Letters to the editor

Hare Krishna Gurudeva 

Please accept my obeisances 

All glories to Srila Prabhupada 

We have completed one year with the attempt to preach through WhatsApp. When starting out I created a broadcast list of the most interested people I met in sankirtan. A few weeks later the idea came up to make a new list for people who were at zero, and so I kept messaging them. From Monday to Saturday I send a daily message, alternating between each group, every other day. 

I also maintain a WhatsApp group where I take advantage of sharing excerpts from my readings of Prabhupada's books, both Bhagavad gita and Srimad Bhagavatam. This group is geared towards devotees. Also public from Monday to Saturday, alternating between each book. 

A few months ago I kept eating only prasadam (98%), and in extreme cases when I haven't had anything to eat, I have bought industrialized foods. But avoid it even in those cases, it is better to eat fruit, nuts and dairy. This has helped me a lot to be able to maintain a clearer conscience. 

I have some questions: 

1.- Are the planets living entities? As I understand the planets, they are ruled by a demigod, the personification of the planet, or the representative, but the planets themselves are not living entities, since they were manifested before the secondary creation of Brahma. What is your understanding of the topic?

HpS - ASA - Yes, as far as we understand, the planets are made of matter, but a demigod predominates, yet some are made of subtle matter eg. only mental matter.

2.- I remember that in a class you indicated that one should learn to serve Krishna in different modalities. How to understand this if one understands that one must situate oneself in goodness, and then in pure goodness to serve Krishna?

HpS - Lord Siva serves in the Mode of Ignorance but he is no in the mode. Prison guard serves in the prison but he is not (exactly) a prisoner.

3.- Is sankhya part of Jnana Yoga?

4.- What is your opinion about Aindra Prabhu? It is the kirtaniya that I listen to the most, but there are devotees who have recommended that I not listen to it.

HpS - I don't know details of his internal consciousness. I met him in 1978. I've never heard anything bad about him or his Kirtan.

Thank you Gurudeva 

your servant 

Piyari Mohan das

HpS - Thank you. Will WhatsApp you.

Hare Krishna, Gurumaharaja 🙏🏻

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

This is the fortnightly schedule of devotees for leading kirtan on ASA / Full Morning Service :

● MONDAY: H. H. Hanumatpresaka Swami.

● TUESDAY: Govardhana das, Mitravinda devi dasi.

● WEDNESDAY: Yugala Kishora dasi, Jagad Guru das.

● THURSDAY: Caturatma Goura das, Jagadisvara das.

● FRIDAY: Abhinanda das, Deva Vrata das.

● SATURDAY: Isvari Radha devi dasi, Karuna Sakti devi dasi, Guru Govinda Dasi.

● SUNDAY: Candramukhi devi dasi, Parasurama Avatara das, Vrsabhanu Nandini devi dasi.

Thank you 🙏🏻

HpS - We will share our leadership, Monday, with local devotees!

Hare Krsna Srila Gurudev, AGTSP

Dandavat pranaam

I am following my sadhana , 16 rounds and 4 regs ok. Chanting can be of better quality, for sure. Sing Mangal aarti most days. But not in front of deities. Next goal is to do Mangal aarti in front of deities.

HpS - Yes!! and Dance! They like it!!!!!!

My question: Bhagawatam 3rd chapter mentions the four yugas where the chronology sequence in the purport is given treta after dwapar. Why so?

HpS - Maybe need more specific citation to examine, but if it is what I think it is, then as I have heard Ahalya was cursed by her husband to stay as a rock until the next incarnation of God and so to reduce that duration of curse, the treta yuga (3rd age) came before the dvapara (2nd) for one time. These people are powerful. They can make summer come before winter.

For general purpose we see that Krsna consciousness develops a very pessimistic view of the world where we live.

It's like everywhere there is no happiness in world, padam padam hi vipadam ...all this takes away the zeal to do anything constructive and develops a very negative mind set. How to deal with this.

It's very depressive. Kindly share ur perspective on that.

HpS - It is a hospital. Mental hospital. Encourage your patients to see it as what it is, a good place for recovery, but no the real world.

The surgery, bitter medicines, are good, because we can see how they are purifying us.

O.K?

This is a part of the spiritual world.

We can do as much here as in Goloka.

Bh. V. Thakura et al see it that way and don't desire to go to Goloka if this is where Krsna wants to associate with them.

😃

Hare Krsna

Waiting to meet you in India.

HpS - Meeting you right now!

Thank you.

Hare Krsna

Rturaj Krsna Das

Puducherry, India

Hare Krishna Maharaj ji. I offer my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. I hope that your health is well now. I hope that you are happy like a small kid at such an age.

It was a long time that i didn't write on this platform. So I have come again with a surprise.

Hahaha ...

This is a letter I have written as reply to Mata Nadiya's previous message. And i request that i don't want any of its content hidden or tampered. Please display it as it is.

HpS - AgtSP. Sorry that it has taken so long to answer. We only have so much time that we can even look at the computer each day.

I think that this Blog is not the place for too much specific critical comments on people. I don't think that Srimati Nadiya Devi Dasi made any specific comments.

If you want to make some general comments on principles of things then please do that.

... HpS /ASA - Hidden.

Hare Krishna, Dear Gurumaharaja

Pamho

All Glories to Sri Sri Guru and Gauranga

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada

Wishing you good health, blessed by the mercy of Sri Krishna.

I am sending you my personal report, since the last time in November 2023, please apologize for the delay.

Now we are fine, we feel that we have improved a lot in our sadana, our rounds, our service,

we get up earlier,

we are doing physical exercises (calisthenics) to be more active.

The family is fine, as I told you, my wife is working in Abancay, 4 hours from Cusco, and my children are studying there too.

We go on weekends to be with them. The work is good, just because it is the public sector there are many changes, we may have to look for another job, we will see what is coming, we have to accept what Lord Sri Krishna gives us.

Regarding the Yatra activities in Cusco, we close 2023 with a distribution of Prasada to children for Christmas and with an end-of-year flourama.

Prabhu Baladeva das, from Argentina, visited us and gave us some workshops that changed our mind, personally, that we see the purpose we have as devotees and the commitment to Srila Prabhupada and his ISKCON.

Before the arrival of Prabhu Baladeva, at the initiative of Prabhu Astavarga das, Prabhu Omkara Krishna das, is giving us Bhakti Vriksha classes, we understand that it is the basis for the expansion of the Congregation, we must constantly prepare ourselves to be servant leaders who facilitate people the tools to conduct themselves in devotional service for Srila Prabhupada and Sri Krishna.

The Group being formed is composed of: P. Anasraya Gopal and his wife Bhaktin Taki, P. Jagadisvara das, Bhakta Percy, Bhakta Johan and his wife Yogamaji devi dasi, Mataji Girisutarani and Bhaktin Margot and the servant of he Gds. All under the supervision of Prabhu Omkara Krishna das.

We are starting to organize programs, for example, today they were at the Casa de Campo of Bhakta Johan and Yogamaji dd, several devotees were there, it was very nice, I saw it only in photos, I did not participate, because as I told you, on weekends I am in Abancay with the family.

Also for almost a month we have been carrying out the Mangala Aratik On Line program, together with Prabhu Omkara das, Jagadisvara das and sometimes Bhakta Percy and Baltazar, devotees who are enthusiastic in devotional service, connect.

A long time ago I told you that I was starting to form a company to carry out some activities to support myself, this company has already been established this month, it is called: "HpS108 EIRL Corporation", where we will carry out commercial activities, consultancies, couching, etc., where we hope that we can help or involve the devotees, since some of these activities will have to do with devotional preaching, we have a pending conversation with LAD to finalize details.

We want you to help in some way with the support of a preaching center or why not a temple, please give your blessings so we can grow with this project.

More and more we realize that Lord Krishna makes arrangements for things to flow, for a long time I always leafed through the Bhakti Vriksa manual, which I carried years ago, but did not finish, in the time of Prabhu Raghuvaram, the instructor also It was P. Omkara, I didn't value it at that time. Dear Gurumaharaja, we have responsibilities with you, with Srila Prabhupada, which all boils down to service, we want to please you, we are not perfect, but through his mercy we will be able to serve you better, we are indebted to you Dear Gurumaharaja.

This week we will once again launch the readings of the Krishna Boock and Nights of Srila Prabhupada, on Saturdays, and the Srimad Bhagavatam classes on Sundays, both online, we will also continue organizing the sankritan in the squares, once or twice a month, know We are not Sankirtaneros, but through His mercy we can do everything, we have done that many times. All this based on the structure of Bhakti Vriksa, (VEDAS, Soul clinic and Maha Prasada, distribution of sacred foods).

Dear Gurumaharaja, we are very grateful to him, eternally, without his guidance we would only be unprotected and disoriented, we want to serve and please him, even if he is in hell itself, we just want to serve and please him. If you. departs to the Spiritual World, how should we act? What should we do? How can we continue serving Him?

Thank you very much Dear Gurumaharaja, his association in the FMP in recent years has been vital for my spiritual growth, there is no doubt that, without his mercy, we could not advance in this beautiful process of Sri Krishna Consciousness . May the mercy of Lord Sri Krishna always shower upon you. Hare Krishna Dear Gurumaharaja!!!!

His worthless would-be servant.

Govardhana das

🙇🏻‍♂️📿🙌🦍

HpS/ASA - Is nice letter. Practical, but if you can send shorter letters more frequent is nicer.

What about a Radio Show?

I think you have the personality to connect with people, answers their questions, give comments on current situations, different events, restaurants, daily challenges.

Read from the Mahabharata.

Dear Maharaja Hanumat Presaka Swami

pamho , AGtSP!

It was great chatting with you yesterday. You cleared up some planning for us, and you are always first for us.

Braja and I banter sometimes, and we seem to be okay. This latest might be a bit fanatical, so I am asking for your opinions on this one.

Facebook Dialogue 2 weeks ago

Braja-raja Suta Dasa:

" Chas.“rhetoric” generally has a negative meaning such as the following first definition given by Webster’s: “language that is impressive-sounding but not meaningful or sincere.”

In the past you’ve posted similar remarks - remarks containing little real commentary or expression of what you think.

With that being said, can you please elaborate? Tell us what you really think.

Do you think the public, do you think devotees have a good understanding of the terms discussed? (Theory, law, hypothesis, consensus- were there others??) Do you, or do you think the public and devotees do not accept such terms and the whole concept/language in which they’re found?

Chas D Lind:

Appreciate your patience, dear Braja, my ignorance is showing, though "rhetoric" wasn't totally meant to be a negative implication. Words have connotations for sure.

As far as my thinking goes, my mind is not always my best friend. Certain ambiguities are constant for me. In essence, sometimes, my mind is like a kaleidoscope. This is where my reflections may not be so congruent with so-called vocabulary norms. I am one for the exceptions and contradictions; these appease my interest, as logic and definition are appreciated by others.

It's a tricky arrangement, then, to add focus to my equation, which is also important, especially when I'm sharing observations or conclusions. The mix of numeric and alpha needs a good honing before it can be used decently, or at least to make things interesting.

Thus far, my very revelations and my own rhetoric may not fit in opinions, but more in discretion. Personal & Public knowledge does have some borders, though with a complete Soul this is not the case, such as Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Srila Prabhupada. His personal life and public life have no separation for his purity and consciousness did not waver and does not deviate, it adjusts to time place, and circumstances keeping Krishna at the center. We should do so good.

Anyway, sadhana and sanity should be exercised as much as possible. Seeking confined definitions may distract. It is good to understand our relationships in our current lifetime to proceed to our permanent lifetime. Kapisch?!

Appreciate your most valuable time."

HpS/ASA - I, agtSP, tried to answer this earlier, then the Blog was down. So we will try again!!! It is very important letter.

I think that you tend to think in iconographic format rather then linear.

This is not so uncommon. It is classified as autistic some times.

Hmmm.

Our experience.

This means that you have like a complete three dimensional image of your ideas (in motion) and then try to make them into a line.

O.K. Tell people that. I think you already do to some extent.

Also, write something then look at it again after ten minutes. The short term memories associateds with it will have decreased, and you will read it as the recipient will read it without benefit of your thoughts.

After two days I look at what I wrote and really am challenged to understand what I wrote! I think my reader knows what I am thinking, then I see that I don't know what I was thinking, and I can only deal with what I wrote.

If we don't become good letter writers in this lifetime, maybe the next.

Indu - lekha.

Citra - leka.

Lekha means writing.

Henry James, Nobel Prize in literature said that in his opinion, the letter was the greatest form of literature.!