Letters to the editor

Dear Guru Maharaj,

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

Dear Maharaj, this last weekend I got married to my wife Pooja in India and wanted to take your blessings for my married life.

HpS - AgtSP! You got married to your fiancé. Now she is blessed to be your wife!

I have entered grhastha-ashram, but realized that I was not well prepared for it. I have made so many mistakes already that I feel overwhelmed. I realized how important it was to plan and prepare for it with guidance from guru, sadhus like parents, Vaishnavas, scriptures, etc. Most importantly I feel I am stuck in a self-made prison made up of my own ego, or created by my own ego. I realized that happiness is not in showing off. I feel empty inside. I remember feeling much more satisfied and content when I had done kirtan. I really miss doing kirtan with devotees. I sometimes wish I had gotten a job in a city where there were more devotees, where I could attend kirtan programs, and build friendships with devotees. I feel very disconnected and the reason is my being so self-involved. I really need to work on my spiritual life, get more deeply connected with Lord Krishna, devotees, and devotional service. That is how I can get out of this lethargy. I want to improve on my mistakes and spend more time on improving myself. I need to cover up on lost rounds because of spending all my energy on getting the marriage done. I have a lot of improvement to do. I pray for your mercy and will start work on improving my spiritual life.

Kind of feeling lost,

Your no-good aspiring servant,

Aja Govinda dasa

HpS - Only a devotee feels lost. A fool thinks he knows everything but just adds more and more suffering to his life.

If you feel that way then what to speak of your dear wife. Her life hangs on yours. Sir together ready day and do Kirtan. It will harmonize everything. Then the next step?

See you on Houston?

Hare Krsna Dear Guru Maharaj,

   Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.

   All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

   All glories to Guru parampara.

   Thank you Guru Maharaj, very nice to hear your message on

   https://monkeywarrior.com/detail/10292/

   Thank you Guru Maharaj for your blessings, hope your expectation

   from me, would be able to fulfill.

   working on your instructions, Gurudev. Hope will make it.

   i may be late but won't be disobeyed.

   Thank you so much Gurudev for your message about HG Jibesh Das,

   will convey your message to him.

your fallen servant,

Girivara

HpS - AgtSP. Sorry things so slow! Running like mad men for the Sankirtan. Hope the Kapi Djvajas and DTC help. Chant very well to understand Krsna's plans! Letter from the aspiring devotee?

Hare Krsna, AGTSP, PAMHO

Dear Gurudeva,

It has been a year since I moved out the ISKCON Chicago temple, yes, I did some "progress", can’t complain. I teach piano to over 25 students currently (if teaching fine arts can be considered brahminical), and I spend the rest of my time between two part time jobs, my college classes and looking for grad schools. However, things does not unfold always the way I plan, and that is frustrating. I neglected quite a bit my sadhana and overall spiritual health for the sake of moving as fast as possible in the race of getting some “social status” that is far from manifesting soon. Lately, after getting some life punches, I turned back to Krsna for shelter. It has been such a thrilling experience. Listening to kirtans and some classes are enough to make hair stand on end and make me remember sweeter times with devotees.

No preaching, just getting my things done, but after this reawakening, I am visiting Kishore Kishori more often, reading sastra alone on daily basis and with devotees on Saturdays and chanting japa the best I can, trying to get back on track. I am also writing you this letter after a while.

A couple of friends told me that they saw you in Tennessee. They said you were as usual, happily engaged in the transcendental loving service of Krsna. That brought happiness to my heart. Thanks for everything you do Gurudev. 

(Picture next to my piano professor and classmates at Northeastern Illinois University Spring 2019)

Respectfully,

ys Etasa Krsna Das

HpS - My God. Hoping to great from you for years! Lost in the Beast. Most important thing is to keep good intelligence. ... I am going to die. Krsna is unhappy without my service. How can I escape the Witch and go to Him

Soon!

Hare krishna. Aqui en Lima ingresando nuevamente a su blog y contarle que sigo tan entusiasta en el servicio de asistente de pujari y de la compra de flores para las deidades de Lima Wilson Mandir, cantando y siguiendo principios regulativos. Ademas sigo estudiando el BG y asistiendo a clases en las noches, recuerdo también la entrevista personal que tuvimos el 13 de junio de este año 2019. Esperando siempre su divina misericordia.

HpS - TlgaSP. Casi muerto pero predicando en Argentina. Nos vemos en Chosica Domingo para ceremonia de iniciación!

Haz gran cosas para Krsna:

Lea cartas aquí para otros!

Accept my obeisances dear guruji

Forgive my little communication, day to day is present in my acts and offerings.

HpS - For us is the same. AgtSP!

Summing up my activities, after a year of being in charge of the kitchen of the deities, the temple board has appointed me as the restaurant's manager for 5 months with Manjulali DD.

HpS - No meat, no fish, no tomato sauce with onion our garlic.

Manjulali DD is a very important pillar in the development of all my processes nowadays.

HpS - A good man is hard to find.

If before the problems were not so many nowadays they have multiplied, but, with a great satisfaction that what I do is for the service of the Lord.

Every day we try to maintain a good conscience of service and attitude of kind preaching for our visitors.

Important question:

Years ago i am reciting day after day hanuman chalisa, strangely, some things started to go slightly wrong, it was the year of having dengue in India and one followed by bad events.

This year I start singing again and I feel that things are a little strange again.

As extra information, at the altar I only have murti of Sri Hanuman, not of Sita Ram lakshman, along with my other deities, Sri Radha Krishna, Sri Gopal, Guru Parampara, Saraswati.

I hope not to be doing the wrong things so that Sri Hanuman gets angry.

HpSwami ur it - Hanuman chalisa is committed with some ego by author. Chant prayers by Hanuman in Fifth Canto. All else is fine. BG 10.11

I hope you are in good health and forgive my ingratitude dear guruji

Dandavats Pranams

HpS - Fifth Canto! Thank you so much! Got to see you soon!

Hare Krsna

Jambavati Devi Dasi!

TlgaSP! Pfanrh. Esta carta viene sin contenido, pero es gran honor, felicidad, fortuna bueno, oportunidad no común ser en contacto con su divina ser.

Era súper hablar con Vd en Chosica. Ya estamos en Sama, Centro de Ayur veda y salud espiritual, de devotos en Argentina, Mar de Plata.

Somos con energía un paso de cero pero aun feliz. Somos siguiendo sus pasos y enofocando en distribución de libros.

somos en Lima otra vez 24 Julio Esperamos ver Vd. Pero si no, nos vemos en Sankirtan

Reverencias y Hare Krsna a su papá y esperamos cartas de Vd con contenido.