Letters to the editor

Please accept muy humble obeisances

All glories to srila prabhupada

All glories to sankirtan movement

Dear gurudeva, the devotees with whom I'm doing translations from the temple of vedic planetarium to Spanish came with a great idea,

As you may know part of the donation campaign for the project includes interviews to some of the most known gurus and sannyasis in Iskcon (Jayapataka svami, Radhanath svami etc.) In the videos, they speak about the importance or this project worldwide and in terms of the guru parampara predictions, with durations of 3 up to 9 minutes.

So we started to think about to get interviews also in Spanish or English from the gurus and sannyasis who actually visit more often Mexico and other Latin American countries so the devotees get an extra inspiration to participate whether by donations or seva to that wonderful project.

Some gurus as H.H. Bhaktisundar gosvami already accepted to record a video, so my request to you is if you would agree to speak to Iskcon Latin America a few word about that subject?

Your aspirant to disciple Krsna-kirtana Dasa

HpS - ASA - Hmmmm! Very nice to hear from you. AGTSP, but we don't know so much about the project. We really can say less than you, other than it just inspires (frightens) us.

Our main concern is that we, ISKCON, grow big enough and pure enough to fill the Temple with devotional attitude and activities.

Hare Krsna Maharaja! All glories to Srila Prabhupada and all glories for the Sankirtan movement of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu!

My name is Fernanda and i have 19 years old. at the moment im living at the temple and my services are deitys kitchen, flowers room, cleanig and sankirtan, these services depends of the day.

im encouraging to write you because im reading Srila Prabhupada's biography and that inspires me so much and recently i talk with tow disciples of you (Vrajendra Kumara and Gopi Radha) and the told me that i need to write you.

so i want to tell you that i´been listen your startmeting clases before you go to south america because in thet moment i wasnt live in the temple; your bhagavatam classes at youtube, and reading the blog and if Krsna wants someday i will like to be your aspiring disciple and serve you. Hare Krsna Maharaja.

HpS - ASA -  Ah, this is same as the other letter. It came three times.
It is very nice to meet you. Being our disciple just means being a disciple of Srila Prabhupada really. Of course, we have our own nature. God made us all like that. If we can be of any help them engage us. Write to the Blog every couple of weeks at least. Read the letters. Notices!

We expect to be in Mexico in the middle of July.

Hare Krishna Maharaja. por favor, acepte mi reverencia. Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada. Todas las glorias al movimiento sankirtana de Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

Mi nombre es Fernanda, soy de México y en el momento que estoy viviendo en el templo, y mi servicio es deitys cocina, recepción, sala de flores y sankirtan; los servicios son variadas depende del día. Im alentador escritura a usted porque estoy leyendo la biografía de Prabhupada y que me inspira tan mucho y hablo de la pizca de dos de sus discípulos (Prabhu Vrajendra Kumara y Gopi Radha) acerca de usted y me dijeron que tengo que escribir usted. Lo que tengo que decir es que he sido escuchar sus clases, conect en startmeeting antes de ir a América del Sur, y leyendo el blog y me gusta algún día si Krishna quiere que usted puede darme la merced de ser su discípulo aspirante y servirle. 

Hare Krishna. (:

ASA - Hola, Fernanda, Tom Brown/Buck White. - Hay otro carta de Vd. Vamos a ver.

Hare Krsna Gurudeva

Please accept my  humbles obeisances

All glories to Sri Sri Goura Nitay

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Excuse me Gurudeva, I am writing you actually after so many time, I want to tell you that mother Amparo  and I changed garlands three times in from of Balabhadra, Subhadra and Jagannathadeva on February 23th, now  we are married and civil marriage will be soon.

Gurudeva, now we are waiting a baby,  we are happy and we are living together with Amparo's children, they have 14 and 8 years old.

Madre Amparo has some problem with her health and we are praying to You and Krsna, we are trying  to serve Krsna and make spiritual service in asociation with devotes.

Praying always  for Your mercy

your fallen servant: amalakaruna das

HpS - ASA -  Jaya...  Mataji wrote to us and we answered. I hope you read the letter. It was for you also. It is nice to be married. You can help each other so many ways. Send us news of your sacrifice. married life. Cusco is yours.

Haribol Hanumat Presaka Swami Maharaja,

Please accept my obeisances,

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

I apoligize Maharaj, the counter I meant was the one at the little Idaho gift shop I work at. Sometimes I meet interesting people, doctors, salesmen, travelers, teachers and traveling morman missionary sisters. I also meet lots of young great students with bright scholarships, education, future, 3.8-4.0 GPA's.. infinitely better potential servants of his divine graces blessings.  Funny though I made an agreement with these Morman missionary sisters that if I read a bit of the book of morman by Mr. Joseph Smith, then they'd investigate what Hare Krsna, ISKCON is. I think those who go out to teach and preach positively about God for service to their spiritual masters are the best and bravest people in the three worlds.. ... <img alt="laugh" height="23" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/teeth_smile.png" title="laugh" width="23" />

Killing cows, abortion and super-bowl football.. I can think of a hundred different things relating or like these, in a sense they all pollute the heart. It's funny how for years I've never personally understood what a heart is. In songs, poetry.. etc. No clue what Jesus spoke in the bible or our acharyas were writing, what sastra says about the heart. When I don't feel what everyone else is feeling, I just assumed its some deeper sentiment inside the mind, all emotions/desires are bottled in the mind. Reminds me of a nice test my Psych. 101 teacher gave our class last semester, a chart to color/write where you felt emotions all over your body, to get a better perspective of yourself through understanding where you feel all your emotions.

It seems there are, infact other human beings who have softer hearts that can feel + desire and some maybe like me who also do not (at all or sometimes) ? Thats probably why ruthless torturer/murders are often called heartless monsters. Perhaps Kali-Yuga is the age of real heart disease? Hardening or polluting the heart from sinful activites, thus forgetting it. Then becoming atheistic and eventually losing all compassion for others inside our minds?

I wanted to inquire, Maharaj, if learning sanskrit IS a good use of time in service? I've heard some devotee opinions that we are not meant to become sanskrit scholars, but I felt a pull in my mind that I want to be able to understand sanskrit. So far it's actually pretty easy to read (you can read some derivitaves like hindi/nepali too if you learn the devanagari alphabet). Understanding the meaning of every word and conjuction + grammar is tough though.

HpS - Its good for some devotees. Prabhupada says that Nanda Maharaja could not read nor write, what to speak of the girls. He would hire some educated fool to do it for him.

But the girls, the gopis, new everyitng about the cosmos etc because they went to classes by the Brahmanas, saw puppet shows etc. So it might be good for you. You can get nice study materials from krsnaculture.com. We are using them and starting next Sunday.

Bhakta Reilly

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

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Guru Maharaja, may I ask few questions with one common theme. It is about melodies for kirtan: Did Srila Prabhupada had favorite melodies for chanting in kirtan? Did Srila Prabhupada told about using different melodies (apart from know Mangala arati and Gaura arati melodies) for chanting? Did Srila prabhupada approved of some melodies and of some not? Is there anything else regarding this topic (rhythms, loudness, speed) ? 
To me is known that Srila Prabhupada was not favoriting musical expresion (artistry) over devotion.  
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By some unfathomable luck, I am following all your words  that you Tweet and on the Blog lush.

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Your servant Namacarya das

HpS - AGTSP. Paoho. We have arrived at Balarama puri in the remote desserts, jungles of Argentina. There are 50-devotees camping here. Looks like a secret enclave of revolutionaries hiding form the "evil government". Very friendly. We have been traveling like 10 hours a day for both the last two days.
As far as we know there are not melodys, but Ragas. Srila Prabhupada liked the Ragas that Hansadutta used, B S. Damodara, Jayananda, so we tend to end up with those.

Of course it should be to please Krsna, the instruments should not drown the Holy Names. That is about all we know.

Main thing is to please Krsna and some of the ISKCON devotees and not disturb the others to much, no?