Letters to the editor

All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to H H Hanumat Presaka Swami Guru Maharaj.

Hare Krsna dear Guru Maharaj. Please accept my humble obeisances at Your sweet lotus feet.

HpS - AgtSP. At the current moment we don't really think that we are showing any sweet lotus feet.

Several people are glorifying us such, but we feel that we are still possessed of many rather mundane qualities.

We don't read enough or hear enough Kirtan from Srila Prabhupada. In some ways we are greedy and selfish.

Hmmm.

AgtSP and his lotus feet.

Glories to your and our venerable feet?

We are leaving for Nabadwip Mayapur Dham for Gaura Purnima tomorrow.

ASA - 👌 Super!

Then on we shall be leaving for Jagannath Puri on the night of Gaura Purnima. We are around 30 of us from Manipur. The same Matajis are offering Vasanta Rasa dance at Sri Gopaldev mandir and Sri Anuprabhu...thank you for Your endless flow of grace dear Guru Maharaj....lifetime after lifetime we remain indebted to you dear Guru Maharaj.

We are working on the translation of the Vasanta raas song in English...long long ago when I was a little kid...I had wished ...if only these songs are translated in english....thank you dear Guru Maharaj for giving this seva.

ASA - 🐒

Last Sunday we had house programme at Giridhari Prabhu's place with HG Ramachandra Prabhu from Mandalay.

Intense reading SB daily ....by Your mercy dear Guru Maharaj...the challenges are many but your protection overrides everything.

Praying for Sri Nityananda's kripa so that we can serve you better.

Your insignificant servant always,

Sarad Gaurangi DD

HpS - Thank you for this news. Who is Ramacandra?

Hope you meet many interesting people on your trip and enlighten them in K. C.!

Taking photos?

Keeping a journal?

Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja!

Please accept my respectful obeisances !!

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Sorry this is late in the day....it's already tomorrow for you and you are with Chan Ting.

As you have requested, i am chanting more! It feels great, thank you so much for the recommendation.

Actually I'm going to more harinama's now, and more kirtan at the farm and temple.

Everyone just celebrated Radha Krishna prabhu's Vyasa Puja. And there was also the appearance of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur and the disappearance of Tamal Krishna Goswami.

Meitreya Rsi is having back surgery, and Krishna Kripa prabhu is in the hospital too. They had to remove a tumor.

We replaced 5 out of 6 of the iron temple gates today. The ones that slide back and forth on the altar. They are made with small wheels from China, but I think roller skate wheels would work better.

Thank you for all of your mercy and encouragement! I have some work to do to make my japa more pleasing for Krishna. But I want to keep going and never stop!

I'm reading more, too! Jaya Srila Prabhupada! (Bhagavad Gita, SB classes daily, and we're going to casually start the CC). Plus I got a copy of Your Ever Well Wisher but I haven't started it yet. I did watch the YouTube video though!

I took my first Sadachara SSR test and I think I did okay! (It's Krishna's mercy!)

Here is a list of books distributed in January and February:

Maha books- 108

Big books- 31

Medium - 1

Small books- 132

Total- 272

Plus

1 Brhad Bhagavatamrta Set

1 Krsna Art Book

Jaya Srila Prabhupada!!

I don't have many photos from the events but I can show you some doodles if you like??

Your servant,

jaya hari

HpS - Please send Doodles.

Your news of Iskcon Houston is great.

36 hours from now we go to Chile.

Hope anveSaka and this Blog send good pictures.

Who is Maitreya? Why in hospital?

He was Navy Corpman before?

Thank you!

Querido Guru Maharaja. Por favor acepte mis humildes reverencias.

Todas las Glorias sean a nuestro muy misericordioso Fundador Acarya A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada y todas las Glorias sean a sus fieles seguidores.🌻

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Gurudeva, muchas gracias por su incansable servicio, ejemplo e inspiración en la ejecución del Servicio devocional. Gracias por empujarnos a mantenernos firmes y entusiastas en esta trascendental formación.

Me presento ante usted, como soldado en el ocaso. Por ahora, nuestro campo de batalla ha sido interno. Los últimos meses mi cuerpo colapsó, debido a inflamación cerebral. Nuestra energía es ínfima y tuve que reducir al mínimo mis actividades; tuve que dejar el servicio fijo que tenía el templo; no he podido visitar el templo desde hace meses así que mi asociación presencial con los devotos también disminuyo; reduje al mínimo el ritmo de mis estudios Bhakti Vaibhava (vamos lento, pero al parecer, avanzando).

En ocasiones, el dolor es tan fuerte que incluso es difícil pensar apropiadamente, a veces cumplir con nuestras 16 rondas es una labor titánica. Me avergüenza decirlo, pero durante un tiempo fallé constantemente y no lograba terminar ni siquiera 16 rondas diarias. Ahora, me encuentro más estable y, por su misericordia, he logrado ponerme al corriente con mis rondas. Por favor disculpe mis faltas.

No quiero darle demasiada atención a este cuerpo, sin embargo, los embates a veces son tan fuertes que me arrastran y confunden. La enfermedad pone a prueba nuestro entusiasmo y determinación, también parece que evalúa nuestra confianza y entrega hacia nuestro misericordioso Señor. Pero es sin duda una gran oportunidad para fortalecer nuestra relación con Sri Hari.

Definitivamente estoy lejos de entender que este mundo material es una ilusión y que los dolores del cuerpo no son del alma, lo único que sé, es que nuestro misericordioso Señor Krsna, siempre hace sentir su compañía, guía e infinita misericordia sin causa, y eso parece suficiente para continuar.

Querido Gurudeva, deseo que alguna vez, por su misericordia, yo pueda ser verdaderamente útil en este trascendental batallón, pero por ahora parece que nuestro mayor logro es mantenernos con vida.

Muchas gracias por la inspiración que usted nos brinda.

Siempre a sus órdenes

Karuna Sakti Devi Dasi

HpS

Hare Krsna.

"One who does good, My friend, is never overcome by evil", KRSNA, BG

Death is the sum total of all possible bad experiences - SP.

Don't focus on chanting 16-rounds, focus on chanting the next syllable.

Haw

Ray

Krs

Na

Raw

Ma.

Surrender even your sanity.

Querido Gurumaharaja 

Por favor acepte nuestras respetuosas reverencias. 

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada! 

Durante la reunión de japa Joe escribió: 

"Las gopis siempre están mejorando su vaidhi bhakti? 

¿Les encanta hacer vadhi bhakti?"

Queremos entender por favor cómo mejoran su vaidhi bhakti siendo perfectas en los principios regulativos? 

Todos los asociados de Sri Krsna en Vrndavan son raganuga bhakti? 

Las gopis mayores son las maestras eternas de las menores? 

Con el paso de Kali yuga cada vez es más difícil seguir instrucciones, cómo nos enseñan las gopis la humildad de internamente poseer una atracción natural y externamente observar los principios regulativos del servicio devocional? 

Muchas gracias por su infinita misericordia y asociación bajo la guía de Śrīla Prabhupāda. 

Vuestra eterna aspirante a sirviente 

Asta Sakhi dd 

HpS/ASA - AgtSP. Is very nice question that we will encounter again and again.

From what we understand the Gopis have different rules and regulations they follow.

For example, they would come each morning to the house of Nanda and Yasoda after Krsna left.

So maybe they chant 16 rounds on their beads and follow the four principles strictly, but they do it not with just the motivation of the scriptures but because it is stimulated by their Prema Bhakti.

They are all Ragatmika Bhaktas. Their souls, atmas, are filled with Bhakti.

The Raga anu ga, bhaktas go, ga, after, anu, after the Raga of the Ragatmika bhaktas.

This was translated incorrectly in the original Nectar of Devotion but the correct translation was given of the verse where it is quoted by KDKaviraja in CC.

Kali yuga or being Prahlada in H. Kasipu's house can be great impetus to be pure internally.

Yet, we also pray to have a replica of Braja in our Iskcon life to help us wake up our real self.

O. K.?

Hare Krsna, Gurudeva,

Please accept Obeisances

AGtSP

HpS/ASA - AgtSP... ! .... !

After wife left us with kid, we sort of reading SP books ourself, if somebody is teaching we would accept.

Now we are starting reading books on own, we started with LoB.

Is LoB verbatim from SB 10.20?

HpS - As I remember it seems that some verses may not be exact of even 100% there. Would have to review in more detail, yet it seemed that a very tight relationship.

Lob 2

"As soon as this movement is taken up through spiritual singing, dancing, and feasting, the people will automatically become obedient and honest."

What is importance of classes then?

HPS/ASA - lasses, puppet shows, PPTX shows of the classes by Brahmanas for themselves and others give us perspective for chanting.

It is like selecting nice place and time to chant.

Class, books, give us nice Thinking, Feeling and Willing place for chanting.

Nice chanting then we want to sit properly, dance.

When we are tired, take Prasadam, it is ready.

Reading SP's books is also singing. Send audio clips to Anirruddha!

Thanks to all of our readers.

Want to read and respond to last post from Nama acharya Das but must rest a little before Japa.

Drove for about three hours to and from Madrid to lecture, Kirtan, associate with devotees and guests at the chapel there. Was fantastic program.

Sure so many people took the program to heart.

Want to share it with others.

Hare Krishna Gurumaharaja

AgtSP

PAOHO

I hope you are well. I understand that you are currently in Spain and will be traveling to South America in February. It will be a pleasure to see you after so many years.

HpS/ASA - Hare Krsna. AgtSP.! Thank you for your letter. It means a lot to us.

We are currently in Radha Kunda, in a wonderful unheated cement ashrama. Built and maintained for the Anjana Suta Acadamy by H. G.Krsna-svarupa Das.

It is 5-degrees Celcius sometimes here!

AQI usually over 150.

Lot of distress.

Meeting many kinds of people.

Also LOT of benefits!!

Now it is 12.40AM

Trying to squeeze is some Blog mail during this packed. packed schedule.

Yes!!! So nice to touch our feet in Peru again and see everyone.

Indira Sakti dd and I are on vacation after a very demanding academic year, and we will be traveling to the Northern Andes tomorrow to document a place that is part of a research project I am working on. During your Vyasapuja, I read a verbal offering that I will refrain from publishing here, considering that it is truly the privilege of your oldest and/or closest disciples. My wife and I remember you often, especially during that day in the company of our spiritual brothers and sisters and your well-wishers.

For now, I would like to ask you a question about something I recall hearing you mention: theoretically and practically, how is it possible to guide knowledge to meditation (from jñana to dhyana)? Or, how can we cleanse the "mirror of the mind" so that jñana is naturally reflected as dhyana?

I understand that it is not merely a process of cognitive deepening, but rather an intermediate stage between dry knowledge and theorizing, and the awakening of elevated emotions through and for Krishna. Am I correct, or am I simply reducing it to a linear scheme (jnana-dhyana-bhakti)?

I look forward to your response and thank you in advance. We hope to see you soon, Gurudeva.

Your servant

Gandharva das

HpS - NoI 7 explains following the process to liberation. Brahmana.

Eight explains how it goes to Raganuga Bhakti.

I hope to look at Text 8 today and make more comment.

Basically it is nothing more than chanting .... as prescribe by Gur. SPsays get up early and chant. Chant in Sankirtan, Japa, during Mangala arati, Read SB, in front of our dieties etc.

That process matures gradually.

Let us rea 8 and talk later!!!

Time to start our daily Japa Joe 16-rounds before Mangala arati online effort!!!

Thank you again and again. Good luck with your docmentry.