Letters to the editor

Tim Brown, Buck White, AGTSP, write more Trash for Jack London:

MORE MOON BEAMS FROM A LARGER LUNACY

I ONCE KNEW a bear named houdini,

who was never inclined to be greedy.

he lived on fried almonds and sesame buns,

that he bartered for swift, certain, messenger runs

-postal service of goloka.

-messages for mount govardhana.

with a small boy on his back,

carrying a sack,

he would lope from village to mountain.

-lunch bags.

running to keep cows together,

you work up a big appetite.

-one hundred, thousand, million, billion cows running everywhere.

on wild celery they crunch, the cows,

while the boys eat their lunch,

and discuss the tales in puranas and veda.

some will back subal, and some will back rama,

some varutthapa, some will back shyama.

cottage cheese, pints of beer, with no alcohol to make it queer.

a whole village singing, and dancing, so rama-krsna can hear.

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BLACK and WHITE had a fight,

And RED was born between them.

What about T. BROWN and Buck WHITE?

ORANGE will always team them.

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Dinky opened the door and an enourmos head jumped out.

It had slavering fans and rapacious claws.

" I am the demi-urge", it did shout.

Then it jerked back violently, standing upright in livid pride.

Dinky slammed the door and said to himself, gasping for breath, "No you're knot! There's no hue-mill-it-tea in your stride!"

-One must have both power and humility to be a Church Governor.

S/A - 'The Hipopotamus', T. S. Elliot

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donkey david and ducky dan,

lived on flax and roasted bran,

in the deserts of afganistan,

with a very awful plan,

to rescue the writer, thomas mann,

from buring in the frying pan,

where his wicked karma ran.

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Thomas Mann, born June 6, 1875, was 21-years when Prabhupada was born and died August 12, 1955. when Srila Prabhupada was fifty-nine years old. His early novels, "Buddenbrooks" (1900), "Death in Venice" (1912), and "The Magic Mountain" (1924), earned him the Nobel Prize for Literature, 1929.

Mann’s concern is to provide a myth for his own times, capable of sustaining and directing his generation and of restoring a belief in the power of humane reason.

Hare Krsna Dear Gurudev,

   Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.

HpS - ASA - At least they are clean!

   All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

   All glories to Guru parampara.

   Gurudev, going to start tomorrow (December 14, 2018) for chhattisgarh and will be back

   on January 11, 2019 in Pune.

  During traveling internet won't be accessible for some places and same for cell also.

   would post annual report in few days.

   Thank you Gurudev.

your fallen servant,

Girivaradhari-Gopal Das

HpS - Jaya!!!! Got your Whatsapp message. Preach, preach, preach, smile at people!! Chant while you are in transit.

His Holiness Hanumatpresaka Swami will be giving class on the verse below on Thursday, December 20, 2018 @ 6:00 AM Hawaii time. Here's the log in info:

Dial-in number (US): (319) 527-2528, International dial-in numbers: https://stme.in/i/esanga

Online meeting ID: esanga

Join the online meeting: https://join.startmeeting.com/esanga

The verse is:

SB 4.4.28 — When Satī annihilated her body in anger, there was a tumultuous roar all over the universe. Why had Satī, the wife of the most respectable demigod, Lord Śiva, quit her body in such a manner?

Hare Krishna Beloved Gurudeva,

Please accept my humble obeisances,

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada,

So much to tell you, so it goes a series of short letters.

Thank you, thank you so much for remembering us. Receiving the DTC and reading it, was heart touching, utsaha booster. You showed me a different kind of love. Iskcon is so great!!

We are attending Mangala Aratik between 3 to 4 days a week, when we do it, the difference is so remarkable, it only make us think how to improve this situation.

HpS - Step, by step, by step, by breath, by breath, going forward.

4 principles ok, 16 rounds ok, but some days we could not finish them and we have to send them to our debt account. We are still struggling to accomodate this situation. Although we work 3/4 days a week, some of them are so intense that is very difficult to accomplish a proper sadhana. We know nothing is possible without 16 good rounds. Meditating daily how to fix this situation.

Family goes great, that is our main preaching program now. Establish marriage and take care of children. Everybody is advancing!!

We followed your Peru/chile tour online. I am grateful to our godbrothers for streaming your lectures. We see your good self like an "Iskcon Sarva Loka". Your preaching programs are great!! What happened with Sancho Panza and Vedavyasa?

HpS - ASA --- No body take them up yet!

Thank you Gurudeva,

You are a very very bright light house to us in this big Iskcon ocean,

Always at your lotus feet,

Your silly student,

Nikunja Bihari das.

HpS - Hare Krsna. We are struggling like everyone. Everyone is great devotee if they are struggling: Hare Krsna! Hare Krsna! Get intelligence and then do the most important things first!!!

Hare Krishna Beloved Gurudev,

Please accept my humble obeisances,

All glories to Srila Prabhupada,

We had an intense month, we received at Sri Govardhan from october 29th to december 5th, HH Mahavisnu Swami with Harinam Ruci, HH Bhakti Gauravani Goswami, HG Srila Virabahu Prabhu and HH Dhanvantari Maharaja. So living here is much much better than living in Disneyland, but more challenging also!! Everybody appreciated our project so much!! Benedictions!!

Mahajana Prabhu moved to Spain with his family and left us and other devotee, Ekachakra Prabhu, the responsibility to lead the Yatra, with its two projects, EL Loft in the city and Sri Govardhan, our rural community. And also the National Board was renewed and Nanda Raj Prabhu and myself were selected to be part of it.

ASA - Jaya! We are little ants, but Krsna can give us STRENGTH.

We take this service seriously and with a little fear. Knowing that it could be dangerous for our spiritual life.

We had like six hours of meetings with HG Virabahu Prabhu. Very enlightening!! He told us his whole story as a GBC.

I remember when you quote SP " If you follow 4 principles and chant 16 good rounds, administration will be at the tip of your finger" Also i read Prithu Maharaja´s story in 4th canto of SB.

Besides we presented a project at the university to link food for life with med school. A very nice opportunity to preach. With Julieta my wife, we cooked for 30 professors at a meeting. Everybody appreciated the glories of Prasadam.

HpS - Hospital food was the worst I ever experienced in the world!! Save the doctors!

And then we preach to our patients, we distribute like 10 books per month.

So this is what is more natural to us.

Any advice?

HpS - Let us read the last letter.

Thank you Dear Gurudeva!!

at your lotus feet,

Nikunja Bihari das.

Hare Krishna Beloved Gurudev,

Please accept my humble obeisances,

All glories to Srila Prabhupada,

We are studying Bhakti Sastri with a few devotees from argentina, we gather online on sunday morning. Very nice disscusions. We use your study guides, generously ceded By HG Laksman Agraja Prabhu.

Also we are organizing lectures at Sri Govardhan. Now we are reading third canto, chapter 5, Vidura´s talks with Maitreya during the week, and on Sunday CC, we are on Adi, chapter 2. On January we want to start on saturday mornings a Pada Padma study using your study guides.

We want to take seriously the study of SP books.

I saw pictures of your book Twirl your beads, we will try to get it from Abhiram Thakur Prabhu (if Prabhuji reads this letter i bow down to his feet for such a great service he has done and is doing to push this Art and the Sacred program, hope we can gather a team to present this program in Argentina also). Congratulations to Srinath Krishna and Radhika Raman Prabhus for editing this nice book.

I have the idea of one day publish as a book your DTCs, they are so so great, a combination of wisdom and art, is like your japa drawing!! Do you think is a good idea?

HpS - I don't know???? Of course, always illuminating Srila Prabhupada's books and the Kirtan he recommends.

If we read then BG 10.8-11 we will get intelligence how to move ahead. Each step is eternal!!

So much things we can do, but better to chant good rounds!!

So much wisdom, and adventures pouring down from the Parampara!!

Thank you so much Gurudeva!!

At your Lotus feet,

Your silly student,

Nikunja Bihari das.

HpS - ASA ---- H A R E KRSNA!!!!!!!!!