Letters to the editor

HPS - ASA --- Hare, Krsna Radha JPJ DD et al.

We got bout 25-vyasapuja letters, so we won't be able to read this report!

Maybe you can summarize it and send it in the next report!

Thank you!

Hare krsna adored and respected Gurudeva!

All Glories to Sri Sri Radha Govinda!

All Glories To Srila Prabhupada!!!

Please accept my obeisances to you!

To your beatiful feets of lotus!!

Thanks for your request to my letters.

We are very sorry to read that your body is bothering you so much... I think how I can help...

I forgot to thank you for your beautiful photo that you sent me in a previous letter where you can see a beautiful sunrise in Vrndavan... very beautiful!!! Thanks a lot. I edited a video that dances 2020 and put that beautiful photo at the end:

https://youtu.be/UN5ukcORBfw I

I would like these photos of my attempted mother katyayani to be just for you, frank and gopal. Please

🙏 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022.

His classes are the water of my life and they ALWAYS help me a lot.

Please forgive me if I committed any offense at your beautiful and merciful feet. Sometimes this virtual communication is difficult for me. Once, in an online class, I wanted to say: dancing eyebrows!! (from krsna) happy and i pressed the wrong keyboard and typed dancing eyebrows? And you gave me the explanation that it was true that krsna has dancing eyebrows. I didn't doubt that but I typed wrong😏 and I didn't say anything because it was nice to read his explanation too.

Thank you for being my beloved Gurudeva!!!

Eternally!!!

The month of Kesava is always very exciting. We started eating havisyana for the first time by breaking our attempted grain fast in the month of Damodara. I learned many things when I lived in the Chile temple. the devotees fasted from grains during kartika or did not eat until noon, etc.

We keep reciting the entire Sanskrit bhagavad Gita on the auspicious day of Gita jayanti!!!

So pretty!!!

I still have mother katyayani there. (2021 2022). Please tell me if I should disarm them or leave them there under the trees😊

We went to the Adi Sakhi event. I send you photos. And some videos:

https://youtu.be/d0yZAFmjRHA

https://youtu.be/05eJ-z2ubXs

Gopalito and I continue our association with japa together in the afternoon. I tell him to concentrate on his friends in Krsna's pictures: Krsba balarsma subala madhumangala!! Let him think that he is playing with them... and he closes his little eyes and chants the holy name like this.

Please forgive me if I inadvertently offended in this letter.

You are our refuge, if we don't glorify you..to whom we will dedicate our meaningless words..only because of you can we associate ourselves with Srila Prabhupada and His beloved Govinda. Vyasa puja ki jay!

Please accept obeisances of franco and gopal!

Trying to serve and please him:

Japa Prati Jalpa Radha devi dasi

Hare Krishna

Mis Saludos Respetuosos a su Reverencia Hanumatpresaka Swami Maharaj.                   Con mucho cariño, Gurudev, le comunico, que ahora estoy en el templo de VRAJAMANDALA, y sigo haciendo, Mis Servicios correspondientes, llendo al Mangal Arti, las clases diarias, y haciendo mis Rondas............... Gurudev, estoy esperando, la respuesta, de la Carta de invitación del ISKCON de Shri Mayapur,... Envié un formulario de preguntas , que me dieron estando allí. Y llegando a Madrid en el templo donde estoy lo termine de rellenar y los envié a Isckon de Mayapur.             Estimado Gurudev, estoy muy contenta de que al Iniciarme con una personalidad como Usted, alla tenido esa oportunidad de viajar a la India, es una Bendición, y ahora por esas misma Bendición, volveré, para seguir prestando servicio....... Y participando en el Harinam distribuyendo libros, y participar en todas las actividades Devocionales .... Es maravilloso.              Gurudev, no pude comunicarme con Usted, pero ahora es lo que le puedo comentar.            Lo dejo todo en las manos de **JAGANNAT SWAMI **que se haga su voluntad.....                Si por su Misericordia, sale todo bien, viajaré el 12 de febrero.               Todo mi cariño con mucho respeto y Reverencias, Gurudev Maharaj.                   Jai!! Srila Prabhupadaji Ki Jai 🙏🙏.              Hari Boll!! 😃😇

.....

Hare Krishna

My Respectful Greetings to His Reverence Hanumatpresaka Swami Maharaj. With much affection, Gurudev, I inform you that now I am in the temple of VRAJAMANDALA, and I continue to do My corresponding Services, going to Mangal Arti, daily classes, and doing my Rounds.......... .... Gurudev, I am waiting, for the response, from Shri Mayapur's ISKCON Invitation Letter,... I sent an inquiry form, which was given to me while there. And arriving in Madrid in the temple where I am I finished filling it out and sent them to Isckon de Mayapur. Dear Gurudev, I am very happy that when I started with a personality like you, I had the opportunity to travel to India there, it is a Blessing, and now for that same Blessing, I will return, to continue providing service....... And participating in the Harinam distributing books, and participating in all the Devotional activities.... It's wonderful. Gurudev, I could not communicate with you, but now is what I can tell you. I leave everything in the hands of **JAGANNAT SWAMI **that his will be done..... If by his Mercy, everything goes well, I will travel on February 12. All my love with much respect and obeisances, Gurudev Maharaj. Hai!! Srila Prabhupadaji Ki Jai 🙏🙏. Hari Boll!! 😃😇

HpS/ASA --- Hare Krsna. AgtSP! Paoho.

Thank you for the letter to our Whatsapp, but please focus on communication through the Blog!

Help!

We were worried not to hear from you.

Now we have all the news.

It is very nice.

Guess we will see you in NVM.

Jaya!

We do not see history of your initiation in our Gurutattva file.

Can you send your:

1. Initiated name
2. date of initation
3. secular name
4. date of secular birth

As much of the same for anyone else who was in the same ceremonly so that Bhakta Tom can update the file.

Thank you.

Hari Bolo!

Hari Bolo!

Record some news and send a Post to the Blog after a few days or week or so!!

Sankirtan!!!

Hare Krsna Gurudev,

Por favor acepte mis humildes reverencias

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada y sus asociados.

***English***

We are already back in our house in the mountains, Hari has returned to school and things are settling in (this letter has been waiting for some time to be sent)

Ambarish is editing the film and somehow, through the images, it's like we're still associated with New Vrajamandala, the community and you.

This trip was a very nourishing, profound experience and I feel that it can reconnect me with my Sadhana, Japa and service.

Thank you for your association, inspiration and service opportunity. I am still digesting so much that I received.

I feel very lucky to have shared time with so many good devotees. They have nourished my soul with inspiration and enthusiasm that give me strength every day.

I can also see how for Hari the experience has been a transformation in his perspective. Many deep impressions have been left on him.

I feel that he has been positive in many aspects.

The return to routine has been somewhat disconcerting and a challenge to maintain enthusiasm. But every day I make the effort to maintain and advance. One day at a time.

Thank you very much Gurudev for being expert in guiding us and sharing his perspective.

It is my deep desire to qualify myself to be a useful tool in your Sankirtan and in Srila Prabhupada's mission.

with infinite gratitude

His apprentice servant

Vrsabhanu Nandini dd

HpS - Jaya! We visit the Holy Dhamas to get purified, energized, then we go back to the secular world to see our material attachments and work on eliminating them and making our place a Dhama.

We also come back to preach. To let others see what we saw.

Wonderful.

Sankirtan partners.

You need to stop in your Tower Construction and make a movie about "Building Vrndavana Village".

People can buy land around you.

Landholders around you can change their perspecive.

Jayanta Dasa <[email protected]>

Carta de Ratna Lekha d. d.

Hare Krishna

Mis Saludos Respetuosos Saludos y Reverencias, Gurudev Maharaj.

Toda Gloria y Reverencias a Srila Prabhupada. Estimado Gurudev, le escribo, para comunicarle, que estoy preparando, un pronto viaje de regreso a Mayapur......pues es maravilloso, es una belleza en sí misma aunque no he podido ir a todos los templos......... Empecé hacer Servicio en, El Templo de JAGANNAT, Rajapur.... En la limpieza de los Pullari, donde se encuentra las vestimentas de Las Deidades, Y de planchar las ropas de Srila Prabhupada, también de Jagannat, Subadra y Balaram.

Y el Harinam todos los Días por la mañana después del Mangal Arti y el rosario...... Distribuyendo libros..... Y con los devotos que participo, son de diferentes Nacionalidades, Bangladesh, Portugal, Grecia, Rusia, Italiano, Peruano.....

Me siento muy apenada de no haberle participado.

Por medio del Block no pude hacerlo.

Dos veces le envié, con la ayuda de Mataji Mitravinda, y la tercera no entro, porque ya no tenía, ayuda de ella.

Gurudev, tengo un piso alquilado.... Que lo deje apartado y cuando regrese lo ocuparé, es un piso muy austero, pero para mí es como un palacio porque si me lo permite Usted pondré, a las Deidades de JAGANNAT, SUBADRA Y BALARAM.

Tuve la oportunidad de ir a JAGANNAT PURI y entrar en ella..... Es una experiencia... Que quizás no hay palabras para poder explicarla.......... Pero solamente le diría que me emociono muchísimo y no puedo olvidar su hermoso ojo, que con las justas pude ver, por la cantidad de gente que había... Con gran ardiente Devoción.

Mi estimado y querido Gurudev, con mucho respeto le escribo estás líneas para hacerle participe que el 12 de febrero será mi viaje y estaré una temporada.

HpS - AgtSP we can understand some of this letter, but not all of it.

Maybe technical problems.

You are going to return to Mayapura?

You are leaving Mayapura and returning to Spain?

Certainly very nice to hear from you!!!

Your description of Mayapura is wonderful.

Hope to get more clear news.

We have been worried about you.

Hari Bolo!

We go for Radha kunda Parikrama now, then Gaura arati here, then GoToMeeting.com [737 859 341] with Upendra at 6.30PM IST.

Hare krishna Guru Maharaj, acepte mis respetuosas reverencias

Necesito escribirle esta carta para aclarar sobre el porque de mi divorcio, Yo pedí el divorcio a p. Gadai Gauranga Das por estos motivos;

ASA - . . . Deleted by ASA Censures TB/BW etc because is confidential content.

POR FAVOR LE PIDO QUE NO PUBLIQUE ESTA CARTA.

ASA - We write again and again and again. That we are Brahmacaris and Sannyasis here and that we cannot have solitary conversations with ladies, so to ask us to not post it after you have sent the whole thing for us to read can only lead us to edit it as best we can and then send the full content to a nice Grhastha (Laksmana agra Ja Das in this case) to accompany us in the conversation.

I hope that is best response and with his company we can discuss more as you like. Is important topic.

🙂

Hare krishna 🙂🙏🏼 y vancha kallpa cualquier ofensa.

Nadiya-Nivasi Dasi.

HpS/ASA - Yes, we did not receive this news and as you describe things your actions certainly seem to be justified in the broad vision of Srila Prabhupada's Sankirtan.

I think you are a very good person.

Very rare.

Very wel situated to make big contributions to you family and community.

Go ahead!

*This report was posted as a letter since the report system was not taking even 100 words*

ASA/Uncle Gismo - Hmmph! We have to ask Prahlada-nrsmha Das to look at it.

He is a genius.

Hare Krishna

ASA - Should put a "," after Hare Krsna, no? Everyone makes that mistake.

Dear Gurumaharaja

Plase accept our humble obeisances [.]

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada [.]

All glories to the Sankirtan movement of Lord Caitanya [.]

By the mercy of the Vaishnavas, SP Books, Holy Name, and your infinite mercy towards us, we keep hanging on this endeavor of becoming more Krishna conscious.

ASA - Waking up!

Report of our activities this year:

Travels: This year Lords Krishna Blesses us so much by allowing us to be in so many holy places. We visited in April 2022 Ranchor Prabhu's Father and Mother in Mumbai, they didn't see Ranchor Prabhu in 12 years. Was intense. They took us to their village and we visited in the way: Sri Vrindavan Dham, Gorakhpur, Ayodhya (Lord Rama's Birthplace, Sooo Amazing), and Lumbini (Lord Budha's birthplace); We also participate in the Arrangements for the filming of 'Diary of a Traveling Creature' Chapter India in September of 2022 - Once in a Life experience to serve wonderful devotees and Scholars and visit Kolkata, Mayapur, Manipur, Delhi, Vrindavan Govardhan, Radhakunda, and we are very grateful to you Gurumaharaja for giving us this opportunity.

I received 2nd Initiation on the first day of Karthik, in Bhaktivedanta Govardhan Asharam in Govardhan, in a beautiful goshala, so auspicious; uplift me to be enthusiastic and more serious in our KC daily practice.

HpS - Was incredible. Cows passing stool and urine during the ceremony. GOLOKA!

Sadhana: We wake up for Mangal aratiks 5x a week, We are taking the effort to chant as many rounds as possible before 8am (before work starts), sometimes late rounds remain, this year I'm been working a lot and sleeping so less so it has affected my chanting significantly, i had changed 2 jobs, and working remotely now as Manager at a Start-Up for Latinamerican markets. I worship our home deities every day: Sri Sri Goura Nitai, Sri Harinama Prabhu and Sri Sri Radha Krishna. The rest is taking care of home duties and husband.

Study: Ranchor Prabhu reads SB and i listen while cooking. We reached 6th canto, 15th chapter in September, i had tried to study our Daily songs for their meaning, my memory is Not good at all, but general meaning is remaining,... small small steps. We had learned a set of Morning prayers (including Mangalacharana, Astakams, Bhajans) that we recite every morning and they make us ready for the day.

HpS - It is amazing how much SB you can finish in one year if you just read every day like this!

Seva: I'm been struggling to understand what is my role in this sankirtan movement,

HpS - I think even Lord Chaitanya struggles with this. Mayadevi has such power and the Jivas are SOOOO naughtly in Kali-yuga that even he has a hard time tying down exactly what He is supposed to do.

but analizing what Krishna give me as services, I can see more myself as helper of the helper (servant of the servant), My ego still fights because maybe wants recognition or to achieve things fast. I had a very nice conversation with Jagatharini Mataji (Bhurijana Prabhu's Wife) at Goverdhan Retreat about this, and her words make me keep enthusiastic and patient, and mostly trusting in the process. Other services in the year have been Services for NIOS (translations, transcriptions), Project Administration, cooking, and mostly learning how to play together with others.

ASA - ! 👍👍👍

Interpersonal: I had never had as many frictions with devotees before as this year, is purifying but at the same time I can not betray the way I think as individual. Also, under the conditioning of this body (woman), we are more pushed to just follow instructions and that had generated some anger and overthinking issues in me. Ranchor Prabhu is tolerant of me but i dont want to serve him all my life as a bitter and unsatisfied servant.

Anything good that happen in our lives this year, has been only possible due to you, Srila Prabhupada, and other vaishnava's mercy. We got your association in Vraj, your mercy through 2nd initiation, and also we got a place near Giri Govardhan by the causeless mercy of the Divine Couple. Definitely a blessed year.

Please never forget us, and continue engaging us in your service.

Yours,

Govinda Pramodini Dasi & Ranchor Krishna Das

PS. As you suggested me before, now that i travel i try to write my experiences. I share here one note that i wrote in April 2022.

Dear Gurudeva

Today, Sunday April 3th at 4;30am we arrived to India for a 1-month stay.

We will spend 2 days in Govardhan, 3 days in Vrindavan, them Mumbai for Rama Navami and visit my father and mother-in-law, then we all will travel to their village in Sidharnagar. So far that's the plan Krishna allows.

While entering Mathura, just when the sun was rising, I could see the beauty of simple life, almost like visual poetry.

The valleys, full of wheat, were now been harvested, some fields are with big dust clouds above due to cutting and some others are been cut by hand, I can see the golden backs of the villagers under the sun, carrying the long grasses and then feeding cows. An envolving dry grass smell saturates the air, then the ladies carrying buckets on their heads and making dung patties next to the straw and cow dong houses decorated with festive patterns. Naturally, people get together in groups of the same age, the man sitting and talking, the children playing, young girls joking among themselves, then is buffaloes and cows looking for their breakfast.

In the horizon we can see now Govardhan town, now cars are not allow inside Govardhan so we took the back new road, Govardhan is been protected with some fences and a nice parikrama marg is been constructed. 

We run some errands and in the evening we went to ISKCON Govardhan and offer respect to the devotees there. The moon like a bright smile was in the sky and the breeze was blowing, it was neither cold nor hot, was just pleasant. 

Devotees were doing puja to Govardhan from the temple roof and singing Jaya Radhe Jaya Krishna Jay Vrindavan... We had CC class with Asita Maharaj, He discussed how we should never be worried about what will happen to us if we die, and that we should not be fearful, krishna will arrange for us. In the same way, a Loved one will arrange to pick you up from the airport, everything is arranged... the time, the vehicle, the destination, etc... In the same way, Krishna will arrange everything. And I think I can not waste more time and I have to prepare for Krishna to pick me up anytime. 

I guess I wrote this letter better in my mind while all this was happening.... Just I offer my obeisances to your lotus feet, and I aspire that one day I can be worthy recipient of your mercy. Please bless me so I can keep the right state of consciousness and the right state of heart while in the Dham and carry it with me wherever I may go.

Govinda

HpS - ASA --- For us the two titles: Mataji and Swamiji are both equally heavy.

Thing is how you make your title of Swamiji or Matajo glorious.

One good woman can stop more enemy armies by her strict adherence to her Dharma, husband, family than 100,000 soldiers.

Of course, it is hard to find such a good woman, no?

Yet, we can contribute something with Visnupriya and Sita's help!