Letters to the editor

04/30/17  Haribol Esteemed Guru Maharaja!!  Please accept dandavats and Pranams    All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Plans for your visit proceeding.

**Home program at Govinda Priya Matajis and Shankaranand's in Sacramento planned for 6:30 pm Wed June 7th. (most will arrive at 7:30 pm) This will most likely be the best attended program.

**Home Program being planned for Radha-Gopinatha's home Thurs June 8th.

**Question re. June 8th:   I'm thinking there may be some who would like to have more "personal" and less-structured access to you during the daytime on the 8th.  I can word the Thursday the 8th. invitation as:   "Open House" from, say, 1 pm--ending with a program beginning at 6:30 pm  (most will arrive at 7:30 pm).   Or, it can be only from 1 pm to 6 pm, with no closing program Thurs. evening. What do prefer/  Your wishes?

**Most devotees here are householders.  Home programs during weekdays are generally poorly attended or begin late, with taking prasadam around 9:30 or 10 pm typical.  Hoping your visit will be an exception to this.  We will invite, Krsna will arrange.  Your visit may end up being mostly a working/resting trip.

**What are your current dietary requirements i.e  what do you wish to take and what time do you wish to take it?

**Or should I contact someone else to obtain this information?

**If it should be that programs don't actually begin until 7:30 pm, will that be too late for you?  If so, what beginning  time for the evening programs would you like me to list?

**Any other instructions, requirements, ideas or wishes Maharaja?

Thank You for giving us this opportunity to serve you!!

Your Servant,

Kalindi Devi Dasi

HpS - ASA - - Thank you. Any of the Professors from Sacramento State College will be available for interviews? We could also visit them on Friday morning, no? Even stop off in Davis on Friday?  The Capitola Corridor Train, Amtrak, departs at 12, 2 and 3.30PM.

Sounds like the best arrangement would be to announce: "Hanumatpresaka Swami (Prof. H. H. Robinson), Member of ISKCON Ministry of Education and North American Institute for Oriental and Classical Studies (NIOS) will be visiting Sacramento for two days. He will be presenting programs on Education in ISKCON, very dynamic and successful programs with Universities, National Museum of Peru and India on Psychology and the Sacred and generally anything you want to discuss about Krsna.

6.30PM - 7.30PM -- Informal and Personal Discussion,

7.30PM-8.30PM -- Education with ISKCON - Pre-natal, pre-school, primary, secondary, studying and teaching at the university levels.

For related information go to www.youtube.com and search with the Key-words, 'Psychology and the Sacred 2016'

Invite any interested people Krsna has sent to you.

Prasadam."

Then we can leave at 8.30PM, no?

There is a Light of the Bhagavata picture you could use for promo in our archives, www.jayarama.us/archives. Just look for the one starting Lob-32... It's ten MB so may take some time to download.

We are wating for news from Lokanatha Das about when to visit him and Berkeley, maybe go little early on Friday. The Amtrak is only $25. Comfortable and able to avoid any traffic hang-ups!

Hare Krsna x 25.

Organic fruit, carrots, milk, rice, split peas, oats, Prasadam.

Dear Maharaja,

PAMHO AGTSP

New dates will be fine.  We haven't set anything in stone here yet so we are flexable. Most important is your energy to preach. We will not promote an intense scedhule while you are here either. Calculated and effective. Weather will be nice so if you like you can rest and visit some quite beaches while you are here. 

Your servant

Crocodile Dundee Das

HpS - Hare Krsna!  Mate!   So nice to hear from you.   Then we just have to get the answer from Hawaii. Then start to get the tickets.  It is the right time to visit India also, because the program planned for Peru will be June-July, so we can see the Indian participants  enough time before to co-ordinate writing and performing art's projects.

Are you back on the ISKCON plantation?   Big snakes?     Cooking for Jazz festivals.

Hare Krsna Dear Gurudev,
    Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
    All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
    All glories to Guru parampara.

    Deity seva going excellent. Actually you are doing the seva, i am just assisting you.

    Deity seva takes me to a different world. It is very personal. Lord reciprocate, i would provide you all the details when
    we meet next time.

your fallen servant,
Girivaradhari-Gopal Das

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Hare Krsna Dear Gurudev,
    Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
    All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
    All glories to Guru parampara.

    An un-favorable update.

    i have checked with some senior b'chari in temple that there will be HH Radhanath Swami's Vraja trip in Kartik this year.
    So most of the B'chari and Grihasta (householder) or congregation devotee won't be available in Pune at that time.  

    So senior b'chari requested not to schedule your classes at that time as they all want to hear you.
    They don't want to miss your classes. Also they want, you stay in old temple (Sri Sri Radha Kunja Bihari Temple).

    I am bit in dilemma that if we invite you during Kartik most of the devotee won't be able to hear you.
    And those who will be in Pune, would be very busy in services (ad hoc services).

    Please advise.

your fallen servant,
Girivaradhari-Gopal Das

HpS - Jaya!  Giri-vara-dhari!   Jaya Pune Yatra!!!  Just writing to you takes us there.   All you need it Kirtan, Japa, SB and Murti-avatara!!!       If you look at the letter Australia today you can look at the efforts to plan the India, Australia, Hawaii trip.  What do you think of those dates. We would be for several days at the GBC meeting. I guess it would be in Bombay.  Maybe before Kartika.  What do you think of that.  Think GBC meeting, Delhi (Vraja), Kolkatta >>>>>

Dear maharaja
PAMHO AGTSP

In Mayapur (Feb) you asked me how was the youth program here at New Govadhan. I had no reply because I couldn’t recall one, which was silly because in 2011 (Vrindavan) I had asked you for advice on running a youth program. I was driving on to New Govardhan farm a few weeks ago and I saw the place what once was Hanuman House and I remembered. We did have a youth program! I just forgot about it. It was called "Hanuman House". A team of my generation would get together once ever couple of months and take the local youth camping on the Krishna farm, do archery, swimming and cooking the Sunday feast. We did this 2012-2014 and even built a club house. After leaving Murwillumbah for 2.5 years I forgot about it. It went well but was hard for us to find the time to maintain with our busy grihasta lives. Also the club house blew down in a storm and was recycled.

HpS - Probably was extremely effective!

Australia Visit September 2017:
Sorry if I’ve missed any details on the blog.

Please, when you are ready, tell me the day and city you want to arrive along with your personal details to this email [email protected]. We will arrange your ticket. I will make arrangements as you wish for Brisbane/Gold Coast/Murwillumbah, Sydney and Melbourne.

HpS - Wow!    This Calendar stuff is intense: Half the time planning the travel, other half traveling and then tryin to preach.  O.K.   Here is the progress.   We finaly looked at it and we get back from Boise, Sacramento, San Jose, Seattle, Houston, Mexico, Lima, Santiago, Lima, Chosica, Cusco, La Paz, Lima, Arequipa, Houston .....  on the 26th July.  Gonna be a little exhausted, Ei, Mate!!!   So, it seems sane that we rest our Ass for two months before we start off again.  That would mean heading for Boise, Hawaii, India .. about the 26th Sept.  O.K. with Hawaii,    BUT     .heavy pressure to go to the Interim GBC Meeting on the 9-17th of October (We've been researching tickets carefully also).   So, that would mean that it would be best to go to India first then Australia then...

What do you think of that!???    I guess something like:

27 Sept - 18 Oct -- India (3 weeks)
18 Oct - 1 Nov -- Australia (2 weeks)
1 Nov - 8th Nov -- Hawaii (1 week)

Yesterday I listened to your lecture on SB 5.18.12 (2012-05-05 Radhadesh) with pastime of HG Jayananda.

Ratha Yatra in Brisbane CBD, May 6^th. I’ve been called to guard His chariot. Jai Jaganatha!!!
Your servant
Dhruva

HpS - Wow!  Right at the beginning of the Vancover Rathyatra I saw the cart run right over the foot of a 75 year old India lady. She fell unconscious and went to the hospital!   Good luck!!

What do you think of this new calendar proposal?   It would be good for us also in a few other ways.

Hare Krishna, dear Gurumaharaj, Pamho, AGTSP!
This is my regular ekadasi report. I'm trying to discipline myself a bit more. Writing to you every two weeks compels me to readjust things constantly.

HpS - ASA -- Publishing the Kapi Dhvaja every two weeks forces us to live a more regular life!!

Personally I do not have much to say. I regularly follow everything: 16 rounds, four principles and mangalartik. Some days I'm still a bit loose (I'm mandah, lazy). Chocolate ice cream and Netflix. But I do not stop doing my duties.

I have several students, classes practically every day, I continue to help in the temple, etc. I have even actively participated in a couple of FFL.

My basic concern is to implement education in the region more systematically. Today we have a meeting in Wilson several of the former NIMSAR to continue working on the subject of Bhakti sastri and Bhakti Vaibhava and the possible revival of NIMSAR. Is it possible?

I hope that when you come we will have things more clears and can help us to up-lift these programs.
I have a very good relationship with Mathuresh Prabhu and I hope to collaborate with him as much as I can on the subject of education along with other devotees.

The experience of Cuzco was very good and I will return in August to continue my service there. If Arequipa invites me, I can also help with the educational issues.

I also saw M. Goura Gadhadara and perceived that his [her] service was too strong [heavy]. In fact, a few days ago he had pneumonia. She had suffered from her lungs since she was very young. It [she] is going to take some time off. She will go to the Sacred Valley for a few days to recover. This tells me once again that the authorities of ISKCON have to watch over the welfare of the devotees. Their duty is to protect and give service, but often they only give service until the devotee collapses and goes home. Education for the Brahmanas, but also for all Ksatriyas and all.

Well, I hope to see you soon to receive your holy association and try to progress a little more in my spiritual life and my service.

We have to talk soon about your SA tour. I have a couple of suggestions and topics to develop here. Organize some initiations, education, etc.
Ys, lad

ASA - Hare Krsna. LaD.  How is the Blue Baboon!!   Of course, we talked for one hour this morning on Skype about all this.   As we just wrote in the letter to Yugala-kishora Dasi if we are going to re-activate Nimsar in Peru then we would have to have a clear proposal with selection of President et al, and then aproval of the National Council or other local authorities.  This morning you mentioned developing the ISKCON educational ministry in Peru as another option.

We have to develop very careful program of Netflix or next lifetime we will be worms in vegetarian stool in India or wife of Indra or something, no!

Start writing stories! Lad-Flixs!

We discussed this morning here is the current proposed Calendar:

June
21[We] – IAH – MEX (6.00AM – 8.30AM), MEX – LIM [5.00PM – 10.45PM] In Mexico City for at least six hours.

23[Fr] – Disp. Gadadhara Pandita, Bhaktivinode Th. 

25[SU] – Chosica, Temple.

26[MO] – Early morning, Universidad La Cantuta (Art and the Sacred); 6-9PM, Biblioteca National (Psychology and the Sacred)

27[TU] – 10am-2pm, Jesuit, Ruiz Montoya University (Psy-Sacred)

28[WE] – 10am-2pm, San Marcos University (Psy and Sacred); Lima to Santigo [7.15pm – 11.45pm] 

July
04[tu] – Ekadasi

12[we] – Santiago to lima [6.30am – 9.30am]

15[sa] – Lima to Arrequipa

16[su] – Arerrequipq to Lima to Chosica to Lima

17[mo] – Lima (8AM – 9AM) Cusco

18[tu] – Cusco > La Paz (7.45AM - 9.45AM), then to Cochabamba

24[mo] – Cocha > Lima (10.40AM – 12.20PM)

26[we] – LIM – MEX [12.15AM – 6.30AM], MEX – IAH [1.45PM – 4.00PM] 6-hours in Mexico City

Of course, co, co co-ordinate with Abhirama Das who is doing so much program development and everyone else.

When we arrive in Lima, yes, it seems best if we can stay in Wilson, but other times in Callao, near airport.  SANKIRTAN!

Also as we discussed, everyone can get oriented to the June 15th-18th, Fourth Annual Symposium on Education with ISKCON, in Seattle. We will broadcast it on Start Meeting and you all can join.  Maybe one Session can be Education with ISKCON in the Western Hemisphere and you can even get a similtaneous translator for then.

O.K.  Thank you for your association.  Hope your internal life is waking up and you are only dealing with this reflection for purification and Sankirtan!!!!!         See you next Monday at 7.57AM.

1728+++

All Glories to Sri A.C. Prabhupada Maharaja, Sri Sripada Maharaja, Sri HpS Maharaja. Ki Jay!

Radha Krsna Ki Jay, Gouranga Mahaprabhu Ki Jay and Gourabhakta Vrnda Ki Jay!

 ASA - Yanumesvara, Balarama Ji, Ki Jai!  All Yamunesvara Das, Ki Jai!

Dandavat Pranam Guruji Maharaja!

Please accept my umble obeisances unto Guruji Maharaja’s padmacaran that tomorrow I read out the Bhagavatam 8.22.32-36. It is a new experience for me.

HpS - So nice!  No?    Bali-maharaja received a very nice benediction. He had a peaceful situation where he could serve Krsna!!  Like Radha Govinda coming to Manipura?

Now I am reading the book “The Glories of Sri Navadvipa-dham : Sri Navadvipa dhama Mahatmya By Srila Sac-cid-ananda Bhaktivinoda Thakura presented by Bhanu Swami and Pundarika Vidyanidhi Dasa.

In the chapter – 5 : Shri Mayapur and Antardvipa; it is clearly mentioned that Vansivadana is none other than Krsna’s dear flute, by whose mercy the living entities become attracted to Krsna. They then develop great thirst, to attain the rasa dance.

HpS - Dance with Krsna and others!

Sri Jiva Gosvami asked Nityananda the meaning of Antardvipa. Nityainanda replied at the end of Dvapra yuga Brahma undertook austerities here with a desire to achieve Gouranga’s mercy. The present Navadvipa is the Vrndavan of Dvapara. Thinking this Brahma began meditation and performing austerities in Antardvipa.

Another point [from Brahma to Gaura?] having given up the illusion, that I want to take birth in Your association and sing Your glories. “ Hearing Brahma’s prayer, Lord Gauranga benedicted him saying, “So be it. When My pastimes become visible on earth, you will take birth in a yavana’s house. Your name will be Haridasa Thakura, and you will be famous for your humility and completely free from all pride. You will chant three hundred thousand names a day, and when you pass from this world you will be seeing Me. And at the end of the second one hundred tillion years of your life, you will attain Navadvipa and be absorlbed in eternal rasa”. I am continuing …..

HpS - ASA - Thank you so much!!! We have very nice picture, deities of Nitai and Nimai, from one devotee young lady in Mexico. She is a very, very great book distributor. She has gone out to distribute books even though she has been coughing up blood. Your letter lets us see them even better. We are in Mayapura here because they are here!

A team of 10-12 initiated bhaktas and matagis of our Mandir are planning to take part the full Navadvipa Parikrama (20 days before Gaura Purnima) next year. The programme will be Imphal to Kolkatta to and fro by flight and stay at Mayapur until the end of the parikrama. Guruji! Have You participated such parikrama in the past?

HpS - We went on the second one, many, many years ago with Lokanatha Swami. Mahavisnu Swami and others. Only about 175 devotees.

If not, we want to participate the parikrama with You next year instead of coming directly in Imphal because we have no time to serve Guruji and hear Guruji’s Amtavani (Advice). It is our simple suggestion please doesn’t take otherwise. We are waiting Guruji’s opinion.

Yours fallen servant

Yamunesvara Das

HpS - Our humble obeisances to all Manipuri Bhaktas. We are trying to plan our Calendar now. They want us to come to India for Kartika, passing through Hawaii and Australia. Right now we can't see any clear plan beyond end of July. We listen very carefully to these suggestions and ideas and then try to see what plan we can make for best service to Krsna.

We will leave this body soon. It is old.