Letters to the editor

Hare Krsna Beloved Gurudeva:

AGTSP, PAMHO

Well, it's been a while since I wrote to the blog. Since I arrived from NY everything was moving so fast. I call recall my 2 hours call with LATAM in order to change my flight so I can be for the Sri Vyasa Puja. It was an interesting VP but I can say that most were overjoyed.

I want to express my gratitude from the bottom of my heart to Palika dd and Jambavan das due to I was in NY they were handling all the organization pretty well. Jambavan and Jana pavana made a susbtantial effort in order to have and present a nice offering.

HpS - The variety and excellence of distribution of the Prasdam offerings was incredible! AgtSP!

I asked Radhika Raman prabhu's offering in advance due to he always present a very deep, sober and profound offering. While I was translating it I realized that I was speechless, haha what can I say. He had already covered everything.

HpS - We can smile and wag our tails.

In my last flight I saw two movies once with a Dog's story haha. But one part of the first movie was about a young boy who was neglected by his family, but one teacher was taking care of him and his education, she wanted to adopt him, nevertheless his evil family do not permit that, she and her husband became attached to him due to the little boy was living with them for a little time. And when she was about to say good bye to him, she told him "You can become whatever you want, you just have to believe in yourself"

Years pass and she passed away, but his husband one day open the door and there it was the little boy now as an adult. With a picture of her teacher. He is a famous artist now. And he said: I was always recall the words from my beloved teacher: The one who actually believe in myself and gave me support. "You can become whatever you want, you just have to believe in yourself" and I did he said: I am an artist now. He gave some financial support to his teacher's husband.

The whole point to this story, is that you as our Spiritual Master has already touched our lives in such a way that we feel support, confidence, gratitude. That is the power of an Superb Master.

HpS - "The time has come, the walrus said, to talk of many things. Of ships and sails and sealing wax, of cabbages and kings, and why the sea is boiling hot and whether pigs have wings", Louis Carol, maybe "Alice in Wonderland".

If we Monkeys and Piggys have wings, have helped anybody it is because Srila Prabhupada can make even pigs fly!!! 😳 Whatever good qualities you find in us are maybe very little due us and all due to him, Krsna!

I called ARTD in order to have the possibility to go and visit You and my good friend Carolina, the kids, this weekend, but he told me that it was impossible, I was expecting that he asked me to do the covid test but he didn't even ask me that. I have my vacinnations and the booster shot. Anyway. I hope to see you in Nityananda Trayodasi.

HpS - Yes, we discussed it. I said ask Carolina and he said that she was seeing so much difficulty even with the testing that she was afraid that the children might get infected from visitors.

Hmmm.

We are more controlled now with children here, but maybe later!!

For sure we are planning on visiting Chosica temple for many hours on Nitya-ananda tryodasi.

I am giving a summer course, but not English, this time I am giving statistics. I remember oh yes I am an Engineer too haha. It is really nice I am revising my notes. Journalists do not like numbers. So I have a very hefty challenge there.

HpS - Making numbers fun!!

Tomorrow I am giving the Class for Iskcon Chosica. This is my only current practical service.

Thanks for all Gurudeva

I hope to see you soon

CMDD

HpS - Now you must become a Guru. You must find ways to introduce BG and SB into your circle of contacts. The external form does not matter as much as the concepts.

There is a reason why things happen to us.

Next life you be the Gandhari?

Have 100 sons!!!!

From bad to worse, but see Krsna face to face ....

😬

Hare Krishna, Hare Rama

All Glories To Srila Prabhupada!!

Please Maharaja, accept my must humble obeisances.

Just write this letter to thank all the effort and dedication you do day by day.

HpS - ASA -- The same to you from Krsna and Rama!

I am very confused about how to serve you, how to be grateful for all the causeless mercy.

HpS - Basis is Sankirtan. Thank Lord Caitanya, Parampara, by Sankirtan. Basis of that is 16-enthusiastic rounds and four principles strictly! .... Rest follows naturally. 🙂

Im chanting my japa with more enthusiasm than ever, it is maybe because of your mercy and the blessings of the devotees, that it seems that finally we can see the ligth. (maya maya)

However, we know this is only an opportunity to advance a little in this process. We are totally indebted to you. Thank you Thak you soooooo much! 🙇🏼‍♀️🙇🏼‍♀️🙇🏼‍♀️🙇🏼‍♀️🙇🏼‍♀️🙇🏼‍♀️🙇🏼‍♀️

...by the way, the test have already started, we just got sick with covid, only only mind...

As you always tell me in last letters, we are trying to do it well. So, we already gave one more step. We talked with my parents and they gave us blessing to get married. So, next thing is to have a piggy bank for a small meeting for our families and have a civil wedding, then fire wedding. Too much plans and new horizons are coming.

Guru Maharaja, in the last Kapi Dvaja you mention about not finding my recomendation letter, so here it is. 👩🏼‍🦯

HpS - Thank you. What we needed was your secular name and date of birth. Asta sakhi Devi Dasi sent it to the Blog in another letter and we posted the updated www.jayarama.us/kd/guru-tattva.txt file. Globat, our internet provider, has been really slow. It took us 1-hour (!) to open the four webpages necessary to up date it, but that was O.K. because it allowed us to go from 20 to 25-rounds!! Our goal is 50-rounds per day.

Well Gurudev, with no more important things to report you, hoping that you enjoy a lot of health and enthusiasm, your eternal aspirant to servant. Nandini Devi Dasi.

HpS - Super!!! Get ready to play Draupadi or Gandhari etc. in your next life!

The photos are very nice!



All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

All glories to HH Hanumat Presaka Swami Maharaj!

Please accept our humble obeisances at Your sweet lotus feet.

HpS - I have not seen them yet. What do they look like? Cow's feet? Flower's feet? Gopa's feet? Bird's feet.

Happy Vyasa Puja dear Guru Maharaj. This letter is late....please forgive me. We are sorry about the positive test report. We pray sincerely to Sri Nrshimha Dev to keep our Guru Maharaj under His protection always. Wishing Guru Maharaj a very very speedy recovery.

HpS - Like we said, we have no symptoms, so there is nothing from which to recover! Very nice to hear from you.

Kindly forgive us if we have unknowingly offended Guru Maharaj...that you have to suffer because of us.

We celebrated Guru Maharaj's Vyasa Puja at the Sri Radha Krishnachandra ISKCON temple. Exalted kirtan by HG Gopal Krishna Das , glorification by HG Brighumuni Das Prabhuji (Prabhuji shared his close association with Guru Maharaj taking us to the eighties and the condition of Berkely temple then....we are overwhelmed with your endurance and fearlessness.

HG Yamuneshwar Prabhu, Mataji Nandimukhi , Mataji NiscintyaNityai , GopalKrishna Prabhu , president HG Sadhubhushan Prabhu and our self (not in the least qualified to glorify our glorious Guru Maharaj) also joined the glorification.

Mataji Nandimukhi and Mataji NiscintyaNityai decorated the altar so beautifully....as Guru Maharaj does not like marigold, the garlands were done with blue water lilies.

HpS - We like them but have allergy reaction to them!

Mataji Mohini and Mataji Sushila Sakhi were busy in the deity kitchen preparing bhoga. We prepared around 50 items and offered to the Deities and Srila Prabhupada and we pray that our service of offering prasad to Guru maharaj is accepted. Then Vaishnava seva with the mahaprasad.

Thank you Guru Maharaj. As once instructed, we are trying to serve Sri RadhaGovinda. A lot of projects had been pending since decades . By Guru Maharaj's mercy, this time on Vyasa puja, our prime minister Sri Narendra Modi visited our state and inaugurated the Kamdhenu installation and other projects. It was such an auspicious moment that it had to happen on our Guru Maharaj's vyasa puja.

HpS - Wow! We thank him.

Sending our report .....and some pics.

Your insignificant servant,

Sarada Gaurangi DD

HpS - Go ahead!!!! You all seem to be on a completely auspicious path. It seems to us you will be able to offer confidential service to Radharani for Krsna.

We hope Bhrga Muni Das is very well. We hope his memories were correct!! 😁

Such beautiful photos. We can only understand that it is all an offering to Srila Prabhupada for the miracle he does in making demons like us useful to Krsna.

Hare Krishna Gurudeva:

Reciba Ud. Mis reverencias y respetos personales. El motivo de esta carta es para pedirle su misericordia para otorgarme 2da iniciación. Estos 3 últimos años he estado haciendo servicio de pujari en Wilson Lima Mandir entre otros servicios así mismo he terminado estudios de Bakty Sastry y de Arcana. Me encuentro muy entusiasmado por su respuesta y recurro a esta carta ya que estamos en pandemia. A través del Prabhu Abhiram Das le hice llegar la carta de recomendación de mi autoridad, así como unas fotos de mi servicio. Las cuales también se las reenvió por este medio. Le envié también mi reporte annual con todas mis actividades

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Hare Krishna, Gurudeva:

Receive my obeisances and personal respects. The reason for this letter is to ask for your mercy to grant me 2nd initiation. These last 3 years I have been doing pujari service in Wilson Lima Mandir among other services, I have also finished Bakti Sastri and Arcana studies. I am very excited about your response and I turn to this letter since we are in a pandemic. Through Prabhu Abhiram Das I sent him the letter of recommendation from my authority, as well as some photos of my service. Which also forwarded them by this means. I also sent him my annual report with all my activities.

HpS - Karuna Krsna Das has recommended three or four devotees for second initiation on Nityananda Trayodasi, February 14th or 13th.

1. Tarangaski Devi Dasi,
2. Mitravida Devi Dasi,
3. Janapavana Das,
4. Abhirama Thakura Das,

Some of them have some specific requirements to meet but in general

• I need to talk individually with each candidate.
• They all must have passed the ISKCON Disciple Course and show there certificate to us.
• All need be fixed in the mode of goodness in their service eg. Mangala-arati and full morning program regularly.
• Be announced as candidate for second initiation on Yatra media one month, or whatever is the GBC standard, before the ceremony.

Hope to talk with you soon.

Post any recommendations here.

Thank you.

You seem to have many of the qualifications for second initiations.

HpSwami

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada

Todas las glorias a sri Guru y

Gauranga

Acepte por favor mis humildes reverencias

Hare Krsna Gurudeva

Soy su sirviente Jagannath de Bolivia, hijo de Saumya Rupi devi dasi. Desde que era más pequeño estuve intentando refugiarme a sus pies de loto.

Hoy tengo 15 años y tengo el intenso deseo de recibir iniciación de usted. Pedí a las autoridades de nuestro yatra su aprobación para pedir iniciación, prabhu Mathuresh das me dio la bendición para continuar con mi vida espiritual empezando con 4 rondas diarias y los principios.

Esperando que usted se encuentre muy buen de salud.

Su sirviente

Jagannath

HpS - ASA - Jaya Jagannatha! Muy bueno oir de Vd para primero vez. Puede leer: http://www.jayarama.us/peru/archivos/guru-tattva-es.txt ?

Vale?

Hare Krsna dear Gurumaharaja

Please accept our humble obeisances

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

My apologies for not submitting my annual report on time. After the symposium finished, I had to catch up with a lot of pending work, so I just sent it to you.

HpS - Thank you!!!

• Maha mantra: 99% (sometimes I have deep emotions , other times a parade of petty sentiments, useless ideas and memories).
• Four principles: 99% (some problems with the amount of food).
• Gayatri Mantra: 90% (sometimes I can't chant because of work).
• Deity worship: daily attention at lunchtime (bhoga and aratik). Jagannatha, Baladeva and Subhadra / Sri Nrsimha and Ananta deva / Gaura Nityananda, the life of our life.

HpS - They like your home? !

• Readings: Finishing the 5th Canto of Srimad Bhagavatam and Tattva Sandarbha (on a personal level) / 1st Canto of the SB with Indira Sakti.

HpS - Strucure of the universe. Forest of material enjoyment?

• Mangala aratik: 90% / Sandhya aratik 5% (I have to improve hard on this point).
• Studies: I have already received the Bhakti Sastri certificate , I have interrupted BhVai studies for time reasons, restarting on november.
• Devotee care: We have formed the Sastra Seva Sanga study group with Indira Sakti dd, Tarangaksi dd, Jana Pavana das, Patricia Palomino and Sandra Salazar. We are studying and discussing The Teachings of Lord Caitanya (very nice association).
• Service: ISKCON Ministry of Education representative and Bhakti Sastri program administration.
• Association: My good wife first of all, a good friendship with LAD, Param Padam das, Vira Gopal das (Gaura Gadadhara dd's husband) and Jana Pavana das. The relationship with educators is very different from anything experienced before. Birds of the same plumage, flies together.

HpS - Heard your in-laws think it best for you to not stay with them with this Co-Vid thing. Hmmm. The omicron seems like any other flu, but we are having so many people coining and going here that it can be harder to control than even a normal family like that.

Jagat guru, Carolina, Babies, just moved into the bungalow.

Can you come and stay with Laksmana and Ramana reti and then all three visit during the daytime? We can help with any taxi expenses?

Devotional service is practical activity in the foreground of spiritual life.

We have a lot of work to do.

• Asram: improving a lot, working cooperatively in service, sublimating physical love in an associate relationship. Some issues still bothering but we have learned to take care of each other.

The internal storm calms down (a crystalline light emerges), now is a soft humid breeze, solitude is no longer a bitter refuge but a space to meet my beautiful Lord. Thank you for everything, for your warm protection, for the service you have allowed me to try do for you. The therapeutic value of Guru seva is inconceivable.

Forever grateful

Your clumsy servant

Gandharva das

HpS - ASA - Your evil group leader.