Letters to the editor

Hare Krishna,

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

Guru Maharaja, I hope you are well. It has been a while since my last confession... :) I joke.

Guru Maharaja, thank you very much for your blessings you gave me and my husband towards our wedding. And the fruit basket was lovely! 

We purchased the Prabhupada Lilamrita on your advice and have been reading a little every day- we missed yesterday unfortunately- before breakfast. It's really nice reading this book about prabhupada's life. So many wonderful things he did in his childhood! He used to be a naughty boy. I didn't know. And we also  received the Krishna book as a wedding gift although it is difficult to read that one before going to sleep. We are waiting to purchase the Srimad Bhagavatam. I will make the effort to pick up where I left off in the 3rd canto. It was very difficult to read for me.

I also have another question. I was wondering if I have any senior godbrothers who are also householders that I can take shelter from. Or anyone that is qualified as a householder couple that might not be my godbrothers. It would be nice to have their association. I would appreciate it very much.

I am chanting minimum 16 rounds, 4 regs, and some reading. Please forgive my offenses. 

your aspiring servant,

Rasa-mandali devi dasi

           HpS - ASA -  Jaya!    AGTSP.         paoho.          Lot of work being a Grhastha, no?         You have so much nice shelter there, no?    You Temple President seemed like nice Grhastha and as I understand your parents are also nice devotees, no? !                   That's the best,   making relations with many nice Grhasthas in your physical community...    Maybe some other readers of this Blog can send an answer if they also would like to give some special advice and association.  Yes, as a Sannyasa it is difficult for us to give detailed guidance for Grhastha Ashrama, although, following Srila Prabhupada's example, we try to give general advice.

Of course, the real nectar is  Srila Prabhupada's association through all these many, many, many, books!!!

Are you continuing school?     Yogendra Prabhu?

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

Our distribution at El Salvador:
18 Bhagavad Gitas
20 Journey to Self discovery
1200 small books

The street is difficult!     We did mostly universities, it was nice.
The last week we had a hard time, because Tani was sick and the vigilants didn't help to the sankirtan mouvement...

We had a pastime... We went to a university called Matias, and we entered to all the classrooms. The started at 9am and finished at 12:00. The same day, at 1pm, a student (girl) from this university was kidnapped and killed. She was fiancé of one friend of a devotee in the temple (we share the asrama with her). So when we knew that, we thought that we see hundrends of students in each university, but only some take the books, but we don't know what will happen to them after our sankirtan, maybe they will die in few hours! We don't know if we will die very soon, is so important to become devotee of Krsna, to have a connexion with Srila Prabhupada. So I pray I can become more conciouss of the value of my service, and I can increase my desire to give these books to everyone. I don't know if that girl took a book or not, I hope she did, but I think at least she saw or touch them.

On wednesday we return to Mexico. My parents are going to visit me on 26th November until 6th December. After that, more sankirtan on Srila Prabhupada's marathon.

I only hope I can get the inside essence of what I am doing, I hope to have your blessings.

Your servant, Nitya Kisori dd

               HpS - ASA -   AgtSP      Paoho.    Thank you for your news.    The whole of ISKCON is a Sankirtan movement at Srila Prabhupada's lotus feet. Whatever we do is by his mercy, no?  His feet don't just reflect our light, like the moon reflects light, but they shine with their own light and purify the heart, then we can see that everything is being controled by Krsna and try to use our abilities to join His work.

Very best regards to your good parents. We are in Santiago and hope that we can risk our lives like you and be empowered like you to communicate the Light of the Bhagavata.  We go back Lima two days after your parents leave.   But we will be there when they return.

  TLGASP   pfanrh.    Respondiend a cartas hasta 6 dias pasado.  SUUUUper occupado con programas en las universiadaes.   consulataciones para 20 devotoos cada dia.  voz ronca ca ca!   Pero muy bien.  Ya vamos a BhVai con devotos de San Jose en WebEx!

            AGTSP   paoho.  We are so hoarse that we can't talk.  Many very, very intense, usefule programs here with the universities.  About 25 consulations with devotees daily and work with Dr. Bandyopadhaya and NIOS,      Bhakti Vaibhava and Ministry of Education....     So far things are pretty balanced.  We have repsonded to letters up to 6 days ago...   now we go to our Saturday BhVai, WebEx class!!!

HPS: Also, exciting letters from the politics in Peru.  Keeps us awake.  Is so similar to what happened in Texas.

NaD >>> PAMHO AGTSP

What is the kind of politics that keeps us awake? To me comes in mind 2 possibilities: ISKCON politics or/and world politics. 

              HpS - ASA -  Jaya!   Iskcon Politics.      We are working in Education so it is the Education politics.   Working as an educational team, but also the relation between the Yatra and the school.   In most of the Western led schools, Mayapura Institute, VIHE, Radha desa, Oxford Center.   the School is a separate body in harmony with the local Yatra.   But in Indian   units I think the education is a PART of the Yatra, lile Radhaatha Swami's zone etc.         This is old story.   SB 1.17 near the end talks about the conflict, sympathy between Sanyasis and Kings.  Is healthy politics to keep us awake.  We are passionate, not always in pure goodness.   So that can be O.K.   we can use it for Krsna and not fall asleep!

Hare Krishna dear GM!

Please accept my prostrated Obeisances at your lotus feet

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!

        HpS   -  AGTSP!!

Mayapur Dham is such a merciful and nice place. Now the weather has changed from hot and humid, to more cool and humid. It really gives some relief to feel some cold, because summer is sooo hot. But still we can experience ananda, even though sometimes we are sick, or having some other suffering, in the balance is always more good than bad.

Since 2 months I have been involved in Govinda’s restaurant. They asked me to manage the Snack Bar and to improve the cleanliness of the place, as it had very bad fame for many years. So I started very enthusiastic about the service. But now after 2 months I became frustrated because I have learnt about the Bengali management, and working with Bengali boss. And it is very difficult. And besides that I became so busy that I hardly have any time for reading and chant more rounds than the minimum.

Well besides that I have been chanting every day at least 16 rounds (most of time 20), i also try to do kirtana as much as I can, and following the 4 reg. Principles. And I wake up early every morning unless I am sick.

When will you be coming to Mayapur Gurudev?

Your aspirant to servant

Sudama sakha dasa

Ps. Please forgive my offenses and negligence.

                HpS -  AGTSP    paoho.   SO nice to hear from you!!!   How is the family???      We arrive in Mayapura like 25th February and stay until 5th March.   Before that one week in CCU and then two weeks in Manipur.  After that we will be more time in India but we are adjusting the time for Australia still!!    We also want to get some of the mercy of Mayapura!