Letters to the editor

SUPER!!

El periódico en español del Ministerio de Educación de ISKCON se acaba de publicar en http://jayarama.us/archives/jayam-2.3.pdf

Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja

Please accept my humble obeisances. All Glories to Srila Prabhupada.

Two weeks ago, I sent you a letter about my sadhana, activities, studies, etc. Now, I would like to tell you about an incomplete matter. A year ago, I was associating with one devotee in Loma. He went to Mexico. I used to communicate with him while he was there. However, 2 months ago, I realized that the best thing for everyone is to break up with him. It's good for him, for my family and for me. I feel a lot of compassion for him, and I pray Krishna to help him. But my final decision is not to have any kind of relationship with him.

Hope you are in good health.

Always trying to serve,

Rukmini dd

HpS - Marriage, Varna-ashrama-dharma. These are little things. They may happen. They may not happen. Easiest thing is just to ask Srimati Radharani and Lalita devi if they will share their Krsna with you. He is very nice boy friend.

Big thing is to see all living entities as servants of Krsna. Trnad api sunicena. How can I serve she, he, it?

Then we have happy, happy, happy life surrounded with love and adventure with brothers, uncles, cousins, fathers, sons.

Don't diminish your relationship with anyone. Just purify it.

Thank you. Your austerity is BIG, BIG, inspiration for us.

anandamaya das, karuna mayi devi dasi, gandharva, mataji et al, could start an export service of devotional paraphernalia from peru?

Srila Prabhupada said that we could maintain ourselves selling devotional paraphernalia. Hare Krsna!

Peru is a beggar sitting on a golden throne. Don't sell the throne (breaking of pieces). Let people sit on it to and have their picture taken.

Dress Radha Madha Gopal one last time for one festival in an old set. Photograph, video it and and then make the old dresses into japa bags, book bags, baby vests and hats etc and then distribute them to donors etc. with booklet of the last dressing.

Grow tulsi and make beads on a little hand driven lathe. Saw on in Braja.

Take local bags and embellish them with KC art! ASA can take samples to USA. Krsna Culture in Houston and mass market them.

Hare Krsna!

candra mukhi devi das and parasurama das and YUGALA KISHORA DAS '@'pop~ asked for this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yf-kYqivn0 59.35

ASA - Hare Krsna! AgtSP. Esteemed SacSingh. Who are you?

MAHARAJ, PAMHO, AGTSP. HARE KRISHNA.

I think I am a spirit soul, at least I think I am according to the philosophy or theory.

How do we know you!!!

Actually we met a few times in Sacramento and SFO. I am actually from FIJI, if it matters. If you remember our last meeting was the 2018 Ratha Yatra, we were walking and talking to you about a certain disciple of yours in this area who became a christian, whose husband was a christian. At the question and answer booth at the SFO ratha yatra I was sitting next to you and observing you. I am that fool who was in the younger body, who was sitting right next to you. Maybe you remember now?

Hps - No!! Oh, well, I know you here.

Are you a retired Pathan Colonel from the Indian Army?

Yes, indeed am a Pathan in the Colonel Army of the Sacramento congregation, which you visited numerous times.

We just did our "West Coast Tour"! Well almost West Coast. We screamed about visiting Boise and devotees came from San Jose, Washington, and Oregon.

Yea you missed Sacramento :-) actually I listen to your lectures and am inspired by your dedication, humbleness and practical application of Krishna Consciousness. One devotee said among the Iskcon he commented "among the iskcon gurus i like hanumatpresaka swami, he remains humble, where as others become pompous"

HpS - I think some of them are not pompous but honest. they have done something they deserve respect, but of course, pride is big danger.

What do you offer for lunch/breakfast to your Deities in your house?

Yes, good question. the offering are simple fruits, flowers, nuts grains etc . We try to keep things simple. I hope you are well and can visit Sacramento soon.

We are trying to acquire a place like a church for the establishment of Iskcon In Sacramento in the capital city. As you know the congregation is quite old in Sac, as you have visited over the past for many years. I am close friends with HG Paradheya Das and his wonderful bengali heart matiji. So please visit us soon and if tickets need sponsorship I will do it immediately. I can arrange for a program at local hindu temple and we can have harinam and maybe even a seminar.

HpS - Send news of the Yatra!! Read our Kapi Dhvaja!

Maharaja Your Holiness,

PAMHO

AGTSP

HK

Thank you kindly for reply to our last letter.

Phone number - 971 XXX

HpS - Just texted you to try it.

My father was a recieving clerk for 30+ years for Albertson's grocery store. He stuck with the job because it was a job that he got off work at 3:30pm and was able to engage with my brothers and I in sports. He was a good coach. Not the most knowledgeable of the sports, he didn't play much sports when he grew up, but he was creative, structured and put together good systems in a way to have fun and see advancement in my brothers, myself and the other kids on our teams. I believe that I am similar in my father in that he had a very strong since of duty for others, loyal and creativity in how to get to his goals with the resources he had available.

He had a lot of goods idea and some he was able to use and cultivate them practically. I remember him reading a lot of golf magazines to improve his golf game and he would do his best to pass that on to us. He coached baseball and football and was really actually successful with them to the degree. Good systems (use of resources in a positive way), very encouraging/loving to others, and very dedicated/loyal. These things I see in him that I attract to and try to grow in myself.

My mothers family I don't know so well because she doesn't talk about them really and have much to do with them. They where abusive and alcoholics.

I was in college in a psychology class and the teacher was doing a unit on Alcholism and the family dynamics of a family with an alcoholic or alcoholics in it. My parents didn't drink alcohol but smoked marijuana. It hit me like a ton of bricks that the professor was describing my family while he was speaking about an alcoholic family. I guess I am saying this because I believe with out the addiction my father would see a lot more success with his unique abilities and appreciation of things in his life. He would often get very angry and would throw poop like the one monkey demon you described in class. However, I have little realization that this is material since gratification addiction we all have to a certain degree and that addiction is focused on some kind of "drug". We like to throw fits, throw poop, when we aren't getting it. Our addiction needs to refocused to Krsna in a way that pleases him, pleases Srila Prabhupada.

HpS - We heard that Srila Prabhupada said that to get free from intoxication COOK and OFFer nice Bhoga to Krsna, then, if He leaves any, honor Prasad! Better than Bud!

I did see the mention of the acticle on Sunday school. I have been looking on the Ministry of Ed website and it's very interesting. I will look more into it and read the journals. Also I will encourage Alicia to read the sunday school article.

I do have a weed whipper! I'm straight 🤣

Thank you again Maharaja, your association is very dear to me and encourages me to fight for becoming more attached to Srila Prabhupada's lotus feet and serving him kindly. Please bless me that I may become a competent instrument for him and do some nice service for him.

Haribol!

Your aspiring servent,

Bhakta Big Foot (Nathen)

HpS - Hopefully we won't have four Big Feet. In our next life. I don't like ticks and fleas!