Letters to the editor

Hare Krsna Maharaj.
AGTSP,
Dandvat Pranam,

after reading you replies on blog, the guru tattva file. It will be very helpful if you can tell this buffalo [ignorant]/ horse [ passionate ]

1. How do we build Practical relation with Srila Prabhupada ? What are the different ways for us to same?  Is it just by reading Srila Prabhupda books.

HpS - ASA - AGTSP!!!!     thank you for your question.  it will save the world.  love is the only way to establish a relationship. you must love srila prabhupada, even though you don't feel like it. if you can understand the importance of loving your wife and son and srila prabhupada then you do it.   how, by hearing from them with an attitude of helping them in their service to krsna!

2. As prabhu pada said if you can not read books then just chant, dance and eat prasadam. If books are the only way to build  practical relation with prabhupada.. then how can we make the same with just chant,dance and prasad.

HpS - Well book are not the only way.  But they can be a basis. You can base your relationship on one instruction that your heard from his lips or the lips of his representative.      Usually we have balanced program of chanting, dancing, arati, japa, books, prasadam, karma-yoga, sankirtana, joking and crying.

We are asking this as we are progressing in dark well. our ability [mentally & physically] is reducing to read Prabhupda books. Infact in second semested of Padam-poada we have not given even 30% of what we gave in first semester.

HpS - Better to get a steady program and push in a healthy way to expand it, not dog hard, than to be a Bhakti Yo Yo.  Lot today nothing tommorrow! ....

Also we are trying to make morning proram [ ML at 430 , tulsi pooja, japa, hearing Sb class, parasdam] as center of life. {we realize we do not know what it means to make krsna as center of life.so we make Morning prog as center of life}. [ doing things [a] to do it [b] to improve it]

HpS - Jaya!!!!!

without your guidance, we are actually hollow and hopeless... thank you for adventing in our life.

buffalo.....

HpS - ASA ---- Jaya!    Good Buffalo!      Good Buffalo!       We are just mailmen.  You are giving all you need to, to your family, just go ahead. It will get more and more organized!   Next letter.... . .   come with us!

Report from Romulo Alfonso Yallico Andia And Caitanya Candrodaya Das )

ALL Glories  to Srila Parabhupada  ki jayy!! All Glories  to the   Vaishnavas  ki jayy!!

PLEASE accept My  most  humble  and respectful  obeisances  Dear  Gurudeva .

 I  moved  to kolkata   I  came  here 2  weeks  before  and  i'm staying  in Gita  Bhawan   it's  part of  iskcon kolkata  and  devotees who  has a  job  and  students stay  in this  building  I'm  here  now  with   good  association  and  also  there  is   library   , Harisuari  Prabhu  who  is  charge  of   the  library .

I  ready  stard to study  Alternative  medicines    and  Flute  .  My course  of  alternative  medicine  is  not  regular  classes  , i  have  to study my ownself i know  is  difficult but  that's  will  be  posible  by  the mercy  of  krishna  if  he  give me  knowledge  and also  i have  to study   , i  wish  to  get that  goal  for maybe in the future   i can work  , do  service  and  help  to the devotees  . This  course  is  for  Two  years  and i will  have training   for  all the  last months for 7  days . i wil  have  for  year  one exam . 

About  flute  i'm practicing  my own  self  for  this month and the  next month  i will get  a  teacher  for  flute .

On weekends  i'm  going  to   Sri   DHAM Mayapur   becouse  i miss  so much my   home  .

Sadhana BHakti : i  try   to wake  up  everyday  3AM  and  chant  my  16 rounds , read Srimad  Bhagavat   Gita .  after that I  make  my own Breakfast  some  fruits  ans  yogurt ,  i study  Anatomy  and  Physiology   from my course  of  AL MEDICINE , take  rest , Lunch  in iskcon- kolkata ,  Flute  and  Mridanga  then again  study  AL medicine  , hang  out  , Internet  and  i  go to  bed  at 9 pm .  this  is  my time  table  i  really  i want  to  be  serious but sometimes  i can't  my mind  is   going  somewhere   . PLEASE I  need  ur  bless  me  . i really want to  learn  and  i will help   and  do services  for  Radha  and krishna  . Radha  Madhana Bihari  are  in my  heart ilove so  much  them . 

Sorry  for  my  offenses................ur  servant Caitanya candrodaya  das .

Romulo  Alfonso Yallico  torres :

I  call  him  and   also  he  call me  sometimes  , i  try  to have  a nice  communication  with  all my family now  everybody is  in  differents  countries and  it's  very  hard  to talk  with them just  by Internet and  cell phone  .

  well my  Father  said he  is  chanting  16  rounds  sometimes  but he is   regualar  chanting 14  rounds  ,  wake  up  for  mangala artik sometimes  because his  job is  hard  and  tired  so  he  can not  wake  up  everyday  and  he has  problem  with his column  sometimes  pain .

JAY  SRILA PRABHUPADA KI  JAYYY!! HANUMAT PRESAKA  SWAMI KI  JAYYY!!

I LOVE  U  GURUDEVA ...........thank u  for  everything.

HpS -   AGTSP   pamho.  Super!!!!   You will get the details worked our soon.  Main thing is to go,      inside      and see who you are buy the Japa etc.   Then look for people to associate with, flute, root, boot, suite....    the details come once you have stable association.   People who will form a part of you life for a long time.   Even if you will only be with them for a short time.

Please tell your father   -   Two more rounds.     Be a hero!    Better to die serving Krsna!!!!   Same for Brahma muhurta.   If he makes less money from following Mangala arati then Krsna wants Him to get a better job.  Watch for it!

Hare Krsna,

AGTSP

paoho . . .    Here we are in NgD Prabhu's house.  It is 5PM.   We will write like fiends (We were fiends), read and post our comments on the Sankirtana news here in.

We have had SUPER meetings with local scholars, and are working on the Annual NIOS Symposium for September. It should be on the Campus.

Also, we are pushing, shing, shing, to have a regular KRSNA book Symposuim each week based from NIOS Nashville.    Letters!>>>>

Esteemed Devotees,

Paoho AGTSP.  How are you?   We are in Tandavika Prabhu's house for Saturday and Sunday. We are keeping pretty good standard. Working constantly in KC, now we have to intensify it to come up to the standard of other stronger devotees in ISKCON.

It is 2.21PM we have 21 of our 32 rounds done. We are on schedule. We will check our list of Things To Do, and check in with a few devotees.  Cell phone is free today, by the mercy of Caitanya-caritamrta Prabhu.

In checking the e-mail we have nice letter from one devotee who is disturbed by fall downs in ISKCON etc. So we have our edited answer to him following. We asked him to write to this Blog so we can all discuss these things efficiently.  Use pen-names if you feel shy to talk of stuf here with your regular name. Also, talk in general rather than individual details, on principles, more than individual detials in this Forum:

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Hare Krsna,

J a y a! Srila Prabhupada, Ki Jai. Please accept our humble obeisances. Thank you for the letter and fotos. <img alt=":) happy" src="http://mail.yimg.com/ok/u/assets/img/emoticons/emo1.gif" />

 We are in Tennessee until 25th then we go to Boise, San Jose, Houston, Mexico...

 Your letters and news are no distubance. So far I have been able to follow well Srila Prabhupada's basic program since even before the time of initiation. Beyond that I think I have not done such great things as many other devotees, so I have lots of room to improve.

Your news is honestly quite encouraging.

Of course, as always Srila Prabhupada is everyone in ISKCON's Guru, no? Right after Prabhupada left there was this development that the people named by Prabhupada to give initiation were now in the line between Prabhupada and the people newly joining ISKCON and they were the new "Founder Acharys" of their specific regions. I went through that phase personally with Hansadutta Prabhu in Berkeley. In any case, it was accepted by various people in various degrees, 0-100%, but within about 5-years or more it was rejected by mostly 80% as far as I can understand, especially as in the extreme case of Kirtanananda, who as I understand did not want people to read Srila Prabhupada's books, but rather only read his.

This is where I become confused.

Whether you, I, Guru-prasad Swami, Prabhavisnu Swami, Hansadutta, Maitreya Das, Ramabhadra Das, Svasa Das, Harivilasa Das, Lavanya-mangala Devi Das, fall down, we all still have very clear standard and example from Srila Prabhupada. If we call ourselves, "Prabhupada Disciples", that means, again as I understand, that we follow the four-regulative principles strictly and chant 16-enthusiastic rounds/day with out fail. Then of course, we advise, by our association inspire, others to do the same.

Is correct?

Of course, there are so many details, but that is the simple, practical situation as I have understood and as I understand Srila Prabhupada.

He chants his rounds, we chant our rounds, any body who wants to follow us following him, chants their rounds, anybody who wants to follow them chant their rounds . . . .

 . . . . We have twenty O.K. rounds done now. We've gone from 25/day to 32/day this year. Is very nice.  We can do better.

 Jaya!

Again, we don't want to molest your good self either, but for us it has been very clear for so very long. We have to chant 16 enthusiastic rounds and follow the four principles strictly.

If we don't do this we are not fully Prabhupada disciples directly or indirectly, formally initiated or not formally initiated.

We may be progressive and headed to the standard, but we are not at the standard, yet.

Krsna, personally will help us follow this standard because through Srila Prabhupada He has personally set it.

Unless we follow this standard, or are sincerely trying to go to this standard, we will honestly won't be able to understand much else about ISKCON. It can only be understood practically by devotional service to it's Founder Acharya.

Jaya!  Our fanatic ideas. <img alt=":) happy" src="http://mail.yimg.com/ok/u/assets/img/emoticons/emo1.gif" /><img alt=":) happy" src="http://mail.yimg.com/ok/u/assets/img/emoticons/emo1.gif" /><img alt=":) happy" src="http://mail.yimg.com/ok/u/assets/img/emoticons/emo1.gif" /><img alt=":) happy" src="http://mail.yimg.com/ok/u/assets/img/emoticons/emo1.gif" />

Can you write to our ASA Blog about this??!! So many people have the same comments and questions that we have and then we can all discuss it together there. You can use a pen-name if you want to, the Rationalist of Rome, <img alt=":) happy" src="http://mail.yimg.com/ok/u/assets/img/emoticons/emo1.gif" />, or whatever you feel comfortable with.

In any case, we are always glad to hear from you.

AGTSP

paoho... . . . You are very nice association for us.

Ur fallen servant,

Hanumatpresaka Swami

Happy Birthday,    Brother Donkey,     Happy Birthday to You!

Heeee   Hawwww!           Heeeee!     Hawwwww!

Well, we, Tom Brown and Buck White, just finished answering a lot of letters. Uncle Gismo and HpSwami helped a little.  Actually, we are the guys in control here most of the time.

Today is the anniversary of the birthday of Brother Ass on the Gregorian Calendar. It is 10.49AM.  We got 21 of our 32 rounds done.

Next we gotta get it together for a trip to the Campus to meet with Rabbi Rami about NIOS and our work here with them.

It is so, so, so dificult to preach.  Especially for us who have NO qualifications. We try.   We try because there is the a taste in chanting and reading.

Also, today, we should work on our essay on Health and Spirituality for Texas and Mexico. We already have one draft done. It definitely needs citations, but we have our books with us finally, Carl Jung etc.

Guess that's it.    Thank you all so much for your association. Some Japa and we head through the rain and wind to the campus (finding a place to park is going to be a challenge).

Hari Bolo!!

Todas las glorias a Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu y su eterno Sankirtan.

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada.

Por favor acepte mis respetuosas reverencias querido Maharajá.

Querido Maharajá, permítame ofrecerle mis  respetuosas reverencias desearía que humildes pero eso en sentimiento muy elevado propio de usted y Srila Prabhupada que me inspiran a aprender.

Disculpe mi ofensa de no poderle enviar con anterioridad reportes de actividades, me da mucha pena enviarle reportes con pocas actividades, mi deseo sincero es poderle compartir cosas buenas y mucho servicio pero se que usted esta muy ocupado y necesita descansar como para que lo moleste con esto.

Ahora termine 1° semestre de universidad con promedio de 9.2 esa es mi insignificante ofrenda a su elevada personalidad llena de compasión y misericordia. Deje de tener un servicio fijo en el templo mientras estudiaba y las rondas empezaban a dificultarse mucho, la mente agarraba  fuerza y al sentirme mas indefensa   fui  corriendo al refugio de Srila Prabhupada.

Prabhu Maitreya me ayudo mucho a mejorar las rondas y me invito a quedarme en el templo  en vacaciones q con gusto acepte ahora  me quede  entrando a raja bhoga y cantando 16 rondas diarias acabo de pedir servicio fijo los jueves en la tarde de parafernalias, pido a krishna todos los días que me permita mantenerme fija por que  ahora después de estas pruebas me e dado cuenta que soy muy débil y tonta, que necesito tener voluntad  para poder seguir adelante.

Los ekadasi van muy bien poco a poco dejan de ser austeridad para convertirse en gusto, gracias por su inspiración y su instrucción siento como me va llevando de regreso a krishna, con mucho amor Querido Maharajá, el día de su sagrado Sri Vyasapuja lo celebramos en el templo en compañía de todos los devotos y estar cerca de usted por medio de la transmisión por internet, aunque hubo fallas le pudimos escuchar y eso fue lo mas importante. No le envié mi  ofrenda escrita al blog  ya que aun no soy formalmente su aspirante,  pero pude pasar a decirla en el Sri Vyasa Puja gracias  por  permitirme glorificarlo  y permítame por favor volver a glorificar  su aparición trascendental antes de la desaparición de Srila jiva Goswami.

Gracias a Srila Prabhupada y a su inspiración, Gopal se encuentra bien se le atiende cada semana con adoración y canto, el servicio en el altar me ayuda mucho, aunque he cambiado el día de adorarlo a los martes por la escuela.

Maharajá le pido perdón porque no se como dirigirme a usted, porque no me siento cualificada para glorificar su misericordia, pero mi deseo ahora es alcanzar su refugio formal y no perder mas tiempo, como sus palabras bien lo dijeron es bueno ser paciente pero es mejor ser entusiasta.

Oro a Sri Krsna, porque siga  bien de salud pidiendo perdone mis ofensas por favor.

Su aspirante a refugio Bhaktin Zareth.

HpS - ASA -  Jaya!  Gracias a Vd.     Gracias a Srila Prabhupada quien ha nos dotado (has given us) esta buen cultura Vaisnava.  Adelante, adelante, adelante.    Busca sus gustos en el empiro de bhakti yoga de Srila Prabhupada, y cultivan.  Cada persona es diferente. Cada tiene su propio desafios y ganancias!

Cuales su carrera de estudio???