Letters to the editor

Hare Krsna Gurudeva,

Please accept my obeisances and forgive my offenses,

All the glories to Srila Prabhupada.

First of all, I wanted to say that your arrival to Chosica was very helpful for many of us, I wanted to tell you that I will strive to develop the necessary qualities such as patience, punctuality and cleanness. About the initiation, I personally believe that is a difficult decision to make for some authorities because I am still young and somewhat immature, so this situation has encouraged me to improve faster, is not easy for me sometimes but I will try to do my best. I have started reading the Nectar of Instruction again, but this time in English!

HpS - ASA -- Then Hindi!

Moreover, I have a little doubt about your answer to my last letter, was about: duty, asrama and marriage. Being single has not been a problem for me all these years, and that’s principally because of the education I received from my parents and all the classes You Gurudeva! have given here in Chosica when I was a child, I remember that I felt that Your words were instructions for me and me spiritual sisters. So I have always tried not to disappoint You and my parents, and to be honest I think Sita Ram Lakshmana Hanuman have helped me in this process, I have like a pact with my father and is something like if someone tells me or asks me about marriage or something, I will have to answer that my father is making all the arrangements and any doubt about it could be answered by my father… I think it was something like that, fortunately I haven’t had the opportunity to say it. Well my doubt was about this, because I know marriage is my duty and is going to happen in the near future, but I don’t have idea about how is going to happen, I mean I am not planning to hang out with many devotees and then realize who is the right one, however some astrologers have told my father that there is no worry about my marriage, that there is no need about fixing my marriage with a devotee because is already done, something about destiny. So this has helped me to develop a confidence in Krsna, but still I have to say that this confidence is not completely sincere, but is more like afraid. Is this good?, are there some things that I must consider?... I am praying to Sita Ram, Krsna Balarama and Radhe Shyam to help me in this process.

HpS - ASA -- We, ASA, cannot say too much since we are all Brahmacari here in the ASA Comando, so you and your father, mother, brother... need to look for help from good Grhasthas. We all need Ashrama gurus. I can be a good Ashrama guru for Sannyasa candidates. Even then it is for a certain type of Sannyasis, American Sannyasis, if we want to get very specific.

Canakya pandita: Victory come from good advice and good advice comes from many counselorss.

Focus on your place in Sr​ila Prabhupada's, Lord Caitanya's, movement and then your Varna-ashrama requirements will follow easily. You can see, your father and mother have a relationship in terms of their service in ISKCON.

Also, this is Kali-yuga, so we should not expect too much perfection in our marriage situation. Best use of a bad bargain, but if we look at our partners as devotees this can be a lot of fun.

So, not putting too much faith in astrologers only, its Kali-yuga, I hope your parents, brother et al, can help making arrangesments for a nice Grhastha ashrama for you. There are many nice boys also looking for partners.
 

Next week is Radhastami, and there is going to be a painting contest, I hope I can do a good job painting her beautiful and spiritual form!

HpS -  If you are sincere She will let Her beauty pass through you. Even there are 25-winners that still would not be enough to give us a glimpse of Radharanis love for Krsna, no?

I hope not to disturb and I also hope You are fine!, que el Señor Nrsmha Deva lo siga protegiendo Gurudeva! Hare Krsna!

Su aspirante a sirvienta,

Sita Lalita devi dasi. 

HpS - Thank you!!!    Send us more news as you have time!

Hare Krsna Beloved Gurudeva:

AGTSP 

PAMHO

I hope u are fine ¡¡¡

I was about to write about this topic in ekadasi but I read the letters regarding BV.. so I want to make a humble request.

My schedule had changed as I told U, I give classes on saturdays at 9:00 am so I am commuting to work when SB classes starts ; I wanted to join by cellphone but even if I use headphones the traffic in Lima is terrible and the sound is really annoying. And I really want to listen to the class in Sattva guna. So please I want to ask U if I can join the Spanish group .. I am listening the recordings that U put on twitter but I miss the sanga....

Thank U Gurudeva in advance

Trying to be iur disciple

CMDD

HpS - ASA --- AGTSP.   Paoho.   After this Latin American tour we really had a chance and really had to reconsider our service. So, considering everything we dicided: Thursday, 11AM, Hawaii, SB; Saturday AM,San Jose, SB (The time for that may change); Saturday evening, Spanish class. This Spanish class we can work out at SB or other things. We want Yugala's, LAD's, your, Ambarissa, Vrsabhanu...  opinion, Jambavati, Asta sakhi, Krsna kirtan............   but it seems Satuday night at 7.30PM is a nice time to start. Later we can adjust.

Please join any of those classes!

Todas las glorias para Srila Prabhupada

Todas las Glorias para usted Maharaj

Soy David Leyton nuevamente. muchas gracias por su respuesta estaba ancioso por recibirla, ya que hace mucho que no le escribo. También quiero contarle de algunas terapias que me he hecho y también saber si estas se pueden usar para la conciencia de Krishna o simplemente para darle salud interna o mental a las personas.

Estuve realizándome terapias alternativas desde Junio se llama Sintergética. Me hizo sentir en paz y controló en ese momento mi problema de psicomatico y síndrome Gill de tourette. Me ha dado muy buenos resultados aunque temporales y fue aliviador.

También hice AONC (auto observación neuroconciente) es una terapia que se hace despierto y relajado, la persona va describiendo los recuerdos y visiones que uno está teniendo en ese momento, relacionandolas con las sensaciones del cuerpo, donde esa sensacion o dolores se describer. Eso me ha reducido por parte el problema de los dolores y molestia del cuerpo (psicosomatico), pero aun no encuentro la manera de solucionarlo definitivamente.

Maharaj, usted cree que el AONC podría ser alguna terapia que pueda superar mi problema? He leído que algunos hermanos espirituales cantan mantras que le han ayudado con sus problemas internos y creo que el Srimad Bhagavatam o Bgita tienen mantras que podrán ayudarme.

Una tercera terapia que me hice fue Biosintesis la cual 2 terapeutas van analizando mi energía interna y problemas del pasado que me hayan llevado a los problemas actuales, una de ellas me comento que fui monje franciscano en una vida pasada e hice un voto de pobreza, pero que aun esta vigente. Se supone que la muerte hace que esos votos se terminen y uno comience una nueva vida con Dios. Eso lo relacion mucho con la mayoria de los problemas y dolencias que estoy teniendo.

Favor maharaj necesito que me diga algo sobre esto y me guie para terminar con estos votos. no quiero caer otra vez.

Muchas gracias por estar con nosotros

Hare Krishna.

Bh David Leyton

HpS - ASA -  TlgaSP.  NOI Texto Tres, "maya tatam idam sarvam...". Puede leer esta Texto, tres. Alla puede encontrar los principios basicas de evaluar estas terapias.  Puede ser muy util.   Pienso el libro, "Los Hombres son de Martes y los Mujeres son de Venus" es un super libro para todos, especificamente para Grhastas. Claro, estamos utilizando todo del perspective de SB y los Significados, Bhaktivedanta.  Muy buen obra relacionar unos practicas de psicologia con SB.

En detalle no puedo decir mucho.  Falta de idioma.    Falta de conocimento de estas sistemas.  Pero... por que no habla con Madan mohan Das???  Es psicologo, devoto, loco, su vecino!!​

Hare Krsna Dear Gurudev,
    Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
    All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
    All glories to Guru parampara.

    Gurudev, Hope you are good in Health.

    Have extended stay in Vrndavan for one more week, will start on 25 or 26 Sep 2015 from Vrndavan.
  

HpS - ASA --- AGTSP.  paoho - "bharata  bhumi janma...".   Because of your previous good deeds you have taken birth in Bharata!  Can visit Vrndavana dhama as easy as I can go to Texas!  Vrndavana is better than Texas (Of course, ISKCON Texas is something special also).

    Meanwhile, have got news that, i will be transferred to a new Project in office so have to re-plan
    everything. Don't know how long it will go on...

    Yes, Gurudev, i am very much eager to get 2nd initiation so that may enter altar. how you would like
    to give, Maharaj and what i have to do - before and after the 2nd initiation, will follow as per your
    instructions.

HpS - Just find a time for the fire sacrifice. Usually there are sacrifices by other ISKCON gurus and you will just sit in the fire and offer grains with their permission with a photo of us present. AGTSP .Then you should get a printed copy of the Gayatri Mantras and we can chant them together over the telephone. We have heard that Naryana Maharaja said that Srila Bhakti-siddhanta Maharaja intitiated devotees in Malaysia that way.

    i need to more focus on more sadna, more reading, more hearing and more speaking about Krsna
    to cross the material consciousness. Don't know, how many time, have to keep trying...but have to keep
    trying so that someday, you would pull us......i don't have the capacity to cross...need help.
    
    Please let me know if you have any thing for me.

your fallen servant,
Girivaradhari-Gopal Das

HpS - Yes, we have to learn how to do better and better Vaidhi bhakti.  Just by being in ISKCON under Srila Prabhupada's direction we automatically get so many opportunities for help  -  Specific help - We are still working on this academic preaching with Dr. Samaresh. We are waiting for Harsh Ji to undate the University Mailing List and then we will sen notice of our book to them. In general we are working with Rama-giri-dhari Das in Nava Mumbai, Ministry of Education. So, we will communicate what help we need with these projects!   Thank you so much for all you help to date!!

Dear Maharaja

Kalindi is in the puja room singing bhajans.  We are quite comfortable in our new home and she is as happy as a 70 year old person with chronic health problems can be.  We moved here to be closer to the devotees and she is very happy and as active as she can be, preparing prashadam, often leading kirtan at the programs, and chatting with the matajis.  We went to a home program Friday night to celebrate the appearance of Vykasananda Krishna Das's (an ISKCON Sacramento board member) spiritual master, Saturday night at the program, and Monday night we go to a home program to celebrate Radhastami.  And I am enjoying it all almost as much as Kalindi.  I realish the oportunities to serve Krishna through the devotees, but honestly, I think too much about serving the devotees and not enough about Krishna.

Your inquiry, have you made some realization of the phrase "you are not the body"?  Read my letter.  I would very much appriciate your thoughts on it.  I will start reading The Krsna Book, and then Nectar of Devotion.

Your humble servant, David

HpS - Hare Krsna.    Thank you for the news!!!      If we realize the different levels of the devotees and serve them within that perspective then it is O.K, no?   NOI 4-6.  Otherwise it can be celestial pleasure of materially contaminated heaven with Grandma, Grandpa, the Dog, Church and friends all there, but no Jesus or Jehovah!

We have a real tough time getting to the Yahoo mail now.   We are 67-years old.   Can you put some of the answer here?  You could even use a Secret Name:  eg. Navajo of the Highlands.

Knock 'em dead!!!​

Querido Guru Maharaja, por favor acepte mis rendidas reverencias a sus Pies de Loto

ASA - Pies de Loco.

Todas las Glorias a Srila Prabhupada, quien manifiesta su infinita misericordia de millones de formas.

ASA - !

Deseando se encuentre en buena salud. Escribo para enviar nuestro  reporte personal, Mantenemos  Cuatro principios, 16 rondas, lectura diaria de Srimad Bhagavatam y Bhagavad Gita tal como es…  básicamente lo mismo desde hace algunos años, pero intentando ser más estrictos cada vez.

Guru Maharaja, le ruego me permita agradecerle desde lo más profundo de mi corazón por su misericordiosa  visita a México.  Gracias, muchas gracias por salvarme… Sri Krsna nos despojo de mucho  por lo que nos sentíamos orgullosos y durante algún tiempo, había estado en medio de un gran torbellino creado por mi mente.  Ahora, únicamente por su misericordia sin causa y la de sus fieles discípulos seguimos en la batalla.  Aun hay muchas dudas  y  asperezas que limar, pero nos aferramos a las únicas ideas claras que tenemos… 1) Sujetar con confianza y entusiasmo nuestras cuentas de Japa 2) Mantenernos pase lo que pase en ISKCON, al servicio de la trascendental misión de Srila Prabhupada  y por supuesto de usted, 3) Mantenernos en asociación de los Devotos y 4) Continuar con nuestro Sankirtana según nuestras capacidades.

ASA - Ha!     Ha!   Ha!   Y en su proxima vida va a ser un servienta de Draupadi directamente en los pasatiempos de Krsna!

La asociación con los devotos nos hace apreciar  lo insignificantes que somos y lo extraordinarios que son ellos, asi que aspiramos complacerles.   Guru Maharaja le ruego nos bendiga para  algún día poder ser herramientas útiles a su servicio, Muchas gracias por tanta misericordia.

Su torpe aspirante a sirviente

Karuna-Sakti Devi Dasi

HpS - ASA -- Gracias su carta, honestamente estuvimos pensando en que ha pasado con Vd.   en el Upadesamrta, Prabhupada dijo que esta movimiento, ISKCON, es solamente para Paramahamsas. Claro, hay muchos niveles, pero eso es la definicion de ISKCON mas central.   Busca el ISKCON real.