Letters to the editor

Dear Guru Maharaja

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

Thank you for adding the link to the soundcloud account in the Kapi Dhvaja. I have now completed upload of all the lectures from IDT and e-sanga to the Soundcloud account. Dhruva prabhu and Mandara Sakha prabhu shared the lectures they recorded in Australia and Chile. Those have been uploaded as well. I thank them for sending the files.

I request all the devotees to send the lectures they have to [email protected]. I also request the devotees to record the lectures in the upcoming travel schedule and send them as well.

We now have 432 audio files. On an average there are 35 plays a week. This weekend, I think devotees from Russia have gotten to know about the account. I am seeing a massive increase in the number of plays. In the last 5 days alone there have been 345 plays!

HpS -  Hare Krsna!   We make mistakes. We learn and then correct them in later lectures. We can help to illuminate a path to Srila Prabhupada, but he is the Guru for everyone in ISKCON. You must have a personal relationship with him to really be in ISKCON.

There is a letter from TCSD thanking you for the lectures and asking for ability to download. He is one of the first devotees we initiated. Tulasi-carana-sevita Das. He grew up in California. His mothe is like 1/8th native American Indian as I remember. Graduate in Cultural Anthropology from UC. Went to Thailand. Married a nice Thai girl. Taught public school in the USA. Moved to Thailand and has taught there since then.

Sadhana wise, I have been chanting 16 rounds and following the principles strictly. I wake up between 5:30-6:00, complete at least 10 rounds, do a small arthi and read Srimad Bhagavatam before leaving to work. I completed Canto 1 Chapter 3 today. I hope to complete a first pass of the first 2 cantos this year and then use the PDP guides for a deep study. I also read The Six Goswamis of Vrindavan on the recommendation of Radhika Ramana prabhu. I wanted to know more about the Goswamis after visiting Vrindavan and it was a wonderful book. I couldn't put it down.

I have decided to move to Dallas. It was a very difficult decision to make because of my attachment to the devotees here. But I feel it is the right thing to do. I love the work I do (I published a paper and filed 2 patens last year) and don't have too much pressure at work. I have a good balance at work that gives me time for sadhana and service. I'll be moving to Dallas sometime in the end of June.

HpS - Also, very nice Temple there. Your Sadhana sounds wonderful. Are you up and chanting Hare Krsna during the Brahma muhurta?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhurta

https://www.vedabase.com/en/kb/70  (FIND: "muhurta") It says "three hours" but I think it is 1-1/2 hours.

Your servant

Srinatha Krsna dasa

Can I send a message to Hps please? I'm from Brazil and I speak Portuguese. Forgive my bad english.

HpS - Sim. Basta escrever aqui. Você pode usar www.translate.google.com como estamos usando agora. Apenas mantenha a mensagem tão simples que um robô pode compreendê-la.
Bem vinda

PAMHO AGTSP Hare krsna dear Gurudev I am Trivikrama das, from chile, I hope your health is good, I continue in my service of the deities kitchen, as we talked about in your previous visit, I continue with my firm desire to be able to take second initiation, wait for the time that the authority local consider relevant and follow your instruction to develop or at least try, this awareness, through the worship of Sri Sri Gaura Nitay, are the deities of my house, I have a simple standard, but I keep it daily, I awake them I offer incense and I sleep them, that's basically every day. As for now you will not visit our yatra in Chile, I thought about being able to see us in Argentina in April, what do you think about seeing us there? and there to take second initiation? I await your comments your eternal servant Trivikrama das

HpS - AGTSP paoho. So long since we hear from you!!! If you are following a Brahminical standard in your devotional service then seems very proper to take second initiation. Regularly up for chanting and Puja during Mangala arati, SB?? Regular standard of cleanliness? How is your situation in Varna-ashrama-dharma? You got married????????? Of course, we have to have consideration and formal communication with the Temple administration. I think Bhakti sastri is required for Second initiation now. Is that true?

Hare Krsna Gurudev

PAMHO

AGTSP

Thank you and Srinatha-krsna Das for posting so many lectures on soundcloud.

I have been waiting so long for this association and instruction. 

This does so much for helping my devotional creeper. I appreciate the mercy.

I do have one request:

Please enable downloads in this soundcloud account. 

Your fallen servant

TCSD

<img align="right" height="139" hspace="12" src="file:///C:\Users\JIYADA~1\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image002.jpg" width="141" />Cochabamba, febrero 2018

Por favor acepte nuestras respetuosas obediencias

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada

Hare Krishna

Querido Hanuman Presaka Swami Maharaj,

A tiempo de saludarlo con mucho cariño y agradecerle profundamente Su Servicio a Srila Prabhupada, Sus charlas y enseñanzas, así como también haber aceptado a algunos de nuestros hermanos como Sus Discípulos, nos dirigimos a Usted con el ánimo de solicitarle guía en relación a sus discípulos bolivianos ABC das y XYZ das. . . . Directorio ISKCON Cochabamba

(Espanol de Translate.google.com abajo)

Esteemed Jyada nrsimha Das
Thank you for your letter about participation of two of our initiated disciples and the the ISKCON administrators in the Sunday festival which is the only regular program the Cochabamba yatra has.

As you describe the situation it would seem that the disciples and he administrators are not acting properly in their roles. We cannot give much detailed advice being so far from the situation. If you want to arrange a telephone call we can talk in some detail about it. Of course, we will be in Peru and Bolivia soon.
One time Pancha-dravida Swami told Srila Prabhupada that his initiated disciples were not chanting their rounds and Srila Prabhupada was very heavy: Simply they are liers. After taking vows in front ot deity, devotees, guru they don't realilze them. They break all their promises.
Then Prabhupada got more calm and said: No, no. Don't become verbally violent toward them. Preach to them, but if they don't respnd and are following the four principles and they see you and others doing the correct thing, they wil feel guilty and will start chanting. In any case you continue chanting and don't fall down because of their bad behavior.
So this general principal seems to be applicable to the situation as you describe it. Of course, you say, they say, he says... Then we can start to relate to detailed application.

Estimado Jyada nrsimha Das
Gracias por su carta sobre la participación de dos de nuestros discípulos iniciados y los administradores de ISKCON en el festival dominical, que es el único programa regular que tiene el yatra de Cochabamba.

Al describir la situación, parecería que los discípulos y los administradores no están actuando correctamente en sus roles. No podemos dar consejos muy detallados estando tan lejos de la situación. Si desea concertar una llamada telefónica, podemos hablar con detalle al respecto. Por supuesto, pronto estaremos en Perú y Bolivia.
Una vez, Pancha-dravida Swami le dijo a Srila Prabhupada que sus discípulos iniciados no estaban cantando sus rondas y Srila Prabhupada era muy pesado: simplemente son mentirosos. Después de tomar los votos en frente de la deidad, los devotos, el gurú, no los realicen. Rompen todas sus promesas.
Entonces Prabhupada se tranquilizó y dijo: No, no. No te vuelvas verbalmente violento con ellos. Predícales con ellos, pero si no respienden y siguen los cuatro principios y te ven a ti y a otros haciendo lo correcto, se sentirán culpables y comenzarán a cantar. En cualquier caso, continúas cantando y no te caigas por su mal comportamiento.
Entonces este principio general parece ser aplicable a la situación tal como la describes. Por supuesto, dices, dicen, él dice ... Entonces podemos comenzar a relacionarnos con la aplicación detallada.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!!

All glories to Guru Maharaj HpS!!

PAOHO dear Guru Maharaj. 

Hare Krishna Guru Maharaj,

HpS - AGTSP....   ..

Awww....last Sunday the stalwarts of Sunday Nagarkirtan party had all gone to Mayapur to attend ILS meet. We were apprehensive that we might have to call it a day...we kept seeking Nityananda's mercy. Lo!! unexpectedly 3 senior devotees volunteered to join and together with 4 of us Matajis had a blast of a Nagarkirtan about 30kms from our temple. The lead  kirtan singer had to play the mridanga and carry the speaker on his back....besides being the driver!! We distributed prasadam and had a gala time . Thank you Guru Maharaj.

HpS - Harer Nama, Harer Nama, Harer nama eva...    wonderful...

Reached temple just in time for the Rajbhog Maha arti. During the arti as we were singing Yashomati nandana Vraj bara nagara....a flower fell down from Krishnachandra's well decked turban.....absolutely ecstatic!!!!

Sunday lunch prasadam, at the temple, is Rice, daal, subjee, Pakora, iromba and ooty ( local preparations). Guru Maharaj how do we politely refuse food offered by nondevotees without offending them? Sometimes we face awkward moments when we are not comfortable accepting food from just about anybody. Sometimes we develop angioneurotic oedema ......

HpS - It is essential part of our Yoga. Almost any yoga, religion. Tell people that you offer everything to Krsna-murti and the rules require all the cooks to be vegetarian. Then, for Sankirtan, purposes Krsna will accept it.

We pray to Krsna to help us avoid being killed by angry demons, but they crucified Lord Jesus, but He didn't suffer.

Whatever happens, we will eagerly wait for Your wonderful association dear Guru Maharaj. We will keep praying to Nityananda and Gauranga. 

We are in Second canto SB, end of chapter 3. 

Your ignorant servant,

Sarada Gaurangi DD

HpS - Hare Krsna!!   Pure devotional service, the Change in heart. Really it is only the last verse that directly deals with this topic, no? SB 1, 2, 3 ....  Sat, Cit, Ananda . . .  Brahman, Paramatma, Bhagavan . . .  Pantheism, Mysticism, Mono-theism.

Come with us to the next letter. Who were the "Senior Devotees".