Letters to the editor

mis respetuosas reverencias a Srila Prabhupada¡¡¡

Maharaja, continuo con mi sadhana de 6 rondas, propuse seguir los 4 principios los sabados y domingos, cantar con la abuelita ayuda a mantener, se siente un buen sadhu sanga, en el krishna book no puedo encontrar el pasatiempo de krishna y las gopis en canoa.

HpS - ASA   - Very nice!    TlgaSP.  Canoa es barco???  Si, no hay pasatiempos de barco en el libro KRSNA.  No se donde estan.  Otro libro de los Goswamis.  Krsna nos revelaraa!

preguntas:

 mi abuelita pregunta:

¿cual es la meta de krishna?

 HpS - ASA -  Que convertimos feliz en co-operacion con El.   No acceptamos differencia entre Krsna, Jehovah, Alla.  Por que estamos emborachos no podemos sentir la presencia obvio del Senor, entonces differentes religiones etc. Pero el basico es que hay Dios, origen y controla dor de todo y varios religiones, yogas, tiene modo acercarse a El para ser feliz en nuestra posicion constitucional, trabajando con El en Sus planres.

¿se puede asistir a la  misa cristiana, siendo un devoto?, esta pregunta me confunde porque estamos hablando de un mismo Dios unico al que se le adora.

HpS - ASA -   Claro, pero el Papa y los Cardinales puede assitir el Fiesto de Domingo acuerdo las leyes de la Iglesia y puede palmar, pero posible no unando con la baile por que es tradiccion differente.  

Maharaja, en el libro Desde Rusia con amor monkey dice que Jesus es el señor Nityananda, ¿eso es cierto?

HpS - No.    Posible mal traduccion... ?   Comentarrio de Monocito es que Balarama, Nityananda, Jesu Cristo, Prophet Mohamad,  todos pertencen al "Guru Tattwa". Balarama es el Guru Original.  Krsna tomando papel de professor.

Hare Krsna, Prabhus,

AGTSP!!!    )paoho))           Here we are in Texas, Houston, Radha-Nila-madhava-dhama.  Trip from Monterrey was pretty good, some hellish disorder. Now we are starting our NOD-2 Seminar here for two weeks.   It's the same Seminar we are giving in Radhadesa. The constantly revised document will be in the archives:

www.jayarama.us/archives/brs/nod-2.docx

Our ASA Camp is pretty good here.  Two stories. Sannyasi Mahal. Five minutes from Radharani and Nila Madhva's palace.   Hari-lila, Guru-bhakti, Nandulal, Jiva Goswami are graciously hosting us...      Kesava bharati Swami and Tattvavit Das B'cari are in the building with us.

Inertnet is good.

Nrsmha Bhoga is good.

Should have sane schedule.   Planning is good.     Here until 21st(?) and then SFO Rathayatra!

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Hare Krishna maharaja,

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

Maharja... please forgive me for not writing for so long... There has been a lot going on for me in my life and in my mind... I have a lot I want to discuss with you. May I have your e-mail address? Sri Hari prabhu directed me on where to find it, but I couldn't find it.

How are you doing? I pray that you are always well and happy :)

your aspiring servant,

reb :)

HpS - ASA -   Jaya!  Hare Krsna.    We cannot give much specific consultation, because we don't know your good self in specific detail.  That's just natural.

In life, we have to make the effort to cultivate a circle of natural counselors, Aunts, Uncles, friends, relative,   KRSNA!        People with whom we have natural contact.              To give specific advice we have to live in the same community. Know the same people. Othewise all we can give is general advice, which is also very useful, like these ideas.

We are like flowers floating on the water of the river that is Krsna's pastimes.  Sometimes He puts them together, sometimes He separates them, sometimes He lets them make decisions.

Before this Blog we were trying to maintain, 400-500 letters a month!!!    Killing letter load.

So, use, a Psuedo-nym, like "Fairy Princess of the Yellow Potatoe" and present your ideas for our humble discussion, or in a general manner, and we can help maybe.  (Maybe not (actually we are pretty stupid)), but the basic principle is do not worry so much.  God is good.  He is your great friend.  He likes to play.  If you have got yourself into a great pickle, then get your self out and laugh at it all.

We are young.

We make lots of mistakes, but we can correct them and be good friends again with everybody and go ahead making those relations more and more deeper.

If Krsna, wants in this perspective, sure we can offer a little specific advice, but that is up to him.  We are just flowers also, and now atleast we have this Blog.

(Pretty stupid answer, but I think you can get the gist of our stupidity and maybe we can be of some help to you in your efforts to help and entire generation of people like you all!!!)                  AGTSP..

Hare KRISHNA!!!

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

Thank you maharja, I understand completely. I wasn't sure if it was too forward for me to ask for not. I have been getting feedback from the community, but I guess the most difficult thing is that I am very new to this community. I have some close relations, but no one really knows me so well yet. That more or less goes for your relationship with me, too. I don't really like to indulge in my "problems" because I don't want to be a bother to anyone. And, like you say, ultimately I just can realize that these things are all an arrangement for some reason or other and is kind of funny in different ways. 

I guess I just wanted to get some advice from you about what to do, but, again, I don't really know what my situation is exactly either. In that regard.. I hope I don't offend you when I ask you this, but what then should the role of the guru be to the disciple? 

I appreciate everything, maharaja.. you are very inspirational to me. I hope I can one day be of some service to you...

your aspiring servant,

reb :)

HpS - Jaya!    AGTSP    Balarama is the first expansion of Krsna.  Krsna is the Supreme Personallity of the the Godhead and the Balarama.  Balarama is the original Guru, so we can understand that there is no limit in understanding Guru. It is almost the same as understanding God.  So then there are many relations and we have to discover these.

The parents are the first natural Gurus.  Is natural. So you should be keeping good contact with your parents about your sitiation.  The King and his wife are natural Gurus, so you have Caru and Vaibhavi.  The paramatma is Ceta guru. Very important to follow our conscience.  Like that there are so many.   The Diksa guru, like I am doing, initiates, Baptises, according to the proper process, and we follow our vows in his associatoin.

THe principle Siksa guru, consuling guru, like this, usually becomes diksa guru also, but one can and really should have several siksa gurus, only one diksa guru.

So we can answer letters like this and as we get to very specific issues that we can answer we can discuss them more individually.  But really you have to get to know local people to get local solutions.

There is no alternative.

O.K?     Again, go ahead.  Be happy.  You have such a nice Acharya in Srila Prabhupada, he is yours, and then so many nice followers. I think nice family.  Work on how you can help Lord Caitanya!

Jay Srila Prabhupada !
Harinam Sankirtan Ki jaya !
Jay Sri Vrindavan Dham !

Dandavats and pranamas to you and your students( Bhais) dear guruji.
Sorry for my delayed appearance, i was making moves to the desired trip (India).
I have not stopped the temple service until the last day of my departure(July 13).
Krishna is moving all, as always, now im very excited and graceful,i dont deserve any of this.
If you believe that is correct, i will go to Kolkata (temple) morning & evening program and dedicated music lessons (Aprox 1 month and half) next Mayapur (Music service in the temple, half month) next  Varanasi (Temple) Morning & evening Program dedicated music lessons (1 Month) next Vrindavan ( 24 hours kirtan program, complete temple program).
I will be in the brahmacari ashrama in alls temples. Im studing also, Shanti pancakam, Brahma Yajna, purusa sukta, with Vedic pronunciation, i like so much yajna service.
I have great joy, but my heart penalty, i will miss my service in the temple (deities, kitchen, especially 12 horas Kirtan program and Sankirtan Party (Harinam Sankirtan in the center of town), dont know what will become of me without all this.
Now 12 hours kirtan is being transmitted for MAYAPURTV ( www.mayapur.tv , 12 horas kirtan Santiago Chile  channel), from India will continue coordinating this program with help the other devotees.
No doubt this is my time to heal and clean my wishes.I have much desire to see you soon,if you will permit me, Can i return to Chile in November?, i need you Guruji, I want to participate in the programs with you.Every 15 days i will send you my movements, if the internet conection is good.
If you need some from India, i take him or I can send.
I hope this is right for you.
At your sincere service
Lalita Madhava Das

HpS -  Jaya!   AGTSP   pamho  we are running to the airport.   Your program sounds pretty transcendental.  If you keep it as you decirbe with full morning and evening program there is no doubt you will do great service for Srila Prabhupada.  Yes,  we want news.  November you will be back?  O.K.  News!

            A G T S P ! 

                paoho

We've had a lot of letters to answer today.   W fought the good fight and tried to answer them well.  Of course, we could all be going to hell, but we seem to have at least some connection to Krsna and Prabhupada and all of our Hare Krsna, Masters.

Tommorrow is last day in Cuera-amara. We will have four...  FOUR  ... classes!    Pretty good for a dying Monk (ey).

1 - CHosika with LAD, CMDD.....

2, 3, 4 - Local unit of 1-/2 hours each for NOI, PDP and Istagosthi with the B'caris.

Ooof!

We have learned how to die a pristine death.

Go to heaven in a chariot of Crystal.

  Yet, the Holy Names are so pure that even the weakest man in the world can touch Them with his feeble lips and tongue and throat and breath and mind and heart, and ask Krsna and Srila Prabhupada to help us understand our real position and get out of this mess and return to Them in our original form!

Hanuman was shot full of arrows, wacked on the head, at times.

But he didn't care.

He just shook it off, picked up the nearest, biggest, meanest rock he could handle and shot back!

We are not evil.

God is not evil.

That is just Rakshasha bunk.  We throw it all off and take hold of Srila Prabhupada's feet! and the Holy Names!              Hmmmffff!

JayaRama.US !

Hare Krishna,

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

I am once again hitting a really bad spot in my devotional career. I never seem to be able to keep myself on a good platform. Gurudev, I am sincerely wondering if I am cut out for this kind of life. I just don't know. I can't control myself at all it seems. I have become so lazy and just... self loathing I guess. Really going into ignorance. I am only making morning program once, or twice a week if I am lucky anymore. The only good thing I can say for myself at all at this point is doing book distribution once a week. Last week I had my first major success, sold three books to the same fellow, and then that same guy came to the evening program at the temple! I spend too much time arround this other devotee here who doesn't have almost any standard as far as going to bed/getting up early. I am still chanting, but with that, not ever getting my rounds done early in the day. On a practical level, I should be kicked out of this temple. And lately I even think of leaving. The only thing that is keeping me here at this point is the fact that I have told you and Caru I would commit for at least one year before reconsidering my position. And even that is wearing thin. I just seem to have no self control, and I don't seem to have enough.. intelligence? to fix it. I'm not sure. I even again broke one of the regs. I feel like I am  hitting a very desperate low point. How do I know that even if I fix myself up and Caru thinks I would be fit for initiation, I wouldn't fall down again? I don't want to be like that. I have seen so many first and second initiated devotees fall COMPLETELY into maya again. I don't want to do like that. So, if I am honest with myself I would say that I am in no way fit for initiation. Pretty much, after I took your association in Seattle and went to Hawaii, I have been on more and more struggle falling more and more downward. I just don't know what to do anymore. 

Bhakta Adrian

HpS - ASA -   AgtSP!           Well . . . .             you're are not going to heaven or hell by your own effort, for the most part.           Krsna has decided to put you exact,   xact,     xactly where you are.

                                                             Boooom!

You are living like a exalted pig or a miniscule saint because He has decided that.   Yes, He had taken you effort in to consideration, but He is doing what He thinks is best for you.

You may become a Mormon, a professional gambler with certain moral principles about sharing your winnings with poor people.  Who knows.  Me too.           Cut our for a certain kind of life.              Yet the SB is full of people cut out and recut for all kinds of lives.

                       Ha!         Ha!         Ha!                 You have free will!          You can do with it what you want.                  .End of Story.                 But you also get all the credit for doing something really, really, clever and wonderful if you do it.

Small, but God like.

(Yes, and in the end Srimati Radharani is compassionate that even if we act like compete embeciles She will find some way to get us out this mess (but without our effort that could take several lifetimes of Brahma!!!)))

        Hallelujah!             Alla Akbar!                   Jaya Sriman Narayana!

Make a simple program and keep. Figure out who you really are now and what you want to do with your life NOW.

O.K.  We wait to hear the next day's installment of the Adventures of Falcon of Utah!!!!!