Letters to the editor

All glories to Rai and kanai

All glories to Srila prabhupada

All glories to you Pamho Dear gm.

Sorry that I don't write ofthen,

ASA - You are like Clint Eastwood also, you don't talk much, but when you talk, your paint brush talks for you.  -[;o)

I try my best to get in fmp with my bad internet. This year was very good full on changes, thanks for your guidance we are following the 4 principles , japa but not much into the temple .....so much work to do, and the crowd its hard for us to deal means we have to develop more tolerance:) we go to other temple and parikram.

HpS - ASA --- Its a fact. It is nice during the afternoon when the Temple is closed to outside people, then at 4.30PM

By the time we are working in cow projects to protect the and regular basis (food and medicines). It's amazing how wonderful and mistreated they are of course in the streets. Also we joined the sublime foundation (its a NGO that is focused in to green transition and selsuficiency working together with Bliss in iskcon ) so if radharani allow us we will start preaching soon in a small level to create awareness about the situation in imfia.

And give easy and useful solution we are invited for ELS meetings its only one week. I want to ask you so may things but I will. ask when you come :0). By the way we spoke with prasanta mataji about any seminar that you could give so we need dates to arrange the programs, everything according to what you prefer to teach. I'm been lit bit sad because I'm leaving soon so I'm trying to keep my mind full busy even if I know I will take vraj with me.

HpS - Afects a lot!  Hmmm.  It can make you go mad.  Better to never leave Braja, just go disappear in the forest and die of exposure, than leave Braja, but....  if you don't go out, how will other people learn of the wonderful land of Vrndavan???  As long as you have any little thought of Braja while traveling outside, the Gopis can keep you on the remote control and you will be connected with Braja.

It's affects a lot, so I'm learning acupressure and biomagnetism to help other. It's not easy so much to study and I have memory deficiency. Please take care I heard your health its not good so I will try to look afther you from far maybe some reiki will be good if you allow me Ys Vraja bhandar Rcd

HpS - ASA - We are posting the details here in the Blog, but we arrive in Delhi roughly the 18th night and leave for Kolkatta the 21st morning. So I guess we will stay in Delhi or maybe squeeze in a trip to Vraja.

Later, the, 25th - 29th we will be in Braja!

Por favor acepte mis reverencias !
Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada ! 
Querido Gurumaharaja: 
Muchas gracias por el ejemplo que día a día nos da.

HpS - ASA - Esperamos mejorar. Mejor programa por la tarde! 

Oramos al Señor Nrsimhadeva para que siempre proteja sus esfuerzos incansables y salud. 
Sin Su misericordia, su aspirante a sirviente  no tendría ni un poquito de conciencia en el Señor Supremo Sri Krsna. El día que conocí a Ud decidí ser parte de  ISKCON. Lo observe, escuche y las dudas se esfumaron mágicamente . Siempre recuerdo ese momento y vivo agradecida con Ud.  
Muchas gracias Gurudeva!!! 
Nuestra salud no es buena pero pienso que la conciencia si. 
Nos esforzamos en observar sadhana, rondas y servicios a la Deidad del Templo. Queremos mejorar. 

También seguimos  intentando servir a nuestros hermanos espirituales, intentamos aprender de nuestros errores, para servir un poco mejor. 
Conciencia de Krsna es sublime, Ud. lo explico y creo que pude entenderlo. 

Nos preparamos para el día más esperado del año. 
Sri Vyasapuja de nuestro Gurudeva, como representante de Sri Vyasadeva y el parampara. 

Aravinda Prabhu dice que el Vyasapuja del Guru tambien es el día del discípulo, pues ese día, los  discípulos tenemos la oportunidad de ofrecer y glorificar lo mejor que podemos a nuestro Guru y el Guru lo acepta. 
Ese día es muy feliz para nosotros!!!! 

Y hablando de ofrecer... Nos preguntamos si habría alguna ofrenda de bhoga en particular para el Sri Vyasapuja que podamos  ofrecer en México ? ? 

HpS - Sopa ligera de papas.

Perdón infinitas por mis ofensas. 
Su eterna aspirante a sirviente.
Asta Sakhi dd 

*Esperamos poder tener algún enlace online con Ustedes ese día.

HpS - ASA - Somos pobre titere de Srila Prabhupada.  Esperamos un conneccion por internet de Chile tambien. Como esta el Manasa???????

Dear Guru Maharaj,

Pamho agtSP!

Ok, I didn't know where to find your reply to my report. The situation with my recommendation is explained in my other letter. Svavasa prabhu has probably been too busy with the marathon to reply right away, we kept on until New Years!

In LA, we've been finding book tables very successful lately. People respect us more, take more books, and give bigger donations. It takes less of a toll psychologically, so I'm thankful. Svavasa prabhu has big plans for next year, and I'm looking forward to helping out. There's other strategies I'd like to try eventually but I'm indebted to New Dwarka. Ideally I would like to bring in another 10 brahmacaris more qualified than myself before moving on (if I ever do), so I've been thinking about how to accomplish this.

Meanwhile: If you were curious, most of us use American clothes on sankirtan. I just got some nice new threads from a thrift store but I try to keep it simple. Two pairs of temple clothes two pairs of sankirtan clothes. It's funny you mentioned Clint Eastwood; I usually go business casual with a straw hat, and devotees say I look like him. Sometimes I showdown with my roommate, Prema Sankirtan.

Let me think of one short story: A few days ago I was at Santa Monica Pier. An older fellow who took a book from me the day before asked me to tell him more about the Bhagavad Gita. So I said something like "The Bhagavad Gita is the most widely read classic on eastern philosophy; it's the climax of the Mahabharata, which is the most expansive epic in ancient history. It's 8x the length of the Iliad and the Oddysey combined and forms the substrate of a very sophisticated ancient civilization. This was a favorite of Albert Einstein, Schopenhauer, Voltaire, Gandhi..." Just then another gentleman approached, so I explained to him "You may have heard of this one, it's called Bhagavad Gita. It's basically the original encyclopedia on yoga. It gives a whole overview of this ancient culture of transcendence. Basically it teaches that real happiness doesn't come from material things, it comes from inside the soul." He asked me "are you a Hare Krsna?" And I replied that I was a monk from the local temple. He said he always wanted to chant with us in London so I invited him over. He asked me if I read the book and I explained how it completely changed my life. He gave a donation looking very satisfied and went away, so I finished up with the initial conversation. I told him "There are over 600 translations of Bhagavad Gita and this is the most widely read edition around the world. This has Sanskrit transliteration, English, commentary, and it explains how this has been understood and practiced within the tradition going back to the original author." I showed him the pictures of Prabhupada and Vyasadeva. It's like a user's guide so it enables you to take this knowledge and do something with it in your life. I glorified Prabhupada a bit and explained about how it was a multigenerational, international project. He gave another donation and went away with a big smile. Wished him a happy new year, said "May the Source be with you!"

My style is that I tend to focus on quality over quantity. I'm not that funny or charismatic, but I'm kind of a nerd, so I can get into it a little with people if they're on the level. I've been discussing with my sankirtan leader (Brghupati Prabhu) about trying a more focused approach here in LA for a while. I've heard that Svavasa prabhu is less enthusiastic about the traveling program lately because it is expensive, and it's a challenging austerity for newer devotees. The current temple commander just changed ashrams and he's spread a little thin, maybe I could assist him. I've been dealing with some pretty intense depression symptoms lately so I think being near the temple for a while might be good for me. (It's something I've had practically my whole life. Although I haven't been medicated in years and I've gotten much better, I'm still not completely liberated yet.) My idea is to choose one or two schools and go there every single day with another devotee, set up a table, and have little prasad for people to take, and Kirtan at the end. I want to establish relationships, meet professors, start Bhakti clubs, turn people on to some of our projects, and hopefully make tons of new sankirtan devotees.

Ys,

Bhakta Eric

HpS - Thank you so much for the letter. We suffer from depression symptoms. Any sane person in the material world does, no?   Of course, Radharani also has depression symptoms, no?

Your report sounds great. I got the other letter also. Yes, the Annual Report goes into a specific box, I think you sent it there later, then our response to that is not published, but your report didn't strike us at all as private. It was very nice example. The more we see the faces of other devotees, the more we become inspired.

Your plans sound great.

Just seems you have to stay in touch with local friends etc and you can see what plans are clear, no?

It is 3.37AM. One big letter done to India, 8-rounds, TLC, now bath and Puja.
Tomorrow we are being carried away to India.

hare krsna dear Gurudeva!!!

AGTSP &U!!!

Thanks a lot for Ur pacience with this silly disciple who always tries to follow all ur instructions... We received Ur response to our poor report!

As we told U in the letter Ur words are tattooed in the depth of our heart... everyday we pray to be a good example of devotee.

Actually We really need Ur help. U are our only hope to be connected to Srila Prabhupada.

 We always try to keep track of our debts. So chant, chant, chant!

Krsna is always giving us so much mercy to remember Him that we cannot be more thankful... just yesterday we went to the ER for a pain in the hand and now we have to wear a splint for 3 weeks... jojojojo

See U in just a few days!!! we are extremely happy to see U again  

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.