Letters to the editor

Hare Krishna Querido Gurudeva Acepte mis humildes reverencias, todas las Glorias para Srila Prabhupada!!

Primero que todo quiero pedir mis disculpas por no escribir antes. Mis rondas han estado estables algunos días más complejos que otros. Continuo con el servicio de Guirnaldas y estoy retomando servicio en la cocina de la Deidad. En Chile celebramos el Festival Ratha Yatra, lo cual me hace muy feliz, ya que siento mucha devoción por el Señor Jaganatha, gracias a su misericordia querido Gurudeva tuve la oportunidad de bailar en la procesión y también hacer decoraciones. Nos visito S.S Mahavishnu Swami y pude hacer diferentes servicios para él, sinceramente me inspira mucho y me encanta hacer Harinam en las calles, es muy lindo ver como las personas se alegran tan solo con escuchar el Santo nombre repetir y bailar, es como una inyección de amor Bhakti. Tuve la oportunidad de ir a Argentina y asistir a Ratha Yatra en Buenos Aires, fue una muy linda experiencia conocer las Deidades de Argentina, su templo y muy buenos devotos, sin duda el festival estuvo hermoso. Me siento muy inspirada con la idea de viajar y conocer diferentes templos alrededor del mundo. Para finalizar estoy haciendo Sankirtan por la Maratón de Srila Prabhupada y ha sido un muy linda experiencia. Agradezco toda su misericordia que el Señor Nrsimha Deva siempre lo proteja 🌻

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Hare Krishna, Dear Gurudeva.

Accept my humble obeisances, all Glories to Srila Prabhupada!!

First of all I want to apologize for not writing sooner. My rounds have been stable some days more complex than others. I continue with the Garland service and am resuming service in the Deity's kitchen.

In Chile we celebrate the Ratha Yatra Festival, which makes me very happy, since I feel a lot of devotion for Lord Jaganatha, thanks to his mercy dear Gurudeva I had the opportunity to dance in the procession and also make decorations.

H.H. Mahavishnu Swami visited us and I was able to do different services for him, he honestly inspires me a lot and I love doing Harinam in the streets, it is very nice to see how people are happy just by hearing the Holy name repeated and dancing, it is like an injection of Bhakti love.

HPS/ASA -- He inspires so many devotees! He is example of British courage and intelligence for KRSNA, no?

I had the opportunity to go to Argentina and attend Ratha Yatra in Buenos Aires, it was a very nice experience to meet the Deities of Argentina, its temple and very good devotees, without a doubt the festival was beautiful. I feel very inspired by the idea of traveling and visiting different temples around the world.

gTo finish, I am doing Sankirtan for the Srila Prabhupada Marathon and it has been a very nice experience. I appreciate all your mercy may Lord Nrsimha Deva always protect you.

HpS/// Thank you. That is the opulence of unmarried devotees. They don't have their own house and family and business associates, but they are free and consulting with the administration they are inspired to travel and preach! Look for Sankirtan partners. Even eternal Sankirtan partners!

Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja!

Please accept my humble obeisances.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

So I just started calling the bead the "Radha bead" because of my own personal speculation...I'll put some reasons here!

Krsna bead on top of the mala...

Every bead a Gopi. ....

Radha and Krsna are always together...

Radharani is the principal Gopi so She would be first and right next to Krsna??...

Astasakis separated by the string, 8 beads in....

What do you think Maharaja? Is this totally out of left field? I don't have any sastric proof for this...I kinda just started saying this was the "Radha bead"..but actually so far you are the only person I mentioned it to!

HpS - As far as we understand, the knot above the Krsna bead may represent the Princes of Vraja, Smt. Radha, and the first eight large beads are Her expansions, the eight principle expansions of Smt. Radha. 😃

The ashram is great. Everyone is really nice and accommodating.

Rupak, Abhay, and I went on book distribution yesterday and we ran into a couple of super nice people.

One of the men asked, "What color do you think Jesus really was?" I told him that I don't know too much about Jesus, but I know he's the son of God. Check this out (pointing to a picture of Govinda in the Bhagavad Gita).

See. Krishna is a very dark blue like a monsoon cloud being struck by lightning.

But temples can't use this color for the Deity so they use black...that means that God is black with a white girlfriend!!

They were cracking up so hard and he took a Bhagavad Gita!!

I basically was just repeating from when you were telling us all that there were two devotees at a convention and one of them said this! So thank you!!

He also said he had a dream that he saw God, except he couldn't see Him because of a super bright light emaninating from HIm..

Sounded legit to me...

HpS - ASA -- 👍 Super legit. From psychology etc it seems that many people have supernatural, religious, experiences but they have no, perspective to understand or remember them, and at best they think it was a 'psychotic episode'.

My Sadhana is okay!

16R+, B4 -4, 4P

Your aspiring servant,

Jaya-hari das

HpS - Krsna is our only defence!!!

Hare Krishna, Dear Guru Maharaj, 

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to you Guru Maharaj. 

HpS - Please send her (Manjuali's mother) picture!!! Tell her to preach all about the realizations she is having in old age!

Guru Maharaj I am attaching herewith my mother's photo along with the four sisters of us. We all are your disciples. All the photos are labelled for your easy reference. 

Guru Maharaj, I would like to contribute a very small amount of money every month for your seva. How can I send that regularly to you Guru Maharaj? Please kindly accept this humble offering of mine for your seva. 

Please bless us so that we are always very sincere, enthusiastic and consistent in your seva. 

Your humble servant

Manjuali Devi Dasi

Silchar, Cachar, Assam, India

HpS - AgtSP. Thank you for the photos. Just to see a devotee is more purifying than many baths in the Ganges.

Think it will be very hard to send donations from India to USA. Use them in our name for local service.

People in Assam have such cultured life to offer to the world.

Must teach others.

This, agtSP, blog post arrived empty!

We have been watching the previous ASA Carnaval post but have not got to it yet. We try to answer after about three days. Sometimes faster, sometimes slower!!!

We will look at that letter now!

HpS / ASA 🙂

Dear Guru Maharaja, Hare Krsna. Please accept my obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

If I may ask, 

-question in a short form- 

What are your views, experiences, and thoughts about editing of Srila Prabhupada's books? 

HpS - As Srila Prabhupada desires it to be done, we should do it. Eg. he had his KRSNA book dictation tapes edited into regular college level English, no?

-question in enlarged form-

We put a lot of emphasis on books for inspiration and our progress, it is our approach and faith that what is in the books is what SP wrote (wanted to be written there). 

My background to the question: over the years I watched some videos here and there from both sides. I read about it, too.

I find it a complex situation. Because SP dictated and had different devotees type and edit his books. To me it looks like SP wanted the books to be edited, that is for sure. But how much and until when, is a question? 

As one devotee says one thing and another says another, for me it is difficult to distinguish the truth. I was not there to see how it happened from 1965 to 1977. Even if I was there, there were a lot of personal exchanges on the topic. 

I am not in favor or against the editing. 

What I do is read and try to see what SP is saying about the same point somewhere else. This is maybe not a perfect solution, but one that I do until there is some new insight. Also, I may confer upon caitya guru, but I leave that to my inner world and do not share it. 

Thank you!

Your servant Namacarya Das

HpS - Our thought exactly!

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Hare Krishna dear Guru Maharaja,

Please accept my humble obeisances.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada...

My favorite bead is the Radha bead, it has almost half missing. It makes for a perfect fit for my thumb pad, and when I start my Japa I feel like my thumb is merging into the Radha bead...but in a completely simultaneously one and different kind of way!!

I like it because I remember Radha with this bead, and I feel like my thumb meant to chant there!

Your servant,

Jaya-hari das

ASA - Jay! AgtSP!!! Why do you call her the Radha bead? This is the first time we have heard this term. Interesting. 🙂