Letters to the editor

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada

Querido Gurudeva, por favor, acepte mis respetos.

En el final de este año solo tengo agradecimientos por ser mi Maestro, hacerme conocer a Srila Prabhupada y acercarme más a Krsna.

Veo que su ejemplo es un gran incentivo en mi vida espiritual y la de todos mis hermanos. Por su gran voluntad muchos de nosotros tomaremos el gran servicio de cuidar de los devotos, tal como ud lo está haciendo en la Japa Joe, con su Sadhana, Bhakti vaibhava y su Prédica.

Perdone mi condición caída y permítame ser el sirviente de mis hermanos. Me falta entrenamiento para ser más útil. Estoy conociéndome más y más. Puedo ver las etapas que he pasado por leer the monkey warrior. Me gusta oir y observar, seguro soy piedra en vaikuntha.

Mis dos hijas, Sarasvati de 8 y Rajani de 6 años están felices y cantan un par de rondas todos los días, ya aprendieron varios versos de BG y quieren encontrar al Señor Krsna en Vrndavan. Mi esposa está muy entusiasta en NIMSAR, ella es en verdad muy servicial y quiere complacer a Srila Prabhupada.

HpS - ASA -- Es un hecho, no, que todos, muchos, de los devotos, familiares, en esta movimiento son maravillosos.  Como era gran yogis, y yoginis en sus vidas anteriores.

En este año hemos pasado por muchos cambios y pruebas pero ha servido para unirnos cada vez más, más como familia y más como grupo (NIMSAR). Laksman está poniéndose la armadura otra vez para la batalla, parece que va a morir con honor.

[ASA - Mejor que el otro mono muere!   Ha!    Ha!    Ha!]

Todos los días mi lucha es con la mente, gracias a Dios, tengo tanta suerte de poder recodar al Señor Krsna, Srila Prabhupada, a usted y los devotos. A menudo tengo experiencias maravillosas en donde me siento protegido por Sri Krsna y sé que me está hablando, pero aún estoy sordo.

Mi autoridad actual está en Chosica, como Omkara Prabhu. Srila Prabhupada es la autoridad de mi corazón y usted es la de mi mente.

Perdóneme por ser tan sentimental y regáñeme querido Gurudev.

Tratando de servir apropiadamente, Abhinanda das

HpS - Super. Pero una copia al registro formal aqui en el Blog, no? Tiene una vision larga de su servicio?  Eg. Construir un templo de marmol transparente con veinas de oro crudo de 20-pisos en Madrid?

All glories to Srila Prabhupada,

All glories to your lotus feet Hare Krishna Gurudeva

HpS - Locust feet. AGTSP

Pleasee accept my humble obesciences Gurudeva

All glories to Srila Prabhupada, All glories to your lotus feet.

ASA - Oink!

Hare Krishna Gurudeva Pleasee accept my humble obesciences Gurudeva Dear Guredeva i am writing cause we havent spoke on skype yet , last time you wrote me you said you wanted to skype with me i am still waiting guredeva,

HpS - Well, we did it and it was cool. We thought how we were talking to some one in Panama.

Right now i am at work chanting on my mind while working on this material world . i will be at chile on the 3rd of Jan ,please let me know about you guredeva how is your health ? i humbly ask about my iniciation.. haribol haribol Bhakta Juanka PD :i hope you remember me is Juan Carlo From PANAMA :P

HpS - ASA - Yes, we can tak Skype. Just write to us and we can work on some time to talk. Also, we will meet in Chile, no? If you have been following everything for one year and have a letter of recommendation from Temple President, then maybe we can do initiation in Chile???

Maharaja yes here is the letter i sent to a month ago gurudeva

Submitted by Juan Carlo Rosas on Mon, 10/26/2015 - 20:56

All glories to Srila Prabhupada, All glories to your lotus feet

Hare Krishna Gurudeva Pleasee accept my humble obesciences Gurudeva

here is the letter that you ask me for the original and the translation in english , also i attached the original hand written letter Scan.

Haribol Bhakta Juanca

HpS - Yes... Jagad guru and Amara sent letters with proposed dates and approval. Human sacrifice!   We shall see many wonderful things that no one has ever seen before when we get to Chile.

Pamho TLGASP TLGASSRMV!! Espero se encuentre muy feliz en la conpañia de srila prabhupa y nuestro señor Krsna!! Muchas gracias x su asociacion diaria en japa joe y otros medios asi puedo aprender cada dia mas de Usted. Perdon que no traduzca mi carta en google solo que le escribo del celular..si voy al ciber podria hacerlo pero me demoro y gopalito llora... En las ultimas semanas nos han llegado noticias tristes: una devota de cordoba pamela rio fallecio de cancer terminal...ella ayudo mucho en el ratha yatra , la conoci desde el 2007 en bs as .. era muy sana.. al parecer se deprimio mucho por una pareja que tubo y no funciono.. despues d esa relacion empezo con celiaquia y luego vino el cancer... esperamos y seguro estara en mejor situacion devocional.

Otra devota ..que como 10 años atraz fue novia de franco.. se suicido hace muy poco. Ella era d mendoza pero vivia en cordoba..fue tan triste escuchar algo asi.. lei la carta de rodrigo hp.. cuando habla de este tema el suicidio...yo no la conocia pero franco me conto que lo engaño y le hablo mal de el a varios devotos.. cosas que no eran verdades.. al parecer era mitomana..la conocian por esto su familia.. era medica d profesion y vivia sola... me dio mucha pena igual.

Si habria tenido mas asociacion no le habria pasado esto.. pero como dice franco uno elige... Todos estos sucesos nos hicieron reflexionar mucho..franco me dice que hay que cuidar mucho el corazon..tener buenas relaciones..buena asociacion como dice Usted es lo mas importante. Mi sadhana sigue bien pero con altibajos.. soy como un yoyo :) ..

ASA - Bhaktin Yoyini.

...5 dias levanto temprano y 1 tarde.. 4 dias temprano y dos tarde y asi...pero mis 24 rondas siempre completas..

ASA - Super Chica y su amigo Gopala!

... y M.A. .tambien lo hago a la hora pero aunque sea mas tarde que 4:30, con ustedes en japa joe lo hacemos y si no puedo entrar tambien lo hago..apunto los mangalas que debo.. jeje soy maniatica..hejee. 3 gayatris ok. Lectura mas entusiasta gracias a su clase de los saturdays!!!

Vino a cordoba bhakti gaura swami.. pude ir a verlo 1 tarde en el centro de predica..franco y gopal se quedaron en casa para que gopalito no haga bulla :( pero.. fue tan hermoso el momento del bhajan !!! Puso un pp del sentido de la vida y al final bhajans y maha mantra con fotos de pasatiempos de krsna.. estaban todas las luces apagadas y solo escuchabas el maha mantra mirando las imagenes de krsna ... fue estremecedor para mi ese momento..

Ustedes los Gurus, nos ayudan a enamorarnos de krsna!!!Tlgaasp!! Tlgasshps!!

Le cuento que este mes que viene Enero ..es el mes que nostros nos vamos a vender a las sierras de cordoba , acampamos alla.. porque es la temporada Alta" donde vendemos mas que cualquier mes.. Entonces estoy triste porque no podre estar con Usted todo los dias que venga.(.otravez) ojala pueda venir algun otro mes del año aqui..pero tambien es bueno que deje de viajar mucho y descanze.

Felizmente nos mudamos de la pension donde estabamos.. los vecinos fumaban marihuana..y era tan incomodo ese olor.. no lo soportaba mas!! Krsna fue muy misericordioso con nosotros.. estamos casi" en una casita con pequeño patio.. y gopalito juega.. franco cultiva algo..tambuen fumaba marihuanan los vecinos..pero respetaban mas y.. al final una se mudo.. parece que el nrishimha kavacha que canto diariamente aleja las actitudes demoniacas!!

Jaya.. espero aleje tambien las mias!! Le mando fotos de gopalito dibujandoo.. como ama dibujar!!!.. algunas mas de gopalito bb y ahora tan grande... una ensenando mudras a devotos en la sierra... Mi sankirtan este mes es de invitar a todo el que me encuentro en la colecta al centro de predica.. les hablo con entusismo de todo lo que ayudo a mi.. estoy haciendo nuevas amigas..espero futuras devotas ..que ahora se interezan mucho en la conciencia de krsna!! Se me acabaron los libros pero estamos colectando ahora para comprar mas libros en marzo y de paso llevar a gopalito al templo de bs as. Lo extraño muchisimo GM ..y se que 1 o 2 dias que lo vea no sera suficuentes para las ganas que tengo de servirlo personalmente..pero acepto mi situacion como una mercy de krsna para apegarme mas y mas a sus instrucciones..todo.. En dos dias nos vamos a acampar a las sierras... Intentando ser su discipula y complacer su hermoso corazon de mantequilla enamorado de Krsna ♥!! Radha japa prati jalpa dd.

HpS - ASA - Gracias!   Gracias.....         Hare Krsna!!!!     Pienso la modalidad de bondad esta desarrollando mucho en su vida. Esperamos Franco puede escribir un poco aqui. Es artista.

Dear Hanumat Presaka Swami, please accept my humble obeisances, all glories to Srila Prabhupada!

[I figured you will be busy as it gets closer to your Vyasapuja, so in order to not be of any burden, I am posting this now. You also asked me to not send you personal emails but post everything here so thus here we are.]

I want to take this auspicious upcoming occasion of your birth to appreciate you and all the inspiration, guidance, healing and most importantly, Krishna Consciousness you have shared and inspired in the hearts and minds of so many souls in this world.

You are so kind to have formally initiated me, and I will always be grateful and appreciative for this.

In my past relationships with devotees, I have felt so much pain, distress and insecurity, which I feel stimulated me to act inappropriately towards others and myself. I feel this instigated much distress and confusion to everyone involved.

I have also noticed that over the last year I have lost a taste for chanting and reading. From my understanding of Srila Prabhupada’s books and lectures, this is due to offenses.

I am deeply remorseful for acting in ways that I feel were offensive. I am now working hard to change my own attitudes and behaviors in the way I interface with people to nonviolent communication. As a result, I feel a need in my life for love, transparency and understanding, not fear, anger, accusations or fighting, as could be said previously.

I request you for forgiveness of any offenses I have made, as well as for your understanding and acceptance/recognition of my strong efforts to better myself, and your blessings/prayers so I may in the future have better and closer relationships with you, others, ISKCON and devotees in general. I feel this will help me to be more secure in devotion and Krishna consciousness, as well as regain my taste for chanting and reading Srila Prabhupada’s books, which are very important to me.

I ask you to accept these sincere words of appreciation and my new found determined efforts to better myself, as well as have better relationships with others as my gift to you on this auspicious day.

Hare Krishna,
Prahlada-Nrsimha Dasa
Thank you.

[p.s. side note: I am learning a lot from the Nonviolent Communication courses of Marshall Rosenberg and feel it is greatly helping my relationships with others (devotees) and myself. Since you say this forum is for everyone's benefit, I would like to share a free download of his courses with others here:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/pjiay3c83x26arc/AACyi5ArXL7RnXpWud6Nes_Fa?dl=0
If you do not feel this is appropriate, please feel free to remove this bottom section/side note]

HpS - ASA ---  Hare Krsna.   We offer our obiesances to you, esteemed Prahlada-nrsmha das.   Thank you for your very fine letter.   We didn't ask you not to send us personal e-mails, but because our relations in the past have had some fire and brimstone in them I was just trying to include a third person in the communication, Nitai-gaurasundara Das. He is a pretty neutral fellow and so could give a perspective on our individual insanities and make any individual communications productive.

However, we just can't handle much individual correspondences. We were getting 400-500 letters per/month before Prahlada-nrsmha Das (Czech Republic, vedabase.com) started this Blog for us. We recommend it to everyone. Now we are handling about 150 letters a month, because people see what others wrote and what we write and so, so much re-dun-dun-dancy is eliminated.

O.K?

Your link looks fine!

"maya tatam idam sarvam..." devotee is a pirate who uses everything for Krsna. Including communication skills!

Prabhupada is the Founder - Acharya of ISKCON, no?   Any relation that we have within ISKCON that does not improve our personal intimate connection with him is unhealthy and should be rectifed, no?

Thank you for so, so, so much austerity.

So much to do.
More news as you have time! !      !

hare krsna mahraj, pamho, agtsp,

hope all is good at your end..

my mail does not bring any good news as compared to other bloggers in the blog, where they are contributing to sankirtana....!!! i am here are struggling to be just sane man  and do little bit sadhana...
i have written urgent because right now i can not control "urge of mind to get angry or get deluded".

i remember many times you said one should take ashrama that helps one hearing anc chnating.. sorry i messed up here.

you r focus have been on 1. good enth rounds 2. four rules 3. morn prog 4. eve prog.

fo this is is essential by 530  mangl arti is important. then 2 hours of chanting and then reading..

here are some details
the situtaion at my home is topsy turvy my child sleeps by 11pm.  so i am forced to sleep after that.. i get up by 4  some how manage mangal arti.
an after i try my rounds, but mostli doze off.. pill buster says i need more rest esp my mind.  result of which is that my mind is not realxed i tend to enter fight / flight mode.

and whenver i miss my morn prg , miss offering deities, miss my my rounds.... my mind becomes more and more disturbed and gradually
uncontrolled. ..pill buster is again again telling me not focu on such rituals its not practical in my casesuch disturbance increases my irritation day to day basis, eventually lead to fault finding  dis satisfaction...
can you tell me the reason (folly/ actual) my mind is becoming disturbed ?

i know you  are not right person to solve this problem because of ur ashrama.  but u r the person whose instruction i strive to follow whatever small i can..
 

HpS - AGTSP!     paoho....    You are one of the most determined people I know. It is always an honor to associate with you.

The problem I have in answering with details is that I don't know the details. I don't see your daily life with family, associates, city life.

Are you in communication with Nitai-gaurasundara Das?  He was happy to make some suggestions for medication if your psychiatrist was of accord.

The advice from the psychiatrist I cannot judge. NGD himself is director of a psychiatric hospital, father of three successful kids and an Indian and a devotee. His advice to me about stomach, heart etc. has always been very good. If he doesn't know, he says he doesn't know.

Call him on the phone?!

Besides that, it is obvious that as soon as the sun gets up the banks, businesses open, mode of passion results. Then bars, clubs, open as the sun goes down. So mode of goodness is early in the morning.

Take advantage of it as you can. Get sufficient sleep. Be sure that Krsna will not punish you for chanting Hare Krsna during Brahma muhurta. Take a nap later. B-muhurta is hour and half before sunrise, not any fixed clock time. It is naturally peaceful time, no?   It finishes with sunrise and beautiful sky.

Nap, nap, nap.

This is our Parampara advice and personal experience. Ben Franklin said the same. Son's habits can be changed, no? Wake him up so that he is naturally tired a little earlier.

Not too many rituals. Little respect for Deity, picture of Krsna, takes 3-minutes. Japa can be spread out during day. Reading, singing, what you like or feel important during B-muhurta.

O.K????    Talk with NGDas.    Stay in touch here.    Can you take a good nap during the day???

We are just about to buy the India tickets. We some struggle with the India x USA ticket because Jet changed their hub in Europe!

Dear Guru Maharaj,

Thank you for your council, you may do with me as you like. I may pour out my heart and mind to you, but I gladly accept your decision. No success could come without your sanction.

Someone once said "It's not who we think we are that limits us, but who we think we're not." I used to have to take medicine for this anxiety; Brghupati prabhu would stomp my foot when I'd freeze. In comparison, I ranked #50 worldwide this year. I haven't had my breakthrough yet, but miracles do happen and with your help I hope one will.

In the meantime I'm meditating on the illiterate Brahmina, Ramacandra's ant, and Sitadevi. Know that my intention is not to reduce my service but to expand it. I'd like to compete transcendentally with my godbrothers who are maharathis, but I feel a bit discouraged because whereas they are dovetailing amazing talents to distribute books, I'm kind of going against the grain. I vowed that book distribution will remain the cornerstone of my life; I'm just considering ways to build on it. Krsna has a perfect plan for me, just trying to get there. How fortunate I don't have to do it on my own! Thank you very much.

(I'm here with H.G. Etasa Krsna prabhu, looking forward to an interview!)

Your humble servant,

Bhakta Eric

P.S.

Maybe You'll see me in Mayapur!