Letters to the editor

Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja.

Por favor acepte mis respetuosas reverencias.

Todas las glorias sean para Srila Prabhupada!

Espero que se encuentre muy bien de salud.

HpS - 67 anos!  Bajo energia por la predica pero bien. Espamos descansar un poco la proxima semana.

Le escribo para reportar mi servicio.

Terminamos el estudio del Bhagavad Gita, y realizaremos un exámen de todo el libro, antes de comenzar con Néctar de la Devoción y demás libros. Terminamos en octubre con éste curso, y luego de ello pienso retomar el proyecto de  escuela para los niños.

HpS - Vd es profesor, no?

Continúo con la organización de Talleres y cursos en el templo. En breve comenzaremos con 2 talleres para niños. Uno de música; canto coral y mantras con Madre Cynthia Farias, y un taller de Yoga con Madre Gandharvika Radhika.

HpS - ASA - Super!  Pienso estas cursos cortas son los mejores.

Quiero además contarle que estamos esperando un nuevo bebé. Ya tiene 3 semanas 1/2, y estamos muy felices. Esperamos que crezca sano (a) y sea un devoto (a). Continuaré con el Instructorado de Yoga.

HpS - Bien. Mucha austeridad para Vd. como Madre!

Una de mis profesoras está muy cercana a los devotos de Krishna, y otro compañero muy interesado siempre en la filosofía y nuestra cultura..

La familia está bien. 

...

También quiero hacerle una consulta.

¿Cuál es Su opinión acerca de dejar de consumir lácteos que no vengan de una vaca feliz (vaca que no es maltratada en las industrias)?

Escucho de muchos devotos decir que no se deben consumir lácteos ya que el maltrato que sufren las vacas en la industria lechera es horrible. Y he sabido que algunos Maestros Espirituales no consumen lácteos, pero hasta ahora no he escuchado a ninguno "predicar" el "Veganismo", o decir algo en cuánto a éste tema. Si, me interesa mucho saber qué piensa usted.

HpS - ASA - [translate.google.com].  Our understanding is that the treatment of animals in the USA has improved since the time of Prabhupada because of the efforts of several groups. In Chile it may be worse. Prabhupada knew of some of these problems but promoted the use of milk in offering to Krsna and consuming the results. Meat eaters need milk products to give up meat. If we live in the forest then maybe Brahmanas don't need milk, but for mental strength to advise the King and preach then seems the brain needs milk.

Of course we look for the best milk. In California there is a big difference in the way th cows are treated and the quality of the milk from different companies.

The best way to help the cows is Sankirtan Yajna. For that we need brain power, so we use their mik to help them.

O.K?

Esperando que ésta carta lo encuentre bien.

Su sirviente 

Priya Sakhi DD

HpS - Gracias!   Reverencias a todos lo devotos. Pienso venimos a Chile en Enero!

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

    Gurudev, Thank you so much.

    Schedule - Morning Program, SB by HH Radha-Govind Maharaj (Morning & Evening - 2-2 Hours), Office work (from Vrndavan), Temple Services.

    Learning lots of things - Previous and current activity. Like - The real reason behind, why i was not able to join Morning Programs, during your
    last Delhi Visit, where i am lacking in Sadna, where i should focus more and lots of things.
    
    Will visit Barsana under guidance of senior leaders from ISKCON Vrndavana to see few great Vaisanava and brajwasi so that i can get ignited more
    for sadna.

    Please let me know if you have any thing for me.

your fallen servant,to
Girivaradhari-Gopal Das

HpS - ASA --- Bharata bhumite haile!      Because of your past work you have put your self in Bharata as a Bharata vasi!  Now you have so much opportunity make your own life succesful. Just hearing from you hear in the Pascatya desa is so purifying.   Thank so much for being a real Bharata vasi!   This is our last day in Peru.  Incredible results with the Sankirtan.  Just keep looking for the new ways that Krsnna sends to distribute your knowledge!!!!!!!   Hope to have more time after this week for letters. Please send us reports of the life of Devotee in India like this! 

NitayGoura Premananade! querido y siempre recordado, Gururdev,

por favor acepte mis humildes y respetuosas reverencias,p

TODAS LAS GLORIAS A SRILA PRABHUPADA!!

HpS - ASA ---  Hare Krsna. Estamos en Mexico manana.   Gracias su pequeno fotos de sus Deidades. Estamos llevando con nosotros. 

                                             en los ultimos tiempos adaptandome a las circunstancias que toca vivir, una mujer con disfunción renal afrontando sus gastos y los de su anciano Padre, Es el Mundo Material, hay que cubrir necesidades inmediatas,  Gtacias a su Misericordia sin causa, la Distribución de Libros  está sembrado en mi Corazón, apesar de realizarlo dentro del poco tiempo que dispongo, es la FELICIDAD DURADERA,  con la Tecnologia ofresco los diferentes temas y colecciones de libros de Srila Prabhupada, en tiendas, Instituciones Culturales, llevo conmigo solo 2 Libros grandes y les digo:   como estos Libros tenemos diferentes temas para Coleccionar, les enseño las fotos en WatsUpp entonces me dicen: ah! y este libro que veo en la foto de que se trata? les explico brevemente , y me dicen:  por favor traeme uno la proxima semana, les digo: Claro que si! .....la Felicidad espiritual es duradera!! de que sirve lamentarse de las miserias de este mundo Material? verdad? actualmente estoy siguiendo una carrera de multinivel en Cosmetico, no me gusta, pero, ofrece Seguro para enfermedades complicadas como la mia, ok, lo voy a hacer tengo que estudiar mucho, practicar, demanda tiempo!! La  Cia. se basa en principios de: Primero Dios, Segundo la Familia y tercero el trabajo, estoy aceptando que Dios me puso en este camino por algo,  circunstancialmente para ganar el Sustento soy como un payaso, desempeñando el papel de una vendedora de Inciesos en un Semaforo o vistiendo de Sastre visitando Sras. elegantes,  etc.... pero su infinita compasión querido Gurudev no me abandona y hace que el Bhajan a Prabhupada esté sonando constantemente en el corazón de esta inútil sirvienta suya!!! Eternamente agradecida  a sus divinos Pies de Loto!!

                                                                                                                                Radhe, Radhe, Radhe.....

su inutil y torpe sirvienta

m. Jambavati d.d.

HpS - Si, eso es una perspectivo commun, bueno!   Dios, Familia, Trabajo.   Y para devoto todo es Dio. Por media de su trabajo puede apprender MUCHO acerca de marketing por libros!  Esforzando visitar a su padre durante esta visita pero no posible. Ayer en Janmastami 4-conferencias, dos iniciancions y hablando con infinita cuantidad de gente.

No vemos manana!!

Hare Krsna Gurudeva:

Thanks for your answer, Gurumaharaja you put this:

Yes, I make mistakes, the President makes mistakes, but also disciples don't tell us that they are breaking principles or even if they do they refuse our advice and still go on acting as Brahmanas.

Question: What is your advice??? 16 enthusiastic rounds 4p anything else??

and in which way those devotees still go an acting as brahmanas??? that for me is not clear¡¡¡ 

You mean doing pujari? giving lectures?? 

thank u gurudeva , hope that next time i see you i will be  better ¡¡ thanks a lot for your response that was firm and tender as always

ys

more less sad monkey 

HpS - ASA ---  AGTSP paoho.  Happy Prabhupada Appearance day!    Yes, they go on doing Puja, lecturing and giving their association to innocent people who don't know what is their conscsiousness.
My personal discipline as I understand our Acharya's wishes is 1. Japa, 16-enthusiatic rounds (gayatris), 2. four principles strictly,  3. Full Morning (Evening) Program. Can be as simple as up by 4am, little puja (flower or even mental) for our Deities, Gurv astakam, Kirtan, Srimad Bhagavatam 4. Sankirtan!!!   (so Much fuN).    We struggle to do this and many times the only immediate result of our effort is freedom from suffering and keeping some hamony in our life. But we see that everywhere in this world there is chaos. We don't need to hate anybody because whoever is bad is suffering. So best thing to do is to try help them. If we just try in our little, little way in spite of our lust, to do something, then at the end of the week we can always see tangible results. 97% is Krsna's mercy!
Detailed advice we get from people who know us. Even intelligent enemies.
Ha!   Ha!    Hare!!!  Go ahead with your life. . .      One who does good is never overcome by evil.

Hare Krsna respected Gurudeva:

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada 

Please accept my humble obeisances

I am using a nick name due to I really need privacy,  i understand that you as a sanyassi needs protection, I mean not having alone talks with women, but i will not comfortable to talk my personal things in front of another men, and i am absolutely sure that ALL women think like me.....

I am wrting because I have at least 3 female friends that have the same experience that I had... and the 3 of us.. now are really sad and without utsahan really dissapointed, we can not feel the same as before... the point is that we do not feel protected... some so called  "prabhus" do not respected us... (while i am writing this i think i did not act also properly) , but in my case i was being lied...  I think that when we have a couple at least we deserve respect and I did not receive that, i believed all the things that he told me.. the 3 of us can not understand how fast they are in a new relationships

the 3 of us see machismo on this movement, we try to be transparent and sincere telling you what we did, the mistakes that we made, then we see "prabhus" doing abhishek in the temples and we feel betrayed, we do not see justice... we do not understand why krsna allows this to happen..

Our selfesteem is afected, we spent money in therapists, and the worst thing we do not feel the same as before, we do not have faith in the movement in the process, personally the 2 of us are not chanting rounds , we see many many devotees who drifted apart from the movement.. and now we can understand why

personally i would like to take some time and drift apart some time to heal... because i am really affected.. i do not want to continue if i do not feel the same i do not want to be hypocrit and being in a place in which i do not feel comfortable or supported

i know that you have lots of problems that are caused for some of us, who do not deserve you as a Guru, but at this point i guess that you are just a friend of us...which is an honor for us

i can say that you are the only person in iskcon who i respect and trust... now i feel not comfortable doing something that does not complete me... I feel really sad because i can not believe that this bad experience is taking away the little advancement that i did.. nehabikramo nato sti....also i remembered that you said in one class that sp said "once you come to krsna you will never get away".... please do not let me go

please forgive all my offenses

your eternal servant

sadmonkey

HpS - ASA - We just spent 15-minutes writing an answer to your good letter and then the computer lost it all. We try again.  First, in the highest sense this movment although for Life Members who may be eatiing chicken and drinking beer, is really only for the paramahamsas (NOI). That means that we never ask ANYTHING from Krsna. NOTHING, because we realize it is a super, super insult. He is already 16-times more conscious of our suffering than we are. He took a vow that everyone of the people who tried to desnude Draupadi would see their own wives with their hair open as widows.
So, forget your personal distress. What does Krsna need. Obvious. He needs sacrifice. 16-good rounds, and then immediately you are back at 100%!   "Ooops, I forgot Krsna".

Yes, I make mistakes, the President makes mistakes, but also disciples don't tell us that they are breaking principles or even if they do they refuse our advice and still go on acting as Brahmanas. We are dealing with these problems right now with arguments about who should be iniciated or not.

This is all preparation f​or the next drama. There are many universes and Krsna needs Draupadis for all of them. Are you strong enough to play that role. Can you keep your vows and also see how Krsna is using you in the midst of catastrophy. Of course when we fall down from our side how can we put all the blame on Krsna for the reaction. We have to become stronger from both our correct austerities and the mistakes we make.

The real question is not whether Draupadi will have to face public humiliation or not but whether she will be able to keep the 99-saris or not, no?

Joking, but very serious sub-text. Can you laugh in the face of Maya and pick up the pieces and go ahead never giving up on Krsna?

Querido Gurudev: Pamho. TgSP y sus seguidores fieles.

HpS - ASA - Jaya!

Espero que se encuentre bien al recibir este mensaje. Nosotros por aquí bien gracias a Dios.

Seguimos tratando de asimilar la filosófia y hacer que forme parte de nuestra vida. Este verano hemos utilizado las vacaciones para aumentar nuestra asociación con los devotos y, en consecuencia, con Krisna. Como ya sabe estuvimos en Radhadesh, con Avesa Y Adiras, y varias veces en NVMandala (Festival del Santo Nombre, Festival de la Vaca, etc). Tambien iremos para Janmastami. Es agradable estar en los Festivales con los devotos. Tambien hicimos un programa en Navala Kunda con Yadunandana Maharaja. Vinieron devotos rusos, pero la mayoria de los devotos eran del Templo y congregación de Madrid, entre ellos Dandava y Carcika, Jara Mara y Marta, Janardana y esposa, etc. Pienso que fue un sintoma de que la cooperación entre Madrid y Navalakunda será el estribillo de nuestra aportación a ISKCON. A la hora del prasadam eramos unos cuarenta. Le mando algunas fotos para que las vea.

HpS - Que pasa con el proyecto de los Grhastha Ashramas al lado de Naval Kunda? Como se llama el devoto? Tengo su imagen pero no su nombre???

Lo mas resaltante de mi vida espiritual es que mantengo un gran deseo de ser un buen devoto y ayudar en la misión de Srila Prabhupada. Él me salvo del infierno y ahora vivo cerca de los planetas celestiales. Pero SP no está contento con eso y quiere que nos volvamos devotos puros para ser útiles de verdad. Así que ese es nuestro negocio. Así que mi tiempo esta repartido entre "La Misión", la familia, el trabajo y mi mente.

Espero que cuando vuelva a España (Goura Purnima?) podamos visitar Navala Kunda y se aprecien ya cambios importantes.

Sin mas se despide

su sirviente ( o al menos aspirante)

Jayanta das