Letters to the editor

All glories to Srila Pravupad! Dear Guru Maharaj please accept my humble obeisances to your lotus feet!!

Hare Krishna ! hope you are well dear GM. l am very grateful to you for what happened to me is by your great mercy .Everyday l wish you are guiding me so that l am able to continue loving devotional service to the Lord

After l have got initiation this year on Goura purnima we have completed Basic archana procedure under the guidance of Ramanujan pravu than we have done vaisnava sadacar .After that we are at Sri Navadvip Dham with HH Maharaja Vakti Anand Haridas Goswami .We have completed the entire Navadvip parikrama and at Sridham Mayapur also ,got darshan of Sri radha Madhava .Come back to Manipur than on the last day of kartika

we the devotees together performing the Maha-rasa-leela at Manimandir for the pleasure of Sri Radha Krishnachandra , at least l can serve as the part of Vishakha it was a great experience , whatever happened to me is by your mercy to this fallen soul dear GM! am attending morning SB class ,sunday nagar kirtan ,chanting fine sixteen rounds and four regulative principle but mangal arati at home as my home is not close to the temple .

Always remain at your lotus feet .Nicintya nityai devi dasi.

HpS - AGTSP paoho. Sorry has been a "little" slow in answering this wonderful letter. 1) We are lazy, 2) We have so much pressure from travel and so many people to relate too!

Is very, nice report. You are already in the Spiritual World. Yo just ahve to realize it. See you in the Kapi Dhvaja today.

Hare Krsna Guru Maharaja.

Acepte por favor is respetuosas reverencias.

TLGASP!!

Gurudev adjunto fotos de las flores que tenemos en casa para ofrecer a Nrsimhadeva.

También tengo una foto de Tulasi Devi que llegó hace unas semanas a nuestra casa.

Para Rama Navami hicimos un abhiseka simple. Ayuno hasta las 14:00hrs. y rompiendo sin granos. Las fotos no son nítidas, pero todo estuvo muy lindo.

El curso de discípulos que está para el mes de mayo, probablemente lo hagamos online.

Gracias por todo Guru Maharaja.

Mis eternas reverencias.

Su apirante a sirviente

Priya Sakhi Devi Dasi

HpS - Gracias!!!! Vamos a mostrar los flores a El!

https://vedabase.io/es/library/sb/5/18/8/

Hare Krsna dear Gurudeva

Please accept my humble obeisances

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

We hope you are in good health. We are well, confined, silent, studious and serene. Not surprisingly, there are not many possibilities to contact the devotees and continue with the educational projects underway, but the Pada Padma (LAD) and Bhakti Sastri (me) classes are being given online to a group of twenty-something enthusiast devotees.

HpS - Learning to live on the air! I have started to do gardening for one hour before sunset. I was so exhausted I could not lift my arms without them shaking but felt so good to have some exercise!

The classes I give at the Centro de la Imagen, being mainly theoretical, are perfectly adapted to virtual platforms. They even suggest me to continue with this modality even after the quarantine is over. This makes me very happy because I would not have to go to Lima to work, I would do everything from home.

HpS - EYE C U!

The temple has decreased its activity to a minimum. Three devotees are in charge of some programs. We did not leave the house which has allowed us to tighten the screws of our saddhana. For now, I am studying the Pada Padma course, preparing my Bhakti Sastri classes and adapting my academic research to the requirements of these technologies (virtual online education). We are also working in Vihari - arts and crafts, incorporating the floral designs of the folk art of the central Andes to the beautiful face of Jagannatha, Baladeva and the exquisite Srimati Subhadra. We will already show you our results, we are happy with them. Krishna is good, he lets himself be found in the little details and in the sweet words of the sastra.

We hope you are doing very well.

We will be attentive to all the online programs that you organize.

HpS - Prabhupada said (?) that we can maintain ourselves by selling devotional paraphernalia!

Dear Guru Maharaja

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

I was thinking how Krishna arranged things perfectly by sending you to Boise during these chaotic times. Such wonderful devotees there and always ready to serve you.

I am chanting my 16 rounds and following the principles. Initially I had problems doing my afternoon gayatri, but that has become regular now. We finished reading Devahuti and Kardamam muni's section in the third canto and are currently reading SB 3.26. We are reading Ramayna from Vedabase everynight before going to bed.

HpS - !!!

Because of the virus scare, the temple is now currently closed and only the devotees who are responsible for deity services are allowed into the temple. I did my first Raj bhoga arathi service on Sunday, before the temple closure.

I was dressing Gaura Nita on Thursday nights and now, they have stopped night dressing. Only time the deities are dressed is in the morning and that too in their night dresses. The garland services that Divya Sri was doing is also suspended. I still do Srila Prabhupada's Guru puja arthi on Wednesday and Thursday. Divya Sri has Tulasi seva at the Tulasi house on Wednesday. So we still have a chance of taking Darshan of Sri Sri Radha Kalachandji at least 2 days a week.

HpS - Jaya!

Dallas has a shelter in place order from today for 2 weeks. I have been working from home and contrary to what I thought, I have been working more that I would do when I go to the office.

My work visa is up for renewal and we filed extension a month back. At that time the processing times were 3-5 months. With the lockdowns that are happening, I don't know how long before I'll know if my visa is extended.

In the beginning of March, we signed a contract to buy a house close to the temple (2 mins walking, even closer than where we are currently). We are now very confused on how to proceed with the house. I have been praying to Kalachandji to give me a strong indication to back out, but everything has been in our favor. They agreed to the price we asked, agreed to all the major repairs we wanted, the bank approved the loan and the monthly principal and interest is 1108. We would like to ask your advise on whether we should proceed with the house in the current circumstances Gurudeva.

Your servant

Srinatha Krsna dasa

HpS - I can't predict the future. Mode of ignorance is very prominent now. We try to make practical decisions. We try to all be friends in this world and Krsna will make enough problems to keep pushing us out, like M. Parishit, but we can do good service as He wants on the way out.

So, make a good estimate of the future. Look with some respect to the indications from Krsna and "yare deke tare kaha..", wherever you go, whomever you meet, tell them Krsna's instructions in BG, SB etc. and by L. C.'s order, become Guru.

Haré Krishna Gurudeva.

Por favor acepte mis reverencias,espero que se encuentre bien de salud, seguimos en la lucha contra la energía material y al pendiente de todo lo que sucede en el mundo.

HpS - AGTSP. Fighting with Maya is like fighting with your tennis coach!

La situación tanto en el templo como en la ciudad misma es un caos parece que todo se alineó para causar más demencia en los devotos y en la sociedad en general, sin duda es un buen momento para aferrarnos al canto del Santo Nombre y a los libros de Prabhupada una oportunidad para volvernos más concientes de Krishna.

HpS - Yes, death is the sum-total of all bad experiences. What ever we experience now is just preparation for another, lets work to see it is the last, death.

Gurudeva varios hermanos espirituales estamos muy preocupados por su salud y bienestar y le rogamos en lo mayor posible que no viaje en los próximos meses hasta que pase toda la situación del Coronavirus su salud y bienestar es lo más importante, consideramos que más bien en algún punto en el futuro nosotros viajemos a verle Usted es nuestro padre eterno y no sabemos que hacer para devolver un poco de todo el cuidado que tiene hacia nosotros, es muy probable que yo no sea nadie para pedirle que se mantenga a salvó pero tengo que intentar.

HpS - We posted one letter about that at the beginning of today's posts. Why are we thinking that this is the last virus? Maybe or it may be the end of Western civilization. Try our best to understand things and preach as much as we can now!

Siempre me mantengo orando a Krishna por Usted y por su salud.

Su tonta sirviente Saranagati DD

HpS - Thank you!!!!! Next letter, join us.

Hare Krsna Guru Maharaj!! Please accept my humble obeisance. I, the servant of your servant, am from Manipur. My name is Sheityajit.

Mataji Sarada Gaurangi Devi Dasi told me about you Guru Maharaj. I feel it a blessing to get association of her. I used to attend SB classes daily and I get the chance to meet her there. She also gave me SB books. SB class is very enlivening. And association of devotees is giving energy to the soul.

I want to get initiated but my parents are not agreeable. I also want to live as brahmacari but they want me to marry. But still I'm single.

Guru Maharaj, please instruct me as to how my parents will become agreeable.

And Guru Maharaj, sometimes I just can't chant for no reason. Minds get distracted by worldly problems. Please tell me how to drive away this distractions.

I have much to enquire from Guru Maharaj. But I just can't speak up and I am too excited, getting nervous. Hare Krsna.

HpS - Jaya! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!! Thank you for your letter. We are just little servants of Srila Prabhupada. If you are reading his books and applying the instructions therein with as much sincerity as you can then you are on the right path and all your questions will be answered.

Prahlada tried to make his parent, Hiranyakashipu happy with him, but it was not possible. Sometimes it is possible and sometimes it is not, but you can keep trying. You are not the Best Friend. Krsna is. So try to help Krsna, help your parents, family.

Details of B'cari ashrama etc. become clear as we advance. In the beginning just answer the question? Who is Krsna? Is He the cause of everything and its controler? Who am I? Simple questions first. Of course the advanced appreciation can be there" How beautiful is Krsna, but we should really focus on understanding Srila Prabhupada and the importance of chanting 16-nice rounds and following four principles.

Jaya!

Then everything else will follow!

Thank you. Go on chanting, reading and preaching.