Letters to the editor

Hare Krishna Dear Guru Maharaja,

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

[[[ Don't want to put any pressure on PND at all. He has given such wonderful facility in this Blog, but if the pictures can be added that would nice, no? But no rush]]]

Few days ago I have added uploaded photos from old blog. And from today everybody can upload photos to their letters. It is done like this:

1. Add new letter, save it
2. On letter page there is orange button "Attach Photos" on top right, click it
3. It redirects you to upload photo page, you can either drag photos there or click/tap in upload widget and it will ask you to choose your photos
4. Wait when all photos are uploaded (it will show ✔ check mark sign on photos)
5. Photos will show on bottom of the letter

Your servant Prahlad Nrsimha das

Uncle Gismo - Thank PnD. We will try it now. . . . . Can you add "Or Click Here to Browse for Photos" to where it says "Drag photos here". Also it now uploads BMP files! But we got back to this phase and don't know if our photos are attached. O.K. We will Publish and see if it works.🙄

Hare Krishna Beloved Gurudeva

AGTSP PAMHO

So sorry I have read that You need to rest your eyes

I just want to express that I am almost detached from my mom. Today she was bleeding like nothing.... It was really scary her pressure was 5.6 she almost passed away. It was really awful she your own mother covered with blood. I do not want that she suffers, she is stable now. But for how long? Cancer is one of the worst illness that we can suffer. We need to forgive a lot, and take our spiritual process really serious, but then I recall Bhakti Thirta S. He was a very honest and serious man. Why he had to suffer? My mom is a very chaste, honest, wonderful lady....

Then I think who will take care of me? Maybe I can join yugala and take care of each other. Being lonely is the worst thing. I was thinking about how I am going to die? Very selfish of myself. Sri Krsna will take charge right?

Well Gurudeva is a great opportunity to be more Krsna conscious. Please forgive my stupidity. I just want to share this with U. I feel unprotected :(

My mom will go soon. I guess that it is about time to be more serious and be conscious that we are preparing our next body

Jaya Sri Rama.

May the Lord protect U always

Your insignificant ser

HpS - ASA -- Hare Krsna! Just call out to Krsna, "Are you there?"

Krsna - Of course, you idiot! We are always here. It's just a movie show. What if you were a child alone in Bosnia in the snow with your Mother Father Sister, Aunt and Uncle blown to pieces.

Hare Krsna!

Can be a wonderful movie even if it is a war movie.

Cancer is the conclusion of everything. The whole material world rots. Have to accept that everything we know will rot, but... rot is good... all the flowers, wheat, bread, is born from rot. Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer. Around and around.

Make it simple. Help your Mother accept the rotting, pain, as the creation of the new body and then focus on waking up. Hare Krsna. Make her a pure devotee in the next few days, weeks.

HOW TO LEAD MANGALA ARATI

Once I, T. Brown, approached Uncle Gismo, who was seated in Samadhi next to his thing-a-majig, and asked him how to lead Mangala-arati.

Sri Gismo Uvaca (The Blessed Uncle Gismo Said): In ISKCON there are three ways to lead Mangala-arati: The right way, the wrong way and the ASA way. Even the ASA way has varieties but now, I shall describe one. (Sound of heavenly 'Uuus and Aaaas')

First, with love!

If you haven't got pure love then at least do it clean. I mean the Kartals and drum should never be louder than the Bhajana, Gurv-astakam. The frame should not detract from the picture. The frame should stand unnoticed but magnify aspects of the picture.

Learn the translation, word-by-word, the grammar. If with meaning you sing, your heart will certainly ring.

It's not two parallel mono-logs.It is a dialog. Got it?  Both sides should listen to the other, not just chant.

2/3 of the time should be Maha-mantra: HK HK --- KK HH ... Skc, Pn... HK HK... and Haraye namah ... Just the first and third line of that song. Look for the explanation at the end of 'CC, Adi-lila, Chapter on "Lord Caitanya in His Youth"'.

Your hands should not separate from your body by more than four inches and foam can come from your mouth only as long as it is of good quality and digestible like cotton candy.

Any other questions?

T.B. - Seems like enough for now.

U.G. - Haaa Rummfff. (One of the Professor's 'bija-mantras'.

Hare Krishna Beloved Gurudev,

Please accept my humble obeisances,

All glories to Srila Prabhupada,

Thank you so much for answering my previous question.

Now i have two more questions, if you can please kindly answer them!!

1) In Dvapara yuga the dharma was deity worship. What were the Istha Deva of that yuga? Cause Krisna was present himself at the end of that Yuga, so were Radha Krisna murtis worshiped in the temples? Or was mainly Mahavisnu or Sita Ram?

HpS - AGTSP! I don't know. It was probably like now, different groups worshipped different Murtis. Tamasic people Lord Siva, Rajarsic Surya, Sattic Lor Varaha, Nrsmaha, Visnu...

2) Yudhisthira was the son of Yamaraja, and Vidura was Yamaraja in his previous life. But we read in Mahabharata that Vidura was uncle of Yudhisthira. How can we relate this two statements?

HpS - Also don't know. We can be on the phone talking to someone and also see them acoss the street and signal to them with our hands.

Thank you so much Gurudev,

At your Lotus feet,

Nikunja Bihari das.

HpS - More letters!

Hare Krsna Beloved Gurudeva

AGTSP PAMHO

I hope you are fine

ASA - AGTSP! Paoho. Let us hope that Krsna is fine!!!!

One friend of mine, she is a devotee, wrote to me a few days ago. She told me that she has been suffering from “demons attacks”, she described the situation to me, she is sleeping but she feels the presence of someone in her bed, and yesterday happened again.

So for me the demon is just a bad energy, I try not to even say his name I just say the evil, but she is convinced that she is in danger, she chants the holy name, I do not know why this happens. I told her to put a picture of Pancamukha Hanuman and blow her conschell but what else she can do?

I think that the worst thing is to give power to that thought, we have to be convince that the lord protects us. Actually I have heard that some devotees have suffered the same, It happened to me once or twice but I just do not give them energy or my attention

What is the proper way to approach these things?

Thanks a lot Gurudeva

Your eternal servant

Candramukhi dd

ASA - Hmmm! Again we do not know the details, the specific things in the situation. We cannot learn all those in Blog posts, but of course the best shelter is "Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna. Nitai-Gauranga, Nitai-Gauranga"

More and more louder and louder!!!!!

Use your intelligence to give her more advice and ask advice from local people.

Hare Krishna

Agtsp pamho

I've yet to find a donate button,

I wish to do my Seva and this is one of the ways I can contribute to the vishnavs.

How does one go about this.

Ys.mj.

HpS - AGTSP. We take donations in hand while we are traveling. You can mail checks to 2129 stratford rd., murfreesboro, tn 37129; usa made payable to NIOS. Your big smile at the people you meet and chanting Holy Names is best donation. Then BOOKS!! Please write with current news.