Dear Maharaja

Hare Krsna! I have not written to you for more than three months! These have been very difficult times for me. I am very sorry for my ingratitude to you. This blog is a great blessing.

HpS ASA ---- Hmmm.... Materially rough times are a product of not being in Krsna consciousness. As soon as we have the perspective of Arjuna after hearing the BG we have no material problems. 😐 Of course, being KC, using the Blog if it is really a good resource, is a great science. May take a few years (lifetimes) to learn it,,, but every step is eternal, and every level is better than the last!!

I hope you are well. May you no longer have allergies and may your body allow you to continue serving Srila Prabhupada and Krsna.

HpS - Allergys have gone. Pollen is gone. Now we have bitter cold, snow. 😎

As for myself, a lot has happened to me internally. Quarantine is already declining here in Santiago and everything is returning to "normal." However, my heart is sad, Maharaja. I have felt that I have lost enthusiasm in the spiritual life, I feel stagnant.

HpS - Think about why. You can always find your enthusiasm in your intelligence.

My work has taken my life, almost completely. I have had many responsibilities and I have not been able to focus 100% on what really matters to me. I try to do my best, but I don't think it's enough; that Krsna is not pleased with me, I cannot advance, and perhaps I never will.

HpS - It is difficult not advance because KC works. It relieves suffering. Do you want to suffer??? So, you will advance. but...... willit be

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or fast. Our participation helps, required!

I try to stay firm in my sadhana; I chant my 16+ rounds, I get up early to share mangala arati with you and the devotees, I raise my deities, I serve them their breakfast, I offer them flowers, I sowed 5 Tulasi seeds that sprouted and I adore them every day, but I feel that it is not enough.

HpS - Golly ! Gosh! We are not Rupa Goswami. That is very nice. Have fun with Krsna. Do more but because KRSNA likes it. He is not a Sadist. He likes you, always has and always will. He wants to have fun with you and your friends.

I have not been able to maintain my reading habit (so sad to me!), the mental fatigue that has caused me to work so intensely, prevents me. Many times I come home with a severe headache. My eating habits have also been affected, but by the blessing of Krsna and the Vaisnavas, I have continued to get up early and keep my morning sadhana (without difficulty, thank God!).

But, how can I get closer to Krsna and not feel downcast by this conditioned life? This world full of suffering is very intense, Maharaja. I feel collapsed, really.

There is something that happened that I do not know how to face, could you guide me? (I hope not to extend the letter too much)...

The whole subject related to animals is very sensitive to me. The abuses that men/women commit towards them hurt me tremendously, and I try, within my passivity, to help people to see them as beings who have the same right as ours to live in peace.

It turns out that my boyfriend and his family had a beautiful and adorable dog, Achilles, a Rottweiler. A well misunderstood breed, since they are always treated as aggressive.

Sometimes he behaved very badly because he was territorial, and he attacked dogs and left them on the brink of death. They tied him up as punishment under the sun (poor thing), and he always stayed calm accepting his reality.

But one day, Achilles started to get a little more elusive around people, and he started to head them away and jump.

At that moment, my boyfriend's family, fearing that he might actually attack someone, decided that he was dangerous and they killed him (lethal injection), without even analyzing other possible solutions (so many more!).

My feeling may be very stupid, Maharaja, but it is difficult for me not to feel sorry, helpless and anger in the face of this matter.

I question so many things! I am having a hard time feeling compassion for the people who made that deliberate decision, because there were other options that they did not evaluate and took the easiest and cruellest path of all.

How can I not feel angry in the face of these injustices? How can I not feel hurt in the face of this? I understand that it is the product of my attachments or of maya, but what would I do without my sensitivity? Doesn't that make me more 'human'? Should I feel nothing? Would that mean that I am moving towards Krsna?

How to deal with unfair and cruel people? How to accept that act? They generate too much abersion in me and I don't want to share with them again. How to do it after having killed an innocent being?

Excuse all the questions. They may be unnecessary and very trivial. I hope that you and Krsna can help me to better understand this situation and to act in the best possible way.

Thank you very much for always being present. You are a gift from heaven. Your constant association keeps me going. And the hope of being able to advance in the process is still present, sometimes with more force and sometimes with less force.

I hope I can stay in touch more through the blog. I can no longer enter the FMP daily (so sad!); Here in Chile it's 7.30am when the program starts, and at that time I have to get ready to go to work.

Have a very good day, Maharaja. I hope my letter didn't bore you so much. (I used google translate and a little of my knowledge in english. Sorry for my mistakes on grammar)

Your eternal almost-servant

Bh. Nicole Silva.

HpS - "‘śraddhā’-śabde – viśvāsa kahe sudṛḍha niścaya

kṛṣṇe bhakti kaile sarva-karma kṛta haya" find this in NOI 5. Main thing is getting your rounds done. Then you will be the most efficient instrument is reducing the suffering in this world. Krsna is the Supreme Friend. Not you and me.... When we become instruments of Krsna, like Arjuna, we can fight with so, so, many problems, bad ideas, and win.

For specific situations, talk with a lot of people in volved in the situation and then you can see practically the KC participation you can make.

Maybe the dog was someone who did the same thing to dog in their last lifetime.. Hmmm. Focus on nice rounds!!!!!!!

Respected Maharaja,

Please accept my humble obeisances.

I am so grateful for your last reply. It was very helpful for me to decide my next step. You had advised me to find out how to stay within the institution of Srila Prabhupada. We had meetings with Temple President of Patna temple. I have started my service here. Since I was more interested in preaching at Darbhanga ( 140 Kms away from Patna, the main city of Mithila) while Patna required help for preaching, it was fixed up that I would be traveling to Darbhanga regularly while preaching at Patna. Usually I am 2 days in Darbhanga every week.

After some struggle, I got room at Darbhanga. Also, another brahmachari devotee from Haldia/ Kolkata has joined us. Thus I feel more secure now. Our preaching till now was few Sankirtan and house programs.

I was in Mayapur from 23-27 November, praying to Panchtattva for empowerment. I met a devotee who asked me if guru wants me to do what I am doing. In flat words, answer is I am not sure, as all initiatives in whole thing was taken by me personally. This question shook me up. Still wondering about it.

While returning I had planned to deliver the books to Professor Samresh. However, due to lockdown effect and some other troubles, I failed in my attempts. It took me 11 hours of troublesome journey to reach Kolkata from Mayapur, and I had to rush to station to board next train.

Later, a devotee Ajay Prabhuji agreed to do this service. So he collected the books from temple and delivered to Dr. Prof Samaresh within the stipulated time of 2.30- 3.00 pm. Now no books are lying at ISKCON Kolkata.

My laptop had crashed and I am unable to do many things. Due to too much traveling, I find it difficult to manage time. Also many things are in phase of creation, requiring lot of time.

I simply admire the way you are rendering so many services. As always, please excuse me for being so slow in my reply.

Your servant

Purushottam Keshav Das

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AgtSP! Paoho. We are inspired by you! It is so interesting to hear about B'cari life in Iskcon in India! We are so happy the books go tot Dr. Samaresh!!! Please extend our thanks to the B'cari who did this work.

I don't think there is ever any question of 'leaving the institution'. It is just a question of what IS the institution. If the Temple is no longer and ISKCON institution, then we have to take charge of maintaining and developing the institution to the best of our ability. Srila Prabhupada only created ISKCON as the development of Srila Bhaktiseddhanta's institution. Of course, then there is the ISKCON that is the group of friends.

Sankirtan. Sankirtan!!!!!! Everyday see progress in sense control. We are going to die. Sooner or later, but what do we die for?

Hare Krsna querido Gurumaharaja

Por favor acepte mis respetuosas reverencias.

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada!

He cambiado a categoría urgente porque la librería solicita la fecha lo más pronto por favor, dísculpe las incomodidades.

Propuesta de fechas para presentación de libro 

Diciembre

Lunes 21 y 28

Martes 22 y 29

Miércoles 16, 23 y 30 

17:00 hrs Nashville y México

Miércoles parece que es el mejor día. 

Adjunto copia de libro.

Vuestra eterna aspirante a sirviente

HpS - Thank you. AGTSP!!! ! ! !! ! paoho. Miercoles 30 aparece bueno como hay tiempo para preparar.

Hare Krsna beloved Gurudeva:

AGTSP, PAMHO

I just read the DTC :(

Well it is a fact that this world is sukha dukha. People who come for gem therapy talk to me, and the majority say that they want to be happy. But they do not how, or they just think that if they have lots of money, I cute husband or wife, a comfortable house they will reach that happiness.

I also see that they do not want to make any sacrifice. They want that a stone or quartz do all the job for them.

I can contemplate that we are too selfish, and we want that things to go well for us, and we do not think that we have lied or hurt others and that the universe will not give us that back.

Old age.... we all are going to face it, or not. Nevertheless, in your case these problems with your brother ass are really painful for us. I have one contact that Harinam Prabhu has in India, he told me that she is an awesome doctor. She is an ayurvedic doctor. She works with diet as well as with medicine (organic). I have her WhatsAPP I do not know if you accept her help.

HpS - We already have good advice. It is applying it that is the challenge. A lot of it is just social adjustments. We are doing well. Learning things that she cannot teach us so easily. The rest we already know.

On the other hand Jayadvaita Maharaja accepted the invitation to your Sri Vyasa puja. I am attaching a screenshot of His response.

He has these web links. Maybe you find it useful

www.jswami.info

www.vanitykarma.com

"Staying Connected through Srimad-Bhagavatam"

Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, 8-9 pm, New York time

Zoom: https://tinyurl.com/MWFjs

"Istagosthi: Interactive discussions for applied spiritual wisdom"

Thursdays, 7-8 pm, New York time

Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86963028375

Your eternal servant

Candramukhi dd

HpS - Aww! We just sent him and invitation also, but after reading his response below we sent another letter thanking him and now suggesting the event should be timed:

6.00-6.30PM (Nashville Time) for Bhajan Kirtan,

6.30-7.30PM for presentations. Then Maharaja could present and comment from 6.30-7PM!

O.K.???

Hare Krishna Querido Gurudeva!!!!!!!!!!!

Todas las Glorias a Srila Prabhupada

Todas las Glorias a USTED.

Por favor acepte nuestras reverencias familiares. PAMHO

El boletín ya está (en ingles y español) en el grupo de Facebook, este es el enlace:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/166681160058275/

Estamos a unas semanas de terminar las clases en el colegio. Estamos muy cansados pero felices de poder compartir y aprender con los niños y las niñas.

No somos muy hábiles para poderle dar consejos de como mejorar este boletin. Desde nuestro punto de vista es muy bueno y muy variado. Gracias a este boletin podemos saber mas sobre usted.

Aun recuerdo cuando el boletin era escrito a mano. Es otro sentimiento. Tenemos algunas copias guardadas como un tesoro.

Muchas gracias por darnos este grandioso servicio. su misericordia es increíble.

EDT (Patrak das & Antuanette )

HpS --- Thank you all. How is your venerable Mother? Your Aunt live nearby also?

How old are your students?

What are you teaching them?

Of course, you are teaching them what is life, by your attitude, no?

Can you describe a couple of them?

Hare Krsna Gurudeva!

Agt SP!!

Agt Radha and Krsna!

I hope that you are very well in all aspects.

HpS - Need a lot of improvement, but life is nice in many ways.

I, very good Gurudeva...never materially, of course.

I don't know what to tell Maharaja, because what I like to talk about, or people do not talk, or is confidential, it seems.

HpS - Let your "Inner monkey and piggy" speak for you.

I've been trying for days to find the inspiration to know what to write to You, but since I have not found a solution to the problem, I'm going to write something that seems natural to me.

ASA - Better than something that seems un-natural!!

I often think about life, Krsna, etc.

I imagine that in spiritual advancement, practitioners receive more and more cascades of energy, of all kinds, without discrimination and en masse, like the flow of the river ganges falling on their heads. It seems to me that, a river of life flowing.

HpS - Hmmm. Would seem that we get out of the material stream, which means we see how it is the result of a spiritual stream, no?

Some people only want to wet their face, others only their hair, etc. But in my practical experience, when you discover your face towards the waterfall of life, or towards the massive flow of life, you will not find breezes from the forest brushing your face, but a massive and ruthless force, that like rocks 5 kg, they don't stop putting pressure on our faces. That to me is Parvati and Siva in direct but impersonal experience.

ASA - !

In my opinion, if one opens his soul to that massive force constantly, he will suffer and enjoy massively in every fraction of the time. One second is very long on this matter.

HpS - Yes, requires different kind of body.

My personal experience tells me that pressure increases as one detaches oneself from the world, and I have seemed to experience 2 paths in increasing pressure. One helps us, and another just annoys.

The one that helps us is caused by observing the world and how it works. The pressure is progressive, and it matures in the initial and intermediate stages, in the advanced stages, one, the only thing you can do is receive the pressure and give thanks.

The one that bothers us is caused by plans outside our destiny that are created in our mental dreams.

In both cases, Parvati uses agents of the material world

Everything is my opinion, the fruit of my direct experience

I believe that demonic people, agitated by the dark aspect of Parvati (or of the Virgin Mary), know nothing more than to bother so that Parvati is pleased ... with us, not with them.

The worst thing that could have happened to this world is the industrial revolution, since before the world was a world of regions, laws of the "place", forbidden areas for humans, direct knowledge of other species or different races, or demons of many classes. Physical, non-physical. Human, non-human. Now people are enslaved and educated by butchers, and they answer "good, good" just like sheep.

HpS - Yes. In many ways it began with World War I, no? That was the first really mechanized war.

I always remember some words that the Virgin Mary repeats a lot to seers of all times and countries "whoever says he is mine and does not abandon the path of deception, will suffer". Or as the Bible says, "the lukewarm are the worst, because they are neither one thing nor the other"

HpS - Revelation of John!

I'm sorry Gurudeva that I write to you without order, but I didn't know what to say

I think the same as You Maharaja, this world is depressing.

I hope you are in good health, Gurudeva, and the days pass quietly in Krsna consciousness

My humble obeisances Gurudeva

Hare Krsna Maharaja, buen día.

Hari bolo Hari bolo, Hari Hari.

HpS - Thank you very much!! What are Siva and Parvati called in the spiritual world? In this world we see a reflection of that Vaikuntha form in the mirror of Prakrti. Is very nice letter. Must move from Brahman realization to P'atma, to K como vecino.