Letters to the editor

Dear spiritual master,

all glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Please accept my obeisances.

You wrote on WhatsApp:

"One devotee, our "student", is really good guy. Had a Ganga addiction.

In his state Medical Marijuana cultivation collective is legal.

So he started one and it had 75% effect of neutralizing his addiction."

Please, could you explain more?

I understand that there is a typing error Ganga-ganja, however, I do not understand the whole meaning of the message.

Thank you!

Your servant Namacarya Das

HpS - So, nice to hear, agtSP, from you.

Yes, Ganja.

I think, most of the story is above.

Most of our addictions are not chemical situation, no?

University of California explains that. They comment that the real problems are social or ...spiritual...

Even and ant wants to get intoxicated. They we eat honey until they cannot walk.

It is a natural situation of the soul.

Drink the unadulterated nectar of the holy names.

kinibo lutibo, hari nama rasa.

By the Names effect I shall become paralyzed.

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Srila Prabhupada said, that if you want to get free from substance abuse, then take the time and effort to cook nice bhoga for your deities, and then honor it, regularly, deeply.

Works.

Hanging out with other people who are involved with Ganja while chanting Hare Krsna, we see the broad social ambience and we see the advantages and disadvanteges, and change our lives!

Any more specific questions, thoughts?

Hare Krishna, Gurumaharaja

PAMHO AGTSP

I would like to know your position on the “dream of the soul” and the “fall of the soul.”

It is a topic that a friend I met during Sankirtan is analyzing deeply.

Some questions to answer, these questions are:

Is the soul in the spiritual world and is it consciousness that descends to the material world?

Is the material world unreal, meaning that it has no existence other than the “dream of the soul”?

Is it like the soul going to the movies and the film it is watching is what is happening in the material world?

There are more questions, but this can serve as context to answer my friend's concerns and also help us to better understand this topic.

Thank you very much, Gurudeva.

My obeisances,

Piyari Mohan das

HpS - AgtSP. We have written about this a lot. What do you think about this?:

https://jayarama.us/media/topic/IziFNdDYJca05eoTLyOQ

Basically we understand that it is different for different people, but in most cases it is like sitting in the cinema watchin a movie and not conscious of who is even standing around us.

Like Socrate's analogy of the cave.

Hare Krishna, Maharaj

dandavat Pranam

all glories to Srila Prabhupad

all glories to your glorious service to Srila Prabhupad and inspiring devotees.

I am touched by your humility and simplicity , you are a living example , to setup a example of

how one should be humble than a blade a grass , without expecting any respect from others.

when I see you , I remember what Prabhupad said “ Simple living and high Thinking “

thabk you maharaj for your kindness

and being a exemplary for everyone.

HpS-ASA -- A simpleton when pretensions of high thinking.

Welcome, 🐒, to our ASA blog.

How can we serve your Sankirtan?

Who are you?

your insignificant servant

Vijay Keshav das

Please accept my humble obeisances eternally to your adorables lotus feet

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!!

And all Glories to You my adored Guru Deva!!

When this time comes, we always remember our beginning, our entry into the consciousness of Govinda

We will never forget that, before meeting you, we met Prabhu Kanupandit, who, while we were still unsure if this path was genuine, gave a class about Jesus! How wonderful! There we knew that this was the truest path we had been waiting to take, and we were able to release all the wonderful feelings evoked by being in such a marvelous association: the deities, serving them, the Vaishnavas, and the atmosphere created by all of this wonderfulness!

So, when we met you, we were extremely happy.

We especially remember a wonderful occasion during His visit to Peru

Once, when you were going to stay near the red house, the guesthouse of Mother Graciela, Girbhana Radha, she kindly invited us to clean and decorate the room where you were going to stay. I remember very clearly that while we were cleaning and decorating, we heard you arrive suddenly, and somehow there was a picture of Jesus in that room. Then I remember you touching the feet of the picture of Jesus with your danda and exclaiming, "Guru!" And then I saw you prostrate yourself with your full dandavats on the floor. I don't remember who I was with cleaning that small apartment for you that day, but, by the mercy of Krishna, when you arrived suddenly, we were still inside the room, and I could see your image prostrate before the picture of Jesus, and that was imprinted on my mind and on my understanding of the sublimity of Krishna consciousness.

As I have always loved Jesus and his parables and his teachings about the fleeting nature of life on this physical plane, and as I have always loved his teachings and loved living as simply as he taught us, I wanted to know the relationship between the Krishna consciousness movement and Jesus. That is why everything I am telling you has been magnificent to me. I had nothing more to look for! Jaya Gurudeva Jaya Srila Prabhupada!!!

Thank You, Gurudeva, for giving Christmas true meaning in my heart. Thank you for being who You are, a true Guru. May our kind, beautiful, and merciful Krishna always, always, always protect you. May this Christmas have been and continue to be wonderful for You.

I apologize for any unintentional offenses made in this letter, thank you for taking the time to read it, and I hope to serve you better each day, yesterday, today, and always ♾️ 💐 ♾️🪷

HpS/ASA - I, agtSP, had a similar experience with Srila Prabhupada.

Prabhupada's experience with Bh. Siddhanta was different, no?

Prabhupada was in the same cultural line as Bh. Siddhanta, followers of Lord Caitanya.

Interesting contrast between us and them.

Whole differenet vista.

Thank you.

Please accept my humble obeisances, Gurudeva 🙏

all Glories To Srila Prabhupada!

All Glories To You Gurumaharaja 🙏👣🪷

Here are some photos of Gaura Purnima at Govinda time ❤️🎵

It was so wonderful to enter this pujari after so many years!!!!...!!!

I've been preaching all these years to the people I meet, but I haven't felt like an active member of ISKCON myself.

Just doing my programs at home, trying to get Franco and Gopal excited.

Please bless me so I can become more involved with the Vaishnavas and support Srila Prabhupada's preaching more and more.

ASA - Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna!!!!!!

This congress was, and continues to be, wonderful. I am eternally grateful to the organizing Vaishnavas, Prabhu Jagad Guru, Prabhu Arjuna, and so many others!!! 🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻❤️🪷🙏🏻❤️🪷

Please forgive me, and forgive everyone, for any offense in this letter🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🌈💦

Trying to please your lovely lotus heart, adored Gurumaharaja: Radha Japa Prati Jalpa Devi Dasi

P.S. If I have Your mercy, I will be able to read Your analysis of the second part of my letter. Please forgive my repeated mistakes on the same point. 🙏 I was able to open the YouTube link You sent me some time ago in another letter. I am fascinated by that moment when Krishna plays the flute 🪈🎼 and everyone gathers around, and Srimati Radharani dances, becomes absorbed in the music, and then is embarrassed that everyone was watching her, then smiles... Jay Sri Radhe!!!

HpS - Yes, it is wonderful!! The clip from the same movie where He leaves Vrndavana is also wonderful.

Translation is wonderful.

I understand the female singer is one of the most famous artists in India, performing for free.

This is a lower quality clip. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4y8LeBMO8w

"I try to stop thinking about you and separation from you, but I cannot, so I just give up."

Hare Krishna Gurumaharaja 

PAMHO AGTSP 

I just want to shared this IA video of Hanuman, so good.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DWlPPbBDfTM/?igsh=MWZoMnBmOGV2ZTVicQ==

We can put AI to good use in preaching.

My respects.

HpS/ASA - He, Hare Krsna, looks rather angry!