Letters to the editor

Hare Krishna Maharaj

PAMHO. AGTSP!

Thank you for the very sweet gift! Everything went wonderfully. I have collected some guru-daksina for you, but how to deliver it?

:) :) :)

All glories to Hanumatpresaka Swami! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

YS,

Janardan hari das.

(PS - Begging permission to omit the final A. I am not sure I am qualified to have so many!

PPS - Will upload photo from friend soon).

HpS - ASA --- Esteemed Janardan-hari Das, when was the ceremony. Maybe we can get the Daksina in India. We can certainly use it there!  Congratulations. As soon as we have the date of initiation we post it in our book!  Just like civil law, ha, ha, hare!.... !

Algtsp

Pamho

Pls accept my respectful obeisances

Dear Gurudeva nowadays i´m good , i´m doing kirtan seva and working in my father´s boutique. My health is much better ,  thanks to krishna and the devotees  prayers.

i´m chanting 8 rounds everyday.

Anuraksha Das is in Ecuador working in a fair for 25 days.

THanks for ur prayers dear Gurudeva

HpS - Very nice, AGTSP.   Keep pushing to get to 16-rounds. It is very practical. Once you get back to it in a healthy fashion you will realize that.

Your father is an ornamental iron worker, no?   Now he has a botique?

Ys Caitanya candrodaya das.

On Skype Candra mukhi devi dasi wrote to us:

Hare Krsna Beloved Gurudeva AGTSP PAMHO.. I am acting as a messenger... As U know i was traveling to India in order to attend a Wedding as the maid of honor.. Radha madana manohara your disciple from Brazil is getting married with Ajamil das.. (kirtaniya) on mayapur january 23rd 2017... She asked me to inform U.. Thank U Gurudeva

ASA - We will be in India from 31st dec - 14th feb.   mayapura like 7th to 14th.

'8'     '&'          'Q'

Hare Krsna querido Gurumaharaja.

AGTSP.

PAMHO.

Mi esposa y yo seguimos viviendo en la comunidad de Campina Grande ayudando a Dhanvantari maharaja con los cursos de Bhakti sastri,  Bhakti vaibhava y otros. Maharaja Dhanvantari es muy determinado en el cuidado a los devotos y en la educaciòn, asi que estamos con mucho servicio. Full time.

Yo continuo trabajando de programador freelance, eso me permite vivir aqui, viajar y trabajar.

Continuamos cantando las 16 rondas, 4 principios, programas matutinos. Estar orientando/educando personas nos obliga a ser ejemplares (acaryas). Tambien entramos 1 vez por semana a servir a Sri Sri Maha gaura nitai, y hacemos servicio de adoracion diario a Govardhan sila.

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En marzo de este año Mitravinda y Yo fuimos invitados para participar de los cursos del GBC-College en Mumbai. Ya hicemos la primera parte presencial y la primera parte on-line. Ahora estamos yendo para Mumbai el 24 septiembre. Vamos a pasar 14 dias haciendo la segunda parte de los cursos del GBC-college.  La idea es poder traer los cursos del GBC-College Para Latino-America, en nuestro caso para Brasil.

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Luego de los 14 das en mumba, vamos 5 dias para Vrndavana y despues retornamos para Campina grande, ya que el curso de Bhakti sastri de este año termina en Diciembre y tenemos que cumplir nuestro deber en el instuto Jaladuta.

Finalmente no fue abierto el foro para compartir material del Bhakti vaibhava. Ustes sabe algo al respecto?

Hoy es Janmastami aqui, estamos todos muy contentos y entusiasmados.

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Reverencias.

Su sirviente, Devaki-nandana das.

HpS - ASA - Jaya!!!   La programa en Mumbai es in Ingles, no?      Estamos trabajando con Param-padam, todos about this 3rd Hispanic SYmposium on Education. It should be in Brazil about May, April 2o17. Sharing Bhakti-vaibhava materials could be done there, but also you can contact Laksmana-agra-ja Das in Peru. He is translating it. What we have is still in the developmental stage but it should help you.

Our respects to Maharaja!   We really miss his association.  Our respects to the other half of the orange.   Please send more wonderful news like this as it comes.

Hare Krsna Dear Gurudev,
    Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.

HpS - Lettuce feet.

    All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
    All glories to Guru parampara.

    Gurudev, Thank you so much.

    In response of http://hps.monkeywarrior.com/node/6795

    You have asked few questions about Second Initiation details, below are my comments.

    March 28, 2016 was the exact date you gave me Second Initiation.

HpS - AGTSP!!!   paoho... We just downloard the guru-tattva.txt file fromthe web page. Added your second initiation data and then saved it to our USB drive. We hope to add the other initiation data from Janardana-hari Das, Etasma Das et al and then post the updated file this next Purnima. Thank you.

    Preaching at work is slow. But two small class on BG going on. (Purpose of class is analytical study).

    Yes, i am thinking of going directly into Sannyasa life, no Grhastha life.
    
your fallen servant,
Girivaradhari-Gopal Das

HpS - O.K. We go to your next letter.  Preaching at work can take the form of discussing Pantheism. Krsna says that He is the taste in water, the light of the Sun. So when these are discussed with an offenceless attitude it elevates the consciousness of the people and then they can go to the next stage.

Hare Krsna Dear Gurudev,
    Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
    All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
    All glories to Guru parampara.

    Gurudev, Thank you so much.

    In response of http://hps.monkeywarrior.com/node/6827

    You have asked 4 questions, below are my comments for each.

    1. What is your personal motivation for doing it?
    G-GD : After PhD if I do teaching job, would be able get more time for devotion and devotional activities.      

    2. Who inspires you to do it?  
    G-GD : One devotee from Pune.
 
    3. Who would be your associates if you did it?
    G-GD : Brahamanas
 
    4. Who would benefit if you did it???
    G-GD : Me. would be able to devote more time in devotion and devotional activities.

    Please adivse.
    
your fallen servant,
Girivaradhari-Gopal Das

HpS - AGTSP.  Paoho.   You can talk with devotees like your good friend Harsh, about how much time you have as a teacher as opposed to a Software Ape. It may be that you have to work just as much in the Teaching Post. While you are getting the PhD there is a LOT of work.
Prabhupada pushed BS Damodara Swami to finish his PhD because he would need the title for preaching in the academic atmosphere. Kind of like Lord Caitanya getting a Mayavadi Sannyasis title.

You need to find devotees who are actually working in this area, not just ISKCON Brahmanas. Actually they may be mental Sudras. Science in general matches the description of knowledge in the mode of ignorace as described in the BG.

O.K.