Letters to the editor

Dear Maharaj,

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

Thank you very much for accepting our invitation to give class on 31st January 2021.

Kindly see below the program details.

When - Sunday, January 31st, 2021

Time - 12:15pm to 1:15pm central standard time.

Topic - Class on Bhagavad Gita or any topic of your choice Maharaj

Zoom Meeting Info - https://zoom.us/j/535774015 

Password: 304490

Please let me know if you have any questions Maharaj.

Looking forward to your association.

Your servant,

Satya-sara das

Hare Krisna Gurudev. Espero que al recibir esta carta se encuentre bien (conectado con Krisna).

Mis revencias a usted y los demás blogueros.

Bueno, estamos finalizando el año y pienso que quizás estemos siguiendo el sadhana un poco mejor. La vejez y quizás la practica parece que estan disminuyendo el poder de los sentidos.

A pesar del virus seguimos reuniéndonos (Sat Sanga) todas las semanas, aunque un grupo mas reducido y sin hacer publicidad. También estamos en un grupo de estudio del B.G. dos días a la semana.

Desde la jubilación me estoy levantando un poco mas temprano de lunes a viernes, canto 10 rondas y a las seis menos cuarto me pongo a cocinar para que Purnamasi y los niños puedan llevarse la comida recién cocinada al colegio.

También estoy dedicando un tiempo para el cuidado del cuerpo. Suelo ir al gimnasio de tres a cinco dias a la semana, hago ejercicio para fortalecer la espalda (bicicleta estática escuchando una extatica clase de Prabhupada) y natación. Parece que me está haciendo bien.

Estamos haciendo ajustes continuamente en un mundo tan cambiante pero pienso que vamos en la dirección correcta. Suelo escuchar clases de Prabhupada diariamente y también estoy escuchando algunas clases de ASA.

Pienso que estoy caminando hacia la muerte de un modo consciente, tranquilo y con gran confianza en que lo mejor está por venir.

Gracias por dedicar su vida a ayudar a los demás en el camino de regreso a Dios y por ayudar a Srila Prabhupada con su ISKCON.

No quiero ocuparle mas tiempo del necesario. El tiempo vale mas que el oro.

Su sirviente

Jayanta das

HpS - ASA - Gracias por las noticias. ¡Yo, Dios, te envío un camino de predicación asombroso! ¡Suficiente de esta bicicleta estática! 😁 TAN BUEN FOTOS!

Hare Krishna

Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada and All Glories to Sankirtan movement by Gour Nitay

Dear Gurudev: For now I only eventually attend face-to-face programs with more devotees, but I listen to virtual classes, I also visit some friends to help offer food, chant japa, cook, and to read Srila Prabhupada books.

I share lectures on the science of self-realization, and other lectures by Srila Prabhupada, I receive many questions, I try to answer, I share some songbooks (these contains songs as guru astak, Sik astak, Tulasi kirtan). I also visit sick devotees, and with them I sing Hare Krisha and share prasadam, many times they ask me to speak with their families or friends.

This is how I have participated in the preaching in this time of contingency

Thank you for your valuable example and thanks for your attention.

I pray that I can serve you and the Vaisnavas.

Your crew member, AniruddhaKrsnaDas

HpS - Hope you can go and live in Vrndavana South of Delhi one day soon and see the long shadows of the Sun in the late after noons of the month of Kartika.

Hare Krsna Dear Gurudev,

  Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.

  All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

  All glories to Guru parampara.

  Gurudev, you have 3 questions for me on https://monkeywarrior.com/detail/11868/

  1. 10 mins, some time 15 mins. 

HpS - ASA -- Amazing. If we are just chanting with concentration it takes us about 5-minutes.

  2. :), we realize, how you see Radha-Krsna in Person. You have super

    excellent Japa and Gyatri for many years and a GREAT Recluse ( vairaagee ). 

    So for you it is very normal to see Radha-Krsna in person.

HpS - That would be frightening!

   Also we realize, how you access Krsna's daily routine.

HpS - Only if we follow Mother Yasoda.

  3. we speak with devotee ( who are good sadaka, bhajanandi ) who speak about 

    Radha-Krsna.

HpS - Try to trick regular people into appreciating the light of the Sun, the taste in water also!

    Normally, we speak frequently with 2 sadaka devotee - one who chant 1.75 lakh 

    japa per day. Two - who was a great chemical scientist with Dov ( Post PhD from 

    USA after IIT-Mumbai ). He quit job 8-10 Years ago, live in Mayapur and Translating 

    Srila BhaktiVinod Thakur's bengali books.

    we become a less speaker but we have your yahoo letter about preaching instruction, 

    direction for me.

your fallen servant,

Girivaradhari-Gopal Das

HpS - Thank you. Only in India!

My dear Maharaja!

Pranams! Namaste!

Bhagavatam 11/2/41: ... seeing everything that exists within creation as the body of the Supreme Lord, Hari, the devotee should offer his sincere respects to all beings

(hareḥ — of the Supreme Lord, Hari; śarīram — the body; yat kim ca — whatever; bhūtam — in created existence; praṇamet — one should bow to; ananyaḥ — thinking nothing to be separate from the Lord.)

Bhagavatam 3/29/34: Such a perfect devotee offers respects to every living entity because he is under the firm conviction that the Supreme Personality of Godhead has entered the body of every living entity as the Supersoul, or controller.

Above 2 verses are meaning of "Namaste". Namaste to you!

I am not sure whether you read Bhagavatam chapters 11/23 and SB 12/5. Those 2 chapters describe how I see the reality these days. I wanted to know if you also see the reality in similar way. Instead of describing the reality in my own words, I think that Bhagavatam 11/23 and 12/5 chapters describe it quite well. So I would like to know your understanding on those chapters.

Please ignore this request if it is inconvenience.

Namaste,

Gaurav Mittal

HpS - I might have read them at some point. I have been plodding and dancing through the SB for many decades. It is wonderful, no?

Right from BG [https://vedabase.io/en/library/bg/5/18/] this attitude, Bhava, is suggested, no? My consciousness depends on what mode of nature I am in. In general I do not hate anyone as my enemy, and when I am and I put myself in the mode of goodness I see that every thing is real, detailed, wonderful.

Hare Krsna Dear Gurudev,

  Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.

  All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

  All glories to Guru parampara.

  HG Jibesh Prabhuji is very happy after your message for him. 

  He expressed humble gratitude for you. He says - he is the most 

  least educated among all disciples, despite Maharaj accepted him. 

  He is very grateful to you. He has no words to express.

  Gurudev, he has so many stories from book distribution (Sankirtan story). 

  Actually he distribute books in fair at different places. Many people come 

  to him with material problems and ask solution.

  Among many stories, am writing one in 5-6 lines:

A small boy ( 6-7 years old, 4th standard ) come first time to his book stall 5 years ago. He purchased a book, read entire night and come back next day and brought one of his same age friend and purchased same book for him as well. He boy explained content of the book and encouraged his friend to read such book, book has answers of everything. 

  After that he brought his father and explained importance of SP books & 

  encouraged to read those. After that the same boy used to come to his stall every 

  year to purchase book. This year when the boy came, Jibesh probhu was not able 

  to identify him then the boy started telling about last 5 years. Then Prabhuji realized. 

  He has many stories. He meets all kind of people and gain stories.

  HG Jibesh prabhuji is very simple by heart, leads a very simple life.

your fallen servant,

Girivaradhari-Gopal Das

HpS - Of course, we want to hear more stories!