Letters to the editor

Hare Krishna Maharaja

Please take my obeisances

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

(Google translator)

This time I am writing to you in response to your questions in my previous report.

Their questions were the following:

1. ¿Have there been problems participating in the Temple programs in Santiago? No details, just an overview.

A: I currently live in a city that is 848.3 km from Santiago called Valdivia. It is for this reason that I do not actively participate in temple programs. I like this city, it is small and there is a lot of nature, it is favorable for my mind to live here, far from the chaos of Santiago.

However, on 11/7/2020 I arrived at the temple in Santiago and stayed until 12/23/20. Everything happened against my will, Krishna and Prabhupada trapped me in their home all that time hahaha Jay Srila Prabhupada. Everything I learned was wonderful, I will tell you more in my Sadhana report letter that I will send after this letter. Currently I returned to Valdivia to regain my health and resume my work activities.

2. ¿Have they improved with the new administrative provisions? On the road you travel, success is guaranteed!

It took me a while to answer this question since I can't answer something I don't know, that's why I decided at that time to do a “field work” and go to Santiago. During the month and a half that I was a resident of the temple, I can extract the following insights:

The new administration intends to do better than previous administrations. Mother Maha Anandini DD and Prabhu Jagannatha Caran D proved to be willing to listen carefully to suggestions and make changes for the benefit of the congregation.

They are striving to resolve pending issues from previous years and at the same time take the temple forward despite the fact that the restaurant and the store are not working, for this reason the temple does not receive economic income, only donations from some enthusiastic devotees.

I want to highlight the service of a married couple composed of M Gita Govinda DD and P. Dina Dayal D. Disciples of M. Bhakti Bhusana Swami. Currently the two of them are in charge of the worship of the deity in all their schedules, also of the BBT Chile department and in charge as ashram heads for the temple residents. They are very young, no more than 27 years old, and they are striving to move the temple forward.

The current situation in the temple is a little far from excellent but the people involved are striving to learn every day and do things better.

If you have more questions about this please let me know, I will be attentive to your response.

In my next letter I will write about my temple services and sadhana.

I wish good health for you. Hare krishna.

Sincerely,

Stefani S. Michelena (Petti)

HpS - Thank you for your news! Understanding administration is NEVER perfect or and even getting something reasonable accurate requires to listen to many different perspectives. However, in Kali yuga we can associate [NOI 5-6] and chant Hare Krsna and have perfect relations with each other.

You city sounds nice!!

Hare Krishna Dear Gurudeva!!!!!!!!!!!

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

All glories to YOU.

Please accept our humble obeisances. PAMHO

Bulletin is now upload on Facebook (English & Spanish), this is the link:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/166681160058275/

We are ok. Enjoy holidays... We are learning how to play piano and flute. Playing an instrument helps a lot to teach in our pedagogy.

I could see some of my students before the end of classes.

Thanks a lot

EDT (Patrak das & Antuanette )

HpS - So nice. Thank you. AgtSP!!! How you translate "Urad Dahl" into Spanish? Is it available in Peru??? So, so much can be learned from songs and then acting out the songs!

Puppet shows.

Cartoon shows.

PPTX ...... Become famous. Make a little recording studio in your house. Live in a village of 200 people and never go out except to the fields!

Hare Krsna... die and wake up in Goloka!!

Hare Krsna Beloved Gurudeva:

AGTSP, PAMHO

Happy Anniversary ¡¡¡ Our Smaranam today was about HH Bhakti Svarupa Damodara Goswami and your very good self. We have so much mercy to our disposal and me at least not taking advantage of it.

HpS - Nor I of the mercy in this movement, yet Lord Nityananda is pushing the spoon inour mouth.

This year I mostly take many courses in order to enhance my teaching at college.

I want to make this as an offer to You. This last is from Oxford Education ECDT: European Certification for Digital Teaching. I thought I will just get a merit certificate, but by the mercy of Krsna I got distinction.

Tom Brown - Distinguished from whom? ? ? Will they build a statue of you in a Designer Academic Gown sitting with your hand resting our your hand, digits? What does Digital Teaching mean?

Nowadays I am working on tackling maya haha.

TB - Ooof! Big woman. Russian weight lifter.

By tuesday I will end my activities in one university I hope to have more time in order to develop my hearing and chanting.

HpS - ... and writing for the many projects we have. We should make a movie.

In January I will give classes to Rukmini, she is preparing for CAE: Certificate for Advanced English. She will come home. Please I humbly request your blessings.

HpS - Very nice. She needs a fairy godmother. You would be good at that.

Maybe we can work on reading comprehension with the Srimad Bhagavatam.

TB: Pregnancy of Diti in the evening, no?

Jaya Gurudeva

See you tomorrow at FMP

HpS - Unless someone bombs the radio station!

If I take birth again, will I be a woman and marry a Jehovah's Witness and drink coffee and eat omelettes? Ooof! I hope I can be an ISKCON devotee and take more advantage of the opportunities eg. Play sports with Krsna get raped (swept of my feet) by Krsna.

Trying to be your disciple

CMDD

HpS - Trying to be your servant!!

Hare Krsna Dear Gurudev,

  Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.

  All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

  All glories to Guru parampara.

  Gurudev, you have 3 questions for me on https://monkeywarrior.com/detail/11868/

  1. 10 mins, some time 15 mins. 

HpS - ASA -- Amazing. If we are just chanting with concentration it takes us about 5-minutes.

  2. :), we realize, how you see Radha-Krsna in Person. You have super

    excellent Japa and Gyatri for many years and a GREAT Recluse ( vairaagee ). 

    So for you it is very normal to see Radha-Krsna in person.

HpS - That would be frightening!

   Also we realize, how you access Krsna's daily routine.

HpS - Only if we follow Mother Yasoda.

  3. we speak with devotee ( who are good sadaka, bhajanandi ) who speak about 

    Radha-Krsna.

HpS - Try to trick regular people into appreciating the light of the Sun, the taste in water also!

    Normally, we speak frequently with 2 sadaka devotee - one who chant 1.75 lakh 

    japa per day. Two - who was a great chemical scientist with Dov ( Post PhD from 

    USA after IIT-Mumbai ). He quit job 8-10 Years ago, live in Mayapur and Translating 

    Srila BhaktiVinod Thakur's bengali books.

    we become a less speaker but we have your yahoo letter about preaching instruction, 

    direction for me.

your fallen servant,

Girivaradhari-Gopal Das

HpS - Thank you. Only in India!

My dear Maharaja!

Pranams! Namaste!

Bhagavatam 11/2/41: ... seeing everything that exists within creation as the body of the Supreme Lord, Hari, the devotee should offer his sincere respects to all beings

(hareḥ — of the Supreme Lord, Hari; śarīram — the body; yat kim ca — whatever; bhūtam — in created existence; praṇamet — one should bow to; ananyaḥ — thinking nothing to be separate from the Lord.)

Bhagavatam 3/29/34: Such a perfect devotee offers respects to every living entity because he is under the firm conviction that the Supreme Personality of Godhead has entered the body of every living entity as the Supersoul, or controller.

Above 2 verses are meaning of "Namaste". Namaste to you!

I am not sure whether you read Bhagavatam chapters 11/23 and SB 12/5. Those 2 chapters describe how I see the reality these days. I wanted to know if you also see the reality in similar way. Instead of describing the reality in my own words, I think that Bhagavatam 11/23 and 12/5 chapters describe it quite well. So I would like to know your understanding on those chapters.

Please ignore this request if it is inconvenience.

Namaste,

Gaurav Mittal

HpS - I might have read them at some point. I have been plodding and dancing through the SB for many decades. It is wonderful, no?

Right from BG [https://vedabase.io/en/library/bg/5/18/] this attitude, Bhava, is suggested, no? My consciousness depends on what mode of nature I am in. In general I do not hate anyone as my enemy, and when I am and I put myself in the mode of goodness I see that every thing is real, detailed, wonderful.

Hare Krsna Dear Gurudev,

  Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.

  All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

  All glories to Guru parampara.

  HG Jibesh Prabhuji is very happy after your message for him. 

  He expressed humble gratitude for you. He says - he is the most 

  least educated among all disciples, despite Maharaj accepted him. 

  He is very grateful to you. He has no words to express.

  Gurudev, he has so many stories from book distribution (Sankirtan story). 

  Actually he distribute books in fair at different places. Many people come 

  to him with material problems and ask solution.

  Among many stories, am writing one in 5-6 lines:

A small boy ( 6-7 years old, 4th standard ) come first time to his book stall 5 years ago. He purchased a book, read entire night and come back next day and brought one of his same age friend and purchased same book for him as well. He boy explained content of the book and encouraged his friend to read such book, book has answers of everything. 

  After that he brought his father and explained importance of SP books & 

  encouraged to read those. After that the same boy used to come to his stall every 

  year to purchase book. This year when the boy came, Jibesh probhu was not able 

  to identify him then the boy started telling about last 5 years. Then Prabhuji realized. 

  He has many stories. He meets all kind of people and gain stories.

  HG Jibesh prabhuji is very simple by heart, leads a very simple life.

your fallen servant,

Girivaradhari-Gopal Das

HpS - Of course, we want to hear more stories!