Letters to the editor

At your feet Maharaja. I hope you are well in all conditions.
I ask your mercy and allow me to put the dust of Your lotus feet on my head, not to be too bold, because I do not see how to say it without being offensive to this Holy place, but Your comment about ET in the KD, has raised a desire in my heart to explain something about this according to me I understood so far.
To my dismay, my Karma always crosses and drag me on hidden things and messes. I hope that all this energy misspent now serve to serve the Vaisnavas in my limited skills and knowledge.
I feel a great pity to see how heavenly craft mix technological craft, divine appearances with energetic materials phenomena, Gods and aliens, etc..
I think it boils down to the words of the Virgin Mary, Mother of Jesus, when he reiterated that his son will come from angels of heaven, not otherwise. Confirmed by the Hadith Muslim. A. . . . .

HpS -  AGTSP   pamho.   Very nice topic but too much for our exhausted selves today in route to Europe!!

Hare Krsna Guru Maharaja. Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

This is a published article by Bhanu Swami regarding conceptions and misconceptions of fasting in ISKCON. It clears up some points. What do you think about it?

Some Confusion in ISKCON Regarding Fasting

by Bhanu Swami

In ISKCON, there is some ambiguity in the term "fasting". This ambiguity is reflected in the VCal computer program, and it is often perpetrated in many printed calendars produced by ISKCON centers. Sometimes "fasting" means fasting from grains all day, as on Ekadasi. Sometimes it means not eating anything, even non-grain prasad, until a certain time, as in the phrases "fasting till noon on Ekadasi" (which is mentioned for the Ekadasis that occur before Vamana and Varaha Dwadasis) or "fasting till moonrise" (which is mentioned for Gaura Purnima). And sometimes the term's meaning is unclear, as in "fasting till noon" on the appearance day of an acarya. Can one take non-grains before noon on those days? After one "fasts till noon", what does the "break-fast" consist of? On the Ekadasi before Vamana Dwadasi, it must be non-grains, but on the appearance day of an acarya, it is grains. On Gaura Purnima, many centers "break fast" with non-grains, others serve grains.

It would be better to use the term "fasting" to exclusively refer to not taking grains all day. The term "anukalpa prasad" may be used to mean taking non-grain meals during Ekadasi or appearance days of avataras. We do not break a fast by taking anukalpa.

For the appearanc . . . .

HpS - AGTSP   pamho.  To me these are pretty clear, but it is nice that Maharaja has made such an apparently defintive statement!!!

Dear GM,
Pamho
Agtsp
Agthps

With the new blog system, I am not sure where to submit an offering for your app. day. So here it is:

CCM states that if the conditioned soul engages in the service of the lord and simultaneously carries out the orders of the spiritual master and serves him, that devotee can get out of the clutches of maya and become eligible for shelter at Krsna’s lotus feet.

This is the process by which we learn to engage in transcendental loving service to Krsna and this is the stage at which maya does not bewilder the conditioned soul. Even though I am very foolish and certainly bewildered, having tasted transcendental devotional service but continuing to maintain material desires, you still show me how to actually become intelligent by engaging in intense devotio .  . . . .

HpS -   AGTSP   pamho.  We are nearly dead in San Franciaso after long trip from Peru and tommorrow on to Texas.   All we can do is look at part of the letters and answer!!!!    I'm not even sure if they are are going out or being posted.   I've answered two but dont see them posted?  Maybe it sorted them by date they were received!

We hope that we can show some little example, but of course Srila Prabhupada shows the perfect example in another way!!

Yh+fs,
Tcsd

HpS - It makes us so happy to hear from you!!

DEAR GURUDEVA,

PAMHO, AGTSP, AGTHPS!!!

HAPPY, HAPPY, VYASA PUJA!!!

I FEEL VERY BLEESED AND GREATFULL THAT YOU ARE IN THIS WORLD,

BY YOUR MERCY I AM LIVING AS A HUMAN BEING AND AN

ASPIRANT TO DEVOTEE.

PLEASE KINDLY ENGAGE ME IN DEVOTIONAL SERVICE FOR THE REST OF

MY DAYS.

LET ME PLEASE TAKE RESPONSABILITY FOR KRSNA, LET BECOME SERIOUS,

KINDLY LET ME SERVE YOU, GIVE ME A LITTLE ROLL ON YOUR SANKIRTAN MISSION.

I CAN NOT WAIT FOR YOU TO COME TO RADHADESH.

FORGIVE MY OFFENSES IN ADVANCE...

YOUR SERVANT BHAKTIN SUSANA

PD: MANGALA TOLD ME PARTHA WILL BE THERE FOR SEMINAR IN THE END, I WILL ASK HIM ABOUT THE DETAILS. 

 I CAME TO SPAIN FOR NEW YEAR AND TOMORROW BACK AGAIN TO ANTWERPEN FOR BOOKS.

SOMEONE TOLD ME PRAHLADA PREPARED AMAZING FEAST FOR YOU, I WAS SUPPOSED TO HELP

HIM, I AM SO SORRY...

HpS - AGTSP   pamho..   This is the third time I have written this letter.   Twide before the robot ha ate it!    We are very ver very tired.     we are in san francisco after 25 hours of travel from peru!!!   but the result is great.   we gave srivasa pandita his bhakti sastri examination today and tommorrrow we contintue to hosuton.   then radha desa!!!!

seems to us you were a yogini in your last life and so you are conviced that Krsna is in diferent peoples hears.   you can take advantage of His diferent manifestations as sankirtana leader, temple president!!

You can help Prahlada when you get ot Radha desa.   He needs all the help he can get!     <img alt="smiley" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/regular_smile.gif" title="smiley" />

Hare krsna querido Gurudev!!, bienvenido a Peru nuevamente!!!, por favor acepte mis mas humildes y

respetuosas reverencias a sus pies de loto!

Todas las glorias a Sri Goura Nitai!

 Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada!

 Querido GURUDEV, espero haya tenido un buen viaje de vuelta a Peru, que su predica en chiclayo 

haya sido muy intensa.

Gurudev, llegue a lima hace casi una semana, fui Argentina por tierra y volvi por tierra ,

estuve cansada pero ya recuperando fuerzas para Su Vyasa Puja!!, Me han invitado a  baliar en el Ratha Yatra de chile que

es el 16 de enero y es probable que salga de peru el 12 a mas tardar. Han habido algunos cambios que me gustaria hablar personalmente con Usted

y quería pedirle que me regale algo de Su valioso tiempo, me gustaria que fuera mañana jueves despues del paseo, porque

tal vez viernes, sabado y domingo van a ser dias muy ocupados y el lunes estare empacando paar viajar el martes

 , esto si es posible, pero siempre espero principalmente Su opinion.

Muchas gracias querido Gurudev!!

Nos vemos en estos días.. GARCIAS POR SU HERMOSA ASOCIACIÓN!

Aspirando a servirlo con el corazon entero: Radha, japa prati jalpa dd.

HpS -   Jaya!   TlgaSP  pfanrh.  Ya estamos en San Jose, California.  El vuelo de Peru era como 9 horas y tiempo antes para facturar, buscar para Srivasa Prabhu aqui etc.  Claro, mucho stress en el cuerpo.  Estamos recuperando.

Desculpa la demurra no responder antes, pero como Vd. menciona cuatro dias de Vyasapuja en Lima y entonces otras cosas. Pero pudimos conversara un poco.  Eso es una problema para no solo mi, pero tambien para Srila Prabhupada, una duena de casa. Tenemos que entender como utilizar el tiempo bueno.   No podemos hacer todo.  Krsna es el Guru, consejero original y el manifiesta Su ayuda por diferentes formas.   Claro, como explico durante nuestras reuniones, la vida siempre esta cambiando y es bueno siempre mantener en la associacion de devotos, principios de Yoga, y vamos a tener buen comprehension como actuar los detalles de nuestra servicio en esta Sankirtana de Srila Prabhupada!!!

Hare Krsna Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances,
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

I was staying with m.Yugala Kishor and b.Natalia in Shell temple this last month for December Marathon.
We were doing nice book distribution on the buses.
Natalia told me about your Monkey's dairy, and that is posible to get a copy. So I humbly request if it posible to get one also!

Why I deserve it?
Basically I don't deserve it, but because I wish to clean my heart, I think I need a copy to help me with his hard task!

Maharaja you are for me a wonderful inspiration! I would like to receive your blessings to be always connected to the service of book distribution.

Your servant,
B.Maria
(If it will be posible, maybe you can send Natalia's copy and mine togheter)

TOM BROWN  

AGTSP  paoho.  Your name has been put on the List of the Fortunate!   Thank you so so so much for your association these days in Lima.  It is better than a red bicycle!