Letters to the editor

Hare Krishna dear Guru maharaja,

All glories to Srila Prabhupada,

Please Accept my humbles obeisances.

I would like to tell you that after some months of realizing Garbhadhana samskara, my wife finally got pregnant. She has now 3 monht of pregnancy, and we are very enthusiastic about that.
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Please can you kindly give us your blessings so that the whole process of pregnancy is auspicious.

We have a lot of challenges ahead, like GBC-College residencial and on-line courses, Instituto Jaladuta courses,  some others pratical services, and the baby who is comming at the end of July. (if Krishna wants).

We are very happy waiting for you in Campina Grande. We have 40 confirmed students in the GBC-College's training program. We are working very hard along with Dhanvantari swami in order to make a nice service to all the vaisnavas.

Mathuresh prabhu told me that you asked him to get some informations about the courses of the firts residencial. I have the list of the ourses  but is not completed yet. I soon as  we get all the information, i will sent it to you. Sorry for the delay.

Thank you for all your effort to serve Srila Prabhupada. We are very inspired with you.

You servant, Devaki-nandana das.

HpS - AGTSP    paoho     These are not ordinary children. Krsna does not send ordinary children to be children of devotees. You have great responsibility to protect your child so it can do wonderful things for humanity.

Thank you.
We are working on our participation in the GBC College. With great struggle we finally got to the Consul today in Atlanta and submitted all of our forms for thee Visa. In direct cash it has cost us:

$160 - Application
$16 - Two photos
$13 - Return Mail
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$189 - TOTAL

Plus many, many hours of collecting and delivering documents.

We want to participate in the GBC College as humble members of ISKCON!!!

Hare Krsna, Gurudev Maharaja!

Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.

HpS - Please accept our obeisances at YOUR lotus feet... !

All glories to Srila Prabhupada,

Sripada, and

Guru Parampara,

Goura Bhakta Vrnda Ki Jay,

Radha Krsna Ki Jay.

Dandavat Pranam Guruji Maharaja!

ASA - Jaya!!   Very nice to hear from you.

I have downloaded Gurujis amritabani reply of my previous letters. I am so happly to get Guruji’s reply and I thing I am just siting with Guruji’s and discussing about different topics.   For information I want to know Guruji is accompanying with them or not? Are they initiated Prabhujis and Matajis, the approximate numbers and their professions. Dr. Sarda informs me that the team will be doctors, is it correct? Then the programme will be selected and the venue will be better at RIMS as previous lecture progrrame. This time if Guruji spare some days for N.E. Reason specially Silchar, the prabhujis and matajis of Silchar will be happy. They have requested me to arrange some days for Silchar and other bhaktas also may get the opportunity for darsan and serving Guruji personally. Bhaktas from Tripura and Manipur also can participate jointly. It will help us to self introduction and mutual understanding among the bhaktas under Gurujis guidance.

HpS - It seems that the conflict with the programs here in the USA will prevent them from coming to Manipur at the time planned. We should have some more news in a few days. We have been trying to contact one Professor at the university here to fix dates and places for some programs but it seems she has been traveling.

In Bhakti Rasamitra Sindhu 2:1;203 Translation : An example, from Gita-govinda :  I offer my respects to Krsna, who takes ten forms who rescues the Vedas as Matsya, ...... pulls His plough as Balaram. What is the significants? When and how He use his weapon plough?

HpS - This is one specific time: https://www.vedabase.com/en/kb/79, when He fought with Balvala, but also He threatened Yamuna in the story of Dvidvida, and He pulled Hastinapur into the Yamuna in the story or Samba kidnapping some princess of the Kurus.                                         

Yours fallen servant,

Yamunesvara Das

HpS - We are experiencing a lot of panic because we start our traveling today!  We have to arrange everything for 10-weeks of hard travel in foreign countries, with many intense programs, and then the first bus was cancelled without proper notice and now we have to sit with only tank water for 8-hours and struggle to get plane ticket at the last minute and go to the bank . . .        Just like you!

Thank you so much for you letters and chance to hear what you are reading.

More news of visit to Manipur soon.

Dear Guru Maharaja

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

Thank you for adding the link to the soundcloud account in the Kapi Dhvaja. I have now completed upload of all the lectures from IDT and e-sanga to the Soundcloud account. Dhruva prabhu and Mandara Sakha prabhu shared the lectures they recorded in Australia and Chile. Those have been uploaded as well. I thank them for sending the files.

I request all the devotees to send the lectures they have to [email protected]. I also request the devotees to record the lectures in the upcoming travel schedule and send them as well.

We now have 432 audio files. On an average there are 35 plays a week. This weekend, I think devotees from Russia have gotten to know about the account. I am seeing a massive increase in the number of plays. In the last 5 days alone there have been 345 plays!

HpS -  Hare Krsna!   We make mistakes. We learn and then correct them in later lectures. We can help to illuminate a path to Srila Prabhupada, but he is the Guru for everyone in ISKCON. You must have a personal relationship with him to really be in ISKCON.

There is a letter from TCSD thanking you for the lectures and asking for ability to download. He is one of the first devotees we initiated. Tulasi-carana-sevita Das. He grew up in California. His mothe is like 1/8th native American Indian as I remember. Graduate in Cultural Anthropology from UC. Went to Thailand. Married a nice Thai girl. Taught public school in the USA. Moved to Thailand and has taught there since then.

Sadhana wise, I have been chanting 16 rounds and following the principles strictly. I wake up between 5:30-6:00, complete at least 10 rounds, do a small arthi and read Srimad Bhagavatam before leaving to work. I completed Canto 1 Chapter 3 today. I hope to complete a first pass of the first 2 cantos this year and then use the PDP guides for a deep study. I also read The Six Goswamis of Vrindavan on the recommendation of Radhika Ramana prabhu. I wanted to know more about the Goswamis after visiting Vrindavan and it was a wonderful book. I couldn't put it down.

I have decided to move to Dallas. It was a very difficult decision to make because of my attachment to the devotees here. But I feel it is the right thing to do. I love the work I do (I published a paper and filed 2 patens last year) and don't have too much pressure at work. I have a good balance at work that gives me time for sadhana and service. I'll be moving to Dallas sometime in the end of June.

HpS - Also, very nice Temple there. Your Sadhana sounds wonderful. Are you up and chanting Hare Krsna during the Brahma muhurta?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhurta

https://www.vedabase.com/en/kb/70  (FIND: "muhurta") It says "three hours" but I think it is 1-1/2 hours.

Your servant

Srinatha Krsna dasa

Can I send a message to Hps please? I'm from Brazil and I speak Portuguese. Forgive my bad english.

HpS - Sim. Basta escrever aqui. Você pode usar www.translate.google.com como estamos usando agora. Apenas mantenha a mensagem tão simples que um robô pode compreendê-la.
Bem vinda

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".