Letters to the editor

Hare Krishna Gurumaharaja!

Please, accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet!!! _o/\___

HpS - ASA -- Lettuce feet.  AGTSP!!  Please accept our obeisances to your venerable feet.

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!!!

Gurudeva, I write to you trying to get your saintly association.....to get spiritual inspiratión, strength, instructions, mercy!!!! from you _/\_ Please!!!

First of all, I want to tell you that I recently went to two specialists doctors in Rheumatology and after several years of having "arthritis" problems finally I get a more accurate diagnosis: "Ankylosing Spondylitis", it is a rheumatic disease, a type of arthritis in which there is long-term inflammation of the joints of the spine. It is a chronic problem and there is no cure, just control it taking medicines. Medicines are very expensive and we are processing health insurance to get them cheaper.

But, what worries me most, Gurudeva...is that this disease affects also the lungs and I already have my lungs affected, the disease has advanced because I have been for more than 12 years without a diagnosis and without taking the medicines.

Gurudeva, I do not know what will happen.

HpS - It is like the weather. We don't know what will happen. You may discover some alternative medicine that works. It may just go away. Modern medicine may discover a cure. These are several of the bad possibilities. The good possibility is that your body may rot and become a completely repulsive mass and you die. Then you will be detached from any attraction to any new material body and you will come out in your eternal body!

In general, we don't know what will happen. So we deal with life from an immediate, practical perspective and do what service we can, now.

Lately, I have been thinking about death and understanding more the importance of chanting Hare Krishna!!! I should be chanting all day!  as much as I can! "Kirtaniyah sada harih" as you constantly instruct us.

Gurudeva, in these moments I am fearful and worried about the state of my body...I am afraid of death...

HpS - Why?  you've done it thousands of times before. Just go ahead developing your Yoga and you will be more and more detached from your body and more attached to Krsna's body.

But sometimes I think that is something that is going to happen anyway.....It is just a matter of time....isn't it?

ASA - Precisely. Some die today, some die tomorrow, some are already dead.

Finally, I want to apologize, today in SB class you asked to chant the verse, and I did not do it, Gurudeva, it is because I could not hear you properly due to my internet connection, there was an interrupted sound and sometimes I can not hear the words completely. Later when I heard the recording that you shared on Twitter I heard that you asked me to chant the verse. <img alt="sad" height="23" src="https://hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/sad_smile.png" title="sad" width="23" /> 

I like to chant the verse !!! <img alt="smiley" height="23" src="https://hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/regular_smile.png" title="smiley" width="23" />

HpS - You do it well!

Thank you very much for all your causeless mercy upon me, Gurudeva, you are a very genuine servant of Srila Prabhupada, rescuing fallen souls from the mud of material existence! _/\_

Thank you so much and please kindly forgive my offenses!

Hare Krishna!

Your sinful disciple...

Mitravinda d.d.

ASA - Socrates took the poison rather than run away. Try to move to Krsna and the separated material body will just become a shadow.   Increase your Yoga. That is the only solution.  Wating for more news from you. 

Hare Krsna, Maharaja!!!

Reciba mis reverencias a sus pies de Loto!!!

HpS - ASA --- Pies de loco.   TlgaSP!!

Todas las Glorias a Srila Prabhupada!!!

Todas las Glorias a Sri Goura Nitay!!!

Deseando su Salud haya mejorado desde que vino acá y lo pude ver.

Maharaja hace mucho no me reporto desde la última vez que usted estuvo aca y pude verlo.

Bueno mi servicio con guirnaldas fue hasta casi fines de mayo, luego pedí permiso pues estaba ya muy cansada ,ya que iba por mi servicio a las 2:00 am unico hasta mangala aratik y rondas a veces regresaba a Govinda, los únicos horarios disponibles ya que durante el día mi hijo y mi trabajo ocupaban todo mi tiempo.

Mi celular fue encontrado por una madre y en el habían unos vídeos fotos de mi vida pasada cuando trabajaba como bailarina en un table dance, descuido mío por guardar algo así....esas fotos y vídeos fueron enviados a devotos ,familia y mis hijos un día despues, El día 15 de junio entre al hospital por un A C V izquemico de lado derecho, suerte llegamos a tiempo y evitamos un derrame mayor, la m.Ganga, M. Murtimati, m.vamsi, M.ynes, m.iliana, m.Carolina fueron a verme y me ayudaron en el hospital, la familia de m.Isarani que cuida de mi hijo junto con otros devotos que ahy viven como Radha Gokulananda, M.Radha kunja y su esposo p.Haripurana y P.PUSPA GOPAL fue quién me ayudo con los trámites del hospital yendo de madrugada el día que peor me puse ,que pensé que dejaba el cuerpo y MADRE MANJARI quien es la persona que cuida de mi hasta el día de hoy, pues no puedo moverme ella me lleva a terapia, y me baña se encarga de mi pues tengo que usar pañales y comer por sonda ya que mi cara lado derecho está paralizado, pero las cosas van mejorando.

Maharaja al principio yo me preguntaba porque sucede todo esto ,descuido mío, karma pesado con muchas personas, karma inmediato o será que Krsna no me quiere cerca y me está botando de su lado ?

Hable con p.Puspa y el me dijo que Krsna nos quiere a todos y que el no nos quiere lejos, que somos nosotros quienes nos alejamos de el y me pregunto que hice ahora para alejarme así?

Bueno aún así seguimos cantando las 20 RONDAS ,no con el mismo entusiasmo pero lo recuperaremos pronto.

La lectura floja pues no puedo leer ,con tanta medicina más duermo,estoy oyendo el jaiva dharma audio libro y mi hijo me lee el Krsna book...aún falta un examen estaba el el tello de chosica pero me van a llevar al Instituto neurológico no había cama,ya mañana si Krsna lo permite ahy estaré y harán los exámenes para saber si esta cabeza sigue igual de loca o más loca jajajajaja,estoy más cerca de mi hija y familia pues no tenemos.

En cuanto al templo Maharaja . . . . . 

HpS - ASA --- Thank you for the letter but our Spanish is like 50% so it is hard for us to read too much.   Gracias para la carta pero nuestra Espanyol es como 50% entonces es deficil leer demasiado.   Claro, podemos ser en cuerpo de hormingas. Ellos praticamente no puede ver. Tien linguas en sus pies y experimenta el mundo de esta manera. Entonces, lo que pasa con nostros es reaccion de Karma adjusado por Krsna. Especificamente cuando rendernos formalmente, segunda iniciacion, Krsna toma carga de la Karma completa y adjustar para sus fines, nuestra purficacion. Las cuerdas pasan de Maya a Radha.   Claro podemos llegar a esta punto de rendicion informalmente pero la bods, la inicicion, 1, 2, 3... es normal.

O.K.  Espero toma mucho apoyo de su situacion and mas cartas pero no tan largas...<img alt="smiley" height="23" src="https://hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/regular_smile.png" title="smiley" width="23" />

Alguien que aspira servirlo 

Bhaktin Amparo

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Obeisance Maharaja. 

I´m faigthin [fighting] with the demoniac mind, as long as i´m with a real pure person, my mind gets very bad, the bad dog. I want to keep my self constantly in the devotional service, i´m just a principiant, but a realy want advance to puify my self, in that way, can be able to comply with your instructions.

Is very difficult realize that i´m a very fall soul, my false ego is so strong, but I think that this thought is essential to chant a better japa.

I want serve you all the time, learning english, in yours preachings programs, by sankirtan, chanting better japa and the necesary to please you.

i´ve been thinking about interviewing senior devotees to know the histoy of ISKCON Chile. 

At the end of Agust, with other devotees we go to do a preaching program in Cabildo, the place where i born. 

So, I want to serve. Thank you for yours instructions.

Hare Krsna Maharaja. One soul more, Bhakta Piero from Chile.

HpS - Everyone has the same challenge that you do. I have the same challenge. I am different than you. You are different than Amara-gauranga Das. He is different from Parasurama Das...  Venus has different relation with the Sun than Mars, but all of us can fight to improve our service. Find new ways to get the association of a really pure person, Srila Prabhupada. We sit in our cottage looking at the wall. Then we see there is a rocking chair almost in front of us and a framed picture of Srila Prabhupada up on the shelf that we cannot see. We moved the chair in front of us and put the picture of Srila Prabhupada on the chair. Now at him we can stare and feel his presence.

What will you do to increase your Krsna consciousness today?

T.L.G.A.S.P.

Nama om vishnu-padaya krishna-preshthaya bhu-tale srimate Hanumatpresaka-svamin iti namine.

Querido Guru Maharaja:

El año 1999 cuando me encontraba viviendo en el templo de Costa Rica, el presidente me dijo que cuando vea a un Gurú debo darle mis reverencias, fue entonces que yo le pregunte si debo darle reverencias una vez al día y el resto del día solo juntar las palmas como hacen muchos devotos, y el me aclaro que las veces que uno ve al Gurú uno debe dar reverencias, esta instrucción se me quedo grabada en mi memoria y cuando veo a un Sannyasi o un Gurú siempre doy reverencias, sin importar las veces que daba darle reverencias a lo largo del día.

Hace unos años atrás cuando estaba en Cochabamba, Usted en un parque público cuando vio a un viejo amigo que esta de Sannyasi le dio sus reverencias.

Mis preguntas serían las siguientes:

¿Es correcta la instrucción que me dio en aquel entonces el presidente del templo de Costa Rica, debo dar mis reverencias a un Sannyasi o Gurú las veces que lo vea?

HpS - Hare Krsna.   Tenemos que ofrecer reverencias primero vez en un dia que nos vemos a un Goswami, Sannyasi, y claro un guru va a ser un goswami, cada dia. Es algo en los libros de Srila Prabhupada o ayunar para contraestar la ofensa. Los discipulos de Srila Prabhupada ofrecen reverencias a el cada vez entran en su cuarto. Mas yo no se. Trnad api sunicena...  entender como ofrecer respecto a todo la demas.

¿En lugares públicos como aeropuertos, conferencias, plazas, etc., es correcto que yo le de mis reverencias a un Sannyasi o un Gurú?

HpS - Puede hacer solament con los manos dobaldos si crea una malintencion en la demas. Ofensa numero 9 a canto de los santos nombres.

Agradecido de antemano por su deferencia me despido muy cordialmente.

Atte. Su humilde y eterno sirviente a sus pies de loto, nacimiento tras nacimiento Jiyada Nrsmha dasa.

HpS - Pfanrh...  -[;0]/\____

Hare Krishna Guru Maharaj PAMHO AGTSP

I beg you to give me permissions to associate with you in Spain,Barcelona and Guadalajara.

I have not accommodation so If it's possible to share it with you should be very nice.

Hare Krishna

HpS - Hare Krsna.  It is fine with us if you travel with us in Spain. Sometimes the accomdations are very fine from you also and even others, but other times, like in New Vraja Mandala and Madrid they are very tight. We can adjust but best you contact local authorities also.

Anyone can help Indrady. Das with these adjustments!??

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Hare Krishna dear Gurudeva, please accept my humble obeisances

i hope this letter find you great

So much time wishing write you, and now at last i found a moment...

now we finish the first period of book distribution at universities (we finished for a while because they are in vacations now), with a new partner, Citra devi dasi (whose GM is Sankarshan das adhikari) so exiting this time in the adventure of books distribution, Citra encouraged me to go by my self on saturdays (because she could not go that days) and it was an amazing challenge for me, always remembering you...thinking that i was not alone, i was with the georgeus company of you and Srila Prabhupada by vani seva, and the deities in the form of books, it forced me to enter in a mood of constant praying, and it forced me to surrender again and again to Srila Prabhupada´s mision, it is a big big bless for me this service of book distribution, unbelievable thinks happened!!!, i had so much wishes of sharing all this experiences with you, but i was full time, because as i said you in other letter i think, this service is in general in the evening journey, so my sadhana was a little different, ( i arrived home at 11 pm)  thats why i didn´t join to start meeting this last time....but it was worth it...i promise

About my husband and family situation, thanks krishna, everything is so much better, he is going to therapy, making the effort of overcome his anarthas (me too of course...so much to improve) , we are chanting our rounds together in the morning at 5 am, and then he goes to work at 7, my children wake up at 7.30 aprox, so i clean them and change their clothes, and we wake up the deities, (simple offering: water, inciense, camara) then a little kirtan (my little daugther´s´favorite part) ...we are trying to make homeschool, reading aruddha dd, and Urmila dd has been so much inspiring ..... well and also i try to read krishna book to my children, the favorite passtimes of Syam (my oldest son) is the Aghasura passtime, kaliya and appearance of krishna for the specific part when mention ananta Sesa... so he loves all about snakes! jajaj

And now with a group of matajis who are mothers too, we are creating a whatsapp group for reading Srimad bhagavatm together, reading loudly and recording the lectures for each other, making turns for reading, and meeting once a month to comment our reading...

So in summary, overcoming this hard proof at last, finally smilling again, utsaha returning to my heart and mind, and say godbye to depression and sad times...thanks for all your supports in this time, without you i am nothing. 

(Now in Chile we have the trasceendental presence of Maharaj Bhakti Busana Swami, my husband´s Guru, Krishna is so kind with us)

your insignificant servant

Indu-lekha dd

HpS - Jaya!!!!       Monkey, Piggy, Uncle Gismo, the Supreme Undiferentiated Absolute Comando of ASA, hereby confer upon you the Order of Hero of Rama Monkeys. (Medal Attached).    Best of wishes to everyone.   Next challenge. Distribute books but also try to make book distributors! Try to distrubute several books to people. That is easier than one book sometimes because this is the age of Kali and Sankirtan is the Yuga dharma, not Jnana-yoga, success by study!

Waiting for your news.

Your family will be great.