Letters to the editor

Jaya... Gurumaharaja.. Gurudeva... me rindo a sus pies de loto!

HpS - ASA -- Pies de loco, TLGASP!!

Por favor acepte las humildes reverencias de esta persona que ha estado un tanto alejado de la comunicación.

Gurudeva, muy contento de saludarle este día; como sabe en la distribución que realizo regularmente de mis propios libros de cultura general, incluyo invitaciones a los centros de prédica y restaurantes; predico el consumo de alimentos sanos vegetarianos, incluyo la recomendación de cantar los santos nombres de Krisna en esa literatura; además mis libros contienen recomendaciones para elevar al ser humano a una plataforma más humana.

Considero que la vida nos propone diariamente una lucha personal a cada uno, y el primer paso despues de las regulaciones y el canto de los santos nombres, es la ejecución de nuestros propios deberes, en los que varias veces negligencio también... Pienso que la vida es una lucha diaria.. y muchas veces me aliento a este logro diario, a través de la lectura del segundo capítulo del Bhagavad-Gita. "Si no peleas... los grandes generales sólo dirán que fuiste un cobarde"...

Por otro lado, pienso que estoy alejándome de la prédica sobre la Vyasasana, auque predico a las personas con las que me encuentro. A veces considero, que no es muy de mi agrado sentarme a la Vyasasana a dictar una clase de Bhagavad Gita. Tomo varios días para preparar una clase, ya que pienso que debe ser perfecta, eso me genera ansiedad, y trato de evadir ese momento o esa circunstancia de dar una clase... Sé que es un error... es timidez... es confort...

Esperando que el Señor Krisna y Prabhupada, le protejan... me despido.

Vrisabhanu das

su sirviente

HpS - Muchas gracias sus noticias.  Si, mas noticias de su vida, predica. Adelanta de cual quiere manera, en la calle, familia, en la Vyasa-asana y todos los demas senderos mejoran.

Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All Glories to Srila Prabhupada! 

I'm glad to write you. Thank you very much for your merciful asociation in FMP. My mother (Tarangaksi dd) and I are trying to connect everyday. Due of this, our chant is improving and we are being occupied in more service. In the last months, I was studying the first cycle of Education at Catolica University. I learnt a lot of interesting modern educational topics. In a final investigation work about "what means to be a good teacher?", I quoted Srila Prabhupada (Bg. 3.21). My teacher was interested in the quote. I hope, for the next year, have the oppotunity to quote Srila Prabhupada in other works. Also, I had a philosophy teacher that in some of his classes, he mentioned how hindu philosophy influenced at the greek religion...

I'm giving classes of Bhagavad Gita at Wilson temple and being assistant of pujari (twice a month). I participate in bhajans and kirtans, playing the harmonium and singing, in Namahattas or temple programs. In a few days, I will travel to Cusco with my grandmother Gauri Devi Dasi. At university, teachers recommended me to know the social and cultural aspects of the peruvian regions and the educational reality of their schools. At the same time, we will do sankirtan at the little villages and we want to have the association of the devotees. We will stay there almost a month. 

Thank you so much for reading this letter. Thank you so much for your mercy, association and inspiration.

Trying to serve,

Bhaktin Rukmini.

HpS - Hare Krsna!!!!   Hare Krsna!    I hope you can make a lot of friends in the university and just listent to them. They will have problems and the innocent ones will accept the advice of you "Abuelito", Srila Prabhuapada.

Hare Krishna dear Gurudeva,

Please accept my humble obeisances

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!

I'm very happy to write you again. I'm trying to always connect to FMP. And twice a month, I do Mangala Aratik in the temple. I'm chanting a half of my rounds very early and the other half before midday.

HpS - ASA --   Very good!  You are our leader.

All this help me to improve my chant with enthusiasm. Also, because I started to study Bhakti Sastri with Lakshman Prabhu. We are studying Bhagavad Gita. 

By Krishna arrangements, I work from house. We write articles for a magazine about health and integral culture, with the collaboration of other devotees. This allows me to have a flexible timetable, so I can do service at Wilson temple: Bhagavad Gita classes (twice a month) and Pujari  (twice a month); and take care the spiritual life of my daughters.

I think is very important taking care physical, mental and spiritual. So, we are diffusing good regular habits and a simple natural alimentation, with the aim of helping people to rise goodness. We hope continue with this for the next year through a fourth edition of the magazine.

By Krishna's mercy, I'm always in association with devotees and we are trying to do service with joy and enthusiasm for the pleasure of our beloved Gurudeva and Srila Prabhupada.

Thanks a lot Guru Maharaja for allow us to serve you and for your holy asociation.

Tarangaksi Devi Dasi

HpS - Very, very nice.  It seems that there is great need in Lima, Peru, Hispanic world for simpled knowledge about how to be happy even materially. People want that know, but it is Kali-yuga and without some religion connection, Krsna, it won't be strong enough to keep them from being drawn back again into Raja and Tama guna.   So nice to see good results from these efforts. Make you clients, salesmen.

Hare Krsna Beloved Gurudeva

AGTSP PAMHO

All Glories to U, HH Hanumatpresaka Swami

Another year to try to glorify U and recall your innumerable qualities

The first one is  obvious your humbleness is the most outstanding decoration of your very good self

Your study guides are named Tava pache pache, and recalling the lyrics of Ohe Vaisnava Thakura on the last verse says :

kṛṣṇa se tomāra, kṛṣṇa dīte pāro,
tomāra śakati āche
āmi to' kāńgāla, 'kṛṣṇa' 'kṛṣṇa' boli',
dhāi tava pāche pāche

 Krsna is yours. You have the power to give Him to me. I am simply your servant running behind you shouting, "Krsna! Krsna!"

Due to your fidelity to Srila Prabhupada and ISKCON Krsna is YOURS, and just by your mercy I am going to be able to get Krsna in some point. Always happy and positive in every action we can see that U have the jewel of prema bhakti within the core of your heart.

HpS - Wow!  X-ray vision!!   We see a lot of anger that we have to control. The Devil within.

I always pray for always be running behind your lotus feet and try to get at least some particles of the dust of your feet

I also became identify with the third verse:

ekākī āmāra, nāhi pāya bala,
hari-nāma-sańkīrtane
tumi kṛpā kori', śraddhā-bindu diyā,
deho' kṛṣṇa-nāma-dhane

I do not find the strength to carry on alone the sankirtana of the holy name of Hari. Please bless me by giving me just one drop of faith with which to obtain the great treasure of the holy name of Krsna.

Your whole life had been an example of faith, steadiness and so forth for all of us

You have passed through many difficult situations in ISKCON during this lifetime, but instead of becoming disappointed, criticizing, lamenting etc I listened that you said in one class in Australia

Despite all this problems “I am going to follow Srila Prabhupada  and follow his mission”, and due to this decision You got the feeling  that SP is saying thank U

You added that we have to become good members of ISKCON, so I thought that starts analyzing our own position, our own service, just as U told me once the spiritual advancement is individual. Thus I should not seek for others faults, and just focus in the treausure that U want to give me. The treasure of the holy name of Krsna

You gave us the formula how to maintain our utsahan, You knew how to take advantage of good association, Your friends were Jayananda P, Hansadhuta, Bhakti Svarupa d G, and You tell us, that your conversations with them were: SP said this, SP did that so You were experimenting [experiencing] Lila smaranam svarupa meditating on SP’s pastimes, that  comes more intense. I beg to always seek for good association within ISKCON. And these festivals are so important because we can share all these experiences about our beloved Gurus.

Finally You said that you did not like when devotees discuss about SP’s final order, due to SP is everyday giving orders through His books, so it will never be a final order

Great souls like You will always be remembered due to the huge service and love and U give everyday to any people you be in contact with elevating their consciousness, You really carry in your heart this statement:  Where-ever you go, whomever you meet, tell them about Krsna, “yare dekhe...”. 

I can just say thank U all so much for all these years of outstanding association

Lo quiero mucho Gurudeva

Su Santidad Hanumatpresaka Swami Maharaja KI JAYA

HpS - We are often in about 40% muck and mud and trying to act upon the 60% clarity that we have. It may not be perfect but 60% pure devotional service leads to 100% (sooner or later!).  Thank you for your association. You have a nice mother, nice father, nice sister and even a nice dog (and cat).    Nice clients. Nice students. Nice religion...   Jaya!     That's not enough!     Make them all perfect.  See that you father takes birth in Srila Prabhupada's ISKCON.

Dear HH Hanumat Presaka Swami, please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. 

I have been an aspiring disciple of yours for many years and I would like to ask you for formal initiation. I have been chanting at least sixteen rounds everyday and following the four regulative principles strictly for two and a half months. 

I have had a regular service here at the Boise temple for most of the year. Consisting of landscaping, lawn maintenance, construction projects and taking the trash out every week.  

Every week I attend and help with the Monday night program. Every Sunday I associate with Balabhadra Prabhu and every other Sunday I attend his Bhagavad Gita class. 

I also regularly associate and take instructions from the Gupta family. 

Also, Mother Kamagayatri and I are co-parenting Aja Narayana very nicely and I have much respect and admiration for her and her husband.

 Please let me know what further steps I need to take.  
Thank you and Hare Krishna, 
-Nick 

HpS - It is so, so, so, nice to hear from you.   Basically you just have to continue doing what you are doing. That will present enough challenges and chances to advance.  

Read the following, please: www.jayarama.us/kd/guru-tattva.txt

Hope to hear from you soon. Don't think that following discipline means to reduce creativity. Only when it increases creativity, with a little patience, is it proper.

AgtSP!
Agt Guru Gauranga!
Hare Krsna Maharaja!

I wish You are perfect in all aspects.

HpS - So do I and you too.

I think a lot of times about You, Yours instructions, Your association. But it's true that I love this blog.
I think that my spiritual life is going further, but I feel that must close one circle of the life, and begin other. And for all I think I should formalize my relationship with You, and that must formally began the life of vanaprastha. 
 

I think I have grow a little bit and understand better the formalities.
Please give me your order; Can I enter the vanaprastha asrama? Can I speak with the authorities and start the process to be an aspirant? What advices You give me regarding these two points?

HpS - I do not know your details!??    Usually Vanaprastha starts at 50-years old, but can start earlier. Are you initiated?  We don't know your Civil Body, only your Blog Body.
 

I know that I have a big anartha in the heart about You. That is very difficult to me to see You with the gravity that one must look at the representative Diksa of Krsna for one person. I always think in Yourself like a big friend. . .

HpS -ASA -- Is better than "big fiend". You are very kind.

... ...and I had realize that is bad for our spiritual relationship, and is related to the impurities related to the Guru and Paramatma that I have...that is represented in any person or place-thing.(then, like me more, see at You like a friend). But I know is a bad understanding.
I know You are my Diksa Guru, and Siksa also, and my soul is crying so that once it happens.
Sorry for all my anarthas.

I have one question about Paramatma association.
I am trying to realize Nama and Rupa, and Nama condensed in Rupa atmosphere perception. And Rupa drive me to the flow from Paramatma. That Rupa in my stage is very near to Paramatma. Is good this understanding?

HpS - Ooof. It is very complicated for us and make the language not perfect and no perfect answer is possible, but the way I hear what you are doing it seems O.K. in general but to get to hard details you must get better foundation. Initiated?    Following the basic Standard?

Also push me to feel Krsna at any moment, without stop, anytime, manmana bhava mad bhakto?? Is the path? I need Your instructions.

HpS - Above.

Also I feel Paramatma is pushing me to do more austerities, but I don't know if is Maya or a real instruction. I don't know if is good for me.
Please, give me Your order.

Thanks You very much for all Maharaja.

Your eternal servant.

Hare Krsna.

HpS - Read, read, read, chant, in the community of ISKCON and alone with Krsna and you will get practical understanding.