Letters to the editor

hare krsna maharaj,
PAMHO, AGTSP,
thank you very much for picking up our call  two weeks back while we were in bus. we were able to hear you a little bit, but even that  was satiating to us ?

can you answer this question again, why does mind wants to follow rules and get agitated when it is not able to follow them ? why some times it does not want to follow rules ?

HpS - Hare Krsna!   I don't exactly understand.   It sounds like a very specific question, no?  Of course the basic answer is in NOI, Text One: The mind likes to be attached to certain plans, "avirodha priti", and when this is blocked, then "yukta virodha krodha", anger results. That is just the way the mind is, like the sky is blue and grass is green.

So: http://www.vedabase.com/en/sb/2/6/34

Is some enlightement?  Some times it does not like to follow them: NOI 7 - It is in jauniced state, doesn't like sugar.

you also said.. just chant be happy ? how can be  happy by just chanting until unless he has purified himself or chanting offenselessly.

HpS - Prabhupada says that. Chant Hare Krsna and be happy, become happy. Jesus Christ said pray to God and become happy. Prabhupada explains that this is like telling someone who is suffering from bad disease, coughing up blood, go to the hospital, you will be cured.

It is true but you have to approach the Reception in the Hospital. Fill out the forms, talk with a doctor, have tests....   But the basic principle is go to the hospital. So in the begining our chanting makes us pious, "srnvatam sva katha Krsna, punya sravana...", material distress dimishes, things start to become auspicius...   prema, happy in being able to offer something really tangible to Krsna's efforts.

trying to hang on
harsh

HpS - http://www.vedabase.com/en/bg/6/40.  You have been hanging on for so long that there can be no doubt about good results.  Everyone is different!   We hope to see some tangible results soon.

Can you contact Acharya ratna Das, Temple President in Kolkata and tell him we will be in India from 1 January t to 15th February and of course we want to work with him and the Kolkatta yatra.  We tried Texting, Calling and writing to him. We think now we will be in Kolkatta from 10th January to 17th. Does he have any suggestions about how we can help them??

Hare Krisna, dear Gurudeva. Please, accept my humble obeisances. All Glories to Srila Prabhupada.

I hope you're fine in all aspects. We are fine by Krisna's Mery in our new stage as parents.

I had a very dificult time by administrative issues and bad relationships with some devotees for that. Whe somebody fall down in offenses his spiritual life falls down with him. But step by step I'm going up, I'm stronger before and I'm giving value that it give it. I'm selecting better my friedships in Krisna's conciousness and I'm protecting to open my mind needlesly. You told my onetime ago I had to get association with devotees with similar nature, and I'm learning to do it, taking skelter in senior devotees as Yadunandana Swami.

We're in Madrid's Temple administration. The proyect is going on weel, growing with new devotees, new initiations. We don't stop. Very intensive but happy. We remoleled the ashram in July. It looks new.

Manu is 5 moths old, but he is very big, entusiastic.

Well. When do you come to Spain again? Do you need something to come? If you need something, please tell me if you think I can help you.

Thank you for all, for your gretting in my birthday last Oct 3th. Please forgive my offenses.

You humble and ethernal servant, Dandava Das.

HpS - Hare Krsna!!  It has been so long since we heard from you!   Yes, learning how to deal with politics in ISKCON is essential.  We have to deal with incredible politics if we want to participate in the different parties. Balarama leads one group of cowherd boys and they have competitions with Krsna's followers, but they only do it to increase the understanding of how to serve Krsna.

Prabhupada used to push Tama-krsna to fight with him on philosophical points. Then when he fought with Karmis it was simple.

We wanted to visit Spain on our trip to or from India: Start of Januar or middle of February, but the cost kept coming back as high, high, high.

We got our ticket round-trip to India from Houston for only $785. That is about $200 less than the cheapest that could be expected. No matter what happens we will set some priorityu and come at come time on a separate trip from USA.  Krsna will make it clear what he wants.

Sananda Devi Dasi is doing a lot of work on this Psychology and the Sacred Sankirtan.

Real nice baby! ..... !...

Todas las Glorias a Srila Prabhupada!!!

Hare Krsna Guru Maharaj, reciba mis respetuosas reverencias.

Estamos en Huancayo, acá esta mi respuesta a algunas preguntas que me hizo en la carta anterior:

Con quien esta asociando alla?  Hay unos devotos mayored in Huancayo?

Acá nos estamos asociando con Madre Laksmirani, Prabhu Ranchor Dwarka, Prabhu Ram Bhagavat, que son los encargados del centro de perdica de Huancayo.  Ellos son devotos mayores, devotos antiguos que estan siempre manteniendo los programas los dias sabados y miercoles. Claro como en todo lugar, aquí también hay problemas entre devotos.

Pero mejor relacionarse más con Srila Prabhupada a traves de sus libros.

HpS - Si, y los libros (NOI 4-6 por ejemplo) nos da una buena perspectiva como distinguir diffentes clases de devotos, no? Tambien NIO 10, de Vikarmis a Radharani

Puede desarollari contacto con la Iglesia Catolica or otros?

Si, en realidad se puede hacer todo eso, pienso con una buena organización en equipo.

Hice un analisis de mi propia vida, antes que predicar a otras personas, tengo que predicarme a mi mismo, mejorar mis rondas de Japa, mi Sadhana, mejorar los 4 principios, luchar con mi mente asquerosa, tratar como a una Dama a mi esposa y no ofenderla, mejorar mi caracter, cantar mejor mis rondas.

HpS - Mucho hacer!

No voy a poder realizar un centro cultural en Huancayo, tengo que mejorar yo mismo como persona y tratar de ser un ser humano, pienso solo poder ayudar a Srila Prabhupada con la distribución de Prasadhan y de sus libros, ayudar a los Sankirtaneros, SOLO  MARATONES  DE  SANKIRTAN..... es lo mejor por el bien de todos..... perdoneme si no puedo seguir su instrucción.  Espero que cuando yo mejore como persona poder realizar su instrucción.

HpS - Claro, mejorar su mismo! Peru achintya bheda abheda, para mejorar nuestra mismos, tenemos que associar con otrs: Krsna, Gopis, Gopas, Narottama Das Thakura, ISKCON pujaris, Sankirtaneros... Desarrolla su caracter pero en el mismo tiempo desarrollar su Iglesia, no?

Luz de la Bhagavata es super para predica, no?  Puede imprimir unos Textos de ww.vedabase.com, Espanyol, y distribuir,

Si en realidad es muy bueno, La Luz del Bhagavata, distribuirlos, mas libros en las calles!!!

organizar seminarios en temas especificas.   Vamos a Peru en Abril-Mayo!!

Claro podemos ayudar a que algún devoto mayor sankirtanero pueda dar alguna conferencia en alguna universidad ó auditorio municipal.  Espero poder verlo en Abril - Mayo...

Hare Krsna Guru Maharaj, me despido, espero verlo en Perú...

Gadai Gauranga Das

HpS - Hare Krsna, Hare Rama!!!  Gracias a Vds.   Unas experiencias de su Sankirtan!!!!

Hare Krsna, Gurudev 

All glories to srila Prabhupada 

All glories to you gurudev

My humble dandavat pranams your lotus feet 

Hare krsna 

I am more steady in my sadhana now. Regular 16 rounds and 4 regulations are ok ( needs more work on sense control on the subtle level..first is to control my desire to taste tasty prasadam...I am trying to keep my prasadam simple and avoiding food professionally cooked even if inside the temple until or unless I am too hungry ...I feel it is helping me little bit to control my senses)

HpS - Seems that keeping regular times to honor Prasadam is a great help! Even six times a day, but regular times.

In bhaktisastri we completed bhagavat Gita till chapter 12. In 12 chapter  Prabhupada writes that krsna has already given us all the good qualities but we need to develop them from ourselves. No practical advice was given on how to do it. I mean externally do we need to act more humble , not show distress even if we feel distress, etc....what's the best solution.

HpS - SB 5.18.12, no?   Do our service and if we can't do service then, we can try to act in the mode of goodness, follow suggestions for moral behavior of Bhisma Deva, Socrates.

Krsna has also been very merciful. I got to eat \serve mahaprasad in Radha Raman Ji out of the blue. Yesterday I was praying for devotee association of my age but who is very highly realized so that I can progress and krsna sent a very sincere devotee from the 24 hour kirtan team and as I spoke I could feel that he is very realised devotee but he is only my age. He is completly dependent on krsna . I too hope I too can become like him. so much sraddha for krsna . please give me mercy. I am little stupid to understand deeper things that you say. Please guide me gurudev . And forgive me because of my stupidity.

HpS - We should be intelligent enough to explain things properly.

The last answer that you told me helped me a lot. I chant now a days thinking of the fact that I am not this body..sometimes so chanting has improved. 

Please keep me in your prayers.

Lots of love and pranams to you from Vrindavan .thank you for doing the name giving of nitai and nimai. We will have their Maha Abhishek on 14 November and formally start taking care of them from that day .H.G.Mukunda Dutta prabhu is also guiding me. I had the darshan of very very very beautiful Radha shyam in his home.

Hare krsna

Your eternal servent 

Rturaj  krsna das 

Vrindavan

HpS - Hare Krsna.  Thank you.  It is 9.22PM.  We have had a hard day.  Get criticism from some people, but Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna!   That is purifying.

We got a replacement computer from Gopinatha Das and sent our sick one back to him. Took a long time with auto breaking down, finding the Fed Ex office. Getting the new compute working. Nice 108 minutes talking with Peru devotees.

Jaya!!!

Good night!

Recordado Gurumaharaja, please accep my obeisances a your lotus feet.

HpS - Potatoe feet.

I want your very happy in conciencia de krsna.

Todas las glorias al movimiento  de sankirtan  de sri sri nitay gauranga!

 Tods las glorias a sri sri Radha Madhana Vihari!

 Todas las glorias a nuestro love spiritual master Srila prabhupada and todas las glorias a Usted my mercy Gurumaharaja!

Report september

In request a your question of my letter past... uff .. fueron pruebas respecto a mi familia in peru... muy dolorosas for the heart of franco and the my... aún nos estamos recuperando de esas emociones. Fue muy fuerte for my see a franco estar muy mal.. por causa mia..por pensar que las personas pueden mejorar. Algunas mejoran, otras empeoran si no tienen o no quieren tener ayuda espiritual. I want no speak more this tema and my english no is good . Learnings: go learning slowly and with the time learning more ..today I can no see completely. Now see que i am very idealista, sentimental, nada práctica, eterea..etc.franco es y ha sido muy tolerante conmigo because he es very practice and realista.. la vida lo ayudo a ser así.. paso muchas situaciones dificiles desde niño. A mi me cuesta ver la realidad tal como es.. será porque es muy dura.. como dice franco mejor verla tal como es aunque duela que verla despues  porque dolera mas. A franco lo veo como si tuviera la experiencia de un hombre de 45 o 50 year and me ..me falta madurar mucho aun. No justificar mis faltas entonces no justificare las de los demás .. pero entendiendo que esta cada uno en su propio kurukshetra, las cosas son como son. Digamos que fueron algunas cosas..

Remenber que una vez in chosica yo salía del altar de atender a las deidades and estaba very happy . Your estaba cerca and says one question..  I request : the deities are very beautiful!! And your says: yes but have collares de plástico .. se lo conte a franco and he always remenber mensajes suyos. ...  I see the good..but lo malo quiero disfrazarlo de bondad ..but existe.. and  voy entendiendo la dualidad de this world.

HpS - Esa ayuda: http://www.vedabase.com/es/iso/11. Si solamente vemos el bondad nos convertimos a Sahajiyas. Solamente el mal - Mayavadis. Primero el bueno de vida espiritual pero tambien el mal del mundo material. Entonces empetus para adelantar espritualments.

Le pido please me brinde your bendiciones GM tengo mucho que pulir en mi. Siempre le oro a mi señor Krsna por su ayuda bondadosa.

This mont fue very beautiful because start dancing in the peatonal.. como hacia antes de ir a peru. Es really emocionante ver a muchas niñitas bailando y aplaudiendo el santo nombre de sri radhe! , the maha mantra and others... dan sus donaciones y me inspiran mucho a ser constante..otra cosa que me falta.. voy todos the saturdays.. 

Cada dia aprendo cuando voy a colectar. invito a the peopple al center of preaching..Mucha peopple tan  intersada en las invitaciones k les doy y aceptan entusiastas ir al program  here two veces por month. Too people very pedante..sometimes me desalienta the city but remenbered krsna es very sweet 

Aun sigo intentado ver cual es the best manera de hacer my program of the moorning. Ultimamente me despierto a las 12 o 1 am ..chanting maha mantra, reading,  ensayo and writing como now :) hago mangalartik complete and descanso otra vez..hasta irme a colectar.

I am readin with franco every nigth the krsna book, nos encanta hacerlo, saboreamos eso..refresca the heart.

HpS - ASA -- Como carta de Budannatha. Eso es demasiado larga para nosotros leer mas. Somos monos con poder limitado.  Tiene que ser poeta. Leer, revisar sus cartas seis veces, dijo Alber Camus.   Reverencias a Franco!!!   Vea el bueno primero, el mal segundo. Ambos ara Krsna!    Gracias!   Esperamos proxima carta con gran noticias!

Ser mother me obliga a estar alerta always . un clavo entro en el pie de gopal..mientras yo descansaba despues de la colecta. Felizmente esta bien..gracias a krsna tiene buenas defensas.

Ya cerca a tener 40 años.. sentimos q nos debemos cuidar mas si queremos hacer bien nuestro servicio.. the body se vuelve more fragil and sensible siendo padres.le pido inteligecia a krsna para cuidar nuestra energía y servir mejor a nuestro hijo.

Soñe dos veces con Usted: en un sueño vino mitravinda a visitarnos y descansamos . ahi soñe que Usted vino a nuestra home and había un program lindo con bhajans, flowers.. desperte y le conte a mitravinda..:).. en otro sueño usted nos daba clases pero yo había salido y cuando volví my friend says tu guru says:  tu examen is very good.. says your has writing very nice.. I m speak: i  why go?  No see a Gm!! Salí a caminar..

Estoy aprendiendo a atrapar las oportunidades que krsna me da en el momento.. no dejarlas pasar.

Tha dance is my gran inspiracion! Soy muy distraída but cuando enfoco vuelvo a estar good.

One saturday dancing gaura artik. Is very good remenbered cada palabra de the song que chanting everyday. The dance help much . Hay much dances por hacer. Gracias GM por darme service a krsna.

Tres alacranes venenosos entraron a nuestra habitacion..al parecer the flowers los atraen.. for now no mas flores and no vinieron for now.. estamos alertas..krsna nos proteja y a nuestro gopal. Tambien vino una tormenta que se cayeron casas .. aqui se inundo mucho.. 

Gopalito sigue dibujando cada vez mas bello y siempre esta diciendo el abecedario o las vocales o algo que aprendió.

En un futuro el unico viaje que deseo hacer is a india. Nada mas.

Pidiendo sus bendiciones y pidiendole disculpas si cometí alguna ofensa, me despido; gracias por todas sus cartas en DTC son muy inspiradoras, divertidas y reflexivas.

Intentando ser su discipula : Radha japa prati jalpa Devi Dasi

Hare Krsna Maharaja

AgtSP

Agt Radha-Krsna

I hope you are fine in all respects. I'm fine.

Budanath das from the little mountain.

Currently I have changed jobs, and have begun to study health care in emergencies. So between work (which is hard and at night), and studies, I do not sleep more than five hours most days, and over I'm finishing a course on hockey pretty intense, and I am overwhelmed (I hope to finish and soon pass this course) and so I could have a little more time on the weekend and regain some of my rounds.

In order to compensate for my lack of sadhana and yoga, I'm trying not stop chanting Hare Krishna / RAMA all the time, and I get especially at work, as it is quite repetitive and mechanical. When I go out I'm so tired that I forget, but I'm trying to fix it.

HpS - We have to make priorities in life. Krsna will never punish us for chanting 16-nice rounds under the authority of Srila Prabhupada!

I've noticed that when I recite all the time HARE Krishna, becomes a little empty if not one's ability to project through the association in the spiritual plane. As if reciting the Holy Names, take you to the association on another plane, spiritual, heart to heart, and if I do not seat on that plane, and I make this material reality pass through that plane where I should be, the recitation of the Holy Names becomes something material, through my fault, and loses steam.

HpS - Yes, sometimes is better to chant Bhajans or SB verses besides our 16-rounds.

On the other hand, I keep my own personal fight against this world, and more and more people like me who decide to join the fight against the evil of this world. The nicest thing is that everyone does it for love of the world and neighbor, not for any material gain, but for children, the world and all its inhabitants ... and for us too, of course.

It's nice to see that there are good people in the world, very different from each other. Many times I forget, and wish the world burned in the fire. It is true that I am sometimes a bit radical, but thanks to many good people, my mind returns to its natural site

I try to prepare my small, to learn everything I can, and then he can walk his way with an inner knowing nothing like the normal people. We sang rounds together, and explain a little Upadesamrta. And I talk a lot of basics that does not understand but already absorbed, and bear fruit in the future if Krsna wants and he allows.

I think about your arguments about that all the magic is done by Krsna and not us ... I totally agree, but when I see witches do their arts, I want to do "my art" and return it harshly. I know that chanting Hare Krsna all the time, if the mantra wants, it is immediate, and if he does not want to, no. I know because I've lived it. But I get very angry sometimes not be immediately ... I'm a little angry at times. I have not seen that only Hare Krishna not be effective. but I have two questions, I'd like to give me your opinion to see the matter in a broader way.

HpS -   Only Krsna and Balarama kill demons in Vraja.  We have to go to next letter now. It is 9PM!   Maybe send rest of this letter again!       Thank you for your creative, Krsna conscious life!!!!  More!

-How can I recite it constantly to witches who try to mess and absorb the minds of people without falling into a ritualistic process (I imagine not wanting a specific outcome in my own way and taste)?

-Shall I better use it to open my heart and dazzle with a stream of light to these people?

I try to be better devotee and not be so attached to my way of seeing things. I think it is also true that many of these people are deceived by what I call "spider brains." A person is only really bad, and others are driven by mental movements of these spider people, and are as only half bad because they do not realize they are being deceived and means controlled by these evil brains. The problem is that if they take much longer to realize, it will be too late to return back. They'll be very transformed and engaged, and only a very very fat would make them open their eyes, and that if they are lucky.

As always, it is a pleasure to write. Best of the week.

Please Maharaja, I know it's not normal, but ask Nrsimhadeva for me, that I would love to fight in their lilas many lives, with great friends.

Yours, Budanath das. A fool who considers you his friend, and other big too.

Have very good weeks with all your issues and programs so big and amazing. And a big hello.

HARE KRSNA.