Letters to the editor

Hare Krishna, dear Gurumaharaj, Pamho, AGTSP!
Thank you for your association and your example.
I want to be your authentic disciple. I hope one day I will achieve that.

HpS - ASA --- HK/HR!  This is exactly what we tell our Guru-maharaja, Srila Prabhupada also!

Several points:
I think I should just concentrate on the academic part. I'm a little tired of organizating things. In addition there are enough devotees eager to organize as Abhiram, Candra mukhi, Yugala and even Isvari matajis. So good luck!

However I will be their servant. When I spoke with Thakurji I told him that. For the weekend in Chosica March 16, 17 and 18 I will be his servant. I told him to exploit me at everything he wants me to do, but not make me think much or do logistics.

In the same way for April (20-22), I think that a matajis commission has to be formed to celebrate the weekend of the Vaishnava ladies. As it will be in Chosica, I propose that the mentioned mothers be commissioned together with M. Nitya in charge of Chosica. I will only be a servant. Mother Yugala has already asked me to be the guide of the pada yada pada she plans to organize.

What I think is important to maintain a nice relationship with la Cantuta is to organice a program for Monday, February 26. I think it's feasible. It would be in the morning, like 10 to 12 and then you can go down to Lima to do your other business. I Hope we are able to do it.  I'm already talking to our friend Professor Durand. I think you can do a little Art and the Sacred to motivate the October event. Art and the Sacred in Classical India and Ancient Peru, something like that. With local devotees There are enough dancers and musicians. I want to ask Caitanya candrodaya to coordinate that part. Professor Durand can help very well with musicians and something else. And of course a talk on your part.

Personally, I am trying to study more about my profession in order to access a competitive educational market and make a difference for ISKCON. I'm thinking of teaching in college if I can, or another educational organization or school. My priority will always be devotees, but outside people are suffering and ignorance continues to grow.

Please, your blessings to be useful to ISKCON and the world.

P. Mathures was right, when things do not work out in ISKCON I get frustrated. But I do not like that word. It's like you get stuck. I prefer to say that I get discouraged. Now I am contributing in what I can do. I teach SB and BG and I am doing harinam on Saturdays. Besides, I continue with my on-line classes of Bhakti sastri, Bhakti Vaibhava and sporadically the course of disciples. At this moment I have 8 students.

That's where I feel happy and useful, sharing with my students. Many years organizing and frankly I do not see much progress. So the thing goes the other way. Education, inside and outside ISKCON.

The examining center of Bhakti sastri and Bhakti Vaibhava is still pending. I guess a little conflict. I welcome what Krsna wants through how the events unfold. I do not feel like pushing. I want to have a submissive servant attitude at this point. Many years of arrogance and wanting things to go the way I like them.

In any case, I am seeing these situations as a signal that I also have to see what happens outside and make my contribution. It's just an idea.
Enough for today. Thanks for listening.
ssLAD

HpS - Hare Krsna!!!!   You seem to be on a healthy path. It is just a matter of concentrating and accelerating. Your ideas, plans, seem fine. We told M. Yugala-k. Dasi about our ideas of the Pada-yatra. Can you sit on the grass in the central plaza in Chosica and chant?

Hare Krsna Gurumaharaj,

Please accept my respectful obeisances to you

All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

    Approaching to you again, Sir, not knowing the right manner to do it, though; but. what else a disciple can do despite of his qualification or disqualification?

I must admit that I identify myself as your disciple without being a Disciple. I do not know how to be a real disciple; the one who does not exist, act, think independently without guru’s authorisation and instruction. A real disciple knows the guru’s desire and act accordingly, he does not need to be directly instructed, since he knows his guru’s heart and is synchronised with it.

HpS - Hare Krsna. You set a very high standard for all of us. Thank you.

I want to be one of your real disciple, Sir.  Uhmmm!!!  There is a long way to go ahead for that.   Please, Gurumaharaj, pull me up, and place me in the right track and speed, since I already wasted a lot of time.

HpS - I say the same thing to Srila Prabhupada and I suspect with much, much more sincerity Srila Prabhupada says the same thing to Srila B. S. Sarasvati Maharaja.  

Theoretical understanding of Krsna Consciousness process is not any more satisfying. It is like a fish swimming in shallow waters looking for food, after sometime (years), it becomes dangerous. Many predators can catch him easy. But, real food and nourishment are found in deep waters, and it is safer over there too.  Thus, it is a survival mechanism, an imperative need to go deeper.

In my case, going deeper seems to be going back to the bases [basics]; re-start the process.  (?). Focus reading of Srila Prabhupada’s books, (Bhagavad-gita again?); menial services to help me to realise the ideal dasa dasa anudasa mood; and just trying to hear myself chanting Hare Krsna mantra while I am chanting my rounds. (an insightful advice of a devotee quoting Srila Prabhupada in a SB class). Is this prospective program right for me, Sir?

HpS - Sounds fine with me. Even the Gopis, when they think of Krsna, they start with His lotus feet. Sadhu sanga...  Looking for reading partners, Sankirtan partners. Happy life is coming very soon. We already have a name, service and family in Goloka, no?   They are waiting for our service in all the construction that is needed. Goloka is a Disneyland that is 2% finished!!!

In a SB class, Prahladananda Swami, quoted a verse of BG, we must try to be attracted to Krsna. By trying it, we can attract Krsna. How to try to be attracted to Krsna?  By hearing and talking about Him, sincerely.   I listened to similar phrases many times before. But this time it struck me. It was like new and old message at the same time, revealed message.  Why I could not hear that before? Why this time I heard it and remember it more than before?

HpS - You know why? (Smile)    You were not ready to hear it in that way.   'nehabikramo naso sti...'.   May take long time to make even a little progress, but that progress is eternal......

Similarly, it happens with’ just trying to hear yourself chanting Hare Krsna mantra while chanting your rounds. ‘message.  In such way that now by remembering it while chanting my rounds it helps me focus more in my chanting – hearing myself.  Because I know myself, and my japa’s past history, I am afraid of this special momentum won’t last long. For that I humbly request you Sir, help me!!  I do not want to waste my precious time anymore.  My determination and motivation are very weak. Please help me.

HpS - We are maybe even a little more stupid than you are. Maybe even a lot more stupid, but we try to do what we can. That is really what we understand as the process. When the sun shines, RUN!    When it is dark, [[crawl]]...
We keep try to keep good Sadhana and then share it by Startmeeting, Twitter, Travel and especialy this Blog. We would like to know how we can improve our Sankirtan. Job as an ISKCON, Srila Prabhupada, 'Guru'.

Appealing to your kind, compassionate and forgiving nature, I dare to approach to you again, with all my misdeed and disqualification. This another attempt to be back in track, following you as it should be, realising that I cannot make it alone (my personal endeavour is not enough) your mercy and devotees’ blessings are indispensable for me.  (like a dog with its tail between its legs walking behind the master)

Thank you,Sir, father, Master, Gurumaharaj.

Looking forward to keep connected with you and your disciples.

Sincerely,

Your puppet disciple

(Madhumanjari dd)

HpS - Your letter is really embarassing in some ways, because we feel that you are such a sincere person. The challenges in the modern world are enormous!   Yes, as far as we know you have big challenges to overcome, but you have been doing a lot to accomplish that. You are an example for everyone. Stop and appreciate what you have done right and develop that. That is the most important.

I still think it is important if you write to us about a Girl, Devotee, who went to Australia many years ago and what is happening with her. Of course, this would be semi-auto-biographical but also fantasy. The list of useful female authors is unlimited.

"Born in Torquay in 1890, Agatha Christie became, and remains, the best-selling novelist of all time.

She is best known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, as well as the world’s longest-running play – The Mousetrap. Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language and a billion in translation."

All Glories to Sri Sri Gaura Nitai

All Glores to Srila Prabhupada

All Glories unto you guru maharaja Hanumatpresaka Swami Maharaj.

General

The things are alright. Actually, since I decided to marry formally the things -is general- is going alright. The mind is alright, trying find the right time to everything, a big challenge. I read in English almost everyday, there are some money, good health, service to the department of communications of our yatra. Sometimes, i use my mind to understand Krsna, and why he is so beautiful and funny.

My fear is that sometimes, when everything is alright, something bad could happen after a while also. My conclusion is stay ready to everything, always. We are in a risky position in this world. Status Quo, and the confort zone could break.

HpS - ASA -- If we are chanting 16-nice rounds, following four principles strictly, then even the bad things are arrangment of Krsna for a good result. Learn how to use them. Stay alive in KC in every moment, 'tat te nukampam susamikshamano, bunjana evatma krtam vikampam/hrd vag vapurbir vidadhan namaste ...." trying to remember.

Program to Ladies

My wife, Carolina, have organized a program called “Devotas Urbanas” 5-6 meetings already. The ladies devotees are very happy with it. 11 devotees in average, since 25 to 45 years old, but mostly young until now. The dynamics is simple. Some short video (Ted Talks, video for Social Media, etc), Reading from Srimad Bhagavatam, discussion, prasādam. Now, including kirtana.

They suggest a topic to the next meeting to talk the next time, so a week ago, we started to think what is the best sloka+purport for that. The idea is to select strong purports, a little polemic, controversial… For instance, the last meeting was a text from 9^th Canto; Urvasi is trying to convince to the King Pururava about the dangerous of the foxlike nature of the woman. The female fox in Chilean Spanish language is particularly rude. But my wife insisted in to read that. The result: The discussion in the program are very inspiring, interesting, and yes, controversial. The topics in general are energy of woman, what to do with that, female-male relationship, etc.

My wife cook everything with affection to them, she really want help the female devotees who don’t have too much space to ask more personal questions and share inner feelings about their process. When the first woman comes I should to go out of the house, because is a really devotional sorority. No man is allowed :D.

HpS - Burn your ears.

Is interesting because my idea is that the devotees should put the critical thinking in action. Understand more deeply what Prabhupada is saying and why. And this programs is working very well in that direction.

Asa - LoB - 14

Viplavah – Bilingual Spanish and Portugese edition

Prabhu Param Padam showed interested in the magazine and Dhanvantari Swami told me that he feel very honored to be invited to participate. He will arrive to Brasil from India, February 18^th, so he asked me to talk more about it with him then. So, I’m thinking that the first issue of the magazine can’t arrive to the GBC Meeting in Brasil, at least in both languages would be complicated.

HpS - Only Spanish. Work with Abhiram Th. Das, Mathuresa, get something simple and then fix the Participation, Date and Content for the following issue. One page would be enough.  Who, When, Where, What.

In general I’m lazy person but more slow than lazy, unfocused. So, I need a new dates. We will discuss with the latin American devotees and will tell you.

Fathers

Two years ago, Carolina took formal shelter from Radhanath Swami, at 2016 in Italy. And she decided wait how long is necessary to take initiation from him, it doesn’t matter how long she should wait. Im happy for her.

We will be parents of someone. We don’t know if is HE or SHE yet. But everyone said that is a lady. Krsna already know. I’m reading a very very interesting book called Krishna Krida by Bharat Chandra das. A very well researched book about the Krishna Conscious games which are very adequate to sons and daughters of devotees. First part is about the bad effect of the screens in the children and teenagers, with scientific support. Very nice.

Business

Like now I’m surrounding for entrepreneurs, and like “we converted ourselves in the average of the 5 people with whose spend more time” So I converted in one entrepreneur also. They are very inspiring people, enthusiastic and resilient. The effort for their projects and hard work for them is very respectable and example to the devotees for . If is possible I could talk you more here in the continent. By the way, despite the Brasil travel is canceling from my part, still I really like to visit you in some of the countries.

ASA - Peru, Abhiram Das Anandamaya, Jiva-shakti, Laksmana, N. Kishori,  Cmdd.....  are organizing retreat the weekend of 16-18 March in Chosica. Renting in beautiful guest house. If you can come then it will be great. All that week before will be work with the press and universities.

Thank you much for your time like always.

Hare Krsna.

Your aspirant to servant, Jagad Guru DAS.

HpS - How is you Big Brother????

Respects to the Carolina et al.

Dear Maharaja Accept my most humble obeisances at your lotus feet !!

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada! 

All glories to Sri Vijay Gauranga Nityananda Ram!

   I hope you are doing great dear Maharaja!

got great news! a Brahmachari came to the temple, his name is Daniel, and we are very happy to have him here, his presence has changed a lot how things were going in the temple, he is a very disciplined person but also kind and wellhearted devote, We are working in new programmes, like chanting japa on Sunday mornings in groups, also I'm making a program for the kids at the temple on Sundays, so that way their parents can pay full attention to the class and also the little kids can do something they can enjoy and learn about Krishna's past times as Gopal so they can identify with our dear Lord.

 I'm the only Mataji attending to Bhagavad Gita Classes after sadhya aarti and trying to attend to mangal aarti and Bhagavatam classes but lately, since i started to work i haven't been able this week to attend. another matajis go to do service at the temple but they don't stay.

Responding what you asked me, there are 4 people living in the temple, Prabhu Acyutananda das, his son janardana, Prabhu Brahmachari Daniel, and my ex-boyfriend who is the pujari Barshana Gram Das, beside them some devotes come from time to time or to Sunday festival, i live nearby so i go almost every day to do some service.  past days was visiting Brahmachari Prabhu Jay Jay Das,  besides them, no one lives in the temple.

My principals are going good, which they were better but I'm trying to improve myself in many ways. it's hard to pick up the piece and reassemble ourselves together, but i know it's not impossible.  thank you for answering me and taking time to read and write back.

Hare Krishna! 

HpS - We remember that Rama told Laksmana that there is no mistake you can make that you can't correct.   Also, the Bhagavatam is full of falldowns and then get-ups and then back to Godheads!

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

Gurudev, we would start today for Chhattisgarh and won't be able to access Internet / mails / blog for 20 days. Village to village, People to People.

Once back, would update you. Thank you so much Gurudev.

your fallen servant,
Girivaradhari-Gopal Das

HpS - Jaya!!!  Hare Krsna.    We hope they get Srila Prabhupada's books, words.

Jay guru maharaja mucha gracias por contestarme la carta soy un discipulo suyo aun no iniciado con usted pero anhelo mucho su iniciacion me llamo jose tengo 26 años estudio ak Ecuador trabajo de comerciante vivi en templo iskon mandir Ecuador 1 añs estuve como bramachari hacia sankirtan ahora vivo afuera del templo ya es lo mismo pero sigo cantando hare krshna sigo principio como ante saludo GM DANDAVATS HARI HARI HARIBOLL.

Espero tener un dialogo con usted maharaja ya no tiene que ver con Ecuador-Guayaquil hace un tiempo y el inicio un discipulo en su llama gangamarti solo en su discipulo de aka Ecuador nadie mas bueno que yo espero que tenga misercordia para que usted tenga amigo discipulo su agregado en mi facebook para estar mas cerca de usted me gusta su clases hari hari haribooooolll ....

HpS - Hare Krsna. Un foto de Vd??  Reportaje del ISKCON Ecuador?
Esta cantando 16-buen rondas cada dia y siguiendo cuatro principios estrictamente?   Mucho gusto conocerte!!!!  Jose-Ecuador