Letters to the editor

Hare Krsna Guru Maharaja, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

Thank you so much for mercifully awarding me second initiation last Sunday. I hope that I can sincerely maintain the standard that Brahmin initiates should maintain.

I also had a few questions, Guru Maharaja:

- In the Gayatri Mantras, one praises Kamadeva. What is the significance of worshipping Kamadeva three times a day? My parents told me that Kama actually means Krsna in the Mantra. In that case, I was wondering why Krsna is specifically being worshipped as Kama.

HpS - I do not know. I remember reading things. I think Krsna is glorified as Kamadeva because He stimulates us to serve in such an attractive way that it can be compared in some sense to the intensity that we see in the relationship between the opposite sex in this world. Of course, our attraction may be in Santa Rasa in the beginning or even eternally, but if we can become the servants of the Gopis in our Santa Rasa service by the mercy of Lord Caitanya, that is great.

- Gurudeva, the sunset timing here is 4:30 PM nowadays, which means that the Sandhya time range is generally from 4:06-4:54. On Mondays and Wednesdays I have a 4:00-5:15 PM class. Would it be okay if I did the gayatri just 10 minutes before the Sandhya time begins? Sometimes I am facing the same problem when I have 11:00-12:00 classes and noon time is at 11:36. 

HpS - I think we can chant it as soon as some other unavoidable service in finished. Eg. after the Sunday Feast Kirtan, and lecture, Trivikrama Swami would sit and chant his Gayatri. So, it seems that it is better to chant it little bit too late than too early.

I would appreciate your advice Guru Maharaja.

Your servant,

Sugopi Radha devi dasi

HpS - Do you have the book by Saccinandana Swami? I think he gives some nice details on chanting.

Hare krishna, le ofresco mis más humildes y respetuosas reverencias, todas las glorias a Srila prabhupada, todas las glorias a usted!

En una carta anterior me preguntó " Who do you get as associates In Your reading?

Personas que han sufrido mucho o que no tienen buena salud.

HpS - Jaya AgtSP. Maybe make little reading club of two, three etc. persons and read together or discuss what you have read.

Su Aspirante A Sirvienta

Julia cuellar torres 🙏🏻

Hare Krishna Gurumaharaj

Please accept my humble obeisances.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

HpS/ASA - AgtSP! So nice to hear from you!!! Sorry that it has taken us 3-days to answer, but all weekend now we have strong programs.

Praying to Lord Nityananda and Giriraj for spiritual intelligence to be able to approach you with the right service attitude, Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare !!!

HpS - We are pretty simple people, so guess you will have the proper attitude. Thank you.

In the FMP of today (for you in South America) via gotomeeting, we inquired from you; how we can get a " flying carpet", the one that could be an efficient transportation for you, so you would agreed to visit again the Down Under land - Australia, in this life time.

In a hopeful mood we attempt to follow your instruction, inquiring from you. Please Gurumaharaj, would you consider visiting Australia, it is closer to India.

For another hand, while writing to you the suppressed confronting emotions are surfacing.

Probably, like some devotees I am struggling in digest, and realise your teachings, specially when you speak about winding up, and leaving your body in 2024. The time is passing very quickly; it is unavoidable to experience anxiety, desperation, fear and at the same time, the utmost respect, gratitude, admiration toward you; appreciating how you have been guiding us in all aspect with your exemplary spiritual life (highly qualified), your teachings (words and actions) and now, the lesson on how to leave the body in Krishna consciousness.

Gratitude and admiration are overwhelming making our heart happy, because we understand a bit, that Krishna's and Srila Prabhupada's causeless mercy are giving us the great fortune to have H. H. Hanumat Presak Swami's loving association, (his guidance, care and example).

Words are falling short in this context, how to express our overwhelming experience of a glimpse, awareness of your spiritual greatness and at the same time knowing that soon you are going to leave.

Alas, you are preparing us, giving us the opportunity to uplift our consciousness, learning to associate with you in a higher level, going beyond physical limitations. Is this not another display of your ' True Love' that your compassionate and caring heart is doing for us?.

Nevertheless, our heart experiences a lot of anxiety too. Oh, Krishna!! Gurumaharaj is going to leave!!!.. we have heard about it since long time ago, but we suppressed it in my unconscious mind, not wanting to face it, but now it is not possible to avoid it; it is just in font of us.. Oh Krishna,.. help us to grow in acceptance, imbibe it and rise up strong from there, thanks to the spiritual nourishment that it is offering to us.

Please forgive me for this outburst, i could not control it.

I fully trust that you will understand it better than myself.

Thank you Gurumaharaj

Your servant

Madhumanjari dd

HpS - Hare Krsna. We always focus on how much Srila Prabhupada's disciples felt pain upon his departure, but what about Srila Prabhupada's pain? Is interesting, no? Did he even feel more pain than they in leaving his "beloved American and European sons and daughters"?

Of course, Odana sasthi, 2024 is like a best estimate, a joke at talking about anything so much under superior control with exact dates. We see, and I suspect you also, that we can die at any point.

"Oh, didn't you hear! Hp Swami died yesterday! He was in the middle of writing a letter to one of his disciples in Australia and had a heart attack!"

Maybe we'll be stuck here until 2034. (Ayeeee!).

How many more years do you have? One hundred? Fifty? Twenty-five? Fifteen?

Is good to make a practical estimate and then look at our mission in this life as it has developed?

asa(e) - Uncle Gismo,

Magic Carpets:

Guru Das asked Srila Prabhupada what we would do after we had made this whole world Krsna conscious and there was no more preaching here, and Srila Prabhuapda smiled and answered that the Sannyasis would get on their flying carpets and go to other planets to preach.

https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/2/7/37/ seems to indicate that flying carpets are quite possible.

Second class option is good flight from India to Australia, traveling companion, and/or priority processing through immigration and customs. That is the killer! One hour standing in line for immigration before leaving.

Or we all meet in Radha Kunda instead with Divya svaroop Das and Jaga mohan.

I want so much to be accepted in Vrndavana as a simple citizen by Srila A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami.

Respects to all.

Dearest Maharaj,

PAMHO AGTSP!

Yes Maharaj, I really do want initiation from you, but I feel so fallen. I still cannot wake up early. A large part of that has to do with my husband staying awake till 3am. Sometimes I feel weighed down by responsibility for our spiritual advancement. At several sleepless occasions I've tried communicating to him gently that I can't sleep with someone awake in the house. He says he can't do anything about it, it's my problem, and i should just go to sleep and stop harassing him.

Maharaj, is this what you mean by not being able to do Hari kirtan. I feel I can never wake-up early like this. I feel contaminated in this marriage. It's so hard for me to give up this feeling of despair. I find my mind frightened that our children will be more difficult because of our weak sadhana. Sometimes I wonder why Krsna gave me this marriage. I'm not very good at helping him. And my own sadhana remains weak.

Maharaj, question in my heart, charging students to teach or perform or shoot, is that incorrect?

HpS - Thank you for your letter!!!! Thinking of you often. Our mail clerks are not very expert in handling the mail, so when there is Priority Code from the Kapi Dhvaja that gets their attention.

Of course, Prahlada Maharaja was able to take a quick nap when they were throwing him off cliffs, or trampling under elephants, so that is the ideal, and we should admit that there is room for us to improve things from our side, but on the other hand, Prabhupada directly said that we cannot imitate these actions.

So, I don't know what to say.

Try to make some adjustment, but, without violence, we have to chant our rounds and follow the principles.

I can't understand the last question. You want your dance students to charge their stun guns and shoot people.

Respects to the Varuna! Please, tell him that we are always happy to hear in the Blog his experiences about life in the real world, and modern India.

Your aspiring servant,

Yajnaseni

Hare Krsna Gurudev

🙏

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada!

Todas las glorias sean a usted. 

Por favor acepte mis reverencias a sus pies de loto.

HpS - Pies de (mitad) loco.

Espero que al momento de recibir esta carta lo encuentre muy bien de salud. 

Quería contarle que me encuentro en un momento estable, con un Sadhana y conciencia firme para expandir la misión de Srila Prabhupada. 

He seguido sus instrucciones, y esto me a llevado a una mejoría completa, tanto a mi como a mi entorno social y familiar. 

Gracias a su misericordia logro dia a día poder predicar en mi trabajo y en el lugar donde estudio sobre la misión de Srila Prabhupada, repartiendo libros e invitandolos a programas. 

Particularmente hoy tengo una sensación hermosa en el corazon, el cual se debe a qué siguiendo tanto sus instrucciones, cómo la de devotos mayores de mi Yatra local, me entrego a su infinita misericordia, luego de tomar el curso y el examen de discipulo, me acerco a usted con el fin de pidirle su refugio formal. 

Agrego también una copia de la carta de recomendación de Prabhu Lakshmana Das (presidente de templo Iskcon Buenos Aires)

Su eterno sirviente Bhakta Ever.

HpS - Felicidades. Por supuesto, considerando las circunstancias, estamos muy felices de tratar de servirle como diksa guru en ISKCON bajo el refugio de Srila Prabhupada. En cuanto a las formalidades administrativas, lo aceptamos como refugiado, y ahora lea el Kapi Dhvaja y envíe informes cada dos meses con preguntas, comentarios, con los códigos de prioridad, para que podamos estar seguros de verlos, y luego después de las seis. meses más, 1ª iniciación.

Super!!! Felicidades!!

Hare Krishna, Gurumaharaja, acepte mis humildes reverencias, Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada.

Gracias por la respuesta y misericordia.

Me informan que S.S Guruprasad Swami vendrá al templo de ciudad de México hasta el próximo año.

Madre Govinda , viajará de México a Perú del 17 de Diciembre del presente año al 4 de enero.

Ella me puede hacer el favor de hacerle llegar a UD la Japa y también traerla de regreso a México, está sería otra opción si a UD le parece bien.

HpS - Aparece bueno! Es deficil correro Peru a Mexico, obteniendo Japa aqui. Posible funciona DHL. Peru ell viene en solamente tres semanas.

Me gustaría saber su opinión Maharaja.

Quedo pendiente a cualquier instrucción que UD decida darme.

Infinitas gracias Gurumaharaja por su gran misericordia.

Su aspirante a sirviente. Marco Antonio Galván.

HpS - Muy feliz conocerte. 🙂 🙂 🙂 Esperamos unos devotos de Mejico nos visita en Houston.