Letters to the editor

om ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā

cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ

mūkaṁ karoti vācālaṁ

paṅguṁ laṅghayate girim

yat-kṛpā tam ahaṁ vande

paramānanda-mādhavam

I offer my respectful obeisances unto my spiritual master, the deliverer of the fallen souls. His mercy turns the dumb into eloquent speakers and enables the lame to cross mountains. (CC Madhya 17.80)

Dear Guru Maharaja,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to you. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to you on this auspicious day of your vysapuja. The best moment of the year has come, when we have to write vysa puja offering. How difficult it becomes to put the thoughts into words. Though we daily sing cakshu – dana dila yei, janme janme prabhu sei. You are my lord birth after birth, still I am unable to glorify youand your unlimited causeless mercy. 

Guru Maharaj you are an ocean of mercy, who, even though I have no special qualification, still accepted me as your disciple and always trying to rescue me from the material distress. 

You never judged the worthiness of your disciples; you just selflessly offered your shelter. You are so approachable and humble and are always so concerned about your disciple’s welfare, spiritually and materially. You are understanding and patient towards your disciple’s material conditioning, you guide them sublimely and engage them in service without enforcing it. You were always there for us when we we were going through such mental pain and agony. You were in constant touch with Srinath Krishna Das, asking about my health and well being and also shared the reason behind what happened. It was a great strength for us as if Krishna is personally present with us in the form of our beloved spiritual master. Despite of the busy schedule you even spoke to me and motivated me. 

Guru Maharaj you have been always there for us whenever we were in need of you, and you made sure we somehow get out of the material distress by giving spiritual advice and making us progress in Bhakti, thus making us go near to Krishna. That was the main reason I was able to stand up and gain strength to fight with this material distress. I am always so inspired and encouraged by your highest standard of devotional practice expecting that someday by your mercy I will be able to follow atleast a part of it. Your simplicity, humility and forgiveness with all other vaishnava qualities is your greatness. 

Guru Maharaj, though I am unqualified still you considered me and gave me second initiation. Please help me so that I may be useful for Krishna’s service and be a nice tool for Krishna.

Dear Guru Maharaj, my heart is full today and I am inshort of words, but still would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart for accepting me as your disciple and for being there for me as a spiritual father. If I fall down I know that you will be there to pull me up.

The list of your glorification could be endless. I take this opportunity to thank you for everything, I feel grateful and proud to be your disciple. I pray to Krishna to give me the intelligence to learn to serve you always with enthusiasm and determination. Thank you for giving me the shelter in this material world. May you spend a beautiful birthday. I humbly beg for your blessings and please forgive all the offences that I commit. 

All glories to you dear Guru Maharaj always seeking your blessings, mercy and service. Please always keep us in your divine shelter

Yours humble servant,

Divya Sri Devi Dasi.

HpS - 😬 You are a soldier! You are fit to be Draupadi or some such lady in your next life. Thank you for your association. Go ahead. Let Krsna take all your ego and leave you with your real self, as brilliant as the sun, capable of doing your little service in Vaikuntha. Then we shall really see each other for the first time and recognize each other and laugh.

See you all soon.

Best wishes to all the servants of Kala chandji!!!!

(Traducido con google)

Hare Krishna Maharaja.

Please accept my obeisances at your feet.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

All glories to you.

Damián from Córdoba, Argentina greets you here.

Very happy to have been able to have his association in his Vyasapuja by zoom and to see the beautiful party that his disciples and well-wishers organized.

I had the desire to go to see him in Peru, but due to my lack of qualification and sincerity, I did not decide. I knew it was quite an important opportunity, since you will no longer return to South America, but one way or another I wasted it, and that had me quite disturbed.

This December was a beautiful month for me because I participated very actively in Srila Prabhupada's marathon. I decided to distribute as many books as I could, going out every day morning and evening. Like a sadhana. To put my worthless person at the service of giving Srila Prabhupada's books. Sankirtan is something I like to do ...

Thanks to you, and thanks to Your Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada, I had a beautiful marathon where I felt happy and blessed. Thank you.

I am aware that without the blessings of the guru and Krishna we are powerless.

One way or another, I was able to distribute a lot of books in December. And I want to dedicate it to him as an offering at his feet.

In total there were 952 books (including 43 Bhagavad Gita).

Regarding sadhana, following the 4 principles and since 2020 I am chanting the 16 rounds. I was a little behind with the rounds in the months of November and December, but I was writing down the debt. I am making up the rounds that are overdue.

I had several dreams about you. The other day again. Thanks for showing up, even though I don't deserve it at all ...

I am very happy because I spoke with Mitravinda devi dasi and Panca Tattva prabhu about my initiation. I took refuge in you a year and a half ago. in May 2020.

I have the disciples course done in 2020 and the letter of recommendation from Param Padam prabhu as a reference for the Cordoba yatra, mother Campakalata dd (his disciple) and Ananta Sayana dd. Also authorization from the Buenos Aires temple authorities. I have already sent everything to Panca Tattva prabhu.

I am doing Bhakti sastri with Param Padam prabhu.

Doing service for the local yatra of Traslasierra, Córdoba, in association with devotees.

Reading Srimad Bhagavatam in joint study with the devotees here, we have already finished chant 4.

This year I want to be more regulated with my sadhana.

Thank you for everything, thank you for everything, thank you for everything, from the bottom of my heart. Because I feel that you are present, just like Srila Prabhupada.

A tender greeting.

Bhakta Damián from Córdoba, Argentina.

HpS - Thank you for the news.

Regular programa during the Brahma muhurta?? Very enlivening letter. You are a leader for all of us!

Please use the Priority Code n Kapi Dhvaja to get attention of our Secretaries.

Seems you are ready for intitiation if you have regular morning program.

Even second initiation. Haw! Haw! Hare!

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Hare Krishna Maharaja.

Por favor acepte mis reverencias a sus pies.

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada.

Todas las glorias a usted. 

Lo saluda aquí Damián de Córdoba, Argentina.

Muy contento por haber podido tener su asociación en su Vyasapuja por zoom y de ver la hermosa fiesta que organizaron sus discípulos y bienquerientes. 

Tuve el deseo de ir a verlo a Perú, pero por mi falta de cualificación y sinceridad no me decidí. Sabía que era una oportunidad bastante importante, ya que usted ya no volverá a Sudamérica, pero de una manera u otra la desperdicié, y eso me tuvo bastante perturbado. 

Este diciembre fue un lindo mes para mí porque participé muy activamente de la maratón de Srila Prabhupada. Me decidí a distribuir todos los libros que pudiera, salir todos los días mañana y tarde. Como un sadhana. Poner mi inservible persona al servicio de dar los libros de Srila Prabhupada. Sankirtan es algo que me gusta hacer... 

Gracias a usted, y gracias a Su Divina Gracia Srila Prabhupada, tuve un hermoso maratón donde me sentí feliz y bendecido. Gracias.

Soy consciente que sin las bendiciones del guru y de Krishna somos impotentes.

De una manera u otra, pude distribuir muchos libros en diciembre. Y quiero dedicárselo como ofrenda a sus pies.

En total fueron 952 libros (entre los que se incluyen 43 Bhagavad Gita). 

Con respecto al sadhana, siguiendo los 4 principios y desde el 2020 estoy cantando las 16 rondas. Me atrasé un poco con las rondas en los meses de noviembre y diciembre, pero fui anotando la deuda. Estoy recuperando las rondas atrasadas.

Tuve varios sueños con usted. El otro día de nuevo. Gracias por aparecer, a pesar de que no lo merezco en absoluto... 

Estoy muy feliz porque hablé con Mitravinda devi dasi y Panca Tattva prabhu acerca de mi iniciación. Tomé refugio en usted hace un año y medio. En mayo de 2020.

Tengo el curso de discípulos hecho en 2020 y la carta de recomendación de Param Padam prabhu como referente del yatra de Córdoba, madre Campakalata dd (su discípula) y Ananta Sayana dd. También autorización de autoridades del templo de Buenos Aires. Ya le envié todo a Panca Tattva prabhu.

Estoy cursando Bhakti sastri con Param Padam prabhu. Haciendo servicio para el yatra local de Traslasierra, Córdoba, en asociación con devotos. Leyendo el Srimad Bhagavatam en estudio conjunto con los devotos de aquí, ya terminamos el canto 4. 

Este año quiero ser más regulado con mi sadhana.

Gracias por todo, gracias por todo, gracias por todo, de corazón.

Porque siento que usted está presente, al igual que Srila Prabhupada... 

Un saludo afectuoso.

Bhakta Damián de Córdoba, Argentina.

Hare Krishna Beloved Gurudeva,

Please accept my humble obeisances,

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada,

Dear Gurudev, this year you planned of consolidating your sankirtan by filming a movie. Diary of a traveling creature, The ultimate trip. You make Srila Prabhupada accessible to me and with him to all The Guru Parampara. This project indicates, as you have said several times, that your time on this planet is coming to an end. You have given so much, your intelligence will spread through my entire generation and the next !!

When I read this in the introduction to the SB I automatically thought of you !!

"The only thing one has to do is to hear from a self-realized soul with a routine program. The teacher may also deliver lectures from the Vedic literatures, following in the footsteps of the bygone ācāryas who realized the Absolute Truth. Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu recommended this simple method of self-realization generally known as Bhāgavata-dharma. Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam is the perfect guide for this purpose."

It is true that one cannot take all that the Guru offers !! But maybe due to your causeless mercy I can grab a little bit of it!!

Infinite mercy to have known you !!

Your proud would-be Servant,

Nikunja Bihari das.

Querido Gurudev, este año usted planeó consolidar su sankirtan, filmando una película. Diario de una criatura viajera, El viaje definitivo. Usted hace que Srila Prabhupada me sea accesible y con el a todo El Gurú Parampara. Este proyecto indica, como usted dijo varias veces, que su tiempo en éste planeta está llegando a su fin. Usted ha dado tanto, su inteligencia se expandirá a través de toda mi generación y la siguiente!!

Cuando leí esto en la introducción del SB automáticamente pensé en usted!!

"Lo único que uno tiene que hacer es oír a un alma autorrealizada, mediante un programa diario. A su vez, el maestro puede dictar conferencias sobre la base de las Escrituras védicas, siguiendo los pasos de los ācāryas anteriores que llegaron a comprender la Verdad Absoluta. El Señor Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu recomendó ese sencillo método de autorrealización, generalmente conocido como bhāgavata-dharma. El Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam es la guía perfecta para ese propósito."

Es cierto que uno no puede tomar todo lo que el Gurú ofrece!! Pero tal vez por su misericordia sin causa, pueda obtener un poco de ello.

Infinita misericordia de haberlo conocido!!

Su orgulloso aspirante a Sirviente,

Nikunja Bihari das.

HpS - Thank you!!! We hope to see you soon, but really our energy is diminishing and we suspect that our meetings will be more and more by the paramatma net.

Become a paramahamsa. It is easier than being a conditioned soul, no?

Hare Krishna Gurudeva:

Please, accept my humble obeisances.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

September is almost finished. This Saturday is the Ratha Yatra, in Madrid.

I have started school with the same children than last year, so they already know about Krishna. Today we have done a beautiful bhajan with karatalas, maracas, mrindanga and sticks. Since I worked a lot on Krishna’s pastimes with them, this year I am starting to teach them more about singing with instruments, Tulasi and another characters like Garuda, Hanuman (they know a little bit from last year), Ramacandra and Sita. Is this ok?

During the weekends, we continue with the Sat Sangas at home. And. Very soon, in October, I am going to start the Club Nityananda, a club for children and teens in which, following the book “Becoming your devotee”, we are going to talk about diferente topics. Some of the lesson will be taken during the Sat Sanga, but, once a month we will visit a Museum or exposition related to the topic. For example, the first month we are going to visit an exposition about how artists have represented the human body during diferente ages. The poster has a paint of Krishna with Tilak on and, since the first unit is about tilak, the kids will have to look for the picture of Krishna with the tilak on into de Museum. After that visit, we will give some books on the street and then, right to the Temple to have Prasadam and to participate in the Sunday Feast. Another weekend of the month, we will go to Nueva Vrajamandala, where we will represent a drama. The first month drama will be Krishna’s Headache. I will count with the collaboration of Narottama prabhu and other devotees form Nueva Vrajamandala and Madrid. What do you think about this? Any advice? Thanks in advance!

About Solaris, I am trying to do my best. It is very nice to have Jitendriya prabhu working on this too. We are thinking about how to get the magazine in the Spanish academic world. I hope we will be able to please you somehow.

Hoping you are fine when reading this message.

To your service,

Purnamasi devi dasi

ASA - Please write again using the Priority Codes in the Kapi Dhvaja, thank you.

Hare Krishna Gurudev,

 PAMHO- AGTSP! I’ve been delayed in reaching out. I hope you are doing well! My family is well (dad’s been alright, he doesn’t go to the temple as much anymore). My mom is chanting her rounds everyday and cut her hours at work to be able to finish her 16 rounds. She’s really putting in all her effort.

I was visiting Portugal last 2 weeks and spent Radhastami doing kirtan with the devotees. SUCH a nice and warm community. I didn’t even know it was Radhastami because it was the day before in the US so I went in for darshan but there was a whole program! It was a perfect last day there.

Nothing new to report, most of my services have been linked to the Baltimore temples projects (the vegan prasadam truck specifically) and I’ve been keeping up with readings and chanting. The weather is changing and Sita Ram have been running through my mind a lot. while I was traveling I recall reading a story about SP and how a devotee was being deprogramed by a witch and the devotee chanted the maha mantra, the Narsimha prayers, and finally she chanted SPs pranam mantra and the witch’s powers abruptly stopped. The witch said she saw an old man standing wagging his finger at her. That story gave me a sense of reassurance (as I’ve mentioned I don’t always feel close to SP) but I’ve been meditating on that a lot. I also had a dream where you showed up, I offered obeisance and you put your hand on my head last night. It was truly a heartwarming moment. I thank you maharaj for manifesting and your blessings. I know I could be doing so much more and better and I aim to do so. Please keep me engaged, and thank you for your mercy.

(attached photos of Lisbon temple, the family, and good japa spots on cliffs of lagos)

Ys,

Sugopi dd

ASA - Please write again using the Priority Codes in the Kapi Dhvaja, thank you.

Hare Krishna Gurudev,

 PAMHO- AGTSP! I’ve been delayed in reaching out. I hope you are doing well! My family is well (dad’s been alright, he doesn’t go to the temple as much anymore).

I was visiting Portugal last 2 weeks and spent Radhastami doing kirtan with the devotees. SUCH a nice and warm community. I didn’t even know it was Radhastami because it was the day before in the US so I went in for darshan but there was a whole program!

Nothing new to report, most of my services have been linked to the Baltimore temples projects (the vegan prasadam truck specifically) and I’ve been keeping up with readings and chanting. The weather is changing and Sita Ram have been running through my mind a lot .while I was traveling I recall reading a story about SP and how a devotee was being deprogramed by a witch and the devotee chanted the maha mantra, the Narsimha prayers, and finally she chanted SPs pranam mantra and the witch’s powers abruptly stopped. The witch said she saw an old man standing wagging his finger at her. That story gave me a sense of reassurance (as I’ve mentioned I don’t always feel close to SP) but I’ve been meditating on that a lot. I also had a dream where you showed up, I offered obeisance and you put your hand on my head last night. It was truly a heartwarming moment. I thank you maharaj for manifesting and your blessings. I know I could be doing so much more and better and I aim to do so. Please keep me engaged, and thank you for your mercy.

Ys,

Sugopi dd

ASA - Please write again using the Priority Codes in the Kapi Dhvaja, thank you.