Letters to the editor

Querido Gurudev: Pamho. Toda Gloria a Srila Prabhupada y sus seguidores fieles.

Espero que se encuentre bien de salud cuando reciba este mensaje.

HpS - Tengo esta enfermidad fuerte, mortal, se llama un cuerpo material!! <img alt="smiley" height="23" src="https://hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/regular_smile.png" title="smiley" width="23" />  Luchando con los ojos, respiracion, y ya los rodillas...   etc.  y Vd?

Nosotros por aquí seguimos luchando para que la energia ilusoria no nos absorba con su gran influencia.

HpS - Foto abajo de Ella.

Seguimos con los programas en casa de los viernes por la tarde y tambien estamos tratando de cantar el mantra sin ofensas (no es fácil). Echamos de menos su asociación y esperamos su proxima visita (El año que viene ?)

HpS - Y Y Y Esperamos ser involucrado mas con ASA - NIOS - MOE (Ministry of Education) como desarrollaaaa.

Bueno la urgencia de esta carta es que quería compartir con todos los devotos la noticia de que el diario "El Mundo" en su versión digital (lider en España) ha publicado un reportaje sobre Hare Krisna muy profesional y muy de nuestro agrado.

HpS - Piensa necesita en Chile en esta momento!!

Es el mejor reportaje (aunque sólo son 6 minutos) que nos han hecho en cuarenta años. El video lo colgaron ayer por la tarde (hora española ) y ya lleva mas de 4000 visualizaciones. Espero que todos los devotos de habla española puedan disfrutarlo.

Gracias por su generosidad y paciencia con todos nosotros.

ss

Jayanta das

P.D Este es URL del video.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xCGjaNrblOw

HpS - ASA ---  Super!   SUPER!   S U P E R!!

10,000 gracias!   Mas!    Mas!!!

Dear Hanumat Presaka Swami:

PAMHO AGTSP

Long time without contact.

HpS - ASA -- Is a fact. <img alt="cool" height="23" src="https://hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/shades_smile.png" title="cool" width="23" />

During these months Marta and my self have been going trough different challenges.

She has been and incredible partner and companion.

We had a miscarriage 2 months ago, it was so bad that Marta went into dangerous surgery.

HpS - Oooof!   Intense, but if we are chanting our rounds and following four principles strictly then it is under Krsna's control.

Thanks to Krishna she is now fully recovery physically and emotionally, also grateful to have lived this loving experience as a mother.

We understood that this boy might have some little karma from the past so needed some fast visit to the material world among devotee parents so he can later go back home, back to Godhead.

HpS - We heard from Mahi-bharata Das that Prabhupada had exactly wrote to him about this. Also, maybe Mataji had a debt of some physical violence to the baby, no?  Karma is compicated. You know that.  All respects to her. I think she is a great person. Very rare.

Even though it's her decision, maybe we try again so she can experience the miracle of being a fully mother in this material world.

If so, it seems like I might have to keep serving as a Grihasta for some time still (guess at least 20 more years) (Till I become 68) (Jayyy)

But she is also thinking maybe it is not worth trying again taking into consideration our circumstances so she could exercise the mother's roll toward young devotees by helping and supporting them, as she is been doing lately.

HpS - Yes, that is recomended if possible. There are enough kids in the village that need Aunts to love them!!!

We continue our service to the ISKCON youth.

This year we traveled with our youth gang (16 teenagers) to Itally (Vilaggio Hare Krishna), Hungary (Krisna Valley Farm), Slovenia (Ljubjiana Temple) and Croacia (we had a nice meeting in the Pula temple and a bath in the sea with our dear God Brother Namacarya).

Then we had a 100 youth meeting in New Vrajamandala with youth from Spain, Sweden, Hungary, Slovenia, Germany, Latvia.....

Tirta Kirti Prabhu, Antonio, Vesko and Devananda prabhu were so kind that the play a Mantra rock concert for the youth and as usual all the youth were jumping to the sky and chanting like nothing.

Laksmana also joined the gathering and his [her] son Shyam got an amazing birthday cake and more than 100 devotees chanted happy Krishna to you and birthday songs in different languages.

Jayanta and Purnamasi were also there and helped a lot (We are coordinating with Purnamasi to start a second group for the youngest age 12-15). So another generation will have this opportunity for European Sanga, Parikrama and training.

Urmila DD was giving nice seminars about her new book on Varna Ashrama.

She showed very interesting views in her description of Varnas: Shudras are the ones who give beauty to this world (It's a much nicer description than those who are incapable to be in the other 3 so must serve because their bad capabilities)

Also nice explanations about the different wealthness in the world (Not only money is wealth but many others like living in nature or surrendered [surrounded] by beauty an nice people or being respected)

She explained that once you know all the difference wealthness you might choose which ones you like the most and according to your preference you might understand better your nature or Varna.

Manorama Prabhu (The minister for ISKCON youth) was also part of the team and he gave very nice advice about finding your call in KC.

Definitely we will start working with Manorama in different youth projects.

Mahajan Prabhu (The Argentinian devotee from Mar del Plata) recently moved into NV with wife and daughter and gave an amazing workshop about man and women in ISKCON "The metaphysics of sex". This workshop was a great success.

HpS - We saw him in Mar de Plata just before he left!

We are finding a very nice association with Mahajan and wife and feel it is the starting of a great friendship in the service of SP.

This year we will finalise our European youth meetings in the wonderful Ljubjiana temple from 28 December to 3rd January.

And next year we plan to develop new adventures and projects for youth.

We are also working close to Kalakanta Prabhu (Minister of Cow protection and agriculture in ISKCON). We will gather in Karuna Bhavan Farm in Scotland from 5th-10th September for the European ISKCON Farm conference. Kalakanta Prabhu offered me to be the ministry representative for Spain (and maybe Portugal). If this process goes on I might be also a member of the national council in Spain.

At home in Miengo (North Spain) I am developing preaching efforts. Marta and my self are lucky enough to have the greatest neighbours: Your disciple Sukania Sita and his great husband Prema Rasarvana. We are very happy they are living so close to us, 10 minutes walk. We are very good friends and share the same vision of ISKCON and service.

We are working hard in the development of the Nanda Gram Organisation.

Once a month we have a Bhakti Sanga meeting and between 12 and 28 devotees gather together and chant, read, dance and have Prasadham together.

Some devotees are moving or thinking about moving to the area.

We are thinking about buying some land and try again to start a rural community.

Looking for possible ways of economic development of the project we found a very nice business of establishing spirulina farms and most probably we might start a pilot plot to check possibilities.

Of course I have to mention about Krisna Balarama deities arrival!

They came home the auspicious day of Balarama Rasayatra and, since then, we have realised that they are so merciful as Gaura Nitai but with an special mood of Rural Teenagers. They gave us a lot of mercy but definitely they like to have fun, so sometimes we have to face situations that look like impossible for us to deal with, then in the last moment, when we feel hopeless and facing an inevitable fall down, we surrender our souls, minds and bodies to their lotus feed and immediately we perceive their loving hand taking care of us and solving all the impossible problems and challenges.

HpS - Its a fact: Krsna I can't do any more. The festival is about to fall apart! . . . Knock, knock, knock on the door and here comes someone to help!

Marta decorates every morning the altar with amazing local flower arrangements.

My son Vrindavana (16) is traveling with us in the European tours and participate in the local Bhakti Sangas every month. In one year from now he will have the chance to go to university.

HpS - Jaya!!!

My son Mario (29) has become an international logistic expert, and he is now a very successful boy traveling all around the world. He is not still too much spiritual inclined but I believe we might work out in the future.

I am also cooperating with Yadunandana Swami in the development of some specifics projects in NV.

We try to get money income through European Union funds and also try to bring some devotees to develop service.

I'm specially enthusiastic about the idea of developing a Varna Ashrama Dharma training course for devotees.

The idea is to offer a 3 months training where students will learn to get the maximum from their bodies, minds and souls for the service of the society and the Lord.

The starting point is this:

Training program Varna Ashrama Dharma

Introduction:

The main objective of the course is to provide participants with an understanding of the concept of the Varna Ashrama Dharma, its structure, function and benefits.

Each student will make a trip to his self to be able to understand his nature (physical, mental , material and social body) and in this way to develop his full potential and to be able to serve society fully according to his nature.

The student will learn to develop his maximum potential in the areas of the body, mind, spirit and society.

The student will learn to develop the maximum potential of his body applying the knowledge of Ayurveda.

The student will learn to take full advantage of his or her mind and intelligence and to get rid of psycho-emotional obstacles through the modules of Vedic Psychology.

The student will learn to understand his occupational nature through Vedic Astrology and vocational tutoring and in this way he will be able to develop in those areas that are natural to him and will satisfy his occupational yearnings.

The Ashrama modules will serve to help understand the different stages of life and how to transit and position themselves appropriately in each of them.

All this accompanied by the fundamental modules of Bhakti Yoga where we will learn to unite all the above with the Divinity, the Spiritual, the Supreme.

In these modules we will understand the importance and benefit of the practice of Japa, the study of the Bhagavad Gita, Srimad Bhagavatam and other Vaisnava literature, the importance of the 4 regulative principles and, in short, all the benefits that the practice of Vaisnavism gives us.

No less important will be the section on personal relationships, nonviolent communication and conflict resolution.

The course will last for 3 months that we could compare with a complete reset of the body, mind and spirit in order to free ourselves from the disturbing elements that impede our full personal development, in order to become the best version of us and serve in this way in the best possible way to society and ultimately to the supreme.

After this 3 months course the student with Brahminical or Kshatriya inclination will take an extra 3 month training including Bhakti Sastri and Manu Samhita training including leadership, etc.

The Vaishyas and Shudras will take advantage of the European grands so they will take an apprentice job with some successful Vaisnava entrepreneurs in the areas of their interest.

The internship will last between 6 and 18 months.

SO well ......... this is a summary of my service during this months

As you can see I am taking some more Kshatriya roll (administrative and organisational position which I am finding is my natural position)

I hope you like and approve this service from my site [side].

Also I did not asked for, but the national council talked about my service and decided to give me an special relief on the Bhati Sastri Mandatory to get second initiation.

Even though I am trying to get the Bhakti Sastri diploma (I already did 1/3 of the tests and I hope to be done with 2/3 by your next visit), I was wondering if it would be good for me to finally get the second initiation ceremony.

HpS - At least let's get a letter from the National Council!

We just celebrated recently our 20 years anniversary as Guru-disciple contract.

And I feel I am ready for the compromise.

Yadunandana Swami is ready to recommend me for the initiation.

What do you think Maharaja?

HpS - Start with letter from National Council and then we can see if you know Srila Prabhupada's books well enough for a Ksatriya.

Are you ready to take in your back all the sinful reactions of this fallen donkey aspirant?

Do you think I am ready to be second initiated?

I will travel with your good self in the train from Guadalajara to Barcelona (31 August) and the train back (3 September) and we might talk (And rest of course !!!!!!!!)

HpS - SUper.  The more the merrier!

It seems that Pablo´s initiation ceremony might be on NV on the auspicious day of Janmashtami 3rd September.

hps- yes

Do you think it might be possible for me to take initiation the same day?

HpS - Yes, possible. Letter from National Council today!

Or I do not know, do you think is better for me to try to serve you in my actual position of first initiated.

Thank you for all the love, care, example and inspiration of this 20 years.

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

Ysv

JMHD

I send you some pictures of the youth meetings and Krisna and Balarama

If you do not recognise me I am the fat one with beard.

HpS - Thank you for your letter.   How is your Japa?  A Dvija, twice born man, must show proper comportment so that if neophytes see him they can do the right thing just by imitating his example. How is your morning program????   Brahmana means Brahma-muhurta, no?

Pamho: mis reverencias maharaja.

El motivo de esta carta es a causa de ABC DAS. El se a estado comportando muy mal hace ya mucho tiempo que a estado molestando a XYZ Devi Dasi. ABC DAS acosa a XYZ Devi Dasi las autoridades an querido hablar con el y se a portado irrespetuoso con ellos. ABC DAS quiere estar con XYZ Devi Dasi el mismo lo a dicho pero XYZ Devi Dasi hace años le a hecho saber que no quiere nada con el y el no entiende, busca a familiares y amigas de XYZ Devi Dasi para molestarla. El me dijo que estaba enamorado de XYZ Devi Dasi pero no es asi el esta obsecionado con XYZ Devi Dasi ella no quiere nada con el. Hemos llegado al extremo de taparla en el templo porque ABC DAS se para al fondo del templo a molestarla . Ella ya ni quiere bailar en el templo ya que se siente incomoda. El dijo que solo su guru podia quitarle el discipulo es por eso que le escribo a usted, el no debe comportarse asi, no solo a molestado a XYZ Devi Dasi a otras madres tambien pero no quieren que se diga su nombre de las otras madres pidieron discrecion pero en este caso si hablo por XYZ Devi Dasi a quien queremos proteger. Hay muchos otros detalles sobre este tema que creo que se debe de solucionar. ABC DAS no a sido sincero.  Esperamos que esto se pueda hablar. XYZ Devi Dasi esta dispuesta a hablar sobre este tema. Disculpe por hablarle de este tema, pero es el unico que puede hablarle a ABC DAS . A los demas no quiere hacer caso . Esperamos que XYZ Devi Dasi se sienta proteguida y pueda estar tranquila. Mis reverencias maharaja , muchas gracias.

HpS - ASA -- TLGASP. Muchas gracias su carta. Hemos cambiado los nombres de los involucrados porque esta Blog no es sitio para hablar de detalles tan confidencial. Pienso el manera adelantar esta tema para la bienestar de todo es que Vd. habla con el Presidente del Templo como el puede comunicar junta con Vd a nuestra direction de Yahoo particular. El lo tiene.

Si hay cualquiere obstaculo realizar esta sendero escriba otra vez aqui.

Otra vez, muchas gracias su carta.

Por gracia de Krsna vamos a resolver esta problema como todos pueden ser tranquilo en la conciencia de Krsna juntos.

Hare Krishna
I'm about to leave ISKCON. But not Srila Prabhupada.
I clarify.

HpS - ASA -- Please, AGTSP. SP is the Founder and Acharya of ISKCON. No one shares or occupies that position, so to leave ISKCON means to leave Srila Prabhupada, no?

I am about to leave my relationship with the local administration, not with Srila Prabhupada and the Sankirtan movement of Lord Caitanya. Actually they already left me a long time ago.

It's 2.30am. My demons do not leave me alone. I have to kill them. The only way is to write about them and they will leave. I've already chanted five bad rounds and I can not continue. The thoughts harass me.

"wherever two or more meet in my name I will be there " I always liked that phrase of Jesus. I think ISKCON is becoming an esoteric entity. Wherever there are people trying to fulfill the seven purposes of ISKCON...Srila Prabhupada is there.

I'm not going to tell the administration what your job is. Actually nobody knows what they do. A few years ago, I commented with P. Mathures on the importance of communication between the community and the administration. Something basic. I told him that from the outside you can not see that they do much, you do not see a vision. May be they are doing many good things, They may have a vision. But nobody knows. So how are we going to work in cooperation? You only know about them when they communicate that they are going to punish someone . Anyway, I'm nobody to judge. I am sure they are making sincere efforts. But frankly I do not see a north, a perspective.

This is not an emotional reaction, just in case. I have been trying to do things since 2002. I have experienced many adverse situations in the institution and I have always kept doing things. Only the hospital took me away for a while. But even I could barely move, I came back. If you look up the word resilente in the dictionary ... there's my picture.

I'm fine. I get up early, I follow the principles, I chant my rounds the best I can, I go out on harinam from time to time, I distribute some books and prasadam, I read, I study. As soon as I finished the semester at university, I took this facilitation course with P. Baladeva from Argentina. I'm busy with my thesis project. In September I start the last semester. And then, next year I´ll start my doctorate. I am focused on that for Prabhupada and you. To improve my service in the education area. But I'm thinking more outward. There are many people who need a higher vision. It is surprising what one discovers and learns with outsiders. This is motivating me more to educate myself to help. In fact I already have a good relationship with several people. I give them books, mini japas, prasadam and we talk.
Association I do not lack. I relate to Srila Prabhupada and my sankirtan group, my students and teachers. Also the sangas vituales, etc. With the administration only a kind treatment. No more.

In the educational aspect, I have already spoken on numerous occasions to retake Peru as the examination center for Bhakti sastri, however they have other priorities, another vision, apparently. I'm not going to insist. There is a group that has finished the course, there are others who are waiting for previous groups and there is a new group that is starting. At first I thought about stopping all this, also because of my thesis, but it would not be fair to leave the devotees who are enthusiastic about getting educated. It would also be a bad precedent for the administration because I would have to say the reason why we would stop. I am thinking that a good temporary solution would be for the devotees to take the exam through an other examination  center that we can access through your generous advice. The details would fix here, how to get a Proctor, etc.
Thank you very much, gurudev for your mercy, for listening to me. I hope we can talk about this and other issues that concern me very soon.
ssLAD

HpS - ASA-  Hare Krsna. Your thoughts sound like my thoughts at 2.30AM after five bad rounds. Thank you for sharing them with us.   Now we need another letter at 10AM after 16 good rounds.

Good means the best we can do.

If we are following the four principles then we are sober enough to know if are making a good try to chant good rounds. That is ISKCON: The community of devotees who get up for Arati and Kirtana during Brahma-muhurta, chant good rounds, read and discuss SB amongst themselves and then after Prasada meet to plan their Sankirtan etc.

We keep ASA that way. You can join us with letters like this or on line and when we visit. When we die we can all go to Goloka.

Taking Sannyasa means to minimize our administrative activities in our insitutuional relation with ISKCON.

So, please write again after 16-good rounds for Srila Prabhupada. Thank you so much for your association!

Prahlada nrsmha Das. Manger for Vedabase.com wrote:

HpS - Do you need more help for the Spanish version?

Hare Krsna Gurudeva.

Pamho

AgtSP

I hope You are very well in all aspects.

Thank you very much for your last letter, thank you for accepting me.

You will not be many days in New Vrajamandala, so I will ask Yadunandana Swami what day would be suitable to organize the initiation ... Is it good to be able to do it in Janmastami or is it not right? If I could I would love it, but I do not know if it's right.

HpS - I think it would be alright with me.

Regarding the verse, I think the most important part is "One who strictly follows the Vedic literature and chants the holy name of the Supreme Personality of Godhead will actually be situated in the transcendental disciplic succession. Those who want to attain life's ultimate goal must follow this principle ", because it tells us that in this way, it is not that we see the spiritual society and the associates of Krsna as something unattainable, but that we become associates of Krsna, of the Acaryas!!! I believe that we go from being eternally conditioned, to eternally liberated.

In addition, it is the only way to obtain the spiritual world, our greatest desire and destiny ... or that I think that Srila Prabhupada explains to us here.

Follow the Vedic injunctions and chant the name of Krsna, and one is really part of the Parampara. Amazing, right?.

Thank you very much for all Maharaja, I am very happy with the virtual association in FMP and class every day, it is amazing all of us. Nectar.

Dandavats

Hare Krsna

P.D.:

Here are;

-one photo doing Harinama in Alcala de Henares, very nice Harinamas there always.

-One photo of Varuna with my parents in the farm this summer. The dogs are (from left to right), Hari, Varuna, Rishi and Sita.

-One deity of Nrsimhadeva in Katmandu...is incredible.

-The new calfs Baladeva, Subhadra and ...Baladeva with childrens. 

ASA - Thank you for the fotos!      Varuna is lucky to have an ISKCON devotee for his father!     Your analysis of the verse is very nice.  Did you see the comments that we made on Namacharya Das' comments:

https://hps.monkeywarrior.com/node/9485

This age of Kali is an ocean of faults, but there is one very good thing, by chanting Hare Krsna one can get free from them and go to the Supreme abode!   Chant as much as possible!!!    That will then overflow as Sankirtan!!   Save your neighbors...