Letters to the editor

Querido Gurudev: Pamho. Toda Gloria a Srila Prabhupada y sus seguidores fieles.

Espero que esta carta lo encuentre bien de salud y animado con su sankirtan.

Estamos aquí en el epicentro del "corona virus" en España. Todo bien. Trabajamos en dias alternos (uno sí y uno no). Un compañero de trabajo ha sido afectado por el virus, pero no se ha muerto (cinco noches con fiebre alta y problemas respiratorios, dolores musculares, etc).

Estamos leyendo un poco mas y practicando para la próxima etapa de "jubilado" (lleno de júbilo por no trabajar). Por aquí están muriendo mas personas de lo esperado pero, curiosamente y aún despues de la advertencia de Maharaja Yudisthira, nosotros estamos pensando que a nosotros no nos va a pasar y hacemos planes para veinte años más. La muerte podría llegar hoy y lo mas positivo es que tenemos en mente volvernos buenos devotos (no es fácil). No sé si cuando me falte el aire y no pueda respirar podré seguir con ese deseo. Si no es así espero que Dios me ayude.

Suelo leer el blog de forma regular , aunque no todas las cartas, y observo su predica desde la distancia.

Sin enrollarme mas se despide

su pobre (de espíritu) sirviente

Jayanta das

HpS - ASA -- TlgaSP! Pfanrh. Una vez mientras estuvimos colgado la ropa mojado en la cuerda detras del templo y estuvimos cantando HK/HR tuvimos la experiencia que pudimos recibir la misma energia que estamos acostombrado sacar del aire o comida.

En la comenza es un poco impersonal, no relacionado con la aire del cuerpo material, pero despues relacionamos con el cuerpo de Krsna!

Despues de dejando aire tenemos que dejar espacio!!!

Virus Karuna!

Tue, Mar 17, 2020 Hanumatpresaka Swami wrote:

AgtSP. Paoho. We have seen your two large books on NOI, An Ocean of Gauras prema amrta krpa. We have been studying and teaching NOI for decades. We have developed study guides, PowerPoint shows. From Intro to Bh. Vedanta. Your books are a great resource. If we can be of any help to you or know more about your projects let us know.

Hanumatpresaka Swami. 

On Saturday, March 21, 2020 Srimati Dasi wrote:

Hare Krishna, Hanumat Presaka Maharaja,

Please accept my most humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and your service to his educational mission.

So glad you find the Gaura-premamrta-krpa (NOI) books helpful. If senior Vaisnavas like yourself are pleased with my insignificant and imperfect attempts at devotional service, that is my perfection. Many thanks for your kind words of encouragement.

With you in service at Srila Prabhupada’s divine lotus-feet,

Srimati Dasi

P.S. Maharaja I would be very interested in any resources you have developed for teaching NOD, and would be most grateful for soft copies of the same if at all possible. Many thanks.

Hare Krsna.

AGTSP!

My body feels like hell.

How about yours?

It is not from any virus.

It always feels like this, but we can chant. Preach! and then this dead body becomes a arrow in the hands of the Gopis!

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Such nice letters from Sarad G. in Manipur, Pandava in Spain, Gadai in Peru...

Boise Temple is just next to the California border, so Mangala arati is at 5.30AM which is really more like 4.30AM.

We got up early and started to chant. Went to Mangala arati in the Temple with five more devotees and sang from the depth of our bodily consciousness for the first time in weeks. It was so purifying, able to express our highest realization. Otherwise it gets rusted!

Some Japa with Bh. Nathan.

Class in our room.

Talk with Peru. We will cancel all South American tickets tomorrow.

May stay here for one more week.

Balabhadra Das and devotees brought lunch. Six course feast! We tried to eat sanely, but is always a struggle. We could not eat the Kitri. the cinamon rolls were the best I ever remember.

Lots and lots and lots and lots of talks with devotees individually. Confidential. Philosophical. Personal. Intense. Friendly.

Tonigh at 7PM will be Ananta'rupa Das´ BG group. Only the first 9-people admitted. Will be on www.gotomeeting.com

Got back in touch with the ISKCON Board of Examnations (BOEX) for Bh. Vai. etc and we are back with the Ministry of Education, Executive Committee in general.

We feel that we have a personal service to Srila Prabhupada. We hope others also feel that.

Then, it is our personal duty to Srila Prabhupada to see that his institution, ISKCON GBC is getting the best service that we can offer. We need to offer criticism and construction. Be servants. Appreciate others. We have so many faults!

How can we expect the Institituion and its Head, the GBC, to have anymore health and vitality than our body has. Inspire the devotees who take up these services with great wealth, words, intelligence.

If you protect Dharma, then Dharma will protect you.

🙂

All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to HH . Hanumat Presaka Swami Maharaj. Please accept our humble obeisances at Your sweet Lotus feet dear Guru Maharaj.

HpS - AGTSP!!

Thank you Guru Maharaj for the subtle mercy that we keep receiving. Thank you so much. Still celebrating the appearance of Shree Chaitanya Mahaprabhu amidst the material duties.

HH Bhakti Ananda Haridasa Gosvami Maharaj is with us and as usual we are continuing the Holi celebrations.

We have some young aspirants....all of 19 years , a young aspiring devotee with ambition to be a doctor but parents are worried that she is too involved in Srila Prabhupada books and Krishna . The mother is really worried. Can she write in the Blog here? She asks a lot of intelligent questions.

HpS - Certainly!

There is also another boy who is attending SB classes regularly....aspiring for initiation. Very soon they will be writing to you dear Guru Maharaj ....if only you allow us to do so.

HpS - We seem to be able to handle a survival level of mail here. Please have them read the Kapi Dhvaja and then include the KDPC from the current issue in the Title field.

Continuing with our Bhakti Sastri online

Your insignificant servant,

Sarada Gaurangi DD

HpS - Wonderful. We are in ISKCON Boisie, Idaho. Very much we are all adjusting to the Global Pandemic. It is amazing what a resource SB is in this effort.

In general, our instrument is getting older. Our eyes cannot handle as much computer time as before.

Traveling is always a GREAT challenge with change of diet from cook to cook. Srila Prabhupada would travel with a cook.

It is so nice to hear from you and other such devotees how they are taking the potent content of all the stories in SB and letting them enter their actual lives and societies.

The War of the Witches

Radha and Her followeres vs. Kali and Her followers!

Querido Gurumaharaja: 

Por favor acepte mis respetuosas reverencias! 

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada! 

Gurumaharaja le agradecemos mucho Su asociación que cada dia nos brinda, muchísimas gracias!! 

De acuerdo a su calendario parece que la propuesta de llegar a Mexico el Domingo 31 de Mayo hasta el Martes 2 de Junio estaria muy bien, así puede tener un muy breve descanso entre un vuelo y otro y estar a tiempo para el sastra Mela de Houston, realmente sera una gira exhausta pero grandiosa predica.

Posupuesto nos preocupa el tema actual, hemos leído noticias de ISKCON con respecto a las medidas preventivas del corona virus en los templos y las restricciones por medida de seguridad de las comunidades, parece muy bien los ajustes de sus viajes y si hubiera medidas para Mexico por favor tambien considere cualquier cambio, la prioridad son las mejores condiciones para su predica y Vani.

Oramos al Señor Nrsimhadeva para que siempre lo proteja y para que las condiciones de predica sean favorables para todos.

De todas formas he hablado con la madre encargada de comunicaciones del Templo, ella es miembro de la Junta, pone a disposición cualquier apoyo en su itinerario y muy feliz de recibir la noticia de su deseo de visitar el Yatra, también hablará con prabhu Jayananda para agilizar su opinión práctica respecto al tema Iniciaciones. 

Tambien estamos considerando la propuesta de Iniciar oportunamente las reuniones generales de hermanos espirutales para organizarnos con armonia y respeto.

Tuvimos un lindo festival de Goura purnima en el templo, nos dieron la oportunidad de hacer el vestido de flores de Goura Nitay chota, mi esposo me ayudó en esta ocasion.

Su amor por Srila Prabhupada nos inspira. Muchas gracias!

Vuestra eterna aspirante a sirviente

Asta Sakhi dd

HpS - Hare Krsna. Hare Krsna. Si, las cosas cambien momento a momento: Esta es 'dukhalayam asasvatam'. un sitio de austeridades y cambios.

Podemos relacionar TODAS las austeridades con nuestra esfuerzas mejorar nuestra servicio particular. Hare Krsna!

! Gracias Buja!

Ahora aparece que vamos a cancelar todo el viaje a Sud America. Entonces vamos a ver que pasa con Mejico. Si hay arregla especial.

Pero, podemos tomar apoyo de esta 'Karuna" virus pare el movimiento de Senyor Chaitanya. Puede ser mas arreglas para hacer iniciaciones locales, sin necesidad de Gurus veniendo de afuera!

Hare Krsna Gurudeva.

Pamho. Agt SP and Guru-Gauranga.

How are You?

It's nice to be on the morning program.

Here I leave you a YouTube address with some very good videos to get started in painting. Very respectful. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1nbggm3Hx37qedRCCAX9EQ/videos

I am in CC Adi.11.37...I follow Yours tweets about.

This also the web of Yamuna Devi Dasi, http://krishnamagic.com/ ,in case someone doesn't know Her. I adore their bhajans, especially; 09 Gitavali 3 - Sri Caitanya Nityananda - Mayapur 2009 -

Dandavats Gurudeva.

Hare Krsna.

HpS - Very, very, noce. We will look at both of the links as soon as we write one more letter.

Thank you. I hope Krsna gives you more and more good association for practical team building!