Letters to the editor

HARE KRISHNA!! JAY SRILA PRABHUPADA KI JAYY!!

Accept my most humble and respectful obeisances !!

Dear Gurudeva Thank you very much for be mercyful  with all  my godbrothers and sisters. All glories to Srila Prabhupada  kI JAYY!! Jay GoUrANGA KI JAYY!!

I can not express how  much happy am i , For mercy of Lord Caitanya MahaPrabhu and your blessings , everything will go good for me . Please Gurudeva   i need  your blessings . I want to become a good devotee   of lord krishna , i want to serve to krishna and also  the movement  Lord Caitanya MahaPrabhu , Srila prabhupada ,ISKCON  . I will become a strong devotee with the blessings of  you and all the vaishnavas , because  krishna will give me blessings if his devotees give blessings. I'm learning  a lot of things here in Sri Mayapur Dham, They are wonderful devotees , this is a heavenly place , Srimathi Radharani created this place with a lot of sweetness , this holy Dham is so beautiful and powerful some to  Sri Vrindavan Dham , Srimathi Radharani and krishna are  giving a lot of mercy in the form of lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. I would like stay here for ever  but  i have one duty  that  feeling come from my heart,I think my duty is serve to Radha Madhana BIhari and help the preaching in Peru , BUT i  dont know what krishna will do with me ? what services  he has for me ?  if he send me  to some country or place after i have  the desire to come back  to Mayapur or Vrindavan Dham  and i stay here . maybe when i'm more older or now  !! .....xD just krishna knows everything about my future while now  i have to go ahead and learning  from  the senior devotees and from you.

Everyday i learn different things and i know i have to increase  my seriousness  in my spiritual life ,I pray everyday to Radha Madhava for that .

My Sadhana  seesaw go up and down so i dont like this  but sometines is hard to wake up   but still i have  the chance  fix it  please  pray for me ,i know i did proof when i wake up i feel god and when i dont  do i like good  but i feel more good when i do ......xD 

My Japa is going good  , Japa joe help me a lot. thank very much .

I heard from one devotee that CandraMukha swami told : if you do austerity and if you dont feel austerity , you are not progressing but if you do austerity and you can feel  austerity  that is progressings. I like so much this .

My plan in the future , in India :

Do services in CDM OFFICE  until November , i start in November worship deity in Mayapur Academy  until  February , travel with my sister to dehli do business and buy clothes etc , go back to Peru ,  then  i wil come back after one year to India , but i have to booking for plane ticket open for one year . and  then krishna will guide me through you .

Vanca Kalpa !! jay Radha Madhana Bihari ki jayy!!

I will send you soon the Sadhana report of my Dear father : Anuraksha Das .

HpS - ASA -  AGTSP    paoho   Very good.    Why should Krsna have a plan when Maya is always changing Her plan.   She wants to win the game and Krsna wants to win.  So we have to look for Krsna's indication at every moment. There is an enemy soldier, Sleep More, behind the next corner.   Behind the next corner, Mr. Get Angry, Mr. Eat More ...   We have to be on Patrol with Krsna at every moment.

¡Mis humildes reverencias para Sri krshna Caitanya!

¡Mis humildes reverencias para Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada!

¡Mis humildes reverencias para usted Guru Maharaj!

Querido Guru

Antes que todo le pido disculpas por no haberle escrito antes, mi nombre es David Leyton M, vivo en Santiago de Chile y trabajo en contabilidad, la última vez que hablamos, (de las pocas veces) fue en el Goura Purnima de Bs As (08-Marzo-2012) y fue mi segunda vez que me acercaba a usted para conocerlo personalmente, desde que estuvo acá en Chile, pero a pesar del tiempo que no le he escrito, me he acordado mucho de usted.

El sábado 19 de Marzo fue mi primera reunión de hermanos espirituales refugiados en sus pies de loto y fue muy linda experiencia, se nota que lo quieren mucho.

Me reporto a usted comentándole que estoy cantando mis 16 rondas todos los días, cumpliendo mis 4 principios, dando servicio en Food for life los dias sabados y asistiendo al curso de Bhaktas del templo los domingos.

Maharaj, me comentaron también que usted está o estubo enfermo, con dolores en el pecho, espero que ya se haya recuperado, le deseo mucha salud, espero que se recupere pronto, ya que usted es una gran personalidad, me gustaría volver a verlo y hablar con usted.

Mis mas respetuosas reverencias a usted maharaj.

Hare Krsna

HpS - ASA -  Thank you.    TLGASP    Muy bien.   Esta en el sendero correcto.  Solamente tiene que continuar y sentimientos profundo vienen.. . .   Nuestras noricias en el DTC...

My dear Guruji:

As per your instructions, I have read Nectar of Instruction – Upadesamrta once and again and again and again and now that I am living in this part of the world I take it as “my Bible” since verses 9-11 refer to my beloved Radha-kunda.

For all inhabitants of Radha-kunda, including myself, to take bath in the kunda is not only an ecstasy but also a mandatory instruction from our previous acaryas in order to improve our sadhana.

Srila Rupa Goswami, in his verse 11 states: “If one simply bathes once within those holy waters, one’s pure love for Krsna is fully aroused”, and Srila Prabhupada confirms it in his purport by saying: “Srila Rupa Goswami recommends that even if one cannot live permanently on the banks or Radha-kunda, he should at least take a bath in the lake as many times as possible” and also said: “The conclusion is that to live on the banks of Radha-kunda and to bathe there daily constitutes the highest perfection of devotional service”.

Therefore, every time that one devotee comes to Radha-kunda I invite him or her to take bath.  I have heard that many spiritual masters do not allow their disciples to take bath in Radha-kunda or Syama-kunda, so I respect that position, but recently, one of my godsisters came and when I invited her to take bath she told me very sad, Guru Maharaja told me not to take bath in Radha-kunda, and it astounded me since you always say that we must follow the instructions of our acaryas.

ASA -  As far as I know all the ISKCON acharyas who say not to bath in Radha-kunda, say not to put feet in Radha kunda but they all say to take water and put it on the head.   If some one is not doing that I think they have misunderstood what their ISKCON guru is saying.    At least take drops of Radha-kunda water and put it on your head.  With GREAT respect.

Personally I have not said much to anybody on the subject. I present the various ideas and let people, disciples, mostly make their own choice. Personally from 1978 I always took full bath in Radha kunda or was ready to. But some times we just take water from Radha kunda in our lot and take many lotus on our self sitting beside Radha kunda but don't put our feet in here.

I have also heard that Srila Prabhupada forbid one of his disciples for taking bath in Radha-kunda because he was disrespecting the kunda playing within, forgetting the importance of this holy place and that can be understood, but in this case I do not understand why did you forbid my godsister to take bath.

HpS - ASA - I never forbade anybody to take bath in Radha kunda.  Hmm.  Some false propaganda.   Ho!   Ho!   Ho!

So, I humbly ask you to explain to me why did you forbid her to take bath? And if instead of inviting the devotees to do it, to ask you first because it is a personal instruction.

I thank you very much in advance for clarifying this doubt. I remain as your humble servant.

 Your (trying to be humble) servant

Tungavidya dd

HpS - Jaya!   So nice to hear from you.     So, nice.   We have honestly been thinking it is time to follow your footsteps and just go to live on the banks of Radha kunda.  To die their.   Again we never told anybody to not bath there.  Of course, if somebody is doing something bad, then yes they should not bathe there if they do it to cheat Krsna.  Then the reaction will be hellish.

Is O.K.   We just tell everyone what we have heard from different sources about bathing there and explain our personal standard and then let them make their own choice.   I think it is very, very, very, very important for you to be a guru to show people how to appreciate Radha-kunda.   Please do that.    Maybe you have a few more years in this situation and then you will go to original Radha kunda.

O.K.   More News Please.                  Clearing any Doubts

Dear Maharaja Hanumat Presaka Swami,

Pamho, AGtSP!  Time waits for no man, so I thought I’d better get a note out while I can.

How was Nirjala Ekadasi?, I’m still lemon-juicing till Sunday, then maybe a drop of sweet rice from NJP. Was contemplating current activities and all is simply so wonderful…job, house, and semi-sweet wife, like how amazing that I get such mercy.

Now am contemplating how to gracefully get out of it all and dovetail my existence to reality. So the house is on short-sale (since we’re over 50% upside down), finishing last of school (I can use the job for the resume) and tolerating co-workers who cuss more than drunken sailors. As far as my dear wife goes, she’s ready to bail out of America (except for financial attachments). Me, Well, I’m just glad to get the 16-4 in, though as a responsible grhastra I must do the needful.

Basic goal is to get situated in Mayapur and South Africa, splitting the year between them should suffice for sadhana and preaching. How this will occur isn’t all dialed in as yet and I know when I make plans dear Krsna begins to smile. Will keep the desire in mind, but not be too attached for I may be going to hell for all I know… anything to serve Our Lord.

ISV is having the Panihat Festival and am longing for devotee association, guess will go for the “virtual reality” for now, such ecstasy in the pastimes of Lord Caitanya and Nityananda. We’re attempting a Berkeley visit tomorrow with our friends, Dar-Shawn & Sharajini. At least some locals are favorable to our practices of Bhakti-Yoga.

All in all, it seems my heart longs for Mayapur Dham, but how much I can handle there is another story, in time we’ll hopefully find out, think it would be good for all involved. Modesto, and even California has too much luggage for me, would like to let it all go.

We’re looking forward to your association soon, for that always gives us a re-charge to deal with the struggle in our material existence. S.F.Ratha-Yatra is the 22^ndof July, hope you can stay for that, if not we’ll work something out.

All Glories to your Service,

Sincerely,

caitanya caritamrta das, das anu das.

PS: Here’s a little story from the internet:

Dear Granddaughter,

The other day I went up to our local Christian book store and saw a “Honk if you love Jesus” sticker.

I was feeling particularly inspired that day because I had just come from a thrilling choir performance, followed by a thunderous prayer meeting. So, I bought the sticker and put it on my bumper.

Wow, am I glad I did! What an uplifting experience followed.

I was stopped at a red light at a busy intersection, just lost in thought in about the Lord and how good he is, and I didn’t notice that light had changed.

It’s a good thing someone else loves Jesus because if he hadn’t honked, I’d of never noticed.

I found lots of people love Jesus!

While I was there, the guy behind started honking like crazy and then leaned out his window and screamed,”For the Love of God!... Go, go…Go, Jesus Christ..GO!”

What an exuberant cheerleader he was for Jesus!  Everyone started honking, I just leaned my head out the window and started waving and smiling at all those loving people, I even honked my horn a few times to share in the Love!

There must have been someone from Florida back there because I heard them yelling something about a “sunny beach”. I saw another person waving in a funny way with their finger in the air, I asked my teenage grandson riding in back what that meant, and he said it was a Hawaiian good luck sign or something.

Well, I’ve never met anyone from Hawaii, so I reached out the window and gave them the good luck sign right back. My grandson burst out laughing…he too was enjoying our religious revivials!

A couple of people were so caught up in the joy of the moment they got out of their cars and started walking towards me. I bet they wanted to pray or ask what church I attended, but this is when I noticed the light had changed.

 So grinning, I waved to all my brothers and sisters and drove on through the intersection. Before the light changed, I felt kind of sad that I had to leave them after all the love we had shared. So I slowed the car down  a bit and leaned out the window and gave them that Hawaiian good luck sign one last time as I drove away.

Praise the Lord for such wonderful folks!

Will write again soon,

Love Grandma

HpS - AGTSP    pamho.  Wow, what a    F U N N Y   article.   So, nice.  It comes so close to the truth.  Wham.                 Your plan to move to the "Holy Dhama" seems cool, but it is Kali-yuga and basically there are no good "places" in Kali-yuga.   Yes, some places may be better for us that others.   I know some devotees who get lost in big Temple atmosphere and are very happy with a close Temple President and about 11-devotees running the Temple.

Others thrive on the Big Temple and the Big Festivals.    So always looking for best diet, best Temple, best climate ... but ... in the current Age we are looking for the Best Sankirtana Party (for us).  This Blog is a humble effort at Sankirtana party.   Keep us informed. Improve the definition of your Sankirtana and then you can improve your definition of your position in a Sankirtana Party!!

Hare Krsna Respected Guru Maharaj,
    Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
    All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
    All glories to Guru parampara.
 
    By the mercy of lord, your will be in good health. I will always pray for your good health.

    I was missing you Maharaj a lot for last 2-3 weeks. Thinking about your health, travelling.
    Also i was remembering the 2 days association with you, which i can not forget in my life.

    It is not accuately 2 days rememberence. I saw you, in my dream on 08 May 2012, you were
    saying something but unfortunitely, i was not able to remembere when i woked up.

    I saw you agin in my dream, when i was traveling for Vrindavan.

    When i realized your wish - 'you want to left this world from vrindavan'. From that day,
    i miss you always. Don't know...why. Don't know the reason. Even i was not able to share
    my feeling on this to any one. so thought to write to you. So just writting.......

    Guru Maharaj, as you instructed, I always keep necture of instruction with me.
    and learning bengali to read 'chatinya-chatrimitra' also re-started reading of
    BG.

    Tomorrow, we have two celebration in our temple - Dahi chida festival & Jaganath rath-yatra.

    Guru Maharaj, please always bless me so that i can always love lotus feet of Srimati Radharani & 
    Lord.

your servant,
Girivaradhari-Gopal Das

HpS - ASA - ....    AgtSP         paoho    So nice to hear from you.  We are back in USA.   We see that so many things around us, the politics, the ecology, religious institutions, have great defects, but this Sadhana bhakti, gift, of Srila Prabhupada is always pure. Hare Krsna!   Then we find our little world of plans, tools, association and we can do our little fight in the army of Srila Prabhupada to establish ISKCON in the Kali-yuga!     More news as you go!

HARE KRISHNA DEAR GURUDEVA !! JAY SRILA PRABHUPADA KI JAY !!

Accept my most humble and respectful obeisances !!

I  desire to study this deity worship because i know this is gona help me  for avance my spiritual life and  i will learn how to serve to krishna from good devotees , and is very auspicious for learning  this kind of things in Sri  Mayapur Mayapur . and i will  become a good brahmana  if you  bless me and i wish  to . 

I request you please help me with a letter of recommendation , i'm applying for  scholarship Application .

I already i have the letter of  recomendation of my guardian  , he is Gurusevananda Prabhu , also from  the temple presindent from Brasil - Franco da rocha "sao paolo " Sri krishna Das prabhu , also  from the Gurukul " Bhaktivedanta Academy " , so please Gurumaharaj i request you  give me your blessings .

Can you send the letter of recomendation to me  and also  to Mayapur Academy to these e-mail address

- [email protected] 

HpS - ASA -   Jaya!   Jaya!   Sri Caitanya, Jaya Nitya-ananda!          Hare Krsna.  Is very nice to have contact with you these last few weeks.          We looked at the link as suggested and we encountered the direct requirement that we were wondering about. The Mayapur Academy course is for those with second initiation. You haven't taken that yet and it seems to us with our limited knowledge that you have not yet been steady enough in a good position be ready for Second initiation. You seem to be making good progress toward that position and Krsna is more concerned with how we are making progress than with how "advanced " we are.

So, seems that you should go ahead with your service in the Office of Congregational Development and stay in touch with us through this Blog, and then as youi are steady there then you could take second initiation. A course on Bhakti-sastri is what you probably need now, rather than the course on Arcana. O.K?

- [email protected]

I need to fill this : Scholarship Essays

 Can you  check this link : http://mayapuracademy.org/scholarship

Vanca kalpa!! 

y/s Caitanya candrodaya das .