Letters to the editor

Hare Krishna, Dear Maharaja.

Its been about a year or so.

I thought to give you a progress report on my activities.

HpS//ASA - NgD asks about you!! I will link this post to him. If we mortals like to stay in touch with our friends and acquaintances, what to speak of The Supreme Immortal!

Currently still struggling with Maya and my mind. But some small battles are always being won. I am now working with Govinda Dasi ACBSP, we purchased a 20 acre, off grid property, in Ozark mountains in Arkansas, calling it New Giridhari Dhama.

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I am living here alone in a small shed converted into a shack/cabin. Chanting japa (1 to 7 rounds) nearly everyday.

Some super-busy-work-days it doesn't happen.

• I planted a few hundred fruit/nuts/berry plants here and starting vegetable and grain gardens now.
• I'm fixing up the house and clearing land for future housing and cow pastures.
• I'm reading Bhagavad Gita, Krishna book and the Essential Teachings of Carl Jung.

My hopes and plans are that this spot can be used as a farming/varnasrama technical training center, where we can teach devotees the skills to be self-sufficient, but also where we can have a plant nursery which can produce fruit/nut trees and ship them to all devotees so they can gradually become less dependent on the demonic industrial system.

Hopefully other people will move here and help, then we can have a trained team that can go around and help devotees get their land developed or even just plant gardens in their backyards.

HpS/ASA - Kirtan, Offering to Lord Rama, Morning and Evening (even in your mind)! Grow it! Grow the habit. Involve others. Cat til lies all the other work.

I greatly value and appreciate the times you allowed me to visit you and stay at your Ashram in the Boro. If you have any advice for me and this project please share.

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I'm am eager to see this project unfold and leave a positive legacy throughout Iskcon and the Krishna conscious world mission.

SB 10.47.63 - Also, leave good works in the Middle and Upper Kingdom!

I hope you are well and that Krishna continues to bless you.

We are 🐷 and KRSNA, Prabhupada, are patient, patient, patient with us and helping our little efforts. Guess we are just like you! Is very, very nice to hear from you. You are very welcome to post more and more to this Blog!!!

Hare Krishna

Hurray, Krishna!

Hare Krsna, Gurudev,

HareKrsna!!, Professor.

PAMHO, AGTSP

One astrolger suggested us that as our mind is very active, it will be good idea to write Hare Krsna Mantra , somehow we are able to focus on the mantra.

what is your opinion on it ?

harsh

HpS/ASA - AgtSP! Paoho. We never read Srila Prabhupada mention it in his books, but we have seen people doing it in the Hyderbad temple, while we were there during our Sannyasa initiation.

Think it is cool.

We will post scan of Monkey's 'Diary of a Traveling Creature' from last fortnight.

It includes some of our doing that.

We abbreviate the words and then we can write them at the same pace we chant them. Then, you can express the emotions of your Kirtan, Japa, in the form of the letters, or you can draw shapes, flowers like dancing while you are chanting.

Chant with better and better motive, no?!

Was hoping to hear from you!!!

Can you please print copies of the 'Kapi Dhvaja' each fortnight and mail to Dr. Samaresh?

If you Whatsapp us I can send you his paper-mail address.

What are you teaching now? How does it related to BG and SB?

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Hare Krishna Guru Maharaj,

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

It was wonderful meeting you and spending time with you in the Boro. The program in the park was beautiful.

We organized a very nice welcoming ceremony for Paramaanandha Sri Sri Gaura Nitai on 13th May. We invited our devotee group in Atlanta, had nice kirtan and prasadam.

This is a small literal welcoming ceremony we did:

https://www.youtube.com/live/oahvfImkZAk?feature=share

We are trying to serve them nicely Guru Maharaj. Vishaka is very attached to them and dresses them every day in nice clothes. Please bless us to serve them with enthusiasm and devotion for the rest of our lives Guru Maharaj.

We forgot to ask the other day Guru Maharaj, but do you have any instructions for us on how to serve Their Lordships?

HpS - Nothing special!!!

We also did abishek on Ekadashi for Their Lordships.

We are trying to do the full morning program everyday.

We are in Dallas now at Srinath and Divya's place for 2 weeks for Sadhu Sanga.

Your humble servant

Srirama Krishna Das

HpS - Thank you for this news!! It was so nice for you to visit The Boro also. Devotees were very happy to meet you.

We will have another program the 15th of July. Then hopefully a big program in September.

Can you get in touch with H. H. Bhakti-vikasha Swami?

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Hare Krishna, All Glories to Srila Prabhupada. With my deepest obeissances, to His Holiness Hanumat Presaka Swami and devotees.

March 2023 was the most merciful month for disciples and aspirants-to-disciples as we could serve Gurudeva in the best state of being aware that is Krishna Consciousness.

I felt really appointed all the time for I was embraced by the vaishnava community while serving here and there with small tasks.

The program in the Universities where neat, whith compact groups with high influence over the students and society. Recently I got a message from a teacher at UdeM that told me she and some collegues still chant Hare Krishna! I stand a servant of your servants: Govinda, Lalita, Anandamaya, Gadadhar and their sweet associates from NIOS, Institute for which I was invited officialy by Abhiram Prabhú to serve as academic in the field of Sociology of Eating.

Finca Nueva Goverdhan opened Her gates to guests for four weeks in El Retiro Trascendental ASA, and we where exctatic to live even a moment on Hare Krishna community programs, acompanied by the Big Nandita Bovine Mother and astonished by Agni Hotra as inaugural ceremony. Some videos where filmed, we are still working on the edits for a Documental.

Centro de Prédica Krishna Balaram in Huerto de los Leones (All Glories to Lord Nrisimha Deva orchard!) was also inaugurated in an extatic Festivity. Gadadhar, and other devotees like me are currently serving at Huerto de los Leones' Sunday Sankirtan at noon. A fluid place, few devotees but always attentive.

Currently trying to serve from my position, following HpS on Social Media and his Bhagavad-gītā seminar, the Principles and Sadhana and sharing with a variety of different devoted personalities in a challenging world full of realizations, full of mercy!

Thank you Maharaja and sweet devotees!

Sincerely: Your developing servant.

Bhakta Guillermo Sepúlveda.

HpS - Super. We still have your beads for 1st initiation. Have you been following standard for six months. Your secular name is Guiermo Sepulvida? We can exchange some chats on Whatsapp?

Hare Krishna, Gurudeva 🙏🏻 

Please accept my humble obeisances! 

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Here is a little report about our translation progress:

We have already translated into Spanish about 80 % of the book. 

We still have a few chapters and graphics left. I will do this work.

On the other hand, two of the devotees who were part of our team (helping with the style correction and the proper placement of the Sanskrit words) are not going to be able to continue with this service.

Now, we are only Indira Sakti dd and me in the team. She is in charge of the book's design and the elaboration of the graphics.

So, Gurudeva I am wondering who could help us with the style correction?

HpS - What is 'style correction'? Is it how the language flows?

Gandharva Das is not working with you? Maybe we can get him enthused to help again.

In the coming days I will meet Indira Sakti dd to discuss more in detail about the work.

Thank you so much for your patience, Gurudeva 🙏🏻

Trying to be in service:

Mitravinda dd.

HpS - From our opinion this is a FANTASTIC service to the Hispanic world. This book makes NOS, the complete science of devotion, like six times more accessible.

Thank you.

What is style?

Jay Maharaj HK PAMHO AGTSP!

how r u? Here Im soing good, had some days being ill, and now Im gradually getting back to my regular Sadhana, well, regarding the falling of the jiva, I’ve read the verse you mentioned, and frankly speeking I’ve been hearing some of Bhaktisundar Maharaj’s classes and I got to know that he has another opinion on the subject, and I adhere to it.

You Maharaj have always been a great inspiration for me and you will always be, regardless of that topic.

Many times when I speak in English I remember you, I feel you inspire me to speak better :)

I’ve been through some struggle in my life, we are not seeing more each other with my ex conjugal partner, and I quit some bad habits which make me feel better, also have to be very strict with my diet in order to feel ok :) so that’s in part a thing I like because tapasya is the only way to get to know Krishna.

I’ve been following a local Ayurvedic doctor and now I’m seeking another one from India looking for some more advanced Ayurvedic treatment and knowledge as the one I was having some years ago. In spite of the doctor I’m learning new stuff about ayurveda, which may seem very basic for some people, like the importance of being well shaved, having a cold shower, sometimes I need to hear it from the right person and other times it works reading or informing me about the subject to desire it or to begin to practice it. I’ve always been really curious. Now Im reading the 3rd canto, the answers from Maitreya Muni, Im really enjoying it.

Also Im working a lot and trying to sabe some money for the future. I reduced my spendings to the minimum, just buying the best bhoga I can get to perform the simplest diet which keeps me in good health.

Thank you for let me perceive more my feelings.

Maharaj, how can I develop more tolerance? how can I be very careful with the medical diet and the sadhana?

hope you are well Maharaj!!

please accept again my obeisances!

your servant,

Federico

HpS - AgtSP!!!!! Text Three of Upadesamrta gives so much information about tolerance.

Hope you are having nice association with devotees.

Are you in Mexico?

My respects to Bh. Sundara Maharaja if you meet him!!

Hari Bolo.