Letters to the editor

All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to this wonderful Gauranga sankirtana that is saving my life, for if I had never known ISKCON, my life would be meaningless.

Please accept my humble obeisances at your wonderful lotus feet, which are my eternal refuge. Dear Gurudeva, I am infinitely grateful to you for receiving your beautiful association; it has truly helped me so much.

I have recovered my 16 rounds and my sadhana, which I was losing a little. You and Maharaj Yadunandana Swami have given me back my life, and I feel very happy in Krishna consciousness.

My life has no meaning without spiritual life and without the association of the devotees, and above all, the connection with the guru is very important. I felt that I reconnected with you.

Thank you very much. Dear Gurudeva, I am not a good person; my character has become difficult, but if I can say something good about myself, it is that I have unwavering faith in Krishna, the guru, and the devotees.

I would never leave this connection. In every moment, good or bad, I have never thought of leaving ISKCON, so I will always try to hold on as tightly as possible to Prabhupada's and your dhoti. My health is not good right now; I have too much stress and anxiety, perhaps due to my very high thyroid levels, but I am going to cure myself with Ayurvedic medicine, japa mala meditation, sadhana, deity worship, and Hatha yoga.

I have a tendency not to express what I feel and to keep my pain to myself and not talk about it, but I feel that this affects my thyroid even more, so I will try not to stress myself and express myself better.

HpS - Jaya!

And my current partner gives me a lot of affection, helps me in my spiritual life, makes it easy for me to travel and do parikrama in India, I receive from him the affection of both a mother and a father 😅, and I feel that my life depends on him.

He provides me with a lot of protection, so I'm fine in that sense. Please forgive me if I don't talk much in person sometimes, but I want you to know that I admire, respect, and appreciate you very much, Gurudeva.

It's been 15 years since my initiation, with ups and downs in my spiritual and material life, but my faith is always loyal to Srila Prabhupada and to you. Thank you for these 15 years of connection to Sanatana Dharma. I know that your body is tired, especially your eyes and ears, but please forgive me for sending a rather long letter this time, and I will make the next one shorter. Thank you very much for your love, care, and protection that you are providing to all of us. Thank you for helping us advance in our spiritual life little by little, because without a guru, nothing is possible in this world, absolutely nothing. Your disciple who clings to your lotus feet, Nadiya Nivasi Dasi.

HpS - AgtSP! Thank you for your association. From our point of view you seem to be doing O.K.

Yes, ups and downs, but I don't know if I could have done better if I were in your position.

Even if we don't perfect our service in this life we will take our progress to the next life.

Become a pure devotee as soon as possible!

Hare Krsna!!!!

Send us more news as things develop.

Think you have many interested readers here.

Hare Krishna, Guru Maharaj. Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

We have moved to Dallas Guru Maharaj. We moved here first week of February and our house in Atlanta sold on 23rd February. By Kalachandji's mercy, the house sold in record time for the area. We also found a house for rent in walking distance to the temple. 823 S Beacon st, Dallas. So everything worked out nicely by your and Kalachandji's mercy.

HpS/ASA - Hare Krsna. In walking distance of Goloka.

Now we are able to visit the temple everyday and our sadhana has also become much better because of that. We are in the association of devotees everyday which helps us focus better on bhakti.

I had a question Guru Maharaj. Sometimes they don't have speakers for the evening Bhagavad Gita class and they asked me if i can give class but i told them I'll start after i finish my Bhakti Sastri which I'll finish this September or October. Should i wait until i get my bhakti sastri or should i try to start giving class? I dont know if i am qualified to give class Guru Maharaj. Please guide me.

HpS - Yes. Just read the purport with attention and then discuss it with the participants. If you finish that then go to the next verse or another verse and read it.

Simple.

Effective.

Your humble servant,

Sri Rama Krishna Das

HpS - Lettuce look at some more Blog posts, no?

It is 7.26PM here in Santiago.

85 degrees.

Congress on Education was super, super, super intense. Thousands of participants, leaders, Spanish, Three Sannyasis.

Our body is very old and delicate.

Krsna keeps allowing us to make little, unique contributions.

We see so, so, so many problems in ISKCON. This is natural, no? We see that hamoniums, accordions can deviate us to sense gratification from hearing the Holy Names.

Have to be used with care, no?

All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to H H Hanumat Presaka Swami Guru Maharaj.

Hare Krsna dear Guru Maharaj. Please accept my humble obeisances at Your sweet lotus feet.

HpS - AgtSP. At the current moment we don't really think that we are showing any sweet lotus feet.

Several people are glorifying us such, but we feel that we are still possessed of many rather mundane qualities.

We don't read enough or hear enough Kirtan from Srila Prabhupada. In some ways we are greedy and selfish.

Hmmm.

AgtSP and his lotus feet.

Glories to your and our venerable feet?

We are leaving for Nabadwip Mayapur Dham for Gaura Purnima tomorrow.

ASA - 👌 Super!

Then on we shall be leaving for Jagannath Puri on the night of Gaura Purnima. We are around 30 of us from Manipur. The same Matajis are offering Vasanta Rasa dance at Sri Gopaldev mandir and Sri Anuprabhu...thank you for Your endless flow of grace dear Guru Maharaj....lifetime after lifetime we remain indebted to you dear Guru Maharaj.

We are working on the translation of the Vasanta raas song in English...long long ago when I was a little kid...I had wished ...if only these songs are translated in english....thank you dear Guru Maharaj for giving this seva.

ASA - 🐒

Last Sunday we had house programme at Giridhari Prabhu's place with HG Ramachandra Prabhu from Mandalay.

Intense reading SB daily ....by Your mercy dear Guru Maharaj...the challenges are many but your protection overrides everything.

Praying for Sri Nityananda's kripa so that we can serve you better.

Your insignificant servant always,

Sarad Gaurangi DD

HpS - Thank you for this news. Who is Ramacandra?

Hope you meet many interesting people on your trip and enlighten them in K. C.!

Taking photos?

Keeping a journal?

Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja!

Please accept my respectful obeisances !!

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Sorry this is late in the day....it's already tomorrow for you and you are with Chan Ting.

As you have requested, i am chanting more! It feels great, thank you so much for the recommendation.

Actually I'm going to more harinama's now, and more kirtan at the farm and temple.

Everyone just celebrated Radha Krishna prabhu's Vyasa Puja. And there was also the appearance of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur and the disappearance of Tamal Krishna Goswami.

Meitreya Rsi is having back surgery, and Krishna Kripa prabhu is in the hospital too. They had to remove a tumor.

We replaced 5 out of 6 of the iron temple gates today. The ones that slide back and forth on the altar. They are made with small wheels from China, but I think roller skate wheels would work better.

Thank you for all of your mercy and encouragement! I have some work to do to make my japa more pleasing for Krishna. But I want to keep going and never stop!

I'm reading more, too! Jaya Srila Prabhupada! (Bhagavad Gita, SB classes daily, and we're going to casually start the CC). Plus I got a copy of Your Ever Well Wisher but I haven't started it yet. I did watch the YouTube video though!

I took my first Sadachara SSR test and I think I did okay! (It's Krishna's mercy!)

Here is a list of books distributed in January and February:

Maha books- 108

Big books- 31

Medium - 1

Small books- 132

Total- 272

Plus

1 Brhad Bhagavatamrta Set

1 Krsna Art Book

Jaya Srila Prabhupada!!

I don't have many photos from the events but I can show you some doodles if you like??

Your servant,

jaya hari

HpS - Please send Doodles.

Your news of Iskcon Houston is great.

36 hours from now we go to Chile.

Hope anveSaka and this Blog send good pictures.

Who is Maitreya? Why in hospital?

He was Navy Corpman before?

Thank you!

Querido Guru Maharaja. Por favor acepte mis humildes reverencias.

Todas las Glorias sean a nuestro muy misericordioso Fundador Acarya A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada y todas las Glorias sean a sus fieles seguidores.🌻

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Gurudeva, muchas gracias por su incansable servicio, ejemplo e inspiración en la ejecución del Servicio devocional. Gracias por empujarnos a mantenernos firmes y entusiastas en esta trascendental formación.

Me presento ante usted, como soldado en el ocaso. Por ahora, nuestro campo de batalla ha sido interno. Los últimos meses mi cuerpo colapsó, debido a inflamación cerebral. Nuestra energía es ínfima y tuve que reducir al mínimo mis actividades; tuve que dejar el servicio fijo que tenía el templo; no he podido visitar el templo desde hace meses así que mi asociación presencial con los devotos también disminuyo; reduje al mínimo el ritmo de mis estudios Bhakti Vaibhava (vamos lento, pero al parecer, avanzando).

En ocasiones, el dolor es tan fuerte que incluso es difícil pensar apropiadamente, a veces cumplir con nuestras 16 rondas es una labor titánica. Me avergüenza decirlo, pero durante un tiempo fallé constantemente y no lograba terminar ni siquiera 16 rondas diarias. Ahora, me encuentro más estable y, por su misericordia, he logrado ponerme al corriente con mis rondas. Por favor disculpe mis faltas.

No quiero darle demasiada atención a este cuerpo, sin embargo, los embates a veces son tan fuertes que me arrastran y confunden. La enfermedad pone a prueba nuestro entusiasmo y determinación, también parece que evalúa nuestra confianza y entrega hacia nuestro misericordioso Señor. Pero es sin duda una gran oportunidad para fortalecer nuestra relación con Sri Hari.

Definitivamente estoy lejos de entender que este mundo material es una ilusión y que los dolores del cuerpo no son del alma, lo único que sé, es que nuestro misericordioso Señor Krsna, siempre hace sentir su compañía, guía e infinita misericordia sin causa, y eso parece suficiente para continuar.

Querido Gurudeva, deseo que alguna vez, por su misericordia, yo pueda ser verdaderamente útil en este trascendental batallón, pero por ahora parece que nuestro mayor logro es mantenernos con vida.

Muchas gracias por la inspiración que usted nos brinda.

Siempre a sus órdenes

Karuna Sakti Devi Dasi

HpS

Hare Krsna.

"One who does good, My friend, is never overcome by evil", KRSNA, BG

Death is the sum total of all possible bad experiences - SP.

Don't focus on chanting 16-rounds, focus on chanting the next syllable.

Haw

Ray

Krs

Na

Raw

Ma.

Surrender even your sanity.

Querido Gurumaharaja 

Por favor acepte nuestras respetuosas reverencias. 

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada! 

Durante la reunión de japa Joe escribió: 

"Las gopis siempre están mejorando su vaidhi bhakti? 

¿Les encanta hacer vadhi bhakti?"

Queremos entender por favor cómo mejoran su vaidhi bhakti siendo perfectas en los principios regulativos? 

Todos los asociados de Sri Krsna en Vrndavan son raganuga bhakti? 

Las gopis mayores son las maestras eternas de las menores? 

Con el paso de Kali yuga cada vez es más difícil seguir instrucciones, cómo nos enseñan las gopis la humildad de internamente poseer una atracción natural y externamente observar los principios regulativos del servicio devocional? 

Muchas gracias por su infinita misericordia y asociación bajo la guía de Śrīla Prabhupāda. 

Vuestra eterna aspirante a sirviente 

Asta Sakhi dd 

HpS/ASA - AgtSP. Is very nice question that we will encounter again and again.

From what we understand the Gopis have different rules and regulations they follow.

For example, they would come each morning to the house of Nanda and Yasoda after Krsna left.

So maybe they chant 16 rounds on their beads and follow the four principles strictly, but they do it not with just the motivation of the scriptures but because it is stimulated by their Prema Bhakti.

They are all Ragatmika Bhaktas. Their souls, atmas, are filled with Bhakti.

The Raga anu ga, bhaktas go, ga, after, anu, after the Raga of the Ragatmika bhaktas.

This was translated incorrectly in the original Nectar of Devotion but the correct translation was given of the verse where it is quoted by KDKaviraja in CC.

Kali yuga or being Prahlada in H. Kasipu's house can be great impetus to be pure internally.

Yet, we also pray to have a replica of Braja in our Iskcon life to help us wake up our real self.

O. K.?