Letters to the editor

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AGTSP.... paoho.

We have just spent like two hours..... two hours, editing Sriman Radhika-raman Das and Srinatha Krsna Das et al's editing of our Tava Pache Pache commetary on NoI.

Ooof. Feel like a horse stepped on our head harshly. (Get it? Get the pun???)

All we got done was the Preface!

Yes, that is what a book takes. Editing for grammar, spelling. Then going back over and looking at who is your audience, what is the flow of ideas? What is the strategy? Editing again.

Well here is what we have so far. Please give your honest criticisms. It is better to have wise man for an enemy, than a fool for a friend.

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Tava Pāche Pāche

Afterwords to the Nectar of Instruction

Preface (to TPP)

This Tava Pache Pache is an effort to make the Nectar of Instruction of His Divine Grace Srila A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, more and more accessible to the whole world. Srila Prabhupada said that there should be a copy of NoI in every home. We hope to find a little place among so many other parallel efforts to glorifiy His Divine Grace and his golden Vedic literatures.

Of course, in turn we have been inspired by the quality and technique of Waves of Devotion by H. H. Danudhara Swami which gives illumination to Srila Prabhupada's Nectar of Devotion.

For whom are we writing this TPP? Who is our more specific audience? In our curriculum, we suggest reading NoI even in the bhakta program when you are getting ready for first initiation or even when you are just first experimenting with Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Our epistemology is not that we study one thing and then leave it, going on to the next. Rather, we go through each book again and again, but each time with more depth, more depth. It is a spiral education.

In this edition of TPP, we are working through NoI carefully, looking up all the references, considering each phrase in depth. So, I would say that we are really focusing on people who are preparing to take sannyāsa, part of the Bhakti-vaibhava curriculum. Of course ladies don't take Sannyasa formally but they also must become Goswamis. In other words, we can read NoI casually for the first time, and then read it again for bhakti-śāstri, and then again at the bhakti-vaibhava level. This TPP is focusing on this level of devotee.

Preface

At the beginning of the Preface to the Nectar of Instruction, Śrīla Prabhupāda writes:

The Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is conducted under the supervision of Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī. The Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavas, or Bengali Vaiṣṇavas, are mostly followers of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, of whom the Six Gosvāmīs of Vṛndāvana are direct disciples. Therefore Śrīla Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura has sung:

rūpa-raghunātha-pade ha-ibe ākuti

kabe hāma bujhaba se yugala-pīriti

“When I am eager to understand the literature given by the Gosvāmīs, then I shall be able to understand the transcendental loving affairs of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa.”¹

In our detailed study of NoI, we have tried to look up every citation that Śrīla Prabhupāda uses. The above verse is part of the song that begins with 'gaurāńga' bolite habe pulaka-śarīra. We find it as one of only two songs that Śrīla Prabhupāda quotes in full in all of his purports. Special song?

The other song, nārada muni, bājāy vīṇā ,occurs in Śrīmad Bhāgavatam Canto Six. This song, 'gaurāńga' bolite habe, is in the purport to Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Ādi-līlā 7.17 (Easy to remember “1, 7, 1, 7”) which talks about the Pañca Tattva, and Gadādhara Paṇḍita in particular. (Actually, the last verse of the song is omitted in the CC purport.) This song is so important; parts of it are cited again and again in Prabhupāda’s books. Furthermore, this is the first song in Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura’s Prārthanā, and it is the summary of our entire philosophy. It describes the entire course of our spiritual development — from attachment to the material world, to getting free from our sinful reactions, to being able to appreciate Vṛndāvana Dhāma, to getting the mercy of the mañjaris, to being able to enter into Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa’s affairs. Thus, it is like a summary of all the songs that follow in Prārthanā. We've memorized it, sing it, give fantastric seminars on it.

Thus we can see how the citations in Nectar of Instruction are not just random; they seem to be essential texts and dialogs used by the acharyas to illustrate the points under discussion. Since Upadeśāmṛta, Nectar of Instruction, is an overview of our entire philosophy, from the simplest to the most advanced, these citations lead us to a more detailed study of our entire philosophy and culture from the simplest to the advanced. For all of Śrīla Prabhupāda’s books NoI makes a fantastic study guide, a wonderful curriculum.

At first, we can just read the NoI, and then we can start looking at citations, conducting a more in-depth study. Memorizing these citations will give you an incredible resource for your teaching in every circumstance. To help with this we are offering an Appendix to the NoI with a list of all the citations and exact links to their source.

Śrīla Prabhupāda continues:

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu appeared in order to bestow upon human society the benediction of the science of Kṛṣṇa.

Very often, Śrīla Prabhupāda talks about the science of Kṛṣṇa. Science is the predominating philosophy of life in the present day, life comes from matter, we can explain everything by molecular-atomic theory. So here we are talking about the science of Kṛṣṇa. And what is the most exalted aspect of that science? “The most exalted of all the activities of Lord Kṛṣṇa are His pastimes of conjugal love with the gopīs.”

We wonder how much we can talk about Srimati Radharani and the gopis in the begning stages of our preaching, but right here, in the Preface Srila Prabhupāda mentions the gopīs and Srimati Radharani. Yet, in what way, and to what extent?

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu appeared in the mood of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, the best of the gopīs. Therefore, to understand the mission of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and follow in his footsteps, one must very seriously follow in the footsteps of the Six Gosvāmīs—Śrī Rūpa, Sanātana, Bhaṭṭa Raghunātha, Śrī Jīva, Gopāla Bhaṭṭa and Dāsa Raghunātha.

They can be, should be, introduced in this general sense, no?

Then, everyone is interested in Mission Statements, so here we have one. So concise, so clear. You can use it for your institution: We should understand Lord Caitanya's mission and help him in his mission by studying the works of the Goswamis. Of course those works are imbedded in Srila Prabhupada's books and we can expand this Mission Statement as we go ahead, but already we have so many gifts from this Preface, the Mission Statement for out Anjana Suta Academy.

Notice that Prabhupāda mentions by name all Six Gosvāmīs here. He does this often. For our purification and for his satisfaction? He began the preface by mentioning Rūpa Gosvāmī, since he is the author of the book, and then Lord Caitanya, whose representative is Rūpa Gosvāmī. We find a verse in the invocation to the Bhagavad-gītā:

śrī-caitanya-mano-’bhīṣṭaṁ

sthāpitaṁ yena bhū-tale

This is the verse that specifically establishes Rūpa Gosvamī as the ācārya, the authorized representative of Lord Caitanya. Because there are so many people who claim to follow Lord Caitanya but do not follow Rūpa Gosvāmī, therefore Śrīla Prabhupāda first introduces Rūpa Gosvāmī, and then mentions the Bengali Vaiṣṇavas, Lord Caitanya, and finally the Six Gosvāmīs.

We can actually see a parampara in this preface. Many of Srila Prabhupada's book are prefaced this way, no? Explaining our epistemology through parampara.

• Krsna
• Radha
• Lord Caitanya
• Rupa Goswami
• Six Goswamis
• Narottama Das Thakura
• Gaudiya Vaisnavas
• Us.

If we can just know these great acharyas we will have wonderful link to the Supreme Absolute Truth.

Thus, our mission in the Anjana Suta Academy is to understand Lord Caitanya’s mission and follow in his footsteps. How can we do that? We must very seriously follow in the footsteps of the Six Gosvāmīs.

Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī was the leader of all the Gosvāmīs, and to guide our activities he gave us thisUpadeśāmṛta (The Nectar of Instruction) to follow. As Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu left behind Him the eight verses known as Śikṣāṣṭaka, Rūpa Gosvāmī gave us Upadeśāmṛta so that we may become pure Vaiṣṇavas.

Now, this is very heavy glorification of Upadeśāmṛta. Śrīla Prabhupāda is more or less putting it on the same level as Śikṣāṣṭaka, the only work ever written by Lord Caitanya. All of our philosophy is contained in the Śikṣāṣṭaka, and it comprises a full chapter in the Caitanya Caritāmṛta (Antya-līlā 20). As Śrīla Prabhupāda is citing the Śikṣāṣṭaka here so we should look it up, apply it in our practices. He quotes the full Śikṣāṣṭaka at the end of the introduction to Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, and also in the Teachings of Lord Caitanya as Lord Caitanya’s Mission.

Rupa Goswami gave us the Upadeśāmṛta so that we may become pure Vaiṣṇavas.

Upadeśāmṛta is sufficient for us to become pure Vaiṣṇavas? When Śrīla Prabhupāda came to San Francisco for ratha-yātrā in the Fall of 1975, he gave a class, and I was able to hear this directly from his Divine Grace's lips:

“Anybody who chants

śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya prabhu-nityānanda

śrī-advaita gadādhara śrīvāsādi-gaura-bhakta-vṛnda

and follows it with

hare kṛṣṇa hare kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa kṛṣṇa hare hare

hare rāma hare rāma rāma rāma hare hare

has achieved the perfection of life, but if you want to preach, you should probably read my books.”

Can we add that by reading Prabhupāda’s books, we can also accelerate the process of chanting these two mantras? In many ways, if we chant our rounds, really understand the Upadeśāmṛta and follow all the material cited, then the Upadeśāmṛta certainly seems sufficient literature for us more gorilla headed soldiers in Lord Rama's army to become pure Vaiṣṇavas.

This mostly completes the preface to the NoI. Actually, maybe because it is so short, the Preface and Introduction to NoI are both included in the short preface.

In general, a preface should include 1) the purpose of the book, 2) the qualifications of the writer, 3) qualifications expected of the reader and 4) circumstances under which the book was written. For example, a preface might say, “My name is Bill Smith, and I work at Center High School in central Indiana in the center of the United States, and we discovered that there were no good books on calculus for high school students. I am a mathematics teacher, and so in the year 1965, my fellow teachers, students, and I wrote this book. It is expected that the student will have already finished analytical geometry before starting this book.” Has Srila Prabhupada thus informed us in his prefatorial material?

Then, an introduction discusses the content of the book, either by summarizing the entire book or by just introducing the first part. At this point, we see that Śrīla Prabhupāda offers an introduction to The Nectar of Instruction by introducing the first verse:

In all spiritual affairs, one’s first duty is to control his mind and senses. Unless one controls his mind and senses, one cannot make any advancement in spiritual life. Everyone within this material world is engrossed in the modes of passion and ignorance. One must promote himself to the platform of goodness, sattva-guṇa,by following the instructions of Rūpa Gosvāmī, and then everything concerning how to make further progress will be revealed.

We must realize the first Text, vaco vegam, manasa, kridha vegam, and then... we get clear insights. The same concept is found in the four nutshell verses of Bhagavad-gītā,10.8-11. (Another neumonic device. It is easy to remember the verse numbers because the first one is “10.8 or 108”.) There, Kṛṣṇa says:

teṣām evānukampārtham

aham ajñāna-jaṁ tamaḥ

In other words, if we are in the mode of goodness, if we are second initiated devotees, and if we are constantly engaged in the service of Kṛṣṇa, worshipping the Deity, then Kṛṣṇa within the heart will enlighten us. Srila Prabhupāda gives a very strong declaration of this in the purport. Even if you cannot take advantage of your spiritual master's movement or his association, if we are sincere and fixed in the mode of goodness, then Kṛṣṇa in the heart will reveal to you how to make further progress.

In that case, we should not doubt our intuition and inspiration. Someone may say, “Prabhu, do this,” or “do that.” We may have a neurotic authority in our institution. Or someone may say, “You know that I am your wife. Do what I say,” or “I am your husband. Do what I say.” Well, if we have some intuition about things and if we are in the mode of goodness, sattva-guṇa, then we should also respect our intuition as an authority, but of course any inspiration we have in devotional life should be confirmed with guru, sadhu, sastra: our own spiritual master, the previous and contemporary gurus, and scripture. The first verse of Upadeśāmṛta will talk about how to be in sattva-guṇa and evaluate ourselves.

Everything concerning how to make further progress will be revealed.

Of course, “will be revealed” will usually mean that a particular purport or phrase, or advice from a situation, will be revealed to us. Kṛṣṇa will reveal to us through an external source, which is how it usually happens, but then it is confirmed from within. We will have a strong intuitive confirmation, “Yes, this is Kṛṣṇa talking to me.” Then, again, especially for critical issues, we should carefully confirm it externally with guru, sādhu and śāstra, and bona fide ISKCON GBC authority.

Next:

Advancement in Kṛṣṇa consciousness depends on the attitude of the follower.

Attitude means buddhi, intelligence, perspective. Advancement depends upon our perspective. In Hindi, ISKCON is called the Antarāṣṭrīya Śrī Kṛṣṇa Bhāvanāmṛta Saṅga. Bhāvanāmṛta means consciousness.

yaṁ yaṁ vāpi smaran bhāvaṁ

Whatever bhāva, buddhi, perspective, attitude, consciousness we have at the time of death, that is where we go.

When an airplane is landing, it has to have a proper attitude toward the runway. The pitch, the roll and the yaw all have to be correct. “Pitch” is how much the nose is up or down, “roll” is how much the wings are rotating from horizontal and “yaw” is how much the aircraft is turned relative to the line of flight, whether it is going in with the wing towards the runway, rather than the nose. That can happen.

Thus, we have to have the proper attitude. This is bhāva. Our bhāva is fixed up in the morning, especially during maṅgala ārati, while chanting the morning songs, meditating to get the proper intelligence and perspective. Then, on that basis we can plan, think — manas.

Next:

A follower of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement should become a perfect gosvāmī. . . One who wants to become a perfect devotee of Kṛṣṇa must become a gosvāmī.

This is important distinction of the steps to perfectin. The NoI will make us gosvāmīs but will offer further guidance for training through raganuga-bhakti, prema-bhakti, even to the level of Radha Kunda. A perfect gosvāmī may not be a perfect devotee yet.

Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī has given many other books, such as Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu, Vidagdha-mādhava and Lalita-mādhava, but Upadeśāmṛta constitutes the first instructions for neophyte devotees.

Here we have a whole curriculum introduced to us if we want to follow these links. Upadeśāmṛta is a summary, Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu is the complete science and the two dramas, Vidagdha-mādhava and Lalita-mādhava, are a demonstration of that science. They show us all the mellows in action.

Vidagdha-mādhava is about Kṛṣṇa in Vṛndāvana. (The “V”s match, Vidagdha and Vṛndāvana) and Lalita-mādhava is about Kṛṣṇa in Dvārakā, but Upadeśāmṛta, Prabhupāda says, constitutes “the first instructions for neophyte devotees.” Therefore we feel justified in making it the foundation of our entire educational curriculum.

One should follow these instructions very strictly.

Yes, we are still working on that.

Then it will be easier to make one’s life successful. Hare Kṛṣṇa.

Here Prabhupāda finishes off the preface with a sacred “Hallelujah”—Hare Kṛṣṇa.! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!!!

A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

September 20, 1975

Viśvarūpa-mahotsava

Kṛṣṇa-Balarāma Mandira

Ramaṇa-reti

Vṛndāvana, India

That is when Prabhupāda released the book—September 20, 1975. Viśvarūpa-mahotsava comes around September every year, about the same time as the disappearance day of Haridāsa Ṭhākura, appearance day of Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura, and Vāmana-dvādaśi. That whole week is a festival, and in particular, Viśvarūpa-mahotsava was the anniversary of Śrīla Prabhupāda’s sannyāsa. How could Prabhupāda not be thinking about that when he dedicated this book?

This year, Upadeśāmṛta will be 50 years old. We can have a birthday cake with 50-candles on it, organize a nice festival, read the entire book, distribute one case. In fact, on our annual Vaiṣṇava calendar, we can have an anniversary celebration for so many of Prabhupāda’s books, since he mentions the dates and other information.

Finally, we have Prabhupāda’s signature here. Try copy it — I dare you. Rāgānuga. If you try, you will glimpse the intensity of Prabhupāda’s consciousness, his dancing movement, full of curls and spins. To be dancing after Srila Prabhupāda — such an incredible experience.

We thank the readers for their association and request their forgiveness for our many,many, inadequacies. Hare Kṛṣṇa.

1^? Quotations from Śrīla Prabhupāda’s books, including Nectar of Instruction, were verified and referenced using the Bhaktivedanta Vedabase at www.vedabase.io. It is with deep gratitude that we thank the Bhaktivedanta Archives, Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, and vedabase.io for keeping Śrīla Prabhupāda’s teachings accessible as books, recordings, VedaBase software, and online. All quotations from Śrīla Prabhupāda are copyright © The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.

AGTSP paoho

We get letters from nice devotees about corruption in ISKCON. This can range from Leaders involved in breaking Four Principles, not chant their rounds, arrogant and abusive behavior, mis-managment of money and exploitation of resources.

Of course, there are big and little thieves. Using temple auto to go for refreshing drive on the way back from the bank.

First, we personally heard from Srila Prabhupada's lips when we was in Berkeley (San Franciscco) in 1973, when asked by a reporter, 'Swamiji, are there problems in your Temples?', "This is the material world, there are problems everywhere!".

When Krsna was personally present in Vrndavana there were demons entering that were so terrifying that they were causing some of the girls to have mis-carriages!

So, we can expect problems in the Temple, ISKCON, but if it is Braja, if it is an ISKCON Temple, then it is under Krsna's control, awareness.

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.

The Gopis, members of ISKCON live at three levels:

1. We are good citizens of Nanda Maharaja's village. We pay taxes. We act properly in the institution give respect and following instructions, but if there are problems we take institutional action.
2. We have our friends. ISKCON is a society of friends independent of the institution.
3. We have our own individual, direct experience of Srila Prabhupada. He knows what we are doing, and we know what he wants of us. Of course, we know that this only will increase as we become more sincere. It will be through so many transparent via-media, other devotees, books, deities, parama-atma, but the experience is direct.

We must be brave and honest to deal with problems in the Institution. We go to GBC, three GBC, Executive Committee, GBC general Assembly and we can even go to Srila Prabhupada directly, but if everyone is crazy then we should personally declare that in an institutional framework and take charge of Srila Prabhupada's institution.

At this moment, we try to deal with so many problems from our perspective as member of the institution and we see that things are moving on. ISKCON seems about 75% functional at this point, but if I can personally claim that level of functionality it is great.

Look at your own weakness before your criticize others.

Some thoughts.

Hare Krishna dear Guru Maharaja,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

As per your brilliant suggestion, yesterday we made a cake for NOI's anniversary (pictures attached),

HpS/ASA -- Jaya Srila Prabhupada. Maybe it will become more robust! Add more pages from having so much birthday cake.

. . . and offered it to the NOI copy that you signed for us many years ago. I also read the Sanskrit and English translations as you mentioned in the SB class.

HpS - Rupa Goswami, Rupa Manjari, must like that!

Guru Maharaja, after three years of being initiated, my dull self is finally beginning to realize the importance of strict Sadhana that you emphasize. A few days ago you mentioned in a class that getting up at 4 AM, FMP, chanting, morning SB class, and evening BG class are essential for all devotees, regardless of their Varna and Asrama. Then, if one is a brahmana, one has to do at least 1-2 hours of extra reading a day.

HpS - We heard Srila Prabhupada instruct a Temple President that no intelligent man (or woman (or thing)) would be happy without one hour of reading each day. An intelligent person needs to satisfy their mind with stories, reading, no?

I always tried to wake up early at 3:30 or 4 AM and it would happen for about 3 days of the week, and then I would fail for the rest of the four days. But recently, I have been trying to follow that instruction and by your causeless mercy, as I have no strength, I was able to wake up at 4 AM for 6 days of the last week and finish my rounds (there is still a lot of progress to make in controlling the mind) before the Bhagavatam class. I also am trying to listen to either Srila Prabhupada's class or another class on BG in the evening.

HpS - Radharani and the Gopis will give you your Super-girl cape in a few weeks if you keep this up! Then you can fly all over the world with Them fighting evil in the hearts of men! We are not joking (much [we are basically monkeys])!

My reading was also on and off before. For the first few months of the year, I read 30 minutes of Bhagavad-gita every day (with only a few rare exceptions) and finished reading it once, but then I stopped that when my Sanskrit course started. Now I decided that I should read something (whether a paragraph or a few pages) every day based on the workload I have from school.

HpS - Yes! Just read a little of CC before Mangala arati, Lilamrta during Prasadam.... Read little here and there regularly and you will become addicted.

In another class you mentioned that this is a Sankirtan movement and we all cannot just hear and be content. We have to spread the message to others. So I am trying to make a simple graphic containing a quote from Srila Prabhupada based on my reading for the day. I post them on my whatsapp status and some people look at them (though I am not sure if they read them :)).

HpS - If the same thing keeps happening again and again and again and agaain... and.... someone will notice it, no?

Guru Maharaja, how do we gain enthusiasm to follow the process strictly?

HpS - 'Tad gada mula hantri', NoI Three, no? How does a dry sponge become wet by being repeatedly plunged in the water? Watch it! Science experiment.

I also watched a cartoon of the three little pigs story to learn more about how to connect it with the modes.

HpS - For some like you, with which pig do you identify? What construction materials do you get from Home Depot? Who is the Big Bad Wolf in your life?

Guru Maharaja, I beg for your mercy that I may follow your teachings and Srila Prabhupada's teachings sincerely. The reason I wrote all of this is because I am a very dull-witted and fallen soul and I have no power to fight Maya other than your mercy. I didn't want to be bragging in any way, I hope it did not come through like that. I am only learning the basics of devotional service.

With heartfelt gratitude and appreciation,

your insignificant servant,

Sugopi Radha DD

HpS - We are still learning the basics. Hope we can help you a little is relating to Srila Prabhupada. We all continue as eternal members of his Sankirtana Party. Super respects to your esteemed Father and Mother and (Aunts and Uncles??).

You have joined a University with incredible heritage. I guess the Wikipedia article is correct.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yale_University#Women

Beautiful looking cake!

Beautiful looking house.

HK///HR

Hare Krsna Maharaja!!

Acepta por favor mis respetuosas reverencias ....AGTSP !!!!

.-Maharaja, como cada reporte empiezo a contándole de mi sadhana,4 principios y 16 rondas ,desde hace más de 2 años canto 4 rondas más que lo hice como voto y las canto durante el día,ahora se hace un poco más pesado el terminar...

.-Ya Goura Nitay está en el altar ,siguiendo lo que me dijo,les ofrezco incienso,fuego,agua,flor,pañuelo, perfume,tratando de conservar siempre puntualidad y limpieza,como usted me dijo,las despierto con dulce y a las 4.30 AM me conecto al fmp y mientras cantan yo hago el aratik y a media día les ofresco lo que haya cocinado,siempre con un dulce y a las 6.30 pm leche.

.-Tuve la oportunidad de hacer algún servicio en las fiestas para Radha Madana Vihari,mucha felicidad para mí .

.-Sigo el curso de Bhakti Sastri ,hice un ensayo sobre el 1 capitulo del Bg y las razones de Arjuna para no pelear,esto me llevo a pensar muchas cosas de mi vida ..... Y pude ver cómo en muchas ocasiones es el sentimentalismo lo que nubla la razón y por más que nos dicen que no somos el cuerpo y se acepta en teoría ,pero cuando debo vivirlo enfrentarlo no es tan fácil. Tambien quedé pensando ,en el Bg se dice que Krsna ya había decidido matar al bando opuesto (los kurus,duryodhana) ,el ya les había dado muerte ,por el hecho de haber ofendido a su devoto y solo usaba a ARJUNA como un instrumento y eso lo aplique a mi,dándome cuenta que cuántas veces me pasaron cosas y si salían bien yo tontamente pienso...... ES PORQUE YO ASI LO QUISE!!!! Y en realidad es Krsna quien así lo dispuso ,siento tanto tiempo perdido luchando con la mente y el cuerpo para vivir una mentira ,una vida no real..... Cada día pido porque a pesar ,del apego a la familia, las personas que quiero ,la aflicción y tristeza que esto genera,siempre sea conciente de Krsna y acepte su voluntad, de que todo pasa porque el así lo quiso y es lo que me corresponde ...

.-Pero todo lo que me corresponde por karma, ¿Es Lo Que Krsna Quiere?...

.-Mi lectura va en el BG cap 9 ,el krsna Book cada noche y estoy leyendo otra vez los libros pequeños.

.-Agradezco mucho poder participar y tener su asociación en el fmp ,en las clases ,el poder participar me motiva e inspira mucho para mejorar mi servicio,mis rondas,mi entendimiento.

Siempre agradecida por haber conocido la Conciencia de Krsna,a Srila Prabhupada y a Usted Maharaja..

su aspirante a sirvienta

Bhaktin Amparo

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Hare Krsna Maharaja !!

Please accept my respectful obeisances .... AGTSP !!!!

.-Maharaja, as each report I begin to tell you about my sadhana, 4 principles and 16 rounds, for more than 2 years I chant 4 more rounds than I did as a vow and I sing them during the day, now it becomes a little heavier finish...

HpS - Siempre ua desafilla! Es la Yajna mas fuerte, pero el resultado mas fuerte tambien!

.-Goura Nitay is already at the altar, following what he told me, I offer them incense, fire, water, flower, handkerchief, perfume, always trying to keep punctuality and cleanliness, as you told me, I wake them up with sweets and at 4.30 AM I connect to the fmp and while they sing I do the aratik and at midday I offer them what I have cooked, always with a sweet and at 6.30 pm milk.

HpS - Espero hay un foto de Ellos fin de esta carta

.- I had the opportunity to do some service at the festivals for Radha Madana Vihari, much happiness for me.

HpS - Probalmente para Ellos tambien. AgtSP

.-I follow the course of Bhakti Sastri, I did an essay on the 1st chapter of Bg and Arjuna's reasons for not fighting, this led me to think many things about my life ..... And I could see how many times it is sentimentality clouds reason and even though they tell us that we are not the body and it is accepted in theory, but when I have to live it, facing it is not so easy. I was also thinking, in the Bg it is said that Krsna had already decided to kill the opposite side (the kurus, duryodhana), he had already killed them, for having offended his devotee and only used ARJUNA as an instrument and That applied to me, realizing that how many times things happened to me and if they turned out well I foolishly think ...... IT'S BECAUSE I WANTED IT SO !!!! And in reality it is Krsna who arranged it, I feel so much time wasted fighting with my mind and body to live a lie, a non-real life ..... Every day I ask because despite my attachment to family, people What I want, the affliction and sadness that this generates, always be aware of Krsna and accept his will, that everything happens because he wanted it that way and it is what corresponds to me ...

HpS - Un libro tan fuerte, no? Y SB, CC, solamente son mas detalles, mas detalles!!!!

.-But all that is due to me by Karma, is it what Krsna wants? ...

HpS - He has his plan. His servants, like Srila Prabhupada, have their plans, but they all, also want to know what is our plan!! We are little, but we have some potency!

.-My reading goes on BG chap 9, the Krishna Book every night and I am reading the little books again.

.-I am very grateful to be able to participate and have your association in the fmp, in the classes, being able to participate motivates and inspires me a lot to improve my service, my rounds, my understanding.

Always grateful for having known Krishna Consciousness, Srila Prabhupada and You Maharaja ..

your would-be maid

Bhaktin Amparo

HpS - Donde esta su residencia? Chosica? Relacionada con La Yugala-kishora Dasi!!! Otros?

Hare Krsna Maharaja and ASA team,

PAMHO AGTSP.

I hope all is welḷ I really don't think you have covid and I consider it will better to wait for the results of Dr NGD.

HpS - Thank you! We waited and he was positive test, but reaction is not strong for him so far. When we went for testing they gave us papers to fill-out and a pen, but we think they were all touched by other clients. 😎

Honestly, doctors say, hospital is one of the most dangerous place to catch diseases, be careful.

I wanted to ask you please if it is possible to allow me to prepare questions from Chapter 5 of Canto 2, While correcting the questions in chapter 2 and if necessary, I do it again.

HpS - Certainly. You don't have to wait for us. Please post them here!!! You can see we aer not GREAT DEVOTEE like Hanuman. We hope to be a little insect helping other to clean his fur. So, post things here and we try to answer all posts within 4-days.

This service is essential for me because it allows me to deepen my relationship with Srila Prabhupada. Please consider my request🙏

HpS - Read his books = Touch his feet. What is the news of our Leader, Bh. Bhusana Swami?

I read your letter, Fighting Corruption in ISKCON", It helped me a lot to understand my relationship with ISKCON and identify me with Level 3 and I have something of 2.

HpS - Level 3 = Confidential Relationship with our General! Srila Prabhupada. Level 2 = Friends in ISKCON (Friends = ISKCON!) Karuna krsna Das, Caturatma, Abhinandana are my friends. Other relations, but they are my friends!

Regarding this I have a query, sometimes I have been invited to give some Bg classes in the San Borja temple and this makes some devotees uncomfortable because they think that I am in favor of some authority and it is simply that I do not identify with some authority but rather with my service, explain this but for some it is something difficult to understand.

My loyalty is to Srila Prabhupada and the ISKCON who follows Srila Prabhupada. What do you advise me? Sometimes I think my thoughts are somewhat anarchist.

HpS - This is spiritual life. Raghunatha Das Goswami would not even accept a paper cup (leaf cup) made in Sakhi-sthali, because it was Candravali's village!!! [She is trying to steal Krsna from our Radha!!]. Imagine a girl, seeing another girl try to steal her husband! Grrrrrr!

... but, Radha and Candravali

LOVE

each other!! They are cousins. They compete out of love. They hope their competition inspires the other to increase their service, not reduce it.

So, hard decisions. With whom to associate? How others perceive it? Ask Srila Prabhupada! As far as I know now, San Borjas is Srila Prabhupada's temple!!

Thank you very much for your effort and for being a part of Sankirtana of Srila Prabhupada.

whith appreciation

ys Isvari R dd

Note: in the next letter i will send photos of Sarasvati and Rajani, they continue with their Sadhana.

HpS - Little angels or little devils? Or both ??

HK Pamho, Guru Maharaja quisiera que pronto viniera para ayudar en alguno de sus eventos, será pronto?

Estoy sembrando semillas espero que pronto den fruto, un jardín sin flores o frutos es triste, me parece pecaminoso no embellecer la tierra, deseamos que todo florezca, amo la belleza de la creación. En algún momento deseamos servir en el pujari y ahora a diario lo hacemos, una vez por día, es un buen ritmo nos da tiempo para otras actividades. Nos consuela, recordamos Vrndavana, con los pujaris nos asociamos, la mente está ocupada y satisfecha.

Estoy llevando un curso breve de educación TTC 3 on line, nos da entusiasmo. El encierro a veces nos sume en ignorancia y siento que me estoy acostumbrando a la soledad, y me estoy volviendo ermitaña, más de lo que soy, como algo impersonal, sabemos que Krsna nos lleva como el viento, ahora estamos aquí, mañana no sabemos.

En una clase donde Ud. mencionaba que estar en Vrndavana le dio tiempo de pensar y recordar porque se volvió devoto y lo que deseaba hacer. Me ocurre algo así, no me basta con tener techo y pan, o servicio. Espero que la soledad clarifique y nos permita entender como servir.

Las fiestas nos tuvieron bajo presión, a veces nos cuesta cantar, un año raro, de introspección y podemos descansar, tener paz. Mientras organizamos el pujari, las profesoras de colegio siempre piensan en orden, planificación, limpieza. Esperamos ayudar lo mejor que podamos el tiempo que Krsna nos lo permita.

Por favor sus bendiciones para el servicio actual y el futuro.

Su hija que lo adora:

Yugala Kishora Dasi (La Surabhi azul)

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HK Pamho, Guru Maharaja would like you to come soon to help in some of your events, will it be soon?

HpS - ASA -- TlgaSP!! Pienso por hyper media y no con cuerpo burdo! Possible proxima anyo vamos a Peru para un anyo?

I am sowing seeds, I hope they will soon bear fruit, a garden without flowers or fruits is sad, it seems sinful to not beautify the earth, we want everything to flourish, I love the beauty of creation.

HpS - Nuestra deseo tambien! Abustio de rosas! Arbol de peras!!

At some point we want to serve in the pujari and now we do it daily, once a day, it is a good rhythm that gives us time for other activities. It comforts us, we remember Vrndavana, we associate with pujaris, the mind is occupied and satisfied.

HpS - Vd es una de las mas afortunadas personas en el universo. Mas que Donald Trump... !

I am taking a short TTC 3 education course online, it gives us enthusiasm. The confinement sometimes plunges us into ignorance and I feel that I am getting used to loneliness, and I am becoming a hermit, more than I am, as something impersonal, we know that Krsna is carrying us like the wind, now we are here, tomorrow we do not know.

HpS - Si, experiencias muy interesante. Pienso solucion es cambio de modo de vivir. Hector Bejar, su companero de baile, tambien piensa la misma. Pero que lastima! Vamos a dejar esta tierra, esta pais, pronto, entonces predica donde estamos.

In a class where you mentioned that being in Vrndavana gave you time to think and remember why you became a devotee and what you wanted to do. Something like this happens to me, it is not enough for me to have a roof and bread, or a toilet. I hope that loneliness clarifies and allows us to understand how to serve.

HpS - 👍

The festivals had us under pressure, sometimes it is difficult for us to sing, a rare year, of introspection and we can rest, have peace. While we organize the pujari, the school teachers always think in order, planning, cleanliness. We hope to help as best we can for as long as Krsna allows us.

HpS - Alumnos virtuales! Esta bien!!

Please your blessings for current and future service.

His daughter who adores him:

Yugala Kishora Dasi (The Blue Surabhi)

HpS - Gracias Yugala kishora Dasi! Nos vemos pronto en una jardin muy hemosa donde hay Radha y Krsna. No Deidades.... Radha y Krsna!!! "Hola, Yugi! Como esta? Hace mucho tiempo. Todo pasada bien?"