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Querido Gurumaharaja

¡ Por favor acepte mis respetuosas reverencias!

¡Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada!

Sobre las premiaciones de marathon. 

Me da mucha tristeza informarle que hay una corrección en el informe de la premiaciones de marathon del grupo de Ciudad de México.

Me dijo el vice - presidente que él se confundió con las fechas y que no es posible hacer la premiaciones en el templo el mismo día que Cueramaro. 

Por favor disculpe mis ofensas.

Su eterna aspirante a sirviente

Asta Sakhi dd.

HpS - Jaya! O.K. Pero aun podemos tener una program Domingo super fuerte, no?? Glorificando todos los miembros de movimento de Sankirtan de Srila Prabhupada! Dayanidhi Das de San Diego (Argentina (Jefe de Pujaries)) va a llamar para investigar ir al festival.

Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet

Dear Guru Deva

Every day I continue in the purpose of supporting more the movement of Sankirtan Movement, in spite of my capacity it's very minimal, I keep the main goal, I want to be a tool in this great plan,of Sri Nitay Gaura, like you and Srila Prabhupada. So the constant distractions that is in the Great Forest of Enjoyment, where the materila's modes are always very attentive to maintain our trapped senses, so the maximum attractiveness of Radha-Krishna are hampered by such mirages, thanks for ginin us an excellent example by your great work, preaching and sadhana. we have the opportunity to know, that there is still, a more important goal.

I have continued to travel taking advantage of the invitations of people, to speak about of Krishna and inviting everyone to chant Hare Krishna mantra to those who allow me, we also visit devotees that preach to me.

I hope you have better health, and I wait for you return on your upcoming visit.

Thanks a lot, your crew member AniruddhaKrsna Dasa.

HpS - Jaya!!!!!! So we see you in Mexico City in just a few moments. What are you reading, studying???????

All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Guru Maharaj. Please accept our humble obeisances at Your lotus feet.

HpS - ASA -- Lettuce feet, AGTSP!!

Hare Krishna Guru Maharaj,

Every time Guru Maharaj replies to us, we get so spiritually charged! Today....the reply made me cry...and I am not ashamed of admiting this to You dear Guru Maharaj. Deep in my heart, I always feel we are dancing with Gauranga all the time with Srila Prabhupada and Guru Maharaj taking the lead.....what better way than have Guru Maharaj's transcendental association during Gaura Purnima? Yes , Gurudev, we at Manipur will be celebrating Gaura Purnima on 21st March. And when Prof. Samaresh's name came up, my joy knew no bounds. We may have the book release here at Imphal, details of which will be communicated as soon as we discuss with HH Bhakti Ananda Haridas Goswami Maharaj and our senior devotees. We will surely try our best to have the education symposium again , we only need Your mercy Guru Maharaj. It would be a dream come true for us if we can can have the Upadeshamrita ..for days....months.....years........!! And "Art and the Sacred" will attract a lot of crowd.....on Gaura Purnima !!!! Dear Guru Maharaj, when can we take our second initiation?

HpS - You need approval of Temple President, and you have to have show some standard of Sastri knowledge. Some places require Bhakti-sastri diploma which can be great, great fun. Others have simpler test.

Please forgive us for any offences committed .

Your servant always,

Sarada Gaurangi DD

HpS - O.K. Now we have to work on details! Is there a direct flight from Imphal to Mumbai? Then we would do our work in Kolkata before we come to Imphal and then go directly to Mumbai for two nights and then fly out to Houston 26th-27th.

We will talk with Professor, Symposium on Art and the Sacred or Education and the Sacred, book release, and giving an award to Dr. Samaresh from San Marcos University in Lima, Peru, and beginning cultural and academic exchange relations between Lima and Imphal?

Hare Krsna dear Guru Maharaja

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

Answering your questions, as I told you in your last visit here in Lima, I am working as secondary teacher -1st to 5th grade- on Art, Religion, Civics and Dance workshop. I am tutor too.

HpS - Aaha!!! Put in context, now we remember!

I organized the Art course, teaching Visual Arts for two months, Music -and Singing- two months, Dance two months and Theatre two months.

Also I arranged the Religion course, with the permission of my coordinator, to teach world and historic religions, in order that students repeat maha mantra Hare Krsna on the subject of "Hinduism", talking about vaisnava beliefs, practices and principles, Krsna pastimes in Vrndavana too.

HpS - Super!! Super news foe this Blog also!! Will he own his own school soon?

Civics on citizenship education, state, human rights, public affairs, public security, etc.

And Dance workshop, a very big dose of different rhythms.

At ISKCON Lima, teaching Introduction to Bhakti-Yoga Course, leading kirtana and lecturing on Bhagavad-Gita last sunday of every month. Since 2019 I will teach ISKCON Disciple Course, Bhakti-Sastri and IBYC too. And I want to reassume theatre service.

HpS - Aaaawk! Bhakti-sastri! Right now ISKCON Peru is not authorized to give the Bhakti-sastri Diplomas! Is big anxiety for us. Of course, Karuna-krsna Das is the ISKCON Peru Minister of Education and we hope that this can be worked out through him, no?

My wife Adi Lila performs offering and worship five days a week at noon in ISKCON Lima.

HpS - How far does she have to travel??

At home, Jagannatha-Baladeva-Subhadra ruling over. My son Krishna is 14 years old, on 8th grade in a Waldorf school, happy and inteligent, still living with his mother. He wants to be a photographer and travel around the world.

HpS - Is he in Patrak das' school?

Gurudeva, thank you very much for everything. Please forgive my offenses.

Your eternal servant,

Jiva-Sakti dasa.

HpS - Thank you! Let us work on the Menu for Vyasa-puja. We can contemplate on what to offer Lord Nrsmha Deva!

Hare Krishna Maharaj, reverencias. Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada!

Aquí le escribo bajo la autorización y pedido de Srila Virabahu Maharaj con quién he tenido una reunión el día miércoles aquí en Córdoba (Argentina), debido a un inconveniente que necesitaba resolver y él muy amablemente me ha ayudado y apoyado.

Me acerqué debido a que yo fui iniciada hace 5 años en Isev pero hace más de 1 año que me he refugiado en Iskcon Córdoba. Los devotos me han hecho sentir parte de la comunidad desde el primer día, mucha misericordia de parte de ellos. Me encuentro haciendo servicio en los programas de domingo, en la cocina, en la organización de los mismos, como presentadora y colaborando como cantante en bhajans y kirtans.

La razón por la que me he distanciado de Isev, ha sido porque tuve inconvenientes con un Swami que tiene muchas denuncias por violencia y comportamientos indebidos. A mi me ha tocado sufrir muchas de estas cosas. Lo hablé con las autoridades pero como a tantos otros devotos, no me creyeron y finalmente cuando sucedió este último y reciente episodio de Paramadvaiti swami volví a comunicarme con quién ha sido mi maestro (Srila Atulananda Acarya) para pedir guía ya que una vez más no podía entender lo que estaba sucediendo.

La respuesta de él ha sido que yo debía decidir entre perdonarlo o cambiar de misión. Me admitió que Paramadvaiti swami había cometido esos "errores" pero que él lo iba a seguir apoyando ya que consideraba que todo el servicio que había hecho por el movimiento durante tantos años valía mucho más.

Ha sido muy doloroso leer esto, pero me ya me han pasado muchas cosas y después de mucho pensaro, de recibir apoyo de muchísimos devotos de Iskcon y la guía de varios devotos mayores, le envié un mensaje a Srila Atulananda Acarya contándole sobre mi decisión de continuar mi camino en la comunidad de Iskcon.

Su respuesta a esto fue muy amable, me ha dicho que me consideraba una gran devota y que me tenía mucho cariño, pero lo comprendía y me deseaba lo mejor, qu él me daba su bendición para buscar un nuevo guía espiritual.

Todo esto le conté a Srila Virabahu Maharaj, quien me ha escuchado y ha tratado de unir todas las piezas para responder mi pregunta de cómo continuar mi camino, ya que no tengo dudas en mi corazón sobre mi fe en Krishna, pero sí tengo la certeza de que necesito a los devotos y un guía espiritual para seguir. Él me ha explicado muchas cosas y me ha ofrecido todo su apoyo de parte de Iskcon. Ha sido muy emocionante escucharlo.

El me preguntó si en todo este tiempo en Iskcon (que él consideraba suficiente) yo había conocido a algún maestro que haya tocado mi corazón y yo le dije que estaba esperando que usted viniera a Argentina para hablarle. Entonces me dijo que le escribiera lo antes posible de su parte y le contara toda mi historia, me dijo estas palabras: "Si uno pierde la fe en su maestro, es muy posible que luego pierda la fe en Krishna" entonces dejaba a su total juicio cómo debía continuar este camino. Me contó que estuvo con usted hace poco tiempo y habían tenido la oportunidad de charlar.

Desde que lo conocí ha sido en usted en quien he confiado todo mi afecto, me he refugiado en sus clases que sigo a diario y siento la inspiración y la guía de Srila Prabhupada en sus palabras.

Espero entonces no causarle ninguna molestia y que Krishna me de la gracia de encontrar en usted la respuesta por la que tanto he orado.

Reverencias Maharaj, muchas gracias por leerme y perdón si he cometido alguna ofensa. Intento ser lo más sincera y detallada posible.

Hare Krishna!!!

A sus pies, Radha Ruci DD.

HpS - ASA --- Hare Krsna!!! AgtSP!! Pfanrh. Primero, en Kali-yuga Krsna, Dios, Jehovah, Allah, Bog (Ruso) es muy presente en Sus Santos Nombres. En Kali-yuga hay MUCHAS problemas con religion, gobierno, salude, clime, Guru etc etc. pero una muy buena cosa. Solamente canta Hare Krsna y puede salir de todo y volver a Krsna!!

Si canta Hare Krsna y reciba buen inteligencias como adelantar, como Arjuna en el Bhagavad-gita, entonces puede entender como relacionar con Krsna, Radha, Gaura-Nitai, Prabhupada, Vira-bahu Das, HpS, Ambarisa-Vrsabhanu Nandini Das-Dev Dasi et al!!!

Somos disponible aqui en esta Blog y por parte de nuestra pagina: www.jayarama.us, con otros medias de comunicacion, y por unos anyos mas viajando por Sud America, para responder a carts, pregunas, pero.... esta Blog es bueno para cartas entre los amigos, cortas y seguido. O.K????? Muy feliz ser serviente. Hablamos Espanol como un burro. Nada demasiado complejida!

Hari Bolo! HpS - ASA

Hare Krsna Gurumaharaja

Please accept my humble obeisances

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

First of all I want to thank you for your association during the month you were in Lima. By your example and mercy, we begin to understand the fine subtleties of devotional service according to our very limited capacity. We love you very much, Gurudeva. On the other hand, your presence renews the essential enthusiasm we need to continue on our way. I apologize for distracting you with my concernings, but nobody better than you to help me absolve them so I ask for your patience on behalf of what i am going to tell you: I have always been (since I can remember) linked to the world of art. My father and mother devoted their efforts and life to artistic activities and since I was little I had contact with books, select music, painting, unusual objects and creative and unorthodox people who contributed in the development of a critical attitude towards life. I always wanted to devote myself to the artistic and the Lord granted me the desire to do so allowing me a life in close relationship with this unconventional world (in a material perspective, of course). I love art, and what awakens in people, I am fascinated by the ideas around it and I have partially resigned the practice to dedicate myself to teaching and researching due to my great attraction to ideas and books. However, not everything is perfect in this environment. I have never been able to fit completely into my surroundings, I am not skilled at relating to others. I prefer solitude or personal contact with my students, for whom I am a guide but from whom I learn many things. Art is my Maya, its fascination dazzles me and sometimes I find myself biased to dedicate more time than to my spiritual practice.

I am 51 years old. I am not a young man and I feel, little by little, the signs of time in body and mind, in a subtle but real way. Indira Sakti and I want to deepen our spiritual life, we certainly want to be devotees (is the only thing we really have, besides your words). We do not have children, so attachment to a place is deceptive and unnecessary. However, sometimes we do not know what the next step is. For now, we are considering the possibility of returning to Chosica to serve you and train us in deity worship. It is a service that we like a lot and we execute it quite well as a team. We would like to stay for two years receiving training and then travel to a yatra where we can be employed in service to continue learning Arcana for another time (hopefully one day we can execute Arcana in deed). If Lord Jagannatha wishes, we can then travel to India to concentrate all of our time and effort in devotional service. What do you think of this possibility?

On the other hand, I do not have a degree because I never finished the thesis. In the last two years I have been tempted to do it and get my degree (I've even advanced in it), then I could do a master's degree in education or art history. But the thesis takes time, effort and money. Do you consider it necessary? Can this decision contribute to our spiritual development in some way? In short, I am hesitant to continue my professional career in an area in which I have achieved modest success at the level of prestige, money and social status (although it has enriched me greatly as a person) or, devote my time to perfecting our devotional service as pujari. In what way do we serve you best, Gurumaharaja? Not having found a way to serve you effectively has caused us great sadness, Gurudeva, so I beg you to instruct us and help us to channel our beings to the benefit of your sankirtana. I apologize for the length of the message.

Your little servant

Gandharva das

ASA - Hare Krsna! AGTSP paoho We are spending the weekend in Franklin in Tandavika Das and families Ashrama. This is a rather specific question and we don't have sufficient detailed knowledge of the situation to give detailed advice.

Canakhya Pandita says that victory comes from good advice and good advice comes from many counselors. Of course, Mataji is a good source of perspective. She knows how much pressure some of the school work may be on you while also paying the bills. Your family, friends, associates, teachers, KRSNA. Talk with all of them and then you can get a good estimate of the value and the cost of the Diploma.

Laksmana Das is going through it, no?

Also you can even do both maybe. You can even integrate getting a Master's Degree with becoming a Master as the Art of Deity worship.

See if you can do it in useful units. Commit yourself for two Semesters with a certificate in line and then reevaluate.

Main thing is what helps my Sadhana, Sankirtan. What is your Sankirtan in ISKCON. I don't think it is being a Pujari.

I think you would do well as a Director. Organize an event. Make a movie for a clearly defined audience using ISKCON as actors, action.

O.K.???