Letters to the editor

Hare Krsna Dear Maharaj

AgtSP, pamho

Maharaj

I hope you are well,

My name is Katherine, I am 25, I am from Santiago de Chile,

I wanted to thank you for the opportunity of service with Rupa Goswami's painting, it was a nice experience.

HpS - It was very nice. We are trying to organize book distribution and use the picture for the cover!

Currently for a month I am in Valeria del Mar, it is a very nice place near Mar del Plata, I am visiting some relatives who are disciples of Bhakti Bhusana Swami, you may remember them, they are Paramesvara and Janaki, once, when they lived in Chile, you visited us in the apartment in front of the temple, and you talked about education, it was in 2019.

HpS - Big tall building in front of the Temple?? I don't remember going there. Was he Pujari for some time?

A long time ago I wanted to write to you, but I didn't know how to start or what to tell you, so, I studied plastic arts for 4 years at the universidad de Chile, then I paused my studies due to academic doubts and to that the pandemic was added, but this year I have been thinking about resuming studies to learn more and finish it.

I learned about Krsna consciousness through my uncle Paramesvara, who told me about Krsna and the teachings of Srila Prabhupada, when I was a child I saw among the books of him, your book desde rusia con amor, I was curious about the drawings and what you wrote. I also keep a small handmade book of poetry, it is green with Radha Krsna on the cover.

Here, my uncles and their young children, have a stable sadhana, worship of the deity, reading of Srimad Bhagavatam and japa. Living this time at this pace has been very comforting, healing and educational from many perspectives.

about art

I have had the opportunity to paint some deities, and learn with a friend, (Yasmin, who is also devoted) about muralism, we painted Krsna Balarama, and recently she painted a beautiful mural of Lord Caitanya in the temple of Santiago.

I really like the art of Dhrti dasi and Ramdas Abhiram das there is also an Italian painter who made beautiful paintings where he plays with lights in nature and colors, his name is Vincenzo Irolli.

HpS - I also like Mata Dhrti Dasi's paintings. I even met her one time!!

As I had mentioned, I had had academic doubts about whether I really wanted to dedicate myself to art, fortunately I have been able to recover that taste and affection, seeing how Krsna acts and interacts with us through the different skills and circumstances.

Despite all this, I would like to have more enthusiasm and energy, to be more committed.

I often have you in my thoughts, I remember your classes, teachings and songs. I always wish your well-being with affection and respect.

I hope to have good news about you soon,

Your would be servant

Katherine

HpS - Nice to meet you. I think any disciple of Srila Prabhupada is just transmitting one ray of Srila Prabhupada's character. Has different aspects.

Hare

Krsna!!!

HpS - No content here!

Remembered Gurudev Please accept my respectful obeisances at Your precious lotus feet.

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!

In the month of keshava I did my katyayani vrata worship. Very simple: incense, aromatic leaves and flowers. It was exciting.

I missed my adoration for two days 😐 ..we went to the house of the devotee who has the deities so that he will lend them to us for the ratha yatra. we rest there. It was a long trip.

Last year I disarmed the goddess 😕 but this year gopal said he will leave her like this. So I didn't disarm her, I just said goodbye to her 😃

I danced three dances at an event invited by adi Sakhi Devi dasi. Books and prasadam were distributed. In two weeks we will dance there again.

In this event the culture of several countries was shown.

The boys and girls were very excited! And they sat very attentive to the dance... the girls imitated the steps... which melted my heart😂

Something happened that left me stunned...and very sad but I already recovered: The devotee who was going to lend us the deities agreed to lend them to us but now he changed his mind and said that he will not lend them because they are his children..

I thought I know we are not qualified and that is why Sri Jagannatha does not want to come 😩..

Franco was very hurt... he didn't sleep all night after the news. . I got up to mangalartik and he was still awake... but that same day of the news I began to hear some hammers with axes. . It was Franco starting to carve Jagannatha in a thick piece that he had reserved a long time ago... and he told me: the ratha yatra is not going to stop!! I'm going to carve them again!!!!😀😁😁😂😂

My student Laura had very happily agreed to transport the deities from the devotee's house to our home... I talked to several devotees, none of them even answered if they could transport the Lord or not... only one very enthusiastic devotee who supported singing at the last festival wanted to do the service but his car broke down.

My obeisances to all Vaisnavas. They are all arrangements of Lord Jagannatha! It was because they did not want to come . Franco had to re-carve them and we have to go further to receive the mercy of the Lord and His devotees.

To finish this letter, I transcribe Franco's words to you!:

My obeisances to Your Gurudev lotus feet.

I am carving new deities. Unbelievably I did one a day.

They need to be retouched. I have a lot of pain in my arms but I'm happy.

I am taking inspiration from Manipur deities to carve..

Will it be impossible for you to come to rathayatra next year? This would inspire me to do more than one ratha yatra per year.

If you come, he built a place for you, so you can stay.

The devotee was going to lend us the deities that I carved and gave them to him, now he does not want to lend them to us because he is angry with the devotees. Strong things happened to him.

This is some news from me and franco. Thank you for reading these lines Gurudev.

Please give us your wonderful blessings to move forward, despite the obstacles, May each obstacle become a source of enthusiasm for our service.

Please forgive any offense committed inadvertently in this letter.

Aspiring to serve you with all our hearts:

Franco Bonė and Radha Japa Prati Jalpa Devi Dasi.

Please accept obeisances from our beloved son Krsnaram Gopal who is very excited watching the carving of the deities.

P.D. : I always wanted to have a diary of yours Gurudev, but I never dared to ask you... now that you mention it. I am "screeching" for a diary of yours written by a wonderful and kind lotus hand please I want one!!!Jaya Gurudev!!

HpS - Jaya. Very exciting letter! Go ahead. Go ahead. Go ahead. All the bad things will become clear why they are happening, and then we can see that this is very good!!!

Vyasa Puja Offering 2022

Namă om visnu padāya

Krsna prestaba bhutāle

Srímate Hanumat Presaka Swami

I ti Namine

Please accept my obeisances to your beautiful feets of lotus!

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!!

All glories to Hanumat Presaka Swami !!!

Happy happy happy! Birthday Gurudev!

Your steps!!! What do we want to continue...! :

There are many types of feet moving in this world

Many run from here to there Seeking to please His desires

And from so much running and running

They get tired and confused more

But...

There is another type of Pies... They are beautiful and wise feet They dance to the sound of the Mrdanga

To the beat of the singing of the Maha Mantra🎶



These feet know their way very well

They are always dancing

and helping To what other confused souls

They can dance too!

I was in the First Group of Feet and i was so sad

For not finding a meaning in life

Fortunately

I met the other Dancing Feet

of true happiness!

They told me the cause of their joy Srila Prabhupada they knew! And for serving His Divine feet they went crazy

So I stayed To savor the sweetness of His steps

Because an Acarya comes to this world from time to time

and I wanted to meet him

In His books He left His footsteps printed The reason for His Ecstatic dances

He came to give us His love

Now we can dance to His song The Maha Mantra: The Great Vibration!

The one that cleanses your heart And it makes you dance "for no reason"



I no longer separate from the dancing feet

I will be with them no matter what.

I'll carry on singing and dancing constants

To please the Best of Lovers .

Please excuse me some offens

committed unintentionally in

these paragraphs.

Trying to please her lovely heart: His foolish attempt at discipleship:

Radha Japa Prati Jalpa Devi Dasi

HpS - Thank you. AgtSP... !... We just try to get 16-nice rounds done every day and then walking and dancing get their character from that!!!

May you become fixed in service to Radha Govinda!!!!

May we all become fixed, with Srila Prabhupada.

Ofrenda Vyasa Puja 2022

Namā on visnu padāya

Krsna prestaba bhutale

Srímate Hanumat Presaka Swami

Iti Namine

Todas las glories To Srila Prabhupada

All Glories To Hanumat Presaka Swami!!!

Por favor acepte mis respetuosas reverencias a Sus hermosos pies de loto

Feliz Feliz Feliz! Cumpleaños Gurudev!

Sus pasos!!!

que deseamos Seguir...! :

Hay muchos tipos de Pies

Moviéndose en este mundo

Muchos corren de aquí para allá

Buscando complacer Sus deseos

Y de tanto correr y correr

Se cansan y se confunden más 

Pero...

Hay otro tipo de Pies ...

Son pies hermosos y sabios

Ellos danzan con el sonido de la Mrdanga

Al compás del canto del Maha Mantra🎶

Estos pies conocen Su camino muy bien

Ellos siempre están danzando y ayudando

A que otras almas confundidas

Puedan Danzar también !

Yo me encontraba dentro del Primer Grupo de Pies 

Y estaba muy triste

Por no encontrar un sentido a la vida 

Afortunadamente

Me encontré con los otros Pies danzantes de verdadera felicidad! 

Ellos me contaron la causa de Su alegría 

¡ A Srila Prabhupada conocían! 

Y por servir a Sus Divinos pies enloquecian

Entonces me Quedé

A saborear la dulzura de Sus pasos

Porque un Acarya viene a este mundo de vez en cuando

Y lo quería conocer

En Sus libros El dejó impresos Sus pasos

La razón de Sus bailes Extáticos 

Vino a darnos Su amor

Ahora podemos bailar Su canción 

El maha mantra: La gran vibracion!

Esa que te limpia el corazón 

Y te hace danzar " sin razon"

No me separo más de los pies danzantes

Estaré con Ellos pase lo que pase

Seguiré adelante canto y baile 

constantes

Para complacer al mejor de los Amantes.

Por favor perdoneme cualquier ofensa cometida sin querer en estos párrafos.

Intentando complacer su adorable corazón:

Su tonta intento de discipula :

Radha Japa Prati Jalpa Devi Dasi

All glories to Srila Prabhupada,

All Glories to the Sankirtan of Sri Caytanya Mahaprabhu,

All Glories to Hanumat Presaka Swami and His infinite mercy.

Om ajñāna - timirāndhasya jñānāñjana - salakayā cakşur unmilitam yena tasmai Sri gurave namah

Dear Gurudev, I know I am a mess, I was not at your vyasapuja. I meditated on you. I hope you forgive my fault and limitation.

I am writing to you after recovering from sunstroke or covid, I don't know..

I tell him that in November we went to the house of Yajña Valkya Gopal Das prabhu, the devotee and friend with whom we worked in the Ratha Yatra in Córdoba. It was exciting and happy for me. We hadn't seen each other for many years.

He built a house next to the cemetery of the village where he went to live, and I thought that Lord Jagannatha is very mysterious, where he went to live.

We are seeing some devotee to go look for them. And we are looking at a way to bring the float home, go look for it and put it together because it is unarmed.

I'm trying to finish my workshop where I want the deities to be as comfortable as possible.

Yajña Valkya Gopal Das also gave me some Deities of Jagannatha, Baladeva and Subhadra. I see little with the devotees but when one takes Darshan, everything becomes nectar.

We remember the times when we were penniless but really wanted to take Jagannatha out for a walk and the lord arranged for it to be so. I honestly don't think much about preaching, I just want to take Jagannatha, Baladeva and Subhadra out for a walk, it makes me happy.

If I think about the material reality it is very very frustrating. The Ratha Yatra is underway, the times are set by Krishna, We are working our best to glorify Lord Caitanya, Srila Prabhupada, Bhakthitirta Swami Maharaja, and You dear Gurudev. Aristotle said that the remedy for 50 enemies is a friend, Thank you for being my friend and wanting to get me out of this garbage can, called material existence.

I am eternally grateful for Your Limitless Mercy, I hope You can excuse me for my etiquette limitations.

I remember a class of Bhakthitirta Swami Maharaja where he said that Krishna was the creator of the rules of the world but His infinite mercy is above them, and with You I do it.

Please forgive any offense committed inadvertently in this letter.



Eternally grateful His would-be servant: Bhakta Franco

HpS - Sorry that we are answering a little slow. 1. We are often lazy. 2. We do get so much Sankirtan service that it becomes hard to read all the letters. Please read the Kapi Dhvaja, News every two weeks. Patraka Das publishes a link to the Spanish translation here.

You can get a lot of our basic news there and also the fortnight priority code so that our Secretaries, Monkey and Piggy, answer your letter before we all die!

You seem to be doing very well.

We are all different and how we progress is different.

You seem to have not given up following Srila Prabhupada's path even though there are thors on it!

Great succeess!!!

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada,

Todas las Glorias al Sankirtan de Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, 

Todas las Glorias a Hanumat Presaka Swami y Su infinita misericordia.

Om ajñāna - timirāndhasya jñānāñjana - salakayā

cakşur unmilitam yena tasmai Sri gurave namah

Querido Gurudev, sé que soy un desastre, no estuve en su vyasapuja. Medité en Usted. Espero perdone mi falta y limitación.

Le estoy escribiendo después de recuperarme de una insolación o covid, no lo sé ...

Le cuento que en noviembre fuimos a la casa de Yajña Valkya Gopal Das prabhu, el devoto y amigo con el que trabajamos en el Ratha Yatra de Córdoba. Fue emocionante y feliz para mí. Hacía muchos años que no nos veíamos. Se construyó una casa al lado del cementerio del pueblo donde se fue a vivir , y pensé que el señor Jagannatha es muy misterioso, por donde se fue a vivir. 

Estamos viendo algún devoto para ir a buscarlos. Y estamos viendo la manera de traer la carroza a casa, irlo a buscar y armarlo porque está desarmado.

Estoy tratando de terminar mi taller de trabajo donde quiero que estén las deidades lo más cómodas posible.

También Yajña Valkya Gopal Das me regaló unas Deidades de Jaganatha, Baladeva y Subhadra.

Me veo poco con los devotos pero cuando uno toma Darshan, todo se vuelve néctar. Recordamos los tiempos cuando no teníamos un centavo pero muchas ganas de sacar a pasear a Jagannatha y el señor hizo los arreglos para que asi fuera.

Sinceramente no pienso mucho en predica, sólo quiero sacar a pasear a Jagannatha, Baladeva y Subhadra, me hace feliz.

Si pienso en la realidad material es muy muy frustrante. El Ratha Yatra está en marcha, los tiempos los pone Krishna, 

Nosotros estamos trabajando lo mejor que podemos para glorificar al Señor Caitanya, a Srila Prabhupada, Bhakthitirta Swami Maharaja, y a Usted querido Gurudev. 

Aristóteles decía que el remedio a 50 enemigos es un amigo, Gracias por Ser Mi amigo y querer sacarme de este tacho de basura, llamada existencia material.

Estoy eternamente agradecido por Su Ilimitada misericordia, espero sepa excusarme en mis limitaciones de etiqueta. Recuerdo una clase de Bhakthitirta Swami Maharaja donde decía que Krishna era el creador de las reglas del mundo pero sobre ellas está Su infinita misericordia, y con Usted lo realizo.

Por favor perdone cualquier ofensa cometida sin querer en esta carta. 

Eternamente Agradecido

Su aspirante a sirviente: Bhakta Franco

Hare Krsna Guru Maharaja.

Por favor acepte mis respetuosas reverencias.

Todas las glorias sean para Srila Prabhupada!.

Querido Gurudev, me siento muy feliz de poder visitarlo en Perú. Esperábamos estar más tiempo con usted, pero la providencia quiso otra cosa. De todas maneras queremos agradecerle por aceptarnos en Nueva Asoka Van y darnos Su valiosa asociación.

Quiero contarle que tenemos 9 estudiantes para el curso Bhakti Sastri de éste año. Entre ellos Manjuali Devi Dasi y Raga Sindhu Das. Comenzamos éste domingo 13.

Seguimos estudiando BvBh con Jagannatha. Vamos en canto 3 capítulo 3. Los temas más interesantes: Mantener la cultura Brahminica y Sobre la carga de la bestia y la carga del amor. Debemos cargar al mundo con la carga del amor.

Jagannatha Caran sigue con sus tareas en la administración. Siempre aparecen nuevos desafíos. Ahora hay solo un devoto viviendo en el templo, y los programas siguen realizándose.

Sukadeva e Indira entraron a la escuela. Cantan japa en el camino a la escuela y de regreso a casa.

Estamos leyendo BG, Mahabharata, Srimad Bhagavatam. Leyendo con los niños Mahabharata en comic y luego Krsna Book.

Estuvimos buscando trabajo, pero nos frustramos. No servimos para tener jefes y trabajar en algo que no nos hace feliz.

Bueno Gurudev, espero que tenga una satisfactoria estadía en USA y que los proyectos para Krsna sean exitosos.

Su aspirante a sirviente

Priya Sakhi Devi Dasi

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Hare Krsna, Guru Maharaja.

Please accept my respectful obeisances.

All glories be to Srila Prabhupada!

Dear Gurudev, I feel very happy to be able to visit you in Peru. We hoped to spend more time with you, but providence wanted otherwise. Anyway we want to thank him for accepting us in New Asoka Van and giving us his valuable association.

I want to tell you that we have 9 students for this year's Bhakti Sastri course. Among them Manjuali Devi Dasi and Raga Sindhu Das. We start this Sunday 13.

We continue to study BvBh with Jagannatha. Let's go in song 3 chapter 3. The most interesting topics: Maintaining the Brahminical culture and On the burden of the beast and the burden of love. We must load the world with the load of love.

Jagannatha Caran continues with his duties in the administration. New challenges always appear. Now there is only one devotee living in the temple, and the programs are still going on.

Sukadeva and Indira entered the school. They chant japa on the way to school and on the way home.

We are reading BG, Mahabharata, Srimad Bhagavatam. Reading with the children Mahabharata in comics and then Krsna Book.

We were looking for a job, but we got frustrated. We are not good at having bosses and working on something that does not make us happy.

Well Gurudev, I hope you have a successful stay in the USA and that the projects for Krsna are successful.

Your would-be servant

Priya Sakhi Devi Dasi

HpS - Very good news. Just continue with your Sadhana and service and all the challenges will become like a game with Krsna: Fun, motivating.

After that more and more advanced levels!

Next letter!!!! Let us go together to read it.