Letters to the editor

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

I will make a report every ekadasi, to be more regular in my comunication.

My sadhana this last week was difficult because it is my first week studying again (I was in holidays). I wanted to take less courses, but my parents didn't like the idea, so I have lot to do again.

Two days a week I arrive home 10.40pm. So this week is like a transition, it was weak in term of sadhana, but still 16 rounds and 4 reg.

MP - !!!!

At home they are very caring of me, but I am influenced by the ambiance aroung me. I feel the devotional creeper in my heart is affected, and it is very sad because even if my family is so nice, I feel their association makes me weaker,

M/P - Grrrrr! Try to improve, but even Krsna hankers for Vraja when He is in Mathura!

because when I am with devotees everything becomes easy.

The enthusiasm is there, but at home is like covered. And I become attracted to share the same activities with them, and my spiritual practices become "impractical".

M/P - If can keep 16/4 and full morning an evening program (even though simple) you are safe and you are giving them mercy!

I don't feel less attracted to be devotee, but I feel separation of being living with devotees. My brother is now devotee, and our relationship is very nice, but he need streng from me, and I dont' have much now.

I will endeavor better this week to make a good next report!!!

M/P - Bhaktin Natalia - Tigressa del Infierno! The Karmis run in terror and hide in their holes when she is there! She prowls her own house looking for Maya in the eyes of anyone to tear out their hearts and eat their brains!

In sankirtan: I was doing sankirtan with b.Maria, but with her books, so I don't kwon how many. I am doing less sankirtan, but still periodically I have the oportunity to go. My brother is also doing little everyday while coming back form the school. Now Maria and Yugala are in Bolivia, completly absorbed in sankirtan.

M/P!!!!!!!!

I will be more carefull with my sankirtan results in order to report them to you as a little service. I also can make a general report of the book I previously gave, to make a little offering to you ( promise for my next report!)

Hare Krsna Gurudeva
Your servant, b. Natalia
(can I write a little personal letter in order to ask a personal aspect about my futur plans?)

M/P - Yes, HpS looks at the Yahoo Disciple, Aspirant address each Thursday! 

Hare Krsna
Please accept our humble obeisances
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!

1. We had our first meeting in our new place, at the library of Magdalena. The group consisted of Prabhu Abhiram, Prabhu Jagat Pavitram, Juan, Lourdes, Luis and Natalia. We discussed many points, and we took prasadam together. The meeting will be every Wednesday at 6:30pm.

ASA - <img alt="" height="18" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/a36.gif" title="" width="18" /> <img alt="" height="18" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/a38.gif" title="" width="21" />   Kirtan, Discussion based on Prabhupada's boooks, Kirtan, Prasadam!!!

2. Points discussed:
Tasks delegation:

-Prabhu Abhirama- Managing director(he is leading our efforts, and most of our activities)
-Walter León- Executive Director (he is supporting actively according his its disposal)
-Lourdes- Directorof institutional image (she will help to do the public presentation)
-Jagat Pavitram das- CommunicationsDirector (he will manage the correspondence with contacts, some aspects of our communication as a group, and the technical aspects during the events)
-Juan- Logistics Manager(he will help with prasadam, and other aspects of the organization of the events)
-Luis- Director of interagency communications(he will helps us to develop other interesting programs with interested institutions)
-Natalia- Broadcast director(she will be in charge of the facebook, some publicity, the reports, and the sankirtan table during the events)

ASA - <img alt="" height="18" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/a36.gif" title="" width="18" /> <img alt="" height="18" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/a38.gif" title="" width="21" />    But it is all Directors.   Ha!        Ha!          Haw!    Ray!            Gotta get some down to earth Sudras who are looking for Directors!         (And Vaisyas and Brahmanas).   Sounds like Rajas rather than Sattva.  <img alt="smiley" height="20" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/regular_smile.gif" title="smiley" width="20" />        But very very much headed in the right direction very quickly so that it can lead many, many people!

Organization:

            -We should make accounting of each activity to have a record of our performance. We would like to have a clear idea of our investment and achievements,

ASA - <img alt="" height="18" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/a36.gif" title="" width="18" /> <img alt="" height="18" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/a38.gif" title="" width="21" />   Oink!!!       Oinnk!!!!!    Whoop!         Whoop!     This ASA Blog wants to hear your Goop!

to make a better feedback, and to improve our way to get and to use our resources. It will be also necessary to make our institution legally accredited.

ASA - <img alt="" height="18" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/a36.gif" title="" width="18" /> <img alt="" height="18" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/a38.gif" title="" width="21" />              -                   Whatever six business men agree to do is automatically legal!   <img alt="smiley" height="20" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/regular_smile.gif" title="smiley" width="20" />      <img alt="smiley" height="20" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/regular_smile.gif" title="smiley" width="20" />                      <img alt="smiley" height="20" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/regular_smile.gif" title="smiley" width="20" /> 

            - Prabhu Jagat Pavitram das proposed to take inspiration of the bhakti vriksa program in order to develop a 40min study session every meeting. We can take the LOB, Prabhupada biography, NOI, and teaching of Lord Caitanya, and study them with the bhakti vriksa system (with topics and questions to be discussed). The idea would be to be able to make a good study program that could be open to others.

           -We will make a notebook with notes about every meeting, and also everyone will make a personal report of sadhana and service there. In that way it will be easier to make our sadhana report the next time.

            -We made our first meeting with prasadam (a vanilla cake!), every week one member is in charge of that. We did not our kirtan before and after our discussion,

<img alt="smiley" height="20" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/regular_smile.gif" title="smiley" width="20" /> !!!!!!     M/P

so today can be the opportunity. The ambiance with music, good discussion and association, and prasadam will be very auspicious for Magdalena’s library.

More details about our new ideas in our next report!

Hare Krsna,
Your servants SATTVA

M/P    SUper    Super...   But Mangala arati don't fail me now!!!!

Hare krsna Mahraj

dandvat pranam, AGTSP, PAMHO,

 every thing is connected to Krsna

like chanting, four rules, book reading, cooking, working, family raising etc.(putting Krsna in centre)

if everything is on absolute why we  prioritze them in our daily life? why still we have priorities in services?

ASA - <img alt="" height="18" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/a36.gif" title="" width="18" />   BG start of chapter seven .... bhumir,apo, 'nalo, vayu....BHINNA PRAKRTEH...    bhinna means "separated energies".   So Krsna has different energies and we have to relate to them differently.    In the material worlds we have to make distinctions in terms of our psycho fisical conditioning what is best for connecting it to Krsna.   Maybe conditioned by female body it is best chant Hare Krsna, cook and help people in baby bodies be devotees.   In male body it is best chant Hare Krsna and discuss maps with other male gorillas for devocional service.

In the spiritual world the varieties of service are dictated purely by the internal potency and our own spiritual nature!

why just we take one activity and make more intense in relation to Krsna?

ASA - <img alt="" height="18" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/a36.gif" title="" width="18" />  Yes, yes, we can must do that.   But is we try we discover that in our stage (and even in liberated stage)   focusing on one activity automatically leads to include others.   If you want to make sweet rice you automatically start to include sugar, milk.     Japa leads us to want to chant in front of the Deities! 

Harsh

India

ASA - <img alt="" height="18" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/a36.gif" title="" width="18" /> <img alt="" height="18" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/a38.gif" title="" width="21" />  Monkey Piggy     Tennessee!     Thank you! 

hare krsna HPS
AGTSP
PAMHO
 

que 1: what sort of question one can ask in this forum [A] philosophical [b] occupational which hinders devotion [c] sharing some devotional exp..

ASA - <img alt="" height="18" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/a36.gif" title="" width="18" />  <img alt="" height="18" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/a38.gif" title="" width="21" />   AGTSP   all of the above, but keep it short!

que 2: who are eligible to ask questions in this forum [a] your intiated/ aspiring disciples [b] any one associated with ISKCON [c] any man in world

ASA - <img alt="" height="18" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/a36.gif" title="" width="18" /> <img alt="" height="18" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/a38.gif" title="" width="21" />  Honest but little crazy!

regards,

harsh

india

ASA - <img alt="" height="18" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/a36.gif" title="" width="18" /> <img alt="" height="18" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/a38.gif" title="" width="21" />     Even more regards   (Buck White, Tom Brown from a little town in the great forest). 

Todas las glorias a srila prabhupada, por favor acepte mis humildes reverencias maharaja.

HpS - ASA -    <img alt="" height="18" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/a38.gif" title="" width="21" />      <img alt="" height="18" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/a36.gif" title="" width="18" /> !     TlgaSP!      TlgaSP! 

gracias a su misericordia pude participar en el festival de sir balarama, ayudando a prabhu jamvaban,

y otros devotos haciendo los vestidos de flores de sus señorias,

ASA   <img alt="" height="18" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/a36.gif" title="" width="18" />   ! ! ! !

mucho nectar en el festival, asistieron, personas nuevas y se les predico :).en el festival, de sri krishna, janmasthami, estuve ayudando en la cocina de srila prabhupada,

y a una preparacion para srila prabhupada, el ayuno fue pesado, pero un exito,

los eckadasi, estan funcionando bastante bien, mi madre aveces los sigue conmigo,

ASA <img alt="" height="18" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/a36.gif" title="" width="18" />   ! ! ! ! !      !
! ! !         !!!

dice que les a caido bien. ya he entrado a la universidad maharaja, a sido muy pesado acostumbrarme a este nuevo ritmo de vida, aun canto 16 rondas pero en estas dos semanas las he terminado muy tarde ,

ASA  -   Require el msimo tiempo cumplir tarde o temprano, no?   Como dices, es un hecho de ritmo, mo!!!     Y el resulto fuerte!

me e desvelado por terminar algunos trabajos escolares, en la semana me levanto a las 5 am, solo canto sri sri guru astaka, en la casa 1 ve a la semana, pero eso si estoy asiendo adoracion a sri gopal, todos los jueves en la tarde, el altar esta quedando cadavez pero aun no esta acabado, desafortunadamente ya no estoy ayudando a las reuniones de namahatta, pero aun tengo contacto con unos devotos que se entrenan ahi,

con respecto a la ultima carta disculpe maharaja,es que en la ultima carta q rebice me mando esto maharaja;      Bhaktin Zareth!     Necesitamos unos fotos de Vd. y una biografia corta poner en nuestra archivo y tambien para tratar tener un relacion mas personal con su estimada ser.   consulte a la madre astasaki para poder enviarle esta informacion y saber como, pero aun no me he podido refugiar formalmente a usted aunque ese es el deseo en mi corazon, perdone si no entendi. pronto empezara el proyecto de ASA kid´s que organiza la madre gopi radha estare ayudando, bueno le envio pronto un nuevo reporte maharaja gracias por toda su inspiracion,

su tonta sierva zareth. 

ASA <img alt="" height="18" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/a36.gif" title="" width="18" />      Tonta?       T O N T A?    Somos nosotros los Tontos Sumpremos!    (Puede ser Segunda Tonta mas estupido)            Estamos tratando organizar nuestra servicio poco mas formal.  Siempre son datos biograficso, como HpS puede fijar mas  y mas quien es quien, y mos fotos.   Pero estamos tratando organizar servicio de Guru mas!!     Vamos a apegar enos fotos de HpS que nos gustamos!

AgtSP.

Paoho.

Thanks you very much, Maharaja.

I am Pablo of the Parikrama, from Spain.

My thoughts about Vraja-Mandala Parikrama...I have been thinking, and I have been watching my " treasures ", the VRAJ MANDAL PARIKRAMA 2003 GUIDE BOOK, the SRI SRI 84 KROSH VRAJAMANDAL MANCHITRA DARSHAN by Baba Sri Swarupa Das Maharaja, photos, THE COLOR GUIDE TO ( RADHA KUNDA, GOVARDHANA, and VRNDAVANA ) by Rajasekhara Das Brahmacari, and the images of my memories.

Is so dificult choose, separate. Very strongs feelings on all sides, but, being natural, there are things that I always remember more;

Bhajan Kutir of Rupa Goswami, the one that is in the middle of the fields, a little hut.

ASA - M/P - <img alt="smiley" height="20" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/regular_smile.gif" title="smiley" width="20" />     Jaya Srila Prabhupada, Pfanrh.     I don't remember the name of the place, but I think we are thinking of the same place. He wrote intense stories there!

Radha Kunda, together the tonge of Govardhana, where the blood come out. 

ASA - M/P - <img alt="smiley" height="20" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/regular_smile.gif" title="smiley" width="20" />  So many times nobody there.  You can just sit there alone and chant and Krsna will give you so  much realization.

Puspa samadhi of Gaura Kisora das Babaji.

The Yamuna and her banks.

The Bhajana Kutir of Sanatana Goswami??, next where we camped, a school??, there was a little house-temple, nothing special, with one old Brahmana, doing the Sundara arati at nigth. NO sound sophistication, hitting two Karatalas, an old man singing, the aroma of ghee, the ligths and shadows, the ecstatic face of continuos services, his years and the raw devotion. 

ASA - M/P -   !!! ! !

The beautiful and wonderful deity of Syamasundara of Syamananda Pandita, I love he.

The intimate and wonderful Rasa-Lila arena, Seva-kunja. My body hairs stand on end to make the trip. It seemed that at any time, before an unforgivable offense, the hundreds of monkeys go to carve me, but, instead, was intense but quite, beautiful. Surrealistic.

The new donated ISKCON temple of Vrinda Devi and her Kunda. All full of Tulasi.

The incredible Maha-prasadam of Krsna-Balarama Mandir...cupcakes-muffins!!.

The Samadhi of Rupa goswami and other.

The towers of Radha-Madana-Mohana Temple, that color !!, it seems the lust of pure heart.

The Joker and beautiful Radharamana of Gopala Bhatta Goswami.

The wonderful Kesi-ghata.

The wonderful and mistic Vamsi-Vata and the Murtis and Salagram-silas of Gopiswara-Mahadeva.

The Govindaji Temple that You taught me, with the next small temple of Hanuman, the Protector.

The pink Dresses of Krsna-Balarama Mandir.

Radharani in the Krsna-Balarama. Is so young, I think that is the only place that I see She so young, so beautiful.

The Prabodhananda Sarasvati samadhi. 

ASA - M/P -   . . .     .           .                   .!.. 

The rare and surprising Kaliya-ghata, with his tree.

The back side of the Krsna-Balarama mandir, next to go-sala of ISKCON.

Of course, Govardhana and his Balarama sila, together with Govardhana sila.

The sugar cande of the Vrajavasis, and their chapatis.

The hill where we stop and could see the place where Akrura saw Krsna-Balarama expand on Vishnu before gone.

I always give thanks to Yamuna for letting me across her water swimming. I will never forget that.

And finally, the forest, particularly at morning, with the parrots and birds, and the fog, or at evening next the banks of Yamuna, with the condensation. 

ASA - M/P - <img alt="smiley" height="20" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/regular_smile.gif" title="smiley" width="20" /> Have you heard the songs o Krsna and Balarama, then come along!    Come along!

The Majestic Kusum-Sarovar, and the wonderful rhyme and letter of Damodarastaka.

Is impossible to describe all what I mean.

At your feet.

HARE KRSNA.

ASA - M/P - <img alt="" height="18" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/02.gif" title="" width="18" />   <img alt="" height="18" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/02.gif" title="" width="18" />   <img alt="" height="18" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/02.gif" title="" width="18" />   <img alt="" height="18" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/02.gif" title="" width="18" />      How is it every possible to get to that place and never leave!?    Even a little, little hut, in one hole in a wall in Vraja is wonderful!     How can we go there?

By following the Instructions of Rupa Goswami!  Nectar of Instruction!

Soldier!   Are you changing 16-rounds?!