Letters to the editor

Por favor acepte mis humildes reverencias a sus pies,

soy Anka, esposa de Prabhu Yadu de Peru, le escribo desde Virginia USA, me encuentro aqui desde fines de enero , con la misericordia de Krishna que me permite hacer servicio en colectar lashmi para la construccion del nuevo Ashram en Pamashto, Tarapoto, Peru, a la vez ayudando a mis hijos con mi ejemplo de vivir en conciencia de Krishna, siguiendo mis 4 principios estrictos, 16 rondas minimo por dia, me levanto a las 4.30 a.m, asisto al templo de Potomac Maryland con mi hijo, pasatiempo favorito caminar por los bosques de Virginia( por los trail roads) por horas cantando los santos nombres, he experimentado la felicidad de sentir a Krishna en el corazon y en cada ser viviente como los hermosos pajaros que con sus dulces cantos parecen tambien cantar a Krishna.

HpS - AGTSP Yes, we thought we recognized your name. It is very nice to hear from you. We are sorry that we are a little slow answering your letter. We are traveling on West coast.

Con Prabhu Yadu ,ya casi termina la casita templo en el pueblo que sera temporal, mientras se construye el nuevo Ashram en Pamashto,tendra 5 rooms, 2 full baths, el cuarto del altar, esperamos ansiosos su visita en agosto, estare ahi, ansiando poder tomar mi primera iniciacion, ya termine el curso de introduccion al Bhakti Yoga con Prabhu Laksman, aprobe los examenes, solo espero la misericordia de Krishna y la suya querido gurudev de darme mi primera iniciacion en las green mountains of Pamashto o donde Krishna quiera.

HpS - We need a letter of recomendation from a Temple President or National Council.

Se que los devotos de Tarapoto le han organizado actividades como conferencias y desean que este 3 dias con ellos de los 4 dias que estara en la selva y solo un dia con nosotros en Pamashto, ojala Krishna haga los arreglos para que este 2 dias con nosotros y haga las caminatas que tanto le gustan para conocer donde sera el nuevo Ashram y nos de su bendicion para este nuevo proyecto, los devotos de Tarapoto son muy buenos hacen mucho servicio de Sankirtan, prasadam...

Quien intenta servirlo de corazon:Anka

HpS - Thank you for the news. Are you still in the USA? What is your phone number??   We hope that Yadu (and you all) can finally stop moving. Of course, the big move is to Goloka!

Hare Krishna  Maharaja,

Please accect my humble obesciances at your lotus feet.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

Sorry for my intrution i think its wrote that way , i heard you are having a congress at Houston Texas ,

I have family at Texas living on that area i want them to assist may have all the info please i will really like them

to go . 

forgive my haste 
your aspiring servant
Bhakta Juan Carlo 

HpS - It is more for trained ISKCON educators, but we will be in Texas for the last two weeks of July.  Houston.  Details are in our Calendar in the Kapi Dhvaja!!!

Hare Krishna  Maharaja,

Please accect my humble obesciances at your lotus feet

ASA - Potato feet. AGTSP.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

HpS - No, more the verses that give exact examples, "Among fish I am the shark". Also you can see the panthestic ideas of Prabhupada in the purports and present those to him as you ideas etc.

i present my father with these verse he said he will try to put his mind to it i hope it goes well.

HpS - As long as it is Prasadam. You can even smear burfi on their paws and they will be forced to lick it off!!

i will try to smear there paws with burfi , the milk prasadam work they like it  ,sometimes they will eat a bit of fruit or rice but just a bit.
 :)

HpS - We are in Newark, California. Part of the San Francisco area. Health is O.K. for a 67 year old ass. Next Boise.

san francisco sounds very nice , i am glad to hear that your health is well maharaja.


Maharaja what is your agenda next year for chile are you going to be there for jan ? i was just wondering
 

Your humble aspiring servant

Bhakta Juan Carlo 

HpS - AGTSP.     I think we will be there in January. Maybe leave USA as early at 15 December and stay S. America as long as 15 January.

Dear Hanumat Presaka Swami Maharaj,

Please accept my humble obeisances, all glories to Srila Prabhupada!

It was ecstatic to have your association last weekend, I appreciate your kindness and blessings. I've heard for low class persons, mercy comes in the form of danda, and so I was grateful to receive your danda upon my thick skull. I actually chanted fairly decent rounds the next morning, so thank you very much!

My apologies for my ill-conceived question on Sunday. My inquiry about cause and effect may be more intelligible in context. The new legislation on gay marriage has precipitated multifarious discussions which have led me into some perplexity about some of the principles involved here. For preaching, I'd appreciate some clarification.

My question is: if illicit sex is allowed for 1st initiated straight couples who are married (I.e. outside of procreation, which seems to be broadly accepted within ISKCON today), why is it so strongly condemned for gay couples?

ASA - Jaya. I don't remember any bad question. ISKCON has become very broad, but as soon as Srila Prabhupada established an ISKCON Life Member program is became broader than before, no? Life Members don't have to follow the four principles, but they are still member so of ISKCON. Of course, there is no guarantee you can take your membership priveleges to the next life time.

So, for initiated devotees the standard is always the same. There was a GBC clarification of this. Honestly I think that some of our ISKCON gurus may be approving as you say, but as far as I know they are in great illusion and we hope Krsna enlighten's them soon.

On the other hand, if we prohibit gay couples from having some sort of "marriage", or (at least 1st) initiation, on the basis of illicit sex, then why do we allow straight couples who are having illicit sex to be married and/or initiated? (I understand that in Vedic times sometimes sudras or outcastes would copulate outside of marriage etc, but they were also typically not given initiation.)

Gays argue that although procreation is the function of intercourse, (and even a sufficient criterion for marriage), it is not a necessary criterion due to the Problem of Induction. They would argue that, because there is no essential, metaphysical principle of marriage, but only diverse instances in various cultures, marriage is therefore a social construct. Are we forced to argue against this on the basis of deduction from scripture only? And if so, why must we justify our definition of marriage according to empirical (inductive) criteria such as procreation?

    HpS - What is marriage? Do dogs get "married" for life? Some do. I would say that the definition of marriage is quite clear in P'paada's books and a fair amount of flexibility. Look at SB 1.17.38 and get back to us.
Crazy pleasure. Sense gratification. Most intense bad Karma. Every bit of pleasure you or your partners experience will come back to you as a corresponding amount of pain, no?
 

Aside from that, I was wondering what steps I may take to proceed in taking shelter of your holiness? I have read your guru tattva paper a few times already, and compared it with H.G. Ravindra Svarupa prabhu's Founder Acarya book. It made sense, although I would like to reread it. Unfortunately I'm finding a lot of dead links in your archives lately, and I can't open the guru tattva file. 

Do you have any instructions or questions for me at this stage? Otherwise, my temple authorities are Svavasa Prabhu and Brghupati Prabhu mainly. H.G. Mukunda Datta prabhu has been my primary shiksa guru so far, and Vaisesika prabhu and Badrinarayan Swami also took my part in trying to convince Mukunda Datta prabhu to accept me. Feel free to contact any of them if you wish. I can privately send their contacts if required. I wish you safe travels.

Your aspiring servant,

Bhakta Eric

HpS - ASA[UG))) --- We just tried the http://jayarama.us/kd/guru-tattva.txt link and it opened O.K?   Please tell us if you have any problems. We think our GT matched the Disciple Course and Rabindra's article fine. We just made it simple and based it on NOI mostly.

If Mukunda Ji would like to make a comment on the GT file that would be nice, but with a Temple President's recommendation I think you can be an official Refugee and then we stay in touch for six months refining the ideas and then we act as diksa guru under Srila Prabhupada's authority. Our Parampara is mostly Siksa, no??? Everyone had a Diksa guru though.

Koi Prasna Hai??

ASA - Just coming from earlier letter.

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 for Ruminate and approval of my name for Brahmin diksha, can not express this moment in words.

    This came as a pleasant gift, which will help me to take me forward towards the next step of spiritual life.

    Thank you so much for showing your believe in me and I will not disappoint you for the chance I am given.

your fallen servant,
Girivaradhari-Gopal Das

HpS - Now we have to get practical time for you to sit in a local fire sacrifice and then we give you the SECRET MANTRAS over the telefone!

Adorado Guru maharaja please accepte my respetuosas eeverencias a sus feets of lotus.

ASA - AGTSP. We have feets of gira-sol by Guru-krpa.

Very thanks for your request. GM. Le envie una carta el 15 de mayo cuando Usted estaba in India. Pudo leerla? Le envie mi reporte del mes de mayo y unas fotos de la danza en el centro cultural. Este mes tuvimos algunos cambios nos mudamis al centro de la ciudad( para mi es casi lo musmo din tener un templo y programas cerca) gopalito se puso mal de un ojito despues k lo deje llorando solo x 20 minutos y lo llevamos al medico.. fue terrible. Me senti tan irresponsable.. quise protegerlo del frio polar pero.el dolor por no estar conmigo ese momento le desvio un ojo. Algumos trato en el hospital eran terribles. estuvimos internados dos dias y cuando salimos s casi escapando senti que nos escapabamos de una carcel.!! Franco busco en internet sobre el tema y un medico naturista ecplicaba que la xsusa es completamente emocional, completamente opuesto a los medicos alopatas que no que no me creian que su ojo se puso adi despues de dicho incidente. Felizmente ahora con ejercicios y mucho amor esta mejorando!! :) es increiblecomo rl cuerpo himano enferma basicamente por causas emocionales. Asi que viajamos a byenos aires a ver al medico y comprar mercancias para venta. And in tha travel your su ojose puso complet good!. Asi k.solo seguimos las indicaciones del medico por internet que son exercises. Sr mama me ayuda tanto a srr mas responsable y tambuen vivir en familia me ayuda tanto a no ser egoista, a pensar no solo en mi buenestar sino en el del otro en todos los aspectos. Para mi intentar ser grjasta ser byena compañera me ayuda a cer mis defectos y a admitirlos me ayda a ser mas humilde. Ver como toleran mis defectos por amor y aprendo mucho. Vivir in Cordoba es para mi como un encurntro conmigo mima . Tuve que ver cosas no resueltas de mi pasado y admitir lo que senti para perdonar entender y dejar ir. Muchos sentimientos encontrados tambien con la maternidad que creo que a toda madre la hace mas sensible aun. Por ahora estoy muy contebra pirque empeza a llevar libros a SP a las personad que me compran en la colecta y voy distribuyendo varios libros!! Me paso algo muy fuerte: le iba llevar un libro a una chica que tenia buen corazon y favorable y me demire en pasar por ella ... cuando fui.. me cuenta su compañera de trabajo que ella habia fallecido por sus dialisis mal hechas..!! No lo podia creer. Es tan inestable todo aqui y uno quiere acomodar las cosas para quedarse..Esto me impulso a llevar todos los los libros de SP conmigo. Ahora estamos esperando el tren. Prabhu Ajit de Manipur me respondio por fin. Lo glorifico en Su vyasa puja GM!!. Cuando supe que Usted estaba en India me alegre tanto! pense en cuando tendremos la bendicion de ir. Espero sea muy pronto!! Que el señor hermoso de ojos de loto lo proteha Mucho. Su dicipula que lo tiene siemore oresente: japa prati jalpa Radha. Le envio una foto de gopalito haciendo como que toca una fkauta viendo el video krsna tocando the flute!!

HpS - ASA --- TlgaSP.  Carta muy bueno. Poco desafio por nuestra cerbrio de burro, pero super.

1. No tengo carta de Mayo.

2. Oooof!  Espero las austeridades del Ojo de Gopal tiene resultados buenos y eternos.

3. Hola, Franco!   Espero mejor communidad Vaisnava para Vds.

4. Ajit de Manipur. Pienso es buena persona de muchas maneras pero ahora ha dejado ISKCON, GBC, Presidente, Committee del Templo y tiene su propio cosas.

5. Hari Bolo!   16-rounds,  4-principles strictly y su alimentacion para su familia va a ser nectar. Una segunda Draupadi.