Letters to the editor

Hare Krishna Gurudeva 

Por favor acepte mis reverencias 

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada 

Por la misericordia del santo nombre me he sentido apegada a cantar temprano mis rondas y ha conectarme con usted algunos días para hacer mangalarrik, todo esto hace que mis días sean más activos y felices, y de los sucesos tristes logre sobrepasarlos de la mejor manera.

He estado leyendo el segundo libro de Srimati Radharani ahora que lo traducieron al español. Tiene tantos pasatiempos de Satyabhama y Rukmini con Krishna que siempre quise conocer, no cabe duda que las cualidades de Srimati Radharani son ilimitadas, me sentido muy atraída y refugiada a ella últimamente. He extrañado mucho el santo dham, pero sobre todo el templo de Rādhā- Damodāra y Sri Radha-Kunda. Tengo muchas ganas de volver algún día, aunque me siento ya sumamente afortunada de haber podido estar aunque sea una sola vez, esos momentos viven en mi corazón.

Por ahora me encuentro escribiendo mi tesis de la universidad, respecto a temas como la migración y el arte. Y también haciendo cubreboca para vender. estoy por terminar un diplomado de educación en la Universidad de Anahuac, que me ayudo mucho a reforzar estrategias para dar clases de Arte. En el módulo sobre desarrollo humano, vimos una película llamada El estudiante, está en YouTube, https://youtu.be/KD5HXtRxf8M la he estado recomendando mucho Gurudeva ya que habla sobre las etapas de la vida humana, la adolescencia y el ser adulto, las pruebas y dificultades de la vida. Ocupando como base las enseñanzas de El Quijote de La Mancha, me hizo recordarlo mucho a usted y su prédica. En mi ensayo final concluí que, un adulto tiene la capacidad de resolver problemas y situaciones difíciles, pero que para la prueba más grande que es la muerte, las personas siguen sin tener la preparación adecuada y que solo la conciencia de Krishna puede brindar para lograr un desarrollo completo de la humanidad.

Le manda muchos saludos mi mamá, aún agradecida por haberme dado su refugio. 

Siempre mi mayor prueba será vencer al sueño, al capricho de dormir, vencer el embrujo. Y a qué mi memoria me falla para recordar versos, y leer más. Desearía hacer mejor las cosas y ser más experta. Pero no logro perfeccionar algún servicio aún.  Agradezco que por medio de la tecnología sea posible estar cerca de su persona tan ejemplar en las mañanas. 

Gracias por ser tan comprensivo, piadoso y paciente conmigo. Sin su refugio sería muy difícil Gurudeva. Oro porque su salud siempre se encuentre bien 🙏

jaya Nrisimha deva

Atte Satyabhāmā dd de México 🐒

TRANSLATE.GOOGLE.COM

Hare Krishna Gurudeva

Please accept my obeisances

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

By the mercy of the holy name, I have felt attached to singing my rounds early and connecting with you for a few days to do mangalarrik, all this makes my days more active and happy, and I manage to overcome sad events in the best way.

I have been reading Srimati Radharani's second book now that it has been translated into Spanish. She has so many Satyabhama and Rukmini pastimes with Krishna that I always wanted to know, there is no doubt that the qualities of Srimati Radharani are limitless, I have been feeling very attracted and sheltered to her lately. I have missed the holy dham very much, but especially the temple of Rādhā-Damodāra and Sri Radha-Kunda. I really want to go back one day, although I already feel extremely lucky to have been able to be even once, those moments live in my heart.

For now I am writing my university thesis, regarding issues such as migration and art. And also making a mask to sell. I am about to finish a diploma in education at the University of Anahuac, which helped me a lot to reinforce strategies to teach art. In the module on human development, we saw a movie called The student, it is on YouTube, https://youtu.be/KD5HXtRxf8M I have been recommending it a lot Gurudeva since it talks about the stages of human life, adolescence and being an adult , the trials and difficulties of life. Based on the teachings of Don Quixote de La Mancha, it made me remember you and your preaching a lot. In my final essay I concluded that an adult has the ability to solve difficult problems and situations, but that for the greatest test which is death, people still do not have the proper preparation and that only Krishna consciousness can provide to achieve a complete development of humanity.

My mother sends her many greetings, still grateful for having given me her refuge.

My greatest test will always be to overcome sleep, the whim of sleeping, to overcome the spell. And why my memory fails me to remember verses, and read more. I wish I could do better and be more expert. But I can't perfect any services yet. I am grateful that through technology it is possible to be close to his exemplary person in the morning.

Thank you for being so understanding, compassionate and patient with me. Without his shelter, Gurudeva would be very difficult. I pray that his health is always good 🙏

jaya Nrisimha deva

Atte Satyabhāmā dd from Mexico 🐒

HpS - Thank you for sending fotos (!) but use the Protocol for Letters described in the Kapi Dhvaja or our Sub-human Mail Clerks will send your letter to Timbuktu.

Chant all the time!!!!!

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.

Several people have asked us how to donate to NIOS. First let us assure you that donation to other bona fide projects related to Srila Prabhupada's Sankirtan accomplishes the same thing. Second, if you are going to donate to NIOS let us know how we can engaged the donations.

Donations can be mailed to:

NIOS

2129 Stratford Rd.

Murfeesboro, TN 37129

USA [Be sure and include an explanation of who is donating, contact information and why).

For direct bank transfers please contact our Communications Secretary:

https://www.niosnimbus.org/p/about-us.html