Letters to the editor

Dear Guru Maharaj,

Please accept my humble obeisances, all glories to Srila Prabhupada!

I hope Krsna is making your roads smooth and your flightpaths straight.

HpS - ASA -- The progress of the loving affairs of the Prince and Princess of Braja is crooked, like the progress of a snake.

I'm sorry for taking so long to reply. Life is a little boggling as usual, I'm still trying to process all the experiences I had in India, and trying to figure out how to translate that into my service here in Devi dhama. I'm just praying for the strength and the intelligence to serve your good self and Svavasa prabhu and Srila Prabhupada nicely. I'm very grateful that we could spend so much time together in the dhama and I was reflecting a bit on our meetings, thinking of how I can improve my service. I'm thinking I need to be more astute at anticipating what is required. 

I was asking you for service, but when the bulbs were burning out in your apartment, I didn't think to go to the front desk to ask someone to fix it, but then I saw Chakori mataji pick right up on it later. There is always some service to be done if we are attentive it seems.

When I asked for some parting pearls, you gave me the instruction not to throw pearls at swine, so I was trying to figure out whether that was the instruction itself or just a polite way of saying you didn't want to give me an instruction yet.

ASA - Ha!   Ha!  Ha!  Maybe we were the swine trying to cast our rubbish at you and thinking it was pearls.

Either way, I'll try to be more careful about overextending myself, wasting books or giving mundane charity; (or in general trying to be the 'best friend of everyone') and meanwhile I hope I will also become more qualified as a disciple.

I was meditating on so many discussions I had about sankirtan with so many great souls in Mayapur and Vrndavan. In particular I was very inspired by one Bhakti Vrksha seminar I attended in Mayapur. Over the years I've seen that everywhere I go, I meet people who have our books, read them, and like them; and yet so few come forward to surrender. When sowing seeds in a field, one may expect a few plants to just come up on their own; but nonetheless it's well understood that to get a substantial yield it's necessary to actually tend the crop. Similarly, in preaching occasionally we get a few rare souls who drop everything to join the brahmacari ashram, but what about everyone else? There are temples, of course, but the range of temples is extremely limited geographically, and it can be easy to get 'lost in the crowd.' This is where I see tremendous potential for the Bhakti Vrksha format to spread and strengthen Vaisnava communities. At our last Sankirtana meeting I was just discussing with Svavasa prabhu about trying to start something like this in LA, where there is practically limitless scope for expansion if we were able to penetrate into local neighborhood communities. He seemed pretty receptive to the idea, so it looks like we will  explore this more in the future.

ASA - Jaya. Of course, the exact system will vary from community to community, but the basic principle is building things on people, no:  Who wants to do this?

In the meantime, I am on tskp in ISV. We had darshan of HG Vaisesika prabhu yesterday evening and picked up a copy of his new book. We are heading north, and looks like we will be able to meet you up in Boise.

HpS - ASA -- Boise, New Biharvan, broiling in the Nectar of Radha-Shyama antics.

Aside from that, I'm increasing my rounds again for the first time in years, and doing lots of paintings for people as gifts based on photos of India. I'm pushing aside much of my regular (nonessential) sadhana in order to cram for Bhakti shastri exam at the end of this trip. I'm reviewing maybe 4-500 BG slokas which I've grouped into thematic sections and I'm frantic I won't be anywhere near complete by the end of this trip, but I'm just trying to depend on Krsna. I still try to make a little room to practice mrdanga and guitar because it calms my mind. My party and I look forward to seeing you in Boise, Krsna willing.

Your servant,

Ekāśma Dāsa

HpS - ASA -- Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna!!!!!!!

See you in a moment.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada and his sankirtana !!!
Hare Krishna Gurudeva, please accept my obeisances again and again.

Thank you very much for the previous letter, and we returned it to the siva linga, with great respect, I am now worshiping my personal deities, reading vastu sastra (feng shui) and cooking for sankirtan devotees; Gadai P. and P. Adveita, I like seeing them happy when they take prasadam, is a service that I always wanted to do it, feel it feels serve the sankirtan and good foot still limping a bit, we hope to be better for another week and go dancing in the streets and try to help find her Krishna Radhe.
with respect to menbresia it is like a permit that grants ISKCON centers nama hatha, then I wanted to know if that's important to or can only be as a Gauranga Club, like you. once told us.
In conclusion, Club Gauranga need a document, permit or authorization Iskcon?
Here in the land there is plenty of space, and we hope to build him a house when you. Visit Huancayo.

Hare Krishna dear Gurudeva, Gadai sends greetings

Nadiya Nivasi Dasi.

HpS - ASA -- AGTSP!   As Grhasthas you can open a center, but you cannot call it a formal ISKCON center. O.K?  Just keep good communication with local GBC, President, Senior devotees and ask them if they have any administratvie needs for you to take care of.

Hope the Nadiya-vasi Dasi is dancing in the streets soon also!!!

Hare krsna gurudev .

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

All glories to you gurudeV.

Dandavat pranam at you lotus feet.

I need a letter of recomendation from you. Can you send it from the form below?

Thank you.

Your servant 

Rituraj krsna das

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[HPS - This is O.K?]

Recommendation Letter for the VIHE Bhakti-sastri Course

This is to certify that Rturaja-krsna Das from Shillong, Guwahati, India is an active member of the Congregation since the year  2011. Hehas been regularly chanting 16 rounds and strictly following the four regulative principles since 2013 years. His services to ISKCON include: Temple cleaning , deity pot washing , cooking for deity during festival time, nagar sankirtan and preaching to college juniors and bhakti briksha every Sunday

Hehas undergone the no formal courses or training within ISKCON but has a desire to learn more. He regularly associates with devotees at least four times per week.
 

As far as we know he has a good standing and record within the Temple devotee community and has never been charged for any kind of non-vaisnava behaviour. 
I recommend him for the VIHE bhakti-sastri course so that he may get good association on an intenese basis and learn the logic of Krsna consciounsess.

Based upon is record and character I assure you that he will agree to abide by all the norms and rules of your institute and will be ready to provide voluntary service as per his/her capacity during the course. In case of disciplinary difficulties, please contact me. 

Please enrol him/her for the Bhakti-Sastri Course for the year 2016. 

Hanumatpresaka Swami, 2016 April 28

(Details of the person recommending)
Name: HpSwami, Sannyasis, diska-guru, member Ministry of Education Executive Committee, Latin American Regional GBC.

Phone no.: +1 209 505 3219
Email address: [email protected]

What is your relationship with the candidate?  Friend, servant, counselor, diksa guru.

Since how long do you know him?  About two years.

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

    Gurudev, Hope you are good in health.

    Have sent you a mail to your mail ID. we seek your input.

your fallen servant,
Girivaradhari-Gopal Das

HpS - We saw it but rushing to send legal docs to Peru!

We'll get to it.

Thank you!

HpS - AgtSP. Thank you for your letter. We are in Barcelona. Yes. Could be much worse, no? Will your hand heal? If not then you will have a different perspective on life. You are married? How is your family? Who are your friends? What are your goals? The offering is so, so, so beautiful.

all glories to Sri Sri Gaura Nitai

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

all glories to Hanumatpresaka Swami

Hare Krsna Gurudev, its me again Trivikrama Das  we

next April 19 I have control with, orthopedic surgeon to see how the bone is healthy. But trust that krsna has the best plan for everyone,  even I do not marry, my father in law told me to wait for my girlfriend to finish college, she ends this year, with your blessings I would marry next year. The  family theme is

1) 1) my father when I became a devotee divorce from my mother but gradually us, their children , now is an issue largely overcome

2) my mom is a "good person" I live with her and my sister

 3) my brother does not live at home is half "hermit" live a while instead and then go to another, he has gone to the temple, remember once he  said "I do not want you to take me to class in the afternoon, Take me to class in the morning, there sure is most interesting, "he is a vegetarian but smokes marijuana well that's more or less my family nucleus

 my friends today, thanks to Krishna are mostly  devotees

as short-term goals I'm saving to travel to India, I have the desire to make the parikram in Sri Vrindavana dham , and as I said before marrying next year and  please give me your blessings to go to Congress of Education in Brazil , in January

thanks for being so incredible gurudev

 your eternal servant Trivikrama das

ps.i love this photo with you
and the other one is from the ratha yatra in pucon, With Candramukha Swami , Nandananda was there too

ASA -- I know one nice devotee. He smoked marijuana. Then he took a vow to chant all the time he was getting intoxicated, while intoxicated, and while coming down.

That gave him enough perspective to see what was happening.

One time was enough. He was never attracted again.

Dear guru maharaj. Abhimanu is still here entertaining the kids at BDS and going to harinam. I just finished visiting New Gita Nagari. It's a Vedic village established by Bhakti Rhagava Swami on the island of Sumatra. The village is pretty much self sufficient. They use solar, have a school and are working to fulfill Prabhupada's vision. I think you will like it. I would like to live there and teach English. I will send outline soon. Your servant, Ken

HARE Krsna ASA -- Our respects to Abhi.

How old is your donkey. ? .