Letters to the editor

Hare Krsna dear Gurudeva all glories to Srila Prabhupada.

We took care of an elderly couple, they were from Argentina and had served in the temple of Krsna Balarama for 25 years.

Advaita Prabhu left the body a month ago and yesterday, his wife Subhadra Mataji. We already borned [burned] her body today.

She asked after her death to take care of their Deities, Lord Nrsimhadev and Hanuman. And Saranga Thakura gave to us for her desire. Can we take care of them?

HpS - Seems fine to me. Love, cleanliness, punctuality and ritual.

Could you please give your recommendations about this? About the Giriraj issue, dear Guru Maharaj, we still don't understand clear how to take care of Giriraj. Don't bathe Him, don't offer bhoga and puja, don't dress Him? just put him on the altar? For one year? And what about waking Him up and putting Him to bed, could you please give some recommendations about this.

HpS - If you are in Vrndavana He is being cared for by Mother Yasoda. Wipe Him with a clean, damp cloth each day and put in in a nice place on the altar where He can see what is happening, until you have been 16/4-with enthusiasm (= FMP, Sankirtan, FEP) for one year then you can worship Him as long as you keep that Brahmincal standard.

Thank you very much for your time and care.

Your servants

Vrajendra Kumara Das and Bhaktin Aleksandra.

HpS - Thank you for giving your life for Guru and Gauranga.

My dear Maharaja,

Namaste! Jai SriRam!

I am struggling to convince my kids about creating regular meditation habit. So these days I have been contemplating a lot on “why one should meditate?”. 

As soon as we are born, it is guaranteed that we will die. But we don’t prepare ourselves on how to die. At the time of death, there won’t be any person or object outside with the person who is dying. Death is totally inner experience. Death means that body and senses have shut down i.e. no outside experience. 

One needs to be comfortable with one's own being at the time of death. For criminals, solitary confinement is the worst punishment. It is because most people are not at peace within their own being. We don't know for how long but we are sure to be without outside world at the time of death. For some, senses and body may weaken for months or weeks or for some it may be hours or minutes. But we will have to rest in one's our being in the end.

Meditation is method by which one rests in one's inner being. Meditation is being comfortable with our own being. It is preparation for death. 

After I was coming with this answer, I was reminded of the purpose of Bhagavatam and the questions of Parikshit. Parikshit asked the same question to Sukadeva about how one should die. Bhagavatam is answer to that question of how to die in right way.

Srimad Bhagavatam chapter 12/5 is the final conclusion of Parishit's question about how to die.

Regards,

Gaurav Mittal

HpS - ASA - Thank you. AGTSP! I read the chapter summary on vedabase.io. Was very nice, but Sukadeva Goswami's first answer is also very nice: https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/2/1/11/

The verses before it highlight the comment.

"Hare Krsna". Hope the Kapi Dhvaja and our Blog posts can help you in this endeavor!!!

previous letter.... https://monkeywarrior.com/detail/12105/

wrote on 08 feb 2021, 03:11

Hare Krsna Maharaj , PAMHO, AGTSP.

There seems no one else for us to reveal heart even inappropriately in public, even if we are mis understood {who cares if Guru Tattva/Krsna understands you}.

This letter is again inspired by the SPOG......

We saw Krsna enjoy wrestling with Madhumangal ji, enjoying wrestling with Chanura/Mustik.

He enjoyed, being pierced by Bheesma.

He has desire to fight in form Varaha , Narasimha.

So frankly speaking this is what service we think we like to do for the pleasure of lord, if not always, but many memorable times. Anything else as service we dont know what to do.

HpS - So you want to become Kung Fu warrior.

Hence we wrote Kicking Narsimha deva in ribs, it will be tickle, but he might enjoy it, his desire to fight....

HpS - Oh, not a warrior for Krsna, but a demon against Krsna! Strange.... Krsna enjoys material world, Kubja, some times by spiritual world, Radha, all the time.

enough of speculation.....

From NOD and Bhagvatam (1.1.3)-- can you tell/guide/instruct us how does Krsna uses these secondary rasas with his devotees..

raudra (anger), vīra (chivalry), bhayānaka(horror), bībhatsa (shock), śānta (neutrality)

how do we use these rasas in our earthly relationships?

how does anger mentioned here is different anger mentioned in BG 16.21 gateways to hell.

if lord wants to enjoy fighting, we need to use anger in his service, to give him a good fight ?

------ Krsna is great research topic----rel PhD..

HpS - He fights with the other cowherd boys, but that is sporting. No one exactly wants to when, defeat the others.

we asked that you can hit us, because once you hit us in stomach with smile, and we liked it, also responded with smile ( bheesma arrows on Krsna )

when two arrows meet, it seems two people are kissing...

---> <---

hope we are not hallucinating or deluded..

why not Krsna is everywhere.

krsna krsna krsna

even we count kicks by Ram Krsna (even numbers /Left/Up are Rama, odd numbers/Right/Down are Krsna)

and counts are in done in multiple of 16 - exponent (2,4) or 8 exponent (2,3)...

binary logic - 01- RK

011- RRK - 03

now devotees can fight over if 0 is R or K..

lets have tug of war , across Yamuna, which gang you want to join..

why not remember krsna while fight { aha.... the original causeless}

but remember at the end we all are in one team ( Top Gun- 1985 , Viper, dialog)

S-Hare-d our Journal-ism.

Salute

HpS - My God, we have finally met someone who is completely mad. Of course, anything COMPLETE is spiritual.

Get "Waves of Devotion" by Danurdhara Swami. That is guide to NoD. Northern part describes the secondary rasas! Lot of work to do.

Dearmost Srila Hanumatpresaka Swami Maharaja,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to You and Srila Prabhupada.

Again India offers us a film inspired by the Pastimes of the Lord. Big budget, no resources were spared in presenting Duryodhana as a hero of the Kuruksetra War. Here Sri Krishna is an overweight middle-aged person. If we are willing to tolerate distortions regarding pastimes, then it may be worth it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXYvnGFqGXU

Your servant

Hari Buddhi Dasa

HpS - Why on earth would they do this?????

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