Letters to the editor

Mi muy querido Gurudeva, por favor acepte mis humildes reverencias a sus pies de loto...

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada...

   Espero que usted estè bien de salud. En mi corazòn usted està siempre. En mi habitaciòn tambièn hay una foto suya cerca del cuadro de Tulasi devi, de Krisna y del Señor Nrisimha para que lo proteja mucho.

  Ahora estoy en Potosì en Bolivia, viajando para distribuir libros. Bueno estoy culminando ya el segundo año de ventas del segundo libro cientìfico de autoayuda que escribì "Dinero Amor y Salud" en el que recomiendo la reconexiòn con el Supremo, mediante el canto del maha mantra Hare Krisna, recomiendo la lectura de los libro de Srila Prabhupada, y tambièn el cultivo de las cualidades divinas que Srila Prabhupada menciona en el Bhagavad Gita. Estoy contento de entregar el  maha mantra a miles de personas que leen el libro. La vez pasada vi en Cochabamba a una chica con el libro subrayado en las manos, se le veìa muy feliz. Pienso que este libro lo compran personas, que desean dinero, amor y salud, pero se encuentran con algo superior encontrando a Prabhupada y el maha mantra, y por eso me siento bien, y aùn pienso que es mi deber seguir distribuyèndolos. Esta ciudad, Potosì, aunque muy frìa y muy alta (4,000 mts. sobre el nivel del mar) tiene gente muy buena, en realidad muy favorable.

  Sigo los 4 principios regulativos, canto mis 16 rondas, aunque tambièn reconozco que a veces no las culmino, y debo terminarlas al dìa siguiente, o las culmino mientras distribuyo libros en la ciudad.

  Le entrego mi vida. Su aspirante a sirviente. Vrsabhanu das.

HpS - ASA - TlgaSP!   pfanrh. . .  Pero cambios fuerte en su Ashrama y no comunicacion acerca de ellos con nosotros! Hmmmf... !

Dear Guru Maharaja,

Please accept my humble obeisances in the dust of your feet. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to you on the auspicious occasion of Vyasa Puja!

Each year that I write my Vyasa Puja offering, I feel less and less worthy of presenting myself before you. I know I have such a long way to go in spiritual life, so many attachments to overcome, and so much to still understand. When I see your example, I am awed and encouraged at the same time. I do not have words to fully express my gratitude for your example, guidance, and affection.

But there is one quality in particular that I would like to highlight on this occasion, which is your seamless integration of scholarship and devotion. This is a hallmark of Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s sampradaya---from Srila Rupa Gosvami to Srila Prabhupada---and you follow this same ideal of bhakti-vedanta.

What I find so amazing is how you hold these two things in perfect balance. You understand, appreciate, and actively engage in the academic service. And yet even in the academic environment, you maintain a simple, straightforward faith in Srila Prabhupada and his essential instructions---4 regulative principles, 16 good rounds, morning program, and sankirtana. This combination is so rare; indeed, many would say that a simple faith is incompatible with academic insight, but you have shown them wrong. How fortunate I am to have a master like you!

I have so much work to do in the essential practices of hearing and chanting; I am still not steady in my sadhana. But your example allows me no excuse for my weakness. Gurudeva, once again on the occasion of Vyasa Puja, I beg for the strength to become steady in my sadhana and service. I cannot do it without your blessings.

ekaki amara, nahi paya bala, hari-nama-sankirtane

tumi krpa kori’, sraddha-bindu diya, deho krsna-nama-dhane

Please continue to look with compassion upon this fumbling child of yours,

Radhika Ramana dasa

            HpS - ASA -  Jaya, Srila Prabhupada. We can only hope you make the little adjustments you need to do to put any basic Sadhana in order in your very broad devotional life. Maybe you are 75% efficient now and adjusting the priorities a little then 85% efficient. What does Krsna want us to do? A big battle of Kurukestra?

All Glories to Sri Sri Goura Nitai

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada

P.A.M.H.O.

Dear Gurudeva, 

First of all I hope every time to see you in good health.

I would also like to thank you for responding my last report, about how to help the senior devotees who move away from Krsna, and how bhaktas devotees help the initiated devotees, I went thru the upadesamrita again and found things that I haven’t noticed before and it complemented very nice with your answers :) .

Candrarekha devi dasi

Santiago- Chile

               HpS -- Jaya! - AGTSP - Paoho. See you soooon.

All glories to Sri Sri Gour Nitay!

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

All glories to H.H Hanumatpresaka Swami!

Camila R., Student of Social Work, 20 years old, Chile. 

Hare Krishna dear Maharaj, i don't know if you remember me, probably not... But now we're writting again. I took refugee in you last year, but only "from the heart", cause for problems with authority i haven't the opportunity to become a formal refugee. But it's okay, that things make me strong! You told me before that those things were Krishna's Test !!!! So we pray for the opportunity to grow in that aspect (spiritual). 

Our year was extremely weird! and with so many changes! But by the mercy of the lord we continue here... 4 principles are right :) ...and 16 rounds too, sometime they are hard for me, but Krishna's mercy is INCREDIBLE.  

Now i'm here in Buenos Aires, Argentina...we came for your Vyasa Puja! So, we're attending everyday to morning program. Yesterday Maharaj Bhakti Busana Swami arrived from Peru. So he is staying in the temple of Buenos Aires. Is amazing having the opportunity to be with an Spiritual Master :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) ! 

Well, I don't want to waste your time with this silly letter, so im going to ended it :) . Please excuse my BAD english, and my POOR attitud of devotee... we want to become a better soul, so in that way serve correctly to Srila Prabhupada Mission... please help me.. i don't know how i will do that without the help of a pure devotee. 

( How we can practice our Humility?...) 

I hope with all my heart that you are well. 
PAMHO PAMHO PAMHO ! 

HARE KRISHNA/ HARE RAMA !

                       HpS - ASA - AGTSP    paoho.  Very nice. We talked with you today. If you are following everything then what are the "problems" with the authorities that do not let you be a Formal Aspirant and now if it is one year, taking first initiation. Well, maybe we can talk after the class this evening also.

We become humble as we become self realized. It does not mean to become artificially small or big. We have to investigate our position and then we automatically respect everyone because everyone has been created for a unique reason by Krsna.

Dear Hanumat Presaka Maharaja, Please accept my humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. I hope it is alright to use this facility to contact you. I'm a disciple of His Holiness Bhaktimarga Swami, and I am married to your disciple, Rasa-mandali devi dasi. I'm a big fan of yours! I had a question to ask. What is the current state of NIOS? In a sleepless frenzy, I have spent the last few hours of the very early morning trying to recover the most up to date information. I found the NIOS website via google, and seems like most recent updates are from 2009 when councillors/codes/kings call went out? From what I've heard of NIOS, it is very interesting to me. I'm not a great scholar, but I've got a degree in political science. Always thinking of what to do with it (so far we just work in the bank to support family). Also, I recently read your mentioning several times the grhastha vision team as a resource for your disciples. I really appreciate that you did that. The GVT has been a tremendous source of enlightenment, healing, and encouragement to me. I am really indebted to many devotees who form the GVT, and am hugely supportive. Thank you/gracias. Aspiring to be the servant of your servant, Yogendra dasa

HpS - AGTSP!  So, nice to hear from you, Prabhu. Seems we have at least two very dear friends in common.

NIOS is struggling  to get in proportion and grow or shrink as is appropriate. Our web page has been a little undermanned, but we have been able to do a little work of our own. Maybe you can save the web-page?   In any case, we posted a new News release on 24th December. It is there with current news! Also, the first item on the classical bookshelp, parasara dharma sastra might be interesting to you. p'pada cites it in the instructions of bhisma deva to yuddhisthira in canto one, chapter nine, and we heard him cite it for a practical matter on one recording.

Please write more! Please find ways to pass KC to your work, "Nice day! Sun is shinning!" ie. remind peeople of the sunshine, pantheistic incarnation of God!

Hare Krsna Beloved Gurudeva: AGTSP AGTU PAMHO In this offering I want to thank U for all the mercy, support and protection that U gave me this year, and always, but specially this year. I have realized that the desire of the pure devotee of the Lord is too strong and does not matter what others say or want if one has the blessings of a pure and surrenderED soul like U, everything is possible and NOBODY can hurt us.

ASA - Well, we are 97.3353% just bad conductors of Srila Prabhupada's mercy, so guess you are realizing how kind us Srila Prabhupada!

I offer upon U my respects one time and millions of hundred times because as it is stated in SB 11.17.27: acaryam mam vijaniyan nava- manyeta karhicit: “One should not treat the Spiritual master as an ordinary human being ,for He is the substitute from the Supreme Personality of Divinity.” You by your service to Srila Prabhupada, ISKCON and all devotees exemplified this sentence that is on SB Canto 4 Chapter 20 text 16: “Anyone who has developed unalloyed, unflinching devotional service unto the lord develop his original good qualities as spirit soul”. Whenever I remember your service I recall this sentence.

ASA - We still have a tendency to flinch for vegetarian pizza!

The first thing in order to take shelter from advanced souls like U is to hear from those advanced souls so as M Prthu asked in His prayers to Lord Visnu. “My Dear Lord I therefore do not need any other benediction but the opportunity to hear from the mouth of Your pure devotee”. So I humbly request that benediction too.

ASA - Start Meeting may help us associate!!

I remembered that in one occasion we were celebrating the Sri Vyasa puja of HH Hridayananda das Gosvami and when I was giving my speech I said: I took Siksa from Maharaja because there are certain things that U can not tell to your father but u can do tell to your uncle. Nevertheless, this year I have realized that now I can tell U anything my beloved eternal spiritual father. This year I told U something really tough that has happened to me and U responded: “ Why not tell us. You got a better friend?” So for that moment I realized that the relationship Guru – Disciple is even more strong now.

Even if many people tried to destroy that. I used to see U as my father and guide, but now I see U as my best friend in this material world. And now I can go and tell U anything without any fear. However this is not an excuse for continue doing nonsense. Please do not worry thanks to iur example and the words that I heard from iur godbrother HH Radhanath Swami Maharaja. “SP wanted that we were devotees with DIGNITY, INTEGRITY AND CHARACTER”, just like U are.

Thank U for allowing me to continue worshipping Gaura Nitai, for giving me confidence, support, for continue trusting me and do not try to drift me apart even if I am the most stupid, unchaste, weak, etc disciple that U have.

Thank U for being the kind of disciple that SP is pleased with. U are the most patient, merciful, intelligent, steady, determined, funny soul that I have ever met.

asa - that maybe because there are several of us here using the same donkey, Oink! Whoop! Paoho...

Gurudeva thank U again. U do not have even a slice of idea all the awful things that I had to put up with this year, but I feel always protected by the Guruparampara through U.

Please I humbly request that U give me iur blessings in order not to fail U again and not being and embarrassment for U and ISKCON.

Thank U again, without U I couldn’t be able to survive this year and always.

Thank U also because this year U taught me that we have to face our problems and do not try to hide, and not being a coward, and also try to understand why things happen and try to be a better devotee each day. Always trying to be iur disciple, Candramukhi dd

ASA - HpS - ASA - I honestly think that your father would be very proud of you and how you dealt with your life this year also. O.K. Let's go ahead you have a lot of very nice work to do for Krsna! See you in a few hours with Miss Yugala kishor Devi Dasi in Argentina!