Letters to the editor

Hare Krishna Gurudeva

Please accept my humble obeisances

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!

I hope this letter finds you in good health.

I made the experiment to chant a fixed number of rounds. Also, I read some literature about its benefits, but to be honest, I feel that something is missing. I know that for a guaranteed progress, there must be a 'combo': mangala aratik, kirtan, SB, prasadam... May be those are the missing aspects 🤔

Due to my studies at university, I've acquired critical and analytical thinking, so for me it's hard to follow something without arguments or recognizing its multiple perspectives. Last year was a shock in the spiritual dimension. Now, for this 2021, I'd like to continue digging into my being, recognizing how I'm going to follow the spiritual path and, the most important thing, building a solid base.

At university, I took a theology course. It was astonishing that most of my partners were in the same position as me. In the first class, the teacher asked: 'Why do young people approach religion and why do they distance from it?' The main idea was that young people are seeking for a sense to their lives and the answer for their existential questions. Whereas, they distance from religion when there are so many ritualisms without basis or ideas out of context. The theology course was a great experience: we learnt about the spiritual dimension of the human being and how Lord Jesus teachings can be applied in these times.

That's all for now. Thanks a lot for reading this letter. Thanks a lot for your mercy and inspiration.

Rukmini Devi Dasi

HpS - I had to leave my materialistic family and community associations. I was living in the B'cari ashrama which is like living in homeless center in some ways. So many stressful things. I was wandering the streets in San Francisco, askin, analytically... is this KC real. Then I read a page etc, from Srila Prabhupada's book, and the answer was clear. Every time I make this experiment it is real

Yes.

There is clear definite content in these books.

Maybe I am too weak to follow. Maybe I can follow by the 'skin of my teeth', but this is the best knowledge I have found in anywhere.

So, that is why I am here.

Gita says that even the sincere desire to be a good person is glorious. Don't turn into:

https://www.goliath.com/random/7-most-evil-women-in-history/ 😎

Hare Krsna Gurudeva

Please accept my obeisances, all glories to Srila Prabhupada.

This time I want to take of something that we talked about in my last letter.

This is what we talked about:

“One last thing to tell, important, a friend who is living in the Zurich temple introduced me to Philip, he also lives there. This friend said that we could get along and created a WhatsApp chat to introduce each other. Philip and me are making plans so that we can spend our lives together serving Krsna ... even though he and me are on different continents.

HpS - Do what you must do!!! 

Romeo and Juliet???

He is a serious and responsible devotee, I think he will take good care of me and the family that we want to have.

Was Kunti happy?

Gandhari, Radha, Darupadi, Juliet, Josephine? ? ? ?😎

Are you going to be happy??

Were they SUCCESSFUL?? Are you going to be SUCCESSFUL?”

Philip proposed to me, I said yes.

Part of our plan is to get married and live in Switzerland. He returned to his village, started working and is looking for a house for us. In addition, we began the long and difficult process to obtain my visa, we did all the corresponding procedures, now we are waiting for the migration response.

On the other hand, his questions made me think a lot. I can´t assure you that I will be happy because this world is not made for that, but I am sure that I have chosen a great partner to share my process in Krishna consciousness, I believe that our spiritual life can be successful.

HpS - If the attitude is that we are both in jail, insane asylum, and marriage means making a laboratory where we can learn how to become cured, then it is fine. It will be very satisfying.

I know that this new stage is going to be full of changes, that I will have to learn many things. There is something that particularly worries me as we decide that one day we will have children. I am concerned about not knowing how to raise a child, I am more concerned about not knowing how to raise a child in Krsna consciousness. They say that women have a motherly instinct, I hope this awakens when i need it.

Another thing that worries me is the language, in the village of my future husband they speak German. Philip says that most of the people speak English and that I won't have a problem communicating with them. I also started a German course, pronunciation is difficult for me and I don't like how it sounds.

I choose to see all this as a great adventure with Krsna in my heart accompanying me at every step. (Krsna, adventure partner)

I´m going to live in the Zurich temple until we get married, it would be about 2 months, I want to continue my service as a pujari in the temple for those two months and also after going to live with my husband. I would like to do it once a week since the temple isn´t near the village where we are going to live. We will live in Wängi, Philip grew up there, his family and friends are there too.

I´m thinking about how to continue my preaching in a country where I don´t know the language, perhaps prasadam distribution can be a good option while i´m learning the language. I think I could start a preaching program just like the one I did before the quarantine, maybe a Bhakti Vrksa, maybe a weekly online reading with the devotees in the congregation. The possibilities are limitless.

I hope I can go on with the morning program when I no longer live in the temple.

There will be a 7 hour time difference with FMP on gotomeeting, so I will have to do it without my dear Anjana Suta Academy devotees.

Gurudeva, even though we are far away, I feel close to you, and I thank you for the enormous effort you make to teach and give us your association every day. Thanks for the slides and tweets. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

One of my deepest wishes right now is that your instructions become my life.

Your aspirant servant

Panda Bear 🐼

HpS - AGTSP! Paoho. We had to scan the last part of the letter because there is a Polar Bear trying to set fire to the tree in front of the house, but your plan seems basically sane. NOW.... 4-principles and 16-rounds under the authority of Srila Prabhupada! Do it or not do it, but make it the goal, then Mother Yasoda will give you all the help you need.

Hare Krishna Guru Maharaj,

Danadavat Pranams. Jai Srila Prabhupada.

This is in reply to your questions to this letter i sent: https://monkeywarrior.com/detail/12048/

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HpS/ASA - Of course, we talked about all this now that we are pushed to do these classes with MI, and decided to go to X-finity for one month for $75, to be installed next Monday, then we can see how it works.

Did an online connection speed test and it showed down load at 10MBPS and then 30MBPS and upload ad 2MBSP.

Your Servant

Shri Rama Krishna Das

Hare Krsna Maharaj,

PAMHO, AGTSP...

What we are going to write could be inception of Harsh's Inception of Mein Kempf, so you can edit at your will.

ASA: Es wird eine große Ehre sein, von Ihrem Kampf zu hören.

This letter will like our other writing could be incoherent, but I know you are expert in taking essence, we would do our best to synthesize.

ASA (Brown and White) - Ah ja, wir werden unser Bestes geben.

This letter can also be considered as Vyas Puja Offering to you.....

HH HpS holds significant position in our life. People like him are rare, as diamonds are also rare. I know your ideas of Sankirtana would be appreciated by many after you leave mortal planet. Though we find your teachings on the basis of Srila Prabhupada, but some how we are inclined of your ways of preaching.

You made us realize importance of Srila Prabhupada Manifesto ( 1.17.38), and we could see China/Lenin tried to follow Marx’s manifesto.

We heard your discussion with Tapan Misra Prabhu, we were again amazed by the idea, especially Brahmana has to stimulate the Ksatriyas. There many types of Brhaman, deity worshipper, yagna performer, etc etc but we are attracted to Brahmans who could instruct kings. “knowledge is reality distinguished from illusion for common masses.” You are the Brahmana we are attracted to.

We some how wanted to explore your Austrian Pioneering nature. We wanted to understand Karma of Brhamana like you.

Hence we read/heard about national anthem of “Deutschland” (the fatherland) . German involvement in world war one and second. Their ability to take the world on their own single handedly. German seems to be special people (Hitler was from Austria), hardworking, austere, people it seems. They took on Europe with limited resources but with full valor.

ASA (B/W) - Ja, but they lost! Didn't seek enough advice from God.

We also saw documentary on Hitler and Mussolini. Hitler intially was admirer/ follower of Mussolini, but later as year passed esp around in 194O onwards Mussolini started adopting/copying Hitler. (student becomes teacher).

Innovative ideas of eugenics, euthanasia, strange but innovative. Somehow we like Germans even we hear German Heavy Metal band Rammestein. The language is also very punchy.

ASA(B/W) - They start killing old people then they turn on the Monkeys next! Not good. Everyone can work and K will send maintenance.

We are able to appreciate seeing you.

Anyways, I see many qualities in you, you travel alone without servant in this advanced stage just with help of Narsinghdev ji. Your intellectual and physical hardwork is beyond praise for us. You have demonstrated what is real Sannayasa, staying under tree, travel without enough money, in trains, aeroplanes. You could associate with Srila Prabhupada form his books. You have got the essence of teachings. 

Your instruction that may be we should be on Bhagavad Gita has helped us a lot. We are trying to develop some thing as you developed for SB (systematic flow). We also took class from chowpatty on Gita, Psychology, and Astrology.

In canto 1 you stressed that Brahamana should three science Astrology, Ayurveda , and (we dont remember).

ASA - Atma tattva. Is from CC.

Krsna gave us link to Brazilian Astrologer Mataji (Govind Drishti) from Mayapur and just interacted with her for 45 minutes.

What she said about us was very pertinent.

1. We are like, rajrshi, king among sages, sages among king.

2. We have very competitive spirit.

3. We are interested in life after life a lot.

4. We impose discipline on our self a lot.

5. Currently we should focus on health and self exploration. ( Hitler clarified/explored his mind in Jail by Mein Kempf).

6. We will not get child just by mating, there has to be lot of austerity, preparation and blessing, which will give us great progeny.

7. We need to do Physical Sadhana, so that we don't misuse our energy on others in negative manner.

8. For us it is 100% or 0%. We are not that frivilous. 

9. We will have hankering for many comforts, first we have to go through enjoyment, and then we can focus on austerity, rigid practices.

We somehow feel blessed by knowing all this, and we also agree with it.

We do understand we have Rajasic/Kingly Administrative nature, a king living for a ideology , not just pleasure and power. 

Shivaji wanted to revive hindu swaraj.

Mussolini wanted to re-establish Roman empire.

Hitler wanted to establish German Supremancy.

Once you made statement in 2011 that Buddhism expanded majorily due to Ashoka, when we heard it we said , is it possible that we can also be Ashoka of KC.

HpS - Ooof. He killed a lot of people for fame before he became a Buddhist, no? Next life time Ashoka? Better Mahraja Prataparudha, no?

Prahlad Maharaj was ordered by Narsingh Deva, to rule properly not just do 24 hr bhajan. We appreciate Hari Das Thakur, but some thing is there in us which says its not to be done now.

We are not able to Integrate methods of ISKCON in India which is generally temple expansion and deity expansion. We like your reiteration the “the books should be taught in university” we completely agree with it, we are attracted to it. 

I know its difficult task, but still in right direction.

Intellectually we are struggling to grasp the ideas of country, nation, state, province because somehow this seemed to unite many people esp in world war times. SB purport that need to humanity is to find common point , may be the concept of nation will become irrelevant. SB will give just clue, not detail. We are intrigued by this clue, and sort of motivated to all practices/rituals because to able to decipher this clue.

We intellectually believe in personal feature of Krsna, but am not ready of qualified to realize glory of holy name or deity.

We are at the level of Vibhuti Mat Sattva, sun, ocean, taste of water. We want to see divinty every where even in car driving etc. 

And we want others also to start this path, and gradually go to Bhagavan at their speed.

We dont have any idea how to start this, but this idea of Ashoka or Chankaya of KC has been there in us.

Currently we are focusing on learning BG, get basic sadhana, and let see what path and test Krsna takes. ..

Waiting for eureka or mein kempf moment...........

may we die protecting laws made by SPOG.

Kneeling down.

Unbriddled Horse

HpS - ASA --- Thank you.... I do the same Journal ism. SHare them with different people. Re-read them and then edit them if we are going to publish them. Go ahead!

You are actually making progress. That is for sure.

Hare Krsna dear Gurudeva

Please accept my humble obeisances

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

• Thank you very much for the response to my last message (https://monkeywarrior.com/detail/11909/) regarding what is a jnani. I understand that the jnani occupies the intellect in rhetorically convincing arguments but ultimately alien to reality (is this possible?). On the other hand, the jnana-yogi understands the instrumental quality of reason as a vehicle and not as an ultimate end (that quality of being means and purpose is possessed only by bhakti).

HpS - ASA - 😎 👍

• I have completed my rounds 99% of the time, follow 4 principles at 90%, trying to improve in the MoE's seva, reading the fifth Canto of the SB and bathing Salagrama Sila 3 days a week at the temple. My relationship with Indira Sakti devi dasi is reaching interesting levels, it has become more sublime, subtle and sensitive.

HpS - ASA - Did you file a report in the Report Section in this Blog?? Worshipping the Silas with 90% 4-regs could be very dangerous. You are bathing them with your consciousness and if you are conditioning it with experiences in the Land of the Four Bad Pillars, then they may feel pain.

• Thank you for your great mercy, I think of you daily and doing so prompts me to try harder.

Your servant

Gandharva das

HpS - You cannot escape your Karma to be a "guru", teacher. It comes from you father, no? So, how to do it so the pressure goes to Krsna and you can do your part of the work!

Hare Krsna

Pamho

AGTSP

Al glories to you Guru dev

Thank you very much for your response to our letter.

We are downloading the classes from the link that you send by tweeter and editing them to upload.

As for internet services, the problem is that there are no companies available in the area that offer a better service than we have. Together with the neighbors and the municipality, we are organizing a formal complaint to the company to request "Optical fiber" service. Meanwhile, when the service is cut off, we use the phone data.

HpS - Super! We are including you with the dialogs from Gopinatha Das from Houston. He is very nice person. He has given us several HP computers etc.

Hope you have success with better connection. Maybe with neighbors you can build your own satellite and put a monkey inside to act as telephone operator.

We had a meeting with the devotees of ASA Mexico. They would download all the links and organize a glossary of the videos to select their upload to YouTube.

As for developing short videos of certain topics, it seems like an excellent idea. you can record it with your phone and send it to us.

HpS - This is our main focus, make PPTX and then use them for GoToMeeting shows that can go to the Channel.

hope to be useful in the service Ambarisa Das

Hare krsna

por favor acepte nuestras humildes reverencias

TLGASP

todas las glorias a usted Guru dev

Muchas gracias por su respuesta a nuestra carta. 

Estamos descargando las clases desde el link que usted envia por tweeter y editandolas para subir. 

En cuanto a los servicios de internet, el problema es que no hay empresas disponibles por la zona que ofrezcan un mejor servicio del que tenemos. Junto a los vecino y la municipalidad estamos organizando un reclamo formal a la empresa para pedir servicio de Fibra Optica. Mientras tanto, cuendo el servicio se corta, usamos los datos del telefono. 

Tuvimos una reunion con los devotos de ASA mexico. Ellos descargarian todos los link y organizarian un glosario de los videos para seleccionar su subida a youtube.

En cuanto a desarrollar videos cortos de ciertos topicos, me parece una excelente idea. usted lo puede grabar con su telefono y enviarlo a nosotros.

esperendo ser util en el servicio Ambarisa Das