Letters to the editor

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Hare Krishna Guru Maharaj,

Please accept my humble obeisances.

All glories to Srila Prabupada.

How are you? How is your health?

I haven't written to you in a long time, I apologize for my disregard as a disciple, please accept my apologies. I feel very happy to write to you, I have thought a lot of you. Wish that Lord Narasimha protects you and brings to you good health to make your activities.

I wanted to tell you about what's going on in my life. I have been working for 4 months in a foundation as a psychologist with people that live in the streets. My life has changed a lot since I began this work, I have been adapting so I can still have my sadhana, but it hasn't been easy. I'm still trying to be a better person and disciple, I'm so sorry for my faults.

At this job, I'm developing unconditional love because I have to be constantly available and with a good attitude for people. Supporting, guiding, tolerating their faults, like intoxicating themselves, leading with mental diseases, and seeing the suffering that they have accumulated in their lives. I feel that this experience means a lot of learning for my Krishna Consciousness process.

On the other hand, I have been working as a vedic astrologer for about 7 months, which has helped me to bring people closer to Krishna because I ask people to chant mantras as remedies for their karmas, for example, om namo narayanaya, om namo bhagavate vasudevaya, om vishnave namaha. And the mantra that purifies our astral chart: hare krishna hare krishna krishna krishna hare hare hare rama hare rama rama rama hare hare.

Tulasi Devi has grown a lot, I'm sending to you a picture of her. I bought a greenhouse so she can still grow in winter, and then offers the manjaris to Jagannath in the future.

This email was translated into english by a devotee with whom I'm asociate right now. We have been together for 4 months,

Her name is Gabriela, she is also a psychologist and an aspiring disciple of Mahatma Das Maharaj.

With humbleness I offer to you my obeisances.

Your aspiring servant,

Mandara Sakha Das from Chile.

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Hare Krsna Gurudev, por favor acepte mis humildes reverencias

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada 🌹

Muchas gracias por su constante esfuerzo. Usted es como un faro que nos guía en la oscuridad

Si usted quiere, yo puedo seguir editando las lecturas de las clases de LOB. 😊

Solo necesito los links a las grabaciones

Para servirlo

Vrsabhanu Nandini dd

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Hare Krishna

PAMHO,

Maharaja, a desire in my heart is getting bigger: I would like to create (i.e cast or carve wooden) deities and then ask Krishna for reside in my home in arca form, but I don´t really know if this is appropiate. I chant 16 rounds since December 2018. I live with my wife and son (one year old) and We are trying to practice Krishna consciousness at home (Santiago de Chile). These are the questions:

1.- Is appropiate for me to create deities? Why?

2.- If the previous question has affirmative answer, then I would like to know if sastra says something about proportions, forms, materials, etc. Data for the ways of fabrication (if it can be called like that).

3.- Why is it said that different deities have different percentages of mercy, for instance, Goura-Nitay 100% but other lower levels, at the end is the same Krishna with different companion and forms, isn't he?

4.- Home deities should be installed in some way as temple deities?

5.- What's the difference with temple and home deities?

Thank you.

Hare Krishna!! Please accept my humble obeisance. I, the servant of your servant, am from Manipur. Mataji Sarada Gaurangi Devi Dasi told me about Your Holiness. I'm too excited that I don't know what to speak. Please accept me as an insignificant servant at the lotus feet of your servant.

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HpS - ASA

Please accept my humble obeisances, All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Guru Maharaja, you asked if I had read Journey to the West. I had not, but have started reading an abridged (~500 page) version called 'The Monkey and the Monk' by an author named Anthony C. Yu. His version seems to be the most widely recommended. I am currently reading it before Krishna Book before bed. I intend to read Mr. Yu's full translation once I have finished this abridged version.

I do not need a reply, but I wanted to answer your question.

Your servant,

Nityananda-rama dasa

HpS - Thank you! We got the full version on our Kindle reader. The introduction is super in terms of understanding Chinese religious history and current world view. It is long and we just got to the story. We read it before, maybe twice, over many years, but now our comprehension will be much deeprer.

Know your students!

Dear Maharaj,

Please accept my humble obeisances and all glories to Srila Prabhupad!

Dear Maharaj, thank you for being that pillar in our life that gives stability, security, ability to breathe, sleep and even live in the most turbulent times, when no one or nothing else can. Such is your grace, saints like you selflessly live for others. You keep yourself pure so others can find some solace and relief from material miseries. Thank you for your kind and most valuable association which we do not deserve. It is Krsna's causeless mercy, for probably the sins we have performed, we may not deserve anything good. Yet He is so merciful, He has given so much love and affection through His dear devotees. Relationships with whom, I realize is the most important possession without which one is unfortunate, and very poor. Hence having spiritual relationships like with you is the actual wealth of the soul. Nothing of this world can equal or surpass this sustainence, without which material nature will factually render us insane. I'm going through a difficult time, but I pray that when this phase ends, I never ever forget this one thing I have in my life from the spiritual world. My sadhana: able to chant 16rounds, some hearing, working on improving reading and morning program (really a struggle when living with my husband).

Dear Maharaj, you had asked us to share this message on your blog:

Someone messaged us a few days ago asking to make online videos for basic dance training videos for children 7-12. Any guidance on this subject how to give them some Krsna consciousness through educational dance training (maybe some theatre, yoga, dance steps etc as well)? Is this something I should pursue? Thank you!

Your aspiring servant,

YajnaseniDD

HpS - ASA --- AGTSP!!! We don't have any real ideas about the dance videos. We worked with Ranganiketana, Manupuri Dance Theater for many years, but only thing I might think of specifically is "Improvisation for the Theater" by Viola Spolin. It is one of the most useful books in the world.

I think that probably you know more than us.

Krsna is in control. He gives us free will, but if we have even a little energy to be His friend again, then He sends an Acharya!!