Letters to the editor

Hare Krsna Respected Guru Dev,
    Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.

           HpS - ASA - We still have to advance from clean feet to lotus feet, but by Acharya-kripa, Srila Prabhupada's mercy, we are progressing!

     All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
    All glories to Guru parampara.

    We know you are not good health wise. We saw your recent photo; you are looking very very tired.
    we will pray to our Lord for your good health.

HpS - Ayurveda analysis seems very correct.  Pita out of place.  In the throat and mouth.  Now much better, but still some problem.    >>>   Change our way of living.    You have same challenges..

     We are in process of fund collection for 'Janamastami 2012'. Study & sadhana is as usual (no change) at my end.

    Question - When 'Vairagya' comes in heart?

    Guru Dev, can we see the world, which comes after material word. I mean, how we can develop the  eye to see the world which comes after material world.

    I have realized, whenever we see things at body level we are always attached. but whenever we are able to see at soul level there is no attachment or attraction. So need an eye to see across the
    material layer.

    So can we not develop that eye, with leaving in this material world? What will be the process to
    start?

your servant,
Girivaradhari-Gopal Das

HpS - ASA -  AGTSP   pamho.    There is no "new news" from Goloka everyday neither.      Everyday just take the cows out and come home for bath and dinner...    Haw!      Haw!      Haw!                  Maybe the devotees in Santa rasa see it like that?     No, Krsna's flower garland is in Santa-rasa.   It sees  soooo  many wonderful changes everyday.     Improvement everyday.

So, we can see Goloka, as we apply NOI 3.    We have to increase our enthusiasm.    It follows as a natual result of the determined Vaidhi bhakti.  Are you applying the suggestions in NOI 3?        Of course, by meditation (Japa) every day and SB every day, how can we not increase our intelligence.  1st canto, 2nd canto...    the lessons are more and more deep!

How is local temple, association?    Do you have big responsibility to influence the consciousness?          Are you doing Bhakti sastri studies with interesting devotees???????                      Next    is second initiation...    then third.....

Hare Krsna Maharaj Dandvat Pranam
AGTSP, PAMHO

Hope your health is better. ..

ASA - AGTSP   paoho.  Brother Ass is a lot better but still inflamation, too much "pitta" in the throat mouth and tongue.  We are working on it.  Austerities.

Lot of development took place in 6 weeks. Last report we wrote when you were in Manipur. We wanted to write but always delayed to get better mind set and write in a theme. While writing we are not again able to synthesize thoughts and present in sequential or connected manner.. but still we write, we can not delay things till eternity...

1. We[ wife and me] had 90 minute skype call with Anantrupa Pr he gave us some pointers to implement. We also met Sri Hari Pr in delhi for 90 minutes he gave us attitude which we should have. 

2.our wife has concluded that its too much for her to , take care of child,house chores,do thesis and do spi activites [ in decreasing priority as we understand]. The Spi activites were actually recommendation of Anant Rupa pr. However due to our eventual stupid behaviour, she has deleted spi activities from her list and become agnostic. Special contribution is of scientific theories which we read in high school on which she support herself.

3. her aim is Mode of goodnes.. she believes one can become good without god. we were not able to give her convincing answer of question : what is diff between well behaved atheist and mis behaving theist like ourself... she is not against our practice... but is sort of neutral

4. we understand the fault is ourself that we can not follow brahmanical behaviour.

5. on sadhana level we dwindled. but kept 4 rules and avg 16 rounds intact. literally no reading, temple, hearing, temple or morning program.

6. our thesis is stuck because inability of our intelligence to separate work and domestic life.

7. we have some questions, we can not recall them most of them, but few are here::
  a. how are tongue which is matter can produce anti mater/ spiritial vibration
 

HpS - ASA - Matter is an energy of Krsna.  It can be used Spiritually or Materially. That is our choice.   Is a gun good or bad?

  b. these days after 5 rounds [ even inattentive] causes unexplainable pain in our head and back of neck.. [we speculate it is due to relief from agitation]

HpS -  Hmmm.  Don't know.  Sounds more like sitting posture...  but better to die doing Japa-nam.

Yes, as you make progress, Mataji will most likely start doing Japa again also. You have to save yourself to save here.

we are sorry to disappoint u again. but we have desire to improve...

regards,
bhakta horse

HpS - Seems your whole family community, hers, yours, are all Ksatriya people.  Determination of continue to death.     But enthusiasm is more important than patience, determination.  Than means going ahead with enlightenment.  That means Lght of the Bhagavata.   So get a habit.     I would recomend Caitanya caritamrta.   Start reading every day before breakfast.  Can't eat until one page done.  Then report back to us.       Honestly seems like you can make good conclusion to this race!!

Dear Guru Maharaja,

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

Thank you for your response on jealousy. I determined that I was jealous and not envious.

On another note, I have news. Remember how I said I was getting married on the 31st of August? Well, it has been postponed. It has become such a confusing situation that I don't know if I am in the situation. Basically my husband-to-be is dealing with some doubts about the relationship as well as his Krishna Consciousness. He's basically having an identity crisis because he doesn't know what he wants to do with himself, if he wants to get married, if he wants to be a devotee. And he decided to let me know a month before our wedding. Good 'ole men. 

We have been taking some guidance as to what we do from here. Our plan is that he will go away for a month with the brahmacari ashrama to get some association with his friends, get his sadhanna in order, get some TLC, some time to think about things, in short to get his act together. He needs his own space for a while. As for me, I am moving out of the tmple because I have been having a hard time living here. I shall look for a job, help with our outreach program, and begin school in September. 

I am letting you know of this so that you can advise me of weather this is the right course of action and of how I can deal with the pain and suffering I am going through? Should I still consider even marrying him? My mentor told me that I should see this as Krishna's mercy because if I had gone through with the marriage with him not tellng me it would have been even worse.  Krishna is protecting me and I should appreciate Him for doing so. I also feel sorry for my husband-to-be. I really don't like to see him suffering the way he is.

Anyways, this is my life right now. Sorry about its condition. Please pray for us. 

Your aspiring servant,

Princess Sunshine of the North

ASA - Dear Esteemed Princess Sunshine of the North.   Here we are honorable Monkey San and Piggy San of the West.           Ooooof!     Your life seems terrible, but on the other had, we read about ladies in Africa who are in refugee camps, whose husband have taken the animals and gone to safer places in the South and left them with three kids to save, and who run a 3% chance of getting raped each time they leave  the Camp for water, and we thnk...   "Could be worse".

Varna-ashrama, meditation, fire-sacrifices, they don't work in Kali-yuga   EXCEPT on the basis of Bhagavata dharma.         What is that.  You and your associate read and discuss Srimad Bhagavatam together.   Are you doing that???                I have preached this, practice it pretty well and get reports for regular famiies that it is a fact.  16/4 mangala arati and we survive they say.  But daily reading and discussing with the four of us, they say, we actually are enthusiastic in K.C.

O.K.    Then live in the Temple and be a Nun, or a Brahminical Grhastha or live outside and become a Ksatrini Grhastha,  that becomes basically clear in the Light of the Bhagavata.          Basically the idea is that's its easier for girls to be married to a sane Dude.   If Krsna doesn't send one, He will marry you Himself. (hmmm ??).

Well that's East to the North.

We're on SB 3.13-15     Chapter review right now.  Pregnancy of Diti in the Evening.   Kumara Kurse the Door-keepers.   These things are going on inISKCON Vaikuntha.   LIfe becomes an adventure. "Come one come all, Join the fun in the ISKCON Hall"

¡Todas las Glorias a Sri Sri Guru y Gauranga!

¡Todas las a Srila Prabhupada y al sankirtana eterno!

Hare Krsna Guru Maharaj, estamos en Chosica – Perú, llegamos hace un par de semanas y nos quedaremos unos 20 días más, estamos adorando a nuestras deidades en casa, haciendo Mangala Artik, Govinda, Gaura Artik, leyendo el C. C., el Bagavad Gita, el Krsna Book y de lunes a viernes al medio día estamos haciendo servicio en el templo, yo entro algunas veces a la cocina a ayudar a P. Padapadma, los días viernes asisto a las clases de puyari de M. Gaura Gadhadara, por misericordia de Krsna estamos rodeados de devotos viviendo cerca al templo, todo es muy favorable por aquí.

Mi reporte de sankirtana es el siguiente: 1 Caitanya Caritamrta, 4 Enseñanza del Señor Caitanya, 1 Enseñanza de Kapiladeva, 1 Bagavad gita, 2 Viajes al Autoconocimiento, 5 Ciencias de la Autorrealización y 716 libros pequeños (volver a nacer, karma samsara, camino a Krsna, perfección del yoga, cazador y sabio, meditación, recetario, más allá del nacimiento y muerte). El sankirtana se realizó en las ciudades de Huancayo, Huancavelica, Juliaca, Puno, La Paz y Potosí durante 3 meses en asociación con P. Gadai Gauranga y M. Anadi en la Paz.

Guru Maharaj como nuestras deidades todavía no tienen nombre, pensamos en ponerle el nombre de Parama Karuna Sri Sri Gaura Nitay. ¿Qué le parece a Ud.? O si fuera tan amable de ponerlas otro nombre sería muy lindo. Ahí le envío fotos de las deidades.

Querido Guru Maharaj me despido desde aquí con las deidades de Radha Madhana Vihari y con la buena asociación de los devotos de Chosica, Hare Krsna.

Tratando de servir al sánkirtana de Srila Prabhupada.

Nadiya Nivasi Dasi.

HpS - ASA -    Jaya!     Muy buen noticias.  Tenemos que comenzar unos estudios de CC para aumentar la interes, no?   Solamente entender esta libro es amarlo!              Super bien su Sankirtana.        Y sus Sadhana.  A mi aparece muy bueno volver a refugio de Madan-bihari y Radharana par un rato y invitar otros hacer la misma.

Nombre de sus deidades es super, pero tiene que aprender la cancion"parama karuna.."  para cantar para Ellos entonces........           Llegamos a Peru 8 Octubre....             Muy buena suerte con su Sankirtana, espero no tengo nada decir, Krsna misma va a dar inteligencia a Vd. por media de esta austeridad.

Super fotos.  Aparece que Ellos distruyen los libros.

Dear Maharaja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances,
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

I'm happy due to the diet You feel better. Thank you for the Kapi dvaja, it was inspiring. I hope if You come to Europe in February we can meet personally.

Thank you so much for your answer.
I read SB 1.9. and i thought about your words.
We wanted to move from Hungary and it seemed we have nice opportunities in foreign yatras but in the last few weeks things changed and everything became very difficult.
I prayed to Srila Prabhupada and Gaura Nitai for guidance and after You send me this letter.
It seems we have to stay here for a while and help to the devotees.
I always thought if i find a better place where i have good association it is better to go there but You're right sometimes we have to fight and if it's necessary to help optimize the place where we live.
I'm not qualified but yes, Krisna can empower me.

You follow Srila Prabhupada strictly and i know You want to adjust Iskcon and i'm happy if i can help You.
With your letters i always get so much strength from You i hope once i can be on your assistance.

All the best, dear Maharaja.

Your insignificant servant,
Sri Radhe devi dasi

HpS - ASA -   AGTSP   paoho.  Personally I am amazed to see how much NOI 6 seems to be a fact.  Devotees who have been sacrificing for Srila Prabhupada for many years still seem to have major character faults, attachment to intoxicagtion, power, pride . . .    Maybe it seems like 15% of their character or more.   Their disciples themselves may admit it.  They admit it when they are in the 85% sane area of their consciousness.     So, we, HpSwami, Monkey and Piggy, have to be more conscious to work with the purified aspect of people's character and avoid the demoniac. Then by that process it will all become perfect.          In the modern world people are 80-90% demoniac, so somebody who is 80% purified is a jewel!   Even 30% purified and on the path is worth noting and investing time in...       Our ideas.

              A G T S P !      paoho....   Oink!     Oink!     WHoop!              WHoop!                    WHooop!                   WHOOP!

               How are you?    Here we still are in Houston.    Unless we keep the 1-quart+ of parsely water in our diet the inflamations come back in the mouth and tongue.   Much better.   Health seems to be combination of work load and diet.

         Oink!     Oink!               Whoop.          We am very, very grateful that by your and Srila Prabhupada's mercy we have association of Lord Nrsmhadeva.        We have traveled with Him for many years through very dificult situations and otherwise we would have, felt, been, very much alone.

This is our last night in Houston.

We just finished the Correspondences from Yahoo. and Blog.  Now we have to prepare for the NOD-2 seminar this night!

            Hare Krsna!           {B}                 Kapi Dhvaja was useful??