Letters to the editor

Hare Krishna dear guru Maharaja,

Regarding the wonderful news of your visit to Chile in may, I'm thinking that May-June are the worst winter months here. And people who have lived in Russia or England have said that the cold here is different is so many ways. Because, first of all, the infrastructure of the houses and secondly because the "dry cold", both make them feel more unconfortable than in those countries.

So, considering that the house of the temple is very old, and the fresh air enter from different sides, I think that the best thing that you stay in our home again, Jaganatha, Baladeva, Subhadra, Carolina, Rasarani. And probably Parasurama, Pyari Mohan or Narotam and even myself like sevants.

This is because I would like to take days of my holidays for the visit also. Usually, I reserved to go to Peru or Argentina but if you come here is better for me use this days here.

Do you think that would be a good idea, dear guru maharaja?

Of course, is just a proposal. The house-ambient helps, in your last visit, to some devotees to have a kind of communication that some avoid in the temple.

Always in your service and Srila Prabhupada,

Jagad Guru DAS.

HpS - ASA -- AGTSP. Paoho. It is nice staying in your Ashrama because your family is nice, you have a nice library, building is nice (better heating), we can work on projects. The cold in the Temple has not been too bad for us in the past, but we do have an older body. It is nice to stay there to have/give association to the other devotees there. It is a B'cari ashrama.

Let us ask the Temple President what he thinks.

Our communication with Amara and Virabahu Das about administration in the Temple has been a little slow, partly because of Virabahu Das' health, and partly because we are Sannyasis so the preaching is more our job than the administration. It is a fact that ISKCON can and will go on first as an association of friends who make up an institution, so we can always cultivate our friendships and on that basis cultivate the institution. Of course, if we are friends, why we would not form an institution if it is possible.

We expect more talk with Virabahu et al during/after the GBC meetings in Mayapura.

When is the program with Universidad Catolica, Center for Aesthetics? May 1st? When should we come to Chile? Right now we are available between April 8 - May 20, but we have to plan for Argentina also. Could STRECTCH it to 25th May but that makes last days in Lima small.

Thank you. Respects to your daughter, wife, mother-in-law et al.

Querido Gurumaharaja

Por favor acepte mis respetuosas reverencias!

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada!

Tuve unos problemas técnicos y recién puedo enviar esta carta que había escrito de acuerdo a KD 

Nos alegra saber que cada vez Su energía va mejorando.

Acerca del control de vaco vegam manasah krodha vegam 

Es difícil... Últimamente me he preocupado por mí por estás cosas así que de una manera práctica estamos intentando controlar un poco la lengua y mente leyendo los libros de Srila Prabhupada así podemos hablar con nuestros amigos de estás lecturas y a veces problemas del estómago nos hacen ser concientes de este control también.

Poner la irá al servicio de Krsna es un arte, no es fácil, usualmente es para mí satisfacción personal y supuesto beneficio, a veces veo el camino muy largo...

Y adorar a la Deidad es una solución sublime para no ir en línea directa al infierno en términos de este sloka.

Prabhu Adhoksaja dice que esté es el verso del "veganismo" vegam vegam vegam vegam y vegan : )

Por otro lado recordando a los 6 enemigos parece que la envidia es lo que no se puede poner al servicio de Krsna, pero estamos en el mundo material por envidiosos, como lograr controlar o direccionarlo de algun modo?

HpS/ASA(translate.google.com): Como entendemos, "codiciar" significa que quiere las posesiones de su vecino. Quieres su auto, vaca, esposa. "Envidia" significa "en-vidi", quieres que muera. ¿Por qué? Porque nos sentiremos más grandes si controlamos, tenemos, sus posesiones o la vida. Me siento pequeño, así que quiero matar a alguien más grande que yo. Derríbalos, pero tenemos que darnos cuenta de que todos somos únicos. ¿Cuál es mejor plátanos o mangos? ¿Cuál es mejor agua o aire? ¿Cuál es mejor Marte o Venus? ¡Srila Prabhupada no tiene otro estudiante, discípulo, herramienta, como tú! Nadie más puede hacer tu trabajo. Cuando vemos cómo le está yendo bien a alguien más, podemos interesarnos mucho para poder robar cosas de su servicio para mejorar nuestro servicio. OKAY.

Gurumaharaja si en algún momento somos merecedores de una proxima copia del Diario de una Criatura Viajera de Piggy y Monkey, estaremos muy agradecidos.

HpS/ASA[t.g.c] - Karuna sakti Devi Dasi (como recordamos [!!!]) también pidió una copia, pero fuimos al servicio de correo y me dijeron que tenían una experiencia terrible al enviar paquetes a México. ¡Llegan después de mucho tiempo o no llegan! Podemos enviar los archivos PDF. También piense que serían difíciles de entender sin nuestra traducción, pero por la Misericordia de Dios todo es posible.

Disculpe mis ofensas por favor.

Vuestra eterna aspirante a sirviente

Asta Sakhi dd 

All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Guru Maharaj HH Hanumat Presaka Swami! Please accept our humble obeisances at your lotus feet.

HpS (Lettuce feet)

Hare Krishna Guru Maharaj,

Festivities mood....full fervour! We are performing Mandir marjanam tomorrow....All glories to the merciful Nityananda Prabhu. Day before yesterday ...before we started the SB class, HG Ramanuja Prabhu started with CC 1.1.9....since then....we are so full of Nityananda!! Thank you Guru Maharaj.

We are in SB 3.15.27. Everything is fine now with your sweet mercy Guru Maharaj. After that incident happened, I offered my apologies to HG Banamali Prabhu, the next day at Mangal arti. We laughed and Prabhuji said we have to resort to such means at times.

Mataji Nandimukhi DD is eagerly waiting for Guru Maharaj's reply.

ASA - Did she use the Kapi Dhvaja Priority Code? We will look for her letter on you attention!

When would be the best time to visit Peru Guru Maharaj? With your mercy we would like to offer our gratitude by paying our obeisances at Guru Maharaj's jamasthan...sometime soon.

HpS - We are not born, but we got this body in Guam. Bad fortune for everyone. Peru is very nice for Sankirtan relation between Manipur and Western countries. I will look for you on Whatsapp and send you a contact there. Candramukhi Devi Dasi and she can maybe work out an official visit with you and Big Guns from Manipur Univesity etc!

Your insignificant servant,

Sarada Gaurangi DD

ASA - We are also working hard for Gaura-purnima to help animate our community here with three day festival! House to house with Sankirtan. Make a movie!

Hare Krsna.

We met Misra-bhagavan Das when we B'caris in the Temple in Berkeley. Some think he's as crazy as a loon, but others think he is the back-bone of Srila Prabhupada's Sankirtan army. Never stops distributing books according to his capacity.

Do you do that!! We have to take lessons from him!

HIS REPORT:

Humbles and Glories. Working hard in Radha Kalachandji Dhama. Mi esposa tiene trabajo con la City of Dallas. She is working as an operations specialist.

So far on sankirtan this month 14 people have bought Srila Prabhpada's books from me. Jayapataka Swami asked me to go to Chile. Next month I hope to go and find out why. Though I have been continuing with show business we aspire to go south for awhile and get into the educational field. 

I hope this meets you well. Yours , Mishra Bhagavan Das

Todas las Glorias a Srila Prabhupada

Jaya Guru Maharaja

Mayapur Dham Ki Jaya! Jaya Goura Nitai!

Reciba por favor mis reverencias Gurudeva.

Por fin podmeos comunicarnos, somos los muy ignorantes para asuntos de la web y tuve muchos probelmas para escribir desde el Cell. Estamos en Mayapur Dham, pudimos llegar a India!! Unos dias de servicion en el templo de Sri Radha Parthasarati y ahora aqui en la tierra santa de Mahaprabhu. Fuimos recibidos con muchas facilidades, desde un inicio, todo ha sido maravilloso y auspiciso, estamos esforzando por cantra 20 buenas rondas, leer Upadesamrta y hacer algunos humildes servicios, como dar prasadam y barrer los samadhis de S.S Goura Govinda Swami, S.S Tamal Krsna Maharaja y S.S Bhakti Tirtha Swami. Nuestra idea es ir tambien a Jagganatha Puri Dham, Sur de India (como Usted nos instruyo( y finalmente) Vrndavan.

Oramos y suplicamos por tener sus bendiciones y de mis hermanos espirituales para poder tener uan adecuada conciencia aqui, en especial de Sriman Raktak das, P Jagad Bandhu das, Prabu Jayadeva Goswami das, Prabu Abhirama das, Madre Asthasakhi Devi dasi y Madre Jambavati dvei dasi, por quienes tengo un especial aprecio y admiracion como mis mayores.

Hemos tomado Darsan de nuestro Siksa Guru Jayapataka Swami y por fortuna despues de tanto tiempo, nos reconocio y nos dio sus bendiciones para ir a Puri. Es por su Gracia que pudimos llegar, solo por su misericodia Guru Maharaja. Hemos visitado Yoga Pit y otros sitios sagrados… tambien el Samadhi de Su Santidad Jayananda Prabhu, lloramos a sus pies agradecidos por poder hacer un diminuto servicio para Sri Jagannatha en Mexico y Guadalajara.

Postrado a sus pies, su eterno aspirante a sirviente:

Akincana Krsna das

ASA - Gracias ..... AGTSP ..... Siempre recomendamos que escriba diariamente, cada hora de sus experiencias. Incluso cosas simples como "Almorcé Prasadamen el Salón del Templo ", porque dentro de cinco años, cuando leas estas notas, te traerán todos los recuerdos. Sí, los Dhamas se cubren en el Kali-yuga y no es el Yuga Dharma viajar a los Dhamas, pero ... si realizamos el Yuga-dharma de Sankirtana, Japa-nama, entonces podemos penetrar la cobertura de Maya y ver, ver, ver el Santo Dhamas. ¡Todo en ellos es espiritual!

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All Glories to Srila Prabhupada

Jaya Guru Maharaja

Mayapur Dham Ki Jaya! Jaya Goura Nitai!

Please receive my obeisances Gurudeva.

Finally we can communicate, we are very ignorant for web issues and I had many problems to write from the Cell. We are in Mayapur Dham, we were able to get to India !! A few days of service in the temple of Sri Radha Parthasarati and now here in the holy land of Mahaprabhu. We were received with many facilities, from the beginning, everything has been wonderful and auspicious, we are striving to sing 20 good rounds, read Upadesamrta and do some humble services, such as giving prasadam and sweeping the samadhis of SS Goura Govinda Swami, SS Tamal Krsna Maharaja and SS Bhakti Tirtha Swami. Our idea is also to go to Jagganatha Puri Dham, South India (as you instructed us (and finally) Vrndavan.

We pray and beg to have your blessings and my spiritual brothers to be able to have an adequate awareness here, especially Sriman Raktak das, P Jagad Bandhu das, Prabu Jayadeva Goswami das, Prabu Abhirama das, Mother Asthasakhi Devi dasi and Mother Jambavati dvei dasi , for whom I have a special appreciation and admiration as my elders.

We have taken Darsan from our Siksa Guru Jayapataka Swami and fortunately after so long, he recognized us and gave us his blessings to go to Puri. It is because of his Grace that we could arrive, only because of his mercy Guru Maharaja. We have visited Yoga Pit and other sacred sites ... also the Samadhi of His Holiness Jayananda Prabhu, we cry at his feet grateful to be able to do a tiny service for Sri Jagannatha in Mexico and Guadalajara.

Placed at his feet, his eternal aspiring servant:

Akincana Krsna das

ASA - Thank you..... AGTSP..... We always recommend that you write daily, hourly of your experiences. Even simple things like, "Had lunch in the Temple Prasadam Hall", because five years from now, when you read these notes they will bring back all the memories. Yes, the Dhamas do become covered in the Kali-yuga and it is not the Yuga dharma to travel to the Dhamas, but... if we perform the Yuga-dharma of Sankirtana, Japa-nama, then we can penetrate the covering of Maya and see, see, see the Holy Dhamas. Everything in them is spiritual!

Hare Krishna Gurudeva

Please accept my humble obeisances

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!

I would like to tell you how is going my trip.

HpS/ASA -- AGTSP! We want very much to hear! We think it will be the beginning of many such adventures and that you have a great mission in this life.

On February 1st, I visited Mexico. My flight was delayed. However, M. Asta Sakhi was very kind and patient, so she waited for me 3 hours aprox. until I left the airport.

A devotee took us to the temple. I took some prasadam and darshan from the beautiful deities Radha Madhana Gopal. After a while, we returned to the airport. I would really like to return to Mexico because I liked the temple and the city very much (I love Mexican culture). And of course I would like to return to give back to the devotees who helped me.

ASA - Yes, they must be receiving very favorable glances from Madan-gopal for their hospitality.

At 11pm, I arrived to Denton (1 hour from Dallas). I'm staying in a hotel near to the University of North Texas. Our schedule is very full. We're taking some postgrade classes of billingual education and multiculturalism. I'm really interested in that topics. Also, we're visiting some educational institutions of the city such as The Child Development Laboratory and The Autism center. We are also doing some practices in schools.

In the other hand, I'm very grateful for providing me the contact of Srinatha Krsna Das Prabhu. He was very kind and he offered me to stay in his home. He also will help me to visit the Sunday school in Dallas and do some service in the temple.

After that, I'm planning to travel to Houston for a week. P. Abhiram gave me the cellphone number of Subhra mataji. I wrote her and she told me that there is a guesthouse where I could stay. However, the price is very high. Now, I'm waiting for a response if any devotees could host me in his/her house. I really want to visit the Goswamy Academy because I know it's an example of education plus spirituality and morality. With that, my trip would be complete.

So, that's all for now. Thank you very much for reading this letter. Please, forgive my offenses.

Trying to serve and to learn at least a little everyday,

Rukmini dd

ASA - Yes, guest houses are expensive. We need places in our Temples where devotees can camp! More news! Meeting any interesting people along the way?? Got literature to give them?