Letters to the editor

Hare Krsna Maharaja,

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

Maharaja from what I understand, love of Godhead, Krsna prema, awakens by constant absorption in the pastimes of Vrindavan. Only by constant hearing of this transcendental realm can we catch a glimpse of the perfected state of the living being.

HpS - AGTSP Yes, and the stages are described in the NOD, no? Vaidhi Bhakti, Raganuga Bhakti, Bhava Bhakti . . . !! Prema Bhakt !!! (AWAKE!)

In Vaidhi we see Radha Krsna as Deities and the altar as Vrndavana and we keep it clean. Then we see that they are Spiritual (Brahmana), then we get inspiration in detail from Them and see Their mood (Goswami), then we talk with Them (Saksi Gopal). Correct.

Srila Prabhodananda Saraswati Thakur describes, “I meditate on the fair and dark complexioned divine young couple, who are absorbed in ecstatic love for each other and who are singing melodiously together under the tall, huge, kadamba trees filled with many flowers on the banks of the Kalindi River.”

- Sri Vrindavan Mahimamrta Sataka 15 Text 98

I feel it is important for us practicing devotees to know that our goal is not just to follow rules and regulations but to actually attain spontaneous loving attraction to Radha & Krsna in Vrindavan. This is achieved only by taking shelter of Srimati Radharani.

HpS - I agree. It can be like having a free vacation from Chicago in the Winter to Hawaii. Then you have to come back... but now you know where you want to live. By Lord Caitanya's mercy we can get a taste of Prema that even a Lord Brahma might not get!!! ... but then we come back and have to do Karma-misra(mixed)-bhakti yoga ie. stop smoking, chant on beads.. as we advancing karma-misra, jnana-misra, dhyana-misra... we always keep the lighthouse in mind, and sometimes we may get little undeserving visits there as we advance, (https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/1/6/22/), but high thoughts and practical work?

“The golden effulgence emanating from Sri Radha’s bodily limbs covers the ten directions. She drowns both spiritual and material objects in the ocean of Her transcendental beauty. In this way She is always supremely glorious.”

Sakata Seven, Text 93

I pray to the most merciful Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu for an ounce of mercy to understand and approach these Himalayan topics.

Is my understanding correct?

Eagerly awaiting your comments or corrections.

Your insignificant servant,

Bhakti Sastra Das

HpS - ASA - We added our little thoughts above. Are they correct from your point of view? See another letter from you... :>>> We want VERY much to fit Vrindavana Dhama Mahimamrta (VDM) into our hearing and chanting.

hare krishna, maharaj, PAMHO, AGTSP

just wrote on our FB wall inspired by you...

violence in the name of god, is strange...

we need to realize principles of religion rather than rituals of religion..some principles i can share.

1. God is one, he is never alone, he has companions, his companion has powers like him. We can not differentiate currently between him and his companions. so each of seems to worship different gods.

i will refer god/ his companions/representative as GODHOOD

2. god/ his companions/ representative, do not exist to fulfill our demands only. Like child is not suppose to ask parents always. when has to grow up, and think what can do to serve my parents. therefore all of us should eventually serve god/ his representatives/ companions (GODHOOD).

3. we should have personal barometers to serve GODHOOD. try to satisfy those parameters and increase them gradually. only then try to tell others to increase their barometers.

4. feel/see love for godhood in natural creation and order.

5. see problems in life as result of disconnection from godhood.

for people who dont believe in these principles/godhood, they are invited for typing debate for sake of clarity (not for ego satisfaction).

horse

HpS - Very nice! You can die now! Your life has been successful. Parikshit will be your father and you will meet Mataji and get married again (????). I don't think so. I think you are ready to be born in Nabadvipa as one Nimai's puppys or a boy following Him by even taking Sannyasa and moving to Puri.

Hare Krsna beloved Gurudeva AGTSP PAMHO:

Gurudeva, today we were invited to a meeting for the "bendita Junta Legal".

I am not going to enter in details here. Nevertheless, there are some steps that they are avoiding. So we declined to join the meeting. LAD and Caitanya Candra d and me. I talked to LAD and both do not want to be in this entanglement. Basically if the things are not done in a proper way. The new board may even go to jail for others' faults

Honestly, I feel that even if I present all the evidence to them. They have their own thoughts. Mathuresh Prabhu approved that I start the restoration of Gaura Nitai. But then after talking with Yamunesvara d they changed the plan. They are going to bring new deities from India and Gaura Nitai will go to Yamunesvara's house. For me that is without sense. They take decisions without any consideration to anyone.

I sent pictures in which we can see that Wilson is having trouble with cleanliness. We hope the administration can do something.

I just want to inform you my reasons. Haridas Caitanya d (JPS's personal servant) called me this morning because he did not understand what happened. I tried to explain, LAD also talked to him. Due to JPS did not understand why we refused to join the meeting.

I prefer to serve teaching but as you now we had many obstacles in the past. I have the feeling that others have more facilities than we do. BURROCRACIA.

In my job there is a lady haha it is a burden to work with her. I can feel her envy, etc. But still I can teach.

Thanks for the FMP. In there I can find good association.

Janmastami is coming. Krsna and Balaram kill demons.

Thanks again Gurudeva

Trying to be your disciple

CMDD

HpS - Hare Krsna. Mataji. In this letter you sound very tired. I feel the same many times.

Sometimes it is a great effort to chant 16-nice rounds. Follow four principles strictly, but then we can see exactly what is our service. Of course, it may not be completely clear, even to Krsna either, because people have free will, but we will see that, "Nobody knows, or is in control, of these certain things!".

O. K. Now we know, so we don't spend much time on them. Just see if we can help with them as things change. We focus on what we can do. We accept that in the end (sooner or later) EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE is going to die, except improving our eternal service.

If we come to the material world in next birth or later our ETERNAL SERVICE will be better. We will be able to serve Krsna better.

Be a big hero, like Draupadi.

He, Govinda!

So, if you do not join the meetings, are you resigning from the Junta Legal?

Thank you.

Here we can find information about the film.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7968456/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

I sugest check user reviews. Really funny.

Your servant

Hari Buddhi Dasa

HpS - Seems like a specialists item. AgtSP! Paoho. Just from the reviews we feel like someone should shoot it with a gun. Is there any redeeming value in the film, as an example of the pitiful state of the State Movie Industry.

Dear devotees,

Obeisances. Jay Prabhupada and Guru Maharaja.

Here is the link for a new a challenging movie about Kurushetra. Here the hero is Duryodhana...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKsEh1NPY48&t=10s

Wishing you the best,

Your servant

Hari Buddhi dasa

HpS - AGTSP paoho. Wow, the hero is Duryodhana??? We haven't got the Data to watch this now. Maybe some one can send a movie review.

Hare Krishna dearest Maharaja!

Please, accept my respectful obeisances.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

I really hope you are in good health at time you receive this message, or at least best as is possible.

HpS - See letter to Candramukhi Devi Dasi! 😎

I’m ok. My energy is not stable, some days energy is high, other days energy is down, but I still alive stuck in this material world, trying to do things right, trying to follow You and Srila Prabhupada, trying to do something to make Krishna look at me. I keep trying and I will still trying, because I’m flying upon wings of a bird called intent.

I’m writing to give some good news. Spanish version of Dr. Samaresh’s wikipedia biography was approved a few weeks ago. English version still under revision since almost 3 weeks ago; this is very good, when they rejected us before several times they did it almost immediately, so this is a good signal. Spanish version even have been edited by others wiki editors, so we are very happy. Wikipedia said that english version review may take 7 weeks or more. I send links with both versions to you. Please, Maharaja, take a look to the english draft, we are waiting for your comments and suggestions to improve it. After the English version is approved, I want to write on behalf of Nios and Hanumatpresaka Swami to the institutions where Dr. Samaresh participates and that we mention in the biography, as Sthapatyam Journal, University of Calcutta, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, and others, to let them know about the presence of Dr. Samaresh in wikipedia, we consider this will be a very important news for them; what do you think?

HpS - We will look!

Spanish version:

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samaresh_Bandyopadhyay

HpS - It seem like a nice start. Thank you so much!!! He gave us more references. We wrote them down. I may be able to find them, but when! We have Latin American GBC meeting tomorrow. We have more rounds to chant before taking rest. It is 8.30PM and we have been up since 2.30AM (with naps and good food), but it is your great effort that has taken it this far and we will try to work on it ourselves more. Thank you.

English version (draft currently under the wiki police review):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Samaresh_Bandyopadhyay

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The other subject I want to let you know is about your instagram chilean account. During 2018, and to promote “The Art & The Sacred”, we created “ASA Chile Producciones” instagram account (also another social networks). After the event, we never published again into no one of all these social networks accounts. So, this june 28th we started to publish again, we have changed the name and now is called “Anjana Suta Academy Chile”, you can find it this way in instagram: @anjana.suta.academy_chile  

What is Instagram???? Is it a kind of food for donkeys? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_cracker

Our work is very simple: I write and publish the contents, later I send every single post to your disciple Arjuna Das for his review. We are a good team, he is very nice partner. 

Our editorial line is diffusion of activities and philosophy of the Anjana Suta Academy and of its Director, the Vaishnava Spiritual Master Hanumatpresaka Swami.

We post 2 or 3 contents every day. Some informing about your next classes and online programs through Gotomeeting, Zoom, etc. Also some summaries of your recent past class. Besides, we got 2 permanent sections: “Drops of Wisdom” and “Drops of Poetry”, brief phrases verbatim based of your writings: twitter and Monkey Warrior Blog. We quote You and inviting the audience to follow you on twitter: “síguelo / follow him on twitter.com/huber_robinson”. Every post use spanglish language. We are using appropriate #hashtags to improve the visibility of each post.

We have slow interaction until now, we are just starting and learning how to do it better. Some new followers from different countries. An indian devotee from Kolkata writed us a Direct Message yesterday, saying that he met you during 2017 in Kolkata and remember you every day because you hold “Nectar of Instruction” into your heart, and you inspire him a lot. He asked for your english classes links and we sent to him Asa Audiovisual Youtube Channel link. I send screenshots of this and samples of the contents to you. This instagram work is turning so beautiful and inspiring. Please, Maharaja, check it out in the following link, and, please, let us know if you are agree with this and with the method we are handle it: 

https://www.instagram.com/anjana.suta.academy_chile/ 

Thank you so much for everything you do for us. My life is now better than ever before, and I know that it is only just because of your mercy and association... all glories to Srila Prabhupada!

HARE KRISHNA !!!

Your aspiring servant,

Carlos.

HpS - I think that our activities are not so important unless they lead people to KRSNA! Srila Prabhupada. About 75% of what we are doing should probably be 'Instantly' edited.

ASA as a team, yes.

NIOS as a product of the ASA work, yes.

Thank you!!!! Go on making progress in following Srila Prabhupada's basic program and you will become elevated and the Angels, Gopis, can start to catch your hand and pull you into the work/fun of Vraja even in this world!!!! Thank you. We send this link to the Professor!