Letters to the editor

All Glories to Sri Guru & Gauranga

This is your servant Gaura Lila Dasa

ASA - AGTSP    paoho.  This is the fleas of your fleas, T. Brown & B. White.

I hope all is well with your travels and service! I haven't written a letter here in a good while so I thought I'd use my urge to speak in the proper way and write you!

I have a question regarding the distribution of Nectar Of Devotion! Any rules? forewarning? etc... I personally don't feel it's a dangerous book to distribute (I distribute NOI&NOD together as a Rupa Goswami package deal) I would really like to know your thoughts on the subject dear siksa-guru :)

your servant in seperation, Gaura Lila Dasa (RTS)

ASA - Hmmm!  In our opinion NOD is really veyr advanced and we have a hard time understanding it scientifically without commentaries like Banu and Dhanudara Swami's.  But the general content is super.    I don't think there is any real harm but some class of people might have hard time appreciating it. It is good to here from you.  Last night in Spain!

Todas las gloras a GAURA NITAI TLGSP Y Mis humildes reverencias a usted maharaja...OOOOUCH mil disculpas maharaja por la carta si no la entendio mil mil mil mil disculpas...si usted quiere se la envio en español...maharaja como esta usted,como se encuentra?esta en España ya?

HpS - ASA -   Han ji (Hindi), Si Senorita, ultima dia en Espana.   Jaya Srila Prabhupada who traveled all over the world at 75 years old!!

AH!!! este 1/10/11 october hay reunion de hermanos espirituales en casa de madhavendra puri das estoy muy contenta que me inviten que tenga asociacion con ellos son unas personas muy muy buenas y que buenos discipulos y hermanos espirituales!!! estoy ensayando para el ratha yatra con las demas devotas muy hermoso lo hago por usted y por el señor jagannatha maharaja! le comente en la carta sobre tomar refugio pero que no lo hable con P. Maha hari por que no sabia si usted estaba de acuerdo creo que para mi seria un poco mas de avance espiritual llegando y dando humildes reverencias a los pies de loto de mi maestro espiritual...siempre tratando de servirle lo mas que pueda...HARIBOL teresa!

HpS - SI esta cantando 16 buen rondas diariamente, siguiendo los cuatro prncipios estrcitos y mantiene buen program de la manana y tarde y bien relacionado con el Sankirtana de ISKCON de Srila Prabhupada para 6 mezes puede ser un Aspiranta Formal y tomar esta refugio de Srila Prabhupada y su siguiedores!!! Pero, claro tambien necesita la aprobacion del Maha-hari Das!

trying to right better english

HpS - ASA - AGTSP!!!!!!   Did you mean, "write better English"?

Q 1. current sex desire is perverted reflection of adi rasa.?

ASA - Si Senor, yes Sir? In the mode of goodness the reflection is an accurate presentation of sex in the spiritual world. We are not driven by lust, we relate in sex life to accomplish Krsna's desires for this world.

Q 2." how &why " this rasa is reflected as "satisfaction of  itch of genitals'. instead of subtle emotions between opposite sex?

 ASA - Well, as we understand, the pure relation can only be hidden when it is reflected in gross matter. When it is reflected in sbubtle matter, buddhi, manas, inteligence and mind, then it's spiritual character is more obvious, that this is not for your satisfaction, this is for Krsna's satisfaction, and that is the fundamental principle of material life, to try and compete with Krsna, which is a big illusion, so it can only have a chance when it is reflected in the grossest of mirrors, the lower material organs.    Blooooooooobh...

Hare Krishna

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

Thank you for your reply.

The temple president is doing fine. He is really fired up about getting a lot of new things started here in Hawaii. I'm doing a lot more service, which is nice. He approached me once about the girls. He didn't say much, at all. He sort of said "I came to warn you about such and such girl.....I don't know what else to say..." and that was the end of it. He is thinking about having me move into his quarters. The GBC, Hari Vilasa (spelling?) is here now. It was his suggestion to have me move in with him. He thinks it would help. And I have been improving since I last wrote, but that's not to say it isn't difficult here.

I'm working on organizing more preaching programs. I think they have a lot of potential. I've also been given the opportunity to give some talks here and there.

Hardly anyone here comes to the morning programs. The Govinda Datta Das Prabhu and I are the only ones who attend regularly. Besides that, some devotees come off and on. More often they don't come though. Some of the senior devotees come sometimes, but they don't live conveniently close to the temple (convenient by Hawaiian standards). So it is really hit and miss. 

I'm not even sure who Ramananda Das is. I'll ask around for him though. There are a couple senior devotees here, I forget their names off the top of my head, but they have been good association. I know one says he knows you, but again, I don't know their names. I'll get back to you on that one.

You want me to try to make arrangements to go back to New Dvaraka? I'll work on it.  I know Govinda wouldn't be happy to see me go. I'm his key player in making this place more of a temple. But I'd be happy to go wherever you'd like.

Your humble servant,

Bhakta Adrian

HpS -  Jaya!   AgtSP    Paoho.    Last night in Spain, then on to Radhadesa.   From what you are now saying it seems that it would be best to stay. In the beginning I was suggesting to fix a certain amount of time with Govinda Prabhu, like three months, something. Did you do that?  Have you made some commitment to stay for some time no matter what?

Yes, if he is the only person there for the morning program then staying in the same Ashrama sounds essential.  Can he write to us also!?      It would be nice to hear from him about the Temple etc!

Ramananda Das is president of ISKCON Temple on other island as far as I know. He is very nice. Maybe you could even visit him for some time occasionally.

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NEWSLETTER OF VARNA-ASHRAMA DHARMA

Hare Krsna, AGTSP paoho Thank you for the Issue on Celibacy. We are so, so busy with our BhVai courses. We scanned the issue. A technical note. For us the font size is a little small. Of course, we are 63 years old also.

The artilcles were pretty good. A lot of the news was redundant for us, maybe you could put it into some kind of groupings like that: Introduction to VAD, VAD Basics, Fine Tunning the Concept, Practical Experiences. We were most attracted to the bio-data for Maharaja.

Our good Doctor Rey Gomez commented that he didn't see anything about Ayurvedic physiology of B'caria. Is true that at the time of puberty as the male body remains celebate the ojas (mixture of prana etc.) flows upwards year after year until it hits the brain and fertilizes developement of very fine cerebral tissues? A boy does not devlop a full male nervous system if he passes semen one time before he reaches 25 years.

In femal body at puberty with monthly hemorraging the ojas flows down and outward so very fine skin and other tissues develop. Thus girls develop fine aesthetic sensibilities and the intelligence to manipulate them.

Thank you very much, 

HpSwami - Anjana Suta Academy