Letters to the editor

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada!

Querido Gurumaharaja.

Por favor acepte nuestras respetuosas reverencias.

Envío esta carta en nombre de un grupo de amigos que compartimos ideas similares.

Disculpe que recién la enviemos, hubieron algunas circunstancias que nos fueron atrasando, entre ellas corroborar si contábamos con el compromiso necesario para algo que surgió claramente por arreglos de Sri Guru y Sri Gauranga.

Desde hace aproximadamente 9 años, algunos de sus Sirvientes en México mantenemos una página de Facebook. A través de ella hemos compartido los programas que usted ha realizado durante sus visitas (Videos de sus clases o conferencias, archivos de la Anjana Suta Academy, fotografías etc..) 

Durante este año, la pandemia propicio nuevas oportunidades para ampliar nuestro servicio, y cuando Usted inicio su gira virtual por sud-américa, observamos la oportunidad de compartir en vivo vuestras clases a través de nuestra página. Por su misericordia sin causa, las clases continuaron y del mismo modo este proyecto se ha extendido a lo largo de todo este tiempo de forma espontánea e ininterrumpidamente de forma asombrosa.

Así, nuestro equipo creció considerablemente, actualmente se compone de 12 devotos (Discípulos y simpatizantes de México, Perú y Bolivia) Encabezados por sus sirvientes Asta-Sakhi DD, Isvari DD y Karuna-Sakti DD, quienes han mantenido esta página desde su creación. 

Hasta hace poco, la página se llamó ASA México DAS porque era un proyecto local; sin embargo ahora que el público se ha ampliado, nos gustaría renombrarla como ASApedia ABC, porque nuestro objetivo es proporcionar un acervo de las clases, conferencias, memorias fotográficas y archivos que usted ha compartido con nosotros por distintos medios y Yatras.

Queremos pedirle su autorización para continuar con el servicio y renombrar la página para seguir compartiendo las clases de la Anjana Suta Academy, también hemos incluído una clase de nuestro amado Srila Prabhupada cada domingo.

Nuestro interés es servir su sankirtana ya que nos mantiene activos en la conciencia de Krsna.

Cabe mencionar que hasta el momento de la redacción de esta carta, la página cuenta con poco más de 160 videos de clases en vivo y tenemos una larga lista de material por compartir (Videos, audios, imágenes y otros archivos antiguos) además estamos trabajando en la subtitulación de los videos y en el desarrollo de un Glosario que permita a los usuarios localizar con mayor facilidad las clases que están en esta plataforma.

Hemos elegido el Facebook porque esta red proporciona varios beneficios para el publico general; 1) Para muchas compañías telefónicas el acceso a esta red es gratuito y los usuarios no necesitan internet de banda ancha para acceder a ella,

2) Un gran número de devotos tienen cuenta en esta red,

3) proporciona buena capacidad de almacenamiento y

4) los usuarios pueden seguir sus clases en tiempo real sin necesidad de descargar ninguna aplicación adicional. Incluso, en ocasiones recibimos preguntas desde la página (si usted lo aprueba y el tiempo de la clase lo permite tal vez podríamos transmitírselas en algún momento de la clase)

Gurumaharaja, sus instrucciones son y serán nuestra joya más preciada, por lo que consideramos que ahora y en tiempos venideros, este almanaque puede ser de gran beneficio para todos sus discípulos y simpatizantes.

Si a usted le parece bien, nos gustaría rogar su aprobación, bendiciones e instrucciones para continuar con este servicio, que inicio hace algunos años con la intención de brindar a más devotos la posibilidad de seguirlo a pesar de la distancia y escuchar sus clases e instrucciones en una plataforma sencilla y accesible. 

Gurumaharaja, sentimos que no es suficiente recibir la misericordia también queremos compartirla como nuestro sankirtana.

Disculpe por favor por la demora en nuestro reporte.

Vuestros servidores

Vuestra eterna aspirante a sirviente

Asta Sakhi dd

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All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Dear Gurumaharaja.

Please accept our respectful obeisances.

I am sending this letter on behalf of a group of friends who share similar ideas.

Excuse us that we just sent it, there were some circumstances that were delaying us, including corroborating if we had the necessary commitment for something that clearly arose through arrangements by Sri Guru and Sri Gauranga.

For approximately 9 years, some of your Servants in Mexico have maintained a Facebook page. Through it we have shared the programs that you have carried out during your visits (Videos of your classes or conferences, files of the Anjana Suta Academy, photographs, etc.)

During this year, the pandemic provided new opportunities to expand our service, and when you began your virtual tour of South America, we saw the opportunity to share your classes live through our page. By his causeless mercy, the classes continued and likewise this project has spread throughout all this time spontaneously and uninterruptedly in an amazing way.

Thus, our team grew considerably, currently it is composed of 12 devotees (Disciples and sympathizers from Mexico, Peru and Bolivia) Headed by their servants Asta-Sakhi DD, Isvari DD and Karuna-Sakti DD, who have maintained this page since its creation.

Until recently, the page was called ASA México DAS because it was a local project; however now that the public has expanded, we would like to rename it ASApedia ABC, because our goal is to provide a collection of the classes, lectures, photographic mementos and files that you have shared with us through different media and Yatras.

We want to ask for your authorization to continue with the service and rename the page to continue sharing the Anjana Suta Academy classes, we have also included a class from our beloved Srila Prabhupada every Sunday.

Our interest is to serve your's and Srila Prabhuapda's sankirtana as it keeps us active in Krsna consciousness.

It is worth mentioning that until the time of writing this letter, the page has just over 160 videos of live classes and we have a long list of material to share (Videos, audios, images and other old files). We are also working on the subtitling of the videos and the development of a Glossary that allows users to more easily locate the classes that are on this platform.

We have chosen Facebook because this network provides several benefits for the general public;

1) For many telephone companies access to this network is free and users do not need broadband internet to access it,

2) A large number of devotees have an account on this network,

3) Provides good storage capacity and

4) Users can follow their classes in real time without downloading any additional applications. Sometimes we even receive questions from the page (if you approve and the class time allows it, maybe we could transmit them to you at some point in the class)

Gurumaharaja, your instructions are and will be our most precious jewel, so we believe that now and in times to come, this almanac can be of great benefit to all your disciples and supporters.

If that's okay with you, we would like to ask for your approval, blessings and instructions to continue with this service, which began a few years ago with the intention of giving more devotees the possibility to follow her despite the distance and listen to her classes

Gurumaharaja, we feel that it is not enough to receive mercy we also want to share it as our sankirtana.

Please excuse us for the delay in our report.

Your servers

Your eternal would-be servant

Asta Sakhi dd

HpS - ASA --- All glories to Srila Prabhupada!!! Even a dog can take part in this movement and dance in ecstacy. We have been trying to develop media resources with Ambarisa Das and Vrsabanu nandini Devi Dasi at the youtube channel, ASA audiovisual.

Please look at that.

If you can contact Ambo and Vrsa and Harivamsi, that would be great.

It seems that a better name might be "ASA Carnival". Then you could include many kind of things in an ambience like a Carnival. Maybe it is a bad name in Spanish.

I think the big danger is to have too many things which are often redundant, or not of good quality and not organized. Then people may come and go away without achieving the goal which is that they read Srila Prabhupada's books.

O.K.?

Bhakta Tom and Bhakta Buck:

We get the Bhagavata Pradipika each month from Sriman Gauranga Darshana Das and the Vidhyapitha (place of knowledge) of the ISKCON Govardhana Eco-village near Mumbai, India.

Fine devotees!

Fine community!

🐗 🐗🐗

Issue Dec 2020 (#42)

~The Beginning Citations about book distribution are very nice. Especially SB10.2.37. We want to put that in our ASA(Encyclopedia).

~The first article "God at the Gate" is nice summary of Bali Maharaja and Vamana avatar. Very complete. We were wondering if there was not enough distinction between blessings of Brahmanas and blessings of devotees, some citations for the explanation about why Prahlada blessed Bali to conquer the demigods.

Our question is will common folk who will not read the story in the SB, read it in this format?  It takes some time and effort. Is it better for GDD to focus on video, pptx, shows of these subjects?

These are real questions. We are looking at the Vidyapitha as a source of real inspiration and knowledge and trying to take lessons from their work for the ASA.

~Prayers for Giriraja

No reference for these nice prayers!  Where are they from? Didn't Gaura tell Raghu to add the sweets?  What is Kaja?

~Magnifying Krsna Element

Nice summary of meeting of Vyasa and Narada Muni. Didn't Vyasa suspect the cause of his despondency? SB 1.4.31. We have an intuitive understanding our our problem, and then Guru makes it scientifically clear.

We remember Narada giving this very nice description of the fault in Vyasa's literature: SB 1.5.15, 'Your work is progressive Vyasa, but as the article points out, people will take the minimum austerity and the maximum concession'.

"Närada also narrates his journey from promiscuity to perfection." - Narada was promiscuous in the beginning?  "Def: promiscuity - Having or characterized by many transient sexual relationships."

This was in previous life, no?  Not narrated in the SB, no? Where? More story.

~Both the Ishopanisad Subodini and the NOI Subodini, study guides, that are promoted in this months issue are not available at Amazon. Go to www.vidyapitha.in to get on the periodical's mailing list.

com. We wanted to buy the Kindle copy!

😩 😬

Ayeee! We die a thousand deaths!

Go to www.vidyapitha.in to get on the periodical's mailing list.

The information of study materials is very important for us. New prayers of some real interest. Being able to link the Journal to new people in KC is important.

...but unless they make progress to direct study of the SB etc, is it is effective to maintain such a professional effort. Of course, some people may read this their entire life and never get to the SB direct, but is it good use of GDD effort to write these instead of making movies?

Maybe so?

Hope he writes to us here at the ASA with some comments and suggestions

On Monday, November 30, 2020, 03:38:09 PM CST, mishra-bhagavan das wrote:

Thank you for writing. Humbles and Glories. La esposa y yo visitamos a mi hijos en Colorado por Thanksgiving. Aron Mataji offers you dandavats . 🙏

I like the special Thanksgiving preparations like cranberry sauce, mashies, gravy, pumpkin pie, and the like. My son Navadwipa Chandra is a pretty good disciple of Rohini Suta Prabhu. His wife is Initiated by Jayapataka Swami. They teach their children to chant Hare Krishna.  My granddaughter is learning to play mrdangam. 🐄

Over 500 people bought Srila Prabuupada's books from me since I returned from Chile. Though I was hoping to hang up the book bag after achieving this goal, your disciple Nandabraja Dasa gave me a stack of" the Light of the Bhagavat " to distribute. Asi que pedi otra caja de "Karma la Justicia Infalible " al BBT. 📚

A challenge of performing sankirtan is that we are never done. Even after Vasudeva Datta took the sinful reactions of the entire universe and emptied it out, the universe quickly filled back up with suffering conditioned souls that need the mercy of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.🌄

Tu sirviente Mishra Bhagavan Dasa 🤠

HpS - ASA --- He is leaving a path the whole world can follow!

Brown Tom // White Buck here.

Hare Krsna, have you read the letters today. Lot of variety. We had to push a little to finish. Little headache.

We talked to Dr. Samaresha for half and hour yesterday in India.

Classes have been very enlivening.

Bhisma deva.

Lots of things happening, but at the end of the day we can take hot milk and read the KRSNA book. See Krsna's pastimes.

Hare Krishna

All glories to Srila Prabupada.

HpS - We asked KK to join this Blog and answer the following question. He is psychiatrist in USA, from India, and wife is also psychiatrist.

How much money needed to sustain family?

Before we approach this question we need to understand the concept of charity (Daan). Even before that we have to accept that we need money to sustain our family. For that we have to work one way or the other way. Money is important but how much we need for sustaining the family is a very interesting question.

There may not be any direct answer so let's first learn about Daan. 

How much charity needs to be done according to scriptures. 

Scriptures lay down a varying proportion of one's income (ranging from 10% to 50%) to give away in daan.

Skanda Puran - According to Skanda puran one should 10% of one's justly earned income on good deeds or works of pubilc benefit.

Bhagwat puran : He quotes learned people to recommend dividing one's fund into five equal parts.

1) One part should be used for Dharma e.g Supporting Sanayasis , helping temples (daan).

2) Second for Yash (public works like for hospitals, food).

3) Third should be re-invested for generating more wealth.

4) Fourth for material things

5) Fifth for one's family and friends.

 Charity should not result hardship to donors family or loss of livelihood  

Coming to the first question, how much money... Money we need to sustain family is the money where we can also do some charity for Krishna Consciousness. So people who have decent jobs should be doing more charity .

The amount may vary but the basic ground rule is the same. Earning money with intention to support Krishna Consciousness. But also not at the cost of time needed to do your chanting and other services. Hare Krishna.

ASA - Thank you. This is very nice discussion of principles and then individuals can start to apply in their own circumstances. Very specifically, someone like yourself: Husband, wife, two children... professional people, how much is needed per year to keep house, transport, food, health, recreation ?

Hare Krsna Dear Gurudev,

  Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.

  All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

  All glories to Guru parampara.

  Writing after 2-3 month later.

HpS - Yes!!

All is going as usual. No major update.

  same routine - Japa, reading, office, temple seva, scripture discussion etc.

HpS - Krsna, Krsna, Krsna, Krsna, He!

  Jibesh is doing good book distribution in west bengal. He frequently 

  Inquires about you. His spiritual practices are good.

HpS - All best wishes for him. Ask him for a Sankirtan story that you can post here. We hope all obstacles in his spiritual life are removed.

your fallen servant,

Girivaradhari-Gopal Das

HpS - Write a little more often! If you are chanting you have stories to tell.

Thank you for all the help.