Letters to the editor

¡¡¡Todas las Glorias!!! Todas las Glorias ¡

Acepte mis mas humildes y respetuosas reverencias querido Gurudeva, TLGSP!!!. TLGHPS!!!, TLGSVB!!!

Espero se encuentre muy bien estos días llenos de eterna energía espiritual.

Querido Gurudeva, el tiempo pasa completamente rápido, todo el tiempo estamos realizando servicio para usted y para Prabhupada y devotos y esp ha sido un gran regalo de la divinidad, atesoro cada momento ya sea presencial o virtual de asociación con los devotos reunidos a su movimiento.

Hay días que tomo asociación a través del FMP como otros lo hago en el Bhakti House donde estamos viviendo con mi esposo Syam Krsna Gopal Das, nuestra unión fue una ceremonia Gandharva en el templo de Alacua, donde regularmente vamos a los programas de los domingos.

He participado en mi primer Ratha Yatra en Florida en st Augustine y distribuimos los santos nombre frente a turistas de todas partes del mundo, galletas para todos los niños que observaban asombrados el harinam y revistas para indagadores espirituales, también distribuí mi primer BG en USA, ha sido inolvidable.

Mi trabajo en Krsna Lunch me a permitido aprender a ser tolerante y menos impaciente, el idioma me ha hecho cambiar mi actitud teniendo que aprender a escuchar y poder brindar servicio honrando prasadam a la comunidad, estoy muy feliz sabiendo que realizo Balaram Abhiseka en este lugar día tras día, tuviese 20 años menos sé que estaría participando, pero de la misma manera en aprecio el Kirtan estridente y aprecio sobre manera la introspección.

Prabhupada realmente vino a salvar a las almas que pululaban em este mundo material y a dejado sirviente rendidos y completamente gestores de programas para mantener y atraer almas para reconectar su relación con Dios.

Espero poder ir mejorando inglés ahora que podré estudiarlo, cualificarme un día como devota en los santos sombres y seguir mejorando el Sadhana.

Mi eterna gratitud a sus santos pies de loto.

PS: Gurudev podra usted venir a Florida?

Gurudev Tenemos un break de primavera en la última semana de abril y nos gustaría visitarlo, donde usted estará?

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All the Glories!!! all the glories

Please accept my most humble and respectful obeisances dear Gurudeva, TLGSP!!!. TLGHPS!!!, TLGSVB!!!

HpS - ASA - TLGSVB = ???

I hope you are very well these days full of eternal spiritual energy.

Dear Gurudeva, time goes by so fast, all the time we are performing service for you and for Prabhupada and devotees and esp it has been a great gift from divinity, I treasure every moment either face-to-face or virtual of association with the devotees gathered to your movement .

There are days that I take association through the FMP like others I do at the Bhakti House where we are living with my husband Syam Krsna Gopal Das, our union was a Gandharva ceremony at the Alacua temple, where we regularly go to the programs on Sundays.

I have participated in my first Ratha Yatra in Florida in st Augustine and we distributed the holy names in front of tourists from all over the world, cookies for all the children who watched in amazement at the flour and magazines for spiritual seekers, I also distributed my first BG in the USA, it has been unforgettable.

My work at Krsna Lunch has allowed me to learn to be tolerant and less impatient, the language has made me change my attitude having to learn to listen and be able to provide service honoring prasadam to the community, I am very happy knowing that I perform hBalaram Abhiseka in this place day after day, if I were 20 years younger I know I would be participating, but just as much I appreciate the raucous Kirtan and I highly appreciate introspection.

Prabhupada actually came to save the souls that swarmed in this material world and left surrendered servants and fully program managers to maintain and attract souls to reconnect their relationship with God.

I hope to be able to improve my English now that I will be able to study it, qualify myself one day as a devotee in the holy shadows and continue improving the Sadhana.

My eternal gratitude to your holy lotus feet.

PS: Gurudev could you come to Florida?

HpS - I don't think so. You have been really blessed by Krsna. I think it is because you are very, very sincere.

If you keep on this way..... ..... ...... it seem that your original spiritual identity will wake up and you will be able to serve Krsna from that platform wherever you ate.

AgtSP!

Gurudev We have a spring break in the last week of April and we would like to visit you, where will you be?

HpS - Ha! Ha! Hare! Inaccessible. We really have to focus now on this movie making. Hopefully it will be of use, use, and more use to you all! We are suggesting that people who want to visit us, do it during the weekend of Nrsmha caturdasi.

Thank you all!!

Hare Krsna Dear Gurudev,

  Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.

  All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

  All glories to Guru parampara.

  Gurudev, HG Jibesh is working on 'Bamboo Cane Walking Stick' for you. Attached photo.

HpS - We can certainly be a Siksa guru for him as possible but why not satisfy local Temple and Brahminical requirements and take initiation for some nice local devotee. We are all accepting Srila Prabhupada as a personal uttama adhikari guru, and seeing others in ISKCON in that position. Simple, happy life... back to Sankirtan.

One man asked Prabhupada, "Why do you have that cane!?", and he answered, "For beating dogs!".

Your dependent,

Girivaradhari-Gopal Das

Hare Krsna Dear Gurudev,

  Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.

  All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

  All glories to Guru parampara.

  Gurudev, for my knowledge would like to know who are qualify for saligram sila worship ?

Your dependent,

Girivaradhari-Gopal Das

ASA(e); yoga-ladder; silas and fire sacrifices.

Two other nice devotees have asked us about this so we will write as we know. If others can give more information that is very nice.

1. This is the age of Kali. The process of worship, purification, is constant chant of the Name, pastimes etc of the Lord.
2. If we do that we move out of the influence of Kali, so we can worship the Deity as advised by the Spiritual Master. AGTSP. If you are smoking marijuana or drinking beer or in general not following the four principles strictly the Govardhan shilas can become so angry at you they can start to kill people etc. I guess it is the same for Saligram silas. The worship of the Silas is simple, but they are worshipped by the character of the Jiva, not so much by elaborate rituals. Worship of silas is for people advanced in Brahminical culture. Once you start it is like having children if you become 'bored' of worshipping them you can't just put them in a box or give them away. Better to worship Gaura Nitai deities et al.
3. Fire sacrifices my have the same reaction. They may harm your spiritual life rather than help it unless you are an advanced Brahmana. I don't know. Maybe just no effect at all like just having a fire while camping in the forest to keep warm.

The process is hearing and chanting. Even if you start Deity worship, the basic content of the worship is prayers.

Hare Krsna Dear Gurudev,

  Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.

  All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

  All glories to Guru parampara.

  Gurudev, Hope you are good in health and doing well.

  Materially things are as usual, still working from Raipur. No preaching for last two years.

  But decided to start SB, BG preaching from August 2022.

  HG Jibesh Dash is in Pune for some seva, requested by temple authority. He will finish his 

  seva by Next month and then he will back in west Bengal.

  Gurudev, are you coming to India in the month of October 2022 ?

HpS - Hare Krsna!!! We hope so. We do a lot of work to publish the Kapi Dhvaja with our news... and of course we work hard to get to posts here in the Blog. Today we have been hit for the second day with our expected Spring, Tennessee, hay fever, attack. Krsna is using newer and newer techniques to drive us out of this hole back into the sunshine!!

Your dependent,

Girivaradhari-Gopal Das

HpS - If we are chanting and pure then we should be able to see the opportunities that Krsna offers for doing Sankirtan wherever we are.



We sent this to a volume being edited by Prof. Dina Bandhu Pandey

"We have written about our contact with Prof. Dr. Samaresha Bandyopadhyay in previous articles. We first met the distinguished Professor, and cooperated with his good self and His Holiness B. S. Damodara Swami (Prof. T. D. Singh), on the Second Congress for a Synthesis from Science and Religion that was organized in Calcutta in the beginning of 1997.

The congress was a substantial success and the beginning of many years of successful professional and personal relationships.

Now we have been offered the delightful opportunity to write for another volume illuminating Professor.

This is done with the perspective that we expect leave this world in about two years. Everyone should make a practical consideration of how much time they have to work on this temporary, material platform.

In that time, what can we do to revive permanent connections so our friendships are not lost?

Giving some reflection to the topic, we would say that we should have discussions on the topic of epistemology. Epistemology, ontology, praxiology - How do you know, what can you know, what do you do about it?

Professor to us is a person with a very strong work ethic. A good challenge to us in many ways. He will sit down at a little table in a hotel room and produce first class material for a conference in progress and its eventual publications. He is a person with strong sense of moral duty and social responsibility. He is a cultured gentleman and friend.

Now we are consolidating our own efforts in research and education which is based in large degree on efforts to address the theme of Science, Psyche and Spirituality, the Encounter of Professor Carl Gustav Jung with the Bhaktisiddhanta of Traditional India.

For a series of symposia on this theme we have asked Professor to review Jung in India (Sulagna Sengupta, Spring Journal, 2013). We see it as a superexcellent work of historical scholarship and an entrance into the mysticism of Jung's life and contribution. Thus in the dialogs that its review inspires we hope to enter into areas of introspection and contemplation that go beyond the intellectual level that characterizes most modern academic scholarship. We look at it like passing over a hill in the forest and seeing a new world in the morning sunlight, or to remember a very poignant comment of Louis de Broglie about modern science and industrialization, "The mechanism requires a mysticism".

Thank you,

Hanumatpresaka Swami (Prof. H. H. Robinson)

North American Institute for Oriental and Classical Studies (Ricardo Palma University, Lima, Peru)"

Hare Krishna, Dear Guru Maharaja!

All glories to Srila Prabhupada & All glories to you.

Please accept our humble obeisances. (PAOHO)

As of every two weeks:

* Bulletin is now upload on Facebook (English & Spanish), it is also in Google Groups (English & Spanish) as listed at: http://www.jayarama.us/hello.htm

Hare Krishna.

We are still alive. By the mercy of Guru and Gauranga

Our sadhana is sane, online FMP. We are reading SB at school, just before classes.

Health is pretty good. Almost 90% of diet in mode of goodness.

Family is doing well.

Due to the situation in the country, we had to do virtual classes to protect children. After one week we are back to school. Today we celebrate Easter holiday. Next week i will be on vacation, but just for 10 days.

I would like to ask you if I can get your permission to perform fire sacrifices (homa) at home... They will be very simple and simplified.

Thanks a lot for your infinite mercy

EDT (Patrak das & Antuanette)

ASA/HpS - Thanks Pataka, Antuanette. Your reports make us ashamed of not being stronger in our Sadhana. We are improving.

Kapi Dhvaja is essential to our ASA...

We made a note to write our thoughts on fire sacrifices and saligrama/govardhana sile worship. We will send you a link.

O.K. Here we go to Gaura arati.

Thank you.

Best wishes for your students.

ISKCON devotees in Lima can put their kids in your schiool.