Letters to the editor

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

HpSwami is Coming

Lock your doors!

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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!!!

Hare Krsna Beloved Gurudeva:

AGTSP, PAMHO

Yesterday we had a meeting with ARTD, Palika dd about the Sri Vyasa Puja 2021. For one thing or another we did not have the chance to meet before

So, answering the question of my last letter

HpS wrote:

1. Who are you?? CmDD... what do you want from the program?
2. Who are we? Just CmDD, Palika Devi Dasi and Art Das are the team to make The Plan? Have PDD and ArtD answered question above? What is there answer? Seems need a few more people in the committee who have answered question one, no?

CMDD: 1.- I am a conditioned soul, who is sometimes in maya, sometimes she is well situated. And who wants to try to serve You, and the whole Parampara in this important occasion.

2.- Our intention is not just be the three of us, of course we want to have as much help as needed. We just wanted to have all the ideas clear in order to start with the coordinations with the rest.

Most importantly for us your opinion is a must here. ARTD told us that he had already discussed about this topic with you, so based on what he told us. Here you have some considerations. This is not the final draft. I want to put these preliminary ideas here due to this blog is public and this is going to be a public celebration. I beg for your forgiveness and the forgiveness of your other disciples and well wishers.

Personally I think that when this kind of celebration come[s] we have to put aside our ego and do not think what do I want, and think what will please my Gurudeva, the whole parampara and so forth.

First what we discussed yesterday : ( we put all this under your consideration)

The Location: I can not say yet (haha), but it is not going to be in Sta Eulalia we need a bigger space.

HpS - ASA - Thank you!!! To glorify, illuminate, the Parampara and our individual positions in it will require several different events, groups etc. So, some events would be natural for Sta. E. Eg. Seems we will have some nice internet contact with Australia, India, Europe, Mexico, Tennessee et al and those would be best organized out of Sta. E. with some people here to partcipate. Eg. If we have some online programs with Argentina, then Pancha-tattva Das here would be natural; Mexico, Govinda pramodini Devi Dasi...

Puja: There are going to be three of them: 6 Goswamis; Srila Prabhupada and Your very goodself. (Raman reti is going to arrange all the plates of the artik, she is in charge).

I suggest that Radhika raman, Caitanya Caritamrta and Panca Tattva may do the artiks. (we as guests [hosts?] give the pass to others).

HpS - Seems we are talking about the big event, not the smaller, particular ones. For that I think ArtD is trying to arrange use of the Peruvian Accountants Association center, one block from Chosica Temple. If that works then we can have about 100-people by pre-registration. Of course, disciples of Prabhupada, Yatra leaders et al are invited. So maybe one of them would do the Arati to Srila Prabhupada?

Decoration: Bhaktin Maria ¡¡¡¡¡ she will arrange a good team

Cake: Palika dd

Decoration of the cake: Nitya Kishor d

Cookies for the Gurupuja: Nitya Kishor d

If other disciples or well wishers want to bring preparations we request that they will be sweets. They are easier to hand in

Prasadam: Jana Pavana prabhu is in charge he will form his team (Lanka vijaja, gita govinda prabhus, etc)

HpS - What seems best is that the only Prasadam will be pre-packaged eg. Laddus, samosas, puffed rice. No, devotees sitting in lines or waiting in lines being served. O.K? Si alguien quiere cocinar cosas de esta manera, aun no es para 100 personas esta bien, no?

No, torta, cupcakes without frosting! 😁 This seems impersonal, but to have so many people together at all during a pandemic is a challenge.

The idea is that it is going to be broadcasted so we are asking that each country send a greeting of about 5 minutes per country. (The greeting should be recorded)

HpS - Who will be Master of Ceremonies? Plan and direct the program.

We have already talked with

Rati manjari (Argentina)

Arjuna and Jagad Guru das (Chile) HpS - Priya sakhi and her husband, Jagannatha, will be here, no? He is President of Chile Temple.

Palika dd is going to talk with the devotees from Mexico

I contacted my very good friend Namacarya das

Govinda pramondini (USA) HpS - Hmmm? I don't think she knows too well the devotees in USA. Better would be Subra and CCD, no?

I do not have the contact of Jayanta from Spain and ARTD told me that Purnamasi is already doing it in India.

ASA??? - Purnamasi is Jayanta's wife. (??) As far as I know, she knows nothing about India devotees. Hmmm. A short message might be nice. Glorification of Parampara not HpSwami separate from that.

Oscar Natars may make a presentation on Narottama Das Thakura! What would be nice would be a recorded song and explanation from different national communities.

Meetings with different geographic communities could be from Sta. A. during the days before the main program with their local members physically present here. Eg. With Radhika, Subra, CCD, we could have some nice association with devotees in USA on the weekend before the program.

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The following are my suggestions:

Artistic program:

I can ask to Hare Krsna, Mataji and Anangamanjari to present Sita in exile (the separation that she has from his husband is worst than die burned alive.

Glorifications:

I have already the offering of Radhika Raman Prabhu. I am going to translate it. Then other

3 prabhus and 3 ladies in the actual day of the ceremony??

HpS - Seven is nice, but also comments from Karuna, Caitanya, National council, other centers??? Hari Krpa.

They should make devotees understand their position and work in the actual Sankirtan movement by illumination of Bh. Vinode Th. et al. May not be perfect, but that is our aim: Glorify the Parampara, the actual Acharya, Srila Prabhupada and the Prabhus under his feet. Will there be participation from Kids? We can have a virtual program for three nights before. We can broadcast some Kirtan with devotees from Radha Madana-bihari program.

Try to keep the big program simple. Try to organize several other programs for specific groups during the previous days.

Let Radharani, Tulasi devi, take charge, enter your brain. 😎

This is so far what we have...

I am looking forward to have your feedback

PS: Maybe Ulyses can also participate in the Sri Vyasa puja. Nevertheless all the devotees should take care of their mahaprasadam 😂

Thanks for always being there even in my dreams.

Jaya Gurudeva

Jaya Srila Prabhupada

Trying to be useful

CMDD

HpS/ASA - You are very useful. Think about five smaller programs from Sta. A and Temple in Chosica during the previous days.

Have fun. If we do nothing but have programs on line morning noon and night on the one day, that is fine.