Letters to the editor

All glories to sri sri gaura nitai

tlgsp, and my respectfull obeissances to you maharaja.

Thanks for the letter.

yes, sometimes singing my rounds did not come with sixteen , I do not make excuses single job.

I want to ask maharaja as do I improve the relationship with people? I'm very picky and I think they are all ignorant , I apologize but I need your help.

HpS - AGTSP. There are many ways to improve our relations with people. As you advance in Krsna consciousness it will happen. One specific techinique from Prabhupada (?) is that you see what servie people are doing and then you try to help them. That forces the mind to see their good qualities.

and I would like to do some service here in this part of Argentina ( Patagonia ) no devotees where I live , what I do maharaja service ?

HpS - Keep association with devotees by telephone, letters, e-mails, visit them for festivals, do some service together, even if by distance. Then preach according to your abilities. If you make everyone one around you a devotee then you will have lots of association.

not if you remember I am the sister of ter kadamba.

HpS - ASA -- No, we forgot.   So sad.   Please remind us a lot!

Thanks for everything you do . I hope to serve you something, his servant bhaktina bernarda.

HpS - ASA -- Reading the Krsna book?

hare kirshna gurumaharaja!!

por favor acepte mis reverencias!

todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada!

Estoy muy encantada de poder volver a verle, ya que ud. viene a Madrid, Yo soy la devota Con el restaurante GOPAL, LA PAZ con un hijo, que estuve en Lima.

HpS - Esta Vd. arquiteca???  Puedo recordar todo.

Por fin puedo escribirle, perdone que no lo hice antes. Han pasado mucho tiempo y muchas cosas. Primero quiero contarle que finalmente fui a India 4 meses. Tres meses en Mayapur trabajando en Master Plan con Prabu Vaikunta Nitai por indicacion de Maharaj Jayapataka Swami en proyectos de arquitectura para apoyar a hacer el trabajo de viviendas para devotos. Me tuve que venir urgente a Madrid donde estoy residiendo ahora, por problemas con la documentación de mi hijo. Hace un mes llame a Prabu Vaikunta para preguntarle si puedo volver a trabajar en Master Plan y me ha aceptado, asi que voy a Mayapur el 20 de Junio hasta el 8 de septiembre a trabajar alli en Mayapur.

Mi vida espiritual todo este tiempo ha sido constante, siempre canto mis rondas a la madrigada y voy al templo en Madrid casi todos los domingos con mi hijo. Vivo un poco lejos y tengo muchos problemas familiares por ser devota, pero Krsna siempre me apoya.

Ultimamente hice el curso de Formadores en Vrajamandala, Brihuega con Swami Jadunandana, muy inspirador. No se si recuerda que le pedi refugio en La Paz?

HpS - Si.  Tambien fue asociado con Advaita Das para un tiempo, no?

Gracias por ayudarme a servir mas a Krishna! Su más humilde sirvienta! Que Krishna lo bendiga siempre!! Kristina Donoso (Krishnita Dasi)

HpS - Hare Krsna.  Ya Vd es una devota con mucha experiencia. Si, tiene que ser fijado y tomar votos, iniciaion. Puede ser de muchos discipulos de Srila Prabhupada, no necesariamente de nosotros.  Es verdad?

Cuantos anos tiene su hijo?  Como se llama???    Es monstro o angel?   <img alt="angel" height="23" src="http://www.hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/angel_smile.png" title="angel" width="23" /><img alt="angel" height="23" src="http://www.hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/angel_smile.png" title="angel" width="23" /><img alt="devil" height="23" src="http://www.hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/devil_smile.png" title="devil" width="23" />

Hare krishna gurumaharaj, Please accept my humble obeisances, All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

In answer of your question: What does it mean to wear apricot colored clothes?

I understand this topic like this: In Spain we have a proverb “El hábito no hace al monje pero ayuda” for example if I a police while I working I will wear my uniform, but if I am out of work with “civil” clothes and I presence a crime I must to act. But the uniform can help me… for example if I am in the street and some person need help when he watchs my uniform he will identify me like a police and he could ask me for help.

 For the orange color I think that only have a relevant meaning inside the devotees cause for a person that doesn’t know anything about Hare Krishna the color will not be very relevant (maybe they will be more shock with the dhoti, chadar, kurta that the color of them) , now im living in an ashram and I do monastic life, and I would like to use this “uniform” to express my actual “social” position inside our movement. 

HpS - AGTSP paoho.  Very nice thoughts. I think it is correct, but would add that it seems that most of the people in the world now have some idea of oriental monks, so, when we walk arount in peach colored robes we often get asked, "Are you a Buddhist?".   We can answer, "Yes, we are followers of Gauranga Buddha, Caitanya Buddha".
Wear Brahmacari clothes!    Take Sannyasa!   Be a friend to all the women in the world.

I hope that your health is now very better than before!! Now im a little ill (out of energy and with many mucus) maybe is the spring.

Hare Krishna Gurumaharaj, Thanks for your time, I value this a lot.

Your servant Mantri Rama Das

HpS - Hare Krsna Hare Krsna!!!  We will write more in the DTC and Calendar Post.

Querido Gurudev:  Pamho. TgSP y sus seguidores fieles.

Espero se encuentre bien de salud cuando reciba este mensaje.

Me alegra saber que vendra pronto a Madrid y lamento que vaya a estar tan poco tiempo.  Parece que el fin de semana no estará en Madrid o NVrajamandala que son los lugares donde podriamos visitarle, ya que el sabado y domingo no se trabaja. De todas formas intentaremos ir alguna tarde al Templo para oir sus clases y ver como se encuentra.

Por lo demas: 3-4-16 sabiendo que hay que mejorar la calidad y tratando de estar siempre alerta para diferenciar las propuestas de Krisna de los trucos de maya.

Deseando poder verlo pronto se despide

su sirviente (aspirante)

Jayanta das

HpS -   Una visita a Espana si ver Jayanta Das es como una dia sin sol!     Ya estamos en Espana fin de semana.    Podemos postar una sugerencia de calendario aqui en el Blog despues de todo.

Hare Krishna Gurudev!  ^-^ AGTSP PAMO

Chanting  a bit more and being more happy.Reading teachings of lord caitanya.

Having some realizations:

After 5 days of  movie-like rain, sun rose ( in my heart too) but not fully/enough yet, need to construir moreKC samskaras ... I Feel my faith is developing more and more ,thank Govinda, and this mantra is so Powerful that I can't handle it, but it rocks everytime.
While was doing a night japa walk ysterdy Realized how I want to be the enjoyer most of the time, but at the end I'm spiritually the enjoyed and can't change it, that was like a trigger clicking in my mind...

Feeling pleased with KRishna and his devotees, we have a good connection and a nice ashrama here at sydney, these young guys are so fired up and inspiring also.
living w the world 2nd book distributor. 
Krishna showing opportunitties to preach.
 

Waking up a bit earlier these days, so they are a bit more successful+peaceful. Heard that authorities will check everyone;s sadhana(those who are not orange) which is good though.

Getting ready 4 my piano auditions next friday to see if they accept me as a music student so i can start studying :)

Wondering about initiation, few people asked me whether I'm or not initiated which leads one to desire/think/imagine how that feels, i guess it must be very wonderful.

My friend the world 2nd book distributor getting initiated on th 3rd next month, I'm so happy 4 him such a mahatma !

I pray to Prabhupada for always remembering Krishna never forget him, in the same way I beg 4 your blessings Maharaja to always remember + glorify you and Krishna with love and with more tongues + ears if possible, so I can remain always absorbed and ecstatic . 
Sorry for my Spiritual mistakes and my Informality.

Hare Krishna

AGTSP

PamO

Ys, Camilo.

HpS - ASA -  Oink!   Whoop!  Whoop!              You are doin' juss fine!        First get the big rocks in the jar. Then you can pour in fine sand to fill it more.   Then you can add water to fill it even more.   It is like music, no?    Get your basic Vaidhi bhakti fixed. Then add more and more details and then ....    comes Raganuga!! . . . .    See you soon.

Hare Krsna Maharaj,
Pamho, Agtsp

Hello to UG, TB and  BW

ASA -  E=M*C*C, Whoop! Whoop!,  Oink!   Oink!

We hope you all are progressing in Lord Chaitanya Sankirtana.

We deliberatlely did not write to you {HpS and ASA associates] as most our issues are related to dark well and perennial challenges related to it.  there was no relevant news of sankirtana. we are working on it. we are trying to chant 16 rounds daily, morning prayers, reading, 4 rounds and house holder duties in balance way (krsna is helping us a lot)

we are reporting this to  Professor Huber Robinson as there is no better person than him in matter of psychology.
Professor , we went pillbuster and clinical pscychologist  {CP} regarding our anger and controlling problem.

they have diagnosed us  Obsessive complusion disorder [OCD] and problem due to emotion injuries. (on the basis of Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory ® -2 (MMPI ® -2))

ASA - Wow!     When I took a test like that I would feel very proud: Look, I am crazy! I need special attention. (Of course, some of this stuff is actually true and helpful (but also sometimes devotees can surpass all this easily, no?))

they say our sub-conscious is craving for affection (inference from Online  Rorschach  Test http://theinkblot.com/ ). Harsh says his conscious mind says he does not need affection. CP says thats the struggle b/w sub conscious and conscious mind.

HpS - Jung, Prabhupada, both say that your sub-conscious mind is very accessible during Brahma muhurta and you can make it more conscious. Sounds like a good analysis, but I would confirm it by our Yoga of B-muhurta, Japa.

due  [OCD]  to we got finicky about things.

we are going to continue treatment optimize the problme of OCD and emotional injuries
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we also met a nice devotee [vrindavan das [email protected] ) who works on temperament identification (on basis of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_temperaments)  since  september. he also identified our temperament (based on observation not any test) as majorily as Melancholy perfectionist (64%) , Powerful choleric (26%) and peaceful Phlegmatic(10%).

we applied this perfectionist and powerful temperament in our married life. and have crushed emotions of our wife who is having different temparament ratios.

he asked us to relax our standards, increase our indulgence in sense gratification ( resorts, food, sex etc) to satisfy/ heal our relationship with wife.

because his finding is that Harsh is not peaceful when there is unrest in home.

HpS - God!  Illicit sex!!???       That's only, always, going to increase the hell.   Of course, SB 1.11.31-32, type Grhasta "sex" is O.K. Nice.  Buy your wife candy or flowers, no?   Prabhupada says that embracing between husband and wife is natural. But illict sex only makes everyone feel dirty and cheated afterwords.   We don't have a sub-conscious desire to become meat, fish or eggs. We have a sub-conscious desire to become immortal energy angels!
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practically we see we are tied up in battle between cognition v/s affect. should be v/s want to be.
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our only hope is NOI preface
""In all spiritual affairs, one’s first duty is to control his mind and senses. Unless one controls his mind and senses, one cannot make any advancement in spiritual life. Everyone within this material world is engrossed in the modes of passion and ignorance. One must promote himself to the platform of goodness, sattva-guṇa, by following the instructions of Rūpa Gosvāmī, and then everything concerning how to make further progress will be revealed.""

till we reach sattva guna we would be needing your help a lot esp in matter of satisfying the SPOG.

regards,

Harsh born in In India with 

human body  & ( monkey and horse mind)

HpS - My experience is that it always helps to chant Hare Krsna right in the middle of the strange problems. Then Krsna can give a little good intelligence and we can move up.
One VERY good psychological survey showed that Hare Krsna males are 100 times more likely to be Compulsive personalities that normal people. Do you fold your shirts and sort them into different categories?

We do.

But we want pharmacists, doctors others to be compulsive personalities. O.K. Is not a bad trait. Just have to purify it. Learn when to relax. We still have to struggle with this at 67 years old. Ha!  Ha!   Ha!    Expect rapid progress but be patient that if this is a deep root it may take even more than one life to extract it.   ....  but....   the effort is eternal!

In general, sounds great you psycho-therapy if you just keep a perspective of Srila Prabhupada's lessons. See you in a few days.