Letters to the editor

Hare Krishna, me siento muy agradecido y bendecido por su invitacion a escribirle. Siento profundo respeto y admiracion por usted y por sus discipulos. No puedo creer este regalo de Krishna de poder escuchar a un santo como usted temprano por la mañana. Gracias por entregar su vida a Krishna y el corazon a los devotos. Gracias por ser el fiel intrumento de Dios.

HpS/ASA - Sri Krsna lifted Govardhana like a little Rock to protect the Vrajabasis from the wrath of angry Indra, king of the gods!

You live in Santiago?

How has your life led you to meeting Krsna and Guru? Lord Caitanya, Srila Prabhupada, ISKCON?

Hare Krishna, Gurudeva

Please accept my humble obeisances🙏

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Thank you so much for your prompt response to my last letter.

HpS/AAS - This one, Hare Krsna, has taken a week or so!!

A couple of times I contacted Purnamasi Devi Dasi while I was in New Vrajamandala. She guided me and shared her experiences on Vaishnava educational topics.

Thanks to your advice, I have regained contact with her and I wish to keep it. Without a doubt, her association is very enriching and a great fortune!

ASA-SP to Hansadutta Swami to HpS/ASA --- This movement will attract the most sane and the most crazy people. You have to know which is which and engage with them all properly.

Mataji seems to be in the The Most Sane category.

I have also already contacted Bhadra Rupa Prabhu and he has given me specific and realistic advice on how to deal with the spiritual challenges that will arise during my master's studies and life in Finland. So we have decided to try it out and by the end of the first year evaluate how it went.

Thank you very much again for your effort in reading our letters.

Trying to be your disciple,

Rukmini Devi Dasi

HpS/ASA - Well, guess it can't be any colder than the Andes and if Bhadra Rupa Das, one Peruano, has lived through it guess you can also.

Is your career in life becoming more clear??

Hare Krsna Gurudev, por favor acepte mis humildes reverencias

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada, y tambien a usted. 🌹

I've been a long time without writing to you. I've done it several times mentally but never managed to send it.

🤓

I've resumed studying Bhakti Bhaivava. I'm doing it with Param Padam and a beautiful group of devotees. I joined them when they started Chapter 2.

I had already done Chapter 1 some years ago with Prabhu Lakshman. We had also done part of Chapter 2, but as we didn't complete it, I decided to start over.

I always knew that studying with devotees generates a lot of enthusiasm for me and brings health to my spiritual life. I feel that my sadhana has been very neglected in recent years, and I know that this systematic study helps me to recover.

Life experiences such as being a mother and others, I have been trying to look at them from the perspective of Krishna consciousness, and that has always been something that keeps me connected and inspired. In a sense, I feel deeper now than before.

🎥

Last year we were invited to teach Photography and Film at the Waldorf school Hari Vamsi attends. To 16-17-year-olds. We started with photography and concluded with film. They were able to create a script and shoot it. We guided them to the end, and the result was a very good 8-minute short film. Everyone was very happy.

ASA - 👍 Now they will continue with beer commercials? 😆 Don't think so. From your association they probably also got understanding of 'why' make movies as well as 'how', no???

This year we were invited again, and we are delving deeper into photography, into the personal aspect, personal motivations of photographers of all times, while the young people develop a personal photographic project.

ASA - Seee!

I am very happy with this opportunity.

I also offered a Film workshop for young people and adults at a cultural center in the area. It was very interesting because there were young people and older adults.

I want to express my gratitude once again for the opportunity to contribute to the DTC-UT project. It was deeply meaningful for me.

I know that I am not able to take advantage of all the opportunities and mercy that Krishna sends, through you and Srila Prabhupada. That can sometimes be a bit overwhelming, yet it serves as an impetus to improve and deepen a little every day.

Muchas gracias Gurudev.

Intentando ser util y servilo siempre,

Vrsabhanu Nandini Devi Dasi

hps/asa - great!!! when you leave this body, they will erect a statue for you at the school and say, 'she was very good person. she taught us a lot. some of us even joined her church'!

.... but watch to see if KRSNA has some special roles for you to play.

do not be afraid of becoming a devotee on the level of narada muni.

Hare Krsna Guru Maharaja.

Acepte por favor mis respetuosas reverencias.

¡Todas las glorias sean para Srila Prabhupada!

Espero que se encuentre muy bien.

Llevo mucho tiempo sin reportarme, pero nada ha cambiado.

Sigo con curso de Bhakti Sastri, y a un grupo pequeño en Curso de Bhaktas.

Estudiando Bhakti Vaibhava.

Leyendo Caitanya Caritamrta, adi-lila.

Desde este mes comenzamos un servicio (una vez al mes) para Sri Sri Goura Nitai del templo (ofrenda de bhoga y puja del mediodía).

Gurudev, debo decirle que casi no puedo interactuar en FMS ya que es la hora de preparar todo para llevar a los niños a la escuela. Cocinamos desayuno y almuerzo muy temprano, por eso me levanto más temprano para cantar japa.

Seguimos con la lectura del Krsna Book por la noche... un servicio eterno. Esperamos que los niños puedan hacer esta lectura cada noche cuando sean más grandes.

Hemos estado celebrando las festividades en nuestra casa o en casa de devotos, que también tienen niños. Las fiestas son en la semana, por eso es un poco difícil ir al templo.

También visitamos muy seguido a amigos devotos con quienes cantamos, y cocinamos para Krsna.

Los niños están en otra escuela. Encontramos profesores y niños veganos y vegetarianos, personas ligadas al yoga, más intelectuales y con más valores. Aunque cualquier lugar puede ser adecuado para ser devoto, estos ambientes pueden ser favorables.

Estamos tranquilos, felices en conciencia de Krsna. Haciendo todo con más devoción.

Espero que estas noticias puedan ser agradables para usted.

Nunca pido Sus bendiciones, pero espero seamos dignos de ellas.

Adjunto algunas fotografías.

Su aspirante a sirviente

Priyasakhi DD y familia.

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Hare Krsna, Guru Maharaja.

Please accept my respectful obeisances.

All glories be to Srila Prabhupada!

I hope you are well.

HpS - The same tooth that rotted and had to be pulled recently on the right side, seems to be now rotting on the left side. Doctor said it might happen. 🙂

Seems that not just our old age but also Kali-yuga is reminding us that everything can change a lot at any moment. So making plans for the next few months or years is necessary, but we need to be really ready to adjust, taking constant shelter of the the Holy Names as giving us intelligence to plan.

I haven't reported for a long time, but nothing has changed.

I continue with the Bhakti Sastri course, and a small group in the Bhaktas Course.

Studying Bhakti Vaibhava.

Reading Caitanya Caritamrta, adi-lila.

HpS - Hope it never changes, just gets deep and broader!

From this month we start a service (once a month) for Sri Sri Goura Nitai of the temple (bhoga offering and midday puja).

HpS - Super. Wonderful if all the Grhasthas do this! Different family every night each week.

Gurudev, I must tell you that I can hardly interact at FMS as it is time to prepare everything to take the children to school. We cook breakfast and lunch very early, so I get up earlier to chant japa.

HpS - Fine, fine. For Maite it is like 10.30AM! 🙂

We continue reading the Krsna Book at night... an eternal service. We hope the children can do this reading every night when they are older.

We have been celebrating the festivities at our house or at the houses of devotees, who also have children. The holidays are during the week, so it is a little difficult to go to the temple.

We also visit devotee friends very often with whom we sing, and cook for Krsna.

The children are in another school. We find vegan and vegetarian teachers and children, people linked to yoga, more intellectual and with more values. Although any place can be suitable to be a devotee, these environments can be favorable.

We are calm, happy in Krsna consciousness. Doing everything with more devotion.

I hope this news can be pleasant for you.

I never ask for His blessings, but I hope we are worthy of them.

I attach some photographs.

Your would-be servant

Priyasakhi DD and family.

HpS/ASA - Thank you, Prabhu. How old are your children? What is your esteemed husband doing.

All these things may seem like little things. but now many people in the world now are chanting 16-rounds per day under Srila Prabhupada's authority? There are Mangala aratis going on 24-hours per day, now?

Result will accumulate. It is like blades of grass growing and eventually pushing over a big building.

Such nice photos! We added some Prairie Dogs!

All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to Guru Maharaj HH Hanumat Presaka Swami Maharaj. Please accept our humble obeisances at Your sweet lotus feet.

Hare Krishna dear Guru Maharaj

Our godbrother Yamuneswar Prabhu Forwarded a message about Guru Maharaj's desire to take few classes for us fallen beings of Manipur. This has been our desire for a long time now, too shy and too worried we might disturb Guru Maharaj's busy schedule.

We have daily morning and evening classes starting at 6.30am and 6.30pm respectively through googlemeet.The link ishttps://meet.google.com/naa-phka-fth May we know when Guru Maharaj desire to take class ? Yamuneshwar Prabhu informed in the WhatsApp.

ASA/TB - 6.30AM IST is 8PM evening before for us!

6.30PM IST is 8am for us.

Maybe we can start working on an 8am class. Is there any topic or book that we can focus on?

Continuing our services from home. Chanting 16 rounds minimum daily. Thank you so much Guru Maharaj for the immense mercy.

Sending pic of Sri Nrshimha Dev on the auspicious Sri Nrshimhadev caturdasi. The other structure is the Sri Vishnu temple, the oldest Vishnu temple in Manipur as old as 15th century. The Vishnu Deity was gifted by Burmese king of Pong dynasty to Manipur King Kiyamba, long ,long before the advent of King Bhagyachandra. We were fortunate to give our services there.

HpS - We saw the Temple and heard the story, 'we heard He likes sweet rice'!!!

Opened Yoga programme at our department , trying our best to bring Srila Prabhupada's teachings to everyone somehow or other.

HpS - Asana and prana yama? Stories from SB?

Indebted to my Guru Maharaj always,

Your insignificant servant,

Sarad Gaurangi DD

Dear Guru Maharaja/ Dear Hanumat Preshak Maharaja

Please accept our humble obeisances

All glories to His Divine Grace!

On this auspicious day of appearance day of Lord Nrisimha we again can reflect how many blessings we received in this wonderful movement.

It takes a village to rise a child.

It takes innumerable incarnations and devotees kindness to keep us alive with their constant remembrance via occasions such as Nrisimha caturdashi.

We hope He will keep on glancing on us all and give us qualities to move forward.

In scriptures we find that

Sudarshan appeared as Varahas tusks,

Parasuram axe and Nrisimha nails.

Lord is everywhere!

Traps of His mercy are everywhere!

While writing this we are in the train back to our new "permanent" place that somehow appeared recently and took our time/attention past two months.

Due to the modes of nature and other ingredients I had to leave China and put all the deities to sleep.

Quite uncomfortable experience.

Today coincidentally happen that we are taking last 3 sets of Nrisimha deities to their home on 2000 km train journey.

The others are in Vrindavan.

China was basically paralysed due to covid 3 years and that move couldn't happen before.

My Guru Maharaja refused me 4 times in regards to green light for puja.

Took me 13 years to get the green light.

It was a nice time, time of growing desire for arcana seva.

His reasons are more and more proving right.

We tend to desire at the moment without being aware of circumstances that life brings and interfere with our regularity about seva.

Although I received a green light, it happened that still I had to go through lessons about deity worship and its importance.

Original altar was spread in 3 places and that made my mind 3 times more distracted.

Thanks to Lord Nrisimha and Prabhupadas mercy that we survived after giving the Lord this inconvenience.

Our "permanent" place is southern most part of China, just next to the border of Laos.

Its 2000m above see level and only place where there are some sort of hippy community.

It's ancient architecture towns with big lake in the middle.

Setting up a book table here is allowed (not in any other place in china).

In fact people standing on the street corners and doing some performance is encouraged and that is what makes this place famous in China.

A free zone!

People here wear traditional clothes and all do some sort of puja.

We collect water from the source as it is practice of people.

Tree of a picture-attached is one of 600 Peepal trees in the town.

Locals worship it for good fortune.

When we come to fetch water we do arati, poor water and circumabulate the tree.

Every village around the lake have people/families with particular skills.

Some are into cloth production, some have cows, tea, fish, stone or wood designing, etc....Hills are full of Buddhist temples and one can get some idea of their mood while being in those deep mountain forest doing their sadhana.

They are having large agricultural land and producing their own food.

Very well organised.

They have restaurants all around and if food is not free, then the fee is just very little.

Tibet is close by so strictness in their practice is higher than other parts of China. Proximity to Laos and construction of high speed railway that will open soon from the town to Vientiane, capital of Laos, is raising ideas of Krsna conscious expansion.

Young people speak English there and religious freedom reigns. It's a heaven that somehow has not yet been blessed by Srila Prabhupada and his troops.

We hope Nrisimha enlightens and guides us what is to be done and when. We may venture there in the future.

Anjana Ma has received nectar "from the sky". Your Anjana, whatever cooks is nectar. I am gaining some weight because of that, but I don't complain. 

Maharaja, it's nice to have your association/presence in our life. We hope we can please you and imbibe your good qualities so that we can continue the legacy of His Divine Grace. 

Yours in service of Hari ,Guru and Vaishnava 

Vanara-rani Anjana and Narayan pandit das

HpS - Super. Why not ask Buddha to come and tell people about the absolute truth and its manifestations for them.

THank you so much.

Now we run to Temple.

Thank you so so much!!!

Each word was nectar.