Letters to the editor

Hare Krishna!

Guru Maharaja,

Please accept my humble obeisances

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

All glories to you!

Gurudeva,

I am so very excited to see you soon in Houston. Your association face to face, through your blog, Kapi Dhvaja or in any shape or form is so much appreciated.

I wrote to you a sometime ago about 2nd initiation while you are Houston. I received my letter of recommendation from Nityananda Prabhu, he also emailed it to you directly at [email protected]. I have copied and pasted it below.

Letter from HG Nityananda Prabhu:

"Dear Hanumatpresaka Maharaja,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Your Divine Grace and Srila Prabhupada. 

I pray this meets you safe and well.

I am very happy to recommend your dear disciple and a very sincere devotee in our Dallas Yatra, His Grace Nanda Braja Prabhu, for second initiation.

His list of many services include:

Krishna House director

Bhakti Circle (western audience outreach) program director

Temple office congregation/guest services 

Srimad Bhagavatam class scheduling

Currently taking Bhakti Shastri

SB, BG and Sunday fest classes

Sunday feast announcements

Monthly Laxmi contribution to Sri Sri Radha-Kalachandji

Contribute/Volunteer for each festival.

Thank you so very much!! 

Your servants’ humble servant, affectionately 

Nityananda dasa 

Temple President, Sri Sri Radha Kalachandji Temple, Dallas Texas

Regional Supervisor for Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Nebraska and Kansas"

If you are willing to give 2nd initiation to myself during your up coming visit to Houston then this mercy of yours is very welcomed. I am surrendered to whatever instruction you may give. I dedicate my life to serving your lotus feet; your very dear Spiritual Master, our founder Acharya of the International Society of Krishna Consciousness His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktividanta Swami Srila Prabhupada's, lotus feet and Sri Sri Radha-Kalachandji's lotus feet. I will be honest seeing my wonderful godbrothers and sisters, your disciples, I understand I am not so good at this but I dedicate my life to always making progress and getting better. Most importantly I believe is that I dedicate my life to your instructions of full morning program, 16 enthusiastic rounds and following strictly 4 regulative principles. If I may serve the Lords pure devotee even just a little then it is my greatest fortune.

Your disciple,

Nanda-braja das

HpS - AgttSP. Paoho... Second intitiation is for Brahmanas, Ksatriyas and higher class Vaisyas. You got the Ksatriya spirit to some degree, no?

Your good wife taking initiations?

Kids?

Baptized as Mormons!!! ?

Trying to fix program in Houston. Arrive 22nd about 9pm after 20-hours of travel in economy plus.

so not going out and doing light work until home program Saturday. Sunday Feast lecture.

Asking Saranga about 2nd for Devendra and Sumitra, but no answer. After that just the week days and we go to Mexico on Satruday.

One month in Mexico and back to Houston for some time.

People think that it might be best to do the initiations then. April.

What do you think?

Hare Krishna, Guru Maharaja,

PAMHO AGTSP

You wrote: What kind of work are you doing?

I am still working as a teaching assistant in elementary school helping a blind boy. Moreover, still working with our rental of apartments.

HpS - Did not know about blind fellow. Just one student? What do you do for him?

Able to preach in the environment?

I chant HK (before/after job) and then smile at people, and if they ask why I am so calm and serene, I reply according to circumstances.

HpS - Smile, comportment, Kirtan. Three Sankirtan tools Srila Prabhupada says we have and should use, no?

Can you introduce pantheism in your professional work eg. taste of water, light of the sun?

Sannyasa?

Your servant Namacarya Das

All Glories to Sri Sri Guru and Gauranga!

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Please accept my most humble obeisances!

Hare Krishna Maharaj! How are you? How’s your health? Where are you now?

HpS - Read the Kapi Dhvaja. 😁😁😁

I’vee seen some pictures of your Radha Kunda’s ashram! Maharaj you are so blessed! I was happy when I heard the news of it’s inauguration. How’s it going? And how’s your movie going?

Well here I’m doing well thanks to Krishna and the devotees! I’ve been

Watching some of your classes on YouTube, it’s been a while since I wanted to write you a letter.

I wanted to thank you for your advices, I’ve been practicing punctuality and cleanliness as you recommended in one of your preachings, and it was like a magic key, that lead me to be more organized, and along with all that came a more intense spiritual practice. I’ve been also trying

to speak naturally to Krishna, and he has been a real friend, helping me out and accompanying me.

Maharaj I’ve read the Matsya Avatar chapter in the Srimad

Bhagavatam you told me, would you be so kind to recommend me another thing to read?

HpS - Have you read first, second, third canto??? Go through systematically like that as you can, but anywhere you open and read is purifying. Read chapters, 4, 5, 6,,, canto one, and make a report here.

Everything in my life is going on tracks, everything…Including the psychiatric area, it is going

so much better! This wednesday I have a consultation with a new Vaidya from India in order to continue the Ayurvedic treatment I quit some years ago.

I’m feeling hopeful and enthusiastic about that :)

I’ve been also assisting an English group for language exchange here in Cordoba, and I’m improving my speaking.

I always reminded of you when I used to speak your native language.

Maharaj I would like to please ask you a few questions, I’ve heard that Dronacarya and some of the Pandavas sometimes used to visit the heavenly planets, so didn’t they came when they returned to earth to a much advanced in time moment of history, because

of the accelerated time in the

heavenly planets?

HpS - Don't know. Good question, but there must be different ways to adjust these things, like people using scuba outfits to stay with the fish.

And how much are

we supposed to pray during our daily life, I mean whilst performing our duties, can we live actively praying to Krishna all the time?

HpS - Can just chant. Engage our tongue and jaw. Then the mind will follow with attention. then we will want to see the diety, put a picture of our deities on the kitchen wall, then.... we will start to realize Krsna's qualities eg. He is very lazy!

Then we will see Him with associates and then.... we will see pastimes that we never read in any of Srila Prabhupada's books.

thanks for all the help Maharaj!

HK!

Federico

Thank you! Your austerities and good planning are purifying the world.

Hare Krishna Guru Maharaj. Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

I am chanting 16 rounds everyday and following the 4 regulative principles. (I still have multiple rounds left from the 3 days we were busy with the wedding Guru Maharaj. I will catch up on them asap)

The wedding went really well Guru Maharaj and i am now a Grahastha. Please bless us both to progress nicely in Bhakti and serve you and Prabhupada's mission to the best of our abilities.

HpS - Are you going to take your new bride to visit all the places of celestial enjoyment in the universe like Karadama Muni? 😎 Well, you can take your Deities to the beach for a nice day of fresh air sunshine and sand castles. with other grhastas.

Me, Vishaka, my wife, and her parents have come to Sri Rangam to take darshan of Sri Ranganathar.

I will be leaving India on 4th February. Vishaka will come in the third week of March after completing visa formalities. I am planning to come to Houston at the end of February to meet you Guru Maharaj. Hope you had a comfortable journey back to the States.

Thank you. We get news from your good brother and others also. We were thinking of your wedding while we were in the air at 33,000 feet!

Hope to see you in Houston, Nila madhava Dhama, but don't make undue strain!

Congratulations!!

I have ordered Gaura Nitai deities from Vrindavan, Guru Maharaj. The deities were delivered but they were damaged, so i had to send them back for replacement deities. Vishaka will bring them when she come. I would like to visit you along with Vishaka in April Guru Maharaj, when you're back in the Boro.

Waiting eagerly to meet you in person soon, Guru Maharaj.

Your humble Servant

Srirama Krishna Das

HpS - Brass deities damaged? Interesting. Must be some deep meaning!

hare krishna Gurudev dandavat pranam

all glories to Srila Prabhupada...¡

Me gustaria escribirle en español entendiendo q ahora esta ud. en España, el año pasado nos mantuvimos haciendo mucho seva en diferentes sangas como diferentes lugares ayudando a

todos en la cocina, en la predica, en el canto y siendo alguna fuente de inspiración para ellos. distribuimos mucho prasadam (panes) a los amigos vecinos y familiares haciendo un pequeño

negocio para mantener nuestra adoracion diaria a nuestras Nitay sacidulal y silas, ademas claro manteniendo nuestro ashram de grihasta alado de nuestra esposa Radharani Gopi y de Soren

Prahlada (ya tiene 3 años y mejor de salud).

En este nuevo año estamos asumiendo nuevos desafíos tomando la oportunidad de expandir nuestro sankirtan..volveremos en Febrero a la India (por 1 mes)para continuar nuestro seva de hacer dramas

bajo la dirección de ss Bhakti Marga Swami, luego a nuestro regreso nos quedaremos en Europa buscaremos una estabilidad ahi y trataremos de buscar una casa para q luego mi familia me acompañe el prox año. Es importante muy necesario hacer estos esfuerzos en este momento de nuestra

vida porq la situación caótica del mi país lo amerita, porq mi hijo pronto empezara los estudios y porq tengo deseos intensos de q mi familia tenga mejores experiencias y asociación alado de devotos.

Se muy bien q el mundo material es lo mismo en todos lados con sus desafíos y necesidades, pero siempre me caracterice por ser una persona emprendedora q busca algo mas y para alguien mas...por eso fue tambien q me volvi hare krishna jaja anyway...estamos bajo el refugio de Srila Prabhupada y tomamos las bendiciones de nuestros maestros, familiares y amigos para esta nueva etapa.

nos mantendremos comunicados.

muchas gracias por sus bendiciones y buena asociación

con esperanzas nuevas su sirviente

Parama Karuna das

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hare krishna gurudev dandavat pranam

all glories to Srila Prabhupada...!

I would like to write to you in Spanish understanding that you are now. in Spain, last year we kept doing a lot of seva in different sangas like different places helping

everyone in the kitchen, preaching, singing and being a source of inspiration for them. we distribute a lot of prasadam (breads) to neighboring friends and relatives making a small

business to maintain our daily worship of our Nitay sacidulal and silas, also of course maintaining our grihasta ashram alongside our wife Radharani Gopi and Soren

Prahlada (already 3 years old and in better health).

In this new year we are taking on new challenges taking the opportunity to expand our sankirtan..we will return to India in February (for 1 month) to continue our seva of drama making

under the direction of ss Bhakti Marga Swami, then upon our return we will stay in Europe, we will look for stability there and we will try to find a house so that my family can accompany me next year. It is very important to make these efforts at this time of our

life because the chaotic situation in my country deserves it, because my son will soon start his studies and because I have intense desires for my family to have better experiences and association with devotees.

I know very well that the material world is the same everywhere with its challenges and needs, but I always characterized myself as an enterprising person looking for something more and for someone else... that's why I also became a Hare Krishna haha anyway ...we are under the shelter of Srila Prabhupada and we take the blessings of our teachers, family and friends for this new stage.

we will keep in touch.

thank you very much for your blessings and good association

with new hopes his servant

parama karuna das

HpS - Jaya!!! Thank you for writing to us. Your life is an inspiration. New Vraja Mandala, here, is a nice community. Maybe you know it. Has Gurukula with many little people, et al.

Starting, joining a rural community where you can visit the city to work from tuesday after noon to friday morning, sounds like a nice option. family staying in nice place, papa going to city to work few days and other days working locally and online.

If city temporarily chaotic, stay in the rural community. have 3-months of self sufficient resources.

city won't stay chaotic because people need it now.

Good plan??

Hare Krsna, half way house.

Start with orchards!

Respects to family. See you on internet from Mexico.

Hare Krishna maharaja, please kindly accept my most humble obeisances; all glories to his divine grace, Srila Prabhupada, our founder acharya. And all glories to your good self, for you are extending the mercy of Srila Prabhupada to fools like myself.

I was doing mangala arotika one morning, when instead of focusing of the ceremony, I found myself thinking "What if something happened to me, and suddenly I was no longer able to do something as simple as offering arotika? I have built so much of my devotional life around this simple, and yet meaningful and profound event? It is a mainstay shelter in my devotional life; what if Krishna took it all away? " I found myself realizing that such a thing could easily happen. I have personally come to realize that when there is old age, the body doesn't need an excuse to break down or succumb to disease: the glories of old age.

It's so strange how it is that we have lived enough years to see the how TIME slowly removes all of our faculties and our abilities, steadily bringing us closer and closer to death, and yet we still look the other way, in fear of inevitable death. I have always been aware of the Bhagavad gita's teachings of how the body is temporary, and that we are not this body but eternal spirit souls. Yet my awareness still hasn't matured to where I am prepared to meet my own demise, in spite of all the warnings that come with old age. I reflect more soberly on Srila Prabhupada's words that were spoken to his very young disciples, when he was lying on his deathbead: "Don't think that this won't happen to you."

I find myself thinking about the verse in the 2nd chapter of Bhagavad gita, wherein Krishna says "For one who has taken his birth, his death is certain; and for one who has died, his next birth is also certain." Years ago, when I first read the 3rd Canto and the chapter entitled "Movements Of The Living Entity," about how the soul survives and suffers whilst in the womb of his mother, I thought to myself "I can't let myself go through all of that again. That is pure and total hell." But lo and behold, I don't know how I am going to escape another birth, because I am still not yet Krishna conscious. How odd that these thoughts should come to my mind when I am supposed to be worshipping Krishna because of arotika.

I hope that all is going well for you in the Holy Dhama. I miss your association very much. I find myself enlivened to listen carefully when I am in your association. Perhaps you can return for yet another visit.

Your lowly servant,

Balabhadra dasa

HpS - Just answered your last letter and now this one. We left Braja on January 4th and then India about two weeks later and got here, Spain like about 24th January.

Staying here in one place.

Adi bhautic

Adi atmic

and Adi daivis all here.

Yet, go enough situation to do Sankirtan.

Back in Houston the 24th!

Don't worry!!!!! Krsna will arrange high speed internet for us in our next womb and Translate.googl.com will translate "Moo", "Moo", "Moo" from our parents into "Spot sqwalling and drink your milk!"

Get ready.

🙂