Letters to the editor

Hare Krsna Maharaja

AgtSP

Agt Radha-Krsna

I hope you are fine in all respects. I'm fine.

Budanath das from the little mountain.

Currently I have changed jobs, and have begun to study health care in emergencies. So between work (which is hard and at night), and studies, I do not sleep more than five hours most days, and over I'm finishing a course on hockey pretty intense, and I am overwhelmed (I hope to finish and soon pass this course) and so I could have a little more time on the weekend and regain some of my rounds.

In order to compensate for my lack of sadhana and yoga, I'm trying not stop chanting Hare Krishna / RAMA all the time, and I get especially at work, as it is quite repetitive and mechanical. When I go out I'm so tired that I forget, but I'm trying to fix it.

HpS - We have to make priorities in life. Krsna will never punish us for chanting 16-nice rounds under the authority of Srila Prabhupada!

I've noticed that when I recite all the time HARE Krishna, becomes a little empty if not one's ability to project through the association in the spiritual plane. As if reciting the Holy Names, take you to the association on another plane, spiritual, heart to heart, and if I do not seat on that plane, and I make this material reality pass through that plane where I should be, the recitation of the Holy Names becomes something material, through my fault, and loses steam.

HpS - Yes, sometimes is better to chant Bhajans or SB verses besides our 16-rounds.

On the other hand, I keep my own personal fight against this world, and more and more people like me who decide to join the fight against the evil of this world. The nicest thing is that everyone does it for love of the world and neighbor, not for any material gain, but for children, the world and all its inhabitants ... and for us too, of course.

It's nice to see that there are good people in the world, very different from each other. Many times I forget, and wish the world burned in the fire. It is true that I am sometimes a bit radical, but thanks to many good people, my mind returns to its natural site

I try to prepare my small, to learn everything I can, and then he can walk his way with an inner knowing nothing like the normal people. We sang rounds together, and explain a little Upadesamrta. And I talk a lot of basics that does not understand but already absorbed, and bear fruit in the future if Krsna wants and he allows.

I think about your arguments about that all the magic is done by Krsna and not us ... I totally agree, but when I see witches do their arts, I want to do "my art" and return it harshly. I know that chanting Hare Krsna all the time, if the mantra wants, it is immediate, and if he does not want to, no. I know because I've lived it. But I get very angry sometimes not be immediately ... I'm a little angry at times. I have not seen that only Hare Krishna not be effective. but I have two questions, I'd like to give me your opinion to see the matter in a broader way.

HpS -   Only Krsna and Balarama kill demons in Vraja.  We have to go to next letter now. It is 9PM!   Maybe send rest of this letter again!       Thank you for your creative, Krsna conscious life!!!!  More!

-How can I recite it constantly to witches who try to mess and absorb the minds of people without falling into a ritualistic process (I imagine not wanting a specific outcome in my own way and taste)?

-Shall I better use it to open my heart and dazzle with a stream of light to these people?

I try to be better devotee and not be so attached to my way of seeing things. I think it is also true that many of these people are deceived by what I call "spider brains." A person is only really bad, and others are driven by mental movements of these spider people, and are as only half bad because they do not realize they are being deceived and means controlled by these evil brains. The problem is that if they take much longer to realize, it will be too late to return back. They'll be very transformed and engaged, and only a very very fat would make them open their eyes, and that if they are lucky.

As always, it is a pleasure to write. Best of the week.

Please Maharaja, I know it's not normal, but ask Nrsimhadeva for me, that I would love to fight in their lilas many lives, with great friends.

Yours, Budanath das. A fool who considers you his friend, and other big too.

Have very good weeks with all your issues and programs so big and amazing. And a big hello.

HARE KRSNA.

                 HARE KRSNA GURUDEVA,

                 PAOHO, AGTSP!!

                -  THE INTERVIEW WILL BE ON SKYPE, THIS IS HIS NAME ON SKYPE:" nachobc09"

                  I SHALL WRITTE HIM TODAY FOR THE LAST CONFIRMATION AND GIVE HIM

                  YOUR  NAME ON SKYPE AND IF YOU WISH BHADRA AND I TO JOIN I CAN GIVE HIM

                  OURS TOO.

HpS - To quote Jayananda Das, "The more the merrier!". Be  very nice if you can join.

                  HE DOESN´T SPEAK A MUCH ENGLISH, BUT HE SAID HE WILL HAVE AN ASSITANT

                  WITH HIM TO HELP WITH THAT.

                   -  WE ARE PRESENTING OURSELVES AS :" GESTORES CULTURALES DE NIOS", ABHIRAMA

                   PRABHU GAVE US THIS NAME WITHIN THE OFFICIAL DOCUMENT FROM THE

                    NATIONAL LIBRARY OF PERU...IS THAT OK?
HpS - Sounds fine with me!

                   - WE WILL WRITTE YADUNANDANA SWAMI...

                   THANK YOU FOR YOUR BLESSINGS

                   ASPIRING TO SERVE YOU

                  BHADRA VD & SANANDA DD

HpS - ASA - Then we will send our Reguest for him to add us to his Skype list after he has our Address so he knows who is requesting to be connected to him.

Thank you!!  See you there.

Dear Guru Maharaja, PAMHO AGTSP

I purposefully write this in a separate letter for later being it easier to find it, if needed.

What are the meanings of filters on the Blog?
You answered to one similar letter in the past, but I cannot find it. If going to search option, it gives out all letters because any letter has a filter applied.

So, was thinking to have it all in one place (one letter).

Some filters are understandable, at least for me. These are DTC and Calendar development. What other filters mean? What would be a hot topic? Maybe hot potatoes or hot chocolate :-)

Thank you!

YS ND

ASA -  Hot Topics are things that strike social animation.   "A" are like themes for Academic Discussion eg. Guru Tattva.  "B" is the same thing but more like final conclusions or things headed for publication.

Dear Guru Maharaja, please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

It is Sunday, fall has started. As everyday, we made puja to our Lord and Mistress/ Father and Mother/ Friend. Then we partook of Their remnants. Then japa-yajna. After we went to the garden where Nirgata and my mother sow different green leafy vegetables and flowers. I took care of weeds that are growing through the cement pathway to our flat.
In our (or should I say Their) garden we have fig trees, tangerine trees, tomatoes, spinach, basilico, celery, different green lefy vegetables, and also various flowers. I like to go pick up flowers for Radha Madhava's enjoyment.

By calendar dates summer ended, but in sunny days it is very nice to go and have a swim in a clean sea. There are no tourists now, so it is not crowded on the rocks, and as there were few strong rains, the surroundings are clean. Although there are still cigarette butts, which are looking  disgusting and smelly. The sea temperature is around 23 Celsius degresss. That is not too cold. These days will be one of the last baths in the sea for this year.

What godsister Madhumanjari wrote to the Blog,  resonates with me. Blog gets me blocked. I am not used to write, specially publicly and in English. I would like to say/write on some topic, but get blocked. Like there is a barrier. But I understand that it can also be a catalyst. <img alt="yes" height="23" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/thumbs_up.png" title="yes" width="23" /> Somehow, I much prefer a talk face to face. Do not know how to get into dialog on the Blog. I am not in any way saying that Blog is bad. It is wonderfull in many ways. One nice thing about writing on the Blog and have a Blog-sanga is that before writitng, there is more time to think of what to say <img alt="angel" height="23" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/angel_smile.png" title="angel" width="23" />

Sunday program in the temple go on now cca one time a month. Festivals we celebrate. For festivals, I like any kind of celebration in association with devotees, but for our Pula situation I am keen to do what you informed us - kind of 20 minutes of kirtan, reading and japa each. We still did not do iit like that, but maybe in the future if devotees desire.

I'm in the middle of preparation for BhVai Canto 5 presenatations.

We were invited to visit a ISKCON centre in other town and serve as leading kirtans and giving lectures. Looks we will accept this  call.

H.H. Prahladananda Swami was in Pula for 2 days. Nirgata and myslef prepared prasadam for him. Did he answered your letter?

HpS - We see that he just answered but we have not been able to open it yet.

In your letter to him, you told about suggestions from Bhaktividyapurna Swami. What are those suggestions, if I am allowed to know?

HpS - Ha!   Ha!   Ha!   Maharaja said that many of our ideas about GBC, Sannyasi relations were very good but if we pushed them we would probably get politically marginalized. Of course, if it is a big margin that is O.K.  It is surprising, but I can see that my family has been pioneers for many generations.

In SP Folio I got some more (few) "hits" for a term "Vaisnavi". Those hits are from lectures, conversations and letters. Should I report here?

HpS - Yes!  That would be nice.

This Blog is my most visited site on the internet. Plus Vedabase.com. I am grateful that you are keeping in touch with us through the Blog and for your care. Also, thanks to our dear godbrother Prahlad Nrsimha Ji, a Mayapura-vasi <img alt="smiley" height="23" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/regular_smile.png" title="smiley" width="23" />.

There are some topics more to write about, but let me try to do that in the future.

Your servant Namacarya das

HpS - For some one who has writers block on Blogs, you send such beautiful, informative, practical and important letters.   Thank you!

I will write about some of the topics you mention here in todays, DTC!   Prabhupada: The magic will not be done by you, nor me, nor any living being, the magic will be done by Krsna when we become pure devotees of Krsna!!!!!
Paoho!!!

Hare Krishna dear guru maharaj, please accept my humble obesciences, all glories to Srila prabhupad

Is the NIOS address correct maharaj

North American Institute for Oriental and Classical Studies

304 Astor Way; Franklin, TN 37064; USA

Hare Krsna,
Nata

Thank you

your aspiring servant

NC Das

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HpS - ASA --- Nilacala Candra, Amar Prabhu Jagannatha!
No photos!    We will attach some!
We have new address for about 18-months now.

NIOS

2129 Stratford Rd.

Murfreesboro, TN 37129
How are your "fallible soldiers".   You can see we will be in Houston for Gita Jayanti and 50th anninversary festival!   C U then???

Hare Krsna Dear Gurudev,
    Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
    All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
    All glories to Guru parampara.

    Gurudev, in my previous letter, URL : http://hps.monkeywarrior.com/node/6949
    we had asked, can we perform "Agnihotra"?

    we means to say, can we learn & perform "Agnihotra", other then what we (ISKCON temples)
    do Agnihotra for Initiations, Weddings etc. Except these, can we learn & perform other
    Agnihotra  also? If so what those should be?
    
your fallen servant,
Girivaradhari-Gopal Das

HpS - ASA --- Ahhh!   I don't know much about this. It is not the work of a Sannyasi, more for Grhastha.  There are devotees in ISKCON who do this for these different Sanskaras.  I think Mukunda Das, the Head Pujari in Vrndavana would know about this and of course there must be Brahmanas in your Yatra who do this. For example there is the Hari Cutting Ceremony and others, no?

Do you have any photos from the book-release in Delhi??? Or do you know anyone who does?   We are planning on fixing our India schedule three months in advance. We arrive 31st December so we will start buying the tickets 31st September. Actually we have the tickets and program up until the 10th of January with Delhi, Tirupati, Madras.

Hare Krsna!