Letters to the editor

Hare Krsna Beloved Gurudeva:

AGTSP, PAMHO

In attachment you will find the poster for the Sri Vyasa Puja January 3rd 2022 for your approval. And also a small-scale announcement with some clarifications.

Due to your BLOG is one of the official communication channels. The inscription is MANDATORY because the venue has limited capacity.

 The devotees who want to participate in the Sri Vyasa puja MUST register for the event in the following google form doc:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSftIPboFUIhBKIhrKyqxkm-GAFKlXUdUOvC9oLITZsYNn9rHg/viewform

The inscription is until December 29th, 2021 after that date no more registrations will be received.

Devotees who can not participate in person can join the Sri Vyasa puja with this Zoom link:

https://zoom.us/j/94662690284 

Meeting ID: 946 6269 0284 

My trip is near. So coordinations regarding the event will be with Jambavan das and Palika dd from now on.

Thanks for allowing me to do a little bit for this remarkable event.

Your eternal servant

Candramukhi dd

HpSwami-ASA -- O. K.🙂 and in special circumstances devotees might try contacting the organizers, no? 👍

On Fri, Dec 17, 2021 ASA wrote to Mathuresa Das in Bolivia, La Paz:

HpSwami is Coming

Lock your doors!

Ida:

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Wonderful news Maharaj! I will go buy a big lock for my house right now (but I will give you the key)

I will keep in touch to plan for your visit.

Is someone else coming with you?

Ys

Md

Haré Krsna Gurudev!

Please accept our humble obeisances. 

All glories to Srila Prabhupada, 

The witch is lingering, but we still see her feet smashed under your red brick ashram. If we don’t visit our fairy Godmother Radha everyday the Oz/Goloka remnants that still linger from your blessed presence in New Biharvan may vanish very soon. 

We saw Jordan and Loo (the new couple who came with the two small children to the NOI seminar). They said that they have missed your association. They stumbled upon an Uttama Adhikari. How can anyone go back to their bungalow/trailer/and just watch tv??? Nothing will ever be the same….

HpS/ASA - AgtSP! He is living in His books! Jaya!

Jordan said he looked at you and understood you are free and it reminded him of seeing a happy boy (a cowherd boy?) I told them to check out your blog. They also want to see one of your Kapi Dvaja. Preaching with picture books Common folk like us “will connect with spiritual art books”, then the inner child could lean over to the Paratmatma and say, “I’m tired mom/dad, please take me home...”

(Switching to sleepy town news reports)

Gurudev, our priority is MA in some form. FMP association then we go to ISKCON Houston’s Syamasundar’s Chanting program, your classes, daily SB clases or devotee care course recordings. We were recently advised be the local pujari that we look really tired. We said we are blissed out. They said with kids you should rest more. We tried to do this for a week or two but our rounds felt less attentive during the day and we felt enveloped by our senses/mind. Now it scares us which is a good sign I guess.

HpS/ASA - Better to die with Chan Ting and Dan Sing.

We started a new LOB study group with new Bhaktins from the seminar. Prasadam cooking is still in place. All of us then move along to the BG class. We feel like the Mormons with a 4 hour community program (it can create a family atmosphere though, so much time spent together)!

Homeschooling with Murari the España Muestro. We started a 3-5 year old Gopal Fun School zoom group with 3 other families from Austin, San Diego, and Silicon with 2-4 year olds. We must meet with a UK and Australian family. I am teaching devotional songs and literature based on Chowpatti kids books. Sunday school is maintained and the SB activity Canto 3 books continue to be incredibly entertaining.

HpS/ASA - Super Girl!

We are continuing services for the temple and continue our cleaning service of the kitchen (we may send new pics soon!) We don’t like laundry but are trying to trick our mind into always making cleaning priority. We will always  remember seeing our Gurudev cleaning dishes very diligently.

We are still remaking Indra’s “pillars of rain clouds” for our Govardhan puppet show. We will try putting cotton on Chinese lanterns and sticking blue fairy lights inside of them. The kids made multi colored clay offerings and new puppets because Aja’s anti tech vegetarian Waldorf school visited a week ago. They are studying ancient India. The bus driver ate two plates after the Govardhan puppet show! Many students danced/chanted along while following their song sheet. Flying ribbons on sticks swayed in the Audience while re-enactment of Krsnas pastimes as described in the song “King of sweet” was sung by Aja’s esteemed parents. Aja’s teacher lives at the corner apartments on Martha street. He likes cursive, old typewriters, feathered top hats and we suspect that he misses the transcendentalist 18th century time period. Maybe he was at Walden’s Pond skipping rocks with Thoreau. He invited Balabhadra and I to teach  a “ how to write/speak in Sanskrit” You got an extra pumpkin cookie if you could write the whole maha mantra in Sanskrit.

Lately we are feeling that we are very offensive, awkward persons. I remember when Maha Bhagavat told me that she realized that the devotees are so merciful because they are merely just tolerating her.

HpS - She wrote to us after so many years. Bossy's Kitchen. Think it is in the Blog!

We feel the same. Thank you for tolerating our ego, our mind, and our soul that is somehow in the midst of this show. We pray for more and more sincere hearing and more sincere chanting🙏. Time is running out. Please give us direct instruction for artistic endeavors Gurudev. We’ve always done better with direct instruction (the sudra in us).

Thankyou Gurudev for asking us to write.

Your Servant,

Kamagayatri devi dasi 

HpS - AGTSP. It is 10.24PM. We are working in Over Time. Finished the hand written Kapi Dhvaja, posted the online calendar and now catching Blog mail. TB/BW have been catching the Priority Coded letters. (Code in each KDh). They are good guys. They try their best.

We got your letter. Yes.... God willing.... we want to visit New Biharvan from Nashville between Mar 7th and Jul 15th. What might be good dates for you all?

Your report is great. Use you life for Radha Banki bihari, but in an efficient way. Continue to make a large part of your service to them educating your kids for Them.

Our respects to Jayanta (Jayananda Das?) and Mataji, Bala b. Das and Mataji..... everyone!!!! When Radhika R. Das comes we can get some online programs set up.

Hare Krsna Beloved Gurudeva:

AGTSP, AGTU, PAMHO

Thank you so much for joining yesterday in our meeting for the Sri Vyasa puja. In [It] meant a lot for all of us. When you left we started to coordinate with the Godbrothers and sisters that were present. It was really encouraging.

I still have some doubts about the program that is [erase] I am posting here so that you can approve it or not.

One general comment here. Since the very begining Palika and I were just trying to do some kind of organization due to we see that there was not any, at least proactive. It has been very challenging trying to please everyone or at least that everyone feels supported and included. I can speak to myself and on behalf of Palika dd that we want that all can take part of this momentus occasion. We are in the middle of a pandemic state and due to the Sri Vyasa puja is going to be in the Boy Scouts Club in Chosica we do not know if the internet connection may fail. We were requesting that devotees from different countries record on video sending greetings, something cultural, etc

HpS/ASA - Yes!!

Jambavan has been a great support and also he provides very great ideas. Madhumanjari dd is contributing with some souvenirs. (we can not tell is a surprise)

In the meeting you said that the Sri Vyasa puja may last more than one day. So I was wondering which days? and the time? You said also that all the information will be on the blog. That is why I am writing these queries here

HpS - Vyasapuja is 3rd January, so we could do programs on the 1st and 2nd. Maybe some meetings at Sta Eulalia. Some programs for special groups on line at different times in the day.

Here you have the program:

Vyasa-puja de Su Santidad Srila Hanumatpresaka Swami Maharaja Gurudeva

lunes 3 enero 2022 (Aparición de Locana dasa Thakura)

Programa

11:00 am Ofrenda de bhoga

ASA - This should go on the same time as the other events but behind a curtain.

11:15 am Bienvenida - Pushpanjali

ASA - Pushpanjali should be at the end, just before Guru-puja. Welcome should be from 11AM to 11.15AM.

11:45 am Guru-puja / kirtana

ASA - This is too long. Should be right after Pushpanjali. 20-minutes. Hari, Hari, Bolo!!!

12:30 pm Significado VP

12:40 pm Biografía SS HpS

12:50 pm Ofrenda SS HpS a Srila Prabhupada

1:00 pm Palabras de las autoridades

1:10 pm Ofrendas verbales de los discípulos (presenciales y videos) 

HpS - Seems to short. Will be 10 people??? We suggested that these be mixed with cultural programs eg. Biography of Narottama Das by Yadu Swami, recorded cultural programs from Mexico etc. Few words from Virabahu Das??

1:30 pm Prasada y maha prasada

2:00 pm Agradecimiento y despedida

This should be after the Guru puja and then some music in the background so that devotees can associate as the want and honor the prasadam packages as they want.

O.K??

There is a shadow theater that lasts 5 minutes and today Divya dristi dd ask if she can present a puppet show and a play (The hunter and the sage) (20 minutes). So I do not know if she can present her offering on January 3rd or on the other three days that you suggested.

HpS - Other day, because it is too long for that day.

I hope that this letter will help to clarify the whole situation about the Sri Vyasa Puja

HpS/ASA - Yes, it does a lot to clarify the whole situation. 🙂 Should be music playing when devotees enter!

• Kirtan
• Reception
• Addresses by disciples, authorities - mixed with cultural programs
• Puspanjali, Guru-puja, Thanks, Prasadam and informal mixing.

Please I humbly request that you give us your blessings in order to be useful

HpS - I can't give you that!

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. You are already very useful!! Instead we can humble pray to Krsna! that you all are MORE useful. We can do the same things in Goloka as we perfect them!

Thank you very much Gurudeva

Trying to be your disciple

CMDD

Hare Krishna!

Please accept my humble obeisances.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Dear Maharaja,

Thank you for your invitation!

Yes I would love to serve you for your upcoming trip to Houston, and possibly Tennessee, too!

I'm still chanting 16 rounds and doing service at the temple. Also, Last week I went out on books, and had a very nice time talking with people, singing in the Kirtan,and a few books went out too.

And one Spanish speaking lady came to Krishna Culture wanting one book, and left with 5! Jaya Srila Prabhupada!

Hare Krishna!

Ys

Jason

HpS - Thank you for the Whatsapp dialogs also. Here is 6-times better in some respects because we can coordinate our Sankirtan effort.

You report is super.

Please tell us about the staff, managers, et al of Krsna Culture in some future letter!!

We are struggling with our Visa and may have to adjust our travel dates, but 7th March looks like our most probably date of return to USA with the ASA crew.

Hare Krsna Beloved Gurudeva:

AGTSP, AGTU, PAMHO

Gurudeva, thanks for your reply to my last letter regarding the Sri Vyasa puja for the whole Guru parampara ¡¡¡¡

We have talked with many other devotees, trying to integrate them according to their own natures. Nevertheless, we need a lot of coordination.

Yesterday I got an email from LAN my flight has been rescheduled (.. NY to LIma January 4th) and I say NOooooooooo. I spent many hours yesterday on the phone and due to it was their fault I am going to be here if Krsna wants on January 3th 5:40 am

On sunday we are going to have a meeting for the coordination.

Since you are a very important part of this celebration we will be honor if you could join, maybe just maybe a few minutes. We are going to be punctual.

Thanks for all your inspiration

Trying to be your disciple

CMDD

HpS /AGTSP - AGTSP! Paoho. Congratulations on your war with LAN! So much time waiting in line for the clerks to take our calls. I guess they are struggling just as hard as we are. The more we can sneak KC into the conversations the better.

We put a flag in our Calendar, but please remind us of the meeting. We put the details in our Windows Notes file.

Proper worship of Guru is powerful illumination of Krsna!!!