Letters to the editor

hare krsna

   Hare Krishna, Guru Maharaj

  Le ofresco mis humiles reverencias a Usted, un sincero y entuciasta predicador de conciencia de Krishna, tlgaSP¡¡¡

HpS - ASA - TlgaSP    pfanrh   Vd es mas!

    Estoy muy asustado de no poder escribir el reporte, soy un verdadero estupido dicipulo,

ASA - Si, pero tiene hemosa sonrisa!

por favor perdone mis errores, estoy tratado de mejorar, mi vida sigue siendo un " circo" de correr y correr solucionanado problemas familiares, pero esta Usted en mi vida y Usted es cooneccion con Krishna, poor favor no me rechase por mis errores.

ASA --   Hari Bolo!!!        Kirtanya sada harih!

     Estoy cantando las rondas al igual que los otros miembros de la familia, ( naru, gopa y la señora)

ASA - ! ! ! !       !

Naroootam y Golpal, pasaron de nivel dando examenes libres y así decidimos continuar con este maravilloso desafio de educar a los niños en el hogar.

ASA - Esta relacionando con ninos, escuela en su aldea??

Mi principal deseo es complacerlo a Usted y así Usted me regale el mas dulce de todos los tesoros: BHAKTI por Radha Krishna, yo se que soy caido y lujurioso, pero tambien se que Usted tiene el poder para salvarme de esta situacion materias, así que  lloro por sus bendiciones, por favor ocupeme de la forma que lo desee.

                 su bien tonto y campesino dicipulo, Ananda Vardhana das

  HpS - ASA -  Jagannatha es mas grande???

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