Letters to the editor

Hare Krsna dear Gurumaharaja

Please accept our humble obeisances

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

My apologies for not submitting my annual report on time. After the symposium finished, I had to catch up with a lot of pending work, so I just sent it to you.

HpS - Thank you!!!

• Maha mantra: 99% (sometimes I have deep emotions , other times a parade of petty sentiments, useless ideas and memories).
• Four principles: 99% (some problems with the amount of food).
• Gayatri Mantra: 90% (sometimes I can't chant because of work).
• Deity worship: daily attention at lunchtime (bhoga and aratik). Jagannatha, Baladeva and Subhadra / Sri Nrsimha and Ananta deva / Gaura Nityananda, the life of our life.

HpS - They like your home? !

• Readings: Finishing the 5th Canto of Srimad Bhagavatam and Tattva Sandarbha (on a personal level) / 1st Canto of the SB with Indira Sakti.

HpS - Strucure of the universe. Forest of material enjoyment?

• Mangala aratik: 90% / Sandhya aratik 5% (I have to improve hard on this point).
• Studies: I have already received the Bhakti Sastri certificate , I have interrupted BhVai studies for time reasons, restarting on november.
• Devotee care: We have formed the Sastra Seva Sanga study group with Indira Sakti dd, Tarangaksi dd, Jana Pavana das, Patricia Palomino and Sandra Salazar. We are studying and discussing The Teachings of Lord Caitanya (very nice association).
• Service: ISKCON Ministry of Education representative and Bhakti Sastri program administration.
• Association: My good wife first of all, a good friendship with LAD, Param Padam das, Vira Gopal das (Gaura Gadadhara dd's husband) and Jana Pavana das. The relationship with educators is very different from anything experienced before. Birds of the same plumage, flies together.

HpS - Heard your in-laws think it best for you to not stay with them with this Co-Vid thing. Hmmm. The omicron seems like any other flu, but we are having so many people coining and going here that it can be harder to control than even a normal family like that.

Jagat guru, Carolina, Babies, just moved into the bungalow.

Can you come and stay with Laksmana and Ramana reti and then all three visit during the daytime? We can help with any taxi expenses?

Devotional service is practical activity in the foreground of spiritual life.

We have a lot of work to do.

• Asram: improving a lot, working cooperatively in service, sublimating physical love in an associate relationship. Some issues still bothering but we have learned to take care of each other.

The internal storm calms down (a crystalline light emerges), now is a soft humid breeze, solitude is no longer a bitter refuge but a space to meet my beautiful Lord. Thank you for everything, for your warm protection, for the service you have allowed me to try do for you. The therapeutic value of Guru seva is inconceivable.

Forever grateful

Your clumsy servant

Gandharva das

HpS - ASA - Your evil group leader.

Dear Gurudev,

 Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.

HpS - I hope we can see our 'lotus feet' some day, siddha svarupa.

 All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to Guru parampara.

 Gurudev, Life is as usual, no change in routine. i have noting new so write very less now a

days. But i read the blog / letters for your instructions. 

Your dependent,

Girivaradhari-Gopal Das

HpS - What is happening in the Pune yatra???

Hare Krsna querido y respetado Gurumaharaja 🙏

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

All glories to SS Hanumatpresaka Swami!

Please accept our obeisances and respects, and we are really happy for your fast recovery by the mercy of Sri Nrsimha and see you again in your sankirtana.

Here at home, we past some hard days because my father in law got covid complications and now is stable but with senile dementia. Parvati is positive to covid but is ok and two days ago Caturatma started with some symthopms and yesterday his result was positive too.

My mother in law and me do not have symthopms so we can help them with the process.

On this days, I am attending FMP by ASA Carnival Facebook live, because Caturatma is attenting by Gotomeeting in quarentine. He is recovering very well and he sends a message for you:

"Maharaja, you are my family, a member of my family. Last monday I had a negative result and even though my father was positive I didn´t mind getting infected by assisting my dad because he is someone very love to me, he is my family. Maharaja, you are part of my family.... I am fine ... we are ok!

We are so grateful for your mercy and pray to Krsna always protects you and let us have your saintly asociatiation. We miss visiting you at New Asoka van - Santa Eulalia, and here there are some photos from our last visit and hoping to see you soon.

Thank you so much Gurumaharaja for be our spiritual father 🙏

we are very afortunate.

Your foolish servants,

Palika dd, Caturatma Gaura das and Parvati 🙇

HpS - ASA -- 🙂 Thank you for the Banana Cakes for Lord Nrsmhadeva, transport to the airport by you and C. Atma Das, help with transfer of money for Manipuri troupe, transport to so many preaching programs, maintaining BBT, tolerating headache of administration in ISKCON Peru, enthusiastic Kirtan and association in Callao.

Hearing Srimad Bhagavatam stories touches and develops the intelligence below the level of senile dementia.

Krsna is Braja jana ranjana: He is enlivening the inhabitants of Vraja with ever newer and newer pastimes for His delight.

What will He arrange for us next!!!

Ready to play!

Hare Krishna Maharaja!

Por favor acepte mis humildes y respetuosas reverencias a sus pies.

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada!

Todas las glorias a usted!

(abajo traducción al inglés)

Espero que usted esté bien de salud!

Lo saluda aquí Damián de Córdoba, Argentina.

Muchas gracias por su respuesta a la última carta que le envié. 

En la última carta (https://monkeywarrior.com/detail/13026/) hablando acerca de mi iniciación, usted me preguntó acerca de programa matutino, mangala arati. Aquí en el barrio donde vivo, hacemos programas con los devotos los martes y los sábados a la mañana. Programa completo, cantamos el Guru Astaka, Nrsinha Pranam, luego media hora de japa juntos, luego clase de Srimad Bhagavatam y los sábados también además desayunamos juntos.

Ahora desde hace un tiempo trato de conectarme a GTM más seguido a la mañana, ya siendo más regular, ya que me hace muy bien verlo a usted a la mañana. Gracias por su asociación, cambia el éter de nuestro día y me llena de alegría verlo. Tengo mucha fortuna de haberlo conocido. 

Aquí estoy a su disposición Maharaja, ¿en qué puedo servirlo?

Gracias por todo!

Damián de Córdoba, Argentina

Hare Krishna Maharaja.

Please accept my humble and respectful obeisances at your feet.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

All glories to you!

I hope you are in good health!

Greetings here Damián from Córdoba, Argentina.

Thank you very much for your response to the last letter I sent you.

In the last letter (https://monkeywarrior.com/detail/13026/) talking about my initiation, you asked me about the morning show, mangala arati. Here in the neighborhood where I live, we do programs with the devotees on Tuesday and Saturday mornings. Full program, we sing Guru Astaka, Nrsinha Pranam, then half an hour of japa together, then Srimad Bhagavatam class and on Saturdays too, we also have breakfast together.

Now, for some time now, I have been trying to connect to GTM more often in the morning, being more regular, since it is very good for me to see you in the morning. Thank you for your association, it changes the ether of our day and it fills me with joy to see it.

Here I am at your disposal Maharaja, how can I serve you?

Thanks for everything!

Damian of Cordoba, Argentina

HpS - AGTSP. Paoho. In the NoI Srila Prabhupada writes that in this movement we require everyone to rise early in the morning by 4AM, attend mangala arati, perform kirtan and read Srimad Bhagavatam etc.

Are you keep that requirement?

🙂

Dear Guru Maharaja

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

We had a wonderful celebration of your Vyasapuja here in Kalachandji dham. It was also the calendar appearance day of HH Bhakti Vikas Swami Maharaja, my mother's spiritual master. It was a day of double mercy :)

The celebrations started the previous day, where all of the disciples here sponsored the Sunday feast in honor of your Vyasapuja. In the morning, Divya Sri made garlands for the guru parampara on the altar. We played a class you gave in the morning Bhagavatam class. It is one of my favorite classes that you had given in Vrindavan on 27-Feb-2014 (https://youtu.be/PPNCpTZKs4A). We joined the online program from Peru in the afternoon. In the evening, Nanda Braja Prabhu and his family, Jason Prabhu, Mishra Bhagavan Prabhu, Nilacala Candra Prabhu (online) and us had a small program at home where we had kirtan, bhajans, our offerings to you and the parampara, pushpanjali, guru puja and a feast. Divya Sri made Burritos, Mexican rice, chili and Honey cake. Misra Bhagavan Prabhu and Jason Prabhu made the Vishnujana Swami drink. Mishra Bhagavan Prabhu told us some wonderful stories of his association with you in Berkeley. The entire program was very nourishing to us and we hope it was pleasing to you.

Below is the offering that I had written this year.

Vyasapuja Offering 2022

Dear Guru Maharaja

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

In Caitanya Caritamrta, it says, 

brahmāṇḍa bhramite kona bhāgyavān jīva

guru-kṛṣṇa-prasāde pāya bhakti-latā-bīja

Among the millions of living entities wandering through this entire universe, one who is very fortunate gets an opportunity to associate with a bona fide spiritual master by the grace of Krishna.

Gurudeva, we are indeed very fortunate to get an opportunity to associate with you. We don’t, by any stretch of imagination, deserve this mercy. But thankfully, the nature of mercy is causeless. In the Caitanya Caritamrta, 26 prominent qualities of a pure devotee are listed. You possess all those qualities and more. We would like to mention a few of those.

Devotees are always Merciful

You have showered your causeless mercy on me and my family by giving us shelter at your lotus feet. When we came to meet you in Houston in September this year, you profusely gave us your time and allowed us to serve you. You allowed me to be part of your life’s work, your afterwords to Srila Prabhupada’s NoI, Tava Pace Pace. It was such an extraordinary experience to see up close the realizations that you have gathered over the years mediating on each word of Srila Prabhupada’s purport. It is a perfect example of how to hear and take the spiritual master’s words to heart. It is also a demonstration of one of the loving exchanges mentioned in Upadesamrta - guhyam ākhyāti - opening one’s mind to the devotees. You were so generous to open the store house of years of realizations to all the devotees.

Devotees are Compassionate

It is only your constant association and compassion that is carrying us in this most difficult time of our life. I remember you calling us from Peru one morning. You were so caring and compassionate that we could perceive from your voice that you could understand what she was going through. That call was exactly at the right time and a turning point in our recovery. Your unlimited compassion has kept us in the path of devotional service and has given us strength to continue. In spite of your very busy schedule in Peru, you were always in touch with us every day giving us hope and strength.

In Harinama Cintamani, Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakur says that the 26 qualities are tatastha-lakshana or marginal characteristics of a sadhu. He says that of all the qualities, one is the primary characteristic (svarupa-laksana) - A sadhu is one who has taken shelter of Krishna or the holy name of Krishna. You have taken complete shelter of Krishna and His holy names. You are constantly dependent on the Holy names to guide you. After you had given second initiation to Divya, you became very sick. You had planned to go to Peru for 6 months and it was now at risk. 

We were also not able to work on TPP because of the illness. You called me in the evening and asked me if I would be able to stay for another day so that we can complete our work on TPP. When I said, I could, you stopped me and asked if Divya would be alright with it. You said Divya’s health was the priority! You were not even concerned with your health and was thinking about Divya. You ended the phone call by saying that in whatever condition we may be in we should go on chanting the Holy names - Kirtaniya sadha Hari and They will guide us. Your unflinching conviction in the Holy names is such an inspiration to me.

We sing every day in the morning

śrī-guru-caraṇe rati, ei se uttama-gati,

je prasāde pūre sarva āśā

Attachment to the lotus feet of the spiritual master is the perfection that fulfills all desires.

My only desire is that I can always be attached to your lotus feet and have you as my lord and master life after life.

On this most auspicious occasion, I seek your blessings so that I may never be a burden on you and never displease you.

Your very fortunate servant

Srinatha Krsna dasa

HpS/ASA - We see Srila Prabhupada using us, this bad tool, to communicate with you. i think we are maybe doing a little, but mostly you should see the causeless mercy of our Acharya working when you see any goodness in us.

so happy to get your association all the time.

best luck in your sankirtan, business life.

Hare Krishna, Dear Gurudeva!

All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to you.

Please accept our obeisances.

As of every two weeks:

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Hare Krsna!!!

This week has been very intense for us. We read about Rupanuga prabhu departure. We are still neophytes, so for us it is very sad not to be able to share more things with him. As you told me before: "If we are chanting our rounds and following principles then we are well situated under the lotus feet of Krsna. Whatever health happens that is His desire."

We are too attached to this body and think we can control it. Yet you told us: "If Krsna wants our machines to have problems or even fail, then that is the best thing." So It's very difficult for us to completely surrender to Krsna. But we trust that with your help one day we can achieve it. We work everyday so that we chant rounds enthusiastically.

Our health, by the mercy of Krsna, is OK. We have only two more weeks before we start to work. we decided to continue working with the same school. We've been working there for 7 years. It is a small school but it gives us many facilities and opportunities. Our family is ok.

Thanks a lot for all your help and patience.

EDT (Patrak das & Antuanette)

asa/hps - your letters are sunshine. where do you get from? will you take it with you when you change bodys?

by chan ting on beeds we are wry ting the kapi dhvaja etc. sb 10.47.63

with next breath how many mantras can you chant?? eternal improvement, wake up?