Letters to the editor

¡Hare Krsna! Querido Gurudeva, por favor acepte nuestras humildes reverencias

¡Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada, Todas las glorias al Guru Parampara y Todas las glorias a los devotos reunidos!

Orando porque la energía de su cuerpo sea buena y favorable a su Sankirtana. Le agradecemos por permitirnos ser parte de la celebración de su Sri Vyasa Puja 76º, Enero 2024, Houston.

Nuestro agradecimiento a Srinivasacarya prabhu y familia, por concedernos la fortuna de estar ahí, aún a la distancia. 🙇🏻‍♀️

A continuación, enviamos informe de la compilación audio visual del evento:

*Varios devotos, reportaron desde Houston y compartieron fotos y videos que colocamos en Facebook ASA Carnaval - Adjuntamos algunas de sus fotografías -

(Muchas gracias a: Jaya Hari Das, Unmada-vidhayini dd, Srinivasacarya D, Devendra, Sriram, Gadadhara Gosai D, Gopi Radha DD, Candramukhi DD, Govinda Pramodini D, Aindavi DD, Sugopi Radha DD, entre muchos otros)

*Agradecemos especialmente, a quien corresponda, por la transmisión de primer nivel, de todo el evento en el Gauranga Hall y de la premiere del DTC-UT Spain.🙇🏻‍♀️🙇🏻‍♀️🙇🏻‍♀️

*La transmisión del encuentro latino también fue muy buena y Gopi Radha DD se esforzó por transmitir desde otra perspectiva. 🙇

Enlaces de consulta:

Grabación completa de los eventos (11 y 13 de Enero)

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLywBBTDt5o5Q7IjRocoHYzqGRhlrrkkkF&si=DGf7VLSxPX5UeCrs

Álbum en Facebook (Fotos y videos breves)

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.804990308309978&type=3

Muchas gracias a todos los que hicieron posible esta compilación.

Guru Maharaja, por favor podría decirnos: ¿usted estuvo complacido? ¿Hay algún momento que le pareció sobresaliente? ¿Hay algún aspecto que podría mejorarse o cualquier comentario que quisiera darnos?

Muchas gracias por mantenernos activos intentando servir a la misión de nuestro Fundador-Acarya AC. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada🙇🏻‍♀️

Siempre a sus órdenes, su sirviente

Karuna-Sakti Devi Dasi

ASA Carnaval

(Equipo coordinador de ASA Carnaval: Isvari Radha DD, Abhinanda D, Karuna-Sakti DD)

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Hare Krishna! Dear Gurudeva, please accept our humble obeisances

All glories to Srila Prabhupada, All glories to Guru Parampara and All glories to the assembled devotees!

Praying that the energy of his body is good and favorable to his Sankirtana. We thank you for allowing us to be part of the celebration of your 76th Sri Vyasa Puja, January 2024, Houston.

Our thanks to Srinivasacarya prabhu and family, for granting us the fortune of being there, even from a distance. 🙇🏻‍♀️

Next, we send a report of the audio-visual compilation of the event:

*Several devotees reported from Houston and shared photos and videos that we posted on Facebook ASA Carnaval - We attach some of their photographs -

(Many thanks to: Jaya Hari Das, Unmada-vidhayini dd, Srinivasacarya D, Devendra, Sriram, Gadadhara Gosai D, Gopi Radha DD, Candramukhi DD, Govinda Pramodini D, Aindavi DD, Sugopi Radha DD, among many others)

*We are especially grateful to whomever it may concern for the first-class broadcast of the entire event at Gauranga Hall and the premiere of DTC-UT Spain.

*The broadcast of the Latin meeting was also very good and Gopi Radha DD made an effort to broadcast from another perspective. 🙇

Consultation links:

Complete recording of the events (January 11 and 13)

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLywBBTDt5o5Q7IjRocoHYzqGRhlrrkkkF&si=DGf7VLSxPX5UeCrs

Facebook album (Photos and short videos)

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.804990308309978&type=3

Many thanks to everyone who made this compilation possible.

Guru Maharaja, could you please tell us: were you pleased? Is there a moment that stood out to you? Is there any aspect that could be improved or any comments you would like to give us?

Thank you very much for keeping us active trying to serve the mission of our Founder-Acarya AC. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada🙇🏻‍♀️

Always at his service, his servant

Karuna-Sakti Devi Dasi

ASA Carnival

(ASA Carnival Coordinating Team: Isvari Radha DD, Abhinanda D, Karuna-Sakti DD)

HpS - It, agtSP, was a colossal event!!!! We thought it would be. Besides the three big events there we innumerable intense meetings between different devotees, groups of devotees. We were meeting devotees and groups of devotees for over two weeks. We could never do it again.

As we hoped, we just played a small part in the event. Many, many others played their parts and the result was great progress in pushing forward Srila Prabhupada's movement.

It was a lot of stress for us as we are sure it was everyone.

So much intense travel to get here and then accommodate in strange places.

Thanks to Srila Prabhupada. Thanks to everyone.

So many things stood out.

I hate to mention any of them because then others might think that there contribution was not great.

Thanks to everyone.

Now it is time for your Vyasapuja? 🙂

Hare Krishna Maharaja,

Please accept my humble obeisances.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

Mother Kunti from Radha Kalachandji dhama requested that I share her offering to you here in the Blog.

His Holiness Hanumat Presaka Maharaja illuminates anyone who hears his classes.

His presence is as brilliant as the Sun.

His fierce intellect drives away the ignorance in our hearts and helps us make room for the Supreme Personality of Godhead in a most powerful and beautiful way.

Today is the most blessed event of his Holy Appearance.

Quoting Srila Prabhupada’s offering to his beloved Gurudeva:

“Adore adore ye all this day. Blessed than heaven, sweeter than May”…

Let’s join prayers together today and every day to beg His Holiness Hanumat Presaka Maharaja to please give us a tiny drop of his great mercy to re dedicate ourselves to the mission of ISKCON with patience, enthusiasm and determination remembering his fully surrendered example.

Servant of your servant,

Mother Kunti (TKG) and family, ISKCON Dallas

HpS - AgtSP. Mataji, you know. 99%+++ of what we accomplish is because we are joining the fight from behind Srila Prabhupada's lotus feet. Otherwise, what to speak of not doing anything, we would have again joined The Black Witch's enjoyments.

😥

Thank you.

Hope to see you in Nabadvipa with Nimai soon.

"Perservere, for Rama and our queen Sita…”

Hanuman whispered this to himself alone looking onto his sleeping army

hearts of gold among furry mounds of sigh-full breaths. 

Maybe fatigue sets in but happiness of finding his Lord in the unsettling forest takes permanent seat,

Carries him forward to Lanka 

as ocean wind tries to tousle and tickle instead of push and hold back. 

Hanuman could shape-shift his body but also words.

During his poetic pep talks to his army kiln 

He would say, 

“Be thankful for the service given and we will not sway!

Our Sita will bring peace to us all…

Their peace will ignite millions of lights 

In the souls who need them 

therefore is there ever 

Any time to waste??

Write Rama on stones, say Rama for strength 

Chant Hare while remembering Sita 

With folded hands and their name

We never fall. 

Laugh at the face of 10,000 eye demons

Know your biggest demon is yourself and your own weaknesses 

You may have strengths but always look deeper..."

Guru Maharaj, I watched in your newest Diary of the Traveling Creature ponder the meaning of your name given to you by his Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada.

Perseverance you always have, despite the dark Kali yuga forests we walk through that give so many of us problems.

In Snow White and in so many stories, we always get entangled in the dark forest of illusion.

Gurudev, you make friends and laugh in the face of danger while we are stuck in a swamp or being mesmerised by Cheshire cats.

Guru Maharaj, you always have love and tolerance for all of us. We only hope to somehow be a part of your monkey army. You can have that fatherly glance on us always as we are in jiva jago sleepy places.

You give your association as you encourage our meek monkey army offerings with sometimes even meaker strength.

Your poetic pep talks and devotion like Hanuman always made me feel encouraged to offer a play, children's class, or even cleaning the ashram as a way to persevere. How can we be simple in our offerings but inspiring? Hanuman does this Guru Maharaj and so do you. Maybe sleeping simply on his journey with very little is what Hanuman did.

You do this as well Gurudev in all of your simple abodes and encourage us to be simple in our lives as much as possible.

Thank you for encouraging us to shape-shift all hard situations into opportunities to grow. With strength and laughter in the face of danger, I pray we can chant the holy name despite the dark forest of the mind and world we are in. Hanuman did it. You do it every day Gurudev and we can have association of your daily attempts and example in your monkey warrior blog.

So happy to watch the Vyasapuja today and have our family be with you on this auspicious day. Below is a link to a scholarly article Bhakta Professor Jerry Catt has found: Searching for the Hidden God: the Intimacy of Sound and Listening among Krishna Devotees in Mayapur by Marje Ermel from Tallinn University. https://ojs.utlib.ee/index.php/JEF/article/view/22669/17207.

Also there is a flier is attached for our upcoming children's festival and play. We will send a link soon to the performance.

Thank you for allowing me to be your spiritual daughter and continue carrying small stones on this path. I hope to build bridges with you Gurudev and escape the forest. Im happy to keep battling as long as you're our leader in this.

Your fallen servant,

Kamagayatri dd

HpS/ASA - Hare Krsna, Mataji, don't led your Man and you Kids fall down. Do your best to get them back on their feet again and again.



Hare Krishna

Guru Majaraja

Please Receive My humble Obeisances all Glories to Srila Prabhupada

I wanted to apologise because its long time I didnt write you, please forgive me 🙏🙏🙏

Im doing service of pujary and sankirtan.

I have these questions please :

1._How can I discover who am I? What are my qualities, and what for, God created me?

HpS/ASA - https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/1/19/38/

2. Im sure that my dharma is to preach with art,and teach it

How can I connect with my dharma? Its been dificult, because I didn't find stability in my life.

HpS/ ASA - https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/1/15/4/

3.. How can I overcome fear and doubhts? and become confidence in miself and God?

4.How can I overcome panic and anxiety?

5._How can I find miself and have clarity what I have to do?

6._How do I know whats my nature?

Thank you very much Gurumajaraja.

YOUR servant

Divya Dristi DD

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HpS/ASA - Arjuna, our leader, BG, had to realize his service while people were shooting arrows through him. We just go on chanting HK//HR as much as possible and fight.

In the end he was able to defeat:

Drona.

Karna.

Bhisma.

Duryodhana. . . the engine behind all the others. Hari bolo!!

A Devotee and Scientist Asks:

Hare Krishna 

HH Hanumat Preshaka Swami had to leave immediately after his discourse today, and we couldn't get to ask a question

I'm hoping someone on this forum may be able to help

We learn that truth has the attributes of 

1. Being independent...whether majority believes or disagrees with it, truth remains the truth. It doesn't need anything like proof, etc. to exist

2. Being eternal... truth is unchanging. It stays the same irrespective of time, place, or circumstances 

3. Being universal... it is applicable to everyone, everything, everywhere 

4. Being inimitable....truth cannot be manufactured

With this in mind, why is something like faith required to understand/realize truth?

After all, faith can make one accept lies to be the truth & vice versa

There are more basal things like hunger, which doesn't require anything external like faith or person to tell us we're hungry.... so why is it that for something sublime like truth, which is independent anyway, we rely on a shaky thing like faith?

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Hanumatpresaka Swami (Professor H. H. Robinson)

Such and excellent and also very fundamental question. We also have been attentive to this personally, and also in our dealings in science, even in discourses with even Nobel Laureattes.

Of course, this is the general area of Epistemology, How do we Know.

Ontology has been described as, What we can Know.

Praxiology as, What we do about It.

Yes, the word Faith has been denigrated by modern materialistic people as being Blind Faith, but this is condemned by Srila Prabhupada, and our Caitanya, Bengali, Vaisnava community. For example, it is directly declared in purport to BG As It Is 4.34.

"In this verse, both blind following and absurd inquiries are condemned."

https://vedabase.io/en/library/bg/4/34/

It is a big topic with lots written on the subject.

I would say the way Srila Prabhupada uses the word faith is a translation of the word "sraddha". In his sense he is using it like saying the Old Jeeves is a very faithful servant.

We may know something but we don't apply it. We are unfaithful.

In some ways it is the same as the word 'Bhakti' or 'Love'.

Then it becomes pretty easy, no?

If we say that the Truth cannot be known without Love, Respect, then it becomes easier approach the problem of faith and knowledge.

One class of "Scientists" take Science as dominating the material energy. Forcing her to reveal her confidential secrets and forcing her to gratify our masculine desires.

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In The Voice of Experience Dr. R. D. Laing gives some just astonishing quotations, statements, about this perspective in science.

Does reality have a moral and ethical component, or is it just impersonal truth that can be accessed equally by demons and atheists, or gods and heroes?

PhD means Teacher of Love of Wisdom. So if you are a PhD in physics you don't have to teach your students anything, no information or rational processes. You just have to teach them to LOVE Truth!!!

Does a prominent Research Scientist leading a large and respected team in some cutting edge area of science have'Faith' in the hypothesis they are now pursuing?

Arjuna surrendered to Krsna in BG 2, but he had lots of doubts after that.

Diksa means that you don't bring up artificial doubts to try to avoid surrender.

Diksa means that we agree to go on asking practical questions as long as the Guru keeps on supplying practical answers from empirical, logical, mystical (intuitive), resources.

No blind faith is required.

We are approaching BG with a hypothesis and testing it.

One nice question for confirmed scientific materialists is:

Do you have axiomatic faith in the postulates of Euclid? 😠

Of course, they do.

We don't have faith in the postulates of Euclid because we can see red, blue and green, empirical knowledge.

As far a rational understand goes. In science it is synonimous with Mathematics.

You can't even have enumeration without Euclids postulates, what to speak of counting, arithmetric, geometry, calculus.

Its a broad topic.

I think it was Galileo whom when asked why they BELIEVED in the postulates of mathematics, responded that because they FELT right.

Vedas say that ultimately everything is RASA.

The final evidence is Rasa.

Science is based upon a fine taste that drives us on to being more and more committed.

O.K.

Some of our ideas.

Sri Hari Das,, hps, ngd Met

From 9.30 to 10.15AM.

Saturday 20th Feb.

Tom Brown was the Acting Secretary. 🐵 🐒

🚩 ngd will drive by the Jackson Heights Mall and look for a phone number for Property Management and rental enquiries.

hps arrives at nios/asa Base Camp at 902 hillcrest (across the street from the JHM) on 26th february and SHD about the same time. They will both Camp there and reconnoiter the situation.

If His Divine Grace permits,

NIOS will lease a Store Front in the Mall for:

1. Full Morning Service (Holy Orders).
2. Dance and Marshall Arts classes. 💃 👯 💃
3. Language Classes. 🎏
4. Saturday//Sunday, Festival Events.
5. Evening Events.
6. Cultural Center for ISKCON Gujurati Community.
7. Yoga events for MTS University students and faculty.
8. Launching Pad for Rural Campus.

• SHD investigate buying/renting house(s) in The Boro for whole family. Eg Hillcrest Dr. often has low income, nice, house rentals and sales. Do you want to rent a a house there and then buy a plot in the Campus Development?

NgD suggests that Subhadra-mayi can teach at the Campus.

Etc. Etc. Etc.