Letters to the editor

Hare Krsna, Prabhus,

AgtSP. Paoho.

Three in the morning in RGDD flat in New Mumbai. It is a little warm. Our eyes have reached their limit working on our article for the Gaudiya-matha symposium.

Jet lag, travel, we are working pretty well. Already the programs are beginning to sprout up around us. Rtu-Raja Das et al coming to join us. Have this moment to write to you.

Trip from USA was long and hard even Business Class, but was O. K. Now get internet access, contact sponsors. We depend on you all. At this point we are 90% responding to the environment and only little bit able to keep our personal identity by chanting Hari Nama within our self.

O. K. bath and drive to FMP at the Temple.

Thank you.

Hare Krishna Beloved Gurudeva

AGTSP PAMHO

Gurudeva today I did not join FMP because my mom nowadays is at home and me and my sister were assisting her.

Gurudeva I was feeling mixed feelings. Like anger, compassion, fear, love. Because I feel good assisting my mom but I feel fear to just focus on her and not live my life. My sister and I nowadays have a very intense time. We are exhausted. I sometimes think that I am a bad person for having these doubts and mixed feelings. I do not like to feel that my mom is a burden.

I am watching YouTube. I have found a channel of a priest who is a Saint Francis follower. He is very nice. His preaching is through YouTube. My soul feels refresh watching these kind of things

When I was a kid I used to have the desire to be a nun. I guess I will be a nun with Glamour haha

Gurudeva tomorrow you start your tour. So what will happen with FMP??? You asked me to write about this on the blog.

I hope to survive during your tour. Hope to travel with You pretty soon .

I have very nice pictures. I will figure it out how to upload them

Your insignificant servant

Cmdd

HpS - Hare Krsna. I guess your feelings are natural. Our current cultural does not educate us how to deal with these natural things. Pretty stupid culture. So work them out yourself with chanting, association of devotees and keeping association with Srila Prabhupada in his books! In the end it will have good result.

FMP. We just did it here alone in Mumbai. RGD got back at 12PM from program. Thank you for writing here. Thank you so much. I guess we have to smile and say, the obvious answser is that we don't know. Here we are in Mumbai after several days and three airports and we are just trying to get internet and telephone etc.

Would you like to be the Organizer? Anyone else? It may be a lot for you, though my experience has been that even in the middle of very stressfull programs, doing the FMP alone while 7-other devotees slept later, it was always very good. I was able to deal with the other programs so much more intelligently and with physical vigor.

You? Others?

We have not had a lot of communication in planning this trip, so now that we are here and can call people, and that we are arriving in a few days in the different Yatras, many things are starting to happen.

Actually, if no one sees any contribution that we can make to their Sankirtan, then it is not necessary for us to travel and visit. Of course, we will continue to look and see how we can contribute, but in general, we do not need to stay in this illusion, no? Your Mother is not dying. Her cell phone is dying.

HpS - ASA in Seawood, New Bombay!! Nice weather here.

Hare Krishna beloved Gurudev,

Please accept my humble obeisances,

All glories to Srila Prabhupada,

Here is the link for the online class next sunday.

The class is scheduled for 13 to 14 pm Argentina time, 10 to 11 am Nashville time.

Here is the link for the meeting. We will invite many devotees to join online.

Thank you Gurudev,

At your service,

Nikunja Bihari das.

Tema: Clase BG 18.63 por HH Hanumatpresaka Swami

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HpS - ASA -- Hare Krsna. We will be there riding on our old donkey. Thank you. By hearing BG one can have all victory, all morality and all opulence, and even better leave this materialistic consciousness and always be with Krsna in any circumstance.

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Nimai Pandita – Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Academic Scholarship

When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu returned from Gaya he was a God intoxicated man. His former students saw that now His academic scholarship in logic and grammar was always saturated with Bhava, emotional love of Krsna. We can see this tradition of Prema Bhakti passed down from the Lord to His great disciples such as Srila Rupa Goswami who gave us Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu, Upadesamrta and other erudite works. Within this century we then find Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati and our own Gaudiya Acharya, Srila A. C. Bhaktivedanta, continuing with massive educational efforts. Finally we can share our experiences, challenges and success in continuing with this same line of mixing academic and devotional life in the form of Hamlet and Arjuna, Science, Psyche and Sprituality – The Encounter of C. G. Jung with the Bhagavata of Classical India and Education with ISKCON, developing a global educational initiative based upon Sri Caitanya’s tradition of Bhagavata literature.

Hare Krsna Dear Maharaja,

PAMHO, AGTSP!

All glories to your sankirtana!

we hope and wish that your bhakti is always increasing.

Sadhana: This year much better than last year, and we will make the effort for each year to improve.

Services:

-We are collaborating (Abhinanda and me) in the translation and / or correction of books for the programs of Aravinda d and Baladeva d.

-This year by the mercy of SP and yours we were able to distribute 370 prasadam snack (sweet and salty).

-In December, 31 small books were distributed.

On the 30th I was on a bus heading home and it was late and I was sleepy and one person spoke to me, I did not feel like talking and I did not pay attention to him but suddenly I remembered what you said. "To every person you can talk to about Krsna" and I did, happily I had a book in my purse and the young man took the book: The Hare Krsna Maha mantra.

Services for the temple:

-I collaborate in pujari, officially I have 2 mangalarati shifts per month (1st and 3rd Friday) but this year I have made several replacements. Apart I have collaborated in the festivals, mainly because there is not much staff, I hope this is solved.

-In the preaching with 1 class of Bg per month (Saturday), and sometimes I make the posters of programs, and collaborate with Wilson's secretary on other services.

_Administrative Board of ISKCON Lima gave me the service to take charge of the IBY course, which started in January 2019.

Family:

Sarasvati and Rajani chant 10 rounds and they are reading the SP books. We have a basic program at home where they are learning. This year if Krsna allows and with His blessings they will take some service in the temple so that they can train with more devotees.

They go very well in their studies, they have good character and they are docile.

Thank you very much for all your help. You inspire us and increase our faith in Srila Prabhupada and Lord Caitanya.

I have noticed how the daily reading of the SBG has improved my character and my chant.

Forgive any offense and we are enthusiastic about improving to be useful to you and Srila Prabhupada's mission.

Sri Nrsimhadeva protect you

With much love and appreciation

ys Isvari dd

HpS ASA -- I think Srila Prabhupada must feel very satisfied to see all this. He says to others, "Look here! See this family. This is why I came to the West. They have taken what I am offering and they are going back to Krsna and some many people are in their circle of travel". We hope you get deeper and deeper strength.

AGTSP, AGTHPS, Pamho:

Hare Krsna Gurudeva:

This year I have tried to join to FMP as much as I can. Let´s say 50%. Japa 60% .

For your support and empowerment I have tried to follow your instructions, with enthusiasm, to buy flowers for deities, do some service at the kitchen and participate in preaching programs. As we did last October 24, 25 and 26 at the National Library of Lima, Peru.

I waited two years to attend this event with the expectation that my participation would be fine and, thanks to Krsna, you confirmed that I did. But all this effort has its reward in the distribution of the books of Prabhupada and Solaris magazine, with the help of devotees of Peru, which you so rightly lead with the aim of performing an academic sankirtan. I feel my service is so insignificant, but with your support it might count for Srila Prabhupada. Thank you so much

Your useless servant

Lalita Gopi DD

HpS - Thank you very much for your participation in Peru. Mexico in the events for Vyasa-puja, service to Radha Madan-gopal. I always remember hearing Prabhupada say during the recording of one lecture that, "The magic will not be done by you, nor me, nor and living being. The magic will be done by Krsna when we become pure devotees of Krsna!" Every day do you make progress? Make progress in conquering bad habits? You have done so much for Krsna. How can He forget you?