Letters to the editor

Hare Krishna Maharaj,

PAMHO, AGTSP,

it was our great fortune to meet somebody like you, in our life. your qualities are indescrible by us both we trust you because primarily of your humility (bg 13.8)and criticism free minds set (NOI 5).

anyways we were talking to a hypnosis, and dream analyst. we came to conclusion that according to Transaction analysis( parent, child ego) harsh pradhan's

-child state is pre-dominant, he took his biological parents just as guardian. his child state is revengeful, impulsive, oscillating, kanistha faith , task oriented , short term pleasure seeking, ir-responsible, escaping

HpS - Wow!

• his parent state is critical , chastiser, slapper, controller, but sacrificing (with expectation to obey, like Indra).
• his adult state was never developed, never made friend, so his balance is missing....

we tried to find parent in you, there is no doubt that. I dont know when can we approach you just as a spiritual father or master.

You have BW, TB, UG, we know these are subtle companions. Can you kindly describe who are BW, TB, UG... esp we never understood who is BW:

HpS - They all were generated from a little discount book we ready many years ago which we late discovered was like a kids "Journey to the West".

Buck White, Piggy, is like the body. In our case he is usually more sane than Monkey, our mind. More reasonable and down to earth and not prone to gross desires.

i think we also need to name our child state.. he is feeling like orphan, its all Karma coming back.

our child state tends to make us sahijya often. we can not end this gross body, because problem is with subtle body..

if their one can do subtle suicide, leave his mind and intelligence , if not false ego. ?

HpS - Huh? Very esoteric statement and I think maybe not in American English!

monkey salute,

we love to see as our father, but not qualified enough.

HpS - We are in Richmond and forced to use a Mac, which has no pictures, and different keyboard!! Also, seven programs every day! More when we get back to the cave.

Seems like a good psychologist. Is devotee (of some one)?

Hare Krishna Gurudeva

Please accept my respectful obeisances

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada

After trying different methods of self-knowledge and experimenting with different services, I think my nature is clearer.

HpS -AgtSP!!

For the most part my tendency is Brahminic and all other tendencies are servants of it. Preaching is what motivates me and communication is my strength. I must begin to cultivate more brahminical qualities and be exemplary.

ASA - !

Then there is my Ksatriya nature which is also very strong. It is mainly oriented towards organization and communication skills. It is used to carry out different preaching projects and congregational development.

I have a Vaisya nature as I have skills to sell. I still have a hard time doing it, I feel that there is always some deception in business, but I think it is the way to sustain myself in this life. I also have a connection to the earth, I want to learn more about plants and how they help with health.

And lastly, Sudra. My hands are my source of work, drawing, playing instruments, cooking, etc. It is necessary that I do these activities daily to maintain my health, my mischievous mind asks me to do so.

Analyzing all this, I believe that the best way to generate resources is to have a business.

I am creating a company that allows me to put all my skills into practice. The main focus is preaching, but reaching people in an engaging and innovative way. It will be an intercultural platform oriented to personal and interpersonal development and care for the environment, based on Vedic wisdom and its connection with other cultures.

That is what I have thought so far, just like you, I think a lot. I have to keep busy, I have a lot of energy.

ASA - Hmmm! Sounds too general for a Business. A business should be like, "We Sell Soap". Intangibles like life insurance are harder to start with. Specific service like auto mobile repair are nice. Doctor.

PS: In my dream with Prabhupada that I had commented to him, he gave me an instruction that I did not fully remember, but now I know it: "Become famous, take care of what others have started, follow the legacy and modernize the way to reach the community."

Thank you very much Gurudeva

Your little servant

Piyari Mohan das.

HpS - ???? Think you should look for one specific focus that exemplifies the general perspective. Chant! See if it manifests in the world around you. Eg. start a motion picture production company.

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Hare Krishna Gurudeva 

Por favor acepte mis respetuosas reverencias

Todas las Glorias a Srila Prabhupada

Después de estar probando diferentes métodos de autoconocimiento y experimentando en diferentes servicios, creo que ya mi naturaleza está más clara. 

Mayoritariamente mi tendencia es Brahmínica y todas las demás tendencias son sirvientes de esta. La prédica es lo que me motiva y la comunicación es mi fuerte. Debo comenzar a cultivar más cualidades brahminicas y ser ejemplar. 

Luego está mi naturaleza Ksatriya que también es muy fuerte. Principalmente está orientada a la organización y a destrezas de comunicación. Sirve para llevar a cabo diferentes proyectos de prédica y desarrollo congregacional. 

Tengo naturaleza Vaisya ya que tengo habilidades para vender. Todavía me cuesta hacerlo, siento que siempre hay algo de engaño en los negocios, pero creo que es la manera de poder sustentarme en esta vida. También tengo una conexión con la tierra, quiero aprender más sobre las plantas y cómo ayudan en la salud. 

Y por último, Sudra. Mis manos son mi fuente de trabajo, dibujar, tocar instrumentos, cocinar, etc. Es necesario que yo realice estas actividades a diario para mantener mi salud, mi mente traviesa me lo pide. 

Analizando todo esto, creo que lo mejor para poder generar recursos es tener un emprendimiento. 

Estoy creando una empresa que me permita poner en práctica todas mis habilidades. El foco principal es la prédica, pero llegar a la gente de una manera atractiva e innovadora. Será una plataforma intercultural orientada a el desarrollo personal, interpersonal y el cuidado al medio ambiente, basándose en la sabiduría védica y su conexión con las demás culturas. 

Eso es lo que he pensado hasta ahora, al igual que usted, pienso mucho. Debo mantenerme ocupado, tengo mucha energía. 

PD: En mi sueño con Prabhupada que le había comentado él me daba una instrucción la que no recordaba por completo, pero ahora ya la se: “Vuelvete famoso, cuida lo que otros han empezado, sigue el legado y moderniza la manera de llagar a la comunidad” 

Muchas Gracias Gurudeva

Su pequeño sirviente

Piyari Mohan das. 

Hare Krishna, Maharaja!

Please accept my humble obeisances.

It's been such a long time since we communicated.

How are you? How is your physical health?

ASA - HpS died and went to heaven. This is Tom Brown. So glad to hear from you. We will channel for HpSwami. He was thinking about you exactly when your message came.

As for me, I was laid off from my work on the 31st of December. Haven't found anything else yet. I am not actively looking for a position either. I think I am trying to prepare myself for the possibility of not having a job. Seriously thinking of leaving the USA and move back to India... Waiting for this pandemic to end.

ASA - HpS says you should come to heaven. They have free internet there and really nice ISKCON deities. He also says that he doesn't thing the Pandemic is going to end. It is first push from Krsna to end the industrial revolution. Krsna is saying, "Enough. You guys are destroying the planet and your own selves! I'm taking these toys away from you until you learn how to use them (industrialization) properly!"

Next will come the mutant viruses and people will be happy when they start to move back to village centered life and extended family.

Then if there is bad virus the village can tell County and quarantine themselves and he can say, "O.K. I'll put a squad at your gate. Feed them, if you need any help, let us know."

Then in two weeks it's over and those who are going die will.

Hare Krishna.

ASA - Hare Krsna. HpS wants to know your advice about life? Do you think that Larry Bird is a Shakti-avesa Avatar? Doing Japa vrata?

Rtu-raja-Krsna Das writes:

Hare Krsna, Srila Gurudev 

Dandavat pranam at your lotus feet . 

All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

HpS - AGTSP! Paoho. We have apple feet. 

Srila gurudev, sorry for messaging here in WhatsApp. I know ur very busy.

HpS - Yes, but sometimes Karma-yoga, so good association like yours is desireable.

Just wanted to request you to kindly pray for me as I have been infected with Covid 19 and I am in Vrindavan. Fever is on and off but severe body pain with cough.

HpS -ASA - How did you become infected? You are a medical doctor and should have been first priority for vaccine, no?

Kindly pray for me. I do not wish to die so soon. 

It might be purification of the Dhama.

HpS - In spite of your basically conditioned nature, which most of us have, you have really been trying to be a gentleman in your relationship with Krsna, no?

Then how can we expect that Krsna is not personally attentive to your situation?!?

Look at it that way. I think you will see I am right. Let us know.

Who is taking care of your situation, communication? Parents, others? Send us their address here. We will not publicize it.

Sorry Srila gurudev 

Hare krsna gurudev .

Please protect me.

HpS - ASA - Hare Krsna.

All readers please chant one whole Maha-mantra for Rtu-raja Krsna Das in Vraja.

Hare Krishna Gurudeva

Please accept my obeisances

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada

HEALTH

After having an Ayurvedic appointment with Nimai Pandit from Mexico, I have begun to implement new routines to my day to day.

I went from having a Vata Kapha constitution (which was misdiagnosed by the previous doctor) to being Pita Vata, which changes a lot of things.

Dairy is not good for my gut, I avoid it completely, I just consume ghee.

I have digestion problems, so I use a mixture of spices to digest better. I am also doing a meditation called Yoga Nidra, it has helped me a lot.

I have been exercising. My doctor diagnosed me with discopathy at L4 -L5 and L5 -S1. I went to the kinesiologist and learned an exercise routine. I do it daily and I avoid overexertion, there are many physical activities that I cannot do because of this situation.

ASA - Every robot has good and bad qualities, no?

SASTRA STUDY

I am doing Bhakti Sastri with prabhu Parampadam. I am not going very fast, but now I am more constant, every day I advance from 30 minutes to 1 hour on the virtual platform.

I have implemented a new way of studying Prabhupada's books, following the recommendation to read less time, to better retain. I have also added others that I must learn.

After breakfast: 5 minutes of NoI (In English) - 5 minutes to learn a new word in English - 20 minutes of Bhagavad gita (translation of a chapter and then the meanings it reaches in that time)

After lunch: 5 minutes of NoD (In English) - 5 minutes to learn a verse from the Bhagavad gita - 20 minutes of Srimad Bhagavatam (I am about to finish the fourth chant).

After dinner: Sri Isopanisad - Caitanya Caritamrita - Vaisnava songs (this proposal has not worked out perfectly, but I wish I could implement it regularly)

HpS, Tom Brown - Cool! 😎 🤓 😎 🤓



ROUNDS

They are improving, I try to sing with more awareness and feeling. I am being able to mentally renounce nonsense and material plans that are presented in the guise of bhakti. I have realized that there is a lot of fear in my mind, and recently I heard that fear and guilt are reflections of the false ego, so I want to trust you completely and keep moving forward.

ASA -  "El vaiṣṇava neófito o el vaiṣṇava situado en el plano intermedio también pueden aceptar discípulos, pero dichos discípulos deben estar en el mismo plano, y debe entenderse que no pueden avanzar muy bien hacia la meta última de la vida bajo la insuficiente guía que tienen. Por eso el discípulo debe ser cuidadoso y aceptar a un uttama-adhikārī como maestro espiritual."

https://vedabase.io/es/library/noi/5/#bb5954

So. understand our position. We understand that we are Madhyama adhikari and Srila Prabhupada is Uttama Adhikari.

The Ayurvedic therapist recommended that I get up at 4:00 AM and go to sleep at 9:00 PM. It has not worked for me, I think it is good for me to get up at 3.45 as I have arrived late to Mangala Arati. Every day I strive for it, I know it is important. Sometimes I have to chant the rounds after the show, as I have to cook for the deity in the morning.

JAPA

By improving the control of the senses, Krishna is helping me to control the tongue, I wish that to continue. I wish to be more renounced internally, no longer cultivate selfish desires and be Krishna conscious always.

HpS - Me too.

SERVICES

I have left the service at Vaisnavas Care to focus more on the magazine and further develop the artistic and cultural preaching that I want to do. I continue to cook for the deity and assist in other practical services.

Thank you very much Gurudeva

Your little servant

Piyari mohan das

HpS - Thank you very much PMD. Come with us now. We will do one more letter.

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Hare Krishna Gurudeva 

Por favor acepte mis reverencias 

Todas las Glorias a Srila Prabhupada

SALUD

Luego de tener una cita Ayurvédica con Nimai Pandit de México, he comenzado a implementar nuevas rutinas a mi día a día. 

Pasé de tener una constitución Vata Kapha (la cual fue mal diagnosticada por el médico anterior) a ser Pita Vata, lo que cambia Muchas cosas. 

Los lácteos no son buenos para mi intestino, los evito completamente, solo consumo ghee. 

Tengo problemas de digestión, por lo que consumo una mezcla de especias para digerir mejor. Además estoy haciendo una meditación llamada Yoga Nidra, me ha ayudado bastante. 

He estado realizando ejercicio. Mi médico me diagnosticó discopatía en L4 -L5 y L5 -S1. Fui al kinesiólogo y aprendí una rutina de ejercicios. Lo hago diariamente y evito hacer sobre esfuerzo, hay muchas actividades físicas que no puedo hacer por esta situación.

ESTUDIO SASTRA

Estoy haciendo Bhakti Sastri con prabhu Parampadam. No voy muy rápido, pero ahora estoy más constante, todos los dias avanzo de 30 minutos a 1 hora en la plataforma virtual. 

He implementado una nueva fomra de estudio de los libros de Prabhupada, luego de la recomendación de leer menos tiempo, para retener mejor. Además he agregado otras que debo aprender. 

• Luego de desayunar: 5 minutos de NoI (En inglés) - 5 minutos para aprender una nueva palabra en inglés - 20 minutos de Bhagavad gita (traducción de una capítulo y luego los significados que alcance en ese tiempo) 
• Luego de almorzar: 5 minutos de NoD (En Inglés) - 5 minutos para aprender un verso del Bhagavad gita - 20 minutos de Srimad Bhagavatam (Estoy pronto a terminar el cuarto canto). 
• Luego de cenar: Sri Isopanisad - Caitanya Caritamrita - Canciones vaisnavas (esta propuesta no ha resultado perfectamente, pero deseo poder implementarla con regularidad) 

RONDAS

Están mejorando, me esfuerzo por cantar con más conciencia y sentimiento. Estoy pudiendo renunciar mentalmente a las tonterías y planes materiales que se presentan disfrazados de bhakti. Me he dado cuenta que hay mucho miedo en mi mente, y hace poco escuché el el miedo y la culpa son reflejos del ego falso, así que quiero confiar en usted completamente y seguir avanzando. 

El terapeuta ayurvédico me recomendó levantarme a las 4.00 y dormirme a las 21.00. No me ha resultado, creo que es bueno para mi levantarme a las 3.45 ya que he llegado tarde a Mangala Arati. Todos los días me esfuerzo por ello, se que es importante. A veces debo cantar las rondas después del programa, ya que debo cocinar para la deidad en la mañana. 

PRINCIPIOS

Mejorando el control de los sentidos, Krishna me está ayudando a controlar la lengua, deseo que eso se mantenga. Deseo ser más renunciado internamente, ya no cultivar deseos egoístas y estar consciente de Krishna siempre.  

SERVICIOS

He dejado el servicio en Vaisnavas Care para enfocarme más en la revista y desarrollar más la prédica artística y cultural que quiero hacer. Sigo cocinando para la deidad y ayudando en otros servicios prácticos. 

Muchas gracias Gurudeva 

Su pequeño sirviente

Piyari Mohan das

AGTSP and all the assembled devotees,

Our very old, and very esteemed friend and leader of the Purnima Puppet Theater (PPT [Like Power PoinT!]), Sriman Lokannatha Das texted us on the telephone. We were together many years is in Berkeley and he just moved.

His body is running Alzheimers or Parkison's disease, so he is learning a lot about transcendence.

Please accept my humble obeisances, all glories to Srila Prabhupada. I am in Indiana now. Maharani's sister lives here. I wanted to bring my puppets and I shipped them here, but the van company hasn't sent  them and gives me a runaround.

Our residential situation in Berkeley was fragmenting.

The temple is closed partly and Harinama is stopped.

There are factional confrontations between the virus believers and non believers.

I hope you are doing okay.

Hare Krishna, Lokanatha dasa

HpS - What is your paper mail address? Can we send you stuff. You are getting closer to Nashville. Nitai-gaura-sundar Das is very enthusiastic about starting a Senior Devotees Hospice here. Maybe se could pioneer it.

We already have a trailer home time place with space in it.

I may be traveling once a month and then maybe South America Sept- January.

Hmm. Send us news of your work and ambitions?

Ideal Ashrama situation.

We'll call!