Letters to the editor

:>>HpS -ASA -- "Topic: Interfaith Dialog, Krist and Krsna. Bridging the Resources"?

Will most of the audience be from :>>Indian background, non-Christian?

Fine. Sounds good.

The crowd will be folks who are familiar with Krishna consciousness. Devotees mostly.

It will be a mixed crowd, Indians not coming from Christian backgrounds and westerners some coming from Christian backgrounds and some not.

Your Servant,

Balarama Dasa

HpS - O.K. Sorry a little slow to answer. Always Whatsapp us to highlight any letters here in the Blog.

We have already been thinking about the class.

Did you send the link yet? Announcement here? I can look for it in the Calendar category if you did. Our focus is to really improve the Sankirtan of Srila Prabhupadas followers. We hope that we do that.

Hare Krishna Maharaja

Receive my obeisances

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

I wish that you receive this letter in good health and love for life in Krishna consciousness.

I am writing this letter after the suggestion of Maharaja Bhakti Prabhupada Damodara, for the matter that you are already aware of. I still didn't want to write you this letter and I feel almost obligated to do so, but here I am. I understand and appreciate the good intentions of BPD Maharaja but it causes me distress that he has communicated with you (once again) without taking into account my opinion about it and that makes me feel dejected, I feel that with this action he has disregarded my sense of individuality. I apologize to you for causing unnecessary distractions with this matter that is personal, important to me but it is a matter that I did not want to make public yet and the reason being the following.

Since January of this year I have gone through ups and downs that have affected me a lot in my service and sadhana, I am working every day to fix it, talking with my mind and acting to follow your instructions. However, as you have already noticed, I am absent from the daily programs with you and the reason is that unfortunately (for me) I am having doubts as to whether I am the type of disciple who can follow your instructions. For me it is difficult to write public letters, I prefer personal dealings, create a more personal guru-disciple relationship and lately I am not perceiving that with you, it seems a silly or superficial reason but it is affecting me more than I want, another reason is that, you always say that you are going to leave the body soon and that scares me. I feel despondent because it took me a lot to find you and value your position as a teacher as it should be and when I read that, I feel anguish of losing something extremely valuable.

Many years ago I knew that the relationship with you was with public letters and with daily programs, I accepted it and I got closer to you, since you inspire me greatly to be better every day, you awaken in me great admiration, one that I have not felt in other teachers.

 But in my heart there is also joy and inspiration with the instructions of another prabhupada disciple that I prefer not to mention for now. I am sad because I was sure that you were the teacher who inspired me to follow the path of bhakti but that inspiration, for now, I cannot perceive. I have looked for another preaching style to be able to "feel" that I am advancing in my spiritual development. I understand that it may be due to my irregular sadhana or lack of good association, there may be many reasons, it is my mind that is sabotaging me constantly.

It disheartens me that I would like to feel I am at the right level to be considered an excellent disciple, but as of now I am not doing so well. I am embarrased to write this letter and miss the great opportunity to continue to work with you on your daily programs. I am not sure how to conclude this letter since there are no apparent solutions and I do not want to occupy your time in small matters, I just want to apologize to you for any inconvenience and thank you for each of your teachings and your inspiration.

Stefani N. Salazar Michelena

(Petti Michelena)

Chile

HpS - ASA --- Hare Krsna. It is very nice to hear from you. Even now our eyes are growing a little weak and it is difficult to see the keyboard clearly. Happens to everyone. Srila Prabhupada could not see well at all near the end of his physical body.

First the kids feel afraid of going to school, then they learn that it is so much fun they don't want to stay home.

We are afraid of losing bodily connection but then we learn that only when we give up the bodily conception of life can we actually have a personal relationship.

Madhumangala Das from BsAs told me about three years ago, that after being initiated by us for seven years he had finally figured out that we were not his psychologist we were his spiritual master. So, it is like that. Fear really comes from ignorance. Not so easy to understand Krsna. Not so easy to understand Balarama, the original Guru. Even Radha is trying to understand Balarama better.

I talked with BPVD Swami and I think he was just trying to do the austerity of arranging things for his disciple and of course he wanted to know my relationship with your good self. I told him that we had not had much contact her or in individual letters. So that forced him to try to approach it from different angles.

You can see that your situation in general is like, like maybe six more people. I can even name some of them. I cannot possible communicate about these more general perspectives with everyone. I was getting 450 letters a month before we started this Blog. Now is is probably manageable if we work at it.

Then again, for specific details there can be specific letters.

When I was living in the Berkeley temple but probably not initiated yet, Revantinandana Swami visited for some time. He had been Srila Prabhupada's secretary and spent a lot of time with him physically. He told us that one time he asked Srila Prabhupada that some of his disciples thought that he (Prabhupada) was conscious of everything they were doing eg. washing the temple floor, and was it true?

He said that SP said that he was not the super soul. When he needed to know something about a disciple then Krsna would inform him and usually externally.

The only really personal relationship that will satisfy you is with Krsna. He is everyones dear-most friend. It will come through father, husband, sons, Diksa gurus, Ashrama gurus, etc.

So again thank you.

We are very happy if you can develop relations with so many siksa gurus who can connect you with Srila Prabhupada. You have to have a personal relationship with him.

Hare Krsna Maharaja and ASA team,

PAMHO AGTSP!

This Monday 8 of March, time 7.30 am (Nashwille time-CST) will be give the SB class Vrsabhanu nandini dd (ISKCON-Córdoba) Argentina.

The theme is "The Nectar of the narratives of lord" SB 3.14.5-6

Thank for your mercy

ss Isvari R dd

HpS - It was very nice. We could not follow the Spanish too well but what we heard was very animating. We are always being confused by Maya devi about the importance and character of hearing about Krsna!!!!!!!!!! Declarations like hers remind us...

Hare Krishna Gurudeva

Please accept my respectful obeisances

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

I need to know your opinion regarding my stay in the temple.

I want to travel to Peru, apparently I will have to wait until I can get the vaccine, I have heard that in June everyone will be vaccinated in Chile.

I wanted to ask you if I can travel to be with my family this time, or if I better stay serving in the temple as I have been doing.

At home it is difficult to lead a spiritual life, in the temple we are protected, getting up early and singing good rounds is easier.

In the temple I feel guilty when I make music, write, sing, etc. I am uncomfortable thinking that I may upset others or that I am not doing practical temple service, instead doing selfish practice.

On the other hand, at home I have the freedom to advance in these aspects, but we know that I become an easy prey for Maya.

I am concerned about not being able to serve you in these areas, I am not very expert yet and I think that I should have more experience, tools and artistic material.

I would love to advance the book that connects Don Quixote and the Vedas, maybe record a film or documentary with my father and work on the first musical album. There is so much that can be done, but I am willing to put it off if you want me to remain here in the temple until it is time to travel.

Thank you very much Gurudeva

Hare krishna

Your clown servant

Piyari mohan das

HpS - ASA -- It sounds like both situations are needed. You just have to balance them at this stage. Later you will see how they are related to each other and it will be natural to use them both. Talk with Temple authorities and work out some practical schedule of visiting your family for working with them. That would be our suggestion.

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Hare Krishna Gurudeva

Por favor acepte mis respetuosas reverencias

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada

Necesito saber su opinión respecto a mi estadía en el templo.

Quiero viajar a Perú, al parecer tendré que esperar hasta que pueda ponerme la vacuna, he escuchado que en junio ya todos estarán vacunados en Chile.

Quería preguntarle si es que puedo viajar a estar con mi familia este tiempo, o si mejor me quedo sirviendo en el templo cómo lo he estado haciendo.

En casa es difícil llevar vida espiritual, en el templo estamos protegidos, levantarse temprano y cantar buenas rondas se da con mayor facilidad.

En el templo me siento culpable cuando hago música, escribo, canto, etc. Me incómodo al pensar que puedo molestar a los demás o que no estoy haciendo servicio práctico para el templo, en vez de ello hago una práctica egoísta.

En cambio en casa tengo la libertad de poder avanzar en estos aspectos, pero sabemos que me vuelvo presa fácil de maya.

Me preocupa no estar apto para servirle en estas áreas, no soy muy experto todavía y pienso que debo tener mayor experiencia, herramientas y material artístico.

Me encantaría avanzar en el libro que conecte el Quijote y los vedas, tal vez grabar una película o documental junto a mi padre y trabajar en el primer disco musical. Hay tanto que se puede hacer, pero estoy dispuesto a postergarlo si usted quiere que siga aquí en el templo hasta el momento de viajar.

Muchas gracias Gurudeva

Hare Krishna

Su sirviente payaso

Piyari Mohan das

Hare Krishna Beloved Gurudeva AGTSP PAMHO:

As you have seen Jambavan das is joining the FMP for over a month. I asked him to lead the program the second Sunday of each month. We rehearse once. Besides that I sent to him the document that all the leaders of FMP should know.

So he will be leading next Sunday.

I hope he did not sing like the picture I am attaching :)

He will follow the rules and instructions of the FMP

Trying to be useful

CMDD

HpS - ASA --- AgtSP. If we are pure devotees then our Kirtan is always atractive!!

TB/BW, AgtSP!!! paoho... 🐒 🐖 🌳 🌴🌴

We had pretty good Sankirtan today.

Of course, last night after our walk we were hit very quickly by the strongest headache we have had in our life. Maybe impacted lower bowels. Maybe not. (Ha! Ha! Hare!). This body is an embarrassment for boys or girls.

. .We tried to rest, do light work, and by 4.30AM it was down to 50% and is down to 5% now, but still ready to spring back if we spend any more time on this machine.

• Listened to the Hawaii class. Very nice.
• Wrote a five of six page letter to Subal sakha and Krsna pramodini Devi Dasi in Rich Mond.
• Fixed our brake light etc. etc.

Pandemic and the Future of ISKCON Temples

Our theory (Brown and White, after asking Uncle Gismo) is that this Karuna virus is the mercy of God on ISKCON and the world, so that people will stop destroying the world (to soon) with industrialization, and start moving back to local living and high thinking.

Science worked liked expensive asses to fight it and show their might,

but now the little natural reaction of the virus to mutate,

and all their effort may go out as trash.

People are starting to live together again as two and three generation families.

Buy bigger houses.

Buy a whole block and take out the backyard fences!!

Base you life in a village. Any visitors can stay in the guest house outside the village gate for two weeks if there is a pandemic.

ISKCON temples should obtain orchards and start to move in that direction with alacrity.

Also, we Tom Brown and Buck White, consulting Uncle Gismo, propose that when the 17-year Cicada cycle brings those noisy devils out this year in Tennessee there is a 75% chance that they will sterilize the whole local atmosphere (maybe five States) from the virus and the material scientists will be forced to be a lot more humble and say that they really need some broader look at nature, that their system is just not including all this reality.

If it happens,

Remember you heard it first,

Here, at the ASA's

😲Science for Simpletons😬