Letters to the editor

Hare Krsna dear Hanumatpresaka Maharaja, please accept my respectful obeisances, all glories to Srila Prabhupada!

A couple of days ago I read your question to write about my Sankirtana so I try to collect few things about it.

As Radhe wrote finally we moved from Manchester to Luton which is very near to Bhaktivedanta Manor. We can say that we are fortunate because we can attend the temple morning program and can hear from advanced devotees once a week. Sri Sri Radha Gokulananda are very very beautiful, so good to see Them and sing&dance before Them with the devotees! And we can chant japa in the presence of Tulasi devi as well.

In a smaller Sankirtana circle we are together with Radhe, daily we sing Mangala arati and chant japa. During last Kartik month we sang the Damodarastakam every day and we made a practice of doing it; nowadays we sing the Gaura arati song at evenings and it is a good experience.

In a point of view my wife is a guru for me, because she (or Krsna through her) teaches me how to be in a proper serving mood all the time continually.

Our common preaching is limited to the colleagues. We try to give them some prasadam and I think in this effort the upcoming festive season will help us.

And in the smallest Sankirtana circle there are two kind of activity. The first is to preach to the outside world. It means that I run a blog about chanting Japa and translate/managing the translating tasks of a book called 'When Good Fortune Arises' about Sri Srimad Gour Govinda Swami Maharaja from His disciple Madhavananda prabhu.

The second is to preach to myself. Actually it means that I have to learn so many things about how to be a servant of Sri Krsna, study the sastra and learn how to chant properly. Sometimes I have to start from the very basics due to the forgetfulness, laziness, 'i do not know what else'-ness.

These were the small news from Luton with love! I hope your health is ok! Recently I have not read any bad news about it. And hope that your preaching plans are / will be successful!

Thank you for your valuable time, Jaya Sri Sri Guru Gauranga! your servant, Kadamba Kanana dasa

HpS - ASA -- Sooooooooooo nice to hear from you. We met just a little bit somewhere in Europe. I cannot remember where, but always hoping to get more of your association.

We moved the Temple from San Francisco across the Bay to Berkeley where the big university is. Then Jayatirtha Das wrote to Prabhupada that we had discovered that the preaching was good there.

Prabhupada responded, "You have discovered that the preaching is good there because you have made the endeavor there. Wherever you make the endeavor you will discover that the preaching is good."
It's a fact, just preach, get across the idea, "Well, I don't know, but my old Grand Daddy used to say...", and then more and more preaching will come as Krsna desires! I have to learn this.

Madhavananda is such a nice devotee!

Querido Gurumaharaja,

Por favor acepte nuestras reverencias

¡Todas las Glorias a Srila Prabhupada!

Muchas gracias por su respuesta  respecto a la conexión  durante su Vyasa Puja.  El  horario que usted propone nos parece  bien Gurumaharaja. Por lo que esperamos enlazarnos el martes 23 después de las 6:30 pm a la hora que usted disponga, ¿a través de Star meeting?

Muchas gracias  querido Gurudeva, quedamos atentos.

Sus sirvientes

ASA  México

HpS - ASA ---- AGTSP!!!!!   paoho.  Hmmm.  Possible Start Meeting, pero possible Skype. No, camera en Start Meeting!

Hare Krsna dear <img alt="heart" height="23" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/heart.png" title="heart" width="23" /> Guru Maharaja, please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

In last KD you wrote: "All the letters are answered on the Blog except for one two days ago. Very interesting. No new letters. Some technical problem? New letters aren’t coming? Candra-mukhi DD – Nikunja-bihari Das, Patraka, Namacharya Das???"

So, now I am checking out if all works nicely on the Blog. It looks it works. It is quiet on the blog with letters coming. Hmmm... Maybe it is the lull before the storm <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" />
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My Annual Disciple Reports coming in next days. 

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Also, you wrote: "We will be in Murfreesboro for HpS Vyasapuja. We will make some Internet plan. Any suggestions?"  

Well, I am little apprehensive about programs over internet. So many technical details need to work properly to have a situation with proper audio and video, one that can be heard and seen.
So, whatever will be there, I'll try to join in <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" /> <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" />

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Thank you very much for your notes for BhVai. As your notes comes on time, Upendra and me can build our humble suggestions around your precious contribution.

Your servant Namacarya das

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HpS - ASA ---  AGTSP  paoho.  Yes, is working.     It is amazing how Srila Prabhupada, devotees can pick up the current technology and use it. Srila Bhaktsiddhanta had a wrist watch. Otherwise, I guess people would just tell time from the Temple bell.

Prabhupada used airplanes and movies.

Soooo o o o    we see what we can do for Vyasapuja. 24th December here in Nashville.

What is happening in Pulah?  (You know, in Spanish, Pulga is Flea).

HpS - The Comments can go just to the Reporting Disciple, not to everyone?

PND: Yes. Both comment and report is visible only to you, user who posted report. I have to have permissions also, but I am not/will not be looking.

If you post comment, message with link to the comment should come to that specific devotee email address (one they use for this site). They will have to be logged in under same user who posted report to be able to access it.

Our plan is to Monkey and Uncle Gismo's vote is to Drop the Ax on Christmas Day and anyone who hasn't Reported by then will be cast into the Outer Darkness where they must Wail and Gnash their Teeth Eternally.

Then we will gather the Good Disciples into our Fold and answer all the Reports before we shove off for Peru.

PND: It is possible to disable posting of reports at Christmas day, so no new reports will be possible to post till next year.

ASA  (Piggy of the Compassionate Heart) - Maybe we try to sneak a few late reporters into the caravan back to Godhead. (Maybe you and I also need a little extra mercy also!). <img alt="smiley" height="23" src="http://www.hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/regular_smile.png" title="smiley" width="23" />

This Blog is working so well, Thank you!

Srinivasa Das was looking at a Muslim site and they were talking about the confused Hindus and the were citing vedabase.com again and again as their source of True Hindu beliefs!

What about the Index and User Bookmarks etc?

Especially necessary is an Introduction page: 1) How to use the Vedabase technically, and 2) How to use understand the priority and how to read the books. Definitely should be big part of the ministry of education, no???  Your ideas now???

All Glories to Sri Sri Gour Nitay!
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!
All Glories to all Devotees!
All Glories to you!!! 
 

Please accept my sincere obeisances at your lotus feet, Maharaj.
      HpS - ASA - The swelling has basically disappeared from our feet and legs now that we spend most of our time sitting ON our desk rather than At it.

¿How are you? ¿How is your health? I hope this find you in a veeeeery good health :) !!!

HpS - Hmmm! Probably the same as yours. I have a back ache, rear-end aches, breathing is a little constricted form old age. Vision is definitely getting weak, teeth don't ache but the new missing incisor whole is still suspiciously sensitive. Ha! Ha!   This body doesn't get diseases, this body is a disease!

Camila, 21 years old, Chile/Argentina !!! 

Well Maharaj, I wanted to answer to the letter you answered me ..thanks you for that, His Holiness is always so kind with us, we really appreciate that.. is like taste honey...that calms our hearts. 

Recently we had the Ratha Yatra Festival, was AWESOME! We had also the association of Gaura Vani Maharaj, and Bhakti Marga Swami  <3 INCREDIBLE! ... very nice. We had the opportunity to serve Bhakti Marga Swami... my heart was filled up with so much love, I cannot be more gratefull to Krsna. Here I send you some picture of aaallll of this. <img alt="laugh" height="23" src="http://www.hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/teeth_smile.png" title="laugh" width="23" />

My male associate is Seva Kunja Das, disciple of BhaktiMarga Swami. In the visit of his Guru Maharaj, he talked about our situation with HH, and he told us that we're doing the second best thing that we can do, the first one is to get married before to move in togheter...But we want to take things slowly, and for that His Holiness told us to keep things "cold". Also, he told him about the intentions we have about getting married, maybe next year. But, we want to do things right and nicely. ¿Can I ask for your benediction in this? <img alt="smiley" height="23" src="http://www.hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/regular_smile.png" title="smiley" width="23" />

    HpS - Oh, God!      Oooof!    I agree with Maharaja. First class is safer. You live in different places and get to know each other from that situation, so we certainly hope that everything goes ahead O.K. It is like adding gasoling to the stove while it is cooking lunch.
As Maharaja says, "Be cool!". Get a lot friends to help.

<ins>Also, I wanted to ask you about Devotees taking care of Shilas and Gopal, what about that? Can gaudiya vaisnavas adorate those deities? </ins>

<ins>HpS - Yes, many of the Goswamis had Govardhana and Saligram silas. Prabhupada installed Them in Mayapura. Gopal is Krsna, but real worship requires second initiation. Should not keep Silas, but Gopal is nice, especially take shelter of Srila Prabhupada's Yatra Deities.</ins>

I have enclosed pictures of Ratha Yatra , Seva Kunja and I, and I with a costume of Hanumanji! <img alt="laugh" height="23" src="http://www.hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/teeth_smile.png" title="laugh" width="23" />

THANK YOU :))))))))))))))))))))))))!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ALL GLORIES TO SRILA PRABHUPADA!

HpS - Nice fotos!!!!  Thank you !!!  More!

   Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja, por favor acepte mis más humildes reverencias, soy Dhanistha devi dasi de Santiago de Chile. Quería contarle que mi hijo ya nació, tratando de cantar las rondas con contador. Pensando mucho en Krishna, espero retomar pronto mi sadhana. Exarañando la asociacion de devotos y fiesta de Srila Prabhupada en el Templo. Junto a mi esposo Hari Murari queremos hacer pronto ceremonia de Nama Karana para nuestro hijo. Por favor deme Sus bendiciones para hacer un buen servicio en esta nueva etapa y poder mantenerme en Conciencia de Krishna.

   Su sirvienta,

   Dhanistha devi dasi.

HpS - ASA --- Jaya! No es persona normal. Krsna no envia bebe normal a devotos!!  Guardar muy bien como puede desarrollar bien y hacer GRAN serivcio a Krsna y la humanidad. Los Bebes duermen mucho, no? Entonces es tiempo para su Japa. Si no puede cantar podar, hacer una cuenta de su falta para recuperar. Su Japa es su leche para su Bebe.

Reverencias al H. M. Das y todos. Nos vemos en unos semanas. No fotos?