Letters to the editor

T.L.G.A.S.P.

Por favor acepte mis humildes reverencias a sus pies de loto

mediante la presente me permito contestar las interrogantes que me hizo

Has atravesado Grhastha ashrama?

Respuesta.- Querido Guru Maharaja, ya atravece el Ashrama de Grhastha y no tengo hijos, mi ex esposa no era devota, motivo por el cual jamas podria estar de Vanaprastha con la ex-esposa, ademas cabe señalar que no tengo ningun tipo de comunicacion con ella, ya que las cosas terminaron muy mal.

Vistiendo el azafrán es mucho más dependiente en la comunidad local estándar

Respuesta.- El estandar dentro del yatra de Cochabamba, es que no contamos con un templo, y pese a no tener templo hubieron muchos devotos que usaron azafran viviendo en sus casa y llevando una vida normal ya sea con estudio o trabajo, como por ejemplo: el hijo de prabhu Mathuresh Nitaysanga dasa, Prabhu Dharmaraja dasa, y Prabhu Deva Deva dasa. al contar con estos antecedentes me permiti consultar a Usted si seria correcto usar azafran dentro del yatra de Cochabamba.

Oficiosamente Goswami

A fin de cumplir su instruccion y tomando en cuenta que pasaran unos años de preparacion para tomar Sannyasa, ya que segun nuestra sociedad ISKCON, existen requisitos que se deben cumplir y mi persona esta dispuesta a ir cumpliendo todos esos requisitos, formalmente ya estoy pasando mi curso de Bhakti Sastri online y recien acabo al año.

¿Cuál es su Ashrama historia?

hice un voto de celibato por un año mientras vivia en el templo de Costa Rica, luego Grhastha ashrama, y ahora Brahmacari.

Atte. su eterno y neofito sirviente  Jiyada Nrsmha dasa.

HpS-In airport in Brisbane. To me it seems fine you start wearing saffron but what does Mathuresa das think. A letter from him to this blog?

T.L.G.A.S.P.

Por favor acepte mis humildes reverencias a sus pies de loto.

HpS - ASA -- Pies de loco.

Mi muy querido Gurudeva:

El dia que me dio segunda iniciacion, usted me dio una instruccion: "que me preparara para mi tercera iniciacion", y apartir de ese dia usted sembro en mi corazon el desapego por este mundo material, y por mas que mi mente buscaba refugio en la gratificacion sensorial, mi alma jamas encontro placer en todo lo que realizaba, es por eso que seguiendo sus sabias instrucciones, resolvi prepararme para la tercera iniciacion, en este proceso de preparacion tengo una duda que quisiera que usted me la despeje, tomando en cuenta que no vivo en un templo, pero me mantengo fijo con mis rondas, los principios regulativos y levantandome temprano.

Seria correcto usar azafran ?

Atte. su eterno sirviente y discipulo mas neofito Jiyada Nrsmha dasa

HpS - Posible. Sannyasa, formalmente tercero initiation is directly from Brahmacari or after Grhastha. Have you gone through Grhastha ashrama? Then comes Vanaprastha with the wife in some degree or separately, then Sannyasa. Wearing saffron is very much dependent on the local community standard.

Informally Goswami, Third Initiation, is described in NOI 1. Externally we have our ISKCON society under Srila Prabhupada's direction.

What is your Ashrama history?

Hare Krsna Guru Maharaja

All Glories to A.C. Prabhupada, Sripada Maharaja

All Glories to Gouranga Mahaprabhu and Goura Bhakta Vrnda Ki Jay!

Dandavat Pranam,

Please accept my humble obeisances unto Guruji Maharaja's padmacharan that due to failler of internet in our office, I could not open my mails. Today only I could see Guruji's letter. Dr. Darda D. D. went to Radhakunda to participate Tirobhav programme of Sripada Maharaja (Dr. T.D. Singh) some days ago from Imphal and Dr. Nanda Suta Das also went Radhakunda via Delhi with his wife to participate the same programme. 

We  had decided the Sanmelan with book distribution both the books on the 3rd Nov.  and the number  will be 150 or so with prasadam. Dr. Sarda have a strong desire to stay  Guruji at Imphal ISKCON on the 2nd and 3rd Nov. so in our programme there will be a slight change. Guruji will leave Thoubal on the evening of the 2nd Nov. after prasadam with the Thoubal bhaktas. After the RIMS programme, Guruji will reach Imphal ISCON and on the 3rd the sanmelan and in the morning of 4th leaving Imphal ISKCON for airport.

If any suggeston, please advice us.

Yours fallen servant,

Yamunesvara Das

HpS - Hare Krsna. We are just finishing Delhi - Braja visit. All very successful. We are dying for the right purpose.

Thank you for the news. We joined the Tiro-bhava festival in Vrnadvana temple, the day before the Radha-kinda festival.

Schedule change seems fine.

Also, thank you for your text message to your cellular. We will be out of India, Australia, from 11th - 25th.

Hare Krsna  Gurudeva,

Please accept my respectful obeisances.

All the Glories to Srila Prabhupada!

I would like to apologize Gurudeva, I had the opportunity to write many times, however, when things changed a little I decided to wait to see how the things got clearer  and waiting and waiting I never wrote You Gurudeva, even when I really needed.

I have been feeling very weak mentally and emotionally and to be honest I am trying to follow my duties because I know some people I care, expect that from me. Also I know that If I keep trying to follow I ll get answers and my ignorance will get away sooner. I know that I have to continue following because I made that decition before and dubts about it are not allowed in my mind. I made promises and there are reactions if I follow and if I dont.. there will be also reacctions and not just for me, and that is what really scares me. I read once that a person gets depressed when his sadhana is not good and yes, I wake up early in the morning to chant my rounds.. and at 3, 4, or even 5am and at 7:30 (so so) we read Srimad Bhagavatam. I believe is not a perfect sadhana but is good, however, I have lost feelings and I realized  that I am unconsciously angry. So all of this makes that even when I am following in the morning, I am not there.. it makes my sadhana really bad. I am just trying to pronounce good when I chant. 

I have some questions, and sometimes I  get the answer, however, I want a deeper answer.. maybe just to satisfy my ego or something. So I got tired because I am questioning some things, I personally believe that relation ships based on love are the best and when I hear that love doesnt exist, I just dont listen. Now, here we know love is contaminated, but I think, sometimes.. by mercy, compassion or simply in our hearts we feel it.. Am I wrong Gurudeva?. On the other hand, when  relation ships are based on fear, and I feel fearful all the time, it just gets uncomfortable. So I have tried all this year to develop a relation ship with my japa, with Krsna Balarama, philosophy,  with Your instructions, Gayatri trying to have a conecction with the things and people around me to understand better and sometimes was good, sometimes not so much, but I was learning. Trying to find techniques and improving my concepts. So it could be noticed in my behaviour and words and for the first time trying not to be selfish. I could feel inspired by anything because there was always a deeper reason, and at the same time I knew Maya was also there giving some bad oportunities, thoughts and so on. So it has been a challenge.. very hard but I felt alive fighting. And now, because of this nuisance, pain and weak mind I lost some enthusiasm to continue looking.. thank Krsna not all.

Well Gurudeva, my intention was to write very little, it seems I couldnt. Please forgive me Gurudeva, besides everything..trying is my life so I wont give up. I know Krsna loves us and I can find happiness in His assosiation, devotees etc..

I am still painting! now I am in a workshop learning much more. Really hope everything I am and have will be useful in this movement someday. Also, I hope not to forget english! hope I have not made so many mistakes so as You can undestand easily. I know You will be traveling to the Holy Dham! in a couple of weeks I think. It makes me happy, really hope You have a very nice travel!. I will pray Gurudeva, May Lord Nrsimha Deva continue protecing You. 

Su aspirante a sirvienta,

Sita Lalita devi dasi.

HpS - AGTSP. We have written this letter three times and the robot keeps crashing. The only solution is to ask Radharani is She will share Her Krsna with us also. He is the only impetus for real life.

Keep on struggling. It is the actual situation. You are doing the right thing. It will build up and you will get free from gross problems and then, if you are lucky, Krsna will smile at you and carry you off with all of the other Brajavasis so you can get back to work. LEt your material family go. They also have to bee exclusive lovers of Krsna.

Hare krsna gurudev

Dandavat pranam at your lotus feet.

ASA - Locust feet. AGTSP! 

Sorry for not writing since last few months. I am not doing good spiritually. Going through mild depression but slowly coping with everything. 

Sadhana... Rounds are not constant but doing it, but not up to the standards. Gayatri also not very stable since last two months. 

4 regulative principles.. Not followed strictly. Few breaks from the principles happened some time back but trying again to come to standard. It happened due to Karmi food and excessive association of others. Trying again to improve.Please tolerate with me.

HpS - Srila Prabhupada is tolerating us. It is a fact that we make our superiors suffer the bad reactions for bad things that we do. We must be STRONG to resist and do the right thing. There is only one position in this movement that is correct: Paramahamsa. Become a great devotee on the level of Narada Muni. That is the only option.

Regarding deity worship it is constant and this is one thing that is keeping me stable and I find peace serving Them. 

Will definitely want to meet you in Manipur.

HpS - Very nice. The problem is deep. Don't expect superficial solutions will last. They can be stepping stones, but the real change has be deep. 

Trying again to come back to standards. Thank you for replying to my annual report. I really needed a wake up call. 

Sorry for being a disappointment on constant basis. 

Thank you for being merciful. 

Rturaj krsna das 

Shillong 

HpS - What is your work situation???  That is so important at this stage!!

Hare Krishna, dear Gurumaharaja, please accept my humble obeisances. AGTSP!
I was writing to communicate to you and to the devout readers of the blog, that already two weeks ago I began my classes in the university. I am following the master degree in university in teaching.
Since 2007 you recommended that I go back to college. However, the opportunity to study bhakti sastri was presented. A pioneering group of 10 devotees who later expanded the program to Lima, the provinces of Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and various Spanish-speaking countries. Previously there was only one devotee bhakti sastri in Peru, P. Ramacandra. After this first revolution (viplavah), ASA has graduated about 70 bhakti sastris. Then came the Bhakti Vaibhava, then the new course of Bhaktas, the Course of Disciples and now the Bhaktivedanta. The revolution continues!
 

So now, I am returning to my own professional training at the oldest and most prestigious University of Education in Peru, La Cantuta, where we have been doing programs with you for over 10 years.
 

The objective is to put ISKCON courses in terms of current academic requirements and to create others as required so that they can be presented in formal institutions as credible academic courses under state law. I am directing my thesis in that sense and I hope to receive your suggestions, dear Gurudeva. Creating curricula, reading guides, adapting didactic techniques to the study of sastras, dynamics for practices, etc. will be a fascinating adventure.
I am reviewing various theoretical and design bases that I will apply gradually. I am also enriching myself with the experiences of other colleagues and teachers. Always thinking about Srila Prabhupada and you. Every time I hear something I wonder: how would Srila Prabhupada say this?. What will Hanumatpresaka Swami think of it? Oh, this is in the NOI! Yes, ISKCON needs this ... etc.
I will tell you little by little my experiences to enrich us all.
Thanks to the blessings of you and the devout readers of this fabulous blog I managed to enter the university. Now please give me your blessings to continue steadfastly in my determination to contribute something to Srila Prabhupada's wonderful ISKCON to continue the revolution he initiated.
Your servant,
Laksmana-agraja 
"We must know the present need of human society ... (SB) it is a cultural presentation for the respectfulness of the entire human society ... meant to bring about a revolution in the impious life of a misdirected civilization." SB preface

VIPALVAH!

EL PUEBLO UNIDO JAMÁS SERÁ VENCIDO! 
THE PEOPLE UNITED WILL NEVER BE DEFEATED!

HpS - All glories to the United People.  ..    Thank you for your letter. Of course, we talked on the phone about all these very related things with ISKCON's educational needs.  Please send us more news and reports here.

Sharing Prasadam with your teachers and classmentes.

There is nothing to do but to go ahead. We are on the right path. The process now is to move faster and more deeply.

{Ganesa is the deity of the people. Ignorance and goodness. Not much passion}