Letters to the editor

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

    Gurudev, Happy to see the success of ISKCON North America Symposium.

    we can see your next India schedule (Feb 2017). Please let us know
    how many days you would be able to give for Pune.

your fallen servant,
Girivaradhari-Gopal Das

HpS - Hare Krsna, Prabhu!

How are you, and everyone?   Of course, you can see how we are just beginning to catch up with the mail. Really we are getting so much more regulated, enthusiastic schedule here.  We are advancing so much in our sense-control, sadhana-bhakti.

An you?

Our Calendar for India is just now being fixed. We are supposed to talk with Braja-bihari Das today about the Guru, Sannyasi, GBC Sanga from the 11-13th of February. That is the only fixed date that we have in India now. Other than that we would probably stay in Mayapur for a little bit so that we could meet devotees there.

10th January is SB symposium in University of Madras organized by devotees but focusing on external scholars also, but 27 January - 3 February is South American Education Symposium.  So, we will have to eliminate one program.

We hope to have some schedule soon.

Esteemed Lalita-Gopi, Jiva Goswami Das
The plan is to always do a Spanish and English"Solaris", although they can certainly be a little different.
Now we are focusing on distributing the Spanish edition and publishing the English edition.
Now the Strategy is to have a big program on Art and the Sacred in 2018, and a series of regional colloquies on Psychology and the Sacred in 2017, and develop Solaris in parallel with that.
Please make all of this work your own as much as you can.
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On Mon, 8/8/16, Dolores Chavez wrotr:

 Subject: Re: Psych & Sacred Video Links
 
 AGTSP, AGTHPS, PAMHO
 Hare Krsna, GuruMaharaja:
 It
 would be nice then to prepare an article about Art in
 english. So, my
 question is:
 Next year 2017, stills Psycology and the sacred
 and Solaris is going to be
 in Spanish. ?
 Your useless servant
 Lalita
 Gopi DD
 

Hare Krishna Gurudev!

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

Your last tweet read your arm was swelled up L I am sorry to hear about the wasp bite. I hope you heal quickly. As much as I despise western medicine, Benadryl does wonderful (temporary) things.

 ASA - Because of Benadryl our just regular Bhakti-yoga, it is reducing the swelling quickly.

A devotee was telling me about one of the forms of NrsngaDev during the time Hiryanakashipu was being disemboweled. The merciful lord pinched a nerve that would numb the entire body, so Hiranyakashipu would not feel the pain. It had me thinking (from a former medical standpoint) about how perfect the creation of the Lord is. Our bodies and their mechanisms are just constructed where you can see Krishna everywhere!

Just an update- so my GRE scores got cancelled and I’ll end up taking the test again...eventually. I still ponder why Krishna made me look bad and I guess my motives became too egotistical. It was His arrangement to make me humble and therefore, love Him more. We can’t love God when we’re too in love with ourselves. I’ll do better next time. 16 Rounds going well. My rounds have become more intense (in a good way). Morning programs also going well. Getting up early- in a lot of association so very blessed out J

I recently came back from Chicago from The Sanga Initiative (TSI) – a wonderful youth retreat of ISKCON youth from all over the states. We got together and discussed the infusion of Krishna consciousness in our hectic lifestyles. It was very inspiring- especially being able to share about college programs and outreach. A week before Chicago, I went to New Vrindaban and saw “old vrindaban” , a few miles down, where Srila Prabhupad originally started the temple. It was in a rundown shack at the bottom of a winded down grassy, bumpy terrain (a road named Aghasura Road). There were snakes in the basement but some original paraphernalia on the makeshift altar.  It was very austere and gave me so much appreciation for Srila Prabhupad and this movement.

Just preparing now for Balaram Jayanti and Janamastami!

 I wanted to revisit the topic of initiation. I 100% understand you are extremely busy Maharaj, so everything is at your convenience and your mercy. We last discussed a date on a Sunday feast during Kartik. October? I was hoping that would still be an option…I get butterflies just thinking about it. What do you think? Pretty please?

I heard you were coming for the opening of the Baltimore Temple in mid-October? Is that so!? My heart jumped out of throat when I heard that.

I listen to your lectures nightly and pray to be at your service. Thank you for your mercy Gurudev!

Your aspiring servant,
Sarita

HpS - We have to discuss with Braja Bihari Das about when we should go Potomac. We will try to call him tonight. Your scores being cancelled under such unfair circumstances is very, very, very intense. Seems that Krsna wants you to do very, very big service in this academic field.

What could that be?

Maybe you can take initiation in Vrndavan. Even if we are wrong in Vrndavan it is right. To have any service in Iskcon is perfection.

Hare Krsna Beloved Gurudeva

AGTSP PAMHO

I had an idea right after FMP. 

I do not know how to say this. I guess that it wilk be really useful if U have a brahmacari as a permanent servant. We get pretty worried when things like poison.. nauseas etc occur

We are in this lusty unintelligent sentimental female body.. but we have very nice brahmacaris as godbrothers like Adi Yajña das. We asked him and he is really looking forward to accept this service..  travel with U . Etc we as godbrothers may help him with his expenses

That is our humble proposal. He has already accepted we discuss this topic with our godbrothers in our whatssapp group.

Sorry for being so sentimental

Trying to be useful

Cmdd

HpS - Here there is no problem. Our hosts make sure we are o.k.

NgD went and bought medicine. Amit, Doctor, stopped by to see our hand.

On long trip to India seems would be good to travel with someone else.

Thank you very much.

Hare Krishna Beloved and esteemed Gurudev,

Please accept my humble obeisances,

All glories to Srila Prabhupada 

Feeling Sad for seeing so much suffering, knowing that people around us will suffer. Push me to pull this KC cart, Prabhupada Yatra!!

Had three hours meeting with His Grace Virabahu Prabhu, super good and practical advices about grihastha ashram life. Something happened after that meeting, it was mystical but upastha vegam decreased like 95%. Now i see things much more clearer. 4 principles strictly ok. 

HpS - Wonderful. Wonderful. I would like such mercy.

I'm doing mangal aratik once a week at el loft, FMP, then at home. 16 R ok. Still i have big debt from previous hellish tours!!A

Building "my " house at Sri Govardhan farm, hope i can move next october. Really i want to gradually abandon this urban lifestyle to shift to a more plain and simple rural life. I'm doing big research about cow grazing and varnasrama. I'm sure being around cows is the best sadhu sanga, I experienced that at Bhakti Raghava Maharaja's farm in south india near Udupi.

Monkey-Piggy. - Yeah, why hang out with girls when you can hang out with cows!

On the other hand I was selected to be a Profesor at Med School University. Mdp National University is opening med school next year. Is a very interesting project,and now I'm making a course about pedagogy which is a sine qua non for being a profesor at the university. Of course the main reason I want to be there is for preaching, but i wonder wether is worthy the sacrifice. The environment is full of atheism, feminism and supporters of evolution theory. What do you think Gurudev?

ASA - Try it out.

Last week we have the first Trascendental film festival at El Loft, the entrance fee was bhoga for our Ffl program, we presented a documentary about our community which was made by local cinema students. We are preparing a play for janmastammi, Gita Concise, very nice.

Local preaching is super, programs every day at el loft, harinam, book and prasadam distribution, columns in local newspapers every week and in radio show twice a week.  Now we go for a Gurukula at our farm.

Hope you can visit us in your next South America tour, you can stay at "my" cave at Sri Govardhan.

Thank you Gurudev, you have parah budhi, super inspiring,

Your little bit less fallen servant,

Nikunja Bihari das.

HpS - Join the Symposium on education in Brazil end of January. Full primary school support.

Our respects to Maha-Jana et al. Thanks for photos!

                HARE KRSNA MOST DEAR GURUDEVA,

                PAOHO, AGTSP!!

                HOW HAVE YOU BEEN?, WE HAVE BEEN MISSING A LOT YOUR DAILY ASSOCIATION...

                WE HAVE SURVIVED THIS MOVING FROM MADRID TO NVM, WE WILL

                WRITTE YOU SOON TO LET YOU KNOW HOW  WE ARE DOING.

                 WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO KNOW YOU WANT TO COME AND VISIT SPAIN

                 AGAIN THIS YEAR, MAYBE WE CAN EXPLORE ALCALA DE HENARES UNIVERISTY,

                FOR A CONFERENCE.

                 WE WILL CHECK WITH THE AUTHORITIES (MADRID AND NMV) AND LET YOU KNOW

                 YOU ASAP.

                  WITH AFFECTION

                   ASPIRING TO SERVE YOU

                   SANANDA DD Y BHADRA VD

                PD: WE HAVE A ARRANGED A ROOM JUST FOR SANNYASYS IN OUR HOME <img alt="laugh" height="23" src="http://www.hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/teeth_smile.png" title="laugh" width="23" />

HpS - ASA -- AGTSP...   What is our eternal service. It is seem with intensity in this world as a reflection of light is seen in shadows.  Krsna is so, so intent on His plans of happiness and fun that He really misses our participation. We can become active in that service again by using our attachments in this world for his service. Don't think about death as other than a part of the road from indirect service in this world to direst service in the other world. So you soon.