Letters to the editor

Hare Krishna Maharaja,  por favor reciba mis mas humildes y respetuosas reverencias. 

Todas Las Glorias a Srila Prabhupada.

Si Maharaja, si soy esa "Dalia" que usted conoce hace varios años, soy guía de turismo en Cuzco.

Muchas gracias por su respuesta, si he llevado y aprobado el curso de guru discipulo y el examen para la iniciación, y he estado cantando las 16 rondas y siguiendo también los principios estrictamente.

Muchas gracias Maharaja. Lo esperamos en Cuzco el 17 de julio.

Su Sirviente Bhaktin Dalia.

HpS - Hare Krsna. Thank you, see soon. I hope we can develop spiritual tourism in Peru. We will see Oscar Natars and Anna while we are there also.

HpS

Hare Krishna Gurumaharaja !

Por favor acepte mis respetuosas reverencias !

Todas las Glorias a Srila Prabhupada !!!

Bhaktín Dalya de Cuzco me pidió que publicara esta carta en el Blog :

Hare Krishna, Todas las Glorias a Srila Prabhupada, Majaraja Hanumat Presaka Swami por Favor Reciba mis Mas Humildes y Respetuosas Reverencias.

Soy bhaktin Dalia Jimenez y le escribo desde Cusco Peru, para decirle que las autoridades correspondientes ya me han dado la carta de recomendación para tomar iniciación con usted, ahora yo estoy haciendo servicio en el templo de Cusco, los sabados hago guirnaldas, también apoyo ,en las actividades variadas que hay en el templo y estoy aprendiendo ha hacer la adoracion a la deidad Madre Gaura Gadhadara me esta enseñando, en mi vida profesional estoy guiando como guía oficial de turismo en frances e ingles, y en cuanto se refiere al arte ahora estoy llevando un taller de teatro que comenzó en abril de este año con uno de los mejores profesores de Cusco esto con el fin de realizar teatro en actividades de predica .Tengo la meta de ser kirtaniya y poder predicar cantando los Santos Nombres del Señor. Conozco ISKCON desde el año 2006,  he pasado por un proceso intensivo ahora ya puedo seguir con las exigencias de lo que significa ser devota . Por favor le suplico que me de su misericordia y pueda Ud guiarme un mi vida espiritual. 

Su Sirviente Baktin Dalia Jimenez Carrasco.

HpS - Hare Krsna!   We have known each other for many years, no?  You are that "Dalia"?    If you have have been following the principles strictly and chanting 16-enthusiastic rounds daily, minimum for at least one year and participating in the ISKCON temple programs then with a letter of recommendation from the Temple it seems very nice to us that you take initiation, but... the Temple knows that they cannot recommend you unless you have taken the official ISKCON Disciple Course and passed the examination, no?

Waiting for news. We will be in Lima on Wednesday.

Dear Guru Maharaja

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

It has been a while since my last letter. Family life is a little busy for me right now. Our third baby is due in about a month so it will be busier than now!

HpS - Very nice. AGTSP.

I am still in Calgary but have been struggling with spiritual life- not too much association with devotees in our similar life situation and age. We will be moving to a different community next year where there are more young couples with children and a small gurukula. My husband is planning on teaching there. We are looking forward to it. I try to motivate my mind by listening to lectures by you. It helps a lot. 

Japa is not very consistent at the moment due to family demands. But I make it my goal to complete my rounds everyday. That's the only thing that keeps me going.

HpS - Get up early and get your rounds done. Have a partner by telephone. That wakes you up or you wake them up.

I do have a question- I see that there are a few devotees who sell tulsi beads that look very fancy and all. Some of the devotees go to yoga shows or conventions and set up a table to sell. My question is, can non-devotees who buy tulsi, not knowing anything about tulsi, wear these necklaces?

HpS - As far as I know it is O.K. It is like taking charanamrta without knowing it. Probably not good to mistreat the beads but neutral affection for them seems to be a greater benefit. We don't know for sure.

I was curious about this because I would also like to do the same thing. 

your aspiring servant,

Rasa-mandali dasi

HpS - Dhananjaya Das told us that Prabhupada said that he could package Gaura-Nitai deities and sell them as (Indian) Good Luck Statues and tell people that if they took care of them properly they would bring good luck.

Vijitatma Das. Our god brother who has been a fanatic book distributor forever sells tulasi beads to attract people then books.

I wish they would start exporting them from Peru. She grows very big there.

More news next month. Unless you are chanting good rounds you are giving your babies powdered milk. Ha!   Ha!  Hare!

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!!   All Glories to Sripada!!   All Glories to Gouranga Mahaprabhu and Goura Bhakta Vrinda Ki Jay

All Glories to Guru Maharaj HpS!!

Please accept my humble obeisanses unto HpS Guruji Maharaja’s padama charan that I had read Sarada Gourangi DD letter with the photos of Ratha Jatra in Imphal and surrounding and Gurujis reply.

HpS - We all liked the description so much. You are very fortunate to live in Manipur. You have to take care of everyone.

Yestarday, the 5^th July, 2017 ( Engen 12^th – Harisoyan) my newly constructed house was inaugurated in our Manipuri Tradition.

Jaya!  Is not a part of the material world, no?   It can go to Goloka.

On this auspicious day, Banamali Prabhu, Nabadwipchandra Prabhu, Brajabhakta and another bhakta (Mrdanga bitter) came and participated the function. It is beyond our expectation that Bonomali Prabhu handed over me a chitrabot – full size of Radha-Krsna and two other Gopis in both sides with a bunch of agarpati. Suddenly, Navadwipchandra Prabhu proposed to do Kirtan for some time but I have not mridanga. From where I will collect? It is big question in my mind. In the meantime, I remember one younger brother He has Mridanga. I contact him with mobile and send one of my fellow and we have two pairs of karatala. Within 10 minuts the sankirtan started and participated all the invitees of ISKCON bhaktas and arranged prasadam of above 350 invitees.

Sounds like story from Caitanya-caritamrta.

Nabadwipchandra Prabhu offered Prasadam to the daity and aarati. I think, all such small but strange things happen with the inspertion of Sri Krsna.

Yours fallen Servant,

Yamunesvara Das

HpS - I am so happy to hear all this that I am almost crying. We think of your association. Manipura, Thoubal, Silchar...

We need to hear from Australia so we can fix that ticket. Then our East side visit.

Hare Krishna, dear Gurumaharaj. Pamho, AGTSP!

This is a small report and some perspective on my personal life.

Almost half of the year has passed and we need a small evaluation.

Basically, once again, my service to Srila Prabhupada's mission is focusing more on education. I collaborated in many other aspects, but here I can contribute a little more, I think.

The basis is always the full morning program (fmp), as you always recommend, constantly quoting Srila Prabhupada's  purport for NOI 3.

" In this Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement we require everyone to rise early in the morning, by four A.M., and attend maṅgala-ārati, or morning worship, then read Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, perform kīrtana, and so forth. "

If there is not that, we practically live all day in the mind. Worried more about eating, sleeping, mating and defending. Without much perspective. I have personally experienced it many times.

On that basis, the intelligence is sharpened, our perspectives are increasingly clear. Our vision is broad, etc.

So, I think my life has to take a little twist.

I have had the great honor and fortune to work with you on education since 2003 and that will continue to eternity and beyond. Your instructions in this area, and practically in all areas, are becoming my life and my soul. I want to do nothing but serve you and Srila Prabhupada. Sure, as much as I can and my intelligence allows me.

Now, in that same sense, I think it's time to focus on my training. I have a tendency to talk too much and to believe that I know everything. I want to hear more, learn more.

For that I need your advice and your help more than ever. I want to learn more from Sesa Prabhu, from Ramgiridhari Prabhu, I want to visit Yadunandana Swami. I want to personally see what is happening elsewhere in ISKCON. And I also want to do my master degree, to professionalize myself more. Have more educational experience in other places.

But I do not want to be selfish and worried about just growing up. I want to do everything to help you better, to better help ISKCON Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador and where I am required. If were up to me, I could spend all days watching Netflix and eating chocolate ice cream

Besides, here for now on the National Board are not very inclined to use my services. It's unfortunate, but real. I do not want to be naive and pretend that everything is fine.

However, I am leaving with a sense of relief cause I made my efforts so that P.Karuna takes care of the education here. So no one will miss me.

We have an educational meeting in Lima, which is being organized by P. Karuna and P. Gandharva. I hope that it become a new era of sustainable growth in education. All my good wishes to them.

In that meeting will be many capable and intelligent devotees, so my intervention will not be in details. However I will emphasize only two things. The importance of cooperation and unity in diversity. In Ravindra Svarup's book on the position of Srila Prabhupada, conscientious and basic work to rediscover our founder acharya, he emphasizes again and again the topic of cooperation and unity in diversity, as I see it.

Then all these initiatives and so forth, which will be presented at the III Educational Meeting, I think they have to take into account these two core points. I think the task of a leader is to ensure that this happens. Let us hope that it doesn´t become an academic dictatorship, a controlism, centralism, verticalism, a professionalism at all costs, etc.

Personally I like the perspective of ASA. Association, process, content. People, plans and resources. Inspiration, debate and depth, etc., etc.

Well, that's just an idea. Maybe I'm wrong.

I would like to talk more with you when you are in Lima. I need advice on contacts and things to start moving out. A couple of years out would be good for me. Then I´ll return to be with you in Peru, as you have projected, and perhaps accompany you in Vrdavana when you have your base there. And someday have a formal ASA institution, university or something, before the government and everything, as a medium and long term project.

For the time being I will continue to serve the students I have. I don’t think I’ll take new groups. I hope that Perú as examination center can be stablished soon. I will travel to Cuzco and Arequipa in August to help a bit, as we have planned. Then we will see how we are going in the logistics for my personal projects and how soon they can be accomplished. In the meantime I'll do what I can here.

There are many more things, but enough for now.

Please, your blessings to be able to carry out my projects.

Thank you for your patience to listen to me.

Your eternal servant.

THE LAD

HpS - ASA ---- AGTSP!!!  Paoho. Thank you for your clear and wholesome ideas. To me you seem to be on a very nice path. Best way to stop being to proud of our own ideas is look at our rounds. Are we really hearing the mantra with attention. Even every syllable - 50%, 25%, 70%. Then the mind becomes accustomed to listen to something other than its own thoughts. The Mantra is from Goloka, no?

Happy birthday, June 14th, but what is the year of your birth?

See you Thursday.

All glories to Goura nitay All glories to Srila Prabhupada All glories for you maharaj Hare Krishna, Maharaj, please accept my humble reverence. Forgive me for my affront because of my ignorance, and also, for not writing you before, I have no excuses. I’m David Leyton from Santiago of Chile. I hope this message finds you well and that the devotees are taking care of you. About your question HpS - Hare Krsna!!!    I could have written the same things!   I doesn't matter if we acheive some great thing in the Bhakti yoga, because at every step it is practical, and the goal becomes more and more clear. Even in the womb and as incapable infants we can make progress. How is your family? It’s very difficult for me to talk about my family, I’d like to tell you about that, but in private. I wish I could talk to you in person or write to you through a private section in your webpage http://hps.monkeywarrior.com. Now, I’m focused on making, together with my wife, a conscious and healthy family. My wife and I are working on healing our ancestral lineage by Bhakti yoga, and an alternative therapy called dowsing. It has worked, we feel inner peace and self-confidence, this is a great achievement for us. There’s little time left to your arrival in Chile. Here, autumn is very cold. I think winter is early this year. I bought you some warm socks. They are made of alpaca wool. I hope you really need them, if not, please tell me what I could do to satisfy you. I hope you’re well. Best wishes Hare Krishna.

HpS - Thank you for physical association last few days. We use the socks to walk in the Temple. See you tommorrow.