Letters to the editor

Hare Krishna muy querido Gurumaharaja 🙏🏻 

Por favor acepte mis sinceras reverencias 🙏🏻 

Todas las glorias siempre a nuestro salvador Srila Prabhupada 🙏🏻 

Todas las noches leo sus respuestas en el monkey warrior y en el programa de gotomeeting lo veo estático y radiante (es mi visión externa) PERO recuerdo cuando yo era profesora: me dolían las piernas, estaba mal del riñón, había dormido poco, mi tía estaba agonizando... Y frente a mis alumnos yo siempre estaba sonriendo, cantando "feliz" entusiasta...los niños no tenían que sentirse afectados por mis problemas personales insignificantes...por eso me atrevo a preguntarle Cómo está su salud? Mejor? El corazón? Su pecho le duele aún?

No puedo dejar de recordarlo en Nueva Vrajamandala, en todo lado lo veo caminando, escucho la melodía de su quena, su voz, sus pasos...tenerlo con nosotros fue un sueño hecho realidad para mí... GRACIAS 🙏🏻

Yo sigo acá, limpiando la hospedería de NVM, seguimos en la mini pequeña habitación cuidando intentando atender a nuestro Gopal (en realidad creo que Gopal nos cuida) escuchando a los devotos cantar Hare Krishna todo el santo día (pienso que es una protección de cierta forma, porque los acompaño cantando, como un loro) atendiendo al devoto de 92 años Ambaris (es mi karma, antes cuidé a mí abuela y tí@s ancianos) y por misericordia tomando dharsan de los más hermosos de todos los planetas RADHA GOVINDA CANDRA 💖 

Terminé de leer el libro Las glorias y pasatiempos de Srimati Radharani (un néctar sublime espiritual) y por instrucción de mi esposo también empecé a leer el Srimad Bhagavatam (dice que primero debo leer el SB antes de los pasatiempos de Radhe)

Con el recuerdo de usted en mi corazón, su discípula de tercera clase Yasoda Devi Dasi 🙏🏻

HpSwami ASA - Please, agtSP, send again with translate.google.com.

Could read about half.

Was great.

We are all teachers if we just go out anyway at all.

hare Krsna Gurudeva, agtSP,paoho

Thank you for answering our letters the Vrindavan Sadhu is a vaishnav in Hari Das Thakur line. He does quote. Chaitanya mahaprabhu very often. he only speaks in Hindi.

I am also hearing Mahatma Prabhu from Alachua, as representative from ISKCON

Sb 3.29.10 says

There are different devotional activities, such as hearing, chanting, remembering, worshiping, offering prayer, rendering service and surrendering everything, and each of them can be divided into three qualitative categories.

Does His Holiness thinks it will be appropriate to go letter (missive) by letter, and build on this topic ?

HpS - We, agtSP, don't understand? More details?

We primarily have been category of 3.29.8, hence v r in this state.

We r like Sugriva, only in association of Hanuman can we serve Rama.

ASA - Sugriva was brought to his senses by Laksmana's visit also, no?

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada

Por favor acepte mis humildes reverencias Guru Maharaj

Le compartimos que después de luchar contra el cáncer el pasado jueves prabhu Radha Raman dejó el cuerpo y esta vida en Monterrey, podría tratar de compartir todas las cualidades de tan querido devoto pero no podría yo ser capaz, me a dado mucha nostalgia este acontecimiento porque antes de conocer a los devotos yo visité el restaurante Govinda´s que era negocio de prabhu Radha Raman por ahi del año 2011 fue mi primer contacto con los devotos y definitivamente quedan muchos recuerdos y nostalgia de cuando conocí a los devotos en 2012 .

Ofrecimos el espacio de predica de nuestro restaurante para el funeral del devoto, sorprendentemente muchos devotos asistieron a dar su ultimo adiós.

Realizamos kirtan, lectura, bhajan, sadhu sanga lo que pudiera hacerse para dar un ambiente propicio y digno para su trascendental partida.

Tu sirvienta eterna Anandamaya devi dasi.

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All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Please accept my humble obeisances Guru Maharaj

HpS - ASA - !!!!! AgtSP!!! paoho.....

We shared that after fighting cancer, last Thursday, Prabhu Radha Raman left his body and this life in Monterrey, I could try to share all the qualities of such a dear devotee but I would not be able to, this event has made me very nostalgic because before meeting the devotees, I visited Govinda's restaurant, which was Prabhu Radha Raman's business, around 2011.

It was my first contact with the devotees and there are definitely many memories and nostalgia left from when I met the devotees. in 2012.

ASA - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrVD0bP_ybg

We offered the preaching space of our restaurant for the devotee's funeral, surprisingly many devotees attended to say their last goodbye.

We performed kirtan, reading, bhajan, sadhu sanga whatever could be done to provide a conducive and dignified environment for his momentous departure.

Your eternal servant Anandamaya devi dasi.

HpS - It is 1932. Our Father is leaving for a three year contract in China. There will be letters. telegrams, long, long, long distance phone calls on our birthday.

lots of tears from little children, but we know that after three years we will meet again!!

Be proud to make our report then.

Thank you for the picture. We will chant one round in front of it.

Everyone do that.

Give him some guidance now that he is on Bhuvah loka.

Hare Krishna, Guru Maharaj,

HpS - ASA -- AgtSP!!! Paoho.

Please accept my humble obeisances.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

I am following the 4 regulative principles. I am struggling to complete my rounds now that we don't have any support at home. Vishaka's parents have left for India. I will strive to complete my rounds, Guru Maharaj.

HpS - If you do, 💪💪💪🐒, then all the home work will become easy!

We are still doing the FMP with Dhaasharathi.

https://monkeywarrior.com/detail/15291/

Regarding this letter, initially we had planned to do the rice feeding ceremony on the 18th of December Guru Maharaj, but since your Vyasa Puja is on 31st, we wouldn't be able to make the trip twice.

So, we thought we would do the ceremony on the 1st of January, if that's ok with you Guru Maharaj.

HpS - Happy New Year!

If it is O.K. with Nila Madhava and the village chiefs, then it is O.K. with us.

We will come on the 30th of Dec and leave at night on the 1st of Jan.

HpS - Super!!!

I hope you get some rest after reaching Houston Guru Maharaj. I saw in the blog that Richmond is keeping you very busy.

Every day here we have a noon or evening program.

We are learning how to function with an 25-year old Mercedes! 😃

Your humble servant

Sri Rama Krishna Das

HpS/ASA -- 🐵 🐷 🐘 Thank you!!! Hari Bolo!

Hare Krsna Guru Maharaja.

Por favor acepte mis respetuosas reverencias.

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada!

Querido Guru Maharaja.

La tienda está en nuestra casa. Así que puedo ir a dejar y buscar a los niños a la escuela y estar con ellos toda la tarde.

Siempre tenemos kirtan sonando. Kadamba Kanana Swami, Jahnavi Harrison, Acyuta Gopi, Niranjana Swami y Madhava Prabhu.

Vamos a pedir más títulos del BBT, solo tenemos 4 títulos.

Muchas gracias por incentivarme a continuar con los cursos. No es fácil seguir, pero es un néctar hacer el servicio.

Si Gurudev, es la profesora Claudia Lira en la fotografía que envié en la carta anterior. Ella es muy agradable.

Su aspirante a sirviente

Priyasakhi Devi Dasi

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Hare Krsna Guru Maharaja.

Please accept my respectful obeisances.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Dear Guru Maharaja,

The store is in our house. So I can go and pick up the kids from school and be with them all afternoon.

We always have kirtan playing. Kadamba Kanana Swami, Jahnavi Harrison, Acyuta Gopi, Niranjana Swami and Madhava Prabhu.

We are going to order more BBT titles, we only have 4 titles.

Thank you very much for encouraging me to continue with the courses. It is not easy to continue, but it is a pleasure to do service.

Yes Gurudev, it is Professor Claudia Lira in the photograph I sent in the previous letter. She is very nice.

Your would-be servant

Priyasakhi Devi Dasi

HPS - ASA --- Thank you for the information packed news. Your kids, husband, church, nation all seem to be very lucky to have some one like you helping them! 😃

We leave now for home program.

Hope to broadcast it.

Hare Krishna Gurumaharaja, please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! 

So nice to hear from you and to be connected through this blog platform once again. Though I feel like I’m with you in the morning program and I have the great fortune of following your activities on Facebook and Twitter. But It’s always like a bolt of lightning when receiving your personal messages. A reminder of the ultimate goal of life and a clear picture of where I am at, simultaneously. There’s quite a gap. It’s encouraging and humbling in one shot. 

Yes, the community here in general is like an upside down and distorted version of what I think real community might be. And no one knows each other, it’s true. Everyone in their own isolated box of comfort, “pleasures” and miseries. Reminds me of that quote: “most people are living out quiet lives of desperation”…while saying: “I'm doing good”. 

HpS///ASA - AgtSP. Paoho. T. S. Elliot.

We long for village life and more association with devotees but at the same time are dealing with our own rugged individualist tendencies and contaminations.

HpS - That's the American Way, no? John Wayne, James Bond.

Despite all of that I find many moments throughout the day of clarity and connection to you. Started a Japa call for a few new Bhaktas: Braxton, Connor and Jack. They join almost every morning at some point in a two and half hour long duration. Getting most of my rounds in before breakfast and before the baby terror wakes up. Yamuna is advancing though but we can’t tell if she’s a great devotee or a great demon sometimes ha ha..

ASA - Can we be both?? 🐵

I’ve been giving talks every Thursday on Vaisesika Prabhu’s new book: The Four Questions. And then every Friday Anadi and I have been doing a class on Nectar Of Instruction using your Tava Pache Pache for Power point inspiration and discussion points. People have been engaged. Thank you for this commentary and for inspiring us to do this. 

Govardhana Puja was really deep and not a huge turn out but a quality crowd. I’m still working on our hill and making artful signage in yellow, red and the perfect green. I almost don’t want to finish it because then it could come to life and then I would really have to surrender! Ha ha and yes making it higher and charging people to commit transcendental suicide off of it is a good idea! Some wild preaching that would be. 

There is so much more I want to tell you but I don’t want to be too long winded. 

Thank you, Maharaja for everything and for remembering me. Been feeling a new level of conviction about this process and it appears Krishna is taking many things away from me to keep me out of trouble. It is all due to your mercy and kindness. 

Your aspiring servant, 

Nitisara Das

P.S. I’ve invited Balabhadra Prabhu and his good wife to our house for pizza on the 14th of December. Thank you for this great idea and chance to rekindle our relationship. Pizza prasadam can do amazing things..Jaya!

HpS - Wonderful! Wonderful. So, often these chasms between devotees are just misunderstandings, no? 🍕

🍕 ... 🍕...

Thank you.

We are packing to leave at 4.30PM for a home program.

Really have a full program here in Richmond.

Pretty constant chest moans now. Little higher pitch. Key of C-major. 😄

Yet, pulse is pretty regular and strong.

Hare Krsna.

We all must be ready to go, catch the magic carpet, take our place on the great mandala, as it passes through our brief moment of time, but also, continue to see practical plans developing from our Kirtan, no.

Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna...

See you all soon.