Letters to the editor

Hare Krishna dear guru Maharaja,

Regarding the wonderful news of your visit to Chile in may, I'm thinking that May-June are the worst winter months here. And people who have lived in Russia or England have said that the cold here is different is so many ways. Because, first of all, the infrastructure of the houses and secondly because the "dry cold", both make them feel more unconfortable than in those countries.

So, considering that the house of the temple is very old, and the fresh air enter from different sides, I think that the best thing that you stay in our home again, Jaganatha, Baladeva, Subhadra, Carolina, Rasarani. And probably Parasurama, Pyari Mohan or Narotam and even myself like sevants.

This is because I would like to take days of my holidays for the visit also. Usually, I reserved to go to Peru or Argentina but if you come here is better for me use this days here.

Do you think that would be a good idea, dear guru maharaja?

Of course, is just a proposal. The house-ambient helps, in your last visit, to some devotees to have a kind of communication that some avoid in the temple.

Always in your service and Srila Prabhupada,

Jagad Guru DAS.

HpS - ASA -- AGTSP. Paoho. It is nice staying in your Ashrama because your family is nice, you have a nice library, building is nice (better heating), we can work on projects. The cold in the Temple has not been too bad for us in the past, but we do have an older body. It is nice to stay there to have/give association to the other devotees there. It is a B'cari ashrama.

Let us ask the Temple President what he thinks.

Our communication with Amara and Virabahu Das about administration in the Temple has been a little slow, partly because of Virabahu Das' health, and partly because we are Sannyasis so the preaching is more our job than the administration. It is a fact that ISKCON can and will go on first as an association of friends who make up an institution, so we can always cultivate our friendships and on that basis cultivate the institution. Of course, if we are friends, why we would not form an institution if it is possible.

We expect more talk with Virabahu et al during/after the GBC meetings in Mayapura.

When is the program with Universidad Catolica, Center for Aesthetics? May 1st? When should we come to Chile? Right now we are available between April 8 - May 20, but we have to plan for Argentina also. Could STRECTCH it to 25th May but that makes last days in Lima small.

Thank you. Respects to your daughter, wife, mother-in-law et al.

SB class by Hanumatpresaka Swami

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Talk on Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura by Mother Kamalini

Thursday, February 13, 2020, is the Appearance Day of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura. To honor Srila Bhaktisiddhanta, Mother Kamalini will give a special talk about his preaching mission.

At 6:00 AM Hawaii Time His Holiness Hanumatpresaka Swami will start by giving a regularly scheduled Srimad Bhagavatam class and then the remainder of the time Kamalini will talk about the rapid expansion of his Gaudiya Matha Mission under Srila Bhaktisiddhanta forceful preaching – having opened 64 temples (mathas) in a very short time – and the opposition he faced.

To join visit https://e-sanga.org/

Dial-in number (US): (319) 527-2528

International dial-in numbers: https://stme.in/i/esanga

Online meeting ID: esanga

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Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Please accept my humble obeisances.

This is a short letter to inform you about my studies. I'm travellying to Dallas this February 1st to the University of North Texas. I will stay there for about 3 weeks. After that, I would like to stay in the temple of Radha Kalachandji and visit the sunday school. As I won't have any accomodation or a place to stay, I wrote the president of the temple, but he didn't reply me. If there is no place for where to stay in Dallas, so may be I could travel to Houston. I'd like to know your point of view.

Trying to serve,

Rukmini dd

HpS - Sorry so slow to answer. Fighting with freezing weather etc. We just answered your first letter and then got a similar letter from Aindavi. https://monkeywarrior.com/detail/10800/

Sri natha Krsna das may have her phone number. You can see here when you are there.

AGTSP. Paoho. We just saw Ramananda Das' notice that follows. We gave the class today and it was very enlightening! We will be giving this class with e-sanga.org, ISKCON Hawaii, every Thursday.

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HH Hanumatpresaka Swami will give class live on https://e-sanga.org/ this Thursday, January 9th at 6:00 AM Hawaii time. The class will be on Srimad Bhagavatam, Canto 4 Chapter 26 about King Pṛthu’s Appearance and Coronation. Please join us. Here's how:

Dial-in number (US): (319) 527-2528

International dial-in numbers: https://stme.in/i/esanga

Online meeting ID: esanga

Dear Maharaj,

Hare Krishna. Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

On behalf of ISKCON Slovenia I'd like to cordially invite you to visit us on your next European journey. Some of us here are great fans of your preaching. Our only dissatisfaction is that there are not many of your English classes available online. 🤗

We study Srimad Bhagavatam with VIHE teacher and are on the 11th Canto now. We'd be glad if you'd deliver some of your courses in our yatra. I personally enjoyed a lot your interview with Krishna Kshetra Maharaj for his "Time of the Sages" documentary.

Although Slovenian yatra is small we are an active temple. Slovenia has 2 million inhabitants, and Ljubljana, its capital, houses roughly 300,000 people. We nevertheless get an association of cca 20 disciples of Srila Prbahupada annually. We are connected with the neighboring Croatian yatra and "share" visiting preachers. Our two capitals are only 90 minutes car ride. We are about 500 kms away from Prague, Czech Republic, which is less than 90 minutes direct flight.

Also, which kind of preaching would you like to do to the "outsiders"? And which topical classes or seminars do you deliver? Do you maybe have a list?

Thank you very much for considering to visit us. We hope to be able to have your association and hear you lecture. Attached is the photo of our Lords - Sri Panca Tattva.

Your servant,

Radhe Govinda dasa

HpS - Sounds very, very nice. We could organize a good series of SB presentations, teacher training and do programs for C. G. Jung and the Bhagavata, Hamlet and Arjuna, Science and Vedanta, 3-minutes with A Genius (Upadesmanrta) etc.

Please read our Kapi Dhvaja in the web page and make comments. It comes our each two weeks.

Dear Maharaj,

Hare Krishna

PAMHO AGTSP AGTY

Thank you so much for the reply Maharaj.

For the Festival next year I will look into how to incorporate the four regulative principles and 16 rounds. Also Japa. These are of course a top priority in Srila Prabhupada's process and we should find away to include them in the festival. Thank you for this Maharaj.

Yes, Maharaj. The mercy from Krsna and Srila Prabhupada by following the process is very kind. I can see I am making some progress. I thank you for the encouragement to do so. I thank you and Srila Prabhupada for this mercy. Please bless me that I may chant my rounds with more attention in hopes to please Krishna.

Maharaj, As far as initiation. I am a little perplexed. I have been given some different advice and would like to know from you what you would like me to do. Anatarupa Prabhu and few others have suggested going to Huston as I shouldn't hesitate for such an auspicious occasion. However, I have also been encouraged to wait until your visit to Boise in January / February. Thus my family can attend including my mother. Also my friends here in Boise could attend. Please advise me on what you think is best and what I should do. I will do that.

HpS - Boise!

Maharaj, Would it be appropriate now to address you as Guru? Also should I be using your Pranama mantra? Please advise me.

HpS - Pranav mantra is fine now. If you see me as representative of Srila Prabhupada as our Guru then I think gurudeva is tasteful.

All glories to the Sankirtan movement!

Haribol!

Bhakta Nathen