Letters to the editor

Hare Krsna Dear SS Hanumat Presaka Swami

PAMHO AGTSP!

I hope your energy and your health this better.

ASA - Same as yours. <img alt="smiley" height="23" src="http://hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/regular_smile.png" title="smiley" width="23" />

I am writing to you for the following:

1.- Please, you could give me the link of the recorded classes of Bhakti vedanta.

HpS - We Tweet them!    The Candra-mukhhi DD has them I think. We can get them but it is a lot of work to back and find then. Ask here first, O.K?

2.-Hiranykasipu is very intelligent, he has knowledge about the science of soul, his preaching to his family is very good.

ASA - To the level of Brahman or maybe Paramatma, but it is milk tinged with egoism: Be spiritual and intuitive so you can kill God.

Is the level of self-realization of hiranyakasipu in brahman level?

ASA -  Aaaa!   Yes. The self is Brahman, eternal, but then, "Eternally what"?

3.- Canto 1 and 2 of the SB, SP encourages people to read the SB, and for doing so you will become realized, already from the Canto 3, SP mentions other requirements, even says that it is not enough to chant only hare krsna,, also you have to read, associate, take refuge in a spiritual master.this leads me to think that in addition to levels there are different types of self-realization. Can you please tell me where I can find more information on this?

ASA - Of course, the easiest is the NOI Text 10!   Then look at the abc-ndx.docx in our Jayarama.us Archives under "Yoga ladder". Self-realization usually means Brahman, Paramatma and Bhagavan. Then Bhagavan means Santa rasa, dasya rasa . ..      No limit.    A dog in Prana-maya, has gone beyone Anna-maya. In Anna-maya the baby and puppy identify them selves with the world. In Prana-maya then identify themselves with their body. In Vatsalya rasa we identify our selves with Yasoda-nandana, in Madhurya-rasa we identify oursleves with Gopi-jana-vallabha.

Self-realization.

Please, forgime my offenses

with much appreciation and gratitude

ys and spiritual niece

Isvari dd

ASA - Hare Krsna!!!

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada! Srila Prabhupada ki Jay!

All Glories to Guru Maharaj HpS. PAMHO...at Your lotus feet.

Hare Krishna

Dear Guru Maharaj,

Finally our faculty here at RIMS have decided on the programme to be held at RIMS as directed by Guru Maharaj and Dr Samaresh. As we desperately want to listen to NOI lectures , we would be blessed to have NOI classes in the morning and evening and so we have kept the RIMS programme at 2pm. The faculty members also felt that it would be better if we kept the film show in the middle of the programme before Guru Maharaja's lecture so that the audience would get a better reinforcement. Have mailed the programme to Dr Samaresh too. The theme of the symposium would be Science, Spirituality and Health. We would be targetting the Medical fraternity .

On 3rd evening , planning for a cultural programme with Mrs Nandini Bandyopadhyay. Requested Gadadhar Prabhu and Tustakrishna Prabhu too. Programme will be especially for the devotees coming from other states...the least that we can offer...this time.....

 Tustakrishna Prabhu is training young boys in martial arts and he can be a very reliable devotee for the Peru-Manipur venture. Trying to identify some devotees as well . Talked to Mataji Ras Leela too , she is a martial arts performer .

About the temple programme.....on LoB....will have to inquire Banamali Prabhu about Manipuri copies. About NOI, Prabhu said last time that he has a sizeable number of copies.

Continuing our classes with H H Haridasa Maharaj....it has been a great spiritual experience for me.

I remain.....your servant,

Sarada Gaurangi DD

HpS - ASA -- Hare Krsna!   All your hard work is seeing results. Have you seen the program that Dr. Samaresh designed?   It seems very good: Short cultural program, three presentations, and then cultural program and refreshments.

The movie we have would not be good for the university program: Wrong time of day, only subtitles (English), cultural, not academic.
Again, might want to show it at the Temple program if someone rehearses the narration carefully.

Mrs. Bandhyopadyay is a little weak so the invocation to the University program may be enough for her. Please consult with Dr. Samaresh about how much she can do. 
In general, the Temple program, we can invite all the people from the 2nd for it on the 3rd, no?  Then LoB would be good basis. We have beautiful art, 2x2 meters. Excellent purports designed for Oriental, Manipuri people, and it introduces them to something they can take up on a long term basis. Pung Cholam, Martial Arts, closing with Krsna's dance in the Vasant Rasa, solo?

Please fix all this with the Dr.

Can we have "Psyche" in the title?  It makes it very hard for us unless people are coming expecting a good component of psychology,.

Thank you!

We want to record this. Edit it in Peru and submit it to WHO.

Then we do a BIGGER one and you can go to New York for three months with the United Nations.

All glories to A.C. Prabhupada Maharaja and Sripada Maharaja

Gouranga Mahaprabhu and Goura Bhakta Vrnda

Guruji Maharaja, Dandavat Pranam!

Please accept my humble obeisances unto the Guruji's padmacharan that  Dr. Nandalal is a dentist. He is now working as a Joint Director, in the Medical Directorate, Government of Manipur. He is the seniormost devotee of ISKCON though we take initiation in the same year. Before taking initiation, he was associated with the Imphal ISKCON center for the last 10 to 15 years. His wife also taken initiated. He has two sons, the elder is reading Doctor in Delhi (Dental) and the last one is reading 12th Standard or so. I dont know exactly. Now he is also coming Mangal Arati on food with his wife. His life is completely changed after his transplantation of his one of the two kidneys. He is now completely improved though taking medicine rewgularly.

He has dedicated his life fully for the activities of spiritual purposes. But he did not take the openion of other bhaktas or matajis before doing anything. It is the only defect from his side. He bought the bigrah of Jaganath-Baladeva-Subhadra from Puri (Jaganath Kshetra) when he went there but all senior bhaktas and matajis did not satisfy their expectation likewide he is not taking interest the construction of Guruji's Ashram but now he wants to use for any purpose as Guest House.

After all he is good bhakta and uninitiated matagis wants his nature but for the last 15 or more years they are coming in the mandir and no one is ready for taking initiation. Not only that they are not following the four principles of ISKCON.

In my mail also please write and instruct him for the better management of our Mandir and regarding arrangement of Guruji's future visit. As I had already mentioned in my earlier letters that we are planning to extend some portion of Guruji's Asram for Gurujis kitchen and residence of Guruji's helper.

Guruji Maharaja! as You know, Thoubal Mandir has less number of bhaktas and  matajis initiated or uninitiated. We need to start the systems of ISKCON padhati with a full dedicated pujari (Brahmachari / Sanyas). 

We want personal talk when Guruji came to Thoubal about the Navadwip Parikrama before 20 days of Goura Purnima in Mayapur. If Guruji leads our team of 10-15 members from Manipur and some from Tripura, Silchar, Guwahati and Silong it will be the best chance for meeting, discussion, question and answer. We will get the opportunity for serving Guruji for all initiated bhaktas under Guruji Maharaja which we had never available.

Yours fallen servant

Yamunesvara Das

HpS - Thank you for all the nice news. Please give your respects to Dr. Nandulal and ask him how is his health and Sadhana, regular spiritual practices. Ask him if he has any suggestions about our preaching when we visit in just a few months.  Thank you so, so much for your sincere service in ISKCON. I am sure you are buying Lord Gauranga by your efforts.

All Glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga!
All the Glories to Srila Prabhupada!
All Glories be to you!
Please Gurudeva, accept my most respectful obeisances, I expect this health good through Krishna.

HpS - ASA --- This body IS a disease!     Ooof.  You have problems also.

I want to thank you for your visit to Chile, I can imagine how exhausting it must be to always be traveling. I feel blessed to have her [his] association as I am very inspired by her devotion to the service of Srila Prabhupada and her devotees.
I want to write how I feel and also, what I am doing during my residence in the temple. There have been several changes in the temple, because some devotees have migrated to other temples or places and therefore feel that absence because of the lack of hands to cover certain services. For my part, I try hard to keep my sadhana and sing 16 enthusiastic rounds, to begin an arduous day in the temple restorant. I tell you, we have been doing a Bhagavad Gita study seminar given by a devotee of the congregation several weeks ago and it has been very profitable for me. I thought ... many times there arise doubts or insecurities in our mind that is like a child asking for this or that, and it comes to my mind Arjuna thinking of leaving the battlefield and Krishna (Madhusudana) goes to him saying that lamentation, material tears are a sign of ignorance and I can link all this with an extract from the book The Teachings of Caitanya Mahaprabhu, where he instructs Sanatana Goswami, Sanatana with their hands together and in a very humble attitude asks for instruction and instructions for write a book and Sri Caitanya gives his blessings and tells him that the most important thing is to accept a trustworthy spiritual master, and I give thanks for having his shelter.
I would like to ask a question, is it true that the more service we make our anarthas are manifesting more? I wonder, what form could you be aware of this and work those anarthas?
His humble servant, bhaktina Maria de los Ángeles

HpS - Thank you for your letter. I can only think that you must have been a very sincere devotee in your previous lifetime, maybe a Clarisa o algo.
I have heard that engaging devotional service brings out the hidden material desires, trash, but I can't think of any direct citations about that now.Madhya 19.156 and the subsequent verses may give some very interesting knowledge about this. Tell us what you find!

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada 

Por favor acepte nuestras humildes y respetuosas reverencias Gurudeva ! 

Le ofrecemos una gran disculpa por tener mala comunicación en el blog,

HpS - ASA -- Aparece no super mal!

el tiempo de la mudanza y el establecernos en Canoas N.L. pasamos algunas austeridades pero todo por ahora está bien, empezamos a sembrar frijol moong, árboles frutales y vegetales, mi esposo está cocinando en el restaurante, sale a sankirtan, apoya el BBT y empezó un grupo de estudio en el centro de prédica en Mty. Está por ahora muy bien de salud yo estoy en la casa en Canoas con nuestros hijos, adoración a nuestro altar, por ahora me dedico a las plantas y nuestro sadhana ya que el terreno necesita mucha dedicación para tener resultados positivos, actualmente no asisto todos los domingos al programa del centro de prédica por la distancia y los horarios pero apoyamos en festivales con donativos, servicio como guirnaldas y ofrendas de bhoga, son las actividades que por ahora podemos realizar sin descuidar a los hijos, casa, sadhana etc....

HpS - Super.   Hay mucho, mucho, muchos trucos en hacer la agricultura bueno y simple. 

Nos mantenemos bien con 16 rondas y 4 principios la zona donde vivimos ahora nos ayuda mucho a levantarnos temprano

no tengo más que reportarle, sabemos que está con un itinerario muy intenso y le agradecemos su tiempo de saber de nosotros y ofrecerle esta humilde reporte de nuestras actividades e inspirarnos a motivarnos cada día mejorar nuestro sankirtan.

Su insignificante aspirante a sirviente Ananda maya devi dasi

HpS - ASA --- Saludos a el otro mitad de la naranja, como se llama sus hijos???      Hay devotos con quien asociar donde esta su tereno?

Super buen fotos!

Dear Gurudeva

Please accept my humble obeisances

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

First of all I want to thank you for being the source of my inspiration without you could not continue in my spiritual life. now we are doing harinama and sankirtana with the groups of Bhakti vriksha here in Mexico Df, there are already 7 groups with a fixed attendance of at least 7 people per group some more and others less, last week were distributed between groups 135 books for them distributed in the week and was a success, all distributed at least 3 or 4 books per week.

HpS - ASA --- So, nice!!

The world manager Seva Svarupa das agreed to come on Tuesday 5 to Mexico to commemorate with us and groups the 20 years of Bhakti Vriksha and recently SS Bhakti Busana Swami, p Hanuman of spain and p Aravinda were given [giving] a sankirtan course and attended by about 54 people.

On my own I keep doing sankirtan and live in the temple, this is the report my insignificant service now

Dear Gurudeva please excuse all my offenses I just want to satisfy you and help you with your service, please tell me how I can satisfy you what do you want from me?  

I humbly ask you to take charge of my life and manage to your will because I do not have the intelligence to take my free allowance.

his servant

Vrajendra Kumara Dasa

HpS - You did not take second initiation, no??  1st is sufficient, but 2nd is also good if you can do it.

If we chance 16-enthusiastic rounds, can say we have association of at least 6-enthusiastic devotees, and enthusiastic morning and evening program, then Krsna will take charge of our life. He will give  us good intelligence who to talk with about things etc.   Keep us in your orbit in this Blog but also get good advice from ISKCON institutional authorities and you will be pushing Srila Prabhupada's movement like anything.