Letters to the editor

Querido Gurumaharaja.

Por favor acepte mis respetuosas reverencias.

¡Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada!

Nuestra querida madre Sarvani de Perú está atravesando una situación delicada de salud, ella estaba regresando de India - Egipto - México - Perú, pero su salud se agravó recientemente en Egipto y no ha podido salir de allí.

Por mucho tiempo ella ha sido miembro de ASA así que tomo el atrevimiento de compartir la búsqueda de apoyo en este foro por si alguien está en la posibilidad de apoyar por favor y porsupuesto solicitar las oraciones de los vaisnavas que son muy importantes.

Vuestra eterna aspirante a sirviente

Asta Sakhi dd

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Dear Gurumaharaja.

Please accept my respectful obeisances.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Our dear mother Sarvani from Peru is going through a delicate health situation, she was returning from India-Egypt-Mexico-Peru, but her health recently deteriorated in Egypt and she has not been able to leave there.

For a long time she has been a member of ASA so she took the boldness to share the search for support in this forum in case someone is in the possibility to support and of course request the prayers of the Vaisnavas that are very important.

Your eternal would-be servant

Asta Sakhi dd

HpS - Hare Krsna. AgtSP. Thank you for this letter. We are sorry that we are slow in answering mail now, especially these last few days. The pressure from travel has been INTENSE! Yesterday we had strong allergy reaction, sneezing all the time. There are no symptoms of CoVid virus. Today it is a little better but we have been resting and not gone outside yet.

Today we have to put everything behind and work with Srinatha Krsna Das on our Tava-Pache-Pache, NoI, comments so that we can send it to Abhirama, Visual Imprint, for typesetting on Monday.

The following letter from M. Sarvani Devi Dasi seems a little suspicious. Of course, she is one of the most senior devotees we know in our Peruvian Yatra, and always a great, great honor to have here association in any of our ASA programs. We always want to help her in here service, and have!

On the other hand, we have received letters requesting money from people we know, we got one in Oscar Natars' name one time saying he was in Europe and had been robbed and needed money, but when we contacted him personally he said that it was false, and that someone had hacked his address book and was sending out the letter.

It is strange that Mataji is writing from Egypt?!! Even travel to India or Mexico seems strange now.

Are you sure this is here and the money transfer address is bonafide?

We hope that our body becomes more useful in the next few days.

Even avoiding pandemic while traveling is a big challenge.

Staying alive in this material world is a challenge.

*Ayudemos a Sarvani*

Helping Sarvani

I am Sarvani dd (my legal name is Sara Coahila). All my life I have worked as an accounting assistant and I practice spiritual life for many years, I am also a disciple of Jayapataka Swami. I am approaching you with this campaign to humbly ask you to help me raise funds to cover a number of financial expenses that I am having due to my situation.

Right now I am in transit in Cairo, Egypt and I was stranded. My stay has been extended and in this time I have suffered a sudden deterioration in my health, I have constant diarrhea and I have lost a lot of weight, in addition to this I am presenting symptoms compatible with COVID 19. I do not have access to public health and the access to a Private Hospital has been difficult because of the cost, my gender, different language and even because it is not easy to be treated because the demand that exists in the hospitals. I am afraid and I am alone, so I strongly ask that you help me financially to be able to go through this series of unfortunate events that I am going through.

With your contribution I will be able to pay for medical attention, medicines, accommodation, food and my return ticket as soon as I receive medical discharge. This fundraising is extremely urgent so that it can be treated in critical condition.

I thank you with all my heart for your contribution and for sharing this campaign with other people so that they can help me. 

Expenses

Medical care 900

Medicines 700

Stay x 10 days. 3500

Food 1.500

Total 6600

Lee más aquí https://gofund.me/3446c719

¡Reenvía este mensaje a tus contactos para ayudar a que la recaudación de fondos logre su objetivo!

All glories to AC Prabhupada, Srila Swarupa Damodar Swami Maharaja.

Radha Krishna ki Jay, Gours Nitya ki Jay, Gourabhakta Vrinda ki Jay.

Dandavat Pranam HpS, Guruji Maharaj!

HpS - All glories to Srila Prabhupada. In Nectar of Instruction, Text Five, last paragraph, https://vedabase.io/en/library/noi/5/#bb5954 SrilaPrabhupada gives a very nice illumination of Guru Tattva. We are just presenting ourselves as Madhyama adhikari devotees for taking up this role of Diksa guru on behalf of Srila Prabhupada in ISKCON, and requiring that everyone we initiate is accepting Srila Prabhupada as an Uttama adhikari spiritual master.

How is your relationship with Srila Prabhupada? Do you feel his presence in you life, service?

To be a part of ISKCON we need to have that personal experience of his presence in our life, Sankirtan!

Thank you.

Hare Krishna, please accept my humble obeisanses unto Guruji Maharaja's Padma Charan that the CC I am reading is Pabhu Padas English book. Not only that the Manipuri translation of two different writers, they explain vastly.

Yes, in SB/CC is full of stories of devotees achieving success.

"Took two lifetimes and he we Great Devotees" Who are them?

HpS - Did we say something like this is a previous letter? Of course, Maharaja Bharata is an example of someone who took two lifetimes to become perfect devotee, no? I cannot think of another one right now.

Yes just some days back I read the news in the JayaRama.US.

Guruji it is my personal request that I choose my Sakhi Manjari. Actually such names are offered from the Jagat Guru Gouranga Mahapraphu, but today HpS Gurji Maharaja represents Him so please give me the permission to get Yamunesvari Sakhi and Yamuna Manjuri. My sadhana will fruitful if Guruji give me Gurujis Asirbat (anumati). It is the tradition of Manipuri Vaisnavas.

HpS - We discussed some of this before, no? If we look at NoI, Text 7, paragraph starting, "The conclusion is that in order to get freed from..."

https://vedabase.io/en/library/noi/7/#bb5984

we see how Srila Prabhupada develops the verse, "Adau sraddha..." by Srila Rupa Goswami in a very nice way.

This is one of the most quoted verses in the Bhakti-rasa-amrta-sindhu. Srila Prabhupada gives the full Sanskrit in the purport to his Bhagavad-gita Text 4.40.

We have to know in which of these levels we find ourselves: Kanistha, Madhyama, Uttama adhikari. As Srila Prabhupada explains, following Lord Chaitanya, our Siddha svarupa becomes manifest when we come to the stage of Bhava. Of course, we can start to follow in the footsteps of a Manjari, or cowherd boy, etc even in the stage of Raga-anuga Bhakti. We see this as beginning in the stage of Ruci.

Here we are liberated by following Vaidhi bhakti and we can stimulate these eternal feelings of Rasa by trying to follow the feelings of a Gopi or Gopa in our service.

For example, when we offer the Raja bhoga to Radha Govinda Chandra in Mani-mandir, we can try to do it with the mood of Mother Yasoda or a cowherd friend of Krsna.

So, are you "Nistha"? Are you fixed in devotional service? Every day up for Kirtan and Mangala arati during Brahma muhurta? Always chanting 16-nice rounds etc? Then you can, will, naturally begin Raganuga Bhakti, but your real Siddha svarupa will only become fully manifest when you progress to the stage of Bhava bhakti, and it does not have to be a Manjari. We me become like Krsna's garland or his flute. All this is basically explained in the NoI, and then by reading Srila Prabhupadas books like CC, SB, NoD, we become more familiar with the topic.

Naturally, by following Srila Prabhupada, we are following Rupa Goswami. In Vraja lila he is Rupa Manjari, who is serving Lalita sakhi.

Of course, we are following Manipuri tradition through Bhakti svarupa Damodara Goswami and how he accepted its different aspects, and put aside some others.

Please discuss Srila Prabhupada's Parampara instructions from Lord Chaitanya with Haridas Goswami. He knows the Manipuri perspective very well, no? Ask him what he understands about this topic and then have him send a copy of his thoughts to us.

That will be very great service.

I do not remember in CC where Lord Caitanya gives Manjari names to anyone?

Waiting to hear from you and Maharaja. It is certain that if you just go on chanting sixteen enthusiastic rounds while following the four principles under Srila Prabhupada's authority you will come to the platform of Maha bhagavata and you eternal relation and body with Krsna will become manifest again.

Once again Dangavat Prana.

Yours fallen servant,

Yamunesvara Das.

All glories To Srila Prabhupada

Jay Jay Sri Guru and Gouranga

Dandavat Pranam Dear GuruDeva

I beg your pardon for not writing so often, although I meditate on his lotus feet daily.

I am praying that his health is good and allows him to continue in his mission of preaching with all the enthusiasm of all time.

Since the beginning of the pamdemic we keep with Majulali (Manjuali) DD in the distribution of Prasadam in various ways daily lunches, cakes and bakery, my mother helps us with some things when she can.

The music: The presentations were almost nil, now she is reactivated a little, but, everything is still very slow, I have

I recorded some Vaishnava songs in video format to keep me somewhat active.

The service: In the temple very little since it is going through different times, although at home I am with daily service

to the deities that my mother, manjulali and I. I will be helping the temple with a very security and emergency plan. necessary in any situation that you need such as controlling a fire, evacuating in case of earthquake, safety in kitchens, pujari room and salons.

Majulali DD: A day ago she took the exam for the initiation, I spent time reinforcing her knowledge and serenity to leave the result in the hands of Krishna, including a series of letters of commitment and declarations.

After everything that happened in our temple, my faith in Krishna consciousness, Srila Prabhupada, you and the devotees

has not changed, I believe that these situations bring us closer to the reality that we live in this material world and increase our desire to stop suffering by following the examples that you give us daily, thank you very much for all your effort and sacrifice for us.

Hoping to be helpful in your mission and putting myself fully at your service, your servant

Lalita Madhava Das 

HpS - Thank you . It is just like walking with you around the Temple in Santiago in the afternoon with the long autumn sun rays.

You are on the right path. You loving ability will reawaken taking all these lessons.

Hare Krishna Guru Maharaj,

Please accept my humble obeisances

All glories to you, All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Sorry Guru Maharaja for not writing for so long…

Hope you are doing well…

I am daily chanting my sixteen rounds and following four regulative principles…and by your mercy doing few seva in Kalachandji Temple… and somehow trying to serve our deties Nitai Navadwip Chandra..

Guru Maharaja as per your instruction in the previous letter I have started reading Bhagvatham, and now in completed 14th Chapter in the First Canto.

We have also made a small Bhagavatham study group where we daily read Bhagavatham for about 40 mins. We have finished till Chapter 7 of the first canto.

Somehow by your mercy I am able to read daily and get some association of Srila Prabhupada through his books.

Guru Maharaj I have completed my Bhakti Shastri course with Gopal Hari Prabhu and he also informed us that he will soon receive the certificates.

If you think I am ready for second initiation, I wish to take second initiation, when we meet you in Houston, so that I can cook and dress the deities in the temple.

We are eagerly waiting to come to Houston and to see you and get your association.

Please always keep me in your service Guru Maharaj.

HpS - AgtSP Seems fine to me. Romapada Swami is giving initiations on 17th morning as far as I understand. Maybe Saranga Th Das and Maharaja will let us join the same fire. Ask Saranga Th. Das.

We need a letter from Temple President, Nityananda Das. He might ask Saranga Th. Das.

Hare Krishna Maharaj

Please accept my humble obeisance in your Divine lotus feet..

All Glouris to you

All Glouris to Shrila Prabhu Pad ji..

I want to wish you A Very Happy 125th Apparence Day of Our beloved Shrila Prabhu Pad ji..

Today I am missing you lot..

I really need your kind Mercy..

When I met you in May 20th..in Houston temple.. from that day..I am reading all letters here..and very inspiring and very very helpful for me..

I am following All your instructions.

Maharaj my English is Not good..

That's why I didn't write any letter..

Can you please share your email address..so, I can write personally..

Maharaj.. Yesterday we celebrate Shri Krishna Janmashtami Festival.

Today we are going to celebrate our beloved Shrila Prabhu Pad ji Apparence Day..

Maharaj.. I Love to cook..

Since last 10 years I am cooking here for All devotees in Houston,.

All devotees like my cooking..

But unfortunatly I can Not cook for Shri Shri Radha Nila Madhav..

Yesterday so many devotees cook for Shri Shri Radha Nila Madhav, but I can't..

I serve 3000 devotees..but I want to serve Krishna also..

Maharaj..

I am begging your mercy..

Please accept this unfortunate soul also.. I know you're so merciful..but I am very sinful ..

Please forgive me and All my bad karma 😭

Please accept me like your daughter and very foolish servant 🙏🙏

Thank you so much Maharaj

Sumitra Sharma Houston

HpS - AGTSP paoho Your English is not good and I only have two eyes. 😁 With the company of a gentleman we are happy to have detailed discussion with ladies, but only after the topics are discussed in general in our very respected Blog.

Eg. Maybe you are having a problem with the Temple President, so here you write: Maharaja, how do we deal with situation when our ISKCON administrative authorities seem to have this that problem. . .

85% of the answer we can give will be in our answer to these general questions and 3-4 other people will have the same question answered by seeing our answer to you.

Before we had this Blog we were getting 400-500 letters/month. With the Blog it is ony 150/month.

After the general discussions we can certainly pass a few efficient minutes in a private email with ladies and their kind protectors.

Is O.K.? We talked with Gopinatha and Saranga Thakur about first initiation for your good self and other.

Formally would need letter from Temple President and then spend six months exchanging some letters like this to get to know each other in this relationship. So, that is one possibility. we meet with Saranga and get recommendation letter and communicate even with the help of others who speak English well, then when we return to Houston in six months we do the first initiation.

Let us see what Sarang Th. Das says.

Thank you.

Krsna eats at your house!

Hare Krsna Beloved Gurudeva:

AGTSP, PAMHO.

I have just got a message from Jambavan d he is extremely overjoyed due to your association. He is the brother I never had.

Well, I want to make a report. I went to the beach for one week. I went there in order to relax before the classes start. I basically woke up with the sound of the sea. It was very pleasant.

My internet connection was not good enough to connect to gotomeeting. Nevertheless, I followed FMP through facebook which is free for me.

I traveled with my Nrimshadeva, and when I was returning, at the airport someone asked me what is the statue that you have in your purse. Many times My Lordships wanted to be seen by others so I took Him out, He is my personal deity I said. He looked at Him and nodded.

We are very looking forward to meeting you in New Asoka dham.

I got my complete vaccination (Pfizer). I work at home, and just go out for buying groceries.

My service is to give classes for Iskcon Chosica once a month. In the last class I prepared a presentation, because the format that they use is just to talk in front of the camera, I used to do that but I tried to prepare something more.

16 R ok

4P ok

So, I guess that it is all for now, see you tonight at zoom

Trying to be your disciple

CMDD

HpS - Yes, it is so nice to prepare slide shows or other kinds of puppet shows!!!