Letters to the editor

Gauranga. The chandogya upanishad describes a wonderful city called brahmapura in the shape of a 8 petaled lotus . The center of that lotus is Mayapur, the abode of the Supreme Lord Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. We have been in Mayapur about a month and plan to stay for the summer.

My son is married to a big Bengali family and has a 2 year old son Yajneswara. The entire family are Srila Jayapataka Swami's disciple, like most everyone in Mayapur.

Mi esposa came back to work in Dallas towards our coming here to Mayapur together. While here spends the day bird watching, hanging out with my grandson Yajneswara, and personal arts and crafts.

There is no material influence in Mayapur. Only a film of dull matter that praudha maya has covered the Dhama with to chase away the nondevotees who have no relationship with Krishna Chaitanya. The covering is heavy with sweltering heat, insane crowds (15,000 at mangals), and almost nothing works up to code. Still this place is most enchanting being always served by great devotees, and filled with various flowers, fruits, creepers and trees. Throughout Mayapur, colorful birds enchant the mind with their songs.

I spend my day going to the morning program, taking Krishna prasadam, and most of the day chanting my rounds dies seise.

Because I think too much one round takes about 20 minutes. Though I know it shouldn't, it does. In Texas they say "if should've could've and would've were popcorn and cotton candy, we could have a country Fair.

The last few days I have been fortunate to witness the extraordinary 70th Vyasa Puja ceremony of Srila Jayapataka Swami. He is an eternal associate of Lord Chaitanya and appeared in Kanada to assist Srila Prabhupada in making Mayapur into the spiritual city predicted by Srila Bhaktivinode Thakur.

Yesterday some South American devotees put on a show for Jayapataka Swami that included a song "Ganga Ganga " to the tune of "La Bamba". Then was a skit of the Jaghai Madhai pastime and another of Srila Jayapataka Swami's Ganga safari. At one point a devotee dressed like guru maharaj came pushed in a wheelchair and acted out tapping on devotees heads with his magic wand. This was done so well that there appeared to be two Jayapataka Swamis on the stage. Mui divertita.

The 3 day festival had so many events I can only tell a small sample. Maybe you can see some of it on Mayapur TV.

Hundreds of people bought full sets of Chaitanya Charitamritas and Srimad Bhagavatams. It was Sri Krishna sankirtan super a la mode.

With the influence of Mayapur I feel inspired to dedicate my life to the service of our maestro de spiritual and somehow stay in the association of his International Society for Krishna Consciousness.

Your servant Mishra Bhagavan Dasa.

HpS - Jaya. AGTSP. Paoho. Thank you so, so much for the news. How is the Japa, even though it is slow? Can you give up thinking for one round to start with. Time it!? More news. Respects to Mataji and your family!!!!!

Haré krishna Gurudev pamho, agtSP.

About my last letter it was about the welcome program next saturday at 12pm in my house for GauraNitay, we are gonna make a ceremony yajña and abhisek for them by Ramasundarya prabhu also share with my guests kirtan and prasadam, share kirtan its all for me right now and share the kirtan with GauraNitay is all about, so please I was asking you for a name to my deities if you can give a name for them we turn a really happy, may a sankirtan name dont know.

Also you are very welcome to visit our house next time when you are in Peru.

Thank you very much Gurudev and please bless me for take my life as a servant of Srila Prabhupada and all acaryas...!

Always yours Parama karuna das

ASA - Nitai -- Sacidulal?

Hare Krsna querido Gurudev

Por favor acepte mis mas humildes reverencias.

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada.

Esperando que se encuentre bien de salud, le escribo estas lineas para contarle que estoy muy feliz intentando siempre seguir sus instrucciones.

Gracias a su misericordia es que puedo seguir realizando mi sadhana diario, cantando mi 16 rondas y siguiendo los 4 principios.

Con el deseo de servirlo a Ud, y a la mision de Srila Prabhupada, actualmente sigo con mis servicios en Wilson Mandir cocinando una vez al mes para el programa del domimgo y dando tambien una vez al mes una clase el tercer domingo de cada mes. Tambien estoy haciendo pujari los miercoles en Gaura Aratik. Mi esposa Lavanya d.d. hace pujari en Gaura Aratik dos domingos al mes tambien en el Templo.

Por otro lado le cuento que estamos muy felices ya que mi hijo Sebastian, al cual Ud escucho en nuestra casa tocar el piano ha ingresado como alumno al Conservatorio Nacional de Musica y esta cantando 4 rondas diarias.

HpS - ASA --- 😀

Como Ud debe saber querido Gurudeva proximamente se estara abriendo otro templo en donde estaran sus Señorias Jaghanatta, Baladeva y Subadra. Mi esposa Lavanya d.d. y yo servimos diaramente a sus Señorias en nuestro hogar, pero nos henos apegado mucho a sus Señorias Gaura-Nitay que se quedaran como siempre en Wilson Mandir. Nuestro deseo es seguir sirviendolos, y, queria consultarle lo siguiente. Prabhu Yamunesvara das me ha pedido que lo ayude en la nueva junta que quedaria en Wilson con el cargo de secretario, mi unico deseo es servirlo a Ud, a la mision de su Guru Srila Prabhupada y a mi muy amado Señor Krsna y solo aceptaria este cargo si a Ud le parece y me da sus bendiciones.

Intentando ser util me despido.

Su sirviente

Jana-pavana das

HpS - ASA --- Aparece bien! Reverencias al Yamunesvara Das u todos. En carga de los communicaciones del Templo y tambien consejo general. Nuevo Wilson!!

Hare Krishna querido Gurudeva, TLGASP, acepte mis humildes reverencias a sus pies. Disculpe que ponga carta urgente, asi pueda llegar a Ud. (escribi antes), Prabhu Yadu y quien intenta servirlo Apurva Sundari, deseamos invitarlo aqui a la selva del Peru, a este nuevo lugar llamado Vrindavan, que ya con la bendicion de Krishna y sus devotos, se esta pudiendo terminar y proseguiremos con Los Retiros Espirituales en Conciencia de Krishna, se por este blog que posiblemente llegue aqui al Peru en junio, si pudiera para que mes seria posible ?. Seguimos el sadhana completo en este bello lugar que Krishna nos permite estar, para tratar que la proxima mudanza sea a Goloka, quien intenta servirlo de corazon, Apurva Sundari Devi Dasi.

HpS - ASA - Ya estamos respondiendo a cartas por que no en viaje y encontrando 25-devotos cada dia! Gracias su invitacion. Ya estamos casi comprando el boleto para Peru, Junio. Vamos a ver! Pienso Srila Prabhupada esta alla!!!!

Hare Krsna Beloved Gurudeva AGTSP PAMHO

I saw the picture that I am attaching in Facebook I commented that this is an offense against Lord Jesus Christ

Please tell me

Thanks

Your servant

Cmdd

ASA - Hare Krsna. We cannot see the picture without answering the letter. So we will "Publish" our answer and then maybe edit it after we see the picture.

Seems O.K. to us. Of course, we don't know any details, but our Lord, Jesus Christ, was gentle like the rabbit, and the Hare, no?

Hare Krsna!

AGTSP. Paoho

Esteemed Guru-bhakti Devi Dasi & Nitai-gaura-sundara Das,

After Houston we were COMPRESSED with the Junt Congress in Santa Barabara and then West Coast, Ministry of Education Symposium, in Boise, and then after 12-weeks on The Road we got back to Tennesse and have been sorting out our work.

1. We have 17-20 January on our Calendar and plan to attend.

2. We hope we can help you in many ways, but in particular with a presentation on: "Science, Psyche and Spirituality - The Encounter of Dr. C. G. Jung with the Bhagavata".

3. Two broad areas for the BMA congress seem to be:

  a). Physician Heal Thyself. How we can be doctors and get our rounds done, get up for Mangala arati, go back home, back to Godhead.

  b). How we can improve health care from a Krsna conscious perspective. This means better systems of preventive and recuperative medicine, and ... how we can influence the education of medicine in the world eg. mentoring medical students, publishing in accepted journals, wikipedia.