Letters to the editor

Hare Krisna, dear Gurudeva.

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

I hope your fine in all aspects.

We are fine by Krisna's Mercy.

I only thank you for your last letter. It helped me to see from other point of view.

Are you coming soon to Spain finally? I don't know if Jayanta Prabhu is in charge of that or not.

Carcika is waiting for her medical treatment for the cancer. Manu is growing up fantastically.

Thank you for all.

Your humble servant, Dandava das.

HpS - ASA --- AGTSP.  paoho.... Thank you for your sincere devotion to ISKCON, Srila Prabhupada, Nitai-Gaura, Radha-Shyama and the marvellous Sri Sri Krsna-Balarama.

We got back from this hellish and heavenly trip to [Mexico] India about 8-hours ago. Our body is recovering quickly, but we are VERY, VERY weak at the present moment, so we must be careful not damage Brother Ass.

Hare Krsna. Hare Krsna.

Cancer, disease, these are good friends for a devotee. It would not be a bad thing if we had a heart attack before your read this letter and you and Carcika and Manu all died in an auto accident within 6-hours after you read it.

O.K? 

http://www.vedabase.com/en/bg/13/8-12 ... "Unless we have a pessimistic view of this material life" ...

The body rots so that a new body can be born.

                                                                  =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

We have no big travel expectations until 17th May. Then we expect to visit: Denver, Boise, San Francisco/Sacramento and the Pacific Northwest.

After that Lima, La Paz, Santiago, 21st June through 28th July.

[Pacific] India, for September October.

So, we can visit Madrid, Brihuega any time from now until 17th May.

Got any ideas?

Hare Krsna. Hare Krsna.

Write every day. Read it a week later and let a strategy for Sankirtan develop!

Conquer the world for Krsna!

HK PAOHO

Querido Gurudeva, como siempre lo extrañamos, aquí entre calor y humedad, sin agua y huico de Chosica, estamos saliendo pocas horas a distribuir libros con Mitravinda y una bhaktina a buses y retomamos nuestro servicio en Wilson. Después de una conversación con la administración de Wilson quedamos en muy buenos términos. Hablamos con P. Deva Deva encargado de educación e invitó a NIMSAR a colaborar con el INSTITUTO DE ESTUDIOS VAISNAVAS BHAKTIVEDANTA, en el templo de Wilson, habrá una sala destinada a dictar BS, Pada Padma, etc. los miembros que deseen de NIMSAR dictarán a mediados de Febrero una vez por semana, y las autoridades están de acuerdo incluso con  nuestros precios. Entonces es algo muy favorable. NIMSAR debe continuar contestando este acuerdo con Wilson.

Por otro lado, tuve una muy buena conversación con madre Isvari, y pude entender sus necesidades y ella se tomara un tiempo, es mamá y también se está incorporando al servicio en wilson, e igual quedó como colaboradora de NIMSAR, y como siempre se fajo en año pasado en su servicio a NIMSAR, desde que la conocí ella siempre da todo de sí misma.

Gurudeva Ud. nos dio un hermoso regalo NIMSAR, por ello es muy preciado y es una extensión de la predica de Ud. y en lo que a mí respecta, ni he renunciado y estoy tratando de rectificar, entender el comportamiento de los miembros, sus necesidades y siempre esforzarme por mejorar como devota. Me sorprende la medida al estilo del chino de LAD, que esperamos sea propia del calor y huico del momento, pensamos que es temporal, y ansiamos el regreso del Jedi/s. Entonces, la función debe continuar, también en febrero continuamos enseñando BS on line. 

Algo que hay que tener en cuenta es que el asesor y principal cabeza de NIMSAR es Ud. y la última palabra la tiene Ud. así que continuamos nuestro servicio a NIMSAR- ASA- HpS. Y cuando venga a Perú, otros miembros de NIMSAR Madre Rohini y M Ananga hablaran con Ud. sobre la administración de los exámenes, que seguro pueden continuar con el nuevo examinador, con la venia de Ud., si ellas desean.

Mil disculpas, por nuestras ofensas, con su ayuda y la de los devotos lo lograremos. Por favor denos sus bendiciones para continuar sirviéndolo con humildad y colaboración.

Esperamos su arritmia y salud en general mejore y el santo dham lo proteja. 

Su hija que lo adora:

Yugala Kishora Dasi

HK PAOHO

Dear Gurudeva, as we always miss, here between hot and humid, without water and Chosica hual, we are leaving a few hours to distribute books with Mitra and a bhaktina to buses and we resume our service in Wilson. After a conversation with the Wilson administration we were on very good terms. We speak with Fr. Deva Deva in charge of education and I invite NIMSAR to collaborate with the VAISNAVAS BHAKTIVEDANTA INSTITUTE OF STUDIES, in the temple of Wilson, there will be a room destined to dictate BS, Pada Padma, etc. Members wishing to NIMSAR will dictate in mid-February once a week, and authorities agree even with our prices. Then it is very favorable. NIMSAR must continue to respond to this agreement with Wilson.

On the other hand, I had a very good conversation with mother Isvari, and I could understand her needs and she would take time, she is a mom and she is also joining the service in Wilson, and she stayed as a NIMSAR collaborator, Last year in her service to NIMSAR, since I met her she always gives everything of herself.

Gurudeva You gave us a beautiful NIMSAR gift, so it is very precious and is an extension of your preaching and as far as I am concerned, I have not given up and I am trying to rectify, understand the behavior of the members, their Needs and always strive to improve as a devotee. I am surprised by the Chinese style of LAD, which we hope is typical of the heat and air of the moment, we think it is temporary, and we look forward to the return of the Jedi / s. Then, the function must continue, also in February we continue to teach BS on line.

Something that must be taken into account that the adviser and main head of NIMSAR is you and the last word you have it so we continue our service to NIMSAR-ASA-HpS. And when you come to Peru, other members of NIMSAR Mother Rohini and M Ananga will talk with you about the administration of the exams, which they can safely continue with the new examiner, with your permission, if they wish.

A thousand apologies, for our offenses, with your help and that of the devotees we will succeed. Please give us your blessings to continue to serve you with humility and collaboration.

We hope your arrhythmia and overall health will improve and the holy dham will protect you.

His daughter who adores him:

Yugala Kishora Dasi

HPS - Hare Krsna. We can't work out details. If NIMSAR is to run then 1. We must have a President, Secretary/Treasurer and report to ASA Blog each Ekadasi.

Hare Krsna!
AGTSP!   Paoho...  Our letters by Yahoo bounced back. Does anyone have e-mail address for Dandava Das and Yasodananda Swami? ?

Hare Krsna,

We are leaving for Houston, Mexico, India within 45-minutes. Writing last minute urgent letters, packing, dangerous headache, but the Sankirtan is going ahead.

Yesterday we tried to finalize these tickets for South America. Lima was pretty easy. Not really easy, but we did it. We have a ticket to and from Lima: 21 June - 26 July. We were thinking some time in Peru and Bolivia and some time in Santiago.

Then we tried for TWO HARD hours to work out the Brazil ticket and nothing works. A direct flight is $1,500. There is one cheap ticket on Jet Blue - Azul through Florida, but that takes 24-hours and will go through four airports each direction. Then... the Visa is a lot of work and costs $160 for each entry. If we go on to Argentina and come back for our flight through Rio then that will be $320 for the Visa ...   so... at this point it seems like this Brazil, Argentina trip is not happening! .... .

We are trying our best but is lot of work to get reasonable tickets, and then the travel is very hard.

We are open to professional suggestions!

AgtSP!

Agt Nitai Nimai!!!

Hare Krsna Maharaja!    I´m Budanath das from the little mountain.

HpS - We live on Hillcrest Dr.  It is not even a little mountain, but the view is down hill in all directions. Maybe we will live on Govardhana soon and get back to our service to Radha and Krsna in spiritual bodies!

I here, too, it's cold, fog.

I would like to share with you a little my thoughts. I, as always, sometimes better, sometimes worse, but out of mercy, growing in Krsna consciousness.

If God, Krishna, is a person, then, a person like me who walks half mystical half-devotional paths (I recognize that it costs me to be pure). When objects begin to lose their literal meaning, when things and people tell you things, and they communicate things to you from other people, some not physical (I do not mean ghosts in bodies of people, I know the differences), but that reality begins to have another sense of time and place, without past or future, better no pre post concept, only line concept of contacts.

Is this a stage of the personal fulfillment of the powers of Krsna, and then, perhaps, of the realization of Krsna and his associates?

HpS - The way you describe it, it could be. It is such a different state of consciouisness that with such a little description we can't say if it is Spiritual of Material.  Sounds useful!!

Is this why, if it is true, that you first have to make friends with Krsna's associates, God, in order to access Him?

HpS - If by "God" you mean Maha-visnu et al, yes we most likely will get realization, contact with them first, but Lord Caitanya gives a glimpse of Radha Krsna right from the very beginning.

If true, this process is a shadow of the original mystical process that is the association of Krsna ???

HpS -  Huh?

These are things I ask myself, that I want to share with you, I imagine looking for advice and revealing the mind confidentially, like old acquaintances, friends. And respect and pride for your advice, your listening, like that of an old friend, because although I am so stupid, one way or another I have these concerns.

Is it in the purest state to go mad spiritually?

HpS - Socrares said that to ordinary people it would seem that way, but to good Christians and ISKCON Dudes it would be comprehensible.

I have to admit that I am not reading anything lately, but I try to meditate on Krsna and the teachings of Prabhupada with the things that happen to me every day. In general, my life is quite mystical, but many times I am afraid that it is only an illusion and not a real spiritual advance.

It is a fear, only that, I do not want to complain about Krsna, he has always behaved with me beautifully, it is just that I am afraid of being stuck or confusing Krsna's association with the material magic of Krsna.

If I speak without precaution I would say that Krsna is happy with me, that is why he lets me advance, but his friends who do not feel as committed as Krsna, tell me that I have to improve a lot, a lot, that I am very ugly for Krsna to see me.

Thank you for all your work, for being there teaching us the sweetness of Krsna's association and for answering the letters.

That goes well, I hope to write before next time.

Hare Krsna

Jay Radhe Jay Krsna Jay Vrndavan

HpS - Read a little of CC daily!!!!!  Five minutes befor each meal, read something. It becomes and addictive habit. Then you will have an intimate counsel, because, yes, we can get caught on the mystical material platform, for billions of lifetimes!  Don't miss Prabhupada's association.

Hare Krsna,

Maharaja et al,

All glories to Srila Prabhupada. [We invented the acronym, AGTSP. We will probably go to some unusually hell for doing it, but it was to avoid extra expense on Hansadutta Swami's Teletype machine].

We were hoping to be in touch with you with everyone else during your visit to Peru.

Our Sankirtan there is going very well. Several universities are pushing us very hard for a second "Psychology and the Sacred" symposium, so we are fixing the agreements now to present it in June of 2016. After that we want to do a full global event in 2018 on "Art and the Sacred".

We will be in India from 1st January to 13th February: Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Vraja, Pune, Navi-mumbai, Kolkata, Mayapura (SGGSanga). We are at your service.

As you requested we had very excellent exchange of letters with Divya-priya Devi Dasi and Atmananda Das, and seem to be with same attitude towards everything.

We have good communication now with Karuna Krsna Das, who is Secretary for the National Council, but they still have not been able to reconstruct their lost Minutes, but we are trying to get good distribution, at least to us, of their current Acts.

With Jaga-jivana Das departure we have been very, very, seriously hoping that Mathuresa Das can become the Regional Secretary for Ecuador, Bolivia and Peru. Of course, we need to hear the ideas of others. For our service it would be excellent. We are engaged as we are in Peru with the perspective that it will solve all the problems of the Yatra by nourishing the root of the tree. We see no reason why Peru can't be the greatest nation in ISKCON.

We can fill in many more details but we don't want to burden you with them unless you have specific questions of us.

You much younger Godbrother,

Hanumatpresaka Swami