Letters to the editor

All glories to Srila Prabhupada,

All glories to Sri Sri Guru and Gauranga

All glories to the sankirtan of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu:

Please accept my humble obeisances dear Gurudev, I have not written to you for a while, I have been involved with cultivation and construction.

At home there is a thorny tree with small purple flowers. A beautiful red hummingbird always comes to drink the nectar from these flowers, and I think of Hanumat Presaka Swami, no matter how hard the wood is and how thorny the wood is, the hummingbird finds the like little flowers and absorbs the nectar.

HpS - AGTSP! We still have a tendency to enjoy some of the flowers of Tama and Raja guna.... but it seems to be under control and diminishing!

Likewise with us, no matter how hard-hearted we have been by time, you are an expert in searching for nectar. I have been a bit perplexed by the actions of some devotees, but is it Kali Yuga? I too have had unfortunate attitudes.

HpS - Could be many things. Ie. Doctor sees that a man is coughing. Could be many causes. NoI 6 talks about how even a pure devotee may seem to have material faults from an external, material, point of view.

I tell him [you] that I am building the dining hall with an altar for Jaganath, Baladeva and Subhadra. Gopal gets up every morning and goes to hug Jaganath who is currently in the half-finished workshop, and honestly it is the best motivation in Krsna consciousness, seeing my son developing spontaneous love for Jaganatha makes me very happy, really You're going to need it because this world is getting darker and harsher.

HpS - Yes, it is Krsna's kindness to SQUEEZE us out of our material mess.

I want to tell you that I cultivated Tulasi Devi, and little by little they are germinating, and it makes me happy to see the magic of Krsna in each episode of my life, what more can you ask for in life? May a pure devotee of the Lord manifest in my humble home? I have neglected my rounds a bit, that's why I'm going to put the batteries, because I feel that the rounds and the books of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Prabhupada, they are the only thing that will take care of my mental and emotional health. Radha JPJ, she almost left her body in a bus accident near home too, so I feel that Krsna warns us about the harshness of this world. We were listening with Gopal to some of His [your, Srila P'pada] classes in Spain, the last one about Abhimanyu, and it is a mystery how Krsna tested his pure devotees like Arjuna, how his sons were killed, his mother Devaki and his father Vasudeva, it is really a mystery. In general terms I continue working at home and soon I will have the workshop in a decent state to be able to work and collect a little better.

I also want to finish Jaganatha's dining room and altar to make some nice mangalartiks and maybe invite devotees, I always fondly remember mangalartiks with Gunagrahi das Goswami, or with you and I feel it was a gift to the heart and great fortune. have shared that bliss. I feel very lucky, the truth is, as His Holiness Bhakti Tirtha Swami Maharaja says, Krsna consciousness is the greatest adventure... I feel like I don't have much to tell. My life is a bit routine and simple, but happy. PRIVATE Gurudev, if it were possible, I ask that what follows be only for you.

HpS/ASA - O.K. unless you are confessing to robbing a bank or something. Ha! Ha! Ha!

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HpS - Your comments are something that I experience precisely in my spiritual life also.

NoI 5 is so, so nice. It helped me so much when the NoI was published and I could read that text.

Hare Krishna!

Please forgive any offense committed in this letter inadvertently.

My best wishes for you, eternally grateful: bhakta frank

Dear Maharaj,

PAMHO AGTSP!

You asked us to read: https://vedabase.io/en/library/noi/preface/#bb5771. The direction I’m getting in my heart after trying my best to follow SP’s discipline is I should try to not stir or provoke situation of police involvement/court as that will bring us near the divorce process. However, I also feel if we do not have any presence there, he will get more settled and so will she in the illusion that this marriage is over. I tried to nicely deal with him, he’s arguing, we will kill him. So if I try to peacefully obtain this house key/access, I should maybe just show up there. If I fail, perhaps I should embrace it like Krsna accepted rejection as Shanti doot by Duryodhana. If he attacks then I will have to act to protect, again not endangering the marriage. This might get tricky to keep everyone peaceful and prevent eruptions. Both my father and my husband’s family and gf all want a boil down. I’m close, but I feel better to postpone inauspicious acts.

I have a follow up question to your answer that Yudhisthira’s desire to uphold dharma also lost to Duryodhana: doesn't Krsna protect vow of His devotees? Bhakta Vatsala?

ASA - Hare Krsna. The greatest asset that we can have is an enlightened service attitude. If Krsna can protect that and augment it then we have to greatest gift.

If we have a service attitude toward belicose family members then we are satisfied in any situation. We have come to help everyone.

Follow up for: ‘should not argue with fool’: he turns a simple request for house key into argument. In favour of not accelerating divorce, I’m considering postponing asking for my rights to my things and house key to a later point of higher clarity. Maybe for now I can compromise having my dance dress and order new documents and book tickets.

Ys,

Yajnaseni DD

ASA - As Sannyasis and B'caris we don't get involved in the details of these things, so we can't give detailed advice.

Chant Hare Krsna and try to do things with the company of several family members and responsible people.

Draupadi won.

Hare Krsna querido Guru Maharaja

Por favor acepte mis rendidas reverencias

Todas las Glorias a Srila Prabhupada y a su trascendental Sankirtana

Todas las Glorias a Usted, que nos involucra en esta maravillosa revolución espiritual.

Orando por que su salud sea buena y favorable para su Sankirtana, agradezco su misericordioso refugio, instrucción y guía. Hay muchas cosas que quisiera comentarle, pero por ahora, escribo para preguntar sobre el siguiente asunto:

Aproximadamente hace 2 años, su sirviente comenzó a tomar cursos en línea con SS Yadunandana Swami (en promedio hemos tenido clases, tres días por semana) así que, paulatinamente hemos observado como las instrucciones de Maharaja nos han impulsado a mejorar nuestra comunicación y conexión con usted, con Srila Prabhupada y con su legado (ISKCON). También me impulsan a refrendar mis votos de iniciación, a fortalecer mi Sadhana, a conocerme mejor, a asociarme profundamente con diferentes vaisnavas y conectarme desde nuevas formas con el trascendental Sankirtana de Srila Prabhupada. Me siento muy agradecida y afortunada por su misericordiosa guía.

Gurudeva, a través de las instrucciones de Su Santidad, hemos encontrado un puente claro y solido para mejorar nuestro servicio devocional, nuestra relación con los vaisnavas, con él, con usted y con Srila Prabhupada.

Por lo anterior y si no es demasiado atrevimiento, respetuosamente quisiera preguntarle ¿Me permite, formalmente, recibir la guía (Siksa) de Su Santidad?

Muchas gracias querido Gurudeva, le ruego por favor me disculpe por cualquier ofensa que pudiera haber cometido y quedo a sus órdenes.

Su eterna aspirante a sirviente

Karuna-Sakti Devi Dasi 

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Hare Krsna dear Guru Maharaja

Please accept my deepest obeisances

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada and his transcendental Sankirtana

All Glories to You for involving us in this wonderful spiritual revolution.

Praying for your good health and favorable for your Sankirtana, I thank you for your merciful shelter, instruction and guidance. There are many things I would like to tell you, but for now, I am writing to ask about the following matter:

About 2 years ago, your servant started taking online courses with HH Yadunandana Swami (on average we have had classes three days a week) so gradually we have seen how Maharaja's instructions have prompted us to improve our communication and connection with you, with Srila Prabhupada and with his legacy (ISKCON). They also encourage me to endorse my initiation vows, to strengthen my Sadhana, to know myself better, to associate deeply with different Vaisnavas and to connect in new ways with the transcendental Sankirtana of Srila Prabhupada. I feel very grateful and fortunate for your merciful guidance.

Gurudeva, through the instructions of his Holiness, we have found a clear and solid bridge to improve our devotional service, our relationship with the Vaisnavas, with him, with you and with Srila Prabhupada.

Due to the above and if it is not too daring, I would respectfully ask you, do you allow me, formally, to receive the guidance (Siksa) of Holiness from him?

Thank you very much dear Gurudeva, please forgive me for any offense I may have committed and I remain at his orders.

Your eternal would-be servant

Karuna Sakti Devi Dasi

HpS- AGTSP. Very nice to hear from you.

Yadunandana Swami is our Siksa guru, so of course, we encourage everyone to take shelter of him in perspective of Srila Prabhupada.

As far as we understand Siksa guru is not a formality. It is informal but absolute.

Diksa relationship is the one that is formal.

Like the Monks, Nuns, who advise you, in contrast to the Priest that marries you.

Of course, the Priest that marries you, Diksa guru, is often a principal Siksa guru to.

O.K.?

Save a thousand people!

Toda Gloria a Sri Sri Goura Nityananda!

Toda Gloria a Srila Prabhupada!

Toda Gloria a usted Gurudev!

Espero que se encuentre muy bien Gurudev, quiero contarle que debido a cambios profundamente importantes en mi vida en estos últimos tres años prácticamente no hemos estado en las redes sociales incluido este blog, excepto haciendo publicaciones sobre las lecturas de los libros de SP. Comprendimos que esta vida es muy valiosa y a pesar de estar en un movimiento espiritual fidedigno y autorizado debemos mantener cierta información fuera de la vida pública ya que hay personas que aún no están preparadas para ser confidenciales y usar estos medios para reflexionar y lamentablemente en muchos casos ocurre lo opuesto y luego unos descubre que no hay buenas intenciones detrás de muchos practicantes de bhakti yoga incluidas autoridades nacionales.

Entiendo que la mayoría de nosotros estamos en un nivel muy bajo de conciencia y debemos protegernos.

Gurudev quiero contarle que por la misericordia del Señor Krishna, Srila Prabhupada y usted estamos bien de salud física, creemos que mentalmente estamos bastante equilibrados y lúcidos. A pesar de los altos y bajos en nuestra práctica espiritual estamos convencidos al 108% de que habernos encontrado con Srila Prabhupada en esta vida es una oportunidad que no tiene precio...invaluable, es por eso que cada día oramos para mantenernos conscientes del valor del Maha Mantra Hare Krishna y todo su poder y misericordia. La poca inteligencia que tenemos sin duda la desarrollamos gracias a Srila Prabhupada y los maestros espirituales fidedignos. Estamos profundamente agradecidos y bastante animados y alegres para seguir haciendo frente al karma que debemos depurar. Siempre que es posible distribuimos libros e intentamos hablar con la gente sobre la importancia de volver a prestarle atención a la vida espiritual. No es fácil.

Lamentamos tener un cuerpo femenino porque hay muchas cosas que deseo contarle y se que sus palabras y experiencia me ayudarían a comprender distintas situaciones más profundamente así que estamos sacando provecho de sus clases y las clases de otros maestros espirituales, gracias.

Gurudev acepte mis respetos y reverencias a sus santos pies, gracias por todo su amor incondicional, lo saluda su discípula Jahnava Devi dasi.

Haribol!

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All Glory to Sri Sri Gaura Nityananda!

All Glory to Srila Prabhupada!

All Glory to you Gurudev!

I hope you are doing well Gurudev, I want to tell you that due to profoundly important changes in my life in these last three years we have hardly been on social media including this blog, except making posts about SP book readings. We understood that this life is very valuable and despite being in a reliable and authorized spiritual movement we must keep certain information out of public life since there are people who are not yet prepared to be confidential and use these means to reflect and unfortunately in many cases the opposite happens and then some discover that there are no good intentions behind many practitioners of bhakti yoga including national authorities.

I understand that most of us are at a very low level of consciousness and we must protect ourselves.

HpS/ASA- Yes! NoI 5. In the Sunday Feast class with 100 people we ask questions in a general sense. Then after that maybe 12-people come around the speaker for little more confidential talks.

Of course, it is open to everyone, but those 12-people have a certain type of consciousness.

This Blog is like that.

That level of confidential.

Then, if very personal can arrange just one or two people.

Gurudev I want to tell you that by the mercy of Lord Krishna, Srila Prabhupada and you, we are in good physical health, we believe that mentally we are quite balanced and lucid. Despite the ups and downs in our spiritual practice we are 108% convinced that having met Srila Prabhupada in this life is a priceless opportunity...invaluable, that is why we pray every day to remain aware of the value of the Maha Mantra, Hare Krishna, and all his power and mercy. What little intelligence we have we certainly developed thanks to Srila Prabhupada and bona fide spiritual masters. We are deeply grateful and quite encouraged and happy to continue facing the karma that we must clear.

Whenever possible we distribute books and try to talk to people about the importance of paying attention to the spiritual life again. Is not easy.

HpS//ASA - Yes! Yet, even a little result is eternal, "nehabikramo naso sti.."

We are sorry that we have a female body because there are many things that I want to tell you and I know that your words and experience would help me understand different situations more deeply so we are taking advantage of your classes and the classes of other spiritual teachers,

HpS - "Victory comes from good advice, and good advice comes from many counselors", Cankhya Pandita.

thank you.

Gurudev accept my respects and obeisances at his holy feet, thank you for all his unconditional love, his disciple Jahnava Devi dasi salutes you.

Haribol!

HpS - Thank you. Hope to get more and more of your association in Srila Prabhupada's Sankirtan

Hare Krishna, dear Maharaja!

Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!

I think it’s important for me to inform you of a situation that I’ve been living for the last week, and, especially because I’ve been taken shelter at your feet as my Spiritual Master.

I’ve met a devotee named Nityananda Prana, disciple of Purushatraya Swami, who has been in the movement for 10+ years and has been always very active in the congregation, performing diverse services in the temple in Chile and in Brazil. We met each other doing some services together and we discovered we have a lot of affinity, and 1 week ago (on Janmastami) we talked to the temple authorities to inform that we are begining to know each other and to ask for their blessings. They were very happy with the news. In that way we wanted to make everything transparent to the community of devotees.

In terms of devotional service, we have plans in common and a great interest of developing devotional activities to invite the newer the devotees. We are planning to begin two programs next week: one is a Bhakti Vrksa program at my home and the other is a monthly Mangala Arati program at the temple, which consists of the full morning program, breakfast and workshops of puja, cooking, japa, kirtan and study of the Vaishnava songs we sing during the program.

Nityananda Prana is going though a divorce process in Brazil and he just have to wait till the process is over. Along with that, his ex-wife accussed him within ISKCON of violence, but the accusations are false and he hopes that this will be over soon, because she has no evidence of anything she is saying. He lives at the temple and he has full support of the temple authorities, because they have known him for years and the results of the psychological test the temple requires showed he has no aggressiveness issues at all.

I wanted to tell you all these because you have accepted me as your disciple and I will follow your instructions. Mi priority is my spiritual life and my path in Krishna Conscioussness. Please guide me in this process 🙌

Your servant,

Diana Sánchez.

HPS - AgtSP. Sorry slow to read.

Hope you see our situation in this Blog, tweets and Kapi Dhvaja.

Your plan seems really good.

First priority, get the 16-rounds, 4-principles habit, 1st initiation, so that you be a good associate is psycho social life.

Hare Krsna Gurudeva

Please accept my humble obeisances

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

I hope that you are in good health, and that your sankirtan is more and more successful. Indira Sakti dd and I are fine, we were in Mexico for two weeks. I went to present my thesis support exam and gave a small lecture at UNAM (University of Mexico) on archives, a subject in which I have become very interested in recent years. Both events went very well, I think my career is favored by the contacts I was able to make with local professors and researchers. We visited the temple and received the sweet gaze of Radha Madana Gopal.

I tell you that two months ago I resigned from the position of regional representative of the Ministry of Education. I was doing that service for five years and I began to feel an overload of work due to labor issues. During the time I was in charge of the service, some things were achieved in favor of education, but I do not consider myself an administrator. It's a job I know due to the long time I've taught at the university, but it doesn't fit my nature, so ideas started to run out. I'm sure someone will come to do it much better than me.

On the other hand, now I am in charge of the position of research professor at the university where I work, I am happy because it has opened up a huge panorama for me. You know that I am still very attached to academic life. I would have liked to contribute more as a teacher in ISKCON (much more than as an administrator) but I have not had many opportunities, they will come.

I'm still studying Bhakti Vaibhava, I'm doing well, I've always been a disciplined student, plus the space allows us to develop a critical sense from what we read and discuss and in particular, I love reading, so vocations are combined in a natural and fluid way.

We continue to live in the mountains, I carry out my saddhana sometimes with more effort than on other occasions but we have found a very simple and intimate version of deity worship that has brought us many small satisfactions and gives us clearness. The japa is maintained robust, as well as the association with very few but good, like-minded and sincere devotees. Jagannatha has been extremely kind to us.

We send you our best wishes for your preaching, with love, sincerely

Your servant

Gandharva das

HpS-ASA -- AGTSP. paoho. Just yesterday we were in mild panic of what happened to you.

Your report answers so many questions.

As Diksa guru, we will announce that the Form for filing annual reports is open in the next Kapi Dhvaja.

Please report there, then.

As any kind of Siksa guru, student, friend, we hope that we are putting enough communication into the Kapi Dhvaja, Twitter and Blog, so that we can connect on our Sankirtan activities.

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Hare Krsna!!!!