Letters to the editor

Hare Krsna dear Gurudeva

pamho Agtsp

Thank you very much for your blessings to worship Gaura Nitai, we will follow your instructions and help you in your worship for Gaura Nitai. But how can we do this? we can just go to Loy Bazaar and buy Deities?, or we need to pray ?could you give some recommendations regarding this. 

Dear Guru Maharaj, I have only one question left,

what should we do with Giriraj?, I humbly ask you to help us understand how to deal with him.

We will accept any decision you make and follow it.

HpS - Ask Mataji's Guru also! I would say that you should pray to GN to appear, but you can looking Loi Bazaar. Ask devotees if they know of a set that are looking for a home.

I would say that you can keep a Govardhana Sila in a clean place on your altar. Keep him clean, but don't worship him separately. Until you have met the standard of purity as described in the last letters.

Thank you.

Thanks so much for your time, and your inspiración

Vrajendra Kumara das and Bhaktin Aleksandra.

Our classes for Bhaktivedanta diploma,

For the Mayapura Institute,

On ZOOM,

Will start next Monday, Feb 1st, from 16-18:30 IST, 4.30 - 7AM Nashville Time,

On Mahārāja Sagara and Lord Rama, SB Canto 9, Chapters 8 to 12.

Then February 15-19th will be Canto 9, Chapters 19-24.

We didn't post this first session on our cell phone calendar so we missed it.

Radhika-nagara Das was sharp enough to remind us. He is only 47-years old, young man!

To avoid the Zoom address going public and risking hackers joining, we will give the Zoom address to just a few people individually and most everybody else can watch it on Facebook.

So . . . who wants the Zoom address, especially for Facebook sharing?

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Obviously we will have to concentrate on preparing our teaching material. We will not be able to join the FMP during those days, and our voice and mind will be exhausted after 2.5-hours of lecturing daily.

Thank you so much,

HpS, Brown Tom and White Buck

Hare Krsna

Dear Guru Maharaja

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

Thank you for sending the Pptx with the cited verses. I’ll cross reference the citations I have with the ppt to see if there are any extra citations we need to add.

I spoke with Radhika Ramana prabhu and he said he’ll add a paragraph to the anvaya explaining the rules of syntax for Sanskrit and how they differ from English syntax order.

He suggested that we should do the index after we finalize the layout. Else it might be lots of rework. He also suggested that we hire some professional for indexing since it is a science in itself. I can try to get started on the index but I agree with him that it will be of good quality if someone who is a professional does it.

HpS - We talked to him for about an hour after you did. It was very nice. Thank you! We should be able to automatically link the Index topics with the pertinent text. Word does that and maybe Indesign. I just want to Index topics that I have found useful.

He also said that you had spoken to him about having Abhirama prabhu do the printing. Once you are done with the editing Gurudeva, I can incorporate those changes in the file and send it to Abhirama prabhu.

HpS - So that he can format it.... and even consider Spanish translation.

With respect to Srila Prabhupada’s biography (comments in our TPP), would you like to add the one in NoI or write something ourselves Guru Maharaja? If we are going to use the one from NoI, we should think about how the copyrights with BBT should be worked out.

HpS - I was just thinking we can make some comments in that part of the Appendices about what a Bh. Vai. should know about SP's life. I think Bh.Vai should have read full Lila-amrta, no?

Please let us know what you think Guru Maharaja and we’ll proceed accordingly. Thank you very much for engaging us in your service in this glorious book.

Your servant

Srinatha Krsna dasa

HpS - I don't think it is too glorious, but hope that it fits in the chorus of SP's Sankirtan. Of course we talke about this but posting it here is super important, because it is an ASA project and the success is the credit of the participation of all the Friends and Members of the Academy.

We are starting to work on the other possible books, consolidations:

• Sankhya
• Interfaith Dialog
• World Classical Literature (Bhaktivedanta Library...)

Hare Krsna Beloved Gurudeva:

AGTSP, PAMHO

Jaya Gurudeva. I am closing the year with a substantial fallen [fall] from the stairs, ha ha. It is kind of weird I always fall down literally. No bones break, But hefty wounds

and bruises. Nevertheless, my spine is not compromise thank God ¡¡¡

I have superb angels I think haha.

I have realized that I can not stand suffering, for me is really traumatic to suffer even mentally, emotionally or physically. I tend to have so much fear. This is a very shoddy feeling.

I know that sukha dukha are fluctuating. Nonetheless, I tend to have a pessimistic view of things, subconsciously I do this in order not to feel disappointed at the end of the day.

I need to have more faith in Krsna. Avoid expectations. And really internalize that I am not the controller. For instance, there is a passage in movie in which a lame lady (Miriam) was chanting the Glories of Lord Jesus Christ one Roman fellow was passing by and address to her: Why are you praising Jesus? He did not cure you? Why is that?

And then she replied: I asked myself the same question. For Him it would have been so easy to cure me, but I guess He did not cure me, so that others like me know that their distress would not deprive them of happiness inside His Kingdom. I really loved that response, but my faith is so much far from her position.

I guess that I need more association, more reading and chanting

I am attaching the youtube link of that scene:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYtSXqdLfjU&list=PLvBT1CsEpIT6m5TgWHW_U9vUz_FYitnQR&index=37

Thank you all so much Gurudeva

See you tomorrow at FMP

Trying to be your disciple

CMDD

HpS - AgtSP. Nehabikramo naso sti, BG ~2.35.... the progress may be slow but it is eternal. We have gone through different problems, sometimes we chanted sometimes we didn't. When we chant Krsna gives us advice. If we are to insincere to take it, then we CHANT for Krsna to give us sincerity.

Chant during the pain and it does not touch me. Have to surrender to just crying like a child, like Draupadi for Krsna.

Hare Krsna Gurudeva.

Here You have the transcription, i wish is good enough...

Agt SP

[14:57]

HPS:

We need so many kinds of books, a lot of children books over there, and so, the all things too, as like you saying, is it´s ...is, is...

i hear that Prabhupada said "every seller have their own technique", and you can steal so...you can steal a idea that by a (¿habit?), (¿father saw?) and mother (¿sellerman?)...but in the ¿Indian? you better develop new technique.

Ok!. Number four: by the web pages, books, others, who are readers can contact, and turns...how develop books distribution.

VAISESIKA DAS:

Yes. There is “distribuyebooks.com”, which I recommend, and there is also a book call "Our family business" that has the hist...not only the history of book distribution, but also ¿waist? to organizar it. the principles that, well, that if it had "(¿here?) to guarantee your success", and they also, it also have some ideas about enhanced in. your sadhana, so i do recommend those two resources, definitely, we also...

HPS:

What...what about...resources??? for example near ISKCON Silicon Valley community...This kind..kicksdown to the thief question...are we aware of that?

Ok...i´m sorry, so, go ahead, because this question (¿?) again ...

VAISESIKA DAS:

ok, by resources, we also have a...

HPS:

What about kids, for example, like in here, in the area Iskcon silicon valley. Are they people who can...¿who come? and contact in Iskcon Silicon Valley, to understand about, how or who, you know, sankirtana with kids is going on of...(¿did, you say?)...that?...

Do you have different people there, who (¿?) people contact as your resources?

VAISESIKA DAS:

yes, in fact, we put on regular seminars, call SOS, Sankirtana Orientation Seminar, and during our seminars we cover all different ¿maces? of sankirtana, includes, kid sankirtana, which is been...become wildly successfull, not at just (¿that I it´s be?) but also all the others contacts, included London....implementing.

HPS

I heard, that, in boise, idaho, i mean, kids can roll me relate to it...ok.

how to handle too much your time...and...you so, next...(¿I?) should be appointed number five.

SP promoted four diplomas, Bhakti sastri, Bhakti vaibhava, bhaktivedanta, bhakti sarvabhauma.

how can they be integrated with book distribution?

then, they give one perspective, by design with all that, Srivas Pandita ...bhaktivaibhava study program.

We included, that, everybody have been engaged for over the four years of study, and some kind of sankirtana book distribution, and we consider that it was enough... that ..is somebody (¿taught?)...somebody Bhaktivaibhava can a day, (¿toughth?) bhakti sastri, two times during the bhaktivaibhava work, that (¿toughth?)work will be ok, that will be enough...of course obviously it means first, the students have to buy BG, Sri Isopanisad, nectar of instruction, and nectar of devotion.

So, that is one idea by how thinking to integrate, but maybe, this allow ...better ways that this diplomas can really be (¿tought?) focus and, you know...and book distribution.

VSD

Well, you know, I could not agree with you more...I, (¿we?) always fall and discourses, you and I, that, I think that it is, you know, important to have devotees trained in book distribution, and, (¿they?) have to be able...they have the oportunity they do it, even make as they are studying the books...make them come alive.

I see in Mexico, Guanajuato, they have a training center there. (¿Aravinda?) prabhu set upon ¿work?...they have the bhaktisastri, and, the same time, on the weekends, all the students go out to distribute books and, I like the convination.

I think, I think that should be a part of it. Of course, ¿you should be?.. everybody who takes Bhaktisastris, also..., a book distributor (¿cause?) everyone is a book distributor.

But I think, again, to go together like rise and dawn. And if you have one without the other, then I think, is...not complete meal...you know, “get the full protein”.

HPS

I generate programs...for all the education programs that we (¿would?) do, Hanumatpresaka Swami, and Anjana Suta Academy, is, you are studying to teach, and, so, how purpose...your studying, studying, studying, so you can teach...know...

Ok...then last point ¿gear?

How can the ashrama path, can do to college (¿?) to college (¿?)...they integrate with book distribution, and now we have (¿Su?)devi dasi, with their (¿?) (¿who is a...) so much, you know, experience with the primary ¿pries? School...¿pries?school, can be (¿?) and primary school education, so then ¿they? Should, can also kickout some questions here.

[20:00]

Hare Krsna

HpS - Thank you!!!! We will look at it in detail!!! Thank you. Hope you get nice ashrama arrangement soon in transit to Goloka.

Hare Krsna Gurudeva!

I can try Gurudeva if You don´t have any other better candidate.

I will go to start, if is not necessary, say to me...Gouuu ranga!

Haribolo.

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It don´t work Gurudeva. Sorry.

Hare Krsna.

HpS - AGTSP -- Can you transcribe the fourth five minutes?

Rati m. D.D./CMDD = 1st and 2nd five minutes

N. Chandra Das = 3rd five minutes.

Pandaveya prsni Das = 4th

K. Bihari Das = 5th

Aja govinda Das = 6th

5 x 6 = 30 minutes = full interview!!!

I think the link works if you just cut it and paste it into the browser.

O.K.?