Letters to the editor

Hare Krishna Gurudev,

Please accept my humble obeisances,

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada,

Thank you so much Gurudev cause your vani is so clear, astonishing. The power of your spiritual realizations combined with your nature are an excellent combination. I think too, as you sometimes said, after your demise you will become very famous.

ASA - Try to die today.

Here we are in Sri Govardhan, remembering you everyday, while reading this pure nectar blog, or while worshiping deities at home and work. Sometimes is weird, when I wake you up in the picture, i think, Gurudev is already awaken.

I apologize for any inconvenient you had in your eye maybe because your visit to the eye clinic in MDP.

HpS - It may have been from the clinic. When I went to the clinic in Tennessee the nurse said that the furniture in the waiting area was probably contaminated from the people who can run for treatment.

I realize how imperfect our seva is.

We keep struggling to balance our material and spiritual life.

16R 4P ok, but is almost impossible to catch up my rounds debt. I noticed that main reason to not chant good rounds is lack of faith in the holy names, many times  there is something more important than japa. Big common mistake.

HpS - For all of us! Also, P'pada says that Maya says, "If you chant, I will kill you. You will die!", but we can think, "Thank you Mataji, that is our aspiration, die materially to awaken spiritually.".

I attend four days a week to Mangala Aratik. Living next to a temple make it much more easy.

Family is great, actually my main preaching focus is reestablish my new family, new wife and kids. Puting energy in trying to make everything works in a sane level. I feel blessed to have a good wife and good kids. They help me with my spiritual life.

HpS - I'm sure ourselves and all our readers hope you advance along these lines very well. Spiritual advancement of anyone will help me fulfill my own personal ambitions until my lotus like ambitions shine like the moon.

Work at Sama is O.K, and the project at Sri Govardhan is growing. Panca Tattva and Adi Yajña prabhus made their base here. So i have very good association.

Keep trying following this yoga,

At your service,

Nikunja Bihari das.

HpS - thank you for the report. There are five more letters. Let us look at them!

Hare Krisna Gurumaharaja !!! my dear Gumumaharaja!

All glories to Srila Prabhupada !!! who has brought to the West the mercy of the Krishna Consciousness movement!

Gurumaharaja please accept my humble obeisances and dandavatas at your feet!

On Tuesdays we have a program in Cochabamba with some devotees (Prema Niketana, Mother Jambavati, Prabhu Sravananda, Prabhu Garbo). A Harinama program, although we will start distributing some books as well.

I also want to thank you especially for your mercy ... His mercy is the raft that keeps us alive ... A golden raft on the ocean of materialism ...

I will keep in communication.

Hare Krishna Gurumaharaja...

HpS - ASA - Ver nice.  Tale along flags and flyers for the Harinama also, no?

Hare Krsna Dear Gurudev,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
All glories to Guru parampara.

Gurudev, after leaving IBM i was struggling with material life that's why was not updating you. Because we know
spiritual mater is not for to discuss material life. i have your strength in the form of words / texts / sayings with me and
would overcome surely very soon.

Because of such struggling i found or gained depth of spiritual texts.

Spiritually going good...everyday new leanings. BG is with me always. BG is my life.

Gurudev, still don't have new job but trying my level best for to get a new job so that i can continue Seva / services
of Sri Sri Radha Kunja Bihari Ji in Pune. i love him very much (attached).

Yeah, still in Pune, Doing regular temple Seva ( Services ), regular BG classes (weekly twice). Associating
senior devotees. Spiritual schedule is as usual as it was earlier. There is no change on that part, instead engagements are
more now. Basics are - 4x16, reading, hearing going good.

i Read regularly your quotes and try to go deep, than i understand how you sacrificed your everything for Krsna. As i
go deep to know you more then my struggles looks tiny, which make me more strength and more focused.

Without you, i don't have my spiritual life. You are there in my every spiritual activity. Because of your strength
everything is happening in my life spiritually.

i can not pay you, Gurudev. Thank you so much Gurudev.

your fallen servant,
Girivaradhari-Gopal Das

HpS - Thank you for the news. Sankirtan. Sankirtan.      If you are not married then you can just live in B'cari Ashrama and develop your Sankirtan with proper associates, teachers, partners and students. Take Sannyasa.

Working can be nice way to meet people for preaching also. Besides B'cari in Braja, what is his name, do you have any people do give you good counsel where you are staying?

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

All glories to Guru Maharaj Hanumat Presaka Swami.

Please accept our humble obeisances at Your much-missed Lotus feet....

HpS - ASA - Lettuce feet.

Hare Krishna Guru Maharaj,

We had a splendid Rath Yatra....and Purna Yatra.......so many pastimes to share...so many lovely moments.....thank You so much Guru Maharaj

We prepared bhoga for Their Lorships yet again ...on Purna Yatra...this time Subhadra Ma started showering Her love....the heavenly showers were a great delight....devotees pulled the cart all the while ....some with umbrellas in hand some without. Then....benevolent as always...the showers stopped ....the kirtan melted our hearts.....and all for Their Lordship's pleasure ..we pulled...pulled..pulled the cart...danced in gay abandon....

And as we headed back to the temple....Mother Subhadra insisted on a parikrama inside the temple....we loved every bit of it....Ma won't straight away get inside the altar area....last time on the Rath Yatra day ..that was on 14th July our Jagannath won't get inside ...we had to take Him round and round....He is so playful

This time we organized Rathyatra Festival programme for 9 days, every evening at the temple premises. It went great. We could manage to distribute 41transcendental books in 2 days....the first and the last day.Thank you Gurudev.

We are sending some pics. In one of the pics , the school where I got my high school education is seen,"Little Flower School", run by Roman Catholic Salesian sisters . Krishna kept us so close to His devotees ....for as far back as I could remember....

We hope to hear from Guru Maharaj soon.

We have started meetings for Janmastami preparations. We need Guru Maharaj's blessings to carry forth the celebrations.

Your ignorant servant,

Sarada Gaurangi DD

HpS - Thank you for the news. Manipur is the life of the world!!!   You can see from the DTC that we are traveling now and answering letters is different, so may be a little slower. We all have to understand our position in the Sankirtan movment. Which was better?                For M. Yasoda to save Krsna's milk on the stove or give Him her milk??   Prabhupada says that if we are sincere them Krsna, in the heart, will tell us which service comes first.

We are still struggling with this India calendar and our plans to visit India and the Northeast. Hope to have the resolution soon.

Hare Krsna Guru Maharaj,

Please accept our most humble obeisances.

All glories to Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada.

It has been a few months since we spoke Guru Maharaj. My husband and I both agree that your mercy, advice and guidance have sanctified the situation and made us feel much more comfortable and supportive. We got some advice from some wonderful Vaisnava saintly matajis who were from Nairobi that we can be like “one big happy family” for the sake of our son of course and sake of the community  (and maybe for the sake of our own sanity and false ego!)

HpS - ASA --- And the whole world. Be generous and give you strength to the whole world. Boom.    Little action in Boise can echo throughout the whole world if that is your perspective.

We thereafter tried to still maintain  some sort of friendship with our friend of 6 years and thereafter invited both over to have a meeting about Aja’s spiritual and values education and goals. It was actually a nice experience, possibly because we know each other pretty well and there is a sense of trust. 

Rounds have been ok during the week but we do extra  during the weekend because we rarely can sit down for more then 2-3 rounds at a time. We help with the evening offering cooking during the week and Sunday school. Right now we are preparing for a puppet show, children’s theater camp the 13th-16th.

ASA -SUPER!

We want to help the children learn how to project their voice, and get “into character.”

Do you have advice Maharaj on some good resources we could use?

HpS - Just "Improvisation for the Theater" by Viola Spolin and here son, but I have seen good pepper books. We will look for some when we are in Berkeley with our Boss, Lokanatha Das.

We also found some nice ideas for puppets using styrofoam heads on wikihow https://m.wikihow.com/Make-Puppets.

We also will have kids kirtan/arati, theatrical games, storytime/pastimes told by devotees in the community, creating props/puppets/stage and practicing the play as part of the daily itinerary . We are curious what else we can do to have a nice theater camp! We look forward to receiving your guidance as we know you are an expert in this area.

HpS - Tom and Buck are experts. Seems great as you can get the parents to come and teach. For example a devotee plumber could come and show them how pipes screw together and stuff.

We are happy to hear about your pastimes in Tennessee on the blog and look forward to your visit.

Your aspiring servant,

Kamagayatri Dasi

HpS - We will be there in three weeks!  Krsna will make our Sankirtan effective. We just have to remain pure by Chanting HK/HR all the time.   Don't just limit your efforts to Aja, your kids. Think of all kids eg. how can new kids join your summer camp.

Hare Krishna Dear Hanumatpresaka Swami! PAMHO! AGTSP! Can you explain me more about your proyect and Solaris Magazine please? I have some idea but not so clear. What could I write for it?

HpS - Have you gone to YouTube and looked for "NIOS Image"? It is a channel and there Ambarisa Das has our promo video for the project. Can you find it???

I know one great person that I think can participe in interview of Art and Sacret. He was my teacher of History of Art last course in University. He is a very learned person. I wrote him an e-mail, so I will infrom you about his answer, or his silence.

HpS - Perfect, what city?

Now I’m in Nueva Vrajamandala since some days ago donig service, I met two girls devotees of my age so is funny. I realizet that assotiating, sharing, talking with devotees is very very important for keep my mind focused in Krishna and good things... Mind is calm. We had Ratha Yatha in Barcelona and I met some devotees who grew up in gurukulas and now they are about 20 years. They have a very pure mind, they are good men and women, they have healthy habits, they are focused on Krishna and His service with enthusiasm and naturaly… I’m happy spending time with them!

Few days ago, when I was in Valencia, I was having a karmi and demoniac day…and week, my mind was disconnected of Krishna, thinking about try to enjoy somehow and spend time.. So when I get tired of my vain attempts to wait for something exciting and fun to happen,, everything started to fail and nothing went well, in a moment I feel a sensation of afraid, and some anxiety, because nothind had sense, so I realized without Krishna nothing have sense! I had refugiated mi mind in Krishna so I calmed and my fear went away.

16 rounds and 4 principles ok. Thanks you for inspiration and knowledge you bring us!. Arina.

HpS ASA --- Thank you.  The Witch will always be after us. You are a very important Captain for Krsna. Develop your own knowledge, experiments, science and engage others.  We must fight evil in the world of culture. See you  soon.