Letters to the editor

Hare Krsna Beloved Gurudeva:

AGTSP, AGTU, PAMHO

I hope this meets U in really good health ¡¡

HpS - ASA --- Hare Krsna!     AgtSP!     Well, it seems your hope is a little ridiculous since we are in the material world, no?     Everyone, including Krsna seems to have died in our present situation.  Ha!   Ha!    Hare!                 The old people in Dvaraka were filled with youthful energy because then saw Krsna and Balarama daily.          Body not old 'till you dead!   (If you use it for Krsna)   Prabhupada's last words were ecstatic, no?

Gurudeva today I did not join SM due to yesterday I worked until 11pm , I was cooking, doing household chores etc and I was exhausted, my mother is worst... sorry I am too lazy I wake up at 5:13 am but I just chant japa by my own.. I will join Hawaii class today.

HpS - AGTSP   I like those classes!     If we can't crawl to the computer I guess we have and excuse.    I'm a lazy guy.   I do a full morning program and then relax half the time after that. People like you have to do a real days work and morning program.  You are our inspiration!

16/4 ok, I am reviewing SB verses catur sloki, it is amazing due to I studied them before reviewing them is pretty easy and the purports are too powerful I feel happy within my heart. Mangal artik I tried to join everydady SM.

HpS - We get eternal substance from whatever studies we do, no?

Sankirtan: Abhiram called us¡¡ I was so happy I am going to be part of the group who will help about the event in June ¡¡ Communication will be my service ¡¡ 

HpS - We talked for 1-1/2 hours on Monday about the program. Some details, but a lot of strategic considerations also.​

I will start pujari in wilson one sunday a month starting this sunday..It has been almost 9 months since I did not perform pujari I am kind of nervous.. 

Radhastami was amazing ¡¡¡¡ very wonderful decoration, bhajams, lots of mahprasadam ¡¡ sadhu sanga... Gaura gadadhara asked me to lead an Abhishek in the temple room  for my Sri Radhika so that ALL devotees, guests etc may have the opportunity to bathe Sri Radhika , it was amazing all devotees, specially the guests , you can see on their faces all the bliss that they were feeling ¡¡¡ And then from the main altar the pujari who was leading gave me a fruit garland ¡¡ And it was amazing because I was desiring that.. and GM honestly it was the mangoe, and the strawberry most delicious I have ever tried ¡¡¡

I am kind of sad.. my karma has changed ja..¡¡¡ I received the news that I am going to work until the end of January .

So I can not join U and the devotees for the tour in South America :(

But maybe I can run away some days ¡¡ following the footsteps of Jagad Guru ¡¡¡¡ who was in lima back to chile and then appeared in Tarapoto :)

I am  just going to wait your schedule and try to join U and  devotees   in some dates ¡¡¡

Thank U GM, please kindly forgive my offenses

Trying be iur disciple 

Candramukhi dd

HpS - Yes, we will write a separate post about Calendars today.   So many nice pictures!   Keep listening to your Mom. Understand what story in the SB she is in and then help her!!!!!     In her next lifetime maybe she will be Srila Prabhupada's cook like Mother Yamuna!

my beloved Gurudeva
Please accept my humble obediences
agt Srila Prabhupada 

the issue is concerning as the devotees with first initiation
when there are  exceptional reasons can   perform altar services
Ananta Rupa Prabhu  instructed to accept this possibility from Jananivasa Prabhu

 and now ask for blessings from you and discuss about this issue

your servant 

kamagayatri dd

Toda Gloria a Sri Sri Nitay Gourasundar!

Toda Gloria a Srila Prabhupada!

Hare Krsna Guudeva!! Como se encuentra usted?

HpS - ASA -- AGTSP!!!!!   Probalmente la misma como Vd pero un poco mas viejo!

 Aqui estamos de vuelta en el hermoso yatra de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires luego de que Agustin haya decidido terminar la relación que teniamos ya hace unos meses atrás, no encuentro el sentido de contar detalles ni culpar a nadie ya que es mi karma y debo aceptarlo tal cual es.

HpS - Pues, desde tomar refugio, Diksa de Srila Prabhupada, lo que pasa con nosotros no es Karma sin el mano de Krsna, lecciones de Krsna.

Tengo la buena fortuna de tener amigos devotos que me han ayudado en este "nuevo luto" y a aceptar mi responsibilidad en esta frustrada relación sin nunca dejar de lado mi sadhana, mi canto de japa y mi lectura de Srimad Bhagavatam y Caitanya Caritamra y adoración a Sri Sri Nitay Gourasundar.

HpS - Jaya! Entonces los "fracaso" va a ser pasos adelante para todos!

No he sido muy regular en los horarios pero nunca he dejado mis responsabilidades de lado ni mis votos. 

 Sinceramente me siento muy afortunada de haber encontrado a Srila Prabhupada, de esta manera todo tiene sentido. Me siento muy afortunada de haberme puesto bajo su refugio Gurudeva. Siempre trato de estar involucrada en algún servicio en el templo. Este año la madre Merudevi dasi (BBS) y responsable de la organización del Festival del Ratha Yatra me ha hecho responsable de "la mesa del Ratha Yatra" en los festivales de domingo donde vendemos libros, ropa devociónal, accesorios de Sri Jagannatha, cds... etc y donde intentamos reunir laksmi para cubrir gastos del Ratha Yatra que este año se celebra el 8 de Noviembre. Siempre que puedo sigo participando de la asociación de los devotos en los bhakti briksas o programas fuera del templo como "kirtan 3 hs en casa" organizado por Suklambara prabhu y su esposa Maha Sundari. Tambien estoy participando de la segunda parte del curso de Facilitadores que imparte el VTE con Param Padam prabhu y sigo distribuyendo los mágicos libros de Srila Prabhupada allí donde vaya. 

 Este es un año en el que he logrado bastante control sobre mis emociónes y mas apertura para comprender la realidad que me rodea. Me siento mas felíz. 

Gracias por todo Guru Maharaja!!  japa joe, el blog...la conexión con los hermanos de todo el mundo. Por favor deme sus bendiciones para seguir siempre en actitud de servicio en este mágico movimiento, sin ellas nada de lo que haga tendrá sentido. 

Que El Señor lo proteja eternamente!

Con deseos de servirlo, Jahnava devi dasi.

Hare Krsna! 

HpS - Pero tambien es O.K. sentir triste!    Prabhupada dijo que cuando se muere un relacion de un devoto, posible el lamenta esta perdido. El dijo, es como la familia ofreciendo la Bon Voyage a un familiar quien va a China para trabajar para ano y media. Somos triste perdir la asociacion de esta familiar pero no pensamos que todo es terminado. Siempre vamos a tener un relacion con qual quiere persona con quien estamos relacionando en ISKCON.

Querido Gurudev: Pamho. Espero se encuentre bien de salud cuando reciba este mensaje. Le escribo ahora que todavia recuerdo sus preguntas de mi última carta.  Me levanto un poco antes de las 5am. Despierto las Deidades, canto algunas rondas ( 8 antes de empezar a trabajar) y leo un poco (alguna clase de SP o cualquier otra cosa devocional). Por la noche (en la cama) leo el diario de Hari Sauri. La vida familiar con niños y sadhana es muy intensa.

En cuanto a Madre Tierra (el proyecto de Jiva Tattva prabhu) parece que está algo estancado (poco activo). Nosotros esperamos poder empezar a construir en Enero o Febrero. Aún queda un poco de burocracia por terminar.

Purnamasi sigue con el gurukula y parece que va muy bien.

Gracias por su gran servicio a la sociedad de devotos y al mundo entero.

su sirviente

Jayanta das

P.D: Adjunto foto del Ratha Yatra hecho por el gurukula

HpS - ASA --- AGTSP. Paoho.    Canta Gurvastaka mientras levanta sus Deidades?    Puede leer un poco cad dia mientras esta trabajando, no?   Aun una pagina cad dia va a ser 300-paginas despues de un ano.

Hare Krsna dear Gurudeva!

Please accept my humble obeisances

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

All glories to Sri Caitanya's Sankirtana Movement

Dear Gurudeva, i hope your health improves as you stay in USA, i was reading the blog to get inspiration and i did, its amazing how you can take so much pain from the body with the consciousness of improving in spiritual understanding.

First i want to heart thank you for fluding us with your mercy by accepting our little service in Mexico and Monterrey cities, even when you don't need so much attentions, you only accept for owr welfare, so we can learn how to serve Krsna properly...

Guru Maharaja, in the last letter i told you i was having difficulties for chanting my rounds due to the heavy amount of services to do in a new preaching center and restaurant, adding sankirtana... in your answer you woke me up with a bucket full of water, i keep thanking to you:

HpS - "sraddha sabde...". Look for this verse cited in NoI and then look for the context and purports in the original location. If you chant 16-nice rounds ALL you other service and sense gratification will improve in the maximum possible way. Get up early and get your rounds done!

I have to admit it took me a LOT of time to finish my homework, but it was a whole revolution for my heart to recieve such mercy from my spiritual master, i readed the whole chapter of CC and got to comprehend that in both contexts, NOI & CC, Srila Prabhupada relates the amount of Sraddha or faith with the grade of taste we can get from the holy names, BECAUSE WE ARE SO WRECKLESS THAT WE DONT EVENT BELIEVE SOMETHING IS GOING TO CHANGE IF WE CHANT OR DO NOT CHANT PROPERLY... Thanks to that lecturing, i took the commitment to start chanting 20 rounds for the whole year, because for my lack of faith i often lefted 1 or 2 rounds without chant, i did my counts and if i keep this vow i can show some sincerity by paying all my debt.

Im not taking this as a burden but as a joy, because i realize that all my missfortunes and though moments in spiritual life are derived from that missbehavior. I'm feeling really hopefull by getting up early and chant my rounds, also more easy to get my services done!

Just two more things, Sri Radha (my fiance) moved here to Queretaro city so we can develope further our relationship, we all live like an ashrama, the house is big with 3 rooms, 1 for Vanamali Prabhu and his wife Thakurani (they send their obeisances unto you), 1 for man (another devotee and me) and 1 for woman (Sri radha and another mataji).

Last is a Question, do you remember i asked you about the 6 holes of the heart? lust, anger, envy, ilusion, madness and greed, can you help me  little more to understand? because Mother Devaki had to lose 6 childs before so her heart could be free from this 6 enemies in order to recieve Lord Krsna from Vasudeva (her spiritual master)

Thank you for taking your precious time to read all this...

Always aspiring to serve you in vani

Krsna-kirtana Dasa

HpS - ASA --- AGTSP!   We preach what we know, then Maya attacks us and we lose some of the realization of what we knows, then someone reminds us of what we preached when we knew, and it gives us strength to follow our own advice. Thank you for putting 16-rounds first. It helps me put them first!

I don't know much about the six contaminations you list. I see Srila Prabhupada mentioning them but have never developed much systematic understanding of them.  More specifically I have never heard before about how Devaki Mataji had to suffer death of six babies to get free from these six contaminations. I'm not saying its not true, maybe it is from one of the writings of Srila Bhaktivinode Thakur. So, I can't give you more information in this regard. All I can suggest is to just keep getting up early and keep a full morning program in the association of devotees. Then mark out some plan for participation in the Sankirtan movement etc.

As we do this it will become easier and easier to actually start working on cultivating a real awakening taste in doing our chanting and other service, Raganuga Bhakti.

HpS ​