Letters to the editor

Hello gurumaharaja, Hare Krishna.
Please accept my humble obeisances, all glories to Srila Prabhupada.
 

In response to your reply to my letter, sorry that you have to explain again how things work in ISKCON, it could have given a bad impression from my side. Not that i don't know these things, but i have understood from our personal conversation at the time that after six months we would be okay. This is what i've been keeping in mind all the time and what's been my inspiration. That's why i was waiting for your visit to Radhadesh, early 2013. Sadhana wise, not much change. Sure, i am up to date with chanting a minimum of sixteen rounds daily,  after i picked it up again last april, and i've followed the four regulations strictly. I take part in (temple) programs at least once a week. I'm already almost a pure devotee (wink). Getting up at brahma muhurta is fluctuating, but GUERD is my motto. Therefore i was a bit upset at first to read your response, because i have been looking forward to it, and have meditated on it on a daily basis.

So, my apologies for this misunderstanding. I was thinking about this development, what to do? I am but a puppet, grumbling. Frankly, it impresses me as somewhat unpractical, we coming to Radhadesh during a short symposium in may when there's two weeks time in februari, but i was thinking, as an alternative, perhaps in may we can do a honeymoon to Spain, New Vraja Mandala. Still, i hope for february, financially that is certainly a lot more secure for us.

I wish you a good time in your writing marathon, good health, and i hope to have the chance to meet you and the other devotees at Japa Joe's.

Signed,
an inspiring devotee.

           HpS - ASA -  AGTSP!!!  paoho.   This Guru-Disciple thing is very individual in many ways. Some are more strict on the exact dates, some are less strict, some preach more strict but are less strict...   We are kind of bull headed about the basic stuff and more intuitive about other stuff.
You may have seen another letter with this same situation. It is common, but it is good.  The marriage has certain ritual actions and words, but those are authorized and then the relationship is a personal contract between God and (wo)men.
Your going to chant for the rest of your life, so what difference does some formality mean?

This Brahma-muhurta thing, up and chanting 96-48 minutes before dawn is ESSENTIAL in our discipline. Basically we won't be chanting ENTHUSIASTIC rounds without it.  Then after five years you will be depressed because of the lack of progress and then you will give up altogether. We have seen it so often.
Yes, Spain, may be the best option. If you are fixed in the Sadhana for a year then Spain would be VERY nice place for initiation!

What ya think?
 

Querido Gurudev. Pamho.

Necesito confirmación de los siguientes datos para su viaje a España.

Nombre: Huber Robinson

Passport Nº:   HpS - Si, es correcto, pero Confidential.

Fecha de Caducidad: 2014

Buscar vuelo

Bruselas- Madrid  (dia 01-05-2013  A partir de mediodia  13:00 o 15:00 horas??)

       HpS - ASA -  TlgaSP...  (((pfanrh)))     Llegamos de Bombay 7.50AM, 01-0502013. Pero no es sorpesa si el vuelo esta demurado.  Entonces pienso mejor no buscar vuleo antes de 15:00 horas, no?

Guadalajara - Barcelona (dia 20 de Mayo- por la mañana) Tren AVE

Barcelona- Bruselas  (dia 27 de Mayo por la mañana)

¿Tiene algun correo especifico al que se le pueda escribir para los asuntos de su viaje o todo tiene que ser a través del blog?

      HpS - ASA -  Son super poner aqui los cosas general como todo el mundo conoce lo que pasa.  Mas fuerte la Sankirtan entonces.  Pero los detalles confidential de bolet puede enviar a [email protected]

De todas formas tenemos aún bastante tiempo.

Sin mas y esperando se encuentre bien de salud se despide

su sirviente

Jayanta das

P.D.- En cuanto al programa de Universidad, ya hablaré con los antropologos para ver que tema quieren. Pero varnasram-dharma parece bastante interesante.

               HpS - Vd puede ser la mimsa servicio en Goloka para Nanda maharaja y Srila Prabhupada y ISKCON Espana del Goloka!!!

      AGTSP
   (((paoh)))
We are in Santiago still....  HAve a headache from life...  but we are still alive and fighting in Srila Prabhupada's army!        Here is a letter we just wrote to Professor Samaresh.

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From: Samaresh Bandyopadhyay <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2012 2:21 PM
Subject: Re: Urgent Nice News

Revered Maharaj,
how are you now?
Hope you have seen copy of my letter to Prof. Mabbett forwarded by
me.Iam expecting a call tomorrow at 9-30 pm tomorrow from you.What is
the progress as regards the announcement made at the seminar of the
Indian Museum ?
Best regards,
S.B.

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HpS - 21 November 2012

Santiago, Chile
Esteemed Professor. It is so nice to get your association. Whenever I do it makes me think of Kolkatta and our life there. I think it is a participant in the eternal pastimes of Sri Gauranga and all his associates.
We just finished forwarding all the letters, paper, bio-datas, that I sent to you to Harsh. Then by Superior arrangement he called me by Skype as I was just sending the last paper. It has been so, so, so frustrating to communicate from here. The interent freezes again and again or doesn't repsond at all. So it took one hour to forward everything but it seems that it has all come intact. He already open Dora Bazan's paper.

We discussed how to stay in touch for the editing. As I mentioned we still have Ruben Devoto's paper and Miguel Polo's. We will work on them, but the six sent are very substantial.

I also received the copy of your letter to Dr. Mabbett and I have written with this information and perspective to our disciples and ISKCON authorities in Australia asking them to fix our travel schedule now. It seems that we will be all over the country so we will be able to meet very responsible people there, and maybe even do pubishable interviews with them on useful topics. We have done this before and the results is very nice.

Our health is functional. Half the city is suffering from allergy. It is Spring here and of course this is very great problem for us. We are following a strict diet and that has reduced it to manageable level!!

Here we have three major presentations as well as many minor ones. The major ones are Hamlet and Arjuna, the LIght of the Bhagavata, and Socrates and Maharaja Parikshit. The first one was at Universidad Fedorico Santa Maria. Everyone comments that it is the premier Science and Engineering school in the country and as you would expect their Humanities program is very first class and oriented towards practical application. Such brilliant students.

They loved the introduction to Socrates and the death of Maharaja Pariksit. Now it is developing that everyone is very enthused by the idea of next year organizing a big symposium here, and Peru, and USA on the Song of Solomon in the Bible and the Rasa literature of Rupa Goswami. Hamlet, Socrates, Solomon. We have passed through Karma yoga with Arjuna and Hamlet, we have achieved liberation from Socrates and M. Pariksit, but very practically the question is, "What do we do after liberation?" This was no doubt to the Bible Saints nor to Sri Rupa. Here we come to the esoteric life of the soul in Bhava and Beatific States of Consciousness. The response has been very strong amongst students, professors and administrators.

As our chief advisor, what do you think?

Monday we have a private presentation at the National Museum with the Ambassador of Indian and others and there we will present this idea for next year with an international committee.

I guess that is the basic communication. We are winning the battle to stay alive. We are as always very, very busy with individual consulting for disciples and devotees, internet is infernal, our Museum book is progressing by your's and Harsh's mercy, plans for practical NIOS work are progressing . . .

.... we are very involved as Member of the Executive Committee for ISKCON Ministry of Education. It is as disorganized as anything but many very successful programs are developing throughout the whole world. A realistic estimate is that ISKCON now has to serve educational needs of about 25,000 children and youths, alone.

...... our calendar is that we will be in Santiago until 28th. Then two nights in Lima, Peru. Then 5-days in Ecuador, the little country to the North. Then one day in Lima again and then in Tennessee from 8th December to 8th January.

... We will try to fix an exact day to try to reach the Nil-kamal or your cellular at 9.30PM.

..... When we get back to Lima we plan to take the letter of respect for you from San Marcos University in hand and then we deal with it practically from USA. 

Thank you so much. Now have 8-letters to answer if the internet will just co-operate. Seems really is better just to be a Bobba living in a hut in the jungle at the edge of a village and work from there!

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

    Answering about our last letter/communication.

    Guru Dev, Please excuse my delay in answering. For more than last 3 week, I was going to a different
    work location so was not able to answer. I was not able to read blog.

    Guru Dev, I would like to take care of your stay in Kolkata Temple.I will be happy to server you.

    I will contact HG Harsh Prabhu to whom we have to contact in the Kolkatta temple and also will
    Write mail to him. I have his mail ID.

    we will keep updating you at [email protected].

    Next week, I am going to Vrindavan for 10 days.

your fallen servant,
Girivaradhari-Gopal Das

                     HpS --  AGTSP..    paoho..... Please excuse the problems of our delayed communication.   Programs in Chile are incredible!!!    O.K.   We look for mail in Monkey's Mail bag.                You are so fortunate to live in India, go to Vraja!!!