Letters to the editor

TlgaSP! Pamho! Querido Gurudev, como está?

HpS/ASA - Bobba Bickford asked us, "This body, agtSP, has never done anything nice for us. Why should we do anything nice for it?".

Well if engage in Sankirtan we can use even the diseases!

Hasta cuando estará residiendo en Houston?

HpS - Until we leave this body or Janmastami, about August 15th... With 1-11 July for visit to ISKCON Boise, Idaho, Eastern USA.

Por favor disculpe las preguntas.

HpS - O.K. We answered quickly. Refreshed our own mind. Hope others read the answers and won't have to also ask.

Thank you.

Please forgive answering so slow. It has taken us months to get to all the Vyasapuja time letters!

Quiero contarle que al término del año pasado, ayude en la organización de un programa para niños en el templo; un estilo de fiesta de fin de año, en el cual los niños tuvieron un espacio para ellos con clase, dharsan, pradadam y regalos. Resultó se

r muy exitoso. Me gustaría seguir realizando actividades educativas para niños dentro y fuera de Iskcon y que éstas fueran parte de Asa/Nios. Es posible querido Gurudev? Puedo obtener su permiso y bendiciones en éste proyecto? Estoy siendo guiada por el team de protección al menor a cargo de Krishangi Dd en cuanto a los lineamientos y protocolos y ésto ha sido aún más inspirador porque quiero servir a los pequeños (magnánimos) Vaisnavas.

HpS - We answered in more recent Blog post, no? Thank you for continuing to write.

De antemano gracias por leerme y permitir que intente ser útil.

Un gran abrazo querido Guruji

Vanca kalpa! Cuídese por favor.

HpS - Thank you. Are you still working as a professional actress?

Please accept my respectful obeisances, Gurudeva.

TLGASP

A very refreshing rain has fallen.

Kunti and I bathed in it, practicing some Aztec shell dancing. While reading the Srimad Bhagavatam, I was amazed to hear that sound creates the sky, touch, and from there comes the form charged with light, which is the ability to see.

There aren't many meanings in this part of SB, but it is exquisite to hear the assembly of nature.

Today, they called us from the hospital postponing the Mani Kundali surgery due to a lack of surgical materials.

We are awaiting a new date for the surgery, and I will keep you informed.

My mother is doing well, although she is in the southern part of the country. She plans to build a house in Puebla on land inherited by my grandfather.

I live about 50 kilometers from Gadai. Sometimes we get together to read and sing, although due to the distance, it is not always possible. We are living in Cadereyta.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Your servant, Sacinandan Das

HpS - Thank you. You have one business, fill you heart with Gaura-prema and spill it on to others!!!

Hare Krishna dear Guru maharaja

All the glories to your lotus feet that are the refuge of the living entities that suffer in this material world,

HpS - We are still maybe 51% hogs, dogs, camels and asses! AgtSP. Agt all of our lotus feet and uncovering them ASAP!

I am Vrajendra Kumara das, your Colombian disciple from Mexico, I have been busy in my Grhasta duties without neglecting my rounds nor my spiritual principles dear Gurudeva (I chant 20 rounds most of the days of my life)

I am receiving [residing?] in Russia and we continue with Daily Gaura Nitay + Harinama worship on Saturdays and Sundays with the devotees,

every morning I listen to your YouTube classes after worshipping the Deity, im doing Sankirtan thru the community of Despertar Espiritual , we have Bhaktas from all Latin America, we are now in the Iskcon online departamento Latín America.

https://nas.io/comunidad-despertar-espiritual

I am still conditioned by the Lust and Angry that comes from this mode of passion that runs through my veins, Guru Maharaha.

I want to know how can I take refuge in the lotus feet of Lord Nityananda? How can I please You? How should I improve my practices to free myself one day from lust and anger?

Gurudeva give me your mercy, let me serve you life after life and explain me how to perfect my existence matter, in this dark prison matter I have no other hope than your mercy. 

Your servant Vrajendra Kumara das husband of Ámala Sundari Devi Dasi

HpS - We are so sorry that we are so slow in answering these letters.

It is so nice to get you association.

We hope,

Pray,

that you have been able to get Srila Prabhupada, Lord Caitanya, Krsna's mercy from so many sources in His ISKCON besides our selves.

How to advance.

I think the answer is to keep right on the same way you have been doing, but just keep on learning how to do it better, faster.

Wars are not won by soldiers who look good and have had a good breakfast before they go out to fight with all the girls waving at them!

Wars are won by wounded soldiers who get up again and again with wounded bodies, damaged weapons and go back to fight because they know it is the right thing to do.

Chant Hare Krsna.

Read Srila Prabhupada's books.

Read them here for us!!!

Thank you!!!!

HpS/ASA - From 3-months ago!

PAMHO AGTSP!! all glories to Sri Sri Guru and Gauranga!

HK Maharaj!! How are you?? So great to hear you are doing OK, I’ve seen you recently on YouTube at an Iskcon Houston Class and you looked so fine!! I wish to be as good as you at the same age :) I’ll try to watch any of your classes on YouTube.

HpS / ASA - Thank you! Please give feedback.

I felt so well after reading your letter! Yes I’m seeing the hand of Krishna during this ☔️ storm, doing a lot of good things,

for example in the fact that I have started playing sports, or the new friends I’ve made here in Buenos Aires, and I began talking again with Govinda Dhamodar here from Mendoza, he’s helping me out with everything :)

I’ll send you here some pictures of my daughter and I, and of my family, they have been of great support always and specially during this time.

Sometimes I feel I’m living on a new level of faith, praying for the people I’m not keen to or to those with whom I feel some difference.

HpS - Usually they are not really criticizing us, no? Usually we just externally stimulate something and then they are bad to us. Of course, sometimes we also deserve it and should thank God for trying to get us out of Maya, Vaisnavi's, clutches.

I don’t quite recall if I told you but I began practicing roller skating slalom, it’s been of so much help, I read on the Bhagavatam from Prabhupada being overweighted is not good for spiritual life, so I enrolled myself into those classes to loose some pounds.

I used to skate since I was a little kid, I remember once we were with my family in Miami along the seashore and this guy was roller skating, he was passing just by my side, and he turned 180 degrees and blinked an eye, and I found that such a cool thing that I told my father: “I would like to buy some skates” and he did, ever since I practiced intermittently till now, well I think it’s Krishna who trains us eternally, before I got to know the devotees I feel he was already helping me a lot!

ASA - 🐵 ⛸ ⛸⛸

I’m really trying to effort myself, and to improve my sadhana.

well Hope you are doing well :)

HK!!

Federico

ASA - thank you!!!

Hare Krishna

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada

Todas las glorias a sus pies de loto

Agradecemos infinitamente por seguirnos guiando en este sendero y deseando siempre por su salud.

HpS/ASA - AgtSP!!!👳 🐒

Este año llevamos programas de Food For Live, distribuyendo en universidades, la casa del migrante en CDMX y hospitales.

Continuamos con el servicio de Guirnaldas para Su señorías Sri Sri Radha Madhan Gopal.

Distribuimos libros y nuestra primera colección de Srimad Bhagavatam y seguimos apoyando en La Gift Shop de CDMX.

Además seguimos cantando 16 rondas, intentando que día con día mejoren. Tambien cuidamos deidades en casa.

Muchas gracias por su infinita misericordia, gracias por seguirnos inspirando en este proceso

Mis mas humildes reverencias a sus pies de loto

HpS/ASA - Super! SUPER! S U P E R ! suppppper. so sorry slow to respond to these reports. we are old and our donkey is lame, but seems we are still moving.

Sankirtan reports to this Blog etc. are so nice.

So many people are getting eternal benefit from your service with Srila Prabhupada. Maybe even something you do will stop the war in Ukraine.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

All glories to eternal sankirtana. Please accept my most sincere obeisances at your feet. Beloved Gurudeva, very soon I will be reunited with my family, I have many business projects and those of my family, my father wants to go to India, since he met ISKCON he always tries to be a devotee with a regular standard.

My only brother has a good character and my relationship with him is good,

my mother really likes Narashinja,

but her character is sometimes also strong 😬

my family respects ISKCON and understands spiritual life,

my aunt Angela, my father's sister, is also a devotee who gets up early and chants some rounds,

in reality my family gives me a lot of tranquility and joy and refuge, I feel happy.

Today I had a dream with you [ASA 🙂 in English we would say "of you"] that told me not to hide anything from me, how are you? you asked me. And now I want to answer you; Life is oscillating full of experiences, I can say that I am beginning to understand and take the bad things that happen to me in the best way and as a purification to one day return home with the hope that Srila Prabhupada and you will take me by the hand.

HpS//ASA 🐵 😢 😢 😢 We hope Srila Prabhupada continues to do the same for all of us!!!

The path is long for the mind, but the reality is that the life of a human being is short, and I try to see the good and the bad as an episode that will pass and that in the end it will end and only the most important will remain Krsna and Guru.

So I don't know if my material life as so important, to inform you gurudeva.

I can only tell you that I am chanting 16 rounds, 4 principles, ekadasis, 3 gayatris, and associating with some devotees,

my life is always surrounded by devotees, and I know that this is important for my spiritual life,

and that is why I try to correct and do an introspection of my mistakes. And accepting my karma in the best way.

I would like to ask you a question.

When I was in Vrindavan for a few days, I want to confess that I didn't chant 16 rounds. I know it's not correct. My question is, many of the Vrajavasis don't chant 16 rounds. How do you explain this? I mean, how can I understand this? Are they on a different spiritual platform, Raganuga bhakti? Excuse me for asking, dear Gurudeva. Please, I would like to go into more depth about this. Thank you very much,

Nadiya Nivasi Dasi.

Hare Krishna.

HpS - As far as I understand if you are born in Braja, it is at the most your last life in the material world.

Maybe you have even come from spiritual Vrndavana just to help KRSNA here and have no material connection, or as above, maybe you are taking one more birth in the material world to get direct connection with Nitya siddha Braja vasis to finish off the details before youi go back to Goloka, back to work!

I have had a few experiences with those born in Braja, and just naturally in their thoughts and conversations they say the Names of Radha and Krsna, Lala and Lali, 1728 times, 16-rounds, a day.

Some are Brahmins, some are gang leaders, but they all have a personal relations with KRSNA like he was someone who just lives around the corner!!

In most of our cases in ISKCON, we need to do some Vaidhi bhakti, follow rules and regulations or else we will probably become contaminated with some Sahajjiya consciousness.

O.K.?

Even internally on Raganuaga we usually see the devotee acts like a Vaidhi Bhakta, following rules and regulations, externally.