Letters to the editor

Hare Krsna Dear Gurudev,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.

HpS - AGTSP - paoho - We still have lettuce feet but make progress by the mercy of Guru and our infintesimal effort!

All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
All glories to Guru parampara.

Gurudev, you say "The regulative principles are not just something mechanical. We follow them because it makes Krsna happy."

Your above statement keeps me focused for what Krsna likes or dislikes. Your statement does not allow me to go against Krsna's happiness.It makes me to see things through your above statement and keep checking if Krsna will happy for this or that.

HpS - It is NOI 2, no? Avoiding Niyama-agraha.  Rupa Gosvami > Srila Prabhupada > HpS > GVDG Das > ...   Also, 'Anya abhilasita sunyam ....  anukulyena ..." 

You are always there in my all spiritual activities, without you it was not possible in this life.

...Waiting for your next India schedule.

Thank you so much Gurudev.

your fallen servant,
Girivaradhari-Gopal Das

HpS - Write a poem about Radha-Krsna in Pune Temple....   We are also trying to fix the India schedule. Waiting for the Bhag bazaar Gaudiya Matha.

Hare Krsna, Mates,

AGTSP.

Paoho & bw.

We are trying this on the portable key board and using the Windows phone. We left the lap top in the Boro.

Works pretty good. Our eyes definitely seem to be recovering.

Kesava bharati Swami has the room next to us in the Sannyasis Palace here in ISKCON Houston and we are four minute walk from the Temple by the pathway behind the adjacent houses.

Hare Krsna, Hare Rama.

The desire to live is so strong. We get some kind of life, reciprocation from our senses. We serve them and they respond. We dip them in chili, salt, sugar and they respond. We don't know what it is like to offer chili, salt, sugar to Krsna's senses. Well we are beginning to appreciate it.

Do you cook for Krsna?

It is so important.

Even can offer fruit and milk and other Ekasasi preparations.

Can cook Kitri, peas porridge.

So easy to learn to bake cakes and use yogurt instead of eggs.

Make halavah.

You quickly see that you adopt cleanliness standards that you would not keep even for yourself and your family. You become quite aware that Krsna, Lord Nrsmhadeva has very sensitive senses and too much chili, black pepper, can really burn Him!

Then you can sing and dance for Krsna.

It is nice to have someone singing and dancing for you while you eat.

Enough.

Don't need to do anything else.

Chan Ting

Dan Sing

Ku King

for your Radha and Krsna.

Take your Jaya beads for a walk. See if you can meet nice people. Look at the people you meet. Offer them all that you have. Even if they want to kill you. 

Hare Krishna Gurudev,

Please accept my humble obeisances,

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada,

In a letter to mother Kirtida you say that is very important to discuss Srimad Bhagavatam in the morning.

During the week our Fmp is shorter to allow devotees attend the program and go to work.

Here there is a link to the lectures we give at our farm. They are short, between 20 and 25 mins. So devotees can download them and listen in the way to work. They are in Spanish.

Also in this channel there are the lectures you gave in your last visit (english with spanish translation).

I hope if of some use for the community.

Thank you Gurudev,

At your service,

Nikunja Bihari das.

HpS - The link did not come through properly. Yes, we have to learn to adjust our living, work, situation to complete the requirements for participating in this movement. Daily morning SB reading is a requirement. About 45-minutes is a wholesome length, but maybe somebody can only get 15-minutes at the Temple, but can read the current SB verses before Mangala Arati or hear something while in transit. So many way sto adjust. Do it! Become victorious.

Hare Krishna Gurudev,
Por favor acepta mis humildes reverencias,
Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada,
En una carta a la madre Kirtida, dices que es muy importante discutir el Srimad Bhagavatam por la mañana.
Durante la semana nuestro fmp es más corto para que los devotos puedan asistir al programa y puedan ir a trabajar.
Aquí hay un enlace a las conferencias que damos en nuestra granja. Son cortos, entre 20 y 25 minutos. Así que los devotos pueden descargarlos y escucharlos en el camino al trabajo. Ellos están en español.
También en este canal están las conferencias que dio en su última visita (inglés con traducción al español).
Espero que sea útil para la comunidad.
Gracias Gurudev,
A su servicio,

Nikunja Bihari das.

Hare Krishna Gurudev,

Please accept my humble obeisances,

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada,

Here goes a few questions,

In SB 2.10.36 purport, SP says that sometimes Brahma is Visnu himself. This statement confuses me a little bit cause i thought Brahma is a demigod a jiva tattva. Can you explain please?

HpS - Srila Prabhupada, the Acharyas, make this point several places. When there is no one qualified to be Brahma, then Krsna takes the job Himself. When there is no one capable of protecting the Brahmanas, children, old men and women in Kali yuga, then Krsna does the job Himself.

Then i remember you said that there is a mistake in a book ( NOD or NOI) where it says raganuga but it should say ragatmika. Where is that mistake? Do you remember?

ASA - We just looked it up. It is Chapter 15 - NOD. It has been changed in the English but not the Spanish!

The last one is about the lectures at our chapel. We are finishing second canto, and because you always quote 2.2.12 I suggested to begin again with the first canto. I´m in charge of organizing lectures. But a senior devotee said that we should continue with the third canto because that will enthuse devotees. So shall I insist in beginning again with first canto or i continue with third canto and i study pada padma at home?

Thank you Gurudev,

At your service,

Nikunja Bihari das.

HpS - Hmmm?     I would say it is nice to go over the first two cantos regularly. For example, Saturday morning might be dedicated to Cantos and Two when the public can be invited, but other days can deal with more advanced Cantos. Many times the devotees are following principles so they can appreciate more advanced topics. If there are a few people in the audience who are not then maybe Krsna helps them not be damaged by the advance topics.

We saw that when Srila Prabhupada gave lectures on parts of the SB that were advanced in public he would not deal with the topic in his lecture but go straight to BG topics eg. Paramatma, importance of liberation etc.

Make some local decision. Seems fine to go ahead, but to even take the study in modules and discuss the study in summary.

Eg. Story of Gajendra's liberation, SB 8.2-4.

Hare Krishna Gurudev,

Please accept my humble obeisances,

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada,

Sorry for neglecting my report of the preaching activities you made here at Mar del Plata.

We organized a program with a local political party called "Sumar" at El Torreon del Monje about leadership. They were impressed about your conference. Maybe they will provide the next city Major.

Then we organized a program about Psychology and the Sacred At the Universidad de Mar del Plata with the authorities of the Escuela Superior de Medicina. A directive of the University attended and she offered help for any future event. We have the opportunity to make a teleconference of the event in october in Peru, Art and the Sacred.

If you think it is good idea, then i can coordinate with Abhirama Prabhu.

HpS - Yes. Has unlimited possibilities. Can invite different local artists to contribute and have nice exhibition with Prasadam.  Can include Light of the Bhagavata. Can include Jung.....

Thank you for the austerity to come and visit us and preach in our yatra,

At your service,

Nikunja Bihari das

HpS - ASA --  Yes, if it had been quicker then we could have posted it in the NIOS Blog.  The Sankirtan in the city was very nice. We also did a television interview. Sankirtan!    Sankirtan!!

Hare Krishna Gurudev,

Please accept my humble obeisances,

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada,

Thank you so much Gurudev cause your vani is so clear, astonishing. The power of your spiritual realizations combined with your nature are an excellent combination. I think too, as you sometimes said, after your demise you will become very famous.

ASA - Try to die today.

Here we are in Sri Govardhan, remembering you everyday, while reading this pure nectar blog, or while worshiping deities at home and work. Sometimes is weird, when I wake you up in the picture, i think, Gurudev is already awaken.

I apologize for any inconvenient you had in your eye maybe because your visit to the eye clinic in MDP.

HpS - It may have been from the clinic. When I went to the clinic in Tennessee the nurse said that the furniture in the waiting area was probably contaminated from the people who can run for treatment.

I realize how imperfect our seva is.

We keep struggling to balance our material and spiritual life.

16R 4P ok, but is almost impossible to catch up my rounds debt. I noticed that main reason to not chant good rounds is lack of faith in the holy names, many times  there is something more important than japa. Big common mistake.

HpS - For all of us! Also, P'pada says that Maya says, "If you chant, I will kill you. You will die!", but we can think, "Thank you Mataji, that is our aspiration, die materially to awaken spiritually.".

I attend four days a week to Mangala Aratik. Living next to a temple make it much more easy.

Family is great, actually my main preaching focus is reestablish my new family, new wife and kids. Puting energy in trying to make everything works in a sane level. I feel blessed to have a good wife and good kids. They help me with my spiritual life.

HpS - I'm sure ourselves and all our readers hope you advance along these lines very well. Spiritual advancement of anyone will help me fulfill my own personal ambitions until my lotus like ambitions shine like the moon.

Work at Sama is O.K, and the project at Sri Govardhan is growing. Panca Tattva and Adi Yajña prabhus made their base here. So i have very good association.

Keep trying following this yoga,

At your service,

Nikunja Bihari das.

HpS - thank you for the report. There are five more letters. Let us look at them!