Letters to the editor

Hare Krishna, Guru Maharaja,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhuhpada!

I see that you are well underway on this 10 week tour of North and South America. I should expect a delay to this letter but perhaps it is good since it will help me remember your lotus feet more often.

HpS - ASA - We would like to remember our lotus feet. Maybe we have donkey feet in Goloka also. We would like to rember your, everyone's lotus feet.

I received your reply from my vyasa puja offering and was just curious about a humourous thing you wrote "how long are your intestines, combined?" I figured you just wanted to know more about my family?? How we are? 

Well, now we are five members strong: Husband, Audharya (4years), Arindama (2years), Isavasya (7months), and myself. I stay at home with the children and my husband works now as a teacher for grade 2 students. We are still in Calgary. My parents and sister live here also and the kids really enjoy their company. 

I remember also another comment from a previous letter talking about my japa and you wrote something along the lines of if I don't chant all my rounds it is like giving powdered milk to my kids. It really opened my eyes and since then I have been improving my chanting everyday. Slow increments of at least 8 rounds everyday with ocassional 16 rounds a day. Maharaja, having children to take care of all day makes it difficult but I follwed your advise to rise early and that is what really helps and is making this happen. I feel once again enlivened by chanting my japa and has driven me more to associate with devotees through reading their books. An example is Yamuna devi's unalloyed book. It was beautiful to see her love and dedication to Srila Prabhupada. She ispires me so much. And I wish to resume studying Prabhupada's books- I still remember where I left off in the Bhagavatam!

I write also to ask some advise about how to make a decision. We are trying to decide where to move our family. We have some needs that are not being fulfilled in our current location. A spiritual need is not there because of lack of association our age. There is a temple community but we don't feel very included after almost 4 years living here. We have a need for our children to have a spiritual education as well as peers but here there are not many other youg parents with children. We visited a community that has these needs, and are going to visit another such place. This is us trying to do something about out situation but after having visited a place that has these needs we are finding it difficult to make a decision about it. We thought it was going to be super easy but it proved otherwise. It is very difficult. Do you have any sugestions about what it takes to make an important decision? We just don't have the skills. 

I apologise for the length of this letter. 

Your aspiring servant,

Rasa-mandali dasi

HpS - AGTSP. We are in Houston with Hari-lila Das. We met you here with him, no?    Mother Yasoda has problems making decisions. 

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If we chant 16-good rounds early then we can get the solution offered in this purport. To add to that we have Chanakkhya Pandita's advice: Victory comes from good advice and good advice comes from many counselors. So, chant good rounds, read Prabhupada's books, and associate with devotees and you'll get a clear understanding of what to do. It may be that you cannot have a perfect understanding, maybe Krsna Himself is not sure, but we will see what is the best solution right now and later we can reconsider.

Hare Krsna Gurudeva,

Please accept my respectful obeisances

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada !!!

We have to thank You Gurudeva, for being so merciful with us.. We should have received stronger words maybe as an answer to our past letter.. we can see that yes, the spiritual master really knows how to treat the mind of his disciple, we felt calmed and at the same time alert, we know we have to improve a lot. We read the verses You sent, the examples you gave and the phrases You used.. However, we just understood or we think we understood some things. And the others are going to be understood then.. we believe that understanding always always come, they are sent(Janardana).. when we are ready maybe.

Definetily things improve when our rounds are chanted with more determination and concentration and of course when they are finished everyday, we would like to keep it like that always, however, our mind tells us we are tired and so busy or while chanting we are thinking about our next step.. right? Or left? Did He said something about it?; about the dream we had at night but we cant remember.. maybe someone gave me an advice there  and now I have lost it; about wise and nice words we read in a message.. so we remember we didnt pray for them yesterday so we do it; about that last conversation when we cried.. is it good for them to be that angry for someone else?.. and .. the list seems to be very long.. sadly.

Still struggling.. could be my lifestyle.. we dont want others feel sorry for us, however, it usually happens.. we see Krishna helping and it makes us happy and brave.. maybe when people feel sorry, they pray for us so Sri Krsna sends help!. (enough maybes). Goura Purnima in Chosica was very nice! we hope we will be able to have a conversation when You come Gurudeva. We will pray more and more with a (hopeful) nice attittud. Que el Señor Nrsimha Deva lo proteja Gurudeva. Hare Krsna Hare Krsna!!!

Su aspirante a sirvienta,

HpS - Hare Krsna.   Just keep Srila Prabhupada in the center. Then everyone else and their contribution will be harmonized. Have you met him personally?  If you have not then you will. Soon. As often as necessary. All we want is for you to be his disciple.

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada 

¡Todas las glorias a Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu! 

Por favor asepte nuestras humildes y respetuosa reverencias Gurumaharaj deseamos cada día se busca bien, mi esposo y yo queremos preguntarle si usted tiene un kartik a Sri vrindavan dham este año ??? Estamos planeando un viaje en familia y una familia de amigos de Monterrey también lo es en nuestro deseo es verle en el santo dham si Krsna lo permite pero no quiere para planear coincidir en su próximo viaje a Sri vrindavan dham, le agradezco si tiempo y nuestro pequeño hijo ya se recuperó por completo de salud gracias a Krsna 

Su insignificante aspirante a sirvienta Ānanda maya devi dasi

HpS - ASA = No somos seguro de nuestras planes para Kartika. Despues de esta viaje a Peru espero cosas mas claro!!

Hare Krishna.

Todas las Glorias sean a Srila Prabhupada
Acepten por favor mis humildes reverencias.

Queridos hermanos espero hayan pasado un muy feliz Goura Purnima.

Soy Rati Manjari de Bs As y quiero pedirles por favor que los devotos que vayan a visitar nuestro Yatra para la visita de Guru Maharaja me contacten, ya sea si van a tomar iniciación o bien, desean quedarse en el templo. Guru Maharaja visitará la Argentina del 30 de Marzo al 20 de Abril y visitará los Yatras de Mar del Plata y de Córdoba.

Por favor escriban con anticipación para que haya lugar para todos y principalmente para q tanto Guru Maharaja como las autoridades del Yatra esten al tanto de que habrá iniciaciones* aparte de las ya estipuladas.

Pueden  contactarme en [email protected] o [email protected]

*INICIACIONES Recuerden por favor tener cumplimentados los requisitos para primera y segunda, carta de recomendación, en la que se indique claramente que el aspirante cumple con todos los requisitos (examen, carta, etc).
*ESTADÍA EN EL TEMPLO: también se requiere una recomendación de su autoridad local para poder permanecer en el templo, tal como lo solicitan las autoridades. 

Gracias a todos por su colaboración  para que podamos evitar malos entendidos y ansiedades.
Gracias Gurudev por el espacio en su Blog para comunicar esto.
 

Reverencias.

Su Sirviente

Rati Manjari dd

HpS - ASA --- Después de leer esta carta, el Comando Absoluto Supremo de ASA, desea otorgarle a Rati-manjari Devi Dasi y sus asociados la máxima distinción de "Superhéroe de Excelencia Administrativa". Foto a continuación.
No estamos bromeando Somos alemanes.

TLGASP

Hare Krishna dear guru maharaj

Please accept my dandavat pranams, all gloeries to Srila Prabhupad

I can visit Houston using Greyhound on Saturday or Sunday  between 11:30AM to 2PM guru maharaj.

Please let me know, if you would be free on any of the days during those hours

your servant

Nilachala Chandra das

HpS - AgtSP.  Paoho.  Sounds a little desparate!  <img alt="smiley" height="23" src="http://hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/regular_smile.png" title="smiley" width="23" />           Saturday we will be will be driving back from College Station until about until 2PM. So, if you can visit on Sunday that will be very nice. Give us a call!  You can join any service we are doing...

Toda gloria a Srila Prabhupada

Por favor acepte mis humildes reverencias Gurudeva

Hare Krishna recien tuve una reunion con Maha Hari Prabhu y hablamos largo tiempo, nos pedimos disculpas por las ansiedades y me explico su perspectiva de ciertas cosas, en la mayoria coincidimos, quedando tranquilo, le explique  que hace dos semanas  le escibi al GBC y que nunca me contesto, y que al enterarme que el  (GBC) decide que debe seguir como presidente, y esto sumado a otros contextos me genero mucha insatisfaccion, y al GBC nunca contestarme la carta, y darme una orientacion, me senti dejado de lado y sin refujio por esto fue que decide escribirle a Usted. Ya habra oportunidad para Hablarlo con el GBC, el cual debe estar muy ocupado, mas en estas fechas

Disculpe me por mandarselo por aqui, se que los Vaishnavas Como Maha Hari y Srila Virabahu M., estan haciendo sus ezfuerzos sinceros y siempre en un servicio Administrativo, hay una cuota de insatisfacion con la que lidiar.

Mis disculpas a sus discipulos y bienquerientes, por agitarles la mente

a Su servicio 

Adi Yajña Das

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Traduccion por translate.google.com:

All glory to Srila Prabhupada
Please accept my humble obeisances Gurudeva
Hare Krishna I just had a meeting with Maha Hari Prabhu and we talked for a long time, we apologized for the anxieties and to he explained his perspective of certain things, on most of which we agreed, remaining calm, I explained that two weeks ago I wrote to the GBC and that they never answered me, and when I found out that the (GBC) decides that he should continue as president, and this added to other contexts for me generate a lot of dissatisfaction, and the GBC never gave me any orientation, I felt left out and without refujio for this was that I decides to write to you.

There will be an opportunity to talk to the GBC, which must be very busy, but on these dates
Excuse me for sending it here, I know that the Vaishnavas Like Maha Hari and Srila Virabahu M., are making their sincere efforts and always in an Administrative service, there is a share of dissatisfaction with which to deal.
My apologies to your disciples and well-wishers, for waving your mind
at your service
Adi Yajña Das

HpS - ASA -- I think that your frustration is quite justified. You have been doing a lot of service for a long time and whatever requests for help you make should be taken seriously. We accept that there must be some truth in all the letters you have sent and that we can all improve and that we are also all trying with recongniziable sincerity.

Creo que tu frustración está bastante justificada. Has estado haciendo un gran servicio durante mucho tiempo y cualquier solicitud de ayuda que hagas debe tomarse en serio. Aceptamos que debe haber algo de verdad en todas las cartas que ha enviado y que todos podemos mejorar y que también estamos intentando con sinceridad reconocible.