Letters to the editor

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale 

śrīmate hanumatpreśaka-svāmin iti nāmine

nama oṁ viṣṇu-pādāya kṛṣṇa-preṣṭhāya bhū-tale

śrīmate bhaktivedānta-svāmin iti nāmine

namas te sārasvate deve gaura-vāṇī-pracāriṇe

nirviśeṣa-śūnyavādi-pāścātya-deśa-tāriṇe

om ajñāna-timirāndhasya jñānāñjana-śalākayā

cakṣur unmīlitaṁ yena tasmai śrī-gurave namaḥ 

Dear Guru Maharaja,

please accept my humble obeisances on your lotus feet.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

I am very fortunate to have the opportunity to write to you on the auspicious day of your appearance.

 In your enlightening association is hope for everyone and with all your travelling you bestow the ultimate benefit upon people in general.

Thank you for your austere and sacrificial life,

In Srimad Bhagavatam (8.7.44)

it is said that great personalities almost always accept voluntary suffering because of the suffering of people in general.

This is considered the highest method of worshiping the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is present in every one's heart.

Purport:

Here is an explanation of how those engaged in activities for the welfare of others are very quickly recognized by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The Lord says in Bhagavad-gita ( 18.68-69 ) ya idam paramam guhyam mad-bhaktesv abhidhasyati, na ca tasman manusyesu kascin me priya-krttamah, "One who preaches the message of Bhagavad-gita to My devotees is most dear to Me..."

 There are different kinds of welfare activities in this material world, but the supreme welfare activity is the spreading of Krishna consciousness.

...if one tries to spread Krishna consciousness all over the world,

he should be understood to be performing the best welfare activity.

The Lord is automatically very pleased with him.

If the Lord is pleased with him, what is left for him to achieve?

  GURUDEV!

kṛpā-bindu diyā, koro' ei dāse,

tṛṇāpekhā ati hīna

sakala sahane, bala diyā koro',

nija-māne spṛhā-hīna

 Gurudeva, O spiritual master!

Give to this servant just one drop of mercy. 

I am lower than a blade of grass. Give me all help. 

Give me strength. 

Let me be as you are, without desires or aspirations.

jogyatā-vicāre, kichu nāhi pāi,

tomāra karuṇā-sāra

karuṇā nā hoile, kāndiyā kāndiyā,

prāṇa nā rākhibo āra

Your useless servant

Murari das

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Hare Krishna...Hare Rama...

Hare Krishna Dear Gurudeva

PAMHO

ALGTSP

I am obliged to write this letter to ask for respect and equality towards all the devotees since I have seen that when a professional guest or with good economy status comes, they treat him better than the devotee who has faithfully doing service in the temple.

It seems unfair to me that when a person has some service and is in charged, he has favoritism only with his friends.

there are devotees who because they are professionals and have studied at the best universities treat other devotees badly and that seems very bad to me. We have to learn to treat devotees well to ask with love and humility for that person to do the service.

I could make a list of the mistreatments that prabhu Abhirama das thakur had towards me and towards my father but I am not going to do it, I believe that he is aware of his Anarthas and he knows that he has a strong character and likes to command and I just hope it gets better for its own sake.

I just wrote to you recently about a gossip that he told my brother, well I called to prabhu Abhirama and i asked him if you were asking to speak with me to clarify things and he said that you did not say anything but it would be good if i clarify and I did it. I do not understand why he has to be saying one thing and then change the story but it seems wrong to me that he says something and not face the situations with the true story.

When I called him, he told me that we do not have any relationship but in reality we do because we are spiritual brothers.

For my part I will continue with my service but I had to write this to you because until now I have not had the opportunity to speak with you or to have your association even though we are a few kilometers away and I could not get close either since Prabhu Abhirama is in charge.

I have grown up in Iskcon, I have seen so many things and if I am still here it is because of Srila Prabhupada and you and because I know this is the path.

Vanca kalpa.

Jay Gauranga !!!

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Hare Krishna...Hare Rama...

Hare Krishna Dear Gurudeva

Pamho

ALgtsp.

My civil name is : David Yallico Torres .

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Hare Krihna...Hare Rama...

Hare Krishna Maharaj

PAMHO & AGTSP

I ask about a Oxford research from Oxford University that you mencion on your classes. This professor give very positives comentaries about the Bhagavat Purana. I need know the name and where I can get this quotes to use in my academic studies.

Ys,

Maha Krsna |Nam das

HpS - AGTSP - paoho. I was probably quoting a personal comment that Professor Narasimha Rao made to Radhika ramana Das.

That would not be too useful in rigorous academic work.

Prof. David Haberman's Introduction to his commentary on Bhakti rasa amrta sindu is tremendous.

Remembered Gurumaharaja

Please acceot my obeisances to your feets of lotus!

I wish today a wonderful Vyasa Puja in Peru!

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada! All Glories to You!

Ekangui Devi Dasi asked me to tell him about his life now and here is what he told me to tell him:

She continues to live in Chile. She married a Chinese man in March 2019. He has a 9 month old daughter and is very into kindness. She tells me that she does not follow the process at all but she is fortunate that her best friends are devotees and they remind her of you and Krishna.

Every day she sings Nrsimha pranam and Govinda to her baby and leads a very blessed life that she believes that at some point Krishna has taken pleasure in her.

She always remembers him and esteems him very much. You will always be very important to her and she hopes to speak of your glories to her daughter.

Please ask her to send your blessings for her baby, her name is Yí Lin. He wishes him well and asks for his good health.

These are the words that ekangui devi dasi asked me to write to him.

PleaseForgive any offense Gurudev.

Trying to serve:

Radha Japa Prati Jalpa Devi Dasi

ASA - Krsna will enlighten her through many lifetimes of drama. 🙂 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journey_to_the_West

Hare Krsna !!!!



Hare Krsna Guru Maharaja

Por favor acepte mis rendidas reverencias

¡Todas las Glorias sean a nuestro muy misericordioso Srila Prabhupada!

Y todas las Glorias sean a usted querido Gurudeva

Deseando se encuentre en buena salud. Gracias por ser la luna llena que alumbra mi camino durante la oscura noche en la que vivo.

Guru Maharaja, en distintas ocasiones usted me dijo “Sri Rama le dijo a Lakshmana; – No existe error que puedas cometer y no puedas corregir” Y Srila Prabhupada dice “El devoto se arrepiente sinceramente de los pecados accidentales que comete, y, por la gracia del Señor, todos los pecados involuntarios que el devoto haya cometido se queman en el fuego del arrepentimiento.”

Yo no me considero a la altura de un devoto, no obstante, me siento sinceramente arrepentida de las palabras ásperas que dije durante un periodo de locura temporal. Y siguiendo sus misericordiosas instrucciones, estoy haciendo mi parte para corregirlo, con paciencia y confiando en que, nuestro muy misericordioso Señor sanará el corazón de las personas a quienes lastimé.

Ahora sé que no hay forma de recoger las palabras dichas, y me pregunto ¿Cómo es que el fuego de mi arrepentimiento sincero quemará el resultado de las palabras ásperas que ya he pronunciado?   Al principio creí tontamente que, por solo estar sinceramente arrepentida, todo sería más fácil… pero francamente este es un camino escabroso y en ocasiones muy doloroso. Aunque creo que estoy aprendiendo mucho de él. 

Hace unos días mientras estudiaba el SB 1.18 y 19 medite en que: — Maharaja Pariksit, se sintió sinceramente arrepentido de su error, y aun así la serpiente alada termino con su vida. — Sin embargo, él acepto con agrado la sanción impuesta y además obtuvo un GRAN beneficio de ella.  Entonces me parece entender que NO debo usar el arrepentimiento como pretexto para querer escapar del castigo. Porque cuando llegue, traerá con él un beneficio. ¿este entendimiento es apropiado? Y ¿La sanción que yo reciba, beneficiará de algún modo al vaisnava lastimado?

Por otra parte — Maharaja Pariksit, fue muy misericordioso al no presentarse frente a Samika Rsi, y lo hizo para evitarle una vergüenza mayor— De este aspecto, me parece entender que, debo tener cuidado para que mi búsqueda de perdón, no agite a la otra persona pues de lo contrario quizá solo consiga lastimarle más ¿Es así? Entonces ¿Cómo podemos respetar el proceso del “vaisnava ofendido” y al mismo tiempo hacerle saber que estamos sinceramente arrepentidos?

Guru Maharaja, por favor discúlpeme por distraerle con estos detalles. Muchas gracias por su misericordiosa guía.

Su aspirante a discípula

Karuna-Sakti Devi Dasi 

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Hare Krsna, Guru Maharaja

Please accept my deepest obeisances

All Glories be to our most merciful Srila Prabhupada!

And all Glories be to you dear Gurudeva

Wishing you are in good health. Thank you for being the full moon that lights my way during the dark night in which I live.

Guru Maharaja, on different occasions you told me “Sri Rama told Lakshmana; – There is no mistake that you can commit and cannot correct.” And Srila Prabhupada says “The devotee sincerely repents for the accidental sins he commits, and by the grace of the Lord, all the involuntary sins that the devotee has committed are burned in the fire of repentance.”

I do not consider myself to be of the level of a devotee, however, I sincerely regret the harsh words I said during a period of temporary insanity. And following his merciful instructions, I am doing my part to correct him, patiently and trusting that our most merciful Lord will heal the hearts of the people I have hurt.

Now I know that there is no way to collect the words spoken, and I wonder how the fire of my sincere regret will burn the result of the harsh words that I have already spoken? At first I foolishly believed that, just by being sincerely sorry, everything would be easier... but frankly, this is a rocky road and sometimes very painful. Although I think I'm learning a lot from him.

A few days ago while studying SB 1.18 and 19 I meditated that: — Maharaja Pariksit, he felt sincerely sorry for his mistake, and yet the winged serpent ended his life. — However, he gladly accepted the imposed sanction and also obtained a GREAT benefit from it. So I seem to understand that I should NOT use repentance as an excuse to want to escape punishment. Because when it arrives, it will bring with it a benefit. Is this understanding appropriate?

HpS - Yes. . .

And will the sanction I receive benefit the injured Vaisnava in any way?

HpS - Generally speaking it is another kind of vanity that we have, I have, that I can think that I hurt someone. One factor is that they may just be receiving the reaction for doing just what you are doing in their past life. Even to you.

So, the distress that they are receiving is what they deserve.

Chant and pray, and engage in devotional service. There are things that you know should do. Do them and then by that work your intelligence will become clear how to relate to specific offenses that you have made.

Don't make you life complicated.

Be happy with Krsna as your friend and do the work to reawaken your relationship with him, then your relationship with others will become clear and any adjustments in those relationships will become clear.

Go ahead.

You have a lot of important work that you are supposed to do!

On the other hand — Maharaja Pariksit was very merciful in not appearing in front of Samika Rsi, and he did it to spare her further embarrassment — From this aspect, I seem to understand that I must be careful so that my search for forgiveness does not agitate the another person because otherwise it may only hurt him more, is that right? So how can we respect the process of the "offended Vaisnava" and at the same time let him know that we are sincerely sorry?

HpS - Our answer is in the advice given above. 🙂

Guru Maharaja, please excuse me for distracting you with these details. Thank you very much for his merciful guidance.

Your would-be disciple

Karuna Sakti Devi Dasi

HpS - It is not a distraction. There are at least five more people in the same situation and we thank you for presenting these challenges so we can offer any perspective that we have.

Thank you.

Expecting to hear positive news from you about your Sankirtan and Sankirtan partners.