Letters to the editor

Please accept my respectful obeisances at your beautiful lotus feet.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!!!

I hope the present finds it fine and very happy in your sankirtan.

Summary report months keshava, narayana, visnu and madhusudana 😊:

One of the most beautiful events is that Tulasi Devi finally came to our home!!!💜 She is in the greenhouse now and Franco is heating it with a wood heater, so that she is comfortable. For me, it is wonderful to visit her, sing to her, water her, pray to her, circumambulate her, and chant the maha mantra near her. I feel such a special friendly energy... I ask you to be happy in this place and not to abandon me.

HpS - ASA -- 👍

It happened that I went to dance at an event at Adi Sakhi Devi dasi's house about three hours and more... from home and she gave me a tulasi. At this event prasadam was distributed and there was also a small table with Srila Prabhupada's books. we met prabhu Radha Raman from Argentina and his wife. It was wonderful when he told us that he helped build the temple of chosica...!!! When He told us that... we just fell at His feet because we remember our first spiritual home...😂😂😂

Then I decided to interview him so as not to miss all the wonderful and hard events that happened in his life at that time. One of the things he told us is that the most static moments of his spiritual life were those kirtans with the devotees in Peru....!!!

Otherwise Gurudev, I am following my early sadhana, chanting my rounds and following the principles. Sometimes it seems that I have insomnia 😀 because I get up at twelve or one in the morning but I prefer to stay awake because if I go back to sleep I'll get up late. And then after my sadhana sometimes I walk by or sometimes a little nap before I go to collect. I remember your class where you tell about a devout grijasta who would take a nap after lunch until ten at night, say good night to his family😊 and he would stay up until mangalartik, make poems...etc. Then I had a short nap before going to work. We try to follow his example and sing, dance and write at dawn...

HpS - Srila Bhaktivinode Thakura!

Thank you for telling us stories of Vaishnavas that inspire us so much to follow our spiritual life at the most important hour 😃

Now I just need to live this saying: the past is history The future is a mystery And the present is... a gift❤💙 ....

ASA - Hari Bolo! '@'pop~

Sushila Dasi gave us Lord Jagannatha books and Vaisnava compassion to distribute. We have already given away some. But someone very cute...

Came in the package...

a beautiful puppet of ..

Srimati Radharaniiii!!!!!!!😀😀😀😃 So I am going to visit Srimati Tulasi Devi with Srimati Radharani😊😊😊 and I really feel happy!! Maybe I'm just a girl.. because I really love playing with this puppet and I feel really accompanied, it's amazing...

Gopalito turned 10 last Sunday, May 15... he always does wonderful things and loves puppets... Franco taught him how to sew and he has sewn his own various puppets!! and Franco helps him a lot. Franco also made a Krsna soft toy and I tried to make a Sri Radharani soft toy for Gopal😊.

Please, I ask Your precious blessings for the spiritual life of our son.

HpS-ASA - Hare Krsna. Hare Krsna... Hare Rama.... HARE RAMA!!! Gopal. May he become a very profound person.

I overextended myself. ..I was thinking of writing a short letter..but I can't help it. . Happily it is a summary of several months😊

Please, I ask for your valuable prayers for Franco's recovery. He had a very bad motorcycle accident... he tells you the details in his letter. Thanks to our beloved Krsna, He is recovering well.

Thank you for your valuable time and for being our Gurudeva!!!!!

Please Gurudev forgive any offense committed unintentionally, in this letter.

Please accept Franco's and Gopalito's dandavat Her attempted disciple:

Radha Japa Prati Jalpa Devi dasi

P.F. Ekangui Devi Dasi asked me to tell you that he is very happy with your response, Gurudev and thanks you very much.

HpS - ASA -- See attached foto of Lord Jagannatha. We think of her! What is happening with her life? It should be a great adventure.

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

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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