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HpSwami - AGTSP       paoho.     Thank you Prabhu.  We will post your complete letter on our Blog; www.hps.monkeywarrior.com , which is open to all and has several readers.
Since we have this name, Hanumatpresaka Das, we have always been focusing on participating in the Lord's efforts to rescue Sita from Ravana! In this regards we are very ready to help any efforts that you are developing.  This is a "secret" address for these types of correspondences.  Thank you.
Giriraja Maharaja, Ki Jai!


From: VIHE Vrindavan <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 2:23 PM
Subject: 2013 Vaishnavi Retreat at Govardhana

Dear Hanumatpresaka Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
 
I am writing to inform you about the annual Vaisnavi Retreat program I am organizing for female devotees, particularly for those who are actively serving in temples, or engaged in preaching. This year’s event will be from March 30 to April 3, 2013.
 
Our first retreat was held in March 2011 and the second in February 2012. Both went very well, in fact beyond our expectations. We had about 90 devotees taking part, including about 10 disciples of Srila Prabhupada each year.
 
The idea for these Vaisnavi Retreats came about during discussions on caring for devotees. We are hoping that these retreats can serve as a forum for vaisnavis to take shelter in each other for spiritual progress. Our desire is to cater to the need for association of devotee women engaged in Mahaprabhu's preaching mission under the shelter of Srila Prabhupada and generate peer support in various fields of devotional service.
 
We have chosen "Celebrating Srila Prabhupada's Mercy" as the theme of the retreats. The venue is a peaceful guesthouse in Jatipura, overlooking Sri Giriraja Govardhana. The program includes seminars on various topics, practical workshops, hearing from Srila Prabhupada's disciples about their experiences in Krsna consciousness, lots of kirtanas, a drama, dance by proficient ISKCON artists, interactive exchanges, and a small marketplace where devotees may sell their devotional creations or display their projects for each other's inspiration.
 
If you think that some of your disciples, friends or contacts could benefit from such program, please send us their address or have them contact Mitra DD at [email protected] or [email protected].
 
For more information you may log on to vihe.org and check our retreats section.
 
Hoping this meets you well,
 
Your servant,
Prasanta Dasi.
Director, Vrindavana Institute for Higher Education
 
PS: Please find attached the program of the retreat.
 
GALLERY- 2012 International Vaishnavi Retreat
https://picasaweb.google.com/108723086666292087250/2012InternationalVaishnaviRetreat
 
GALLERY- 2011 International Vaishnavi Retreat
https://picasaweb.google.com/108723086666292087250/2011InternationalVaisnaviRetreat

Dear Hanumat Presaka Maharaja!

Please accept my our humble obeisances! All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga!

My name is Tirtharaja Dasa, and I serve as an (almost) a temple president of (nearly finished) ISKCON Valencia (Spain) temple. We are in the midst of construction works of the new temple and our inauguration date, by Krishna's mercy, is set to 31 of March. I am writing for two reasons, one is a recommendation letter for bhaktin Mirabai, and another one is to invite you to visit us in May, during your visit to Spain.

Yadunandana Swami asked me to do the recommendation letter and necesary formalities (the exam and so on), since Mirabai lives in Valencia. Maharaja is very much in favour of Mirabai taking the vows and your shelter through a Harinama initiation. I´m happy to recommend Mirabai Platón for Harinama initiation. As far as I know she has been chanting a minimum of 16 rounds of japa every day strictly for at least one year and following the regulative principles for more (much more) than one year. Moreover, she has successfully completed the official ISKCON initiation exam, proving sufficient philosophical knowledge. As an ISKCON devotee living outside of the temple, she has been doing regular morning programs and puja at home for many years and is active member of our community.

We would like to invite you to come and visit us during your May visit to Spain. Valencia is hour and a half by train from Madrid (AVE) and some 3 and a half hours from Barcelona by train too. If traveling by car, the distance is pretty much the same, 3 and a half to 4 hours from both cities. 

Your servant,

Tirtharaja Dasa

      HpS -  Jaya!  AGTSP  paoho.   Thank you so much.  Can you send us Mataji's full name and date of birth at [email protected] ?   Also her e-mail address?    She is on the Japa forum many days each morning.      We would like to visit Valencia.   Our visit this time is being organized by Jayanta Das.  You can talk with him and he would have the best idea of what is practical!!   BEST OF WISHES for your Temple inauguration and more and more and more success!!!

Dear Respected Maharaja,

PAMHO. AGTSP. It has been many years since we've had the great fortune of hosting you in Colorado. Any chance you could make a visit sometime in 2013? We don't get a lot of visiting sadhus here, so the devotees really appreciate anyone who comes through.

Your servant, Jayasacisuta dasa

HpS- AGTSP  paoho.    Done...  We arrive Wednesday the 26th of June at 3.30PM!   Jaya!   I think we stay one week and then go on to Boise and San Jose....     Is O.K?    We can plan some nice Sankirtana.   Basically we are basing everything on LIght of the Bhagavata, Cultivation of the Human Spirit, with art, symposium, movies!!  Then internally we have our whole curriculum with NOI, NOD, BhSatri, Bh.Vaibhava.   Please write to us at:

[email protected]

for details related to these travel things!             Soooooooooooo nice to see you and Radha Govinda again!!

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

    Guru Dev, Answering to our last communication.

    Maharaj,I am happy that you are allowed me to talk on phone. I have booked my ticket for April
    visit (22-30). What will be your phone no in India. Will you come back for Vrandavan this year for
    Kartik yatra. Guru Dev, we want to see Vrandavan through your eyes.
    
    I always think about you....lots of things comes in my mind.

    Guru Dev, I never worried about your health, i know you don't leave at body level. you are always
    with krsna. you have given your everything to Krsna...means this body is not also your. Just you are
    using this body to serve Prabhupada.
    
    when you are do kirtan/dance in very early in the morning, you don't feel body. you are just at
    ecstatic. Thanking tears comes to your eye.You always thanks Krsna for all happiness. The happiness
    and smile at your face that are unexplainable for me.

    By seeing this, i always feel to chase you and i am chasing. I want the test, which you have by
    "Getting a higher taste one gives up the lower taste." (your quote).

    I have been chasing your happiness for a long time, some time, i  also feel for less then 1 second. So
    still chasing and will chase till, i get some thing.

    When i see you, when listen you, when i deeply think about you, i always feel there are many many
    secrets about Krsna, which i am not able to see. but i just understand by see you.

    we always thing about your true happiness, this way you always leave with me.

    I am a dump minded man; don't have skill to understand your lots of words...which you convey
    us...very simple way, again, which has a very deep secret.

    I always feel, relationship with you, not only this life but for many many lifes. I always feel, i was a
    very very tiny servant in your last life.
    
    Guru Dev, bless me so that.......i can come back to you, again.

your fallen servant,
Girivaradhari-Gopal Das

              HpS - Jaya Giriraja!   AGTSP.    Thank you for your inspiring letter.   We leave for India on Monday.  I sent you telephone information in Yahoo letter answer.  So we should talk soon.    Even if we are very mechanical because of past sinful life, by chanting, chanting, chanting, Bhakti yoga our hearts will soften and we will become nice friendly people.  We hope to hear so much about Temple opening.  We would like to be there.

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada
Todas las  glorias a Usted Gurudeva

Querido Gurudeva
Por favor acepte mis más respetuosas reverencias

Esperamos que haya tenido un feliz Vyasa Puja. La fiesta en Santiago fue muy hermosa!

Con Arjuna ya estamos planificando este año 2013. Hay muchas cosas por hacer y queremos trabajar con bastante tiempo.

Arjuna y su hermano Domingo Torres están trabajando para crear una productora cultural.

¿Usted visitará Chile en noviembre 2013? Pienso que noviembre es un muy buen mes para organizar conferencias.

Por misericordia de Krishna para esta nueva  visita  hay muchas  posibilidades de programas que podemos conseguir. Tal vez podríamos elegir las más importantes:

1-Festival de Ratha Yatra: Tres días. 8, 9 y 10 de noviembre!

2-Conferencia en la Cineteca Nacional en el Centro Cultural Palacio La Moneda.

3-Programa en Cine Arte Alameda: Pienso que podemos hablar con la directora del cine para que esta vez SI podamos usar la pantalla gigante (profesional) que tiene el Cine y dar al menos una de las películas que Usted ha realizado junto a Prabhu Oscar Naters.

4-Arjuna me ha dicho que en noviembre Usted será invitado al Congreso de Valparaíso para mostrar su propuesta educacional y cultural que ha desarrollado en los últimos 20 años a diputados y senadores. El contacto es de Arjuna y su hermano Domingo, es una Senadora muy importante en nuestro país.

4-Prabhu Abhimanyu estudia psicología en la Universidad Católica Raúl Silva Henriquez. Me ha dicho que podemos contar con una nueva conferencia allí.

5-Abhimanyu y yo estudiamos en el Instituto Nacional que es el colegio más antiguo e importante de Chile. Este año el colegio cumple 200 años. Abhimanyu también nos dijo que usted podría dar una conferencia para alumnos y profesores de este colegio.

5-Espero hacer todas las gestiones para que Usted pueda dar una conferencia en la Feria Internacional del Libro de Santiago. Es una feria del libro que dura 15 días. Hay cientos y cientos de stands de editoriales y librerías, las más importantes. También hay teatro, conciertos, cine, recitales de poesía, presentaciones de libros,etc. Este evento es muy importante, en los 15 días asisten muchísimas personas.

A nivel latinoamericano está en primer lugar la Feria Internacional del Libro de Guadalajara (México), luego la Feria Internacional del Libro de Buenos Aires (Argentina) y luego la Feria Internacional del Libro de Santiago de Chile.

Estas son las posibilidades que tenemos hasta ahora. Muchas gracias por permitirnos hacer servicio para Usted.

Quedamos en espera de sus comentarios.

Intentando servir a sus pies de Loto,
Arjuna dasa y bhakta Rodrigo Hernández Piceros

        TLGASP....   Muy   muy bien conversar con puede.  Necesita traducir el DTC!!    Google!     Estamos muy occupados, no?  Pero claro siempre pensando en Vds tambien.
       CALENDARIO:
Hasta 1 Junio fijado con Europe, India, Australia, India, Europe...   Then Propuesto es  1-1 Junio - Tennessee,  11Junio - 3 Julio - Houston y Mexico,    4-15 Julio - Boise y San Jose, California!  (Enfoque Bh Vai).
1-15 Septiembre Fijado con Tennessee,  pero pudimos visitar a Sud America 15 Julio hast 30 Agosto.  Seis semanas.  Pero... aparece eso es demasiado corta y intenso????   Congreso de filos.  en Peru 16-17 Agosto.

Si no entonces  salimos de EEUU como 8 Octubre y pudimos pasara Octubre, Noviembre, Deciembre...  En Sud America.   Mejor, no???

Ya estamos fijando temas.