Letters to the editor

Hare Krishna dear Gurudeva

please accept my humble obeisances

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada

All Glories to your life of service to Srila Prabhupada, the Vaisnavas, and to Lord Krishna

Thank you SO much Gurudeva 🙏

I have not been able to have a coherent conversation with my father this past year, he was diagnosed with dimencia in 2020.

My Mom called to give me the chance to speak to him on speaker-phone before they stopped life support and I thanked him for all that he has done for us, asked Lord Krishna to help and protect him in his transition, and chanted one mahamantra.

HpS - We chanted one round looking at his picture.

In the family photo I am at the top, then my father Michael, my brother Joshua, my mom Fay, sister Anna, and brother Anthony.

Josh and Anna live in Virginia and Mom and Anthony live in West Virginia.

My Dad was born in Richmond, Indiana 9/28/49.

HpS - Wow I am old enough to be his big brother!

Mom and Dad met when he was in the Navy stationed in prince fredrick maryland in 1972 i believe, and Married in 1973.

He took a civilian job as a base mechanic in maryland, and then transfered to a base in sugar grove west virginia in 1978 when i was 6 mo old.

This base was the hub for dish and satellite communication for the navy for the entire east coast i was told.

He joined the Army reserves as well and was a staff sergeant for i believe over 30 years.

I feel like my Father had a fair amount of trauma in his relationship with his father that affected his self image for the rest of his life, but he has always been very humble, supportive and caring, putting others first in just about everything.

HpS - Super!!! Certainly hope and expect that he is going to take birth in relation to Lord Caitanya.

Cecilia is doing well, thank you!

I saw my family over Christmas, and this year gave each of them a copy of ‘Beyond Birth and Death’ by Srila Prabhupada. We also read this book together start to finish on my birthday i think 5 years ago.

I've brought Mom and Dad to Sadhu Sangha in boone, nc, and we spent Gaura Purnim at New Vrindaban in west virginia I think 5 years ago.

Other than that I have not been a huge help since moving away from home at the age of 18, but have done a variety of home repairs each time im back to spend Christmas together with them.

Gurudeva i feel like i have yet to really achieve inner peace or surrender and this limits how helpful i can be, But Krishna can use anyone to help others, especially those who have surrendered.

HpS - If we are peaceful enough to chant 16 nice rounds and follow the four principles well, then that is quite an accomplishment.

Quite!

Uddhava had not achieved 'inner peace'. After he saw the Gopis and Brajavasis he was perturbed in his heart. He wanted to have the level of love for Krsna that they had, not just Dvaka vasis.

Of course, they are all liberated souls and so our level of inner agitation may be fear of death of our gross or even subtle body.

What is the cause of your inner agitation?

Being in Dvaraka and not Braja?

Dying?

I hope i have addressed all of what you asked without being too long winded about it. I had 11 rounds done before todays Bhagavtam class on 1.10.19, and want to get 16 done before class tomorrow or soon.

thank you for your Mercy and guidance and valuable time Gurudev! hope all is well with you and your health. Nitisara and I were hoping that we may get the opportunity to visit you in India.

HpS - We don't know our worldly destination, but just got ticket to go back to Nashville February 26th.

Jaya Prabhupada! Jaya Gurudeva!

your servant and disciple,

Loka Bandhu Rama Dasa

HpS - ASA -- Thank you! Krsna and Srila Prabhupada certainly thank you.

From WhatsApp:

Gurudev,

Dandavat Pranam. 

Hope you are good in health and doing well.

HpS - AgtSP!! - Our Donkey is falling apart, but we are becoming healthier. AgtSP.

Am at hometown. Will be in Mayapur on February 04, 2024 for spritual practices (bhajan ), study and preaching in bengal. HG Jiva Goswami Prabhuji will be with me.

HpS - Our best wishes for him. His cane went to Srila Prabhupada. Please, some report from him. How long in Mayapura?

Knowingly didn't submitted the disciple report as I care about your eyes. Also, there are always so log many letters that's the reason I avoid to write.

HpS - You MUST submit the short Report under the Reports tab on this Blog!!!

https://monkeywarrior.com/detail/14691/

Please!! When our eyes can't take this Diksa guru work, we will post the news here.

🙂

Wanted to check with you if you have any comments or complaints about me.

HpS - No! Very happy to get news like this and in the Acadamy Group.

Become a Paramahamsa!!!

Thank you!

Hare Krishna Guru Maharaj.

Please accept our humble obeisances.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

We feel your kind gratitude and mercy every time we remember your wonderful person.

It is extremely pleasant to think of you.

HpS - 🐵

AgtSP!!!! .. We feel the same about you. Our Academy, Blog is ornamented by your presence.

We have known you all this time with meditation and joy. The fortune that you have found us and that you assist us in this world, we consider, is the miracle of the ripe fruit of pure love for God, in the unlimited mercy that Srila Prabhupada manifests in this Krsna consciousness movement... with utmost pragmatism and progressive efficiency .

Simply… infinite thanks!

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…words that do not describe the glories of the Lord

 they try to explain to the heart

 …that poet has died

The crows in their filthy place

They don't see God

Hare Krisna Hare Krisna

…I offer the flowers, which my hands will not touch

I give you everything

and that flower

 What is the flower?

 …What is the flower?

 what is the flower you have seen?

Krisna Krisna Hare Hare

The supreme beauty and opulence of the Lord

   indiscriminate mercy

 …in those who were like ravens

caged in a material body

They swim now like swans

Hare Rama Hare Rama

…thoughts full of material energy

They buried millions and millions of poets

…But those who were like crows

Caged in a material body

They swim now like swans

gRama Rama Hare Hare

HpS/ASA - Crows attached.

Such nice English.

TgSP TgHPS

Dear Mharaja, We wish you the best

ENC das

Hare Krisna Guru Maharaj.

Por favor acepte nuestras humildes reverencias.

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada.

Sentimos tu amable gratitud y misericordia cada vez que recordamos tu maravillosa persona. Es sumamente grato pensar en ti. Llevamos todo este tiempo de haberte conocido con recogimiento y dicha. La fortuna que nos hayas encontrado y que nos asistas en este mundo, consideramos es, el milagro del fruto maduro de amor puro por Dios, en la ilimitada misericordia que Srila Prabhupada manifiesta en este movimiento de conciencia de Krsna… con sumo pragmatismo y progresiva eficiencia.

Simplemente… ¡Gracias infinitas ¡

                                                          ………………….

…palabras que no describen las glorias del Señor

 pretenden explicar al corazón

 … ese poeta a fallecido

Los cuervos en su lugar inmundo

No ven a Dios

Hare Krisna Hare Krisna

…Ofrezco las flores, que mis manos no tocarán

Te entrego todo

Y esa flor

 ¿Cuál es la flor?

 … ¿Cuál es la flor?

 ¿cuál es la flor que has visto?

Krisna Krisna Hare Hare

La suprema belleza y opulencia del Señor

    misericordia indiscriminada

 … en aquellos que eran como cuervos

enjaulados en un cuerpo material

Nadan ahora como cisnes

Hare Rama Hare Rama

… pensamientos repletos de energía material

Inhumaron a millones y millones de poetas

…Pero aquellos que eran como cuervos

Enjaulados en un cuerpo material

Nadan ahora como cisnes

Rama Rama Hare Hare

TgSP TgHPS

Querido Mharaja: Te deseamos lo mejor

ENC das

Hare Krsna Guru maharaja

AGTSP

PAMHO

How is the health?

asa- agtSP, 60%

How is the rain?

ASA - occasional. sufficient, Jaya Sri Krsna.

How are the devoties?

ASA - 75-95%

Here in Chile the sankirtan is really nice (in comparison whit Argentina) now the number of books disteibuted is close to 60 (for the moment is 54 medium and 4 little Gitas) and now I'm treating to make every day, so I hope at the end of the next 4 or 5 months have the enough money to travel with you.

ASA - Do you know where we are traveling? 🙂 🚀🚀🚀

For the moment chanting all my rounds (sometimes with a lot of effort and other times in a very simple way) But at the end of the day I finish all of them, also I'm following the 4 principles and also (Since I start reading Tava Pache Pache [TPP] I'm also eating less and less of the things that are not necesary for this body and that is helping me very much in Sankirtan).

ASA - 🐵... 🐖 🐖 🐖 we follow your path!!

Also in sankirtan i meet many diferent people, sometimes I simply go to a couple (that from a distance seems to be a really happy one) but when i go closer enough I can see how they were not happy but crying. Also I have meet very nice people, the other day maybe 2 or 3 day ago I meet a brittish man from yorkshire he was really nice and was in the search for something spiritual and he was tired of material life (he was really joung maybe like 26)

we talk and make a good frienship but he just speak inglish so he wasin't able to buy a book,

that I like the 3rd person from other lenguaje that get interested in a book or the filosofy but for language barrier I'm not able to give them a book (because the book is in spanish)

maybe i should try to get some inglish and portuges books also y notice that my sankirtan works better in inglish,

ASA - 👍 Even print some nice purports from VedaBase.Io in the language you need.

Is kinda funny that im my mother language is not so effective jajaja.

Also as a last thing I will like to ask if i can take second iniciation, because I have now the bhakti shastri and also I will really like to take it and be able to to adore deities.

HpS - How strict is your Morning Program? Does you Temple President think you are ready.

Does your Father think you are ready?

Dog.

Uncle?

Now, whit little to few to add I say good bye Guru Maharaja.

(The pictutes will go in less than 3 days if this page alows it)

Todas las glorias a srila prabhupada.

Hare Krishna gurudeva, acepte mis reverencias.

Aqui Nadiya, reportandose, cantando 16 rondas y 4 principios, gayatris y Buenos ayunos, El Haber estado en vrndavana y mayapur fué una experiencia muy Linda y de mucha purificacion, sobre mi Vida. El Haber hecho El vraja mandala parikrama durante 20 dias, visitando templos, lugares sagrados, escuchando pasatiempos, me llenó de verdadera felicidad, de mucho analisis e instrospección en mi Vida espiritual y material, estuve viviendo casi mas de un año en Los templos, la Vida de templo me enseño mucho a entender a convivir con Los devotes, a ser comprensiva, a tolerar, a perdonar, y sobre todo a desapegarme ante la felicidad y la afliccion, no es facil, sigo en El proceso, este año quiero hacer otras cosas en conciencia de krishna, hacer negocios, estudiar ingles, aprender a comer saludable y organico, y escoger mejor mis amistades, y mejorar mi canto de yapa.

Muchas gracias por permitirme seguir a su lado, todos Los dias frente a su foto de Usted, le oro que jamas me aleje de sus pies y me aferre mas a sus pies.

Gracias por protegerme en todo momento, siempre siento que ud. Esta conmigo, es solo por usted que mi fe y confianza

en iskcon y srila prabhupada se solidifica mas.

Gracias por estos 14 años a su lado.

*Ofrenda de Vyasapuya*

Querido Guru Maharaj cuando lo conocí, lo primero que sentí fué la humildad que ud reflejaba, recuerdo que ud. Me habló muy amigablemente, yo tenia 22 años. Siempre recuerdo; sus palabras, su cariño y afecto de padre, su protección, su inteligencia, su sencillez, su buen humor, su fé inquebrantable hacia Srila Prabhupada, su personalidad magnética que me atrajo para refugiarme en Ud.

El Guru siempre nos protege, de todos Los peligros eminentes, ud. Es un legado que Prabhupada nos dejó para poder inspirarnos y seguir confiando en este proceso de conciencia de Krsna, es muy dificil para mi ser un devoto, pero solo por su asociación y su misericordia puedo seguir intentando ser su discipula, querido guru Maharaj, estoy inmensamente agradecida con Ud, en estos ultimos meses he sentido su protección y cariño en su Maximo esplendor, cada servicio realizado en bhakti yoga veo su rostro y sus bendiciones, cada lugar sagrado y templo que puedo ver y sentir la felicidad verdadera no es otra cosa que su misericordia, ud. Me mostró el verdadero Camino de la felicidad, y sigo trabajando dia a dia para poder sentir ese nectar supremo que Srila prabhupada nos dejó, porfavor permitame postrarme a sus pies de loto una y otra vez ...

Nadiya Nivasi Dasi.

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All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

Hare Krishna, Gurudeva, accept my obeisances.

Here Nadiya, reporting, chanting 16 rounds and 4 principles, gayatris and good fasts, having been in vrndavana and mayapur was a very beautiful and very purifying experience in my life.

HpS/ASA - You only go there by the mercy of Guru and Krsna!! AgtSP!!

Having done the vraja mandala parikrama for 20 days, visiting temples, sacred places, listening to pastimes, filled me with true happiness, with a lot of analysis and introspection in my spiritual and material life, I was living almost more than a year in the temples,

the Temple life taught me a lot to understand how to live with the devotees, to be understanding, to tolerate, to forgive, and above all to detach myself from happiness and affliction,

it is not easy, I am still in the process,

this year I want to do others things in Krishna consciousness, doing business, studying English, learning to eat healthy and organic, and choosing my friends better, and improving my japa chanting.

HpS - "choosing my friends better" is 97.777% of the whole process, no? Have you chosen Srila Prabhupada as your friend? I remember that I got the KRSNA book. Read it for one year, visited the Temple in San Francisco for one year, then moved in. After about 2-months of living in the Temple with the social conflicts etc. I specifically remember the location, activities, when I decided in my mind that even if all of ISKCON went to hell, I would still stay in ISKCON and serve Srila Prabhupada, the Founder and Acharya.

Has that happened to you?

Have you got a personal experience of Srila Prabhupada through transparent via-media? His books, disciples whom you know well enough and are pure enough so that you can adjust properly to get an accurate telephone connection to Srila Prabhupada?

Thank you very much for allowing me to continue by your side, every day in front of your photo of you, I pray that I will never walk away from your feet and cling more to your feet.

Thank you for protecting me at all times, I always feel that you. Be with me, it is only because of you that my faith and trust

in iskcon and srila prabhupada it solidifies more.

Thank you for these 14 years at your side.

*Vyasapuya offering*

Dear Guru Maharaj, when I met you, the first thing I felt was the humility that you reflected, I remember that you. He spoke to me very friendly, I was 22 years old. I always remember; his words, his fatherly love and affection, his protection, his intelligence, his simplicity, his good humor, his unwavering faith towards Srila Prabhupada, his magnetic personality that attracted me to take refuge in you.

The Guru always protects us from all eminent dangers, you. It is a legacy that Prabhupada left us to be able to inspire us and continue trusting in this process of Krsna consciousness, it is very difficult for me to be a devotee, but only because of your association and your mercy can I continue trying to be your disciple, dear guru Maharaj, I am Immensely grateful to you, in these last months I have felt your protection and affection in its maximum splendor, every service performed in bhakti yoga I see your face and your blessings, every sacred place and temple that I can see and feel true happiness is nothing else. that your mercy, you. He showed me the true Path of happiness, and I continue working day by day to be able to feel that supreme nectar that Srila Prabhupada left us, please allow me to prostrate myself at his lotus feet again and again...

HpS - We eat too many potatoes late at night! We are burdening Guru and Krsna to keep our service as Siksa and Diksa guru pure. Please see that they make us correct. We cannot do it by ourselves.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Wars are not won by good looking soldiers who never get wounded.

Wars are won by soldiers who get wounded by the enemy, but get back up and keep fighting.

Thank you.

Nadiya Nivasi Dasi.

Hare Krishna, dear Gurudeva.

Please accept my humble obeisances.

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada.

The doctors are taking my father, Michael Robert Steele, off of life support today.

Please ask Krishna & his servants for their Mercy on him.

Thank you for considering my request.

Your servant and disciple,

Loka Bandhu Rama Dasa

HpS/ASA - Hare Krsna. AgtSP. Paoho.

Thank you for letting us participate in this special Sankirtan opportunity.

24/01/18 3.16PM

We will chant one round in front of your esteemed Father (and family) picture.

...

hkhkkkhh//hrhrrrhh

...

In a terminal situation we are more inclined to consider, listen to, good hari kirtan, no?

Who else is in the picture?

Little bio-data?

Little essential biography of your father?

Are you in the picture? 1, 2, 3 or 4?

How is (?) Celia?

Helping your family?

How we dress on the outside can be a way to communicate to others who we are on the inside, no?

I feel like a Mexican-Chinese monk trapped in a white man's body.

When we come to the level of Bhava we can see our eternal body and then in Prema it fully wakes up.

Thank you!