Letters to the editor

Hare Krishna Gurudeva

Please accept my humble obeisances

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!

I hope you are in good health.

HpS - The same to you.

In response to the previous letter, I had always associated the word 'sublime' with happiness or ecstasy. I find it very interesting to also take into account the scientific meaning of this word. I think it allows me to have a better understanding of the process that I have had. When I started devotional practices, I felt a sense of bliss (from solid to gaseous, or from gross to subtle). However, as time went by, I realized that I had to work more on the gross and psychic levels (reverse sublimation). Thanks so much for the explanation. On the other hand, I have always followed the 4 principles throughout my life (with one or another stumble). However, chanting the 16 rounds has been the most difficult for me. I have been doing it out of obligation and I don't find meaning in it. I have read literature that devotees recommended to me, but still, I honestly cannot understand how chanting can help in spiritual development.

Finally, I would like to comment on some academic plans. At university, I have started the path towards my thesis. I am doing a state of the art on the conceptions of culture that educators and anthropologists have. Based on this, I will carry out a study of how interculturalism is promoted at Peruvians schools.

I can see that college graduation is closer. For this reason, I am also preparing to take an international English exam, which is a requirement to study a master's degree abroad. However, this test is not available in Peru and its availability is highly uncertain. Therefore, I am planning to travel to London (the main venue for all international exams). Because the borders will open soon, I think there would be no problem in traveling to London for academic purposes. This trip would be taking place in the holidays of January and February. I consider it to be an appropriate date, as later, I will be more absorbed in my research and pre-professional practices.

That's all for now. Thanks a lot for reading this letter.

Rukmini dd

HpS - ASA -- AgtSP!!! Thank you for your very lucid letter. What kind of morning program were you able to keep??? That's part of the scientific prescription, no?

16-en-thus-i-astic rounds for guaranteed progress, but w/o Brahma-muhurta, Mangala arati, Kirtan, Japa, SB, Prasadam. . .

Awk!

It becomes a big burden, golograh not vigrah.

Of course,

we have to adjust the Sadhana to our other activities to some degree eg. class right after M-arati and 4-rounds on the bus.... but Krsna will never punish us for chanting 16-nice rounds in nice environtmetnt.

That is our understanding, but.... it is presented as a science, so you have to make the experiment. Was the Morning program at a healthy level? Up by 1-1/2 hours before sunrise? Of course in London there is no sun for weeks some times!! (Ha! Ha! Hare!!), but try fixing some number of rounds for two weeks or so with the FMP if it was not there and then see the results.

Hoping to be of use!!

HpS - ASA (Tom Brown, Buck White et al).... Your career sounds interesting. I think people must find you a good, sober friend. They are hard to find.

Hare Krishna Gurudeva

Todas las Glorias a Srila Prabhupada

Acepte por favor mis respetuosas reverencias.

Aquí le envío la letra del primer intento. Estamos tratando de componer canciones basándonos en las canciones de los acaryas previos al idioma latino.

UDILO ARUNA

Cuando el sol apareció

ASA - Donde?

Gourasundarn [la joya de los doble nacidos] despertó

Sus amigos él llevó

Cada pueblo conquistó 

[Aldea?]

Sus tambores sonaban

Las campanas jugaban al son

Su bella forma dorada, temblaba

Pura expresión de amor por Dios

Hare Krishna 

Hare Krishna 

Krishna Krishna 

Hare Hare 

Hare Rama 

Hare Rama

Rama Rama 

Hare Hare

Todos juntos coreaban 

mukunda mādhava yādava hari

A las personas clamaban, ¡despierta!

Pierden tiempo al dormir y gastan mucho en su vestir

Usted no aprecia el regalo

Que es tener un cuerpo humano

Si no te vuelves sirviente

Te vas hundiendo hasta la muerte

Hare Krishna 

Hare Krishna 

Krishna Krishna 

Hare Hare 

Hare Rama 

Hare Rama

Rama Rama 

Hare Hare

Cada salida y puesta de sol

Cada segundo se pierde

Si el tiempo gastas sin razón, por no ver

Quién reside en el corazón 

Este negocio te espera

El santo nombre libera

Del sufrimiento del dolor 

Ciclos del mundo sin valor

Hare Krishna 

Hare Krishna 

Krishna Krishna 

Hare Hare 

Hare Rama 

Hare Rama

Rama Rama 

Hare Hare

Tal como el sol brillante

Es el santo nombre, radiante

Ilumina la oscuridad 

A todo el mundo quiere llegar

Bebe las dulces palabras

Que el maha mantra regala

No necesitas más que estos versos 

Lo más preciosos en el universo 

Hare Krishna 

Hare Krishna 

Krishna Krishna 

Hare Hare 

Hare Rama 

Hare Rama

Rama Rama 

Hare Hare

Por favor Gurudeva, dígame que le parece y si es posible seguir componiendo. La música de esta canción es estilo reggae. Si usted lo aprueba, podría darme un listado de las siguientes canciones para poder seguir escribiendo. Sería genial poder ir lanzando cada semana una canción nueva, es bastante trabajo, pero no imposible, debo estudiar más las canciones de esos grandes Vaisnavas.

Su payaso

Piyari Mohan das.

HpS - No se??? Es poesia en otro idioma. Deficil para mi. Aparece bien... Bien.... posible mas detalles as we noted at the start. but it is nice the way it is, as we could scan it!!!

Cancion, video, espectaculo!

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!!!

PAMHO!!!

Hare Krishna dear Gurudeva!

I write after 5 months ago,

ASA - Selfish demon!

Coronavirus has brought us a new opportunity to do new kind of service, now I´m learning to play harmonium in my free time, I already learned two melodies of the Maha Mantra and I am studying to play a little less worst than the day before.

Please give me your blessings for not committing offenses during my learning.

HpS-ASA -- May God bless you. '@'pop~

I also stared to study Bhagavad Gita with the support of a manual from Mayapur Institute, seriously thinking on enroll up for Bhakti Sastri course soon.

The new way to work at home gave me the opportunity to do some certifications of exponential education and industry 4.0 and spend more time with my daughter Jahnavi, she are also learning to play harmonium and my mom is teaching her to embroider fabrics for the deities, she really love it.

Something I'm grateful for with the pandemic is I have had the opportunity to learn a little more about cooking and preformance for the festivals and perform all the Ekadasi fasting without problems. 😅

This year in Monterrey yatra: The Jala Yatra Festival could not perform on the Santa Lucía River as in previous years, so the administration decided to do it in the Bhakti Center in a small pool at the style of the kalachandjis temple.

A live broadcast was made with the participation of H.H. Jayapataka Swami, H.H. Guru Prasad Swami, H.G. Sankarshan Das Adhikari, H.G. Malati Prabhu, S.G. Mahatma Prabhu and H.H. Bhakti Sundar Swami. My family and I had the opportunity to help with the offerings and the prasadam, as well as the decorations for the festival.

I have felt very calm in the last months despite the current health situation in the world, I know that everything is by the mercy of Sri Krishna and every day I try to improve my japa a little more and I pray that I have a little more intelligence and be able to serve you properly.

HpS - In your next life your will be Bhismadeva???

We hope that in December they will open the border for the opportunity to travel to Houston and recharge our bhakti with the mercy of Sri Sri Radha Nila-Madhava.✨

Forgive me for not being in contact with you more frequently through the Blog,

ASA - O. K. but don't do it again! At least every three months.

I don't want to be a burden to you, we try to do our best. 4 principles and japa every day. We pray that you are in good health and we can see you soon.

Also Forgive my mistakes trying to write this letter, I keep trying to improve my English.🙏

Your eternal and humble servant.

Lalita-radha devi dasi.

HpS -ASA --- Super, super, super, become continuously KC, then make it more intense and then all pervading!!!!!!

https://vedabase.io/en/library/noi/8/#bb6004

Hare Krishna:

Plelase, accept my humble obeisances.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

I would like to improve my rounds during the Purusottama month,

which starts tomorrow,

but I don’t know how. I am waking up at 5 am (except the other day, when my alarm didn’t ring and I slept until almost 6 o’clock).

I chant until almost 7 am (around 10 rounds). Then I chant at school, whenever I am a little bit free,

but my mind is very distracting, thinking about the next classroom, my colleagues, meetings...,

or in the afternoon,

but again I am not able to chant properly.

I want to change this, but I need help. Getting up early means sleeping too little or at least that is what my mind says to me. Could you give me any advice?

Thank you for listening.

Your servant,

Purnamasi devi dasi.

HpS - ASA ---- Does this give some help????

http://www.jayarama.us/archives/japa-joe.docx

Hare Krsna su santidad, acepte mis reverencias por favor.

Me presento, soy Gopinath, mis padres son devotos, Maha Madavi DD y Rama Priya Das. naci en Ecuador. Tengo 31.

I was away from Krsna consciousness for practically all my life (since I was 12yo), mainly because I wanted to have a normal life, also because I did not wanted to believe in god, which is absurd because I cant avoid to pray at night.

I was not able to understand the real implications of been Krsna conscious, I read the books but they did not make any sense. So I stayed away.

Then a couple of years ago, after spending lots of time trying to find happiness with a material perspective (finishing my under graduate and graduate studies, buying a car, getting a place to live, having a girlfriend and all that) I get bored, and realize that I needed something more. I always remember my sister kunti saying: "dont be afraid of being a deep person". And then I started to embrace my spirituality, first, I went to a vipassana course of ten days, and it was so awesome, its like I was born for meditating.

HpS - AgtSP one of my best friends from University became big Vipassana Dude!

It happened that last year in august, I took my japa for the first time in decades, I had always keep it near me, but never touched it, it was my japa from when I was a kid. And I started to chant a little. And it felt great!!!! Then I decide to go to the temple in santiago, to the morning program. Hahahah of course it was hard because its too early so I never get up in time and in consequence I never went. But one day, I said like man, if you dont do it now, you are never going to do it.

So I woke up at 4, take a quick bath, get into the car and to the temple. I was really nervous, but the devotee that was there, Sebastian, welcomed me with a lot of enthusiasm and give me a garland, it was so nice, like every little thing, from the sounds of the bell to the majestic altar remind me of my childhood.

I went ther to leave at 10am, but ended up leaving at 10pm!!!!!

HpS - ASA --- My, God!

Helping in the temple, talking about cosmology. It was great.

Well, I have a lot of things to say, I went to India also, but I dont want to take a lot of your time.

Just want to say hello, and pay obeisances onto your lotus feet.

Thank you, Im at your service,

Gopinath.

HpS - Jaya!!!! Hare Krsna. Do you read the KRSNA book (with others)?

Hare Krsna Maharaj, PAMHO, AGTSP,

Its great to see dedication of Brahmana and Vaisnava in you.

this is regarding node 11516

"What should we do?

In Braja only Krsna and Balarama kill demons - The rest of us can all chant, "Hare Krsna!!! Hare Rama!!", and Krsna and Balarama will take care of the situation, and, yes, they may empower us to deal with it."

I have personally experienced this even to being physically violent with insane visitors at times.

We will see that Krsn took physical charge of my senses like in Kurukshetra. Or that Krsna gives us unavoidable, clear intelligence how to do our part and we see simultaneously He does his part. We have had strong experience of this.

"Yes, in the beginning force may be necessary, physical or verbal, but unless it is done expertly, empowered by Krsna, then there will be a bad taste for everybody."

we are little perplexed with impressions in our mind by Mahabharat and other kings, whether they take charge of situation/controller. whether in Braja all we have to do is Hare Rama and Hare Krsna.

secondly can you elaborate on "Krsn took physical charge of my senses".

HpS - Not time to do it now. Too long to write. Maybe is some verbal situation!! Class!

suicide bomber

HpS - Better guided bomber!