Letters to the editor

Anantarupa Das from WhatsApp:

Hare Krsna Maharaja

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. Thank you for your message. Yes I am back. And Yes all of us are anxiously waiting to see you in 12 days. I am busy helping devotees with our first solo Yatra. Kamalanand pr. had suggested that we are big enough now to do our own Yatra than be part of parade.

The devotees took up on the idea and all of us are hoping that with mercy from you and Deities we will be able to do it successfully.

Please advertise it on your blog and implore everyone who is going to come and see you in Boise to come during Ratha Yatra the weekend of June 4-5. It is on 5th from 12 to 4pm. And have them contact Sriman Nitisara Das, 503 307-8268, ASAP so we can plan for accommodations Prasadam etc. 

Looking forward to your darshan and association 

Anantarupa das

HpSwami-ASA -- We hope many devotees come. 🐘🐘🐘

Hire professional cinematographer for Snana yatra and Rathayatra?

Hare Krsna Guru Maharaj,

Please accept our humble obeisances. 

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

In advance Gurudev we want to thankyou for being willing to tolerate us and our deficiencies. We notice that we have some organizational abilities but we can also see Krsna engages us in services for which we feel we lack skills in at times. Krsna has a great sense of humor (we were asked to give the Krsna Lounge talk on patience! Ha! Vaisheshika Prabhu gave a class on patience and referenced the Japanese art of Shankankan: focusing on cultivating one value at a time) Please help us refine this schedule Guru Maharaj. We learn a lot by watching your ability to prioritize and organize preaching endeavors first and foremost. 

We have been trying to coordinate with Radhika Raman Prabhu, BSU events center, and other Boise devotees about schedule possibilities. Here are our notes on possible festivals, seminars, wisdom talks, and smaller SB/BG/ Sunday feast preaching opportunities thus far. We remember you had mentioned online seminar/meetings, needing time to interview/film so if the events mentioned below seem to extraneous (we could opt out Friday BG classes for example) please refine.

Murari prabhu would like to know the ideal grocery and supply list (raw milk,l potatoes, for Lord Nirsimha? Any butter, spices, etc) Possibly you can send us a Bhoga/supply list so we are not deficient in any items. Please let us know Gurudev how we can best serve you. Your happiness is our happiness. 🙏

Buck White - ASA - AgtSP!!! Potatoes for baking (white and sweet), carrots, sweet oranges and apples, split peas, salt, butter, black pepper, Oats, some nuts and milk....

Jaya Madan bihari Bhoga.

We would like to advertise the Thursday Krsna Lounge program lecture series (May 19th, 26th, June 2nd and 9th). Please let us know what title would work best for the series and any relevant description. Guru Maharaj you previously discussed CG Jung’s little red book as a focus for these nights or Light of Bhagavat: White cloud wandering monk visits Boise Krsna Lounge. We will make advertisements for the lecture series this weekend. 

HpS - With Jaya Hari Das we caught Nitisara Das and also had some discussion with him.

Krsna lounge can be Floating White Cloud Monk visits Boise. [ ttd ] We will send you the soft file.

Title can be Science, Psyche and Spirituality - The Encounter of Carl Gustav Jung with the Bhaktisiddhanta of Traditional Inda.

What is the self beyond the body

What is the self as a body!

Go back to the world of 19th century Bengali mysticism and the formation of modern psychology with Jung and Freud.

Also we have asked BSU events about lecture hall rentals as well as a professor we know that should be able to secure the event for us l. We are looking at the first week Radhika Raman will be here since school will still be in session. Would Wednesday the 18th of May or Friday May 20th be too soon for a lecture?

Fine, same as above.

Should it be accompanied with a short cultural program before the event?

Always. 10-minutes of energetic Sumo wrestling.

Another option is to schedule the lecture the last week of May or second week of June when Radhika Raman returns.

Too many other things by then. Invite Lounge and BSU folk to visit each others programs.

The only drawback to a June event is Attendance would be lower due to summer school. Please also let us know the title of the lecture and short descriptions for the event Guru Maharaj. We would like to know more details about how long the lecture may be. Is this an event you are interested in Guru Maharaj? If not, we apologize for misunderstanding this outreach program.

All topics above. We will adapt to the audience once we see them.

Another highlighted event is Snana Yathra on May 22nd and bringing Jaganatha and company on the Rathayathra Paluquin through BSU to Julia Davis park on June 5th. We wanted to ask you Guru Maharaj what an appropriate name would be for the event. Festival of India, Boise Bhakti Festival, Festival of Peace or Chant for Peace Festival?

I think you already got some name. We would suggest - The Terrible Jaggernaut Rolls Again - For Five Thousand Years the Festival has been attended by thousands of ecstatic devotees of the Supreme Lord, Master of the Universe, and His beautiful festival rolls over the demons within and outside of crushing them into composte.

HpS - The NitiSara Das is looking, has he mentioned it? For two brothers to do professional video and picture recording of the event. Lot of thoughts about how to organize the parade.

Here is a series of proposed events for your approval:

Arrival 16th of May

16th: Monday evening Spanish class

17th Tuesday Morning SB class @ 8:30 (Or 7:30?) - What is best for you all?

18th Wednesday Morning SB class

(Possibility of BSU evening program on the 18th or 20th)

19th Thursday evening First Krsna Lounge wisdom talk at KCC

20th Friday BG Class/lecture  

21st Saturday Afternoon Temple Vision Meeting/Retreat (time to be announced)

22nd Snana Yathra Preparation lecture and festival

23rd Monday evening Spanish class

24th Tuesday morning SB class 

25th Wednesday morning SB class (we are also available on Wednesday evenings to go on outings that you would like Guru Maharaj to stores, parks, art/office supply places) 

26th Thursday evening 2nd Krsna Lounge program

(Some Boise devotees are traveling to SadhuSanga on the 27th)

27th BG Friday evening off or devotional movie night!

28th Saturday devotee hike/picnic to foothills learning center or Faery tunnel 

29th 11:30 am Sunday school kids meet and greet with Hanumat Presak Swami to discuss history with traveling sankirtan puppet show , the kids will have a puppetshow and tell, and ask questions (in the temple)

30th Monday Spanish class

31st Tuesday SB morning class

1st Wednesday SB morning class

2nd Thursday 3rd Krsna Lounge program and wisdom talk 

3rd Friday BG class at the temple 

4th Saturday Upendra’s home?

5th Sunday Festival of Chariots/India at Julia Davis

6th Monday Spanish class

7th Tuesday SB class in morning  

8th Wednesday class in morning 

9th Thursday 4th Krsna Lounge program and Wisdom Talk

10th Friday BG class at the temple  

11th Saturday Balabhadra’s home ?

12th Sunday Feast lecture 

13th Monday Spanish\English program at Murari and Kamagayatri’s

14th Tuesday departure 

HpS - Looks good. For the classes we would like to do a NoI seminar over the one month. We are sending a PDF of our TPP, NoI commentary and we could just read it over the month.

People can formally register (?) and get certificates.

Sending a copy of the PDF to NSD now. Need your's and Murari Das whats app numbers.

WOn't publish.

Please make adjustments/deletions and additions Guru Maharaj. Please excuse our amateur attempts. These are just proposals but everything and anything can be changed. We look forward to your edits. 🙏🙏

Sankirtan ki jai!

Your servant,

Kamagayatri devi dasi and Murari das

Hare Krsna!!



Jayanta Das, Whatsapp:

Hare Krishna, Gurudev. Ya tenemos TPP en español. Mañana empiezo a revisarlo, se lo devuelvo a Partha, el traductor, para que haga las correcciones, si las hay, y después se lo envío a usted y a Abhiram para la impresión.

HpS -ASA - TlgaSP! Pfarh... Y muchas gracias a Partha Das. Claro, cuando llegamos a Espanya esperamos mucho agradecer personalmente!! Podemos poner en Amazon y distribuir individualmente.

Espero ayuda los investigadores, predicadores en su Sankirtan para Sri Rama. Sri Govinda!

Vamos a India de Madrid como 7 Septiembre?

Queda hasta cuando?

Hari bol, Maha-raja, todas mis reverencias a usted y a prabhupada,

tenia ganas de escribirle desde hace tiempo, pero me daba muchos nervios, si no mal recuerdo es algo que me pasaba mucho con usted desde que lo conoci.

Despues de tantos años finalmente me arme de valor y empece a cantar las 16 rondas todos los dias,

ASA - !! ! Muscles mono !!!

... ya debo llevar mas o menos 2 meses y espero seguir asi incluso el dia que me vaya de este mundo, tambien me gustaria poder ir a verlo y acompañarlo en India o España, empece a tomar algunos trabajos, ahorrando para el pasaje.

ASA - Si sienta la utilidad de cantar, va a continua... "Esta vale!".

Krsna va a ayudar VD.

Va a viajar con otros?

Ahora me despido esperando que blue boy me escuche y me permita estar una vez mas en su compañia.

¡Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada! Hari bol

HpS - ASA -- Unas ideas de "career"? Politico? Presidente de Chile? Estrella de cine?

Hari bol maraharaja, all my obeisances to you and to prabhupada, I wanted to write to you for a long time, but you made me very nervous, if I remember correctly it is something that happened to me a lot with you since I met you. After so many years I finally plucked up the courage and began to sing the 16 rounds every day, I must have been there for more or less 2 months and I hope to continue like this even the day I leave this world, I would also like to be able to go see him and accompany him in India or Spain, I began to take some jobs, saving for the passage. Now I say goodbye hoping that blue boy listens to me and allows me to be once again in his company. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! hari bowl

Hare krsna!!!

Remenbered Gurudev!!!!

Jayyy!!

Please accepte my Humbble obeisances to your lotus and beatiful feeds!!👏👏👏

Oll glories to Srila Prabhupada!!!!

Happy VARUTINI EKADASI TODAY!!! ❤💙💖💜💛💚

In response to your last letter: I was reading Srimad Bhagavatam 10 : 19 and that is when Krsna swallowed the forest fire to save his cowherd friends and the cows..

Do you want me to do a dance on that?

Or is there a confusion? ? 😊😀

In chapters 46 Udhava visits vrndavan and chapter 47 the song of the bee... I think this is the pastime that you want... which of the chapters would be better??

HpS - Yes. For many, many years we have been suggesting making a nice dance out of the Song of the Bee. How much it includes from the SB would have to be your decision. Talk to friends.

Thank you very much for your time 👏👏👏

trying to please him: Radha Japa Prati jalpa Devi Dasi

PS: Do you remember? ...that you try to do the pastime in chosica a vyasa puja of you with nitya kishori and madhumati devi dasi... I never knew if you liked that dance...

thank you very much!!!!❤💙❤

HpS - We don't remember! It should be part of a movie.

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Hare Krsna Gurudev.

Mis respetuosas reverencias.

Todas las glorias sean para Srila Prabhupada!

Gurudev, el verso al que me refería era el 3.5.7 del SB. En realidad me surgió la duda al leer el significado de éste verso y también porque escuché una clase donde Hrdayananda Das Goswami expresó que él siempre tuvo el deseo de predicarle a las personas inteligentes, y que él ahora lo puede hacer.

Tendríamos que definir primero ¿qué es inteligencia? y así saber ¿quiénes son las personas inteligentes? o como bien dice Srila Prabhupada; son aquellos nacidos por segunda vez, o sea, quienes toman un maestro espiritual...?

Creo que me surge esta pregunta, porque a veces veo muchos defectos cuando voy al templo. Veo que no se cuida la limpieza, los modales, la etiqueta entre los devotos, y eso me hace pensar que como devotos debemos volvernos personas más educadas, ser limpios, etc., pero hay casos en los que nuestra educación desde casa no ha sido la mejor, y no modificamos esos malos modales, y pienso que no nos ayuda en nuestro progreso espiritual, ni en la prédica, o el ejemplo que queremos dar para que las personas que se quieran unir, vean que servir a Krsna es lo mejor que se puede hacer.

Otra duda que le presenté, sobre el pie de página en los libros de SP. La preocupación de los devotos en el curso BVB es, que hay personas que pueden leer estas citas y pensar que es una forma de mala discriminación, o racismo.

Yo no tengo problemas con estas citas. Yo las entiendo bien y creo que es muy importante que las expliquemos y seamos representativos en nuestro actuar. Como usted dice, Srila Prabhupada nunca hizo esta discriminación mala. Así que nosotros debemos actuar de esa manera.

Gurudev, disculpe si es muy larga la carta. Espero se entienda.

Por lo general no revelo mucho mi mente.

Muchas gracias por todo su esfuerzo y paciencia.

Su aspirante a sirviente

Priya Sakhi dd

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Hare Krsna Gurudev.

My respectful obeisances.

All glories be to Srila Prabhupada!

Gurudev, the verse I was referring to was SB 3.5.7. Actually the doubt arose when I read the meaning of this verse and also because I heard a class where Hrdayananda Das Goswami expressed that he always had the desire to preach to intelligent people, and now he can do it.

We would have to define first what is intelligence? and thus know who are the intelligent people? or as Srila Prabhupada says; are those born for the second time, that is, those who take a spiritual master...?

I think this question comes to me, because sometimes I see many flaws when I go to the temple. I see that cleanliness, manners, etiquette among devotees are not taken care of, and that makes me think that as devotees we should become more educated people, be clean, etc., but there are cases in which our education from home has not been the best, and we do not change those bad manners, and I think that it does not help us in our spiritual progress, nor in preaching, or the example that we want to give so that the people who want to join, see that serving Krsna is the best thing that we can do. Can be done.

HpS - Of course, problems will always be in the institution. This is the material world. Look at SB, no? Problems from Brahma loka to Patala loka, but Hari Kirtan allows us to see those as aspects of the Yuga dharma, Hari Kirtan!

Then we can contribute our positive influence as Krsna desires. Apparently He stopped Bhisma from influencing the Game of Dice so that Kali yuga could progress.

Another doubt that I presented to him, about the footnote in the SP books. The concern of devotees on the BVB course is that there are people who may read these quotes and think that it is a form of bad discrimination, or racism.

HpS - Yes. It is a big controversy, challenge. Not just us, every religion in the past. Sincere people will be patient to understand everything, but of course we should help. I like keeping Srila Prabhupada's text as original as possible and then putting in footnotes to give perspective.

I have no problem with these appointments. I understand them well and I think it is very important that we explain them and be representative in our actions. As you say, Srila Prabhupada never made this bad discrimination. So we must act that way.

Gurudev, excuse me if the letter is very long. Hope it's understandable.

I usually don't reveal much of my mind.

Thank you very much for all your effort and patience.

Your would-be servant

Priya Sakhi dd

HpS//ASA - Nice letter. Expresses curiosities of many people. Thank you. Let us go to another!!! Much fun Sunday morning.

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