Letters to the editor

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Respected Maharaj,

Please accept my humble obeiscances

All glories to Sri Guru and Sri Gauranga!

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

I am very grateful for taking out time to reply me.

Currently I am at Darbhanga, Bihar. I sometimes go to Patna ISKCON. Currently there is lockdown over here. Not much movement or preaching. Just doing personal Sadhana and little course works in Sanskrit. I am pursuing it from IGNOU- Indira Gandhi National Open University.

HpS-ASA - !!! https://www.learnsanskrit.cc/index.php?tran_input=learner&direct=au&script=hk&link=yes&mode=3

I overheard that for developing the COVID Vaccine, there is use of some ingredient that comes from killing of live human/animal fetus. A similar question was put to you by a devotee in

https://monkeywarrior.com/detail/12151/?query=vaccine

Where a link with similar claims has been put. https://www.bitchute.com/video/whJAtzXPiyD0/

You had replied that you are unable to view the video.

There are many different claims in the video, few of these are-

1. that it involves tremendous cruelty on human and animals fetus for making the vaccine
2. there is something called mRNA put in this vaccine which was never done before. This will change the human DNA forever.
3. There are some nano chips in vaccine which will be utilized to gather information and apply control over human being by Bill Gates and their company- -
4. Pandemic is more like a hoax with pre planned goal of reducing population and controlling population.

I have heard of involvement of Bill Gates with purpose of reducing population and controlling human being like machines from various other sources. Also there is talk about ILLUMINATI group - I hope you know about them.

I wanted to know- if the Vaccine involves so much violence and cruelty- specially on human and cow fetus, should we go for it? (My heart never allows).

HpS - I think the "nano-chip" claim would be completely absurd, but not looking at the videos. There is so much free access to conspiracy theory in USA [et al] that any real complaints would be supported by accepted medical people. In 'local village' there are:

• Dr. Ravi P. Singh (NG Das)
• Viveka narayana (Visnu carana Das)
• Amit Singh, my primary health care doctor, parents devotees, Gurukula in Canada
• Dr. Kiran Desai's son, first class heart surgeon from, Atlanta, USA.

None of them are giving any concern about taking vaccine for themselves or relatives in USA or India.

So seems correct to take it.

This time appears to be a time of mishaps- HG Pankajanghri Prabhu leaving us, Fire accident at Radha Govinda temple, Kolkata on 26th April- all deity dress dress and paraphernalia got burnt up and also many other known people passing away ...

Here, I feel little alone, lectures of Srila Prabhupada and Gurudeva are giving some strength. I need your blessings to be in humble state so that I can chant the holy names without offenses.

HpS - Sorry little slow to respond. Honestly your association and pushing Srila Prabhupada's ISKCON in Bharata is very, very, big service to us.

If you chant Krsna will give you chance even like Vibhisana in Lanka!!

Waiting for next report. 🙂 Advice.

Please let me know if I could do any small service for you.

Your aspiring servant,

Purushottam Keshav Das

Hare Krishna Beloved Gurudeva AGTSP PAMHO:

Thank you all so much for your presentation today in Mayapur Español. I couldn't join by zoom but I was listening on Facebook.

I am going to read Carl Jung Kundalini and the Chakras. This will help me in my therapies. I want to preach and help my patients with the service that I give.

HpS - Read it with you psychologist-sister, no??

For me it is really important to understand why sometimes I feel discouraged for no reason. So I found some answers studying Jyotish. I have always found these topics fascinating.

Nevertheless, I do not want to get distracted in my spiritual practices. I guess I should keep a balance.

Any further advice?

Thank you all so much Gurudeva 🌝🐒🙏

Trying to be your disciple

CMDD

HpS - Yes, do not think that your professional work is material. BG, Arjuna, learned so much 'material' knowledge. Become famous professionally. Happy lady. Very happy lady.



All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

All glories to Guru Maharaj, H. H. Hanumat Presaka Swami.

Please accept our humble obeisances ay your sweet lotus feet .

HpS - Can you see them? We are still looking for them through the fog! Dog, frog, bee feet?? !

Hare Krishna Guru Maharaj,

I feel numb. Our Temple President HG Radhacharan Das Prabhuji just left his mortal body few hours back. Last week at the ICU, we took Maha-garland prasad, some Ekadasi prasad, Charana-amrita and Charan tulsi.

Prabhuji's condition had not deteriorated severely that time. Few days later CT was taken and Prabhuji developed COVID pneumonia. Yesterday , Prabhuji was given muscle relaxants and was kept on high flow oxygen therapy at ICU .

We lost Prabhuji today, he loved us so much , so compassionate and so gentle. I still treasure the set of masks he gave last year as a gift. How can I ever forget such an exalted Vaishnava?

HpS - Why should we? Did Krsna leave the Brijavasis or give them opportunity for even more real, intense association??

HG Banamali Prabhu and some devotees are going to the residence of Radhacharan Das Prabhuji for Harinam Sankirtan .

Last week we lost our head cook HG Narotama Das Prabhuji to COVID. The second wave here is terrifying. We beg for your mercy Guru Maharaj.

HpS - We already heard from Sriman Yamunesvara Das!! We had so much affection for Narottama Das. We'll they've taken the ship to Peru to do some work, but there will be telegrams, and we will meet again, to satisfy our heart's demands.

We are not attending temple Arti anymore. Everyday we offer Mangal arti to our Sri Gaura Nityai at home. Reading SB , Papa well ahead.....am trolling. Am at 4th canto Sati quits body. ...chapter 4. Attending zoom sessions every Saturday with a group of devotees.

HpS - ASA-Bharata, Mangala-arati Teleconference group? We do it Daily. About 40-devotees daily.

Forgive me Guru Maharaj....took a long time to write to you.....and the news is sad.

It is so difficult to bear....losing Pankajanghri Prabhu....and devotees here. Am too human....we know Krishna has better plans....and devotees will have better service in the spiritual world....but the heart is broken.....

HpS - Will you be one of the maids, childhood girl friends, of Subhadra in your next life and hear of the death of Abhimanyu?? ! Bigger heart-brakes are yet to come, but there is great success in Krsna's arrangements!

We pray to Sri Nrshimha Dev to always protect you dear Guru Maharaj

Your insignificant servant,

Sarad Gaurangi DD

HpS - Our altar attached.

We would like to visit ISKCON Manipur...



Dear Guru Maharaja

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to you!

I want to first apologize for not writing sooner.

ASA-HpS -- In harmony, we want to apo logize for not answering sooner!

You sent me the TPP edited document a couple of weeks back and I went through a little bit of the edited document only today.

Last couple of weeks have been crazy. My father in law got COVID in India. He lives in Nagpur and there was sever shortage of beds, oxygen cylinders and other medication. Divya Sri's cousin took him in a car at 5 am in the morning and after trying to get beds in several hospitals, finally got a bed at 8 pm. In the mean time we were calling people who were selling oxygen cylinders from here to get something. Thank fully by Krishna's mercy, he is discharged now and is doing fine.

HpS - https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/1/15/41/#bb16816 . Why we have not learned to act like Maharaja Yuddhisthira?? In the paragraph it directly talks about "life breathing"! Amazing. Fly around in the sky without air. Learn to drink and eat a subtler fare!

We had several devotees from Krishna House visit us this week and a few of them tested positive for COVID. Now the temple is back to lockdown again for a week. I feel too much of my environment and mind space is occupied with COVID rather than Krishna katha. Thankfully, with the service of teaching the Bhakti Sastri course, where we are currently doing Chapters 7-12, the association with Bhagavad Gita and Srila Prabhupada's purports are at least helping me contemplate on Krishna rather than just COVID.

But I can definitely feel that my Sadhana standards have dropped over the last two months. I feel very fatigued both physically and mentally. We are somehow pushing through because of your mercy.

I think the TPP has come out really well. I like how you have changed the font size of the pull-in quotes. It is now very clear to differentiate/visualize your commentary from the quotes. I have some thoughts on the other steps that need to be taken to publish the book. I would like you feedback on them.

1. Can we forward this to Abhirama Prabhu so that he can start typesetting? That way he can show you samples and we can finalize the formatting and design in parallel and when you finish the rest of the editing, the typesetting will be done very quickly since we have finalized the design.
2. We also need to think about the front and back cover design. Should we ask devotees in the blog to send in their designs from which you can choose Guru Maharaja? If we can do these things in parallel, we can get the book out as soon as your editing is complete.

HpS - ASA - We just sent another copy with our new edits to you and Art Das and R. R. Das today. Largely so that it doesn't get lost. We've edited all the Texts and most of the Appendices. Need to finish our ASA index and the BhVai question bank. We did more format editing.

Any comments are very nice, but if no time then after we finish the Appendices we can talk with ArtDas about the format. He is professional.

We would also like to come and see you when you visit Houston. Srirama Krishna Das will also be with us and we are planning to come there on the weekend (22-23 May). We wanted to know if it is ok for us to come and see you in person?

HpS - We pub lished the current calendar for the visits. 19-23AM we are in Nila-madhava Dhama. Then we go about 10AM to Sugar Land. Hard to associate there, but in NMD we can chat outside with proper social dish stance, no?? Call us on the Tele Phone if needed!

Respects to the Sri Rama Krsna Das et al.

Your servant

Srinatha Krsna dasa

INGLES

Hare Krishna Gurudeva

Please accept my respectful obeisances

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

I wanted to tell you about my efforts to develop my artistic skills. I am dedicating an hour to this every day, there are days when I cannot for the services, like today for example (03.05.21). And if possible, at night, before going to sleep, I also practice or study something related to it.

I have taken 4 practices and I have put them in order of importance, relating it to my abilities and the well-being that this activity generates.

1.- Writing (40%)

I am writing a fictional story. I make an analogy with the material and spiritual world. It speaks from reincarnation to the relationship with "the best friend", taking the essential concepts of the BG. The material world is a desert, and the spiritual world is a beautiful island. The protagonist constantly changes form and is locked up as a stranger, but he is freed by a monkey that takes him in a boat with 5 sails and 1 rudder, crossing the ocean, to the supreme destination. Then the character returns to the desert to help other animals.

ASA - 🐵

⛴

🐵

I have already finished the draft, and I am thinking of rewriting the story but as poetry, and next to each poem, there can be an illustration. Maybe it will be like a children's book. I have to think about who is it going to be addressed to. Sometimes children's books also cover all ages, like the little prince for example.

ASA - Or The Chronicles of Narnia.

[The truth is that this work arises as a need to tell, in a surreal way, my life in this incarnation]

1.1 Don Quixote

I think I need to finish Srila Prabhupada's books in order to write a book that relates the stories of our literature with this classic work of the Spanish language, in addition to continuing to study Don Quixote.

ASA - It is a picaresque novel, so you can pick one incident in isolation and write a comment from Vedic perspective on that.

2.- Music (30%)

How you said: Troubadour.

I think that is going to be the most practical vehicle on this trip. It's easy for me to do it and it allows me to create many works without much instrumental production.

I invested quite a bit of Laksmi of my savings in buying equipment for these purposes, I think it was a good investment. Now I have a portable music, illustration and audiovisual production team, with the idea of ​​being able to travel with him and be able to help him in these aspects in the film or other service he needs.

It is impressive what can be done with a MIDI controller (it is like a small piano) and software on the computer. I can create songs and settings with an impressive level, it's great, they are virtual instruments generated from recordings of real instruments.

ASA - 💪

🎅

💪

2.1

VAISNAVAS SONGS.

Udilo Aruna is ready, we just need to record it. I wrote it 3 times, in different ways, now I am satisfied (but you know that a poem is never finished, it just stops doing it). Before releasing each musical work, I send it to a group of devotees to review and see if there are any philosophical or other errors.

I have thought of taking all the work of Bhaktivinoda Thakura and going singing song book by song book. Do you think it's a good idea? Maybe there are songs that I shouldn't perform?

HpS - Select a few and do them in Spanish well with visual effects. See how your audience reacts.

I think that sometimes all these songs will not be well understood by all people, so I have thought that I can also create songs with more assimilable content, with basic and clear concepts.

HpS - Scholar and the Boatman. Bird in the Cage. Sparrow who Lost her Eggs in the Ocean....

3.- Illustration (20%)

I have a digitizing tablet and I bought a course to learn how to illustrate in Photoshop. Besides buying a course on digital marketing, which I have been studying for a while.

I am progressing little by little in the illustration, but I think it will bring good results.

4.- Acting - Clown (10%)

I'm watching tutorials on clown. At the moment I am learning to express my emotions in front of a mirror and I am planning to create 4 characters that help to explain: the three modalities of material nature, the 4 varna and asramas, and everything that improvisation allows me. Each clown with a different colored nose. (we can use the colors of the different incarnations of the different yugas, ahaaaa!🌐)

ASA - Clown nose is the smallest disguise in the world.

Thank you very much Gurudeva

Your little cub

Piyari mohan das

HpS - Clone 10,000 other Krsna Klowns!

Small books for the mass of people.

SB complete for the Brahmanas!

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ESPAÑOL

Hare Krishna Gurudeva

Por favor acepte mis respetuosas reverencias

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada

Quería contarle sobre mis esfuerzos por desarrollar mis habilidades artísticas. Estoy dedicándole una hora a esto a diario, hay días en que no puedo por los servicios, como hoy por ejemplo (03.05.21). Y si se puede, por la noche, antes de dormir, también practico o estudio algo en relación a ello.

He tomado 4 prácticas y las he puesto en orden de importancia, relacionándolo con mis habilidades y el bienestar que me genera realizar esa actividad.

1.- Escritura (40%)

Estoy escribiendo una historia de ficción. Hago una analogía con el mundo material y el espiritual. Habla desde la reencarnación hasta la relación con "el mejor amigo", tomando los conceptos esenciales del BG. El mundo material es un desierto, y el espiritual una isla hermosa. El protagonista cambia constantemente de forma y lo encierran por extraño, pero es liberado por un mono que lo lleva en un bote de 5 velas y 1 timón, atravesando el océano, hasta el destino supremo. Luego el personaje regresa al desierto para ayudar a otros animales.

Ya terminé el borrador, y estoy pensando en reescribir la historia pero a manera de poesía, y al lado de cada poema, puede ir una ilustración. Tal vez quede como un libro para niños. Debo pensar a quién va a ir dirigido. A veces los libros para niños también abarcan todas las edades, como el principito por ejemplo.

[La verdad que esta obra surge como una necesidad de contar, a manera surrealista, mi vida en esta encarnación]

1.1 Don Quijote

Creo que necesito terminar los libros de Srila Prabhupada para poder escribir un libro que relacione las historias de nuestra literatura con esta obra clásica de la lengua española, Además de seguir estudiando El Quijote.

2.- Música (30%)

Cómo usted dijo: Trovador.

Creo que ese va a ser el vehículo más práctico en este viaje. Se me hace fácil hacerlo y me permite poder crear muchas obras sin mucha producción instrumental.

Invertí bastante laksmi de mis ahorros en comprar equipos para estos objetivos, creo que fue una buena inversión. Ahora tengo un equipo de producción musical, de ilustración y audiovisual portátil, con la idea de poder viajar con el y poder ayudarle en estos aspectos en la película u otro servicio que necesite.

Es impresionante lo que se puede hacer con un controlador MIDI (es como un piano pequeño) y un software en el computador. Puedo crear canciones y ambientaciones con un nivel impresionante, es genial, son instrumentos virtuales generados de grabaciones de instrumentos reales.

1.1

CANCIONES VAISNAVAS.

Ya está lista Udilo Aruna, solo falta grabarla. La escribí 3 veces, de maneras diferentes, ahora ya estoy satisfecho (pero usted sabe que un poema nunca se termina, solo se para de hacerlo). Antes de lanzar cada trabajo musical, se la mando a un grupo de devotos para que las revisen y vean si es que hay algún error filosófico o de otro tipo.

He pensado en tomar toda la obra de Bhaktivinoda Thakura e ir interpretando cancionero por cancionero. ¿cree que sea buena idea? ¿tal vez hay canciones que no debería interpretar?

Creo que a veces todas estas canciones no serán muy entendidas por todas las personas, por lo que he pensado que también pueda crear canciones con un contenido más asimilable, con conceptos básicos y claros.

3.- Ilustración (20%)

Tengo una tableta digitalizadora y compré un curso para aprender a ilustrar en Photoshop. A parte también de comprar un curso sobre marketing digital, el cual ya vengo estudiando hace un tiempo.

Voy avanzando de a poco en la ilustración, pero creo que traerá buenos resultados.

4.- Actuación - Clown (10%)

Estoy viendo tutoriales sobre clown. Por el momento estoy aprendiendo a expresar mis emociones frente a un espejo y estoy ideando crear 4 personajes que ayuden a explicar: las tres modalidades de la naturaleza material, los 4 varna y asramas, y todo lo que la improvisación me permita. Cada payaso con una nariz de diferente color. (podemos usar los colores de las diferentes encarnaciones de los distintos yugas, ¡ajáaaa! 🌐)

Muchas gracias Gurudeva

Su pequeño cachorro

Piyari Mohan das

Please adored Gurudeva, accept my obeisances at Your beautiful Lotus feet.

All Glories to Srila PRABHUPADA and His wonderful Sankirtan movement!

I wanted to tell him that I never thought that Franco could be his disciple. .. I always wanted it but I saw it as impossible ... I thought that maybe, sometime .., Franco would start with a teacher who can replace a little in His heart, Bhakti Thirta Swami .. so I saw that day very far away . ... And when you gave me this wonderful possibility and Franco was happy and surprised when I told him ... I just couldn't believe it ... I still can't believe it ... I'm very happy ... and I owe it again to You my beloved Gurudev.

HpS - ASA --- AgtSP!!... 🙏

Franquito told me a long time ago that he used to sing 20 rounds and more. .. but you can have some tests and he stopped his singing ... I always told him to sing today! It's janmastami !! ..or another party .. and He told me: when I start to sing I will not sing a round, I will sing at 16 or more !! I was happy and waited asking Our Krsna that the day would come soon. ..Yesterday Saturday May 1 He told me that on Monday May 3 He will begin His song !!! I always wanted to sing rounds together and do service together. .. I am very grateful to you. The last janmastami surprised me by saying: let's dance !!! Then he took my arm and we danced in front of the Gaura Nitay😅-style deities holding one arm and the other arm raised! How the devotees dance in the temple. I felt that I was dancing with a Krsna cowboy ... I felt that energy in Franco ... It was a short, too happy experience. Gopalito got jealous and asked us to stop ..😊

On the other hand, My sadhana has been good, but not as good as I would like. In answer to your question, I am meeting very good girls with girlish souls like me :-) Also when I see my students trying to do the steps ... I see souls that Krsnita puts me to help and I ask for intelligence to do it well. Gurudev ask for Your prayers so that I can preach in a way that can reach Their hearts.

I took Jaganatha Baladeva Subhadra to my classes, offered incense and told my students that he is worshiped in India in large floats and many dancers. They greeted Him and asked to improve their dance. I saw an open mind in them.

I would like Radha Dance Academy to be a twig .. of ASA and thus serve with the dance under Her protection always. I read in the blog that you have a staff of dancers .. hopefully we could be part of it. I am not a professional dancer .. I hope we can study in India sometime. .

I did a dance for Nityananda and Gauranga..we have to edit

We can keep rehearsing: Das avatar Stotra .. it's wonderful!

Please forgive any offense in this letter;

Trying to serve and please your heart: J.P. Radha dd.

Greetings from Franco and Gopal

!! P.D. Franco loved the photo of Srila Prabhupada with the japa, which you sent him. Many thanks!!! I have so much to tell you ... but I stop here ... forgive me for my always long letters ...

HpS - Thank you all for your letter... Parama karuna das in Peru is dancer and Sataksi in India. She is trying to teach Odissi dance. How can she write to you about your experiences teaching in the West?

Por favor adorado Gurudeva , acepte mis reverencias a Sus bellos pies de Loto.

Todas las Glorias a Srila PRABHUPADA y a Su maravilloso movimiento de Sankirtan!

Quería contarle que jamás pensé que Franco podría ser su discípulo. .. siempre lo deseé pero lo veía imposible...pensé que tal vez , alguna vez.., Franco se iniciaría con algún maestro que pueda reemplazar un poco en Su corazón, a Bhakti Thirta Swami.. así que veía muy lejano ese día. ...Y cuando Usted me dió esta maravillosa posibilidad y Franco se puso feliz y sorprendido cuando le conte... simplemente no lo podía a creer.. aún no puedo creerlo.. estoy muy feliz.. y se lo debo otra vez a Usted mi adorado Gurudev.

Franquito me contó hace tiempo que antes cantaba 20 rondas y más. .. pero tuvo algunas pruebas y dejó su canto... siempre le dije hoy puedes cantar ! Es janmastami!! ..u otra fiesta.. y El me decía: cuando empiece a cantar no voya cantar una ronda , voya cantar las 16 o más!! Yo me ponía contenta y esperaba pidiéndole a Nuestro Krsna que llegará pronto el día.

..Ayer sabado 1 de Mayo me dijo que el Lunes 3 de Mayo comenzará Su canto!!! Siempre deseé cantar rondas juntos y hacer servicio juntos. ..

Estoy muy agradecida con Usted..

El último janmastami me sorprendió diciendome: vamos a bailar !!! Entonces tomó mi brazo y bailamos frente a las deidades al estilo Gaura Nitay😅 tomados con un brazo y el otro brazo en alto! Como bailan los devotos en el templo . Sentí que bailaba con un vaquerito de Krsna.. sentí esa energía en Franco...Fue una cortita experiencia demasiado feliz. Gopalito se puso celoso y pidió que pararamos ..😊

Por otro lado, Mi sadhana ha estado bien, pero no tan bien como me gustaria.

En respuesta su pregunta, estoy conociendo chicas muy buenas con almas de niñas como yo:-)

También cuando veo a mis alumnas intentar hacer los pasos.. veo almas que Krsnita me pone para ayudar y le pido inteligencia para hacerlo bien. Gurudev le pido Sus oraciones para poder predicar de una manera que pueda llegar a Sus corazones.

Lleve a mis clases a Jaganatha Baladeva Subhadra, ofrecí incienso y les conté a mis alumnas que se lo adora en India en grandes carrozas y muchos bailarines. Ellas hicieron saludo hacia El y pidieron mejorar su danza.. Vi en ellas mente abierta.

Me gustaría que Radha Dance Academy sea una ramita.. de ASA y así servir con la danza bajo Su protección siempre.

Leí en El blog que Usted tiene un staff de bailarines.. ojala pudieramos ser parte de El.No soy bailarina profesional.. Ojalá podamos estudiar en India alguna vez. .

Hice una danza para Nityananda y Gauranga..tenemos que editar

Podemos seguir ensayando : Das avatar Stotra.. es maravillosa!

Por favor perdone cualquier ofensa en esta carta;

Intentando servir y complacer su corazón : J.P.Radha dd.

Reverencias de Franco y Gopal!!

P.D. A Franco le encantó la foto de Srila Prabhupada con la japa, que Usted le envió. Muchísimas gracias!!!

Tengo tanto que contarle... pero paro aquí... perdóneme por mis cartas siempre largas...

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