Letters to the editor

Dear Guru Maharaja

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

We finally reached India after 3 years! We can't wait to come and meet you in Radhakunda. We hope and pray that your energy levels are good. We watched your katha on Srila Prabhupada before his disappearance day. It was so very instructive to us on how a disciple should make the instructions of the Spiritual Master his life and soul and how you have taken the instructions you heard from Srila Prabhupada and have made it your life and soul.

We are currently in Pune near Sri Sri Radha VrindavanChandra temple. We are with the devotee (Madhuri Rasa Mataji) who helped Divya take up Krishna Consciousness when she was in Pune before we got married. Divya had promised Radha VrindavanChandra that she would bring me to Them after our marriage. It has taken us 4 years to come. In the morning today, I got the opportunity to do Srila Prabhupada's Guru Puja in the temple. I really feel it was your mercy Guru Maharaja because there are so many wonderful devotees here and I don't know anyone here to recognize me and ask me as a matter of courtesy. We have been doing Srila Prabhupada's Guru Puja service in Dallas for 4 years and see it as Srila Prabhupada accepting our service.

Before arriving in Pune, we were in Thiruvanantapuram. Divya's elder brother lives there and they just welcomed their first child. They named her Sankirtana. We also visited the Adi Kesava Perumal temple and took dust from the place where Caitanya Mahaprabhu used to recite Brahma Samhita. We leave Pune tomorrow to Nagpur to meet Divya Sri's parents. She has not seen them for 3 years. Her father lost his hearing last year when he got COVID and she has not even been able to speak to him properly. It will be good for her to spend some time with them. On 19th we travel to Delhi where we'll meet up with Radhika Raman prabhu and my friend Caru Nimai Prabhu from ISV, and travel to Radhakunda together. Ranchor prabhu has very mercifully arranged accommodations for us in Radhakunda next to your asharam. We can't wait to come and meet you and be with you Guru Maharaja. We will be there till 24th evening and leave to Delhi along with Radhika Raman prabhu. On 25th we travel to Mayapur and return to Chennai on 29th.

On 1-Jan, we are celebrating our father's 70th birthday (Bhimaratha Shanthi), we have our visa appointment at the US consulate on 18-Jan. It is taking one month for the passports to be returned with the visa stamp nowadays. We will get our passports back from the US consulate with our visas stamped sometime around 18th Feb. We have booked our return tickets on 23rd Feb back to Dallas. On 27th Jan, Srirama is getting married. Divya and I have been going around and distributing wedding invitations this time, since it is getting difficult for my parents to do so.

In between all this, I have been working also. It is the first time I have come to India for such a long time. Usually, it is for 2-3 weeks. Day before yesterday, I was texting Nrtya Kisori mataji that I was missing the Dham and the devotees in Dallas and immediately, we met a devotee from Dallas in Radha Kunjabihari temple yesterday. Krishna has been very kind and merciful and we can't attribute it to anything else other than your causeless mercy Guru Maharaja!

Your servant

Srinatha Krsna dasa

ASA - https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/1/11/4-5/

It is cold here!

Maybe for Divya's health you should stay in India?

We thank you so much for the news!

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Hare Krisha Querido Maharaja todas las Glorias a Srila Prabhupada 🌺

!! Acepte mis humildes reverencias espero que este muy bien. Escribo para reportar mis actividades en el templo de Santiago, Chile y tambien para responder las preguntas que me realizo.

ASA - Jaya! Puede editar un poco mas pequeno, intenso, y reinviar!!

Gracias!

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Comenzare por responder sus preguntas mis guias en mi preceso espiritual en el templo han sido la Madre Guru Govinda, quien me ha apoyado desde conoci la conscienca de Krishna, Madre Priya Sakhi me ha dado su asociacion y me ha guiado en diferentes procesos sobretodo en todos los que tienen que ver con la educación y realización de cursos, la Madre Sruti priya quien tambien me ha dado su asocacion y siempre me esta inspirando con su conocimiento y tambien podria mencionar a la Madre Maha Alandini y la Madre Gita Govinda quienes tambien me han apoyado en todo lo que respecta a realización de servicio y avance espiritual. Todas ellas me han apoyado e inspirado para que pueda realizar servicio en el moviento y para que tambien me eduque para ser una buena devota.

Por el momento no estoy realizando psicotarapia mi desarrollo laboral ha ido de la mano con lo social desarrollando ejecución de Proyectos sociales para la atención de personas en situación de calle. En este momento trabajo como Coordinadora de un Proyecto social nuevo en Chile que se llama "Vivienda primero" y consiste en entregar viviendas a personas en situación de calle por 3 años y desde ahí comenzar la interveción psicosocial para trabajar diferentes problematicas, y asi mejorar la calidad de vida de las personas. Por el momento me encuentro con bastante trabajo administrativo en temas financieros, guiando las intervenciones que realizan mis compañeros y visitando a los participantes del Proyecto para evaluar salud mental y derivar a los dispositivos pertimentes para que reciban la atención que requieren. El proximo año me gustaria tomar pacientes de manera particular para trabajar problematicas en adicciones que es en lo que tengo más experiencia.

En cuanto a mi servicio en el templo continuo ayudando en la Fiesta de Srila Prabhupada, estoy recibiendo inducción para hacer guirnaldas de flores y tambien tengo bastante servicio por el festival que se realizara este 03 de diciembre Ratha Yatra estoy ayudando con las manualidades para hacer diferentes adornos, participaré bailando en la procesión, estaré pintando caritas a los niños que participen y hare un marco decorado con el Señor Jaganath para que las personas que asistan se puedan tomar una bonita fotografia y tener un lindo recuerdo.

Espero que krishna le de mucha salud para seguir disfrutando de sus maravillosas clases.

Me despido reiterando mi adminiración hacia usted.

Mis humildes reverencias Hare Krishna !!🙏

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Dear Maharaj,

PAMHO AGTSP

Yes Maharaj. At that time I was taking guidance under the one ISKCON Guru's Sanga-siksa system. He told me to follow my parents. For consultation with Sadhu, I spoke to my parents and siksha guru (arranged by them and disciple of HH RNS), all told to jump on this marriage opportunity brought by my siksha guru despite everything. And sastra says only Kshatriya women can choose their own husband/parents have right to decide spouse.

I sensed many problematic situations will come from this marriage or maybe my fear manifested them. But I also knew being vowed to solve them will result in much spiritual growth. My friends, intuition and astrologers said don’t do it: His affairs will give you sanyas life. I put my hands up and said if this is what you want Krsna, so be it.

I definitely have grown. 4yrs ago I couldn’t imagine tolerating this. I had to face a lot of internal demons: pride, inferiority complex of cowife, loneliness, attachment to conventional grhasta life, insecurity, uncertainity, anxiety, false shelter etc. I am working to mold my life closer to SP’s discipline and thus becoming more internally satiated with my personal, spiritual and material goals.

Earlier, every interaction with my husband would bite me like this many hooded serpant and I’d get fevers, and insomnia. But since you gave us shelter, we have developed some immunity to this poison and this have better sadhana. And most importantly this problem has brought our heart so much closer to yours 🙏. Serendipity. And perhaps the good is slowly revealing itself.

Your servant,

Yajnaseni DD

HpS - ASA - Thank you for giving some lucid explanation of your experiences. I think that others are getting perspectives on their own lives.

Madhyama Adhikari

1. Loves Krsna.
2. Makes friends with devotees.
3. Preaches to the innocent.
4. Avoids the demons.

Of course, most of us are a mixture of qualities 2-4.

So, best thing in our stage is to become expert at avoiding being bitten. See the neurotic attachment of people kicking in and overwhelming their intelligence, and jumping out of their line of fire.

Eg. "Thanks, Prabhu, love to talk about that. I'll be right back!"

Maharaj,

PAMHO AGTSP!

Bhrigu Nadi informed me one woman from your husbands family is causing problems between your husband and you. I have a feeling my husbands girlfriend has been doing black magic on me. She comes from a part of India where this is very common. Fevers, nightmares, insomnia, loss of home, husband, all enthusiasm to live, inauspicious right eye flickering a lot repeatedly over this year etc. have been a constant part of this year. She’s sitting in my home with my husband and I’m out. Will we loose to a woman using black magic? She has access to all my personal items. Is there a way to stop black magic?

In august my husband was still agreeing to take marriage counselling, But everytime I book tickets to go, I’d get extremely sick.

I feel until my husband hears from legal authorities, he won’t stop. I need to file an FIR to get new passport. Should I pursue legal help at this point?

your aspiring servant,

Yajnaseni DD

HpS - ASA -- AGTSP! Paoho. Again, we, HpS, Tom Brown, Buck White, are 97% incompetent to handle this kind of stuff.

In general, it does exist. Story of Bhaktivinode Thakura and big Tantric is there.

Yet, as Sannyasis we only take shelter of Radha Krsna within our heart of hearts.

Our external Deity worship is very simple, but our internal is more developed than Grhastha.

Let us see if some Grhastha reads this and can give advice.

Legal things again are very individual. Sometimes it is good, sometimes it is bad.

Advice would be better from your father, brothers et al.

Every tiny step you take in improving your Hari Kirtan, Japa, is an permament step forward against subtle influences.

PERMANENT.

Maharaj, PAMHO AGTSP

Writing to clarify, no death threats were given to my husband. He just doesn’t want to give me a place to stay/for me to take anything from our mutual home or give me the key. We only said such double affairs result in 1-2 deaths. He is twisting this. My father gave him example of my cousin’s husband who committed suicide after the husband of the woman he went after, beat him up. Also my husband’s girlfriend’s husband called me in a lot of anger asking why my husband video calls his wife at night. We wanted to warn my husband that he’s already beaten up his wife’s boyfriends in the past. It’s a situation where you try to warn someone and they call you the threat. He’s accusing us of conspiring with his girlfriend’s husband and of me having an affair with him. Unfortunate. We apologize for this inconvenience to you. We will try to speak more politically correctly in future🙏.

On another note, after your conversation with my husband, we had a very nice interaction over WhatsApp with him. Then I came here and read his letter to you. It really hurt to read he’s still asking for divorce. We have tried to change in every way for this marriage to work, but it’s as if it doesn’t matter what I do, his feelings are rooted elsewhere, perhaps in his own guilt and insecurity. I can’t change his heart, maybe because his guilt won’t allow his heart to change. Can his new girlfriend who has such a bad history, really be so much better? I find it hard to believe. I don’t intend to divorce him. We are trying to pacify him with nice words like you said try to message him at 1am. Trying to chant to get perspective. Let’s see what Krsna wants. Trying to keep insomnia under control so morning rounds not endangered again. Even if I have one message interaction with him, its so toxic and draining that I can’t sleep and I get sick. Why do I feel zapped every interaction? I need to gather more strength.

First he was bothered about being together. After marriage he was bothered about whether he made right choice. Then he bothered me about rent, I moved in with my parents, now he’s bothering me about divorce. Then he will bother about alimony. After he gets everything he wants from me and is still unhappy, i wonder how he will manage to find something to bother me about 🤦🏻‍♀️.

Something my heart asks again and again is how can our desire to uphold shastras loose to people with loose character?

Your aspiring servant,

Yajnaseni DD

ASA - Yuddhisthira's desire to uphold Sastra lost to Duryodhana who had lose character, not loose character.

Is that your question and an illuminating answer?

Mula Nasredim says that one should not engage in an argument with a fool, because people may have a hard time ditinguishing which one of you is the fool.

Try to help him like you would help a tiger who lives in the same forest where you live.

With proper safety.

What did Draupadi think of Duryodhana?

Kunti of Duryodhana?

Yuddhisthira of Duryodhana?

Hare Krishna..!! 🙏

Dandavat pranam gurumaharaj.. 🙏Gurumaharaj please accept my humble obeisances.

All glories to Srila Praphupada..!! 🙏

Gurumaharaj, I'm your servant Nabadwipa Ishwara Das from Imphal, Manipur.

Gurumaharaj, I would like to share a bit about my spiritual journey.

On my early days I was so fortunate that I met Sharad Guarangi mataji. She used to guide me and one day she gave me a wonderful opportunity to associate with the serious deevotees. And she even added me to watsaap group for devotees name "Hare krishna". Here in this group daily we use to share our devotional activities ,photos, videos ,sastras , Srila Prabhupad's spiritual quotes etc. And Daily through this group sharad gaurangi mataji give classes for bhagavad gita at evening 7-8 pm and bhagvatam at 6:30-7 am.

One fine day, I shared about my desire to be your disciple at Sharad gaurangi mataji. So, on my birthday mataji gave me your framed photo as a priceless gift. From that day I started praying at your lotus feet. And with krishna's mercy I was blessed to take part in your diksha program here in Imphal,Manipur.

Gurumaharaj, I'm following the 4 regulative principles strictly and chanting 16 rounds daily. Moreover, I'm attending mangal aarti daily and on sunday I go along with sharad mataji to attend mangal aarti. And after attending mangal aarti at Iskcon mandir, me and sharad mataji go for Govindaji temple dharshan.

Gurumaharaj ,I have a strong desire to serve you. I'm bowing down my head at your lotus feet, Please allow me to serve you🙏. I've also booked my ticket and I'm arriving on 8th of December at Radhakunda. And I'll be staying there till your vyasa puja.🙏

Your Servant

Nabadwipa Ishwara Das

HpS - Thank you for your letter.

What do you know of Srila Prabhupada?