Letters to the editor

Dear Gurudeva

Please accept my humble obeissances, all glories to Srila Prabhupada!

I think you asked your disciples should write you letters very frequently. So, I am understanding that I've been failing so much on this. I am ashamed!

HpS - Once a year at least in the Disciple Report, but other than that it is nice every few weeks or as things progress.

How are you? How is your health? I heard you in some online class, and I thought you were in good health.

HpS - Go to jayarama.us/news.html

I'm very happy to contact you again!

HpS - I am happy but to here that you are happy makes me VERY happy also.

Tomorrow you are giving lecture for Bhakti-sastri students from Ecuador, I am one of them, so tomorrow we'll meet you there!

HpS - Did you join the class?

About sadhana still I am having difficulties with my rounds, I did what you said, (to write down as a debt the rounds not finished every day) and worked well, but then again I forgot to write them down... I have to start again with this.

HpS - Yes, otherwise you will become Indra in your next lifetime.

I am a little committed to my work, this is giving difficulty, but at least the good point is that I am understanding that it's not that I don´t have time, but I don't have proper organization and productivity (for Krishna).

Still we are organizing the sunday feast for Medellin devotees (we were doing it until the "plandemic" started). We rented a place in the center of the city. That was a small success, and more devotees were coming. Like 10-12 devotees and guests every sunday.

When the virus crisis started, then we started to give every day class in the evening by internet for Medellín members. Still today we are doing it, every day. And that is being a super good experience, devotees and guests are learning very fast, and taking very seriously the sadhana and the practices. I think that was a huge discovering for congregational preaching.

HpS - And you can mail Prasada to each other?

The fact that they are participating every day becomes a strong connection with other members of the congregation and gives them strength and enthusiasm to practice the sadhana.

Also we have one special guest one day every week, until now we had the visit of HH Bhakti Sundar Maharaja, HH Bhakti Prabhupada Vrata Damodar Maharaja, and HH Yadunandana Maharaja. Please also we would like to invite you, of course, to share with us one meeting. Maybe you can contact me by Whatsapp +573046044200 to speak details on this.

Maharaja I feel like my preaching is some kind of independent from your desire, your personal service. Should I do something different? Should I change something?

Your humble servant

Jambavan das

HpS - Please read the Kapi Dhvaja at the above link! That will give you all the answers and connections for your next step with ASA!!

Thank you.

Dear devotees,

Obeisances. Jay Prabhupada and Guru Maharaja.

Here is the link for a new a challenging movie about Kurushetra. Here the hero is Duryodhana...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKsEh1NPY48&t=10s

Wishing you the best,

Your servant

Hari Buddhi dasa

HpS - AGTSP paoho. Wow, the hero is Duryodhana??? We haven't got the Data to watch this now. Maybe some one can send a movie review.

Gopal Ramamurthy

To: [email protected]

Wed, Aug 5 at 5:15 PM

Hare Krishna Maharaja,

Dandavat pranam. Appreciate the prompt response.

According to Wikipedia, 

Upadesamrta (The Nectar of Instruction): This short work contains eleven verses of instructions to aspirants on the path of devotion to Krishna. The Upadesamrta was originally a part of the Stavamala.

Looking at contents page of Stava-mala of Sri Rupa Gosvami published by Ras-bihari Lal & Sons, there's no mention of Sri Upadesamrta either.

Your servant, Gopal

HpS - AGTSP!! paoho. Thank you, Gopal! I guess that is the translation by Kusakrata Das edited by Purnaprajna Das and sold by RBHL & Sons. Very nice. At http://kksongs.org/authors/literature/stavamala.html is the TOC of the prayers with the links to each song. The RBHL TOC does not give the first line of the Prayer in the numbered songs. Can you go through those and see if one of those is Upadesamarta???

Hare Krsna!!

We think Srila Prabhupada chose the term "Consciousness" because it was a term appreciated by the Hippies and other New Age people at the time of the formation of ISKCON and could also be related to our deeper traditional philosphy.

In Hindi ISKCON is like - Antarastiry sri krsna bhavan amrta sanga.

So Conscsiousness is Bhavan amrta.

Bhava is the last stage before Prema (https://vedabase.io/en/library/bg/4/10/#bb1200 )

Our senses and mind are engaged in Krsna's service and now our heart, intelligence. It is the next door neighbor to Pure Devotional Service. It is described in the Southern Wave of Nectar of Devotion in great detail and in summary in: https://vedabase.io/en/library/nod/17/ and the following chapter also(?).

Hare Rama.

AgtSP

Paoho.

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The Sage of the Deep South Wrote:

[2:37 PM, 8/8/2020] SDS: Yes. I agree. I'll be out of job by the end of this year. I have no interest in looking for another job. Not sure of what next.... I do want to go back to India... Unfotunately, I don't have enough faith to take total shelter of the lotus feet of Guru and Krishna...

Maharaja, when you do retire to live in Vrindavan, where would you live? Close to Krishna Balaram mandir or somewhere else?

HpS - ASA --- AGTSP! Paoho. BG 4.34 purport. "Blind faith ant absurd enquirey are condemed". Krsna gives us intelligence, no? Whatever we have comes from Him. Especially in the case of us former Hippy Americans!!

So, full surrender means to use practical intelligence. Of course, that has a esoteric dimensions also. Try making changes in work style gradually. Maybe moving to on-line project work. Work more directly related to SP's Sankirtan.

Krsna will help you if you chant mo' rounds bettah!

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We don't know what is going to happen. Maybe we move into a village here in Nashvill with five more families and grow 90% of our food and only go out once a month for p-nut butter and drive in movies.

In general maybe we go to South America one more time. Big deal and stay one play for a year. Then go to Radha kunda Ashrama that Divya-svarupa Das is building?

Let us travel on Monkey and Piggy's boat everywhere!