Letters to the editor

AGTSP!

PAMHO Dear Gurudeva, Hare Krsna!

16 rounds, 4 principles.

I´m writing you because my baby was born, in 23 September. His name is Syamasundar. thanks Krsna He's healthy. This experience is really powerful. the first week i did not sleep so it was almost impossible chant the 16 rounds, but now i´m coming back to the road, coming back to 16 rounds, please blessings for keep it the standard and learn to be a good mother in Krsna consciousness.

Your aspiring servant

Fernanda Leiva 

HpS - AGTSP. paoho. Oooof! So much pain getting a baby born. Incredible! Well, now you can find our who your new family member is. Usually as we understand, until about 3-years old the soul has a lot of access to memories from last life. Things can be collected and put to use in this life. Congratulations to you all!!!

It's been a DickeyDing-Dong Dynamic Day!
Nama om visnu padaya...  Krsna presthaya bhutale!!!!!!!!   AgtSP....  ....!.

     Two classes, offering peas-porridge, with milk after everything.

Nap. What do we do now?
 

Chant to Plan, and Plan to Chant.

We looked at the map. Found a strange park. Went there and drove around and found some more forest in which to play, near our cottage on the Hill.

Then to Good Will second hand store. It was busy, like a place of pilgrimage. Cloudy, cold. Everyone gone to Chicago.

We look-ed through the book titles for cartoon drawing examples etc. but no satisfaction. Very, very, very frustrated.

               ~Who are we? ? !!~

What can we do for Krsna of any significance!!!   Very frustrated.

Drown your sorry in Condensed Milk!

But we prayed, and prayed and prayed and got some c. milk, and realized that the real problem in the world is that there a no books to read that we like that will take us to Pure Goodness so that we can read the KRSNA book.

So [all of this with Lord Nrsmhadeva] offered the Condensed Milk, began honoring some Prasada and began to write.

The result is posted at:

www.jayarama.us/archives/brain-1.docx

Other things: Museum book, NIOS-Nashville, Radha-krsna Das essays, Letters to the Editor... we just haven't got the energy to do in one day! Two BhVai classes and full morning program is a lot of preaching for us. We need some insanity.

Oink! WHoop!

Dear Gurumaharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

I wish to inform you on how things are going. Principles and japa according to standard, and attempting to inject more feeling and sincerity.

. . . . HpS - ASA - !

Still, honestly said, it's a turbulent mental state, Gurudeva. Not much silence. The last two months i started going out for sankirtan by myself in the next big town. While i'm on unemployment benefits it is a nice thing to do, and it works miracles for my KC. Your question about collecting addresses, i hand out temple cards and invitations, and sometimes i share my personal email, but i don't ask for people's data. I heard some seniors say book distribution is not so potent if you don't keep in touch, but it feels awkward to me because i don't wanna infringe on people. Should i ask people anyway?

   ASA - It is very personal. There is no harm doing what you fell is natural.

Scores are: 3 gita, 25 SSR, 16 Path to Perfection, 20 Chant & Be Happy.

    HpS - Very, very nice!

I was trying to do something useful for Srila Prabhupada by seeing for publishing On Chanting Hare Krishna, but so far i didn't make much progress. Copyrights and the BBT giant needs some understanding from my side, communicating with the Dutch BBT person went slowly. The project is put aside for now, because something else came up. Already for a few years RNS devotees think about translating the Journey Home, and finally it is getting tangible. I am so fortunate to get to do the translation. I deadlined december 4th, with extra space until 23rd. I hope you can appreciate this. It is impertinent to ask for your blessings after things are already decided, but without them it will not be very auspicious.

HpS - ASA - God bless the book.

I'm happy with it, especially now that i finally have some project. So far several attempts to start something didn't really take off. So i will dedicate myself as much as possible, and i shall stay in Amsterdam temple for a while sometimes to get more work done. My wife is not too happy with my 'crazy energy' if i'm at home too much of the time.

My work as editor for Dutch ISKCON magazine will change. People weren't very interested, so subscriptions faltered, Benelux council said. At the same time i was thinking how to make it more attractive, and i started to create some new vision, but then out of nothing i was told GBC decided to terminate, and do a Dutch translation of BTG instead. "In Italy it worked." I wasn't asked anything, just a notice after the decision was made.

    HpS - Hmmmf! People just don't know how to respect a good man! (Or maybe we are idiots and they just did the right thing. Ha, Ha, Hare...)

So after deliberating I decided to quit my contribution. On one side I see the servant shouldn't care about the details, but on the other side I don't like such kind of dealings. Instead I will work more on expansion of Dutch online website content, after Journey Home is finished. It dawned on me that I do serve my own agenda Gurumaharaja, i have to admit.

I had some nice exchanges with Dutch seniors while preparing for RY Amsterdam, and it inspired me to keep growing as ISKCON devotee, so that one day i might be qualified to do something that will please you and Srila Prabhupada Very Much.

I'm very happy for the South American yatra. They derive much inspiration from your coming visit. It's a wonderful life this way. Thank you very much, Gurumaharaja. May you inspire people ever more.

Your aspiring servant,
Raghava Pandita dasa

 HpS - ASA - AGTSP. Paoho.   Just keep going ahead. Look for a nice job where you can give you association to the workforce slowly and gently and make money and preach. Look for place to continue with the publishing efforts. You are certainly on the right path, 20-times over! Krsna will certainly send you all kinds of possibilities!!!

TLGSP!
Querido Guru Maharaja!
porfavor mis acepte Humildes reverencias, 8 meses pecar escribirle ni reportarme, Me Siento apenado TENEMOS embargo de pecado Buenas noticias,

Gracias a krishna, Creamos la base Una Nama Hatta Una Vez Por mes, our Grupo this Creciendo en Do Mayoría amas de casa, Damos Una Clase de Cocina y posteriormente Clase de BG, invitamos a Devotos Mayores un apoyarnos la de la estafa del clase de BG,

Por Otro Lado comenzamos el mes Pasado el Curso Bhakti Sastri Que se this impartiendo Por Primera Vez en México Distrito Federal Por Sriman Krishna Balaram Das, Dejamos nuestro de Servicio en la Cocina de Sus Señorías párrafo enfocarnos mas en Bhakti Sastri y en el ultimo Año de preparatoria, A Pesar de ESO TENEMOS Un Nuevo Servicio mas, somos Cocineros en la base de Nama Hatta de Devadarshan Das Prabhu,

     HPS - ASA - Como esta El Deva-darshana Das???

   ... la UNA Vez Por Semana, Me Siento inspirado Cada Vez Más por la INMENSA Compasión de Srila Prabhupada párr Nosotros estafadores, Por Otro Lado mi Madre sí Volco a la religión Cristiana y me es Ahora mas Difícil Vivir mi vida Espiritual en Casa ya ella Que No nada Acepta de la Conciencia de Krishna y es Muy Ofensiva un Llegado a tirar los libros de Srila Prabhupada ae incluyente Una Vez la vi Intentando retirar mi altar y tirarlo :(, los antes de volcarse a ella respetaba el Cristianismo eh me apoyaba inclusivo Pero Ahora ya no ¿ Que puedo HACER En Esta Situación?

HpS - ASA - Hmmmm. No se los detalles, pero hay ejemplo de Prahlada Maharaja y  su padre. Muchas veces los familiares no son demonios, solamente falta comprehension de que es ISKCON. Entonces evitar el aspecto loco de ella y trata comunicar que es ISKCON. Canta Hare Krsna, Hare Rama, como los Vrajavasi.

Sin Más por El Momento me despido de USTED do ASPIRAnte un sirviente Bhakta Octavio.

HpS - ASA!!! Nos vemos pronto.

Your Holiness,

                          Please accept my prostrated obeisances. All glories to your good self.

I feel blessed that you have shown so much compassion to me by writing to me.

HpS - Oooof. Please excuse the lateness of our letter. We did a USA tour of 14-cities in five weeks, came back to our base in Tennessee for Radhastami Festival and then our annual akhanda sankirtan and interfaith dialog. Theh were both wonderful.

Then we had to put both shoulders to the wheel and with five devotees organize our annual participation in the Celebrate Nashville Festival. Usually 40,000 people come and we had four booths and 40-minutes of stage time to organize. That was last Saturday and now on Wednesday we are 67.3% recovered and now... turning to our main focus, Carl G. Jung and the Bhagavata.

I knew His Holiness Bhaktisvarup Damodara Swami. He invited me and my father to have prasadam with him. He especially liked my father who is a complete heretic and invited him for conferences a couple of times. Now I go two to four days a week to the Kolkata BI centre, and render whatever little devotional service I can.

HpS - This is the center in Raghunatha pur, no? I was the first person to live there. It was the hottest summer in 30-years, 1996.

Who is working there now?

Our very, very good friend is Professor Samaresh Bandhyopadyay who domiciles in Lake Town.

I am very interested in scientific preaching because of obvious reasons that if scientists are convinced then convincing the general masses is far easier. I was aiding in the BI stall in the Kolkata Book Fair and I saw, how inerested people would become when we would show them how Nobel Laureates are interested in the spiritual dimension of life. Of course not everyone would be interested or impressed. Yet I felt that if notable scientists back the spiritual frontier it becomes easier to be interested in spirituality not just for neophytes but even for someone like me who has been trying to practice for the last 15 years or so. I remember how I felt comfortable being an atheist after a superficial reading of a book by Richard Dawkins and I know that many unfortunate people feel the same way and I would like to help them. I also feel satisfaction from seeing the defects in the best of atheistic arguements and thinking how fortunate I am to believe in a personal God atleast to some extent. 

My big weakness is that I do not have a very credible academic degree having earned just a bachelors degree in engineering with very ordinary grades.

Right now I am having a difficult time because ever since 2004 my parents are forcing me to stay at home and be treated for a disease called "paranoid schizophrenia". They are not allowing me to go and stay in a monastery which I would like to do. They force me to take medicines which, make me sleep 10-12 hours a day, slur my speech and make mantra chanting difficult, and cause my body to tremble constantly. They have also admitted me to mental hospitals on three occasions and the doctors tortured me quite severely.  On one occasion they kept me there for about 10 months. My father keeps threatening me that they will again put me in the mental hospital.

I keep thinking of how to deal with my situation. I feel that Narasimha stuti will help me. But there are different Narasimha mantras and I do not know which one to chant and how many times a day. I would be very grateful if you could kindly guide me in this matter.

I feel very interested in the service you are doing regarding working on Carl Jung. I would be only too grateful if you could kindly reveal to me how I could be of any use in your project. 

Because of the effect of the drugs, which slow me down physically and psychologically,  I am not able to do all the things I wish to or resolve to do.  That is why I did not write to your blog for a long time. Please forgive me. 

I am a member of the British Council Library. Also I have access to the BI library. So I will be only too happy to do some research work that you might so wish to give me the opportunity to do. 

I look forward to your kind replies.

Your aspiring servant

jashodev

HpS - Of course, we graduated first in psychology and then the President of our NIOS is Nitai-gaurasundara Das, Director of a Psychiatric hosptital here. He says if you are a rich white lady you are diagnosed bi-polar, but if you are a poor black lady then you are diagnosed schizophenic.

Can you read Carl Jung's biography. It would probably help with all these things.

Then write again. Don't hesitate to write even if we don't answer. From the DTCs you will see what is happening with us.

Dear Guru Maharaj,
Please accept our most humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

We just read the last 7 pages of the blog and feel truly blessed. Your article on remarriage, a woman's dharma is very very clear. We look forward to further personal instructions on 'how to become a goswami'! We're not sure what we would do without this blog.

HpS - ASA - AGTSP! Paoho... With Prahlada-nrsmha Das' mercy in the form of this Blog, we would all be sinking into a Bog. Of course if it was a Bog of a Tom (which Kindle can pronounce) then it would be O.K.

On that note, we feel insufficient on how to thank you for the gift  of your Nw American tour this last August. All of us, Nick included felt very inspired. St. Nicholas is doing his best since you left to follow the regs and chant everyday. He's been spending time with devotees in Portland. He's burnt out on trying to 'make it' by being a musician per your prediction. I'm trying, and I mean trying, to approach it per your advice and Hari Vilas's, like a doctor!

I need to do my job and not go beyond my duty; Support him in his Krsna Consciousness and be a dutiful family woman and mother to Aja (not Nick :) ). I remember too, per your instruction, to keep the Utsahan fire going and be a positive thinker as much as I can. All of us spend time together on the weekends. Nick has a job interview today and is trying his best to find a place. I let him know where I'm at: 4 principles strictly (my God Krsna, I am the Values teacher...) and that for now let's not rush into living in the same place for a year. Hari Vilas is going to meet with him in a month (Nick wrote a letter) to discuss his progress in chanting, etc..  We're giving this one to Krsna. Who knows what the results may be!

ASA - Jaya! Guinea Pig Olympics. Kama gayatri in round five with Maya devi! Our respects to St. Nicholas. Tell him to chant with purpose of letting Krsna send the impression of what kind of job he should do. He should not think of giving up anything. He should think of taking it all to the next level. 

Detachment, doing my duty, being good association, tolerance, keeping up with my sadhana seems to be the key so Krsna, Paratmatma, can help lead the way. It seems like an amazing test for my ego and intelligence. We ask for your very amazing blessings and any further advice/instructions Maharaj.

There is more to write, but we hope to give you a more detailed report very very soon!

We are beyond grateful for the mercy you and Srila Prabhupada have given us. Thankyou thankyou and we hope to keep maya astray and serve the best we can. We pray for protection and to be steadfast on our path of purification from your very powerful Nirsinghasev murti and ask for your blessings to stay engaged Maharaj the best we can.

Your fallen servant,
Kamagayatri dd

HpS - How's the school? Nice foto Aja Raj.