Letters to the editor

Hare Krsna querido Guru Maharaja

Por favor acepte mis rendidas reverencias

Todas las Glorias sean a Srila Prabhupada, ¡salvador de los caídos!,

y Todas las Glorias a Usted que nos guía tras los pasos de Su Divino maestro.

Hoy, Guru Purnima, después de su clase reflexione un poco acerca de los múltiples maestros que el misericordioso Señor Hari ha puesto en mi camino. Alcance a ver, un poco, de la ayuda infinita que nuestro Señor me ha otorgado y medite en la inmensa deuda que he adquirido con esos maestros.

Sin duda, encontrar a Srila Prabhupada y encontrarme con usted ha sido la mayor fortuna de mi existencia, ¡muchas gracias!… Hoy pude recordar con claridad muchas, muchas, muchas ocasiones en las que fui salvada por vuestras instrucciones... Aún tengo tanto por aprender, soy una estudiante tonta que comete errores una y otra vez, y soy cautivada por maya de muchas maneras. Luego vuelvo llorando a ustedes implorando auxilio… ¡Por favor perdóneme por abusar de su misericordia!

Los últimos años, debido a un fuerte shock, estuve naufragando en un océano tormentoso de oscuridad, miedo y confusión. Creo que mi único logro fue mantenerme viva e intentando seguir sus instrucciones y las de Srila Prabhupada, sin ellas hubiera sido imposible percibir a Sri Krsna en todo aquello…

Ahora, por su misericordia sin causa, mis heridas casi han sanando y todo parece más claro. Hemos recuperado fuerzas, entusiasmo y nos sentimos lo suficientemente estables para empezar a avanzar con determinación.

¡Deseamos ser Soldados útiles, Tenemos una deuda que pagar!... la bendita deuda que tenemos con usted y con Srila Prabhupada, muchas veces ha sido lo único que me motivó a continuar. Confió firmemente en que, por su misericordia sin causa, algún día podremos desarrollar un amor genuino por nuestro muy misericordioso Señor y amo.

Gurudeva, gracias por rescatarnos, por guiarnos en el camino que su Divino Maestro ha dejado para que podamos volver con nuestro muy amoroso Señor.

Su torpe aspirante a sirviente

Karuna-Sakti Devi Dasi

(PD. Enviamos fotos de algunas flores del jardín con la esperanza de que agraden a Lord Nrsmhadeva)

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Hare Krsna dear Guru Maharaja

Please accept my deepest obeisances

All Glories be to Srila Prabhupada, savior of the fallen!

and All Glories to You who guide us in the footsteps of Your Divine Master.

HpS - Our divine master, no?

Today, Guru Purnima, after his class I reflected a little about the many teachers that the merciful Lord Hari has placed on my path. Get to see, a little, the infinite help that our Lord has given me and meditate on the immense debt that I have acquired with those teachers.

Without a doubt, meeting Srila Prabhupada and meeting you has been the greatest fortune of my existence, thank you very much!... Today I was able to clearly remember many, many, many occasions when I was saved by your instructions... I still have so much to learn, I am a foolish student who makes mistakes over and over again, and I am captivated by maya in many ways. Then I come back crying to you begging for help… Please forgive me for abusing your mercy!

The last few years, due to a strong shock, I was shipwrecked in a stormy ocean of darkness, fear and confusion. I think my only achievement was staying alive and trying to follow his and Srila Prabhupada's instructions, without them it would have been impossible to perceive Sri Krsna in all that...

Now, by his causeless mercy, my wounds have almost healed and everything seems clearer. We have regained strength, enthusiasm and we feel stable enough to start moving forward with determination.

We want to be useful Soldiers, We have a debt to pay!... the blessed debt that we owe to you and to Srila Prabhupada, many times has been the only thing that motivated me to continue. I firmly trust that, by his causeless mercy, we will one day be able to develop a genuine love for our most merciful Lord and master.

Gurudeva, thank you for rescuing us, for guiding us on the path that his Divine Master has left so that we can return to our very loving Lord.

Your clumsy would-be servant

Karuna Sakti Devi Dasi

(PS We sent photos of some flowers from the garden in the hope that they will please Lord Nrsmhadeva)

HpS - ASA --- It is just a fact that we could have written the exact same letter to Srila Prabhupada. We hope that you are connecting with him through many other sources besides us. We hope to help as Diksa and Siksa guru's under his authority.

Even if we stumble, you can stay upright and help any others get up.

War on the Witch (Who is actually our good mother)!

Hare Krishna

Please accept my reverences.. . .

. . .

Patricia.

HpS -ASA ---AgtSP. We removed the content which we did not read. If you read the description of our Blog you see that we cannot read private content from ladies. We are Sannyasis and B'caris. Senior lady ASA members can explain all the ettiquete to you. Hare Krsna.

Hare Krsna Gurudev,

Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada and your humble services.

We have been looking up the heroes journey on wikipedia due to using and thinking of phrases such as "being in the belly of the whale." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero's_journey. There seems to be a rebirth every day on the grihasta and spiritual hero's journey front. We wanted to reassure you that it is better and thank you so so much for your kindness upon our family by associating with us in Boise along with the whole Boise Yatra. We feel our violent ways we act going from hypo to hyper, fight or flight and freeze is something to improve upon. Association with the guru should always be sacred. We pray we can come to the level of being able to be more upright someday. Chanting, associating, the opportunity to serve not like a donkey but more like a mix of monkey, piggy, the professor and the small inner child Bhaktin can help us live more in the window of control. Dialectics trap us. No word like Thank you can ever express what opportunity we have been given. We just beg we can try again. Thankyou for still tolerating us, my family. Sita, Adi, Arjun, Aja and the Sunday school kids will never be the same again!! 🙏

We are looking at the collective gift of the notebooks and pointers on how to blog/create a notebook. The web post you created has the key inspiration we need to make a story out of our sankirtan. How do we make it a priority when everyday the witch is so tiresome to defeat? Document it?? Balabhadra is also very grateful for the encouragement.

I found this Jungian analyst's quote from a presentation on how to overcome cultural historical intergenerational trauma:

Our Own Shadow Sides Ancient Healers by Gerard Blanchard

Patient service best begins after healers have carefully examined how their own public image bumps into their guilt- ridden or shameful parts. Jungian analyst Robert Johnson wrote: “Our own healing proceeds from that overlap of what we call good and evil, light and dark. It is not that the light element alone does the healing, the place where light and dark begin to touch is where miracles arise.” Pressure is upon us from within our professional guilds and our culture to pursue our light side to the exclusion of noting the dark. Enmeshed in this group mind-set, we can become victims of “psychological bypass surgery of our souls.”

Your aspiring servant in need of your blessings,

Kamagayatri dd

HpS - Interesting!!!! Just die and get your rounds done pleasantly!! He said with a smile.

Hare Krsna Dear Gurudev,

  Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.

  All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

  All glories to Guru parampara.

  Thank you so much Gurudev.

  Have updated HG Jibesh Das about your comments and acceptance

( Reference URL : https://monkeywarrior.com/detail/13371/ ).

  He is very happy and he is fine with both ways and left the decision on me, and am leaving

the decision on you. 

  Please advise.

Your dependent,

Girivaradhari-Gopal Das

HpS/ASA - So nice to hear from you. In your country soon. What were the options? We are old and our mind an eyes are failing as we write.

Hare Krsna querido Gurudeva

Mis reverencias

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada

Disculpe por favor el no haberle escrito antes, la verdad aún estoy conmocionado por la partida de mi esposa Lavanya Mangala dd.

Quisiera compartir con usted, cómo Lavanya vivió su enfermedad y cómo partió de éste mundo.

Durante todo el año que duró su enfermedad siempre mantuvo una actitud positiva y optimista, nunca perdió su sonrisa y dulzura hacia los demás. Ella siempre se mantuvo ecuánime y me decía que todo en la vida incluyendo la enfermedad era por algo bueno, ya que de todo ello se podía aprender.

Con una valentía admirable Lavanya soportó y aceptó el dolor; y, todas las complicaciones que la enfermedad le produjeron y si bien es cierto luchó contra la enfermedad en la medida que pudo ella siempre aceptó la voluntad de Dios, "que se haga tu voluntad Krsna" decía y es que lo amaba y lo ama con todo su corazón.

Los últimos meses ella sabía que se acercaba el final y aún así con lo difícil que es saber esto se mantuvo ecuánime y en paz consigo misma.

El 29 de marzo, día en que dejó el cuerpo me dijo "creo que hoy día me voy a morir", le pregunte si quería que la llevara hospital y me dijo que no. Nosotros ya habíamos hablado de como quería que fuera su partida de éste mundo y ella mencionó: "con oraciones y en compañía de mis seres queridos".

Y así lo hicimos querido Gurudeva la acompañamos en éste momento tan importante nuestros hijos, mis hermanas y yo cantando todos juntos el Maha Mantra y recitando el Salmo 23 el cual le gustaba mucho.

Ahora estoy tranquilo sabiendo que ella está cantando y bailando en el cielo como dijo usted, pero aún siento mucho dolor y tristeza por la partida de mi amada. Estoy aferrandome a Krsna, tratando de cantar mis rondas y estoy llendo al templo de Chosica los sábados para cocinarle a Radha Madhana Vihari y esto me está haciendo mucho bien.

Muchas gracias por su inmensa misericordia, lo quiero mucho.

Su sirviente

Jana-pavana das

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Hare Krsna, dear Gurudeva.

My obeisances.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Please excuse me for not writing to you earlier, I am still in shock after the departure of my wife Lavanya Mangala dd.

HpS - I think we all are in some way.

I would like to share with you how Lavanya experienced her illness and how she left this world.

Throughout the year that her illness lasted, she always maintained a positive and optimistic attitude, she never lost her smile and sweetness towards others. She always remained equanimous and told me that everything in life, including illness, was for something good, since she could learn from all of it.

HpS - Such a fortunate person. So fortunate those who know her.

With admirable bravery Lavanya bore and accepted the pain; and, all the complications that the disease caused her and although it is true that she fought against the disease to the extent that she could, she always accepted the will of God, "may your will be done Krsna" she said and that is that she loved Him and loves Him with all your heart.

The last few months she knew that the end was near and yet as difficult as it is to know this she remained level-headed and at peace with herself.

HpS - The end of the car ride to the airport. Changing from one vehicle to another.

On March 29, the day she left her body, she told me "I think today I am going to die", I asked her if she wanted me to take her to the hospital and she said no. We had already talked about how she wanted her departure from this world to be and she mentioned: "with prayers and in the company of my loved ones."

And so we did, dear Gurudeva, we accompanied her at this important moment, our children, my sisters and I, singing the Maha Mantra together and reciting Psalm 23, which she liked very much.

HpS - So, nice!

Now I am calm knowing that she is singing and dancing in heaven as you said, but I still feel a lot of pain and sadness for the departure of my beloved. I am clinging to Krsna, trying to chant my rounds and I am going to Chosica temple on Saturdays to cook for Radha Madhana Vihari and this is doing me a lot of good.

Thank you very much for her immense mercy, I love you very much.

Your servant,

Jana-pavana das

HpS - ... Srila Prabhupada... It is like saying good bye to a family member in 1925 when they are taking a boat to work in China for 3-years. We will all meet again. There will be telegrams, but still there is very natural separation.

What service did she want for Krsna. If we help accomplish that we will feel intimate, intimate connection.

Hare Krishna Gurudeva

please accept my obeisances

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada

I wish that everything is going well in your sankirtan. I am currently living with my uncles in a place called Villa Alemana, it is an hour from the institute, which is in Viña del Mar. A few days ago my uncle Marco Silva left his body, so I have had to accompany my aunt and Cousins ​​here, life is very harsh when we lose a loved one, that's how this world works, birth and death.

ASA - Hare Krsna!!! Arjuna didn't even want to kill EVIL family members!

I'm fine, I'm happy to read mother Guru Govinda's letter. I don't think my reintegration into the community of devotees will be quick, but I'm sincere and I know that this process is correct. I want to serve, thanks to the association of devotees I have been able to experience drops of the nectar of serving Guru and Krishna and I want to dedicate myself to the process. Away from the devotees it has been very difficult, there is no strength, I need push to continue enthusiastic, I have been very low in my devotion, but I have remained stable with my rounds and my principles after stabilizing myself from my psychotic crisis.

TB - I think maybe Krsna and Radha cry a little hear you effort. Really appreciate how much pain your slip caused others and take it as impetus to pray to Krsna to adjust everything!!!

Yes, "There is no mistake we can make that we cannot rectify", Rama said to Laksmana as we remember.

I don't know how much he resists being so far from the devotees, sometimes I think of living in the Cabildo and preaching there, but nobody is a prophet in his land, said Jesus. The good thing is that there I have the security that my family gives me, regarding my condition, but I would like to return to Santiago to be closer to the devotees, and well, I also have travel karma, so the trips will also come in my life. In short, I have realized that I am very dispersed, the bipolar thinks one thing and then another, we do not know how to find the midpoints.

HpS - By chanting HK.HR at the feet of Srila Prabhupada.

I have distributed books in high school, at a book fair, and also to teachers and classmates. I also recently went to the nearby subway and distributed some books there, and I dedicated that offering to my uncle for his benefit.

A famous singer came to the institute and I went to give her some books, since she is a lover of Indian music, she was very happy with her.

I think my sankirtan is oriented towards artistic expressions, preaching to artists so that they can bring others closer to Krishna with their art (In high school I learned that Kandinsky has a book that relates art to spirituality). Do you think that this be my way to preach?

HpS - You can certainly try it!!! Go ahead.

I am preparing myself to start my musical and artistic career soon, I wish I could be useful to you and Srila Prabhupada with my art.

I am also doing puja on my altar, but I have not been very correct with the schedule, I am not being very regulated.

I am struggling with sleeping and eating, I am a godasa, servant of the senses. I am sleeping a lot and eating a lot. If I can't consume toxic substances, I get drunk with food and sleep, I'm a rogue.

HpS - ... but a civilized rogue!

Of the songs of the Acaryas are ready: Udilo Aruna and Narada Muni Bajay Vina, I chose the latter since you several times name it as a song that Prabhupada has quoted in full in one of its meanings, and I based on that comment for adapt it to the Spanish version.

Could you give me a list of songs that you would like me to work on? Please Gurudeva, it is very important to me.

HpS - ASA - Let us hear these two first, please.

PS: The letter you wanted me to delete is this: https://monkeywarrior.com/detail/12562/?query=urgente+privado

ASA - Puffff! Gone!!!

Thank you very much Gurudeva, I have thought if in 2024 I can travel to see you in India, it is something that I think from time to time, but I do not want to bother whoever is there or bother you.

HpS - Maybe India!! Trip starts here. Paoho. More work to do. We all have so many violent crimes to pay for.

Looking at photo of your Uncle we chant one Maha-mantra!!!!

Try to do more.

Well that, all glories to Srila Prabhupada and you.

Your servant Piyari Mohan das

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Hare Krishna Gurudeva

Por favor acepte mis reverencias 

Todas las Glorias a Srila Prabhupada

Deseo que todo esté marchando bien en su sankirtan. Actualmente estoy viviendo con mis tíos en un lugar llamado Villa Alemana, queda a una hora del instituto, el cual queda en Viña del Mar. Hace unos días abandonó su cuerpo mi tío Marco Silva, por lo que me ha tocado acompañar a mi tía y primos aquí, la vida es muy cruda cuando perdemos un ser querido, así funciona este mundo, nacimiento y muerte. 

Yo estoy bien, contento de leer la carta de madre Guru Govinda, no creo que mi reinserción en la comunidad de devotos sea rápida, pero tengo sinceridad y sé que este proceso es el correcto. Quiero servir, gracias a la asociación de los devotos he podido experimentar gotas del néctar del servicio a Guru y Krishna y quiero dedicarme al proceso. Lejos de los devotos ha sido muy difícil, no hay fuerza, necesito empuje para seguir entusiasta, he estado muy bajo en mi devoción, pero me he mantenido estable con mis rondas y mis principios luego de estabilizarme de mi crisis psicótica.

No se que tanto resista estar tan lejos de los devotos, a veces pienso en vivir en Cabildo y allí predicar, pero nadie es profeta en su tierra dijo Jesús. Lo bueno es que allí tengo la seguridad que me entrega mi familia, respecto a mi condición, pero a mi me gustaría volver a Santiago para estar más cerca de los devotos, y bueno, también tengo karma viajero, así que los viajes vendrán también en mi vida. En definitiva me he dado cuenta que soy muy disperso, el bipolar piensa una cosa y después otra, no sabemos encontrar los puntos medios.

He distribuido libros en el instituto, en una feria del libro, y también a profesores y compañeros. También hace poco fui al metro cercano y allí distribuí algunos libros, y esa ofrenda se la dediqué a mi tío para su beneficio. Vino una cantante famosa al instituto y fui para entregarle unos libros, ya que ella es amante de la música de la India, estaba muy contenta.

Creo que mi sankirtan está orientado a las expresiones artísticas, a predicarle a los artistas para que ellos acerquen a otros a Krishna con su arte ( En el instituto aprendí que Kandinsky tiene un libro que relaciona el arte con la espiritualidad).¿Cree usted que este sea mi camino para predicar? 

Estoy mentalizándome para comenzar pronto mi carrera musical y artística, deseo poder ser útil a usted y a Srila Prabhupada con mi arte.

Estoy también haciendo puja en mi altar, pero no he sido muy correcto con el horario, no estoy siendo muy regulado.

Estoy luchando con el dormir y el comer, soy un godasa, sirviente de los sentidos. Estoy durmiendo mucho y comiendo mucho. Si no puedo consumir sustancias tóxicas, me embriago con la comida y las horas de sueño, soy un pícaro. 

De las canciones de los Acaryas ya están listas: Udilo Aruna y Narada Muni Bajay Vina, esta última la elegí ya que usted varias veces la nombra como una canción que Prabhupada a citado completa en uno de sus significados, y me basé en ese comentario para adaptarla a la versión en español. 

¿Podría usted darme un listado de canciones que a usted le gustaría que yo trabajara? Por favor Gurudeva, es muy importante para mi.

PD: La carta que quería que borrara es esta: https://monkeywarrior.com/detail/12562/?query=urgente+privado

Muchas gracias Gurudeva, he pensado si en el 2024 pueda viajar a verlo a India, es algo que pienso cada cierto tiempo, pero no quiero incomodar a quién esté allí ni tampoco incomodar a usted. 

Bueno, eso, todas las Glorias a Srila Prabhupada y a usted.

Su sirviente Piyari Mohan das