Letters to the editor

Hare Krsna Gurumaharaja
Please accept my humble obeisances
All glories to Srila Prabhupada

I hope you are in good health and that your Sankirtana develops favorably. It's been a while since I last wrote you.

ASA - You can say that again!    Six months????

Returning to the city has brought us many surprises, in the beginning it has not been easy, the change of pace, the association and the atmosphere are very different from what we had lived for the last two years. However, one must be a devotee in any circumstance and we are learning to regain balance in seemingly unfavorable conditions, in many cases.

The interesting thing is that by staying aloof from certain things I have been allowed to see them in another way and that has given me some assurance in my spiritual life.
 

I am part of a very favorable study group with Isvari mataji, Tarangaksi dd, bhaktin Rukmini, Nitya Kisori dd, Abhinanda prabhu, Indira Sakti, bhaktin Lourdes and bhakta Juan. We meet to study various topics, exchange affection and ideas and take prasadam. It's been four months now and the group gets narrower each time.
ASA - Sounds like the perfection of life. What does 'narrower' mean?  Fewer people or more focused or..?

Indira Sakti and I are improving in our performance as <s>husbands</s> [partners], we understand each other better, we understand our service better and try to help ourselves in that. We are also studying Bhakti-sastri on line with Laksmana-agraja prabhu. We are happy and finding what we were looking for: a space for discussion in the association of devotees. We look forward to seeing you and serving you soon, Gurudeva.

Your servant

Gandharva dasa

HpS - What is happening with your job?   What is you level of spiritual purification in terms of "adau sraddha, sadhu sanga...".  So nice to hear from you. See you in a few weeks.

Hare Krsna Beloved Gurudeva

AGTSP.   PAMHO

Thank U again and again for always looking for a way to enhance our service ¡¡¡ Being at FMP with U and all my Godbrothers and Sisters is really inspiring for me ¡¡

ASA - Us also....     It is essential part of our life now.

In this trail back to love myself more I was discovering many things, some confused me, and I kind of got lost.How to relate all my healing process with Krsna was really overwhelming for me. However yesterday I was listening to one of your classes and there U said that the source of my wealth, health, suffer everything is Krsna and even if I actually now day deeply in my heart... some coaches that I have heard said that I am the only responsible about the environment I create. They want that U became all powerful just by yourself, So I was kind of missing the focus. ¡¡

HpS - We need philosophy. Someone may get it from the bartender at his club, our the manicurist at her beauty parlour, but we need broad perspective on life. Then we can compare it to the philosophy of the BG, Lord Caitanya.

On the other hand, I had already help many people, specially ladies, who were like thinking that they need the approval of the rest in order to feel worthy, that they need to get married and have kids in order to be a "winner", our society is SO cruel, that if U as a lady do not have accomplished that by the age of 33 at least, you are just a looser, Ja Ja Ja, I told them that 9 of 10 married ladies that I know are not completely happy, because we have this concept about  happily ever after, but they do not tell us what happened after the wedding ¡¡¡ jaja.  But when I was giving them advice I did not mention anything about Krsna so as U said I felt like Vyasadeva ¡¡¡ Then I recalled what U have said and just said You can work in yourself U can try to focus in yourself but at the end you just have to leave everything to God ¡¡¡ He knows best ¡¡¡ and then I am starting to connect them to Krsna through Pantheism ¡¡¡ I do not know If that is correct??

HpS - ASA -- SB 2.1. Prabhupada says that it is a progressive step, but it won't have much effect unless there is a SERVICE ATTITUDE. We must want to have an ecological view of Pacha Mama not to exploit her better, but to serve her better.

I do not want that they feel that I am preaching to them or trying to convert them to my religion, nevertheless they now that I am a Hare Krsna and now about my principles.

HpS - That's fine. Some people WANT you to preach to them and convert them to your religion, so we can relate to them in that fashion. Others want to hear what your Old Granny used to say. How many different preaching strategies do we learn in SB??!!!

Years ago I had another goals, but now I do not what goals I have, I mean my  future goals, jaja. I wanted something in the past, but Krsna is telling me no candramukhi not now, or maybe He is telling me focus in what really matters?? I do not know I am kind of confused. My life is now calm, I have accomplished many things. I continue with this introspection trail, trying not to please the ego but the soul. My ego is so huge :(. I need to have the perfect job, clothes, house, job, etc. For instance, in this ECPE course.. pff.  I did not study anything since 5 years at least. It is really exhausting because this course starts 7 am and then I have to go to work... I sleep just 4  hours, so next month I won't take it .. the exam is on December and I can prepare by myself. plus the course is really expensive... I need to make balance in my life, sometimes I feel I have so many on my plate... I remembered one letter that U answer to me "You do not have to give your 100%. Sometimes 65% is ok" pff but my ego again :(

Nowadays, my rounds are not so good. I feel that things sometimes surpass me. I feel lonely sometimes. I have to put up with many things in order to support my family (economically), Super Girl eh ¡¡ haha¡¡¡¡ But I always take shelter in Krsna. And I try to accept whatever His plan is for me ¡¡¡ And always feel grateful for all the good things that I have in my life... 

I am pujari in wilson once a week and give BG classes once a month 

On the KD you wrote:

TPP-Composition Book, 2017 15 February …  is 52/80 pages. Any comments from CMDD?

cmdd: Well it is AWESOME, I can not wait to have it in my hands.. one page 34 you wrote: "Flowers are Krsna trying to smile at us. return their kindness with grace" I have already heard this from U.. I love this thought and I always smile them back ¡¡¡ and as you told me ¡¡¡¡ smile even if you do not want to and You will feel better ¡¡

Thank U Gurudeva

Sorry for the long letter. In attach some photos of JpS 's Vyasa Puja U asked me to post them here 

Trying to be your disciple

Candramukhi dd

HpS - ASA --- It is nice letter. It is in English, which helps a lot.

We all are struggling with our rounds. If we always put our 16-rounds first then we won't have to work so hard, we will have better friendships, more preaching and in the end Radha-Krsna will come and take us with Them to the picnic.

Krsna pays 1-sol for each good Maha-mantra.

PAMHO! Maharaja, it seems so hard to chant the rounds now in the morning. I have had to hang out with little bit karmic musicians to get my logic x/native instruments Komplete Ultimate studio package with the best instruments (almost) for the piano roll or the sequencer. I also have started planning a little water thing to the puppetry tent (black), between the audience and stage, more like in the vedic theater which is situated completely on an island, and audience onn the shore, and the plays are as realistic as news would be. You told me to have sankirtana, sankirtana, sankirtana with this christian guy I told you, who I claimed before having odd sexual thinking, and it was so hard. But now he has started to tell me more things and would like to sing almost everyday, and it seems to really help, because he has started to crumble.. :) to break I mean. Thanks also to his wife. He has been an actor younger in summer theater and has a wild imagination. But his ways of life. He tells everybody that he has panic disorder and he has used different drugs, especially alcohol. But for only me he has also told that he has some major problems with her wife. He attacked for a half of year me, because I told him about regulating sex life also in married life. But he crumbles now, hahaha. So, the thing is, he told me that the major problem in his life is: that he needs everyday sex when in a relationship, but claims not needing so much if not in relationship. And his wife don't want it at all so much.

HpS - ASA -- Maybe he could become a pigeon.

But they are married. But he still defends the christian way.... having sex every single day, and if partner declines, then doing it himself. haha I wonder wherefrom his panic disorder comes from ;) ;) . And I claim that we all do have panic disorder. It's healthy. I have tried to tell him where it comes from, and he is starting to go in pieces which is good, he is after all, quite sincere. And has gone AA also. But he was just a year ago a major meat eater and preaching that he don't eat but meat.

ASA - Carnivorous, Pigeon.

And now he is fully in Krishna consciousness, tries to be. Prabhupada starts to make influence to him. His short biography. This is just odd, when he tries to be a friend, just like a dog, when I have applied in my life, Canakya Pandita's teaching: A bad friend is just a bad friend, but a good enemy is much better. Beacause I have artistic projects. He can go now also once a week to Bhrigu Pada's place (professor in comparative religion), where I don't go, because this I P dasa, who uses opiates and has at least 2 rape cases which people speaks about in this city, and I reported it with a back up from Mahabala (one bhakta) to temple. So I don't want to see the one I spoke. It seems hipocritical anyway. But my question is, how many times sankirtana a week?

HpS - Sankirtan means we join together, team players, with individual Shakti, to glorify Krsna, glorify the Lion, Ocean, Mt. Meru (BG 10). So it should be all the time, but sometime we have to sleep and eat.

I have some major artistic project and I know much better musicians, but I think Maharaja, this time it comes from heart, but there is all those polluting things. It seems it's, well at least he don't drink so very much no more. For his panic disorder only some drinks. And his wife only smokes, and he started too and I have been saying that it's much better. It's funny how these people with all their problems still have so much sincerity, but it comes from great distress..... Hare Krishna P.S. The modern intelligence seem to be many times almost completely against the rasa of the Krishna consciousness. Am I right, because I like also intelligent people. My ex partner Nitai Priya Devi Dasi was like that.....intelligent...

HpS - ASA -- Some else likes Prasadam distribution, no?  Macaroni and corn on the cob at 9 o'clock at night! Bufalos of Braja, Ki Ja!   Ectomorphic Brahmanas of Braja, Ki Jai!  Why not discuss these perverted deads in a more general sense because this is Blog with a lot of B'caris reading it. Details sometimes are important to wake us up, no?
Thank you so much for your association.

Monkey, Piggy, Uncle Gismo, HpS

Hare Krishna Dear Gurudeva, AGTSP, PAMHO __0_

HpS - ASA -- Hare Krsna, Govardhana Das.  Es bien raro. Inmediatamente antes de su carta es carta de Amala!   Su ciudadano.

Como esta!!  Como esta el Capital del Empiro!  Vamos a Ingles. Utiliza www.translate.google.com.

Desando que se encuentre bien de Salud, le envío mi reporte personal, seguimos trabajando en Puerto Maldonado, nuestro contrato es de 6 meses, viajamos cada 15 días a Cusco, y nos reportamos a nuestra autoridad y devotos, nos comprometimos con las clases de domingo los días que estaremos en Cusco.

HpS - Y la familia!!!?

Aquí en Puerto vive un devoto, Govinda das, discipulo de SS Pralahdananda Swami. nos estamos asociando con él y quedamos en juntarnos  los miércoles para lectura del BG, como su familia está aquí,

HPS - SUper!    GOvardhana Das, the traveling Brahmana preacher.

...está haciendo muchos planes (programas) y esperamos ayudar en algo. Nuestro sadana está mejorando, nos estamos levantando más temprano y tratamos de terminar nuestras rondas antes de salir a la calle, entramos al trabajo a las 7:00 a.m.

HpS - Su salud, su trabajo, su predica TODO va a mejor en la manera mas fuerte si mejorar su Japa. Claro temprano es casi guarantizado mejor.

La familia está bien [o. k. respuesta], Nilacandra está iniciando la primaria en el colegio Salecianos (Don Bosco), y Vrisabanu nandani sigue en kinder y B. Ayda está trabajando, la comunicación es muy buena con ellos, todos los días hablamos por telefóno y video llamadas por Whapsap, estamos muy bien, por la misericordia de Sri Krishna.

HpS - Claro, todos estos son robots. No somos estos cuerpos. En el futuro vamos a dejar para siempre estas cuerpos, pero son buena media renovar nuestra cuerpo, vida, real!

Estamos mejorando mucho,  la idea es hacer programas aquí en Puerto con Govinda das, no solo debemos hacer actividades fruitivas, prédica, ya le estemos comentando sobre como vamos, lo que pensamos hacer en Cusco lo podemos hacer aquí también, la idea es estar activos en Servicio Devocional. 

Quisiera compartir algo personal, en estas últimas semanas ha sido frecuente verlo en mis sueños, sentado en la Vyasana del Templo de Cusco, lo reverencio, y esos días me inspira mucho para cantar mis rondas, es una gran misericordia para alguien tan caido como yo.

ASA - Hansadutta Swami nos dijo qu Prabhupada dijo que el guru no haz nada especial: Da clases, dirigir Kirtan, pero por medio de El, El Paramatma hace cosas fuertes. Convierta en Guru!

Dear Gurudeva, muchás gracias por su tiempo, estamos pidiendo al Señor Nrishimha que siempre lo proteja, por favor denos su misericordia para estar siempre iluminados y estar siempre en servicio hacia UD. Que la Misericordia de Sri Krihna se derrame siempre sobre UD.

Hare Krishna Dear Gurumaharaja

HpS - ASA -- Nos vemos en unos semanas.

Jaya Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu

Jaya Srila Prabhupada

 Beloved Guru Maharaja, please accept my humble obeisances .

I do not [know] if You received my previous letter,  this is a new [one], this is a new stage in my life, and continuing with my sadhana.

HpS - Again, we couldn't answer all the letters while traveling in India!  We are somewhat lazy.

I am almost ending up [finishing] with outstanding debts, at least of this life, as You know, I was banned from  entering the temple of Iskcon Cusco in June of last year, I have taken refuge all this time reading and singing japa, my parents are elderly, but they have resourses to maintain the rest of  their lives, my only daughter Radha Krsna leads an independant life, or as You once  told me, Krsna takes over, and gave me the example of Your life and Peter.

My Prabhu, I beg You from the  depthts of my heart bless me so I may be able to continue advancing in Krsna consciousness,  many things have  happened in this time, I would to live in a temple again, if possible in India.

Gurudeva, You are coming to Peru and I am crazy to see You soon, and  take dDarsana and receive instructions. I have read the Mana Siksa, Harinama Citamani and "El terraplen de la separacion" of Srila Goura Govinda Swami, and  am finishing reading the Adi lila of Sri Caitanya Caritamrita, all of this only by Your merci.

I was thinking about my favourite verse, maybe tavaivasmi tavaivasmi, na jivami ... but I reached the conclusion my favourite verse is your pranam, Nama om visnu padaya...   Hanumatpresaka Swamin iti namine. Because You are the manifestation of Krsna on earth.

Always praying for your mercy, your useless servant. 

amalakaruna das.

HpS - How are the Four(teen) regulative principles?  Have any Krsna conscious association?  Relations with your recent wife, who had cancer? We will be in Cusco for some time as now planned?
What happened to your ENORMOUS deities of Jagat Bandhu!?   Paramadvaiti Swami????

All Glories be to Your Lordships Sri Sri Gaura Nitay!

All glories be to Srila Prabhupada!

Please Maharaj, accept my most respectful obeisances!

My name is María de los Ángeles, from Iskcon Santiago, Chile, I am writing to tell you a little about what I feel and what I have been doing during this last time, as I said in my previous letter, I remain enthusiastic in my service. Garlands for your Lordships Sri Sri Gaura Nitay. I feel very fortunate to have such beautiful service.

I must add that by blessings of Krishna and devotees it will almost be a month and a half that I am living in the temple, it has been a magnificent and extremely inspiring experience for me, every day take darshan of the deity, have association of Great devotees, feel support and concern for me, from older devotees, I feel happy.

ASA - Jaya!

 I am reading the teachings of Caitanya Mahaprabhu as you suggested to me through your instruction, it is an extremely powerful book.

I try to strive to be more sincere day by day, concentrate on services, always think about Radha Krishna and his servants, I am very happy when I knew that it [you] will be at the end of June here Krishna.

My obeisances

Bhaktina María de los Ángeles

HpS - ASA --- Thank you for this news. Send a Report on the Temple. Who, when, where, why, what!!!   Six strange things that happened there.

Close-up foto of Lord Nityananda for three days in a row!