Letters to the editor

PAMHO AGTSP Hare krsna dear Gurudev I am Trivikrama das, from chile, I hope your health is good, I continue in my service of the deities kitchen, as we talked about in your previous visit, I continue with my firm desire to be able to take second initiation, wait for the time that the authority local consider relevant and follow your instruction to develop or at least try, this awareness, through the worship of Sri Sri Gaura Nitay, are the deities of my house, I have a simple standard, but I keep it daily, I awake them I offer incense and I sleep them, that's basically every day. As for now you will not visit our yatra in Chile, I thought about being able to see us in Argentina in April, what do you think about seeing us there? and there to take second initiation? I await your comments your eternal servant Trivikrama das

HpS - AGTSP paoho. So long since we hear from you!!! If you are following a Brahminical standard in your devotional service then seems very proper to take second initiation. Regularly up for chanting and Puja during Mangala arati, SB?? Regular standard of cleanliness? How is your situation in Varna-ashrama-dharma? You got married????????? Of course, we have to have consideration and formal communication with the Temple administration. I think Bhakti sastri is required for Second initiation now. Is that true?

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!!

All glories to Guru Maharaj HpS!!

PAOHO dear Guru Maharaj. 

Hare Krishna Guru Maharaj,

HpS - AGTSP....   ..

Awww....last Sunday the stalwarts of Sunday Nagarkirtan party had all gone to Mayapur to attend ILS meet. We were apprehensive that we might have to call it a day...we kept seeking Nityananda's mercy. Lo!! unexpectedly 3 senior devotees volunteered to join and together with 4 of us Matajis had a blast of a Nagarkirtan about 30kms from our temple. The lead  kirtan singer had to play the mridanga and carry the speaker on his back....besides being the driver!! We distributed prasadam and had a gala time . Thank you Guru Maharaj.

HpS - Harer Nama, Harer Nama, Harer nama eva...    wonderful...

Reached temple just in time for the Rajbhog Maha arti. During the arti as we were singing Yashomati nandana Vraj bara nagara....a flower fell down from Krishnachandra's well decked turban.....absolutely ecstatic!!!!

Sunday lunch prasadam, at the temple, is Rice, daal, subjee, Pakora, iromba and ooty ( local preparations). Guru Maharaj how do we politely refuse food offered by nondevotees without offending them? Sometimes we face awkward moments when we are not comfortable accepting food from just about anybody. Sometimes we develop angioneurotic oedema ......

HpS - It is essential part of our Yoga. Almost any yoga, religion. Tell people that you offer everything to Krsna-murti and the rules require all the cooks to be vegetarian. Then, for Sankirtan, purposes Krsna will accept it.

We pray to Krsna to help us avoid being killed by angry demons, but they crucified Lord Jesus, but He didn't suffer.

Whatever happens, we will eagerly wait for Your wonderful association dear Guru Maharaj. We will keep praying to Nityananda and Gauranga. 

We are in Second canto SB, end of chapter 3. 

Your ignorant servant,

Sarada Gaurangi DD

HpS - Hare Krsna!!   Pure devotional service, the Change in heart. Really it is only the last verse that directly deals with this topic, no? SB 1, 2, 3 ....  Sat, Cit, Ananda . . .  Brahman, Paramatma, Bhagavan . . .  Pantheism, Mysticism, Mono-theism.

Come with us to the next letter. Who were the "Senior Devotees".

Hare Krsna Beloved Gurudeva

AGTSP

PAMHO

I hope this meets U in really good health.

The day before yesterday I got all the information about what will be my responsabilties as a professor.. Pfff I almost fainted. I could not sleep. Nevetheless I remembered that I just have to use my intelligence. I left some hours in the other university and made a sane schedule so that I can go to bed early and keep my sadhana.. FMP KI JAYA

The director who hired me told me that he remembered my father when he made the decision at that moment I said OH MAY GOD He continues protecting and blessing me. I must be brave and try my best.

Regarding Bhaktivedanta workshop I would like to be like a free participant. I am not able to do study guides or present a chapter at least for some time in order to get used to this changes

It is weird m Jamvabati and I have to support our father and mother respectively. There is no comparison SHE IS THE QUEEN OF THE BEARS.

But we have that in common.. My sister and I have to support my mom. Three ladies a dog and one cat jaya !!!  STRI DHARMA

Nowadays I do not have time to think in nonesense. While doing administrative work I listen to some bhajam and a class. It is nice and relaxing.

Hope to see U the most as I can during this visit. If not U know that U are constantly in my smaranam and heart. 

This sunday we are going to have some sadhusanga in callao I will go with Jambavati mataji. We are going to fix some details for your visit then post it here

Thank U Gurudeva, please your blessings 

Your useless servant

Candramukhi dd

HpS - Hare Krsna!        Thank you for the [urgent] news. We are informed and waiting for further developments.  It seems you are right in the middle of Lord Nityananda's parade!!!  Our salutes to everyone.. . .   Wonder women!!

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

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada! 

All glories to Sri Vijay Gauranga Nityananda Ram!

   Dear Maharaja, i hope you are doing well, in good health, and having everything in order.

My sadhana is pretty active, i attend to mangal aarti twice or three times a week, as much as it is possible for me to attend. chanting my 16 rounds daily as some more rounds. I'm attending to Sadhya aarti and Bhagavad Gita classes after that, I'm taking notes and trying to study every text from the chapter that is being exposed or explain, it's a good way for me to keep track. my principles are fine. I'm still dealing with anxiety and patience, as well as depression. i talked about it with a closed elder devotee friend and he told me that depression may come from the mind being scared of me focusing in pleasing Krishna instead of pleasing it (the mind), and that's why depression occurs.

HpS - Could be. Have to show the mind it is most happy pleasing Krsna!!.

I'm chanting and taking prasadam to keep strong in the process.  My services are good as well, washing Prabhupada's clothes, making garlands, and helping with the kitchen and the cleaning in the temple in general matters. 

 I'm still missing something, or maybe it's just anxiety wanting me to be worried about something to give something to the mind to play with.

HpS - Maybe!!   -[;0]/\___

  if there is any advice or instruction for me to follow to improve my sadhana I'll be happy to know dear Maharaja. 

HpS - Get association in what you do: Japa, Reading, Deity Worship, Sankirtan!!!       Who is in the Temple there?

 Hare Krishna

Haré Krsna querido Gurudev acepte mis reverencias .

Estamos en vrindavan tomando refugio de los santos vaisnavas , el santo nombre y los lugares sagrados. En unos días salimos para mayapur en donde estaremos dos meses y después retornaremos a vrindavan por un mes más .

Mil gracias por su micericordia . 

Su eterno sirviente Rohini kumar Das

HpS - Super!  You will become a ISKCON Indian in your next life?       You are cooking?      Who have you met????

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada! 

Please accept my humble obeisances. 

 Sorry for the double or triple messaages I sent. I didn't think you recieved them XD. 

Thank you for your response Maharaj - I appreciate it. 

Bheemsen is good. He began high school this year, and he likes it. But he is quit annoying, hhehe.. But aren't all siblings?

HpS - Krsna and Balarama "fight". Radha and Krsna, fight. You all should visit Peru.  Get a government grant to do an exchange study program. From one 'land down under' to another 'land down under'.

I suppose I am also annoying to him. He plays to many games. It's too hard to convince these boys otherwise.

HpS - What is Goloka without games? Wrestle with Krsna!

Maharaj, this year I have begun year 12. The final year of my prison sentence ;) I have calculated I have around 145 days more of torturous time. I will have completed 3 terms. The 4th term should be quiet relaxed. I can't wait to finish school. Hopefully then I will understand what I want to do. I guess it will come to me in time. Or in uni after I try out some courses. 

I have also started driving Maharaj. It is quite fun. I might have alrready completed around 2 hours :) 

Also, thank you for answering my questions. The link was spot on. Now I know where to quote about this topic ;) Heheh! 

I have another question: 

1. When someone has committed sinful acts and has Karma to pay off, even us devotees, they have to pay it off. But always in the scriptures it is said the chanting of the holy name eradicates all sin. Does that mean the most sinful person may commit whatever actions they want and in the end, if they chant Hare Krsna, or perform some activity, for example, bathing in the Ganga, do they still have their Karma to pay off? Or maybe it's minimalised?

HpS - In the Gita, can't find it righ away!    Krsna tells Arjuna that the intricacies of Karma are difficult to understand and when we also include devotional service it becomes even more complicated.

If you break the law you have some reaction, but if the King gets involved then it changes. He takes some interest. He is being kind. He makes some personal adjustment, but decides that for the most part is better if you follow the law rather than try to be involved in things with Him personally.

You see how it works a little better?

If we can't be 100% devotees (Chapte Twelve) then... then  ... then...  Follow the Green path, Follow the Yellow path, Follow the Red path. Fot us, initiated devotees, at the time of second inistiation, Krsna takes charge of our Karma. It may still be running but now he controls how it runs and relates it more and more tightly to purer and purer service.

Is complicated. Depends on the individual situation, but basic principle is that anyone who yells, Hare Krsna, because you tell them Krsna will give them all protection, will get it.

You all should go to Peru!
What was Rukmini's solution to Her "career" choice?

Hope your health is in good condition Maharaj. Please visit us again :) 

Hare Krsna! 

Yours servant, 

Lakshmi