Letters to the editor

All glories  to  Srila Prabhupada


jaya gouranga


Hare Krishna maharaj

My name is  Juan Carlo Rosas friends called me Juank is shorter I am 26 years old and I lived in Panama Central America ,ive being knowing the devotees  like since i was 19 but only 5 years ago ive being reading ,practicing the scriptures and having a daily habit of chanting the holy name . I do service in the temple I do the garlands for Saturday and Sunday and also when is needed the artwork for flyers , poster and advertising for programs or events for the temple like Ratha Yatra.

 I listen to a lot of your clases on the web and recently seen a few from where you were at spain , Ratha yatra will be in a month over here it will be great I am eager for that day , to be honest I am a bit nervous didn’t know how to approach to you i am not used to writing letters so my mind scrambles a little .

Haribol
 
Bhakta Juank

                 HpS - ASA -  Jaya, ISKCON Founder-Acharya, Srila Prabhupada.  Letters are nice.  Srila Prabhupada wrote so many.     Nobel Laureatte in literature, Henry James, said that he thought that letters were the highest form of literature!           Yours is very nice.    Are there any nice places in Panama?  Where do you walk everyday eg. to the bus stand.....??

AGT Sri Guru Gouranga, whos mercy is impossible to describe.

AGTSrila Prabhupada, who saved my life from complete ignorance.

AGT you Maharaja, you are making this full-o-doubts mind become stronger.

Thank you from my sincere heart for sharing this archive (jayarama.us). I am not sure what will be done, even when my desire is to see you again soon. But always in the meantime I have found strong inspiration in many of the shared documents, spreadsheets and ppt slides.

My wish is to talk with you soon. I would like to share with you my open mind confidentialy.

Gouranga! Nityananda!

HK.
            HpS - ASA --- Jaya!      Oink!   Oink!!!!          We are like wandering souls who meet other wandering souls all by the arrangement of "Providence".              Send some poetry!

Hare Krishna Hanumat Presaka Swami Maharaja,

Please accept my humble obeisances to your apple blossom feet.

            HpS - ASA -  Jaya!   AgtSP.  Please accept our obeisances at your temporary but actual Dhama vasi feet!

All glory to Srila Prabhupada.

Alright maharaja, sounds like a good deal; the best deal actually. I'll do 16-4 to July 4th, 2014 next year. (I certainly hope you dont mean Independance Day this year maharaj! I definitely don't think I'm ready yet...) When It becomes tempting to eat those 'vegeterian' fajita wraps with questionable egg content at the grocery store because I haven't eaten anything at all in day(s); I'll remember your words and my vow. As well as brahmacarya. Not sure if it will last too long though, cause in the age of Kali people make vows and break them soon afterward. I'll keep sending letters to update more often! (over 365 inches to crawl..)

           HpS - ASA - AGTSP.   Yesssssss....  We starten with little steps, Bobba.   Monkey and Piggy have a real tendency to Sherlock Holmes movies, so we are going to just see if they can keep there nose out of that stuff until JULY 4th 2013.       So, all we askin is that you be their (our) partner in austerities until then.  After that we can consider more vows.   Maybe to Janmastami!!!!!!!!      This is tough.   Facing little, practical obstacles and knocking them down by Balarama's grace and with a clear recollection of what is our ultimate goal.   I just hope to be an eternal asociate of Srila Prabhupada in his Sankirtana and not be a burden to him and learn from Jayananda, Hansadutta, B. S. Damodara Swami et al.....

I should have started my vow the moment I got your reply, but my mind is too much of a "We'll start Tommorow!" sort of convincing arguer. My mind + senses have held the reign in my body like republics + democrats!

Visiting Life in Sridham Mayapur was very nice those few months. It's the ideal vedic city in the works! (by some great mercy) We got an apartment house on the inside Grhastha-housing, everyday nice vegetables, ghee, raw milk to serve to our Deitys. Prabhupada Ghat at the Ganga was a 5 minute walk away. My little brother Ryan became enthralled in Service at the Radha-Madhav mandir with the Pujari's many times (he's actally the real ideal devotee, maharaja). He brought back 3 Radha-Krsna deitys, 2 ladoo-gopals, 2 more JBS sets, Panca-Tattva deitys, Another Goura-Nitai + Nrsimhadeva. I was/am a bit worried. I think we definitely don't fit the Standard for RK deity's, or all these forms of the lord at all. But my little brother + sister are so attached to them, dressing, some bathing, Arati, Puja + kirtan. So.. what to do about offenses? lol. The cows there are so intelligent, it's like they're spiritual. All the Dham-vasi's actually, -- yes, a lot of the Villagers are descendants of Lord Chaitanya's dear friend Chand-Kazi, so I personally saw no pig residents-- they were probably there somewhere though! I made many new devotee friends, I got to help distribute Prasadam to residents in Navadwhip, it was Koob-Sundar (very beautiful). As well, I was going to say hare krsna to you when you came to Mayapur, but you seemed really busy; so I didn't want to disturb!

               HpS -   AGTSP.   We saw you I think.  We very very impressed with your intensity.  You should have grabbed us and said, "Hare Krsna Majaraja!"

Actually right now on such sudden very-short-notice me, my brother + sister had to come back to Boise in the US. 20 hours of plane flights. Luckily we find theres a lot of devotee's in disguise when we travel. We had to leave a lot of books + deity's behind in Mayapur to rest. My JBS deity's are always showering mercy on us, even if I neglect them sometimes. Jagganath is often revealing he's always aware in his form to me + my brother Ryan with his mercy towards our seva. Yet as soon as someone asks whats the sikha on the back of our heads, we become chocked up with nervousness about what they think!

           HpS - "Oh, its very interesting.  We are just coming from India.  Our parents have been Yogis forever and we just get involved with them with all the rituals and things. They cut the hair like this like a girl in the West wears a wedding ring or something. It means like we are unmarried boys."

I think we'll be in Boise for a long time, still so much unfinished things in Mayapur with our cows, dogs + items.. my mother is in Europe right now as well. Now I'm battling with my sister over not allowing her to keep Eggs to fry in the house while I have the deity's here. Trying to keep cooking items pure and get some Kirtan going again. 

        HpS - Tell her that if she steals eggs from the hens, cannibals will come and eat her babies when she gets married!    Haw!   Ha!      Hur Ray!

your fallen servant,

Reilly M. Grindle

               HpS - Jaya.   So we <o   >>====>    See you in about two weeks!  3rd of July!

Monkey    -    >>>>>  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9vL5IVj1PI 

                HpS -  No!!!!!     Evil!!!     Bad Karma!!!!         Will take you to the jungles of Africa in your next birth!    Better...   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rb-ODN9tkgY    !!!!    Good Monkey!

Hare Krsna Respected Guru Maharaj,
    Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.

                 ASA - Oink!    AGTSP....   

    All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
    All glories to Guru parampara.

    This letter is answer to your earlier letter. Where you wanted to know with whom, we
    report/interact in the Local temple.

    While in Pune Temple - we report H. G. Balaram Hari Das. And on phone we
    report/communicate to H. G. Gopendra Das, ISKCON, Vrandavan.

    We discuss with both of them, H. G. Gopendra Das, ISKCON, Vrandavan is very senior.
    We call him as per queries.

    Some time, we discuss with other senior B'chari in local temple. But Mainly we
    communicate with H. G. Gopendra Das, ISKCON, Vrandavan on phone and H. G.
    Balaram Hari Das ISKCON, Pune.

    Thank you, Guru Dev.

your fallen servant,
Girivaradhari-Gopal Das

                HpS - ASA - Jaya.   Gopendra Das is many years in Vrndavana???   I probably know him by sight if he is.    Where is he from?   How did he meet Prabhupada and become a devotee????

Querido Guru Maharaj,

Acabo de terminar de leer el Kapi Dhvaja de este mes. Y no sé si lo he hecho antes, creo que sí, pero de todas formas le reitero nuestra gratitud por todo el esfuerzo que usted hace para mantenter esta relación con todos nosotros sus bienquerientes a través del Kapi Dhvaja.

En general, la asociación con usted por internet es muy estimulante para llevar nuestra vida espiritual y es  un regalo que llevaremos siempre en nuestro corazón y por el cual, repito, estamos muy pero muy agradecidos.

Estamos afinando los detalles para aprovechar y optimizar su estadía acá en Chile en octubre-noviembre próximos.

Ahora está Vaiyasaki prabhu en Santiago y estamos promocionando sus conciertos.

Mis reverencias
Hare Krsna
Jagad Guru das,  Stgo, CL

              HpS - ASA -   Ha!     Ha!    Jaaa!         TlgaSP!           Muy interesante carte!   Mooo  Chas Gracias!!            Por que?   Por que tenemos que pensar no solamante en el contenido, tambien     en        QUIEN es el autor.

              El Autor Es Un Periodista Trabajador Professional, no???

Entonces, como puede ser un periodista????         Por apreciar periodicos.       Entonces vale mucho sus comentarios, pero tambien en parte es por que Vd es un leyente professional.    Entonces, como podemos mejor nuestra comunicacion, Senor Periodista, relacionar mejor con gente co mu mu mun?  ?           ?   [Monitos y Puerquitos...]

          Claro la cosa mas importante es tener mas decir, no!!?              Y eso esta basado en experimentar mas.  Y eso es basado en esoforzando realizar mas y mas austeridades en el servicio de Srila Prabhupada...  y central es distirbuir sus libros!!!!!!!!         Que el gobierno de CL   toma   Upadesamrta como un texto basico para todos las escuela en Chile!    Jaya!          Shows de television basada en NOI...

                 Que piens, Senor Jadad-guru Das??????   Et al?????

Hare Krsna Hanumat Presaka Maharaja,

Please accept my humble obeisances unto your lotus feet,

             HpS - ASA - AGTSP......   So nice to hear about the life of Reilly!  We have decided that HpS has Apple Blossom feet, by the mercy of Srila Prabhupada, although he deserves the feet of a digusting pig.

All glory to Srila Prabhupada,

I'm still here in Mayapur Maharaja, It's very beautiful and now the rainy season is coming in. We've been working to take care of some Puppies, Calf + Mother cow that my mother adopted from villages + streets. I've been learning some Bangla myself to help communicate with Dham Residents here (learning a new language is so interesting..) I feel I've well overstayed my visit to the sacred Dham, but I can't argue against the will of my parents, :)

I've been trying to get those 16-4 up and going consistently. I think again & again about your instructions every day Maharaja, and recently I've been thinking very heavily about things in K-con… And after a long time of thought; I'm absolutely sure I would very kindly like to lay down a request to your lotus feet [ASA - pies de manzana]. In the beginning when I first came to ISKCON 3 years ago you were the most authentic spiritual master I had ever met in my lifetime, and I feel that after these years of thinking about who I would perhaps take Diksa from one day in ISKCON, what Maharaja & Spiritual Master, all I can remember is your Instructions & voice. You know most about me & my abominable mistakes [ASA - Ravana and Hiranyakasipu were worse!] and I sadly don't know whats really good for myself or others. I've been so offensive towards you many times in speech + mind [Goodness, we didn't notice that!] -- I'm honestly nothing but a Tamasic, condemned, unskilled Sudra [We think it would have to be a "Tamasic, condemned, unskilled Brahmana", with real potential, and really you are not all that Tamasic, condemned or even unskilled. It just seems, conditioned, by your situation, Karma, but can make progress if you understand the crazy birth you have taken, no?], with a selfish deranged mind that always wants to criticize all people + K-CON. I have nothing to really offer to you or SP in my lifetime. SP changed my life.. It's something still so difficult for me to accept, everyday I think that anybody else would do so much more with it than the most undeserving me/I ever will in my lifetime for krsna. Yet I find it so painful losing your association.

           HpS - ASA - Losing "our association"???  This is not associating, chating???

Maharaja, I would very humbly like to request that I may take Harinama-Diksa from your lotus-feet? [Apple blossom our feet.  We only offer Diksa to those who at least also take shelter of the lotus feet or the Founder Acharya of ISKCON]. I would like to follow a sacrifice of doing my full 16-4 everyday for another full year to please you.. I can't forget your instructions for even a single day & would like to accept you as my beloved Gurudeva.

Your fallen servant,
Bhakta Reilly (Reilly M. Grindle)

           HpS - ASA = Honestly. We have been abusing Srila Prabhupada's mercy probably more than you have been abusing any we have offered for like 40-years, but he has not given up on us or so many other devotees.    Maybe 99.997% of any good you see in us is his effort.

  Yes, we have done something, are doing something!   We will do more. We get strength from your sincerity.

     So, inch-by-inch, its always a cinch.     We won't watch any Sherlock Holmes videos and you'll follow the four principles and chant 16 rounds/day until the 4th of July.   O.K?    Deal?!!!!              Gonna be tough in those moments of exhaustion... but we will think of our promise to each other.   Maybe some of our readers will also take "Independence Day Vows", 4th of July Day Vows and send them here also!!!
    Piggy asks if there are any street pigs in Mayapura and where do you life there?