Letters to the editor

Dear Gurudeva,

danvadat pranam.

Please accept my humble obeisances.

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!

really thankful for your encouragement and your mercy on me in the letter. When i thought back on it while worshiping at my home altar, at once i also felt a similar kindness and mercy from them making it past my hard-heartedness/poor self image. You and the Lordships helping me up, dusting me off, fixing my collar and patting me on the back.

I read the sikstastikam daily with my japa circle group and pray that i can become humble and tolerant enough to serve spontaneously and constantly without (or with ever decreasing amount of) offenses and never fall down again. At 44 i may be 1/2 way into my lifespan with so much to learn and un-learn.

Around the time covid restrictions started there was talk about possible supply-chain issues when it came to food etc and i started to build a greenhouse from a kit in the backyard. The last step of fixing all the plexi panels was challenging using the provided hardware and the greenhouse sat 95% finished for almost 2 years. When i found a better way to mount the panels it was finally off the to-do list and that created a domino effect in the backyard where Cecilia followed up with a lot of runs to home depot and lowes for trunk-loads of material, and the backyard really came to life. We chant at least one mahamantra and panca tattva a day offering our food. Im not sure how the details of my current life will change or stay the same as i try to lay my life down at the feet of Guru and Krishna and try to let go of anything that is not compatible with that. Her father passed away spring 2019 at 82 and her mom is in her 80s at a nice senior facility in daly city. She’s a very caring and loyal person and gives me the freedom to do what i like, but i can’t twist her arm to come to the sunday feast- for a newcomer it takes some time to become familiar with the community. Her mom like mine is Catholic. Cecilia does a lot of work advocating for people at odds with church dogma. And works hard at it.

There’s an amazing devotee in SF from mexico, Vaninath, that will spend his last cent on books to give to other devotees, newcomers, etc and wait in bread lines for food. He lives in an sro in the tenderloin- used to live at the berkeley temple and served as a pujari there. He tells me the story he was kicked out because there was another devotee from russia that was standing with his feet on one of the prep tables in the kitchen and when he asked him not to there was fight or conflict and Jagannath Swami told Vaninath that he’s an illegal that just showed up, and this other devotee required a fair amount of money to bring to the us to also serve as a pujari there. He was kicked out and told me some pretty gnarly stories from his next four years living homeless. The last book he gave me was a beautifully illustrated large format telling of the Ramayana, the one before that was a Bhagavatam set he wanted me to give to my sister. I have my own Bhagavatam set, but that boxed set, i still have it and haven’t given it to her as he asked, because as much as i would love to pay forward this blessing im just not expecting her to have the right association where she can appreciate or understand it. If im wrong here please help me! Ive given all my family members smaller books like isopanisad, beyond birth and death, also Bhagavad Gita (Jaya!). I think the only one that’s been read was beyond birth and death becuase i asked my mom and dad to read the whole book with me on my birthday around 8 years ago. My parents have stayed at new vrindavan in WV with me during Gaura Purnim. One year for a christmas gift i asked them to avoid eating meat for a week- THEY DID IT! My mom has been painting photo-realistic water colors since the early 80s, she painted a picture of Srila Prabhupada for me for christmas 5 years ago.

My studio music is in a mostly idle state. I hope to get a chance to use it in the future as a platform to help spread the holy name and facilitate others that do this. I dont see kirtan as it is lacking anything needed to do this though. I also like to use music technology to explore/inquire into sound/time/rhythm/timbre/texture- just been more busy with getting up/going to bed early. At the moment im trying to get better/get started on harmonium and mridanga. Id like to be able to learn and help preserve some of the things Prabhupada gifted us without too much unnecessary embellishment.

hope you are having enlivening inspiring times at New Biharavan and look forward to seeing you there

Hare Krishna Gurudeva!

thank you

your servant,

Loka Bandhu Rama Dasa

hps - We are running to arati etc. your letter is too long for our little brain. so we had to start scanning it after first paragraph. it is great.

green house

celia catholic

vanniantha

Danvadat Pranam Gurudeva,

Please accept my humble obeisances.

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada.

Have you ever taken a sabbatical?

I was able to talk with Ananta Rupa Das in Boise today. Planning to be there 6/1-6/7. Is there anything i can bring from the bay area? Thank you for your mercy!

your servant,

Loka Bandhu Rama Dasa

HpS - Yes we heard you are coming!!! Super. SUPER. Yes, if you can (?) please visit Loka natha Das and get some photos of him, his puppets etc. of the highest possible density. It will be very, very, nice.

Also any photos of Berkeley Temple and Deities!

I just texted you his phone and address.

Any Radha Gokulananda Prasadam if you can.

If this is not possible that is okay.

Just bring your smile.

HpS - ASA.

Hare krishna Gurudev!!

Pamho, AgtSP 

 I hope you are fine..

A Desciple of Bhakti Dhira Damorara Swami Maharaja contact me to ask you to make a short clip for his Vyasa Puja on 3th june..(give him the blessings to continue in service, Disciples of his grace wants to present a gift to him and consist of the blessings and mercy from the seniors and Srila Prabhupāda disciples…

.the clip should be send on the 31th of may

Thank you very much 

Ys ptd

HpS - We are not sure which of two Sannyasis is Maharaja. We met them both the same time and similar appearance. Can you send his photo and short bio-data!!?? Thank you.

Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,

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

I hope you are in good health.

ASA - AGTSP!!! Paoho!!! Allergy is 95% lighter!!

Thank you for your tireless efforts in saving the conditioned souls like me! Gandharva Prabhu is scheduled for Friday, 5/27/2022, ASA SB English Presentation. With your current schedule should we still proceed with this arrangement? If yes, what time would you suggest for the class? We can also postpone this to a later Friday if that would be better with your current schedule.

Your insignificant servant

Srinivasacarya dasa

HpS - I should, like to, attend the classes here. Our visit is short. So, can we just broadcast the Friday classes from here on gotomeeting at 7.45-8.45AM. It is nice that you all can also hear the classes.

Hare Krsna Gurudeva

Por favor acepte mis rendidas reverencias 

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada 

Muchas gracias por llevarnos (en línea) con usted, intentamos seguirlo humildemente y esperamos ser útiles en su ofrenda a su Divino Maestro. 

Atendiendo su sugerencia, escribimos para preguntar si es posible que comparta con sus sirvientes las grabaciones de las siguientes clases:

Mayo 14 (Matutina) 

Mayo 16 (vespertina) 

Mayo 18 (Matutina) 

Mayo 20 (Vespertina) 

Mayo 23 (Vespertina) 

Mayo 25 (Conferencia universidad estatal Boise) 

Gurudeva, con la finalidad de no saturar el Blog, ¿le parece bien si hacemos las peticiones de grabaciones cada semana? 

Muchas gracias por su misericordioso ejemplo. Quedamos atentos a sus instrucciones. 

Sus Sirvientes 

ASA Carnaval 

Karuna-Sakti Devi Dasi

-0-0-0-

Hare Krsna Gurudeva

Please accept my deepest obeisances

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Thank you very much for taking us (online) with you, we humbly try to follow you and hope to be useful in your offering to your Divine Master.

HpS - ASA --- OUR DIVINE MASTER. ISKCON Samstapaka Acharya Srila Prabhupada Ki Ji!

At your suggestion, we write to ask if it is possible for you to share with your servants the recordings of the following classes:

May 14 (Morning)

May 16 (evening)

May 18 (Morning)

May 20 (Evening)

May 23 (Evening)

May 25 (Boise State University Conference)

Gurudeva, in order not to saturate the Blog, is it okay if we make recording requests every week?

HpS - AgtSP. We are drowning in work: Travel to Spain and India for HpS/Movie crew. Boise Rathyatra, University, Temple work.

😀

We tried to download last night's class and it came, but it took some work.

Now to send it will take more work.

Seems that we can try to to do important classes like the one last night and maybe some more later.

Where should we send last night's class?

Let us try to transfer that one first.

Send your e-mail address. We won't publish it.

Thank you.

AgtSP!!!

Paoho.

Thank you very much for your merciful example. We remain attentive to your instructions.

Your Servants

ASA Carnival

Karuna Sakti Devi Dasi

Todas las glorias a Sri Sri Guru y Gauranga.

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada.

Hare krishna querido Guru Maharaj, porfavor acepte mis sinceras reverencias.

Mi reporte es el siguiente; Estoy levantándome a las 4 am, aveces 5:30 am, cantando 16 rondas, 4 principios, siguiendo los ekadasis, cantando los gayatris, leyendo el Srimad Bagavatam canto 4 cap. 1, atendiendo a las deidades de Gaura Nitay, Narashinja, Murti de Srila Prabhupada, los sábados ayuno medio día y baño a los deidades y las cambio de ropa, ofrezco flores y esencia, todos los días cocino para las deidades, estoy trabajando de casa y preparándome para mi sustentación de tesis "Costos de los productos ecológicos y gestión del Emprendimiento en la Dirección de Producción del Gobierno Regional de Huancavelica", que se llevará a cabo el día 03 de mayo del 2022 a las 10 am.

Quería expresarle y comentarle algunas cosas con mucha sinceridad; Intente hacer una vida de vanaprastas a los 22 años cuando conocí a mi esposo, quise hacer esa vida por voluntad propia, y fuí muy felíz, esto no significa que fuí vanaprasta, sinó que lo intenté, jamás me arrepiento de tantos viajes, austeridades y puyari, pero al pasar el tiempo hace 5 años me entró el deseo de tener una familia, nunca manifesté esto a mi esposo, después manifesté esto hace dos años, hubo desacuerdos con mi esposo, y problemas de incompatibilidad muy fuerte que decidí separarme, fue muy difícil para los dos, ahora estamos mejor nos hemos perdonado y llevamos una buena relación de amistad, algo que siempre quisimos, en verdad siempre quise que haya un amor superior entre nosotros, y finalmente puedo ver a mi esposo sin rencor, sin odio, sin reclamos, mantenemos buena comunicación y buena amistad.

Creo que el lazo del matrimonio de fuego une de por vida a esa persona, espero tener una mejor relación en el mundo espiritual o en la siguiente vida, Pero quiero que ese lazo sea algo superior algo muy espiritual. Creo que desde niña aprendí a perder lo que mas quiero, perdí a mi madre a los 9 años, y siempre viví con la idea de sacrificarme por mis seres que amo, y renunciar a los que quiero, es un aspecto psicológico que he analizado en mi persona y lo único que es seguro en esta vida es que afrontaremos la muerte solos, pero con guru y krsna en el corazón.

Querido gurudeva perdone las ofensas, estoy recuperando mi vida espiritual y cantando mejor mi yapa, agradezco a mis hermanas espirituales que me están ayudando, y a iskcon, jamás deseo dejar iskcon , iskcon es mi hogar, es mi familia y Srila prabhupada y usted son mi vida misma y mi motivo de seguir viviendo en este mundo.

Quiero agradecer públicamente a mi hermana espiritual Gaura gadhadara Dasi, ella es una buena coaching de ayuda, un día ella me llamó y me dijo como yo estaba, en ese momento yo estaba en una depresión muy fuerte, deseaba día y noche morir y tuve dos oportunidades de dejar el cuerpo y no tenia miedo, también vinieron a mi ideas de suicidio, intenté pero no puedo tolerar dolor en mi cuerpo así que lo dejé, percibí seres infernales, esa semana soñé con el puyari de radha madhana vihari, una semana soñando y el ultimo día llegué a los himalayas, Hanuman era el guardián y me dejó entrar y me dio agua de manantial, pero me dijo que tenia que volver... al día siguiente me curé del covid, y entendí que debo seguir viviendo y retomar mi vida espiritual. Gaura Gadhara Dasi, me dio tips para recuperarme como; escuchar el purusasukta, recitar el ugra narashinja kavacha, hacer deporte, adorar a las deidades, hacer ayunos, leer el bagavatam, hacer pranayama, hablarme al espejo y valorarme como mujer..., escuchar música alegre y kirtans, tener pensamientos positivos etc. y seguí todo al pie de la letra, y ahora me siento muy bien, ella salvó mi vida

Estoy estudiando ingles, ultimas semanas para sacar la tesis, trabajando de casa, me siento tranquila y sin ansiedad, espero viajar e irme a vivir a india, quiero que la otra mitad de mi vida sea en india, espero sobrevivir al calor intenso, quiero dejar mi cuerpo en india, pero quiero que mi vida espiritual sea fuerte e intensa, quiero asociación de devotos visitar templos, hacer parikramas.

Mi padre esta cantando rondas, llega a 16 otras veces a 12. Me gustaría llevármelo a mi padre a india, es lo que mas amo en esta vida.

Bueno querido Gurdeva doy las gracias por todo lo bueno y malo en mi vida, seguiré viviendo y luchando en este mundo material, no es fácil a veces, tengo días negros, pero son pocos días ahora

Atte. Nadiya Nivasi Dasi

-0-0-0-0-

All glories to Sri Sri Guru and Gauranga.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

Hare krishna dear Guru Maharaj, please accept my sincere obeisances.

My report is as follows; I am getting up at 4 am, sometimes 5:30 am, chanting 16 rounds, 4 principles, following ekadasis, chanting gayatris, reading Srimad Bagavatam chant 4 ch. 1, Attending the deities of Gaura Nitay, Narashinja, Murti of Srila Prabhupada, on Saturdays I fast half a day and bathe the deities and change their clothes, offer flowers and essence, every day I cook for the deities, I am working from home and preparing for my thesis support "Costs of ecological products and management of Entrepreneurship in the Directorate of Production of the Regional Government of Huancavelica", which will take place on May 03, 2022 at 10 am.

HpS - ASA --- Super!! but is May 3 or June 3?

I wanted to express and comment on some things with great sincerity; I tried to make a life of vanaprasta at the age of 22 when I met my husband, I wanted to make that life of my own free will, and I was very happy, this does not mean that I was vanaprasta, but that I tried, I never regret so many trips, austerities and puyari, but as time went by 5 years ago I felt the desire to have a family, I never said this to my husband, then I said this two years ago, there were disagreements with my husband, and very strong incompatibility problems that I decided to separate, it was very difficult for both of us, now we are better, we have forgiven each other and we have a good relationship of friendship, something we always wanted, in truth I always wanted there to be a superior love between us, and finally I can see my husband without rancor, without hatred, without complaints, we maintain good communication and good friendship.

ASA - 🐵

I believe that the fiery marriage bond unites that person for life, I hope to have a better relationship in the spirit world or in the next life, but I want that bond to be something higher, something very spiritual.

I think that since I was a child I learned to lose what I love most, I lost my mother when I was 9 years old, and I always lived with the idea of ​​sacrificing myself for my loved ones, and giving up those I love, it is a psychological aspect that I have analyzed in my person and the only thing that is certain in this life is that we will face death alone, but with guru and Krsna in our hearts.

Dear gurudeva forgive the offenses, I am recovering my spiritual life and singing my yapa better, I thank my spiritual sisters who are helping me, and Iskcon, I never want to leave Iskcon, Iskcon is my home, it is my family and Srila Prabhupada and you are my life itself and my reason for continuing to live in this world.

ASA - 😯

I want to publicly thank my spiritual sister Gaura gadhadara Dasi, she is a good help coaching, one day she called me and asked me how I was, at that time I was in a very strong depression, I wanted to die day and night and I had two opportunities to leave the body and I wasn't afraid, thoughts of suicide also came to me, I tried but I can't tolerate pain in my body so I left it, I perceived infernal beings, that week I dreamed of the radha madhana vihari puyari, a week dreaming and the last day I arrived in the himalayas, Hanuman was the guardian and he let me in and gave me spring water, but he told me I had to go back... the next day I was cured of covid, and I understood that I must continue living and return my spiritual life.

Gaura Gadhara Dasi, gave me tips to recover like; listening to the purusasukta, reciting the ugra narashinja kavacha, playing sports, worshiping the deities, fasting, reading the bagavatam, doing pranayama, talking to myself in the mirror and valuing myself as a woman..., listening to happy music and kirtans, having positive thoughts, etc. and I followed everything to the letter, and now I feel great, she saved my life

ASA - Guru Gaura gadadhara Devi Das. We have not heard from her for a long time. I wonder about her and her husband.

I am studying English, the last weeks to get my thesis, working from home, I feel calm and without anxiety, I hope to travel and go live in India, I want the other half of my life to be in India, I hope to survive the intense heat, I want leave my body in india, but I want my spiritual life to be strong and intense, I want to associate with devotees, visit temples, do parikramas.

ASA - Not all of India is hot.

My father is singing rounds, he reaches 16 other times to 12. I would like to take my father to India, it is what I love most in this life.

Well dear Gurdeva I give thanks for all the good and bad in my life, I will continue to live and struggle in this material world, it is not easy sometimes, I have black days, but it is few days now

Atte. Nadiya Nivasi Dasi

HpS - Very nice. It would seem like you have very strong association!!! ?? I am glad Hanuman gave you the anti virus.

Were you Indian Sannyasi in last life?