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Querido Gurudeva

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Aquí Bhakta Rodrigo Hernández de Santiago de Chile.

Espero que se encuentre muy bien. Mil disculpas por no escribir antes.

Escribo ahora por lo siguiente:

Prabhu Oscar Navarro es hermano de Paundra das. Oscar es psicólogo y fue el contacto con el profesor Humberto Maturana para el encuentro con usted. Prabhu Oscar es aspirante a discípulo de Radhanath Swami.

Prabhu está armando un equipo de trabajo porque tienes varias buenas ideas de prédica. Uno de los proyectos importantes es una Editorial: Gouranga Seva Ediciones.

Prabhu Oscar quisiera pedir permiso a usted para hacer una edición profesional y muy bella del libro de poemas de Usted: “Sonidos del corazón”.

¿Usted nos autoriza a hacer una nueva edición? La idea es hacer algo  mucho mejor que la anterior que hicimos en Chile, honestamente esa vez yo no quedé contento con la edición del libro.

También quisiera preguntar ¿cuándo usted piensa visitar Chile de nuevo? Si es este 2014 tal vez podemos organizar conferencia en Biblioteca Nacional y tal vez una conferencia en el Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes.

Espero la próxima semana enviar una carta personal.

Por favor reciba nuestras reverencias!

Su aspirante a discípulo,Bhakta Rodrigo Hernández Piceros

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ASA - HpS - Please use translate.google! Thank you for your letter. They make us very happy. This world is very lonely without news from you and the other Mahatmas in Chile. We would like to call a taxi now. Put a few things in our bag and go to the airport and go to Santiago, Valpariso, Dog Pianist, everyone!!
We feel like Krsna in Mathura writing to Radharani. Ha! Ha! Ha!

I think Krsna will take us to South America January, February, March, April next year.

So good to hear about Oscar. We are trying to advance th work with Carl Jung but first is the Bhakti vaibhava and Education in ISKCON work. We will finish that soon then we can turn to Jung with full enthusiasm.

In terms of the poems, why not do this. The current Tpp-CB is dedicated to our good friend Lokanatha Das. Guess it will go until July 4th. Then the next one can be dedicated to you all. You can select poems from that and other work. If they have any value it is because Lord Caitanya's mercy goes to the most fallen first.

Please write us some news about yourself in general. Your life is an example for many others and we can discuss the general points here!

How is the Arjuna Das?

See you soon.

HpS - ASA

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

    We have seen, how krsna helps you in Vrndavana and all places. i have seen, how you hide your love for Kishori & Kishor.

    You are like at Samadi always, you always see Krsna's existence, everywhere. What need to be done to be on that conciousness forever.

    Thank you, Guru Dev.

your fallen servant,
Girivaradhari-Gopal Das

         HpS - ASA --- AGTSP. We have so much room for improvement. Sometimes we have to relax our efforts a little, no and see what is our actual nature. Then push with that knowledge of what our real attraction is. Arjuna was attracted to being a heroic prince and protecting helpless ladies and his brother. By Krsna's arrangement, to show us, he could not give it up. So he showed us how to understand our attachments and then use them to go beyond them.

Dear Gurumaharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

I wish to inquire on how to see a certain life situation.

              HpS - ASA - AGTSP. We hope we can help!

Generally our vaishnava notion is that if someone hurts us, blasphemes us, we tolerate and do not retaliate. A devotee was telling how another devotee cheated him out of 100k Euro. That is certainly a big amount. He was of the opinion that it was his money, and he wanted it back, so he is in a courtcase.

Now what about the attitude of tolerating and not retaliating?

           HpS - ASA -- Well, a Madhyama adhikari avoids the demons, demoniac, in his Godbrothers. Don't get hurt, don't get cheated. Other than that we must think that it is Krsna's money for my service to Him, so we can do things like take the case for decision by a judge. Depends on the attitude in detail, no?

His argument was that the whole gita is about the same thing. Arjuna was cheated out of his property, and Krishna wanted him to fight for it. I am not sure how to deal with this. My idea was that the kurus were already dead due to their karma, and Arjuna just had to execute the 'death sentence.' If he is suffering his karma, why bother to get the money back? But to just say, "Hey, tough luck, i was probably a cheater in my previous life," that's kind of a hard pill to swallow.

What is your idea on this matter please? Thank you for your response.
I hope you're body is cooperating well, and may you think of Krishna always.

Kind regards,
Raghava Pandita dasa.

    HpS - ASA --- Like we said, it depends on the details. Dharma in the first canto, how M. P. recieved the age of Kali gives that argument that it was just reaction of my bad Karma. That could be O.K. Yuddhistira tried that approach for like 45-years or something and only fought when there was no other choice. 

For details you could have like six devotees talk about the details and make a decision. Look at Parasara's dharma sastr in our archives at: www.bhati.org.

Thank you!

Hare Krsna

PAMHO AGTSP AGTTKG

H H Hanumat Presaka Swami my name in Kardama Muni Das we met in Dallas at TKG book release. I have a printing business I would like to talk to you about printing your book.

     HpS - ASA - Jaya!!!! AGTSP. pamho.  Yes, I certainly remember you!!!  I think about you some times and hope for your association!

I read your Blog. I see you are now making copies of it. If your are interested send me a email. ++SECRET++ The email address is for HPS eyes only.

Yours in service to SP

Kardama Muni Das

   hPs - ASA - Hmmmf. We are not doing any offset work now. Mostly we do prototype work with laser printing and then hope that others will mass produce our insanity.
How is the Temple!!
 

Hare Krsna

Por favor acepte mis más humildes reverencias a sus pies de loto, 

           ASA - TlgaSP.. Pies de loco!

Todas las glorias sean a Srila Prabhupada y a usted Gurudeva!

Estimado Gurudeva, 

Espero se encuentre muy bien. Estuve varios meses sin contactarlo y meditando profundamente sobre varios aspectos de mi vida devocional.

El viaje al santo Dham en marzo fue absolutamente revelador para mi. Allí conocí a S S Srila Bhakti Dhira Damodara Maharaja, a quien he encontrado como una gran fuente de inspiración para mi vida espiritual. A tal punto de incluso querer tomar iniciacion diksa de el. Pero por supuesto, necesitare sus bendiciones para poder acercarme a el como diksa guru.

            ASA - AGTSP!  We don't know Maharaja that well, but he seems like very nice person. He has been an administrator in Africa for a long time I think and of course he has the Sannyasa status awarded by ISKCON! As far as I can understand it would be great!

Espero no estar cometiendo ninguna ofensa hacia usted al hacerlo, debido a mi falta de conocimiento sobre la etiqueta apropiada en estos casos.

                    ASA - No, esta bien!!

No obstante, creo y espero poder seguir conservando siksa de parte de usted ya que mis sentimientos  en lo referente a la guía y a la inspiración no han cambiado.

Agradezco eternamente su misericordiosa asociación durante todo este tiempo. 

Le envio mis mas afectuosas, respetuosas, humildes, sinceras y agradecidas reverencias a sus pies de loto.

Su  torpe sirviente, Bn Juliana del yatra de Mar del Plata.

              ASA - Jaya! Todo el mundo esta buscando El Mar de Plata y Vd. viva por alla!   Ya solamente tiene que adelantar al Mar de Oro!! Gaur-hari!

Dear Maharaja:

Please accept my humble obeisances

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

I'm Maha Hari das temple president of Buenos Aires Argentina.

            HpS - AGTSP!    Paoho.   We know you!!!     So, so nice to have your association, even by letter!!!!

I'm writting you to recommend two aspirant diciples for formal shelter here in BsAs Mandir.

Bhaktina Belen Salinas

Bhakta Camilo ( currently in Australia yatra)

Bhaktin Belen has been doing service nicely for over 6 months and she is assisting the devotees in the pujari department. She is a nice young devotee that has a lot to learn and we hope you can consider her your servant.

Bhakta Camilo has lived in the ashrama the past year with us and now he traveled to Australia Yatra to live there.

He was doing book distribution and helping with the preaching programs here in B-aires. He followed nicely the morning programs and chant his rounds daily while he was here. Please consider him you sincere servant as well.

I also have news regarding bhakti luis ( AKA the baker)

Luis moved into the temple, he rented a room in the temple and wants to stay for a while with Us to recieved proper trainning. He works at the temple restaurant, few days a week and also do a lot of service in the temple. He has a baby boy Hari who he sees a couple of days  a week. Luis rented his house so he can have some fix income, he uses half of that income to give to his child and the other have to rent a room in the temple. Also he works a the temple restaurant and uses that income for his own expenses.

We are going to take care of luis and help him to advance and rise him up to the level of a worthy  servant  and disciple.

We hope to see you again this year, please let me know when wuold you be coming to baires and please try to plan your visit anytime but december since we want the devotees to focus on the book distribution marathon.
looking forward to see you.
your servant
Maha. Hari das
temple president
ISKCON B-Aires.

               HpS - ASA --- We have good communication with Belen and Marcos. We need their full-names, date of birth and please send their e-mail addresses to [email protected]

We should come to South America for two months during Feb-Apr. In Dec we are already pretty fixed for Tennessee to give some motivation to the preaching here!!!