Letters to the editor

Hare Krishna dear Guru Maharaj!! PAMHO ...All glories to Srila Pravupada. I am Nicintya Nityai devi dasi from Manipur,who have got initiationon on gourapurnima this year.I am deeply grateful to you dear Guru Maharaj for your causeless mercy to this fallen soul by accepting me as your disciple.After initiation my life is a bit changed .I will keep my promise to you at the time of initiation at my best level . Now we are doing SB class every morning ,sunday nagar kirtana and we have done Basic Archana Procedure also .All this is happened by your mercy to us .Hope GM you are always with the Lord ...Thank you a lot . Always at your lotus feet.

HpS - All glories to Srila Prabhupada. Bhakti Svarupa Damodara Swami, Ki Jaya.

Thank you so much for your letter, Mataji. Of you read the DTC posts here and our bi-monthly Kapi Dhvaja at our website you can see it is difficult for us to handle all the mail while traveling. So little delay answering.

Where is your base of residence?

Who are your associates from work, family, Yatra?

Chanting rounds, four principles, SB, you will become powerful tool of the Pancha-tattva.

All Glories to Sri Sri Gaura Nitai

All glories to Srila prabhupada

All glories to You guru maharaja

Dear Gurumaharaja please accept my humble obeisances ,here nara narayana rsi das from cordoba argentina. I am very happy to know that you are already in Buenos Aires and I hope your trip has been peaceful.

HpS-ASA -- AGTSP!! Paoho... It was hell, but we are still smiling.

Unfortunately I could not be part of these reception in bs as I am giving my last exams of this first part in the university which in fact has gone well completing the first stage. This Friday there is still an administrative stage in the university which requires my presence so I will be traveling on the night of Friday 5th to Buenos Aires. There I can be that week taking your association and the association of all the devotees there.

ASA - We get yours!

The devotees here in Cordoba have sent a recommendation of second initiation to the administrative board of bs as initiations which was accepted, I am happy for that. I hope I can talk with you on Saturday and serve you in some way during this visit.

your servant

nara narayana rsi das

ASA - Are you getting up for Brahma muhurta 80% of the time???

Hare Krsna Beloved Gurudeva

AGTSP PAMHO

I am missing your association all so much. I am right now at Wilson in the mataji's asram waiting for you

I am also missing my mom. I was feeling good the first days of her departure then I started to be kind of sad and very tired. I am waking up at 5:30 am :(

With my sister we have to put many things in order.

I guess is also the weather that is not helping I need to find myself again. I get back on track. I am traveling to Miami on July I will come back when U returned from Argentina. In order to have your association.

Is weird whenever I think in my mom. I see or listen something that is like a sign. She was so tender and sweet but with a lot of strength at the same time.

Well Gurudeva sorry for this sensitive letter.

My rounds are not ok. Tomorrow on Ekadasi I will start a vow. And then check next Ekadasi

Thanks Gurudeva see U in a few hours

Your eternal servant

Chandramukhi dd

HpS - ASA -- Hare! Krsna. First access to Blog after four days? Our energy is so low that we can't chant faster than 11-minute rounds, but it is also very nice. Our throat is very sensitive so also can't chant in much of an out loud voice. Hk/HK!

Learning about internal chanting. New and interesting.

The weather in BsAs is not so bad. Can adjust.

Why are you going to Miami?

If we are doing our best to chant 16-nice rounds and follow 4-principles strictly then, 'daivim prakrtam ashrayah', we are under the control of the internal potency.

We know our Mother, Father, dog, Bishop, will all die, but it comes as a surprise? For a devotee Krsna can make a 'wake-up' experience out of it.

'Wake-up'. Come home. Everyone is here!'

For example, you can preach, increase the preaching, to everyone of your students. If you don't save them, who will?

Chant in all circumstances and you will become a devotee on the level of Narada Muni.

More news!!

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada

Por favor acepte mis humildes reverencias Gurudeva 🙏

Le escribo después de unos meses y le ofrezco una disculpa por la falta de comunicación al blog pero leo y estoy pendiente de sus actualizaciones de estado y deseo que tenga una excelente estancia Perú 🙂

HpS - Ya somos en Bolivia, Cochabamba, Tiquipaya. Muy buen asociacion de como 60-devotos para una festival nacional.

MUCHIMA presion del altura, frio, todo. Pero FELIZ. Hare Krsna!!! Muy bieno oir de Vd.

en mi último reporte le conté que estaba a unas semanas de concluir mi último embarazo y el 29 de Marzo nació el pequeño niño se llama Raphael Hari Lewis pesó 4.120 kg y gracias a Krishna con muy buena salud, tomé los primeros meses para retomar mi sadhana de manera razonable (16 rondas y 4 principios) me encuentro muy feliz de la familia que formamos mi esposo y yo.

HpS - Eso es MUY grande, no??? Va a ser un semi-dios. Va a demand mucho educacion en cual es la vida.

Por ahora no asisto al templo físicamente pero estoy leyendo y dedico mi tiempo a enseñar a mis hijos el mayor de 4 años (Jay Govinda) entró a Taekwondo y clases de lenguaje, el medio (Krishna Gopal) tiene 2 años aprende artes plásticas y Hari ahora tiene 2 meses y me ayudó su nacimiento para unirme a comunidad de mamás que buscan disminuir el impacto ambiental infantil por ejemplo el uso de los pañales de tela, el cuidado del agua y concientizar a los niños sobre el cuidado de los recursos naturales y de mi parte comparto recetas de cocina vegetariana de vez en cuanto se organizan eventos sobre esos temas y en lo personal me a ayudado mucho en muchos aspectos de mi vida con la maternidad.

HpS - Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna!!!

Este año estoy planificando con mi esposo para que yo pueda entrar a estudiar Bhaktisastri online con Cultura del Bhakti, por ahora no puedo viajar por mis deberes en el hogar pero me gustaría aprender y seguir avanzando en mi vida espiritual.

Deseo que se encuentre muy bien y tener pronto oportunidad de verlo pronto 🙏

Su insignificante sirvienta Ananda maya devi dasi

HpS - De donde es esta curso. Esta cantando canciones para sus bebes? Mostrando a ellos como bailar por Krsna???

Dear Maharaja,

Pamho agtsp

All glories to your service. 

Apologies. I know I am not writing to you enough. This is ultimately my own misfortune.

I have found a way to listen to your lectures that devotees have put on YouTube over the years, offline. This, of course, is great for hearing while working. I still paint houses. Unlike Socrates, I haven’t put down my tools yet. Many lectures from Huston Temple. I also found a great resource that other’s on this blog may appreciate. One industrious devotee from the Hawaii online sanga, which you have frequented for many years, has posted videos of your PowerPoint show lectures! Here is the link to the channel for those who are interested. They are the same lectures which are available on soundcloud, but with the ever enlightening presentation you designed to aid our learning. 

https://www.youtube.com/user/z3y687k6qiG1

Your lectures continue to give me great strength in krishna consciousness. I am eternally in debt to you.

Last few months have been challenging, with study, work and family. Currently I have a few weeks break from university, which has allowed student Dhruva to get some rest. 

I have completed more courses in Anthropology, Philosophy and religion, and still more to go. Learning a lot. Picking up a lot of tools for Sankirtan. I’m being careful not to stick my head out as a devotee too much. I don’t think confidence is appreciated too much at the bachelor level. 

HpS - ASA - General Patten had one young Lieutenant as an Aide d'camp and in the beginning whatever General Patten told him to do he just said, "Yes, Sir". Then at one point he screwed his courage up and made some comment about one of General Patten's comments, and General Patten looked at him with a strong stare.

The the young lieutenant screwed his courage up more and said, "General Patten, with all respect I don't think you became a General by always being a "Yes Man"".

General Patten's gaze softened a little and he looked at the Lieutenant with compassion and said, "Yes, that's a fact, but that's how I became a Colonel."

Your good disciple, Dhanesvari DD, is also studying to improve her qualifications in accounting and bookkeeping. She is doing voluntary seva and work experience assisting in the local temple’s treasury.

ASA - https://vedabase.io/en/library/bg/10/23/

I attempted the official ISKCON second initiation exam a few weeks ago. By the mercy of the vaisnavas I past. But, due to my misfortune, it was too late and my diksha guru, HH Devamrita Swami, left. I’m not sure if he even knows I sat the exam. I decided that I should try the formal pathways by sitting the exams. But definitely I have mixed feelings about the whole experience. It’s challenging, I’m sure, for the authorities to deal with someone like me because I do not spend much time at the temple. I have been progressing in Krishna Consciousness, ever so gradually, mainly through your association, through my own personal study, sadhana and contemplation, and through our deity seva at home. Therefore, I understand that it may be difficult for authorities to asses me with confidence, and in some ways I might even pose some kind of threat to the existing structure due to my independence. I don’t know.

HpS - Hmmmm! It seems you should come by the Temple every now and then and say hello to the President and see if you can lend a hand on some projects. Tell him what you are doing, and that should be enough for him to be satisfied with your efforts. As far as I can tell your independence is great.

Regardless, probably due to some offence I have committed, i could not get second initiation this time and I am left to further contemplate, “Who am I. What is my relationship with guru and Prabhupada. And, what is my position in ISKCON.” 

I recently did manage to get a special service. It’s in the back, cleaning in the paraphernalia room. It’s a good place to be.

Bhagavad Gita 18.66 

sarva-dharmān parityajya

mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja

ahaṁ tvāṁ sarva-pāpebhyo

mokṣayiṣyāmi mā śucaḥ

“Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me. I shall deliver you from all sinful reactions. Do not fear.”

Srimad Bhagavatam 10.81.16

kvāhaṁ daridraḥ pāpīyān

kva kṛṣṇaḥ śrī-niketanaḥ

brahma-bandhur iti smāhaṁ

bāhubhyāṁ parirambhitaḥ

“ ‘Since I am but a poor, sinful brahma-bandhu, not brahminically qualified although born in a brāhmaṇa family, and You, Lord Kṛṣṇa, are the shelter of the goddess of fortune, it is simply wonderful, my dear Lord Kṛṣṇa, that You have embraced me with Your arms.’ ”

I would like to take the service you have offered me regarding the interview of Dr Mabbett for Education and the Sacred. Dr Mabbett said he is still a great Nagarjuna scholar. My first steps would be to get to know his work so that I can extract his wisdom through appropriate questions. What are your thoughts and advices in this regard, Maharaja? 

HpS - It seems wonderful. Just get to know him and what his passion is. Why he has been so devoted to his topics. It certainly doesn't seem to be for any gross goal. In general we are asking people with what community they identify and what are the definitions of sacred and educated in those domains. Is there any message that he wants to leave behind?

I will leave it at this for now, and save further topics for future correspondence. 

Though terribly unqualified, undeserving, and ungrateful, seeking some particles of dust from your lotus feet. 

Dhruvānanda Das

Dhanesvari DD, Suryani D, and Sarasvati D. 

HpS - Hare Krsna! Our respects to the Matajis. They are our inspiration. Make a big sound that will be heard clear across the ocean.

Dear Guru Maharaja, Hare Krsna. Please accept my humble obeisances.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Yesterday this school year came to the end. If you remember, I started a job at the elementary school last September. It went fast, it had difficult days, got some observations and distributed prasadam to some professors (they all loved it). Mother of a child I was assisting send me a message with words of gratitude.

Summer season with tourists started a few weeks ago.

Some japa rounds were not chanted and are duly noted down.

I worked a lot from last September and for that reason I did not studied sastra so much as previous years, but managed to read few books by Srila Bhaktivonoda Thakura and the two books by Hrdayananda das Goswami.

It could look that I lost some taste for direct Krsna bhajana / nava vidha bhakti. If I had any ... However, many days I yearned to open Srimad Bhagavatam or do japa. And when I did it, there is/was satisfaction arising inside myself. 

Went to Ljubljana (Slovenia) for a day of kirtana. And again and again, sitting down (or dancing) while performing Krsna sankirtana was nice. Also went to Ratha yatra in one town in Croatia. When Candramauli Swami saw me, he asked if I want to lead kirtana. I gratefully accepted, but said only if some organizers asked me, and that he does not tell them to do it. After a while, I got the microphone.

Krsna bhakti is deep, broad and at times cryptic process.

Life is sour

Life is sweet

Depends on the perspective

and on the heartbeat

Your servant,

Namacarya das

HpS - AGTSP . So very nice to hear from you after so much time. Do you have daily SB in the morning???? Really, really, really hope the very, very best for you. You can follow the example of Bhakti-vinode Thakura in your Ashrama, no?

Paoho....!!!