Letters to the editor

Hare Krishna.

Dandavat Pranam H H Hanumat Presaka Swami Guru Maharaj.

Please accept my humble obeisance unto Your Padma Charan in the C.C. Madhya 8.230 clearly mentioned " gopi-anugatya vina .....nahi paya vrajendra-nandan".

Translation: "Unless one follows in the footsteps of the gopis, he cannot attain the service of the lotus feet of Krishna, the son of Nanda Maharaja. If one is overcome by knowledge of the Lord's opulens, he cannot attain the lord's lotus feet, even though he is engaged in devotional service.

Again in the purport: "Those attracted by the conjugal love between Radha and Krishna must follow in the footsteps of the gopis. Only then is it possible to enter into the Lord's service in Goloka Vrindavan and directly associate with Radha and Krishna.

Guruji I have read other slokas also 228-229.

Yes, I know it is quite difficult practice as a human being in this material world but I am just trying to follow the food steps of the Goswamis.

Everything is possible only when Guru's Asirvad is available. Please keep me in Your Padma Charan.

Your fallen servant,

Yamunesvara Das and 

Yamuna Manjari

HpS - Hare Krsna. So nice to have your perspective here. Manipura has so much to offer to our global Sanga.

From our little perspective, the Nectar of Instruction is such a nice Parampara gift from Rupa Goswami through Narottama, Bhaktivinode Thakura, Bhakti Siddhanta, A. C. Bhaktivedanta.

Of course, Nectar of Devotion, Bhakti-rasamrta Sindhu is the complete science.

NOI is pretty complete summary of NOD.

NoI starts with Vaco vegam manasa vegam... with very detailed modern purport by Srila Prabhupada and Bhakti-siddhanta Prabhupada.

Then Rupa Goswami and Prabhupada go through more details up to Text 8. Then it directly deals with Raganuga Bhakti.

Before that we are following in the footsteps of the Gopis.

They show us how to live externally like regular people in Braja, Nanda maharaja's village, and by that we start to develop our internal life more and more.

It is like putting water and nutrition externally on the plant with the plan that it will develop fruit on that basis.

So, where are your good selves?

So, https://vedabase.io/en/library/noi/7/#bb5983 , starts the different levels of personal development in following in the footsteps of the Gopis, the Goswamis, adau sraddha, sadhu sanga, bhajana kriya... in modern terms.

About three paragraphs.

Where are your good selves on those steps?

Do you know this Super Essential Verse, adau sraddha... Prabhupad cites it all the time. It is a key, key, key verse by Rupa Goswami.

https://vedabase.io/en/library/bg/4/10/#bb1200

Yes, maybe we are 85% fixed in Mangala arati, early Japa, so, yes, we can start higher stages like Nistha and Ruci, but we are not yet fully on that platform. Still have some work to do to finish off all the lower attachments. That the Goswamis show us how to do.

Rupa Goswami had to renounce his government employment.

What are your thoughts about this?

Jay Govinda Ji.

Hare Krishna, Gurudeva,

Please accept my humble obeisances,

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada,

I checked your calendar and it says nothing in those days.

It says that 22 /tu nov (actually 22 it is sunday, is tuesday in december), you return from latin America to Houston.

HpS/ASA - Hare Krsna. 🐵

This is about our seminar, no? Running like mad preparing for the Madrid/Udipi Tour. Looking at our Red Book, We arrive Houston from Lima on the 24th November at 9.30AM after all night in the airplanes. 😃

Then, dermatologist, Tejas Desai, great guy, wants to cut on off some spot of well isolated cancer from under our right eye. Stitch it up and have us do nothing for two weeks.

Got Eye Doctor 30th Monday. So, sounds like we should schedule the Skin Doctor after the Eye Doctor for the 1st, 2nd, 3rd December.

So if you prefer we can start that week.

Let me suggest thursday 26/11, 3/12, 10/12 and 17/12. Or we can do it thursday 12/11, 19/11 (you will be camped in latinamerica), 26/11, 3/12 (camped in Houston). Let me know what fits better for you.

At your service.

Nikunja Bihari Das.

HpS - You can see that with our age and body maintenance it is going be hard for us to plan ahead for those dates.

Maybe best to coordinate with with Abhirama Thakura Das/Jagad Guru Das, Arjuna Das, Candra mukhi Devi Dasi et al, and do it while we are in Latin America with everybody's participation.

Thank you.

Querido Gurumaharaja 

Por favor acepte nuestras respetuosas reverencias.

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada! 

Muchas gracias por su respuesta, la noticia es una gran alegría para todos, formaremos un equipo de trabajo para la organización del festival de los Goswamis pensando también en la hospitalidad para los devotos del extranjero que quisieran asistir. 

La propuesta de fechas parece buenas, queremos preguntarle si sería conveniente llegar un poco antes del 8 de Enero, ese día es la aparición de Lochana Das Thakur y posiblemente el viaje y el mismo festival puedan representar un día exhausto para un viajero de sankirtana. 

También se retomarán los programas de predica que se venían planeando. Se estarán enviando los reportes.

El antiguo Distrito Federal (D.F.) la capital de México, se convirtió en Ciudad de México en el 2016 y ahora puede ser México Siddhi, la ciudad que alcanzará el éxito del sankirtana por la misericordia de Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Srila Prabhupada de los vaisnavas como usted.

Quedamos atentos a sus instrucciones.

Muchas gracias

Vuestra eterna aspirante a sirviente

Asta Sakhi dd

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HpS/ASA - Jaya! TlgaSP. Por favor utiliza google.translate.com para enviar el original en Espanol y una traduccion en Ingles. Gracias.

Dear Gurumaharaja,

Please accept our respectful obeisances.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Thank you very much for your reply; the news brings great joy to everyone. We will form a team to organize the Goswami festival, while also considering hospitality for devotees from abroad who might wish to attend.

The proposed dates seem good; however, we would like to ask if it would be advisable to arrive a little before January 8th. That day marks the appearance of Lochana Das Thakur, and the journey itself—combined with the festival—might prove exhausting for a *sankirtana* traveler.

We will also resume the preaching programs that were previously planned, and we will send you reports on them.

The former Federal District (D.F.), Mexico's capital, became Mexico City in 2016; now it can become "Mexico Siddhi"—the city that will achieve *sankirtana* success through the mercy of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Srila Prabhupada, and Vaishnavas like you.

We await your instructions.

Thank you very much.

Your eternal aspiring servant,

Asta Sakhi dd

ASA - Dorotea en busca del Mago del Mexico Siddhi!!! Estuvimos pensando mejor viajar 6 Enero como Vd. dice. Dias de descansa antes el festival.

Salimos con caja de LOB NOI TLC para una programa in casa despues de 7 minutos!

Please Gurudeva accept my humble obeisances 🙏👣🪷🌹🌷🌹 All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

We have read everything carefully, and I am incredibly grateful for your willingness to support this program; I feel even more enthusiastic now. We have put together a brief. Could you send us the table of contents? I was just reviewing the LOB, and we noticed there aren't any titles for the 48 individual verses, so if you have the indexes, that would be great! Please send me whatever you would like included, and we will add it to the brief.

We had sent emails to the coordinator, but they weren't getting through; I finally managed to contact her via WhatsApp.

Please forgive the delay, Gurudeva; I wanted to establish smooth communication with her so we could move forward

In response to your question, the person we are speaking with is named Daniela Funes; she is the Vida 21 Coordinator at Siglo 21 University, as indicated beneath her name in the email reply she sent us.

Her profile picture shows her mountaineering or doing something similar. I simply went to the university and asked at the information desk about the possibility of holding a free spiritual event for students, and they gave me her contact details. Judging by her reply, it seems the information I sent is going to be presented to someone for approval—perhaps the rector, or someone like that.

trying to please him: rjpjdd

HpS - AgtSP. Some struggle to get it but very worthwhile.

Hare Krishna Gurudev

PAMHO

AGTSP

AGToYou

Gurudev, a question arose for me regarding one of your posts on Anvesaka.

Bhismadeva's situation is difficult to understand. He is a pure devotee, in fact he is one of the 12 mahājanas:

"svayambhūr nāradaḥ śambhuḥ

kumāraḥ kapilo manuḥ

prahlādo janako bhīṣmo

balir vaiyāsakir vayam

dvādaśaite vijānīmo

dharmaṁ bhāgavataṁ bhaṭāḥ

guhyaṁ viśuddhaṁ durbodhaṁ

yaṁ jñātvāmṛtam aśnute"

ŚB 6.3.20-21

He (Bhisma), truly knows the religious principles. Know the Dharma (both material Sva-dharma and Bhagavata-dharma...). However, he fought for the wrong side, the impious sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, out of loyalty to the Kuru dynasty and the kingdom of Hastinapura (as I understand it...).

Although the kingdom of Hastinapura was full of adharma, he remained there. He even said nothing when they tried to strip Draupadī naked (I heard Krsna told him not to say anything...) and then he fought against his beloved pious grandsons, the Pandavas.

I have some questions, these are for understanding the pure devotee, Bhishma:

Why didn't he leave the kingdom and thus avoid participating in the conflict?

Why didn't Bhishma leave the vicious assembly, where they tried to strip Draupadi naked, and go on pilgrimage (as Vidura did, for example, when he was insulted)?

Did Bhishmadeva fight "from within" to correct the sins being committed in the kingdom of Hastinapura?

And a question arises, drawing a parallel with ISKCON...

What attitude should we adopt in the future if the institution doesn't faithfully follow the guidelines established by the Acharya?

Well Gurudev, these are the questions that come to mind right now...

Thank you very much, Gurudev. Pamho. AgtSP

HpS - This is an entire symposium. 🙂

Relevant Chapter and specific verse:

https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/1/9/12/

Thank you.

Hare Krsna Guru Maharaja.

Por favor acepte mis más respetuosas reverencias.

Todas las glorias sean para Srila Prabhupada!

Estimado Gurudev, le escribo para entregarle noticias de NIOS Chile.

HpS/ASA - TlgaSP!!! Puede comunicar la estructura de NIOS Chile y la relación con NIOS en EEUU aquí.

La estructura es la siguiente: Presidente: Arjuna Das, Vice presidente: Lalita Madhava Das, Secretaria: Manjuali DD y Priyasakhi DD, Tesorera: Havihsara DD y Damni DD, Directores: Jagad Guru Das y Parasuram Avatar Das.

Hoy tuvimos una reunión como NIOS Chile, y avanzamos mucho 😊

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Estamos comenzando a organizarnos. Prabhu Jagad Guru es director en NIOS EEUU, por lo tanto nuestra relación será a través de él.

Entendemos que debemos trabajar con proyectos e ir reportando los resultados a NIOS EEUU.

Prabhu Arjuna ha avanzado con los trámites legales, pronto tendremos que hacer las firmas con un ministro de fe.

Con respecto a mi padre...

ASA - La enfermedad es buen impulso para realizar vida en la etapa espiritualidad, no? Esta perspectiva sugiere con su padre????

Si, hace un tiempo hablamos de eso; sobre enfocarse en Dios. Él es católico. Cuando joven quiso ser seminarista, pero luego ya no lo hizo.

Hoy por primera vez disfrutó el kirtan "bailando" en su cama. Llevé unos cuadros del Señor Nrsimhadeva y Panca Tattva y quiso que los colgara en la pared para verlos mejor desde ahí.

También le mostré las imágenes del Bhagavad-gita y le expliqué cómo es que solo el cuerpo cambia mientras que el alma sigue existiendo eternamente.

Bueno Gurudev, eso es por ahora.

Esperando poder ser útil.

Su aspirante a sirviente

Priyasakhi Devi Dasi

HpS - AgtSP. Please send again with English translation.

Thank you!