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¡All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

¡All glories to You!

I hope that the mantle of love and sweetness

of our mother Srimati Radharani always covers you.

Thank you  so much for your mercy ! How are you Gurumaharaja?

Devotional service: We have the opportunity to have good association, to be able to do service in different ways, at home, on weekends in Wilson as pujaris with Gandharva, Nitya Kishori and Bhaktin Rukmini . We are also trying to cooperate with the pujari leaders, facilitating coordination and communication with all the other pujaris via whatsapp (I discovered that Wilson's temple has 23 pujaris!) We had a first meeting in November (13 attended) 2 maha cleanups were done (the second one led by prabhu Raghunat was perfect!) It was very nice and we were all very enthusiastic n_n.

Votes: 4 Principles ok. I'm struggling with my mind to chant 16 rounds a day early, before doing something else, in other way it's harder.

Answers of previous letter and plans with Gandharva: In a previous letter you asked me what kind of crafts we thought we would do, so, at the first moment we had planned to make "retablos" to begin with. I did not answer you before because there were many changes. Gandharva and I get along well, but in services that involve plans, joint coordination, administration, things get complicated. When Prabhu Daru Krishna saw my astrological chart, he said that on an occupational level, both Gandharva and I should do things independently, because it is very badly aspected. We love each other  and we are frustrated that we do not understand each other at that level, but for the sake of having a life with fewer arguments, we are willing to lean on what each one can do. Is that right, Gurudeva?

HpS - I don't know the details and if Krsna wishes He can do anything He wants with our Karma, but there are devotees in ISKCON who I love and respect quite well but we have completely different administrative styles, so we have to work at a distance and not get involved in details just as you are saying.

Job-occupation-sankirtan: You also asked me if I was working, and well, I've been doing freelance work in graphic design, but nothing steady. However, work is something I want to do, I do not feel comfortable with the fact that Gandharva is the only one who works. I feel that I can contribute economically, Is that right Gurudeva?

HpS - Doesn't sound bad. Try to help him from a little distance. Keeping house and spending time with your families and friends is not at all a waste of time for a lady. Sankirtan!

On the other hand, I would like to be able to start developing an educational project for children, Gandharva supports me, he asks me to make a research. I'm interested on Montessori pedagogy. The astrologer told that educational activities are well aspected. What do you think about this Gurudeva?

HpS - Talk with The Patraka Das, no?

Preach: We are happy because our dear friend Carla (student of Gandharva and owner of the apartment that we rent) wants to become a devotee, we read every thursday The Teachings of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu with explanations given by Gandharva. It's vegetarian already for one year. Yesterday, during the kirtan to our deities, she asked Sri Jagannatha to help her to be what He expects from her. It was very heart touching see her with tears in her eyes, see a devotee get closer to Krishna is amazing!! n_n.

HpS - ASA --  !!!     Krsna is the preacher, no?   We are trying to be little servants in His endeavor!!

I thank you infinitely for your valuable time and for your guidance

May Sri Nrisimhadeva always protect you

Please excuse me for my offenses

your eternal servant

Indira-Sakti Devi dasi

HpS -Hare Krsna!!  Come with us to the next letter.  Of course, it will be the 'last' letter when we post them.

Hare Krisna  mis humildes reverencias  Todas las Glorias a Sri Sri. Guru Gouranga.

Las 16 rondas voy a intentar mejorarlas  con su misericordia y la agricultura que he estado haciendo es el recoger aceitunas  a cambio de aceite de oliva recien esprimido para Krisna.

Ss Jagamohan Das

HpS - Jaya!!   Esta mundo es un replica de Goloka!

All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Sripada! All glories to Guru Maharaj HpS!!

PAOHO at Your Lotus Feet...

Hope Guru Maharaj has received the photos  of the RIMS programme that we sent on the nios mail few weeks back. We are continuing SB classes with Banamali Prabhu. Nagar kirtan every sunday after SB class.

On 14th Jan next year...will be a year old after first initiation...going by tithi. May we offer pasta again ....this time to RadhaDamodara at Toubul...planning to do some Vaishnav seva on this day....invited Yamuneshwar Prabhu too.

On 25th, happens to be Foundation day of ISKCON, Imphal, after the temple programme we took some devotees from Australia and Guwahati to some local Govinda temples. One of them was Advaita Acharya temple....simply got lost with the beauty of the Lord. Felt like a huge weight have been lifted off my head. Advaita Prabhu was so beautiful...smiling and full of life...got to hear some pastimes too....it was so nice.

Getting 3 days holidays from karmic duty...so will be attending Mangalarti daily for the next 3 days....including the New year's Day too!! %Thank you Guru Maharaj for endless mercy

Your servant always,

Sarada Gaurangi DD

HpS - ASA --- Hare Krsna, Sarada-Gaurangi Devi Dasi.  Thank you for the news....   We are still remembering your visit in Delhi with your family.   Are you taking these Bhakti-sastri studies?  If everything procedes well then you can take Second Initiation and serve Radha Govinda in that capacity also.
We got the pictures and have answered by the Yahoo adress. Sorry this Blog mail has fallen a little behind. I guess it has been the Christmas and New Years holidays.

My respects to everyone and we hope your Japa is more and more profound!!!!   More and more.  What plans does Krsna have for our lives??   What can we do for Him from our own Godly potency.

URGENT: 4^TH report ART and the SACRED

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Hare Krishna respected Gurudeva, please accept my humble obeisances
¡All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!!
¡All Glories to you!!

By mercy the mercy of Srila Prabhupada and Sadai Nimai-Nitai, we already have the agreement signed and sealed by the Director of the National Library of Peru to perform ART AND THE SACRED from 24 to 26 October 2018. Now, with Walter and Ramón’s help we are writing formal letters addressed to India, China, Japan and Russia embassies trying to get their sponsorship and participation.

Through this agreement we can upload the NIOS bilingual videos to a network of the Ministry of Culture that has more than 500,000 users, but, a requirement they have, is that our video should have more than 1000 visits, so we humbly ask the members of the blog to help us spreading the word and thus meet the goal of more than 1000 visits each. The links are the following:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G25tmFeMRxo&t=3s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dx_aHNMxT4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2IDfcJPg_M&t=20s

HpS - O.K. We visit!

As well, for your South American Sankirtan tour in March-April 2018, we are managing with Jesuit University Antonio Ruiz de Montoya to carry out a conversation about "POETRY and MUSIC, PRABODHANANDA SARASVATI and NAROTTAMA DASA THAKURA: Sacred Art in Classical India in the XVI century ", and the presentation of the film "ART AND THE SACRED, the journey of a pilgrim".

Next week we are going to meet Walter León to start doing the bilingual (printed and digital) promotional brochure of ART AND THE SACRED, we hope to send you the content and design proposals for the second week of January. We are making with Miguel Polo the call to SOLARIS No. 3. and also managing in some institutions their sponsorship in carrying out all activities.

Gurudeva to try to make regular reports I have asked a bhakta for help, he has accepted and will write each ekadasi, with the pseudonym "Ajam, the horse".

Gurudeva, allow me to humbly offer you a few words for your Auspicious Vyasa-puja No 70. On Tuesday the 19^th, we had in our asrama, a beautiful meeting where Héctor Béjar, Oscar Naters, Ana Zavala, Walter Leon, Emma Zevallos and some 10 devotees were present. After puspanjali they were asked to define in two words their appreciation about you and these were their comments:

Héctor Béjar said "Spiritual Quality"

Oscar Naters said "Persistent and wise"

Ana Zavala said "Playful and Kind"

Walter León said "Brave and Spiritual"

And Miguel Polo could not attend, but he said on the phone "Enthusiast and Dialogant Attitude"

Respected GURUDEVA, you are a Genuine Guru because you are a legitimate and exemplary disciple, I humbly ask you to forgive my offenses and my clumsiness, sincerely, I am trying to surrender my heart to you and get a drop of your niskapata-kripa.

Gurudeva, I offer you this poem as a sign of my eternal gratitude

HANUMATPRESAKA SWAMI

He who sends Hanuman as His messenger

In this world you suffer

under a mantle of selfish illusions

Darkness takes over our desires

And it ties us with unbridled lust

You arrived in autumn and turned it into spring

You accompany the Sun that evaporates ignorance

You taught us that dawn is the clue and the key

fruit of Bhakti, son of Bhaktivedanta Swami, star of the dawn

Hare Krishna respected Gurudeva, your insignificant servant, Abhiram Thakur das.

URGENTE: 4to Informe EL ARTE Y LO SAGRADO

Hare Krishna respetado Gurudeva, por favor acepte mis humildes reverencias
¡Todas las Glorias a Srila Prabhupada!!
¡Todas las Glorias a Usted!!

Por la misericordia Srila Prabhupada y Sadai Nimai-Nitai ya tenemos el convenio firmado y sellado por el Director de la Biblioteca Nacional del Perú para realizar EL ARTE Y LO SAGRADO del 24 al 26 de octubre de 2018. Ahora con la ayuda de Walter y Ramón estamos haciendo cartas formales a las embajadas de India, China, Japón y Rusia para tratar de obtener su auspicio y participación.

Por medio de este convenio podemos subir los videos bilingües de NIOS a una red del Ministerio de Cultura que tiene más de 500, 000 usuarios, pero, un requisito que nos piden, es que el video tenga más de 1000 visitas, así que humildemente les pedimos a los miembros del blog que nos ayuden a difundirlos y así cumplir la meta de más de 1000 visitas de cada uno, los links de los videos son los siguientes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G25tmFeMRxo&t=3s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dx_aHNMxT4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2IDfcJPg_M&t=20s

También, para su gira de Sankirtan a Sudamérica en marzo-abril 2018, estamos gestionando con la Universidad Jesuita Antonio Ruiz de Montoya hacer un conversatorio sobre “POESÍA y MÚSICA, PRABODHANANDA SARASVATI y NAROTTAMA DASA THAKURA: Arte Sagrado en la India Clásica del siglo XVI” y la presentación de la película “EL ARTE Y LO SAGRADO, el viaje de un peregrino”.

Con Walter León nos vamos a reunir la próxima semana para empezar a hacer el folleto bilingüe (impreso y digital) promocional de EL ARTE Y LO SAGRADO, esperamos enviarle las propuestas de contenido y diseño la segunda semana de enero. Con Miguel Polo estamos haciendo la convocatoria a SOLARIS No. 3. También estamos gestionando en algunas instituciones su auspicio en la realización de todas las actividades.

Gurudeva para tratar de hacer regular los informes le he pedido ayuda a un bhakta, él ha aceptado y va a escribir cada ekadasi, él va a escribir con el seudónimo “Ajam el caballo”.

Gurudeva ahora permítame ofrecerle humildemente unas palabras por su Auspicioso Vyasa-puja No 70. Nosotros tuvimos en nuestro asrama el martes 19, una bonita reunión donde estuvieron presentes Héctor Béjar, Oscar Naters, Ana Zavala, Walter León, Emma Zevallos y unos 10 devotos. Después del puspanjali nosotros le pedimos que definan en dos palabras su aprecio a usted, estas fueron sus respuestas:

Héctor Béjar dijo “Calidad Espiritual”

Oscar Naters dijo “Perseverante y Sabio”

Ana Zavala dijo “Lúdico y Bondadoso”

Walter León dijo “Valiente y Espiritual”

Y Miguel Polo no pudo asistir, pero por teléfono dijo “Entusiasta y Actitud Dialogante”

Respetado GURUDEVA usted es un Guru Genuino porque es un Discípulo genuino y ejemplar, humildemente le pido que perdone mis ofensas y mis torpezas, sinceramente, estoy tratando de rendirme de corazón a usted y obtener una gota de su niskapata-kripa.

Gurudeva le ofrezco este poema en señal de mi eterna gratitud:

HANUMATPRESAKA SWAMI

Aquel que envía a Hanuman como su mensajero

En este mundo se sufre
bajo un manto de ilusiones egoístas

La oscuridad se apodera de nuestros deseos

Y nos ata con lujuria desenfrenada

Usted llego en otoño y lo convirtió en primavera

a Usted lo acompaña el Sol que evapora la ignorancia

Usted nos enseñó que el amanecer es la clave y la llave

fruto del Bhakti, hijo de Bhaktivedanta Swami, estrella del amanecer

HARE KRISHNA QUERIDO GURUDEVA, su insignificante sirviente, Abhiram Thakur das.

HpS - Tan mucho depende en esta momento si Oscar puede relacionar bien con Hector y podemos producir esta collection interelacionado de Kalyan, Hector (Radhika y Beverley) pronto.   Proxoma Ekadasi.

Respected Guru Maharaja
Please accept my humble obeisances at your feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and you.
1) My parents joined us in Vrindavan from Warangal, Telangana. While in Vrindavan We went by taxi to Ludhiana Rathayatra on 12/17/2017. We started little bit after midnight and had 8.5 hours drive. By some causeless mercy my father received first initiation from His Holiness Gopala Krishna Maharaja.

HpS - Jaya!!!

My father, Krishna-bandhu dasa, sends his respects to you and is seeking your blessings and mercy so he can be fixed up in Krishna Consciousness.

HpS - We hope he sees opportunities for Sankirtan in his current situation and they expand.

2) We had wonderful time in Vrindavana. Thank you so much for your blessings for the visit and instructing us about Vrindavan. I could have just stayed in Krishna Balaram Mandir. The mangalarati was the most concentrated and blissful experience in the temple. I felt at home reconnecting with my 6 month stay few years ago.  I did Vrindavan parikrama on foot and remembered how we walked on the same road to Govindaji Mandir and some of the things you told us. We visited Gosvami temples, Radha Kunda, Shyama Kunda, Barsana, Nanda gaon, Ter Kadam, vrinda kund and some places around Govardhan. I got a flower from Jiva Gosvami Samadhi on his disapperance day. For your vyasapuja we had simple celebration with Krishna Balaram's Rajbhoga maha prasad. There was one unexpected guest (scholar Mukunda Datta Prabhu's wife). We distributed peda sweets to some people near our guest house and fed bananas to cows near the temple. Also Yasodamayi mataji (elderly mataji who used to live in Berkley temple but now in vrindavan for about 3 decades) conveyed her respects to you and thanked you for your guidance long time ago.

HpS - As I remember she did not want to go to Vrndavana even for a visit, but myself and others thought that it would be perfect for her, so she agreed out of pressure.   Went, came back, closed out here accounts in the Western world, moved to Braja and never came back.

As a family we all did Govardhana Parikrama in car and next day I did on foot. From Radha Kund to Kusum sarovar I had very nice association of Radhika Ramana Prabhu, Gopal Hari Prabhu, Aruddha Mataji, Srinatha Krishna Prabhua and few other devotees.

HpS - Boise East. Krsna West?

Later I was off on my own so I can walk non stop and prepare for departure the next day. Walking alone staring at Govardhan and thinking of some Krishna book pastimes was ecstatic! At times I was so close to Govardhan and felt intimidated in awe and reverence! Praying He will give me residence near Him at the feet of  you and other acaryas. 

3) We came to Warangal, Telangana on Dec 25th. There is a nice Jagannatha-Baladeva-Subhadra, Radha-Nilamadhavam and Gaura-Nitai temple here. My parents built a house and moved next to the temple; it's a good vanaprasta setting for them to soak themselves in Krishna Consciousness. I have been attending lot of temple programs; nice morning and evening programs, morning and evening classes and kirtans! With all the travel I got sick with bad throat. I could hardly speak probably because I may have said lot of bad words in the past! I missed our saturday classes and will try to catch up with the recordings and hope to join live from 1/13/2018.

Your inignificant servant
Srinivasacarya dasa

PS: Sugopi had great time making garlands for Krishna's flute and singing in Prabhupada's samadhi. One day she fed jaggery balls to 70 cows. They didn't have enough and demanded more pulling on her skirt. Picture attached :)

HpS - Maybe they were trying to take her to Nanda Maharaja's police chief and make a complaint.

Thank you so much for this report. It is like light on our path!!!!!!
 

Hare Krishna Gurudev! Porfavor acepte mis humildes reverencias. Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada y guru parampara.

El motivo de mi viaje a India es para hacer drama teatro con Maharaja Bhakti Marga Swami en Febrero otraves, durante las reuniones del GBC, en Mayapur,

HpS - Aaaa!   Working trip!

. . . tambien viajar a Vrindavan y new delhi. El me escribio invitandome El gusta de mi talento por lo tanto pago mi ticket y visa, yo pense q esta es una maravillosa oportunidad de volver a India sirviendo a los devotos una vez mas ofreciendo a Krishna lo q El me dio.

HpS - Si, con esta perspectivo es super.

Sobre la adoración de giri raja y Radha krishna porfavor gurudev instruyame de los detalles para poder hacer ese servicio personal, muchas gracias

HpS - Pienso en las cartas particular que estamos pasando, podemos hablar de esta punto.   Por favor haz y reportaje de su viaje y lo que pasa.

Su sirviente Parama Karuna das