatched, but it says right there in black and white that the best service is to Krishna's devotees. It seems like the Gopis mostly performed their loving service towards Krishna directly. So which is superior? Service done in the mood of the Gopis, or service done to the Lord's Devotees??

Your Servant,

Bhakta Adrian

HpS - ASA - We chant Hare Krsna.   We worship Krsna by worshiping the Gopis (Hara) worshipping Krsna, no?      Service to the devotee is higher when it helps us serve Krsna better.   That is what we understand also.    Yes, much more detail of this in NOD.   But Gurv-astakam every morning is respects to Devotee.

Brahma-saṁhitā(5.35):

eko ’py asau racayituṁjagad-aṇḍa-koṭiṁ
yac-chaktir asti jagad-aṇḍa-cayāyad-antaḥ 
aṇḍāntara-stha-paramāṇu-cayāntara-sthaṁ
govindam ādi-puruṣaṁtam ahaṁbhajāmi 
“I worship the primeval Lord, Govinda, who is the original Personality of Godhead. By His partial plenary expansion [Mahā-Viṣṇu], He enters into material nature, and then into each and every universe [as GarbhodakaśāyīViṣṇu], and then [as KṣīrodakaśāyīViṣṇu] into all the elements, including every atom of matter. Such manifestations of cosmic creation are innumerable, both in the universes and in the individual atoms.”
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Dear Guru Maharaja, PAMHO ; AGTSP!

Please can you explain to this dull-head what are the "Such manifestations of cosmic creation".    It is not Visnu-tattva, no? What are these manifestations which are innumerable, and could be found in universes and atoms?

Thank you.
Your servant Namacarya das
 

HpS - ASA -   We also cannot understand Srila Bh. Siddhanta Sarasvati Thakura. So we chant Hare Krsna, Hare Rama, and pray for intelligence from Radha Shyama!     If you get some understanding please tell us!

Is your Govardhana Sila?     Is He naughty?

Hare Krsna !!!

Porfavor acepte mis humildes reverencias !!!

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada !!!

maharaja avaces  no siento deceo de estar mas  en este mundo ,me parece horrible .

ASA - HPS -   Ha!    Ha!     Ha!     TlgaSP    Eso es la comenza.    En la comenza hay un poco impersonalismo.   Pero mas adelante no importa donde estamos si Krsna nos quiere servir all!

y algunas veces los decos que tengo son muy fuertes y quisiera no tenerlos 

quisiera entregar mi alvedrio a krishna, pero no se como orar a Krishna,

si no siento amor ni atraccion por Krishna.

Pero siento un fuerte apego a Srila Prabhupada y a usted ,

por lo cual pido me instrulla como poder orar a Krishna o desarollar un apego por Krishna.

por favr perdone mis ofensas !!!

Hare krishna !!!

Bh. Ramses

HPS - ASA -   Puede leer segunda parte de NOI Texto 8.   Bh Siddhanta Sarasvati presenta un explicacion muy claro en resumen.   Mientras estamos cantando "Hare Krsna" estamos advanzando.

PAMHO

AGTSP

My dear Guruji, please accept my humble obeisances.

HpS - ASA -  Paoho.....   AgtSP!    Thank you for your letter! 

I just want to thank you for your association and of the devotees in Japa Joe. It is very inspiring for me to chant in your association.

I thank Astasakhi and Adi Badri, who were inviting me to participate in Japa Joe.

 I hope your health be better now.

In relation with the words we were trying to rhyme today, Syama, dhama, dharma and Rama, I was playing with them and this is the result

To worship Syama

Hare Krsna Hare Rama

No matter in which dhama

That’s the jiva’s dharma

I want you to know that my sadhana has decreasing these days because my grandson was in the hospital for a week and I could not go to mangala aratik or chant gayatri mantras properly, I was running every day going to Mathura to the hospital and coming back to Radha kunda, then when the kid was out of the hospital, my family and I stayed for some days in Vrndavan cause here is very hot, there I was going to Krsna Balarama Mandir for mangala aratik every day and now, back in Radha-kund I am doing mangala aratik here at home, in our mandir, cause I have to do puja, cook and everything for our takhurjis while my family is back from Vrndavan and I am really exhausted.

 Is it ok if I keep on doing mangala aratik here at home?

I am sending a picture of our deities Radha Giridhari Madana Gopal and Nitai Goura Sundar.

While in Vrndavan, Radha Carana invited a group of devotees to a kirtan partyat her home, it was very beautiful.

Please give me your blessings to keep on chanting hare krsna with more enthusiasm every day.

Your (trying to be humble) servant

Tungavidya dd

HpS - !!!!!      If you eat the leaves on the ground in Vrndavana, its O.K. with us.  Just never leave there and never go to any other forest.  (O.K.  Every corner of our ISKCON temples are Vaikuntha!)    But please don't forget us all. Pray that one day we shall also reach the very difficult to obtain, Sri Vrndavana Dhama.

Hare Krsna, Moo Chachas y   Moo Chacos!               AgtSP.      Here we are in Mexico. Our body seems about 90% recovered, but seems that if we slack on our diet even a little it starts coming back.      O.K.    Is very natural diet.

We just answered all but one of the letters.       Many programs in education here.  Preparing for the NOD-2 seminar in Houston 10-21 July. Then Rathayatra en San Francisco!              So much to do in education.   Basic principle is read Srila Prabhupada's books morning and night in the association of devotee(s).   Nothing else really matters.   Hiranyaksa is challenging Varuna to a fight in the SB right now.

       "Hey, I'm too old, Dude. Why not go fight with Lord Visnu?  He'll kick your fanny as you run from the fight!"

We are also reviewing the GBC, Child Protection Office, Manual. Seems good, but also seems room for important revisions.  Trash-9000 is filling up.  Olnly 91,000 more  words of trash before we start writing useful stuff. We hope to convince one scientist to become a devotee.

Srila Gurumaharaja, por favor  acepte mis humildes reverencias. Todas las glorias sean a Sri sri Jagannatha-Baladeva-Srimati Subhadraji. Todas las glorias sean a Srila Prabhupada!

Disculpas por no escribir en los dos últimos meses. No tenia nada de nuevo... solamente verguenza.

ASA - TlgaSP!    El mejor razon escribir mas!

Mi sadhana se mantiene igual, despertando no muy temprano, adorando a Sri Sri Jagannatha-Baladeva-Subhadra en las mañanas, leyendo el Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, trabajando en BBT… Cantando mis rondas al longo del día (los mismos problemas con concentración). Tengo vergüenza por no hacer muchos esfuerzos en avanzar espiritualmente.

ASA - Tiene que hacer algo, pero no tiene ser como Hercules.   A que hora levanta?   Puede fijar una hora poco mas temprano, mas cerca a Brahma-muhurta?   Y entonces mantiene esta estadard de levantar para dos semanas.  Temprano por Ekadasi...

En este mes tuve la misericordia de servir personalmente a Srila Jayadvaita Swami, en las fincas Nueva Gokula y Vrajabhumi.  Buena experiencia, así tuve un sadhana mejor, pero ya regresé y ya no mantengo el bueno sadhana. 

Otros tópicos.

En São Paulo tenemos dos centros de predica. Adi-Templo (el primer templo de Brasil, pero aún con casa alquilada) y el Centro Cultural Vila Prudente. El Adi-Templo está en crisis, pues por problemas financieros quieren llevar las deidades para Nueva Gokula y mantener un pequeño programa de predica hasta que puedan comprar una casa para el Señor Jagannatha. Muchos devotos no aceptan esta idea y comenzaron peleas…  Hoy no tenemos un buen clima devocional y así muchos devotos están afectados. Hay mucha pelea de devotos en internet. Yo no quiero envolverme, pero eso es muy triste y quita la inspiración.

Que puedo hacer en esta situación? Cómo ayudar y como no ser influenciado por este Tama-guna? Que Krishna quiere enseñar para nosotros?

:(

Mis reverencias a sus pies de loto.

Su sirviente;
Gopavrndapala dasa

HpS - ASA -  Es como Arjuna y los Pandavas?   Guerra fratricidal?          Basicamente tenemos que aplicar Textos 4-6 de Upadesamrta. Requiere esfuerza distinguir con quien asociarse de cual quiere modo.  Yo  ha pasado experiencias casi la misma con describa, la unica cosas es hacer algo bueno, pero no esper va a resolver todos las problemas en un esfuerza.   Entonces trabajar, bailar y cantar bien, y despues toma Prasadam.  Es listo!