Letters to the editor

UND writes: Dandavats. Polite reminder. Has anyone been in touch with HH Hanumat Presaka Maharaja recently? I am concerned if everything is okay as I have never experienced such long gaps in response from Maharaja ever.

Daso'smi

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Tom Brown/Buck White: Aaaaaah!   We have been fighting The Evil One in the Swamps. On the hills. In the fire. Every day. Every day we try to get to the Viplavah and fail. We are in Boise now. We have been posting regularly at squeals at our Blog. After Houston we hit the Jung congress in Santa Barbara. This was INCREDIBLE. Thirty-five presentations in many cases by double doctorates who have published like 8-books with presses like Yale University and have had their art displayed at the Metropolitan museum of art in New York. Had to get a rental car and drive at 70-years old daily through the rain, wind etc and find the hall. UCSB spent maybe $200,000 to bring Jung's original art from Switzerland. Our contacts were there etc. etc.  Aaaah. This is also the end of our 10-week tour.  Today got 16-rounds done by 7AM but have 8-more to finish which we have been carrying for three daze now. Then we had meeting during breakfast with one disciple couple, then a three hour, intense emotional, valid meeting with the administration about Sastric studies here and in the world. Then a super 7-course lunch which we as travelers had to pick our way through with great care so as not to over eat while another disciple dialog went on between mouthfuls in Spanish and English. All very productive, but we are just struggle with Viplavah (Sadhana, (Latin American GBC (MOE North American Sastric Studies (University Lectures))).  Aaaaah. 🙂  Your letter is like a hello from a boat to a drowning man. Our letter here has taken about 15-minutes and now in 30-minutes we go for evening program and a lecture on "NOI - Delivering Rama's Ring".   Any advice?  We will still push the Viplavah. How are things at your end of the fight???

AGTSP. Paoho.

It is 6.07PM. At 6.15PM we have to get ready for the FEP. Fool Evening Program.

We had two hours of Latin American Regional GBC administrative meetings and then two hours of Hawaii SB class and preparation. Suniti gives good Niti, advice, to Dhruva. Is she Kanishta adhikari??

Then lunch with peas-porridge soup, powdered milk burfi, pumpkin soup, potatoes pops, plum chutney, misti dahi, another bengal sweet, Bala-bhadras farmers-bread and came back to our ashrama with Apple-Strawberry Juice. It was all nice. Was able to get through it pretty well.

Nap. World classical literature. Correspondences.

Now arati, talk with Natha, home program with 600-devotees at Srinivasa Das ashrama Acrosss the street.

In general, still packed programs.

Low energy - from end of trip.

Health for 70 year old ass is 90%.

Barely maintaining Bh. Sarva bhauma standard.

Barely keeping all our NIOS and MOE and ASA programs afloat.

Hare Krsna. Same for you?

1 - Japa

2- 4-regs

3- FMP

4 - Sankirtan (Distributed two full sets, 50+ Gitas and SSR this last week).

Sugopi radha Devi Dasi Ki Jai! (Jung program at the Univeristy brough Jung followers from all over the region, professors, students, cngregation members). Was intense.

Ananta rupa Das, Niti-sara Das and (good wife). Balabhadra (and very good wife). Srinivasa ach (and very very good wife) and ... Upendra Das (and very, very, very, very good wife and daughter (radhika (becoming a pharmacist)).

We try to be servants. A sublime service in any situation for any community or people is to always chant HK/HR.

6.17 :>>>> FEP!

Thank you.

Hare Krishna Gurumaharaja! Pamho!! AgtSP!!

Divya-drsti d.d asked me to send you this letter :

Hare Krishna Guru Majaraja

PLEASE RECEIVE MY HUMBLE AND RESPECTULL OBEISANCES

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada

Gurudeva Im in Mayapur now with m Gaura Gadadhara. Im considering the posibility to come back to Perú in One or two months, originaly it was planned to stay until october but the weather is too hot here. I can not sleep well I feel tired most of the time. My idea was to do ayurvedic therapy here yes Im doing it but I dont really feel very well.

So if I come back to Cusco I would like to do some wokshops to learn how to do and perform puppets shows to preach with, as well learn to play armonium and continue working as a tour guide.

I ll maybe rent a room to leave in Cusco, I could rent un apartment to share with matajis as well but I have to look first Who would like to live there. For me its better not no come back to leave with my family because my family karma is heavy it doesnt help to advance.

I feel bad and sad to have the desire to come back to Cusco and leave the holy Dham, I feel sad because maybe I dont have a small peace of Bhakti or Im very small advance in a spiritual way or maybe its Just the time to come back.

Please I would like to hear your sugestiones.

Im so gratefull with you Gurumajaraja for All your inspiration.

Thank you very much.

Your Servant :

Divya Dristi DD.

HpS - Hare Krsna. In Kali-yuga the Holy Dhama is the best place where you can chant 16-nice rounds, follow 4-principles best as an offering to Srila Prabhupada. I could not stay in India too long the first time either. Maybe you should go to ISKCON Hriskesa. It is like Cusco, no? But even a few months in Mayapura is very nice. See if you can adjust more, but first thing is regularive princples. Start ashrama in Cusco, puppets (selling books) and Bhajan (Selling books) is great. You are great!! Krsna loves you very much. He loves Spanish-French Tour Guides.

Hare Krishna Gurudev!!

Please accept my humble obeisances,

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada,

Tomorrow more letters with july visit to argentina, questions and news. Struggling to improve this bhakti yoga practice. Gaura Purnima, HH Bhakti Sundar Goswami´s visit, med school, uff.

As you said we are trying to base our community in SB.

I want your advice in this issue.

Our program from Monday to Friday is as follows:

4:30 mangala aratik+kirtan+nrisimha

5 to 5:20 am tulasi puja, nod, siksastakam, 10 offenses

5:20 -6:40 japa (until 7 during weekends)

6:40-7:10 SB class (7 to 8 during weekends)

7:10 to 7:30 govinda, guru puja+kirtan (8 to 8:30 during weekends)

7:30 off to work

I noticed that most devotees attend to the first part of the program until japa and then leave. Then very few devotees attend SB class.

I understand that the main program is MAngala aratik+kitan+nrisimha+japa+SB. Then as you quote from NOI 3, anything else is nice but less important.

So i will propose to avoid the secondary programs and stick to the main during the week days.

I´m thinking in this for the week days:

Option 1:

4:30 to 5 am mangala aratik+kirtan+nrisimha

5 to 6:30 am japa

6:30 to 7 am SB class

7 am Govinda

7:10 off to work

Option 2:

4:30 to 5 am mangala aratik+kirtan+nrisimha

5 to 5:30 am SB class

5:30 to 7 am japa

7 am Govinda

7:10 off to work

Which option is better for you? What is your advice?

Devotees supporting option 1 they say that Srila Prabhupada said that japa is more important than Reading, and is better to chant japa after the aratik for the meditation.

Devotees supporting option 2 they say that giving SB class right after the aratik will make that all devotees attend the class.

Thank you for the inspiration Gurudev,

At your service,

Nikunja Bihari das.

HpS - Thank you. Very nice. Depends on local circumstance, but what we do is: Some Japa and CC before Mangala arati. Can even be couple minutes of reading, but steady.

Then do some reading right after Mangala arati. Again it can be a few minutes. We did CC after Mangala arati in San Jose where everyone had to go to work by 6.30AM and with 15-minute classes evderyone was enthusiastic and in such a short time we finished the hole book. Then do some class later, after Govinda, in terms of who can join. Everyhone can read the same stuff, eg. weekly assignment, and then discuss it on Saturday.

Hare Krishna dear Guru Maharaja !

Please, accept my obeisances...

All glories to Srila Prabhupada !

I'm writing to you because I need the slide show with the fundamentals and theoretical framework about this year serie of events "Education & the Sacred". I'm coordinating some meetings with Dr. File an also another personalities vinculated to education down here in Chile, my objective is invite them as conferencists and collaborators. I'm assistant in this work for your disciple Arjuna Das and NIOS Chile.

We need the slide show as soon as possible to translate it into spanish and that way we can use it as our first battle horse in this new production. Please, Gurudeva, forgive me, but I really need it soon because at april 24 I will travel to México as Brand Manager of a fashion design trademark, and I will come back to Chile at june 4, and I really want to advance during these coming days with the meetings, connecting people and places for the "Education and the Sacred 2019".

Dear Gurudeva, could you, please, send the slide show to my email address: [email protected]

After translate it I will share the whole information with your disciple, my very dear friend, Abhirama Thakur Das, so they will can use it for the Lima production.

Thank you very much for your mercy with this fallen and foolish one that I am, you are so good that you allow me to serve you...

Your aspiring disciple and servant,

Carlos Rold.

HpS - AGTSP. paoho. It is on our clip-board. We will get it done as soon as possible.

AGTSP

All glories to U

Please accept my humble obeisances ____'0_

Hare Krsna Dear Gurudeva,

How are U?...

HpS - About 1/3 as sick as you. 😀

Finally I can write to U... these months have been very exhausting... Working at school, getting ready for my degree, etc.

Still having some issues with health and finding a proper diet for this donkey, but happy that at least I can get up early and chant rounds...

Our sadhana can be much better, but worship and chanting are fixed... need to read more. Family is getting more involved in this philosophy... they are ok

Work at school is very absorbing, but I love to learn and share it with my students... Actually I learn a lot from them.

well things seem well for now

thanks a lot for all your help and support

Your servant

HpS - Thank you Patraka Das. Maybe you will be The Indra in your next life (A Brahmacari Indra (Short time)).

Our respects to your mother and sister. Does Candra-mukhi Devi Das et al visit them? Invite them to events?