Letters to the editor

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

All glories to Guru Maharaj Hanumat Presaka Swami.

Please accept our humble obeisances at Your much-missed Lotus feet....

HpS - ASA - Lettuce feet.

Hare Krishna Guru Maharaj,

We had a splendid Rath Yatra....and Purna Yatra.......so many pastimes to share...so many lovely moments.....thank You so much Guru Maharaj

We prepared bhoga for Their Lorships yet again ...on Purna Yatra...this time Subhadra Ma started showering Her love....the heavenly showers were a great delight....devotees pulled the cart all the while ....some with umbrellas in hand some without. Then....benevolent as always...the showers stopped ....the kirtan melted our hearts.....and all for Their Lordship's pleasure ..we pulled...pulled..pulled the cart...danced in gay abandon....

And as we headed back to the temple....Mother Subhadra insisted on a parikrama inside the temple....we loved every bit of it....Ma won't straight away get inside the altar area....last time on the Rath Yatra day ..that was on 14th July our Jagannath won't get inside ...we had to take Him round and round....He is so playful

This time we organized Rathyatra Festival programme for 9 days, every evening at the temple premises. It went great. We could manage to distribute 41transcendental books in 2 days....the first and the last day.Thank you Gurudev.

We are sending some pics. In one of the pics , the school where I got my high school education is seen,"Little Flower School", run by Roman Catholic Salesian sisters . Krishna kept us so close to His devotees ....for as far back as I could remember....

We hope to hear from Guru Maharaj soon.

We have started meetings for Janmastami preparations. We need Guru Maharaj's blessings to carry forth the celebrations.

Your ignorant servant,

Sarada Gaurangi DD

HpS - Thank you for the news. Manipur is the life of the world!!!   You can see from the DTC that we are traveling now and answering letters is different, so may be a little slower. We all have to understand our position in the Sankirtan movment. Which was better?                For M. Yasoda to save Krsna's milk on the stove or give Him her milk??   Prabhupada says that if we are sincere them Krsna, in the heart, will tell us which service comes first.

We are still struggling with this India calendar and our plans to visit India and the Northeast. Hope to have the resolution soon.

Hare Krsna Guru Maharaj,

Please accept our most humble obeisances.

All glories to Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada.

It has been a few months since we spoke Guru Maharaj. My husband and I both agree that your mercy, advice and guidance have sanctified the situation and made us feel much more comfortable and supportive. We got some advice from some wonderful Vaisnava saintly matajis who were from Nairobi that we can be like “one big happy family” for the sake of our son of course and sake of the community  (and maybe for the sake of our own sanity and false ego!)

HpS - ASA --- And the whole world. Be generous and give you strength to the whole world. Boom.    Little action in Boise can echo throughout the whole world if that is your perspective.

We thereafter tried to still maintain  some sort of friendship with our friend of 6 years and thereafter invited both over to have a meeting about Aja’s spiritual and values education and goals. It was actually a nice experience, possibly because we know each other pretty well and there is a sense of trust. 

Rounds have been ok during the week but we do extra  during the weekend because we rarely can sit down for more then 2-3 rounds at a time. We help with the evening offering cooking during the week and Sunday school. Right now we are preparing for a puppet show, children’s theater camp the 13th-16th.

ASA -SUPER!

We want to help the children learn how to project their voice, and get “into character.”

Do you have advice Maharaj on some good resources we could use?

HpS - Just "Improvisation for the Theater" by Viola Spolin and here son, but I have seen good pepper books. We will look for some when we are in Berkeley with our Boss, Lokanatha Das.

We also found some nice ideas for puppets using styrofoam heads on wikihow https://m.wikihow.com/Make-Puppets.

We also will have kids kirtan/arati, theatrical games, storytime/pastimes told by devotees in the community, creating props/puppets/stage and practicing the play as part of the daily itinerary . We are curious what else we can do to have a nice theater camp! We look forward to receiving your guidance as we know you are an expert in this area.

HpS - Tom and Buck are experts. Seems great as you can get the parents to come and teach. For example a devotee plumber could come and show them how pipes screw together and stuff.

We are happy to hear about your pastimes in Tennessee on the blog and look forward to your visit.

Your aspiring servant,

Kamagayatri Dasi

HpS - We will be there in three weeks!  Krsna will make our Sankirtan effective. We just have to remain pure by Chanting HK/HR all the time.   Don't just limit your efforts to Aja, your kids. Think of all kids eg. how can new kids join your summer camp.

Hare Krishna Dear Hanumatpresaka Swami! PAMHO! AGTSP! Can you explain me more about your proyect and Solaris Magazine please? I have some idea but not so clear. What could I write for it?

HpS - Have you gone to YouTube and looked for "NIOS Image"? It is a channel and there Ambarisa Das has our promo video for the project. Can you find it???

I know one great person that I think can participe in interview of Art and Sacret. He was my teacher of History of Art last course in University. He is a very learned person. I wrote him an e-mail, so I will infrom you about his answer, or his silence.

HpS - Perfect, what city?

Now I’m in Nueva Vrajamandala since some days ago donig service, I met two girls devotees of my age so is funny. I realizet that assotiating, sharing, talking with devotees is very very important for keep my mind focused in Krishna and good things... Mind is calm. We had Ratha Yatha in Barcelona and I met some devotees who grew up in gurukulas and now they are about 20 years. They have a very pure mind, they are good men and women, they have healthy habits, they are focused on Krishna and His service with enthusiasm and naturaly… I’m happy spending time with them!

Few days ago, when I was in Valencia, I was having a karmi and demoniac day…and week, my mind was disconnected of Krishna, thinking about try to enjoy somehow and spend time.. So when I get tired of my vain attempts to wait for something exciting and fun to happen,, everything started to fail and nothing went well, in a moment I feel a sensation of afraid, and some anxiety, because nothind had sense, so I realized without Krishna nothing have sense! I had refugiated mi mind in Krishna so I calmed and my fear went away.

16 rounds and 4 principles ok. Thanks you for inspiration and knowledge you bring us!. Arina.

HpS ASA --- Thank you.  The Witch will always be after us. You are a very important Captain for Krsna. Develop your own knowledge, experiments, science and engage others.  We must fight evil in the world of culture. See you  soon.

Esteemed Rohini Kumar.  This letter arrived with no content!!    PLEASE send again.

ASA

Hare Krishna beloved Gurudev PAMHO AGTSP.

Thank you for the letter ,and your and Lord Krishna's mercy.You are very kind to me.

I'm not sure if I have time enough to do Bhakti Sastri course before meet you en Spain, because now I am in Norway working until 20 of august ,not good internet connection everywhere to start with B.S.classes.

HpS - No, no!  Of course, not, but we can start looking for a nice course.

If you my beloved Gurudev will give me second initiation en Spain I will be most fortunate person on this universe.

HpS - Ha!   Ha!   Hare!   That shows you are not quite yet a Brahmana.  Ha!   Ha!      Being a Brahmana means acting externally according to the social norms. A Brahmana must act in such a way in public that if a neophyte sees him he can act properly just by imitating, "Oh, Indra finished his Bh Sastri diploma before he took second inititation, I shall imitate him and aim the same way,".  Welcome to the world of public formalities.  Is this what you want?  Maybe better to remain a Sudra like Vidura and Jayananda?

But I'll try to get it so fast that is possible.

HpS - Seems you have more Ksatriya in your character. They as take second birth.

Maybe Serbian or Croatian language if it's possible.

HpS - A Ksatriya Bh S. diploma.

Hare Krishna Guru Maharaj

AGTSP

thank you again and again 10000 times

HpS - You are welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, .

Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna!

We are in Nila-Madhava Dhama. Traveling all day yesterday. Intense Bh. Sastri class last night and intense Temple SB and Hawaii SB classes today. We have to rest more. Chant Hare Krsna and dance more.

As usual when we travel we can't handle as much mail because we are in contact with more people locally.

O.K. Let's see what mail there is.

TB/BW