Letters to the editor

All Glories to Shri A C Prabhupada, Sripada and HpS Guruji Maharaja.

Dandavat Pranam!

I have read Gurugi's reply and re-read Krsna chapters.

As narrated by Prabhu Partha Sarthi Dada the story of Yamu and Krsna are found in the book Puranic Encyclopedia: Yamuna is the daughter of Surya Deva and twin brother of Yamraj, again the sister of Sanideva.

Yamuna is one of the wife of Krsna and play with gopis after rasalila in the Yamuna.

It is a long puranic story, I am so satisfy to know the story of Yamunesvara: The iswara of Yamuna; Krsna.

Yours fallen servant,

Yamunesvara Das.

HpS - Thank you. I have seen one maybe two Puranic Encyclopedias. One friend, Balabhadra Das in Boise, Idaho, has a copy. I think that Srila Prabhupada spent a long time in the library using the Puranic Encyclopedia to write the biographys that he has in the purports to the first two cantos.

We also read that Yamuna is the liquid form of Visaka Devi.

Krsna - Yamunesvara.

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Do you have Sadhu sanga for reading with other devotees?



Hare Krishna, dear gurudeva, Pamho, AGTSP!

For Lord Nrsimha appearance day we (Raman reti d d and LAD) started our renewed daily program (described bellow).

After 4 month of RR arrival to Peru, we have achieved great goals.

Our sadhana is better, our schedule is more fixed.

The offerings and attention to the Deities of Goura nitay, and our inaugurated Lord Nrsimhadeva have been a great advance for our spiritual life.

Our apartment on the roof of my house is quite advanced. Our kitchen for the Lord is stocked with almost everything that is needed to offer him good offerings. By the mercy of many friends and devotees we have been able to acquire many things to attend Krishna properly.

We also inaugurated our temple hall with a makeshift altar with a wardrobe, but it's pretty cool. We were able to put windows and other things that we were missing. Now we only need a few chairs and cushions to be able to serve guests.

For now, we celebrate the holidays with good prasadam that we share with my family and some friends. In the future we will be able to invite devotees to our celebrations. The temple hall has also been designed to be able to give lectures to guests that I am sure Krishna will send soon.

That was the idea from the beginning. Have a small preaching center. Invite prasadam to guests. In the future, we will see the possibility, as you told us, of starting a school with friends and devotees. We have already had conversations about it with several people. It also follows our idea of ​​distributing prasadam in the village and eventually having an NGO for this purpose. Invite local artists to do cultural programs and reconnect with the municipality to do joint programs.

Our base is almost ready and we wait for your mercy, Srila Prabhupadas and Lord Caitanyas, to fulfill our projects or show us what we have to do to expand the Sankirtan movement. We also hope that they will allow us to do some temple service. We thought going to cleaning once a week would be nice.

We are open to Krishna's mercy to do a little or a lot, as He shows us.

Thank you very much, dear gurudeva, for your infinite mercy and the care and love that you shows us at all times without deserving it.

Your servants

LAD and RR

LAD AND RR PROGRAM

Morning

2.50 - 3.00 am Get up and get ready

3.00 - 4.00 am Rounds

4.00 - 4.20 am Get ready, wake up Deity, prepare offering

4.20 - 4.30 am Offering

4.30 - 5.00 am Mangalartik-puja

5.00 - 5.30 am Rounds

5.30 - 6.00 am CC reading

6.00 - 6.10 am Gayatri

6.10 - 6.50 am Study

6.50 - 7.15 am Dressing Deity and prepare offering

7.15 - 7.25 am Offering

7.30 - 8.30 am SB class

8.30 - 9.00 am breakfast

9.00 - 10.00 am break

10.00 - 12.00 m chores, study.

12.00 - 12.10 pm Gayatri

12.10 - 12.40 pm Preparation of offering

12.40 - 12.50 pm Offering

Lunch-rest

Afternoon

15.30 - 18.00 pm chores-study

18.00 - 18.10 Gayatri

18.10 - 18.20 Prepare offering

18.20 - 18.30 Offering

18.30 - 18.50 Gourartik, Bhagavad gita

18.50 - 19.00 take to bed Deity

19.00 - 20.30 Classes (Bhakti sastri, Pada Padma, Canto 3, C. Disciples)

20.30 - 21.00 Soup, Krishna book, go to bed

HpS - Some times Krsna introduces unusually things, like special demons or special fruit trees in the forest.... Have to understand the priorities as well as the schedule, no?!!

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Hare Krsna, Guru Maharaja.

Por favor acepte mis respetuosas reverencias.

Todas las glorias sean para Srila Prabhupada.

HpS - ASA -- !!!!

Gurudev, muchas gracias por toda Su inspiración diaria en el servicio. Es de gran ayuda contar con Ud. en FMP y es difícil pensar que en algún momento ud ya no estará ahí.

HpS - Who knows who will be the first removed from this world? As I write this you may have been killed by an elephant falling from a circus truck.

La verdad es que gracias a Ud, y a la asociación de los devotos y devotas serios y puros, nosotros podemos mantenernos y darnos cuenta cuando no estamos en la senda correcta.

HpS - Si, oir grabacion de Srila Prabhupada puedo ver que estamos desfiando de la consciencia de ser humano, devoto, Gauranga Bhakti.

Estuve 2 semanas con estrés, producto de las exigencias en el trabajo, servicio y que haceres. Parpadeo del ojo izquierdo, y otros síntomas menores.

HpS - Arjuna y Draupadi had to participate in the butchering of millions of people day after day after day, no? Pero, no menos nuestras pequeno desafilos con los peguenos recursos que tenemos realcionar con ellos. Krsna listo manejar sue caroza en la batalla.

Tuve que aliviar un poco las responsabilidades y volví a mi centro. Ahora vuelvo a tomar responsabilidades, pero de a poco.

No hay mucho que contar, solo que seguimos en pie, con japa, gayatri, lectura, principios, estudio, etc.

Sólo planificando, si Krsna quiere viajar cuando podamos.

Mis eternas reverencias.

Su aspirante a sirviente

Priya Sakhi dd

HpS - Y su Prabhu? Como esta el, y los ninos? Su iglesia? Su sociedad?

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All glories to H. H. Hanumatpresaka Swami.

All glories to Srila A. C.Bhaktivendanta Swami Prabhupada.

All Glories to Sri Sri Radha Giridhari.

I enjoyed the insights in your last letter, serving guru means serving Srila prabhupada this puts things in proper perspective.

Seeing that all living entities are our guru. this is a axiom worth striving for.

Presently I'm trying to serve the disciples with the best of my ability. most bramacharis are in there 20's.

My temple commander is Damodara carana das. He has the wisdom to lead in a supportive way. He engages me in the Food for Life Program and he makes the work seem so effortless, and I am inspired by their enthusiasm, and everyone fearless to do more outreach programs.

The elder devotees are miraculous. they have the experience to handle all of the considerations I might have.

Some of the senior devotees are

Dravida Dass.

Rajendrananda Dass

Para Shakti Dasi

Dharmasetu Dass and Dayanidhi Dass are rock solid in there service.

Vrindavan Dasi had to have a appendix surgery and Dayanidhi spent the evening at the hospital and he still made the morning program to dress the dietys. they are super servants of their Lordships.

I see that your schedule brings you for a super west coast visit.

I remember how the Boise community enjoyed your programs.

My understanding is H. H. Badrinarayan Swami e-mailed you regarding me becoming your disciple. did you by chance receive this message?

ASA - Aye, aye, Mate. We exchanged about messages and he's gonna send your beads on to chant.

I would personally would like to have your association while you're visiting in August.

HpS - Talking with Badri seems nice if you can be initiated in the ceremony in San Diego, but your could visit Boise while we are there for three weeks right after that. Nity-sara Das might be able to help you with accommodations.

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Thanks for these exchanges as they help me understand the proper mind set a disciple should foster.

I appreciate your generosity of your time, your mastery of guru disciple relationship and the encouragement for me to continue on this path

Nitai/Gaura!

Your servant Mike Jarvis

HpS - Thank you for your letter. First initiation, second initiation, third... fourth... fifth.. 122! More and more accomplishments are possible. Even Krsna is marveled by the possibilities of Vrndavana Dhama and Sankirtan in the material world.

First initiation, then learn how to integrate your full personal abilities in Krsna's service. Then be poetical about it!!

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"On the beach thinking...as the song goes " What a wild and crazy trip this has been"

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ASA - Well, pack your carry-on luggage, because the CIA (Caitanya Intelligence Agency) wants you on their next run. What is Nimai planning in Nabadvip just to have fun?

We are looking at the Kapi Dhvaja and thinking. 😖 Too much for us today. Yet, Balarama will always have his way.

On the beach.. the ocean within easy reach.. news of Dominican you can teach.

https://monkeywarrior.com/detail/12382/

Hare Krsna Maharaj,

PAMHO, AGTSP,

This is letter is regarding your teachings and observation, esp with fool like us.

We think we like to be something like Hiranyakasipu with different reasons.

Once you said (in hawaii sanga) if Harsh Pradhan becomes prime minister, he will say Chant Hare Krsna, Otherwise I will launch ICBM.

Famous King Aurangzeb was also like this, externally he lived austere life, he always chanted on rosary.

Even present Pakistan Prime Minister does this.

We are much attracted to the opulence of Krsna of fame, renunciation, knowledge and Power, in decreasing order.

We heard one statement from Gauranga Prabhu in GEV during Narsingh Chaturdashi lecture.

"Hiranyakasipu could tolerate Tornados, but could not tolerate 'no' from a child."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9J24Jc3P960

We are very attracted to austerity, that's why we are also attracted to Bhisma, (somebody like Arnold Schazneggar and  still unmarried).

We are ever even attracted to Vishwamitra , who could create heaven himself.

we are even attracted to Shaolin Kung Fu, for that reason. One can does not fear lances, or rods etc.

ASA - We saw a video by a England born Indian who actually lived and study in Shaolin Monastery for several years. He was identifying the halls, people, proccess, friends, teachers, and said that this business about not being affected when kicked in sensitive place when by tourists was not true. It hurt but they were trained to not show it and then slip behind a tree and grimace and double over. 🤔

Seems Krsna book is very important for we who like soldier stories.

We still have hidden desire of head of state, we hear interview of big shots G-7, G-20 with that perspective,

what should be Prabhupada perspective on this problem?

HpS - Adjust to take first initiation = Sambandha, I am servant of Krsna.

Continue to second initation = Abhidheya, I am now developing my service in terms of my Ksatriya, B'mana, et al Karma, like Arjuna.

However we could see all this austerity is for our ego. It hardens us, not soften us. Our pride increases, we become very demanding and loose our soft side. We become very rough, critical.

Even austerity is what attracted us toward your self ( getting up at 130),

but we can see you dont get hard hearted instead you are becoming more soft.

We can see we can get deviated from Bhakti due to Yoga, Jnana and Karma (and decreasing order).

May be I was envious of Krsna he being Yogeswara.

Please guide me, how to use this attraction of austerity in manner which is useful for all souls.

ASA - This helps? Joan of Arc? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8uFwwGvfBM but no solution for you, nor me, nor anyone except for becoming hero of Japa vrata.

hare krsna,

Harsh Pradhan