Letters to the editor

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AGTSP!!! Paoho... Sorry if we lost any of your letters!! We had too, too, many at our birthday anniversary and for the end of the year, so we had to glance at them and erase most of them!! Please send again any mail that we missed. That is the best way.

We saw the following in Whataspp!

[9:09 PM, 3/9/2021] Yamunesvar Das Mukta Okram Singh:

11.23.51 Bhagavatam: Purport; ...... Bodily happiness and distress are administered by the demigods, who can never be brought under our control;

What it really meant, I can't understand. Please hightlight me.

HpS - When we look at the translation and purport, https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/11/23/51/, it seems very much like the same idea that we first learned in Isopanishad: https://vedabase.io/en/library/iso/6/, "He who systematically sees everything in relation to the Supreme Lord, who sees all living entities as His parts and parcels, and who sees the Supreme Lord within everything never hates anything or any being."

From a spiritual perspective we are all Krsna's fingers - fingers with free will and creativity, but naturally in harmony, never bothering each other.

In material Bhava there is conflict, I want your samosa, but that is to create the variety in the material world. As soon as we turn away from Krsna then there is NOTHING, so Krsna creates this world of duality. I suffer because I do not have the samosa. The only pleasure I get is in comparison to not having the samosa. Unless I can remember not having he samosa there is no real meaning to having it.

O.K.? It is all dualiti

es. The demigods are administering this according to the laws of Krsna, nature, and are as helpless as us. It is like the Sun. It is very powerful but does not deviate from its orbit.

O.K.? Little more clear?

[11:51 PM, 3/15/2021] Yamunesvar Das Mukta Okram Singh: Dandavat Pranam, H H HpS Maharaja!

How is Guruji's health?

HpS - If you had a 73-year old car, how would you expect it to be? Our health is like that. If are careful with it, it is excellent, very intelligent vehicle.

Are You coming Goura Goura Purnima at Mayapur? Some bhaktas are also going Mayapurfrom Thoubal. This time I will participate Goura Purnima here in Manipur.

HpS - Plan now is to maybe go to South America for one year, back to USA for three months, then Spain for three months, then go to Radha kund and leave body there 2024. Is not fixed but gives idea of how we think we might travel. We see that more and more people will have to return to village life with Krsna to be happy.

No communication with Guruji. I am so sorry.

HpS - Yes, it is like we said above. We had so many messages at new year and tried to answer them but in the end only solution was to look at them little bit and then erase and ask people to write again.

What is the name of the Bhakta who gave us the Tilak clay laddu??

Yours fallen servant,

Yamuneswar Das

Your fallen servant,

HpS

AgtSP.... Bh. Svarupa Damodara Swami!!

More news!

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HpS - ASA: We could not respond to all the mail from our birthday, so we looked at it as best we could. Extracted some which follows, often with no reason, and then ask devotees to write again.

Namacharya Das wrote: First, thank you for sharing these beautiful songs. I would not listen to them so attentively without your mind provoking inputs. Until today, I knew only the Hotel California. In all the songs I liked the lyrics, musical compositions, and performance. I noticed you put the links to the live versions, which again, I prefer to the studio ones.

• Gaura Vani's Compass - Mantra is mellow and soft and the lyrics are deep. The whole musical arrangement is very soothing. I could listen all the time to different maha-mantra melodies in this kind of arrangement (acoustic instruments, soft playing).
• The Band - Somebody is missing from the going to war. Or? Such a nice performance by the musicians. Never before heard this song. 

HpS - It is about the end of the Civil War and what happened in the states and city near where we live. It very much catches the mood of the local experience. There are still many, many monuments and a cemetary with 10,000 body very near to where we live. Prabhupada was willing to go into the mode of passion to preach. He said the Mayapura project was in the mode of passion.

• Eagles - This song I know from before. There is a contrast between lyrics and music. It is deceiving. Music is soft but the words are hard. In lyrics - Deep magnetic feeling of entrapment. I take out one line from it: "We are all just prisoners here of our own device". Device - yantra BG 18.61. Prisoners of the material body and consciousness (and modern gadgets).

HpS - Yes, seems some realization of entering into the world of Maya and how we are making our selves our own prisoners.

Written by Namacarya Das with a help from my-better -half Nirgata Devi Dasi (photo attached - native Istrian [part of Croatia] donkeys)

HpS - We missed the photo!  AS devotees we can see how it is Krsna that is attracting people. He is the fragrance of the earth. That is how 'Hotel California" starts.

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Respected Guru Maharaja,

Hare Krishna. Please accept my humble obeisances at your feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

Continuing the thread here: https://monkeywarrior.com/detail/12146/

The devotee organizers of the Gaura Purnima festival finalized the program details. I am sharing the details about your class below.

Gaura Purnima day, Sunday, Mar 28th 2021 

Hanumatpresaka Svami Class Time : 4.00 PM - 5:00 PM EST

Topic: Guara Purnima

Zoom Meeting link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/901539552

Guru Maharaja, Devotees requested to allocate 10 minutes for Q&A. Could you please take questions from 4:50 PM to 5:00 PM?

Thank you very much for giving us this opportunity to hear from you on one of the most auspicious days of the year!

Your insignificant servant

Srinivasacarya dasa

HpS - ASA --- It all seems very nice to us. Maybe we can work on more details of the content.

Dear Guru Maharaja

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

The google drive link for the DTC(p) is - https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/11EPWsm3vFp9WmKMOsw7EXLhexnazc3Dt?usp=sharing

I had mentioned it previously in this letter - https://monkeywarrior.com/detail/11709/

Thank you for engaging me in your service Gurudeva!

Your servant

Srinatha Krsna dasa

HpS - Thank you for taking the time to remind us. Make access easy. We will try to make it more permament feature of the Kapi Dhvaja, though we don't how we should proceed with these Diarys. The more people give suggestions the more we can adapt them.

Hare Krsna beloved Gurudeva:

AGTSP, PAMHO

I am very pleased that you enjoyed the Youtube video I sent.

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I have read the letter that Lad sent, we were discussing the topic of your visit to Peru before he send it.

We thought it is a risk that you came, but if it is your desire and you are going to be apart from the civilization I think this will be ok. Nevertheless, you need a servant, etc. I talked with ARTD yesterday so we are going to have a meeting with Palika, AMD, and so forth to see some details.

HpS - A lot of work to do. New Ashokavan. So nice prospectus that many people want to join. Government gives support.

It is a pity but we can not gather as we did in the past. I have a special concern about the devotees who want to come. The temples are closed, and if in a place too much people gathered the police may come and we can go to jail and pay a hefty fine. Devotees can not pernoct in Abhiram's place anymore. It is too risky for the safety of you and all the devotees.

HpS - Yes, we know that, although we may be immune now with the vaccine, but not others. Idea is to live in Krsna village and if anyone wants to visit they must stay in the Garden House outside the village gate in quarantine. Then they can enter, but not go out where they can get infected. Plan on staying for one month at least.

I think they have the impression that the situation in Peru is similar to their countries. In Chile for instance. The temple is open, they have yoga classes, etc. Here all these activities are forbidden. Parasurama told me that the contagions are increasing due to the liberty that they have.

Whether we like it or not we are living in the middle of a Pandemic. On the other hand, I guess Krsna never leave us alone, and everything is working based on His divine plan. We need to be responsible for our own health and others. You have your vaccination but if you are in a place in which the contagions are high there is a probability that your vaccine did not work.

HpS - Oh! Why is that?? 😎

I have some suggestions: We need to establish some protocols in order to have the fortune to get some darshan from You, not too much people around, the place in which you are going to stay needs to be fumigated, we may take a test in order to see if we have the virus, specially your personal servant.

I hope to be useful in some way and see You at least from afar.

Your eternal servant CMDD

HpS - We have different idea. Village outside of the civic area. Not "civilized". This is Krsna's design for the material world. Every village 90% basically self sufficient. Every county 100%. The Karuna virus is His push and nice people will take it.

You and your sister and others can grow carrots and Ulysesses can chase away the rabbits.

Hare Krsna querido Gurumaharaja.

Por favor acepte mis respetuosas reverencias.

!Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada!

Somos muy afortunados de tener su maravillosa asociación, muchas gracias por su ejemplo incansable.

HpS - TlgaSP!! Sentimos afortunado tener la asociacion de tantos muchos buen devotos como Vd. Cansamos bastante!! 😎

Respecto al tema de su viaje a Perú ha surgido inquietudes entre los discípulos desde hace algunas semanas así como también lo ha manifestado prabhu Laksman agraha recientemente y le agradecemos a Usted por su gentil atención de compartir con nosotros el objetivo de este sankirtana, Usted es un ejemplo de sannyasi al mostrarnos siempre su vida de forma muy transparente al servicio de Srila Prabhupada, nosotros somos muy afortunados. 

Si existe la posibilidad nos gustaría que espere un poco más por favor, Perú siempre se ha recuperado de las pruebas y seguramente por su sankirtana muy pronto estará más fuerte y más confiable para los predicadores, la pandemia está siendo un seminario intenso de la temporalidad del cuerpo, de las 3 miserias que caracterizan al mundo material, de buscar una relación con Dios y de buscar un mejor modo de vida con metas elevadas como es el objetivo del viaje, en ese sentido entendemos su determinación.

Un punto importante que he estado conversando con algunos hermanos espirituales desde hace varios días atrás es el pedido de la CUARENTENA a los VISITANTES y le agradezco mucho lo haya mencionado. 

Es una gran responsabilidad de amor para mis hermanos espirituales de Perú organizar una visita en pandemia por la lista de protocolos que se deben observar y por la gran espectativa de los demás, no es fácil! Lo entiendo perfectamente, pero un gran esfuerzo con comunicación puede hacerlo posible.

Recordamos como SS. Jayapataka Swami fue contagiado este año por miembros de su equipo de servicio por algunos descuidos de extremo cuidado, por esta razón y nuestra naturaleza de organización como discipula es inevitable que tantos detalles pasen de forma desapercibida, dísculpen por favor.

Hasta el momento las vacunas han demostrado que no inmunizan al 100% pero podrían aligerar el cuadro clínico reduciendo la tasa de mortalidad, sin embargo cada organismo reaccionará de forma distinta al contagio de acuerdo a su historial clínico de vida y porsupuesto de acuerdo a los planes de Krsna.

Deseamos que la segunda dosis sea más suave con sus efectos secundarios pero más fuerte en inmunidad. 

Gurumaharaja cuánto tiempo sería su estancia en Perú ?

HpS - Jaya! Puede ver en los otras cartas, como la anterior al la Yugala K D, nuestra perspectivo. Esta semana, no se la proxima, la ideas es ir a un sitio, para funar un Nuevo Asokavan. No viajando, personas visitando pasand por cuarantina como necessary. Possible un anyo en un sitio. Depues regresa a EEUU por ultima vez, despues Espanya, despues Radha-kunda (total tres anyos) y entonces.

Claro eso puede ser ultima carta o podemos tener esta cuerpo para 20 anyos mas, pero ese un plan practico para Sankirtan.

En algunas clases Usted mencionó que podemos unirnos en este viaje , al respecto surgió la pregunta si la invitación significa literalmente hacerlo de forma física ? 

Los discípulos tendrían que evaluar en mudarse lo más pronto con Usted?

HpS - Literalmente y intellectualmente, por facebook mente, ambos.

Disculpe las preguntas por favor, pero estás y otras son inquietudes que he estado recibiendo pero no había podido escribirle. 

Leí que SS Jayapataka Swami dijo que los brahmanas nunca deben hablar negativamente, siempre debe ser de forma positiva. A pesar de ello por favor permítanos expresar nuestra preocupación porque somos sus hijos espirituales, al mismo tiempo nos motiva a ser más serios en nuestra vida espiritual e intentar hacer más por ISKCON y aligerar de ser posible sus responsabilidades. 

Muchas gracias por su misericordiosa atención y disculpe por favor nuestros sentimientos y cualquier ofensa. 

Vuestra servidora

Asta Sakhi dd.

HpS - We are very motivated that everyone is thinking about how to organize the ASA Sankirtan party. Traveling circus.