Letters to the editor

Dear Hanumat Preshak Swami Maharaja

Please accept my obeisances to you

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

My name is Wang Pan and I am born in China. As our Chinese names are difficult to pronounce and remember by foreign devotees, devotees gave me name Rukmini. Last year,I moved to Ashram in Dali,Yun Nan Province, southwest of China. I was engaged in various temple services but mostly menial service. I am residing in Ashram now for more than a year and got a whole load of services to do that ultimately gave me pleasure. With reading Srila Prabhupada's books daily and attending Bhagavad-Gita and Srimad Bhagavatam'classes regularly,I started chanting and being into Krsna Consciousness. I get up at early morning finishing chanting 16rounds daily. I have been an vegetarian for over 6 years. I don't use any illicit drug. And I get married to a devotee who is from Europe and he has been a devotee for over 20 years.He came to China in early 2012 and is residing here from then serving the China mission. He is first devote I met and he was my guide from beginning. He/We are planing to serve mission in China. Maharaja,I have known you because my husband is keeping watching your classes online and he talks about you with me. Then we started to watch your classes together. And I become dropping into your personal charisma and your simple lifestyle. There are two Diksa gurus in China who don't come to the area we live. And there are so many differences between you and them. I dont know how to say it, with all respect, but I remain indifferent while hearing their classes. Maharaja,you are so inspiring to me. If I could take shelter at your lotus feet,that would be a big mercy for me in Krsna Consciousness. And I hope I could get the chance to serve you, the guru from my heart. My husband told me to try to keep it simple and straight forward to not take too much of your time and at the same time try to be clear. I don't know if I succeeded in that.

Aspiring to be your servant

Bhaktin Rukmini

HpS-ASA -- Madam Wang Pan, thank you for your letter.

I was born in Guam and I think I was Chinese monk in my last life.

I love China.

Of course China also has bad things but I love the color, Tang Dynasty poetry and Sun Wu Kong and Wu Bhaje.

We have to make them ISKCON devotees!

Please offer my respects to your esteemed husband.

What is his name and history in Krsna Consciousness?

Are your parents related to Krsna consciousness at all?

Are they still on earth?

I think that people are regaining interest in ideas and practices of Confuscius, no?

Please read this document. It gives our idea of initiation. We don't have lotus feet. We try to be a proper connection to Srila Prabhupada for people:

http://jayarama.us/kd/guru-tattva.txt

Hare Krsna, Dandavat Pranam,

Please accept my humble obeisanses unto Guruji's padmacharan that in the quotation of A.C. Prabhupada on 4th Jan. 2023 " When one becomes Krsna conscious, he loves everyone. If you chant loudly Hare Krsna, even the ants and insect who is hearing, he'll delivered, because it is spiritual vibration" but in other books it is mentioned that among the three types of chantings, chanting in the mind without sound is the best. Which one is the best for the bhakta? Please answer and highlight my darkness.

Your fallen servant

Yamunesvara Das

HpS - In the Kali-yuga it is dificult to meditate in the mind, do fire sacrifices or elaborate deity worship, so chanting in regular voice with beads or loudly with kirtan and sankirtan is very practical.

Of course, as we do this our heart becomes fixed in Satya yuga and we can naturally beging to chant internally.

For our 16-rounds, at least the tongue and jaw should move.

Also, chanting with others, even ants, is especially recomended for this age, so that means we have to chant loudly enough for others to hear.

It has been so nice to have your association in Vrndavan, Imphal etc.

Please teach many people to chant and dance.

Hare Krishna,

Please accept my humble obeisances.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Dear Maharaja,

We just had a fantastic kirtan 50 festival in Dallas. Devotees were chanting for three days straight, and then it all ended with showering about 3,000? 10,000? Different colored rose petals onto Sri Sri Radha Kalachandji!! They were up to Their necks in beautiful petals.

And as usual the Maha Prasad was distributed to everyone in the temple and we all had a flower fight! Flower shower.

Then the day after that I joined Paramesvara Prabhu in Sankirtan van!

I'm slowly learning what to say, but today I was distributing books and chanting the Maha mantra with new people. It's pretty blissful!

Thank you for everything, MaHarRaja!!!

Also I'm still okay with the sadhana.

Looking forward to seeing you in Houston!

Your servant,

Jaya-hari Das

HpS - Really super! Yet, we did not see any reason for the FESTIVAL!

Super!

You are leading us all to Srila Prabhupada!

Hope our news is also coming through!

Hare Krishna Gurudeva,

please accept my humble obeisances

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada

i sent my 2022 disciple report in to the blog 7 weeks ago and did not see my name in the disciple list published recently.

was there a mistake or?

thank you Gurudeva,

Hare Krishna

your servant,

Loka Bandhu Rama Dasa

san francisco 1/2/23

HpS - Thank you! We were thinking about you and hoping to hear from you.

I just looked at the Report list and what I see is a Report with your name and great news, that came in just after Vyasa puja.

Is that a second one?

Our Secretary is a Monkey, so expect repeated efforts to communicate with us.

Looking at the Report you should be on the Disciple list.

We were thinking we will work on it and publish another one on Gaura purnima.

Good plan?

How's your San Kir Tan?

Gonna take second, third and fourth initiation?

Hare Krishna Guru-Maharāj, 

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Śrīla Prabhupāda!

I refer to your response to 'JHD News'.

1.) Yes, I will obtain a letter of recommendation from my Temple President.

2.) Full programme attended on average 6 days per week and evening programme about 5 days per week.

3.) No, I still am not enrolled in the bhakti shastri course but have learnt 33 of the 45 ślokas featured in the course.

Recently I also received the dubious 'promotion' of temple commander, so I am meeting with the temple president, Śrīman Govinda-Dev (who knows you from Peru when he was a young boy [son of Sucitra Devi]), six days a week.

Everything is going here very well. Please advise how I can find you on Twitter.

Your servant,

JhD.

HpS - AGTSP!! paoho. our short term memory is going.... also our eyes, ears and belly button.

some one else should become diksa guru, we say with a smile.

your report is great.

temple commander = put vaisnava relations before management relations.

Yeah, get the Bh. Sastri diploma. Can you do it in an entertaining and practical way?

[1/17, 9:42 PM] Girivaradhari Gopal Das: Gurudev, how are you ? You are at a nice village now.

[1/17, 9:42 PM] Girivaradhari Gopal Das: Saw very nice village welcome photos

[1/17, 9:43 PM] Girivaradhari Gopal Das: Vaisanavas are looking very submissive to Lord.

[1/17, 9:43 PM] Girivaradhari Gopal Das: They welcomed you as a representative of Parampara

[1/17, 9:44 PM] Girivaradhari Gopal Das: Very happy for you Gurudev

[1/17, 9:44 PM] Girivaradhari Gopal Das: Hare Krsna

HpS/ASA - AgtSP. Paoho. Thank you for the Whatsapp texts. If you can post these here in the Blog it is very nice. Then at least five or sixty more persons with same question can see the answers.

Otherwise!!! We have to answer 5-60 individual letters with the same content.

Of course, for more confidential details we can communicate separately

(until our last breath).

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It is now 2.02am. We are feeling little ache in the area of our heart.

Eyes etc are very good for donkey who has seen 75-North to South changes of the Sun pass.

Is cold.

Very nice room.

Village life.

Devotees nice.

Really we are guests of H. H. Haridasa Swami, Sadhu-bhusana Das et al.

We don't speak the local language, nor know the local customs.

We expect most of our preaching will be through Hari Kirtan,example and some through translated lectures.

We hope your Sankirtan is going well!

Without a direct experience of Srila Prabhupada's personal concern for us how can we feel perfectly happy in ISKCON.

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