Letters to the editor

Hare Krsna Maharaja,     Por favor acepte mis más humildes reverencias. Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada.

     Soy Mercedes, la aspirante a devota del templo de Madrid. Gracias por acogerme en su blog de 

     ASA.

     No he estado con su Señoría antes en ningún viaje a Valencia, sería otra devota (le adjunto una foto mía).

     Le conocí de vista en una clase que impartió en el templo a las 8 am y después en las iniciaciones,

     no tuve la suerte de poder hablar con usted personalmente.

      He leído el Guru-tattva como usted me pidió, para comprender el papel de guru y discipula.  

      También me pidió mi opinión y me parece todo correcto. Casualmente estaba leyendo el

      Upadesamrta.

      Me estoy levantando a las 6 de la mañana, espero poder levantarme un poco antes, canto Guru-

      Astakam y   Maha- Mantra (desde que leí el Guru-tattva) ; ofrezco un incienso, una vela y una

      flor; y canto rondas (desde hace más de un año).

      Gracias por contestar mi carta, estoy muy agradecida, me postro a sus pies.

       Su aspirante a dicípula.

HpS = Gracias el foto, todo. Muy bien....  Como esta occupado durante la dia? Professor de medicina? Carpenteria? Plomberia? Lucha libre???   Tiene un mascoto, amigos? Como estan su padres?
 

Hare Krishna dear guru maharaj,

Please accept my dandavat pranams, All glories to Srila Prabhupad.

The NOI audio files are good maharaj, it is helping me to  understand the value of  upadesamritha. I am deeply thankfull for giving me the oppertunity to transcribe. 

I have been able to get up at 4AM, but after taking hot water shower, doing guru puja and  6 rounds, I am feeling sleepy  and going back to sleep at around 6AM and getting up again at 7AM. I normally am doing 6-7 rounds in the morning and rest of them I am doing while driving to work  or sometimes in the evening. 

I was able to chant 16 rounds in the morning, if I was not taking hot water shower maharaj. 

I am reading 1 verse of Bagavatham daily and doing service at the temple on weekend.  I am making progress on transcription and job is going fine maharaj. I am looking for a nice paying governement job near home, so that I can be little more relaxed in my life and chant better rounds.

Please take care of your health maharaj.

your servant

Nilachala Chandra Das

HpS - ASA - AGTSP. You are transcibing the second class? How far have you gotten. What about taking a cool-water bath. Bh.Vinode Thakura would have supper at 6PM. Take rest for 2-hours and then say good night to the rest of the family. Stay up all night writing, and then take nap just before breakfast.

todas las glorias a srila prabhupada

todas las glorias a sri guru y sri gauranga !

porfavor asepte mis humildes reverencias maharaj,

estoi reportandome desde monterrey bhaktin silvia alejandrra J., todo a pasado muy bien con el yatra en monterrey, mexico se ha establezido programa de food for life, lectura y se involucra a los devotos externos del centro de predica a prestar servicio fijo por lo menos una vez a la semana .

estamos en el nuevo servicio de educar a el nuevo integrante de la familia Jay Govinda mas parece que el me enseña a mi :) jejeje...

prabhu gadadhara, mi esposo, continua predicando y cocinando en el restaurante, bien de salud, aveces se presentan diferencias entre el y yo pero tratamos de mejorar.

yo me encuentro bien rondas y principios bien pero no asisto a programa de mangalarati pues ahora con bebe es dificil por su demanda en las noches.

 su disipulo prabhu gadadhara y  esta insignificante aspirante a sirviente esperamos pronto su visita a mexico

pedimos sus bendiciones para el yatra de monterrey , gracias por la atencion y tiempo maharaj<img alt="angel" height="23" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/angel_smile.png" title="angel" width="23" /> hare krishna hare rama !

HpS - Gracias, Mataji. Cuanto pesa Jaya Govinda? Muchas gracias las noticias... Como pasa el Festival de Gaura-purnima?

Pienso trabajamos bastante con Asta-sakhi, todos en estas programas educativas, y invitamos todos a Houston fin del Julio para entrenamiento en educaccion pre-escolar, primario, todo y regresamos a Mejico primero de Augosto.

Hare Krsna dear Gurudeva

Please, accept my humble obeisances

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

I hope you and your sankirtan are doing very well. Last days have been a bit difficult. Maya is banging at my door and the only thing I can do is to preserve my core by chanting my rounds and follow principles. I write mainly to tell you that I had to give up NIMSAR, this was a decision that has saddened me greatly. I deeply disagree with certain politics of the institution, I know that some practices are common in my country, but I do not understand why such approaches are always the first choice for any problems. Apart of the details, I can not feel calm in a place where I do not agree with the principles that are handled.

Thank you very much for giving me the opportunity to serve you during this time, I have also expressed my gratitude to the devotees. For now, I will focus on less political services, I have a strong tendency to be passionate and is not healthy for me. Not now, at least. I will focus in studying Bhakti-sastri with Param Prabhu Padam. I have a strong need for study and improve my sadhana. Lord Jagannatha will tell. Meanwhile, I'll be sending you my questions and doubts, I'm very sorry for dissapointing you, Gurumaharaja.

Your servant

Gandharva dasa

HpS - ASA - AGTSP. Sorry little delay answering. Intransit to Houston. Of course, Japa, Principles, Full morning Program are the priority and on that basis some Sankirtan.

Are you going to have some Sankirtan partners in Peru?

todas las glorias a sri sria gaura nitai

tlgsp

mis respetuosas reverencias a usted GM!

¿como esta? le mande una carta anteriormente era para contarle como estaba, claro hablar de mi! jaja<img alt="frown" height="23" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/confused_smile.png" title="frown" width="23" />

quiero contarle gurumaharaja que mi sadhana es bastante bueno todos los dias a mangala-arati 16 rondas. Pero hoy me quede dormida zzzzzzz<img alt="no" height="23" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/thumbs_down.png" title="no" width="23" /> me levante totalmente enojada<img alt="angry" height="23" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/angry_smile.png" title="angry" width="23" /> de mal humor y me di cuenta que por mi cansancio fisico me quede dormida y estoy quejandome de todo, no estoy siendo comprensiva con nadie, quiza hablo mal con los devotos/as... y estoy cansada de todo todo todo...no se como solucionarlo, constantemente pienso en usted en su misericordia que es lo que me hace seguir en srila prabhupada, la adoracion a las deidades me ayudó mucho siento un gran cambio.. no se si son pruebas para mi vida espiritual pero me siento incomoda con todo! 

siempre estoy pensando y ayudando para mejorar el ashrama, para que se siga la etiqueta en el ashrama le pido ayuda a los devotos mayores pero no obtengo mucha ayuda parece no importar...y para mi vida creo que la base es seguir las instrucciones y las etiquetas, no hay horarios para nada! y estos temas sn los que me ponen mal<img alt="crying" height="23" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/cry_smile.png" title="crying" width="23" /> no puedo desapegarme gm....humildemente le ruego su ayuda..

estoy estudiando los versos del bhagavad gita...leyendo c.caritamrta. 

                                                                                                 GRACIAS POR TANTO GM!

 su sirvienta ter kadamba devi dasi.

HpS - ASA ---  AGTSP paoho.  We don't know the details of your situation so we can't give any detailed advice. General advice is that you have to get some friends, counselors, locally that you can talk to. They may not be perfect, but a blind uncle is better than no uncle.

O.K?  You do that?
Sometimes we were alone in keeping the standard in the San Francisco Temple with maybe one other devotee at managala arati when we would open the curtains. Maybe five by the end. The ashrama roof leaked, the bath-rooms were filthy. So we adopted the attitude that we were living in the forest. We bought a little tent to sleep dry and comfortable, cleaned our little section of the Ashrama ands bathroom and kept up our Deity worship, association with about four sane devotees out of the 15 in the temple and stayed in touch with the GBC. After some time Krsna sent some help and we knew that He was always with us and that He was glad to see how we did our service.

Hare Krisna dear Gurudeva. Please, accept my humble obeisances, dandavats. All Glories to Srila Prabhupada.

I hope you're fine.

One month and a half ago, more or less, I wrote you in the blog, but i didn't get any response.

HpS - AGTSP Paoho. I think that was when we were traveling. We put notice in the Kapi Dhvaja that we couldn't answer any mail while traveling!!!   And gave addresses of few devotees that you could contact if it was emergency.

Here we're fine, in Madrid's Kuruksetra. Many many Krisna's Mercy falling down over our heads. I'm so tiny and I have to learn so things ...

My four principles well, my beads improving. Now I'm reading Manual reformatory of Japa by Satvarupa Maharaja, and it's helping me a lot to improve the quality of my rounds. I'm trying to chant 18.

I'm reading Krisna's Book too. It's delicious. I'm trying to follow the 2nd module of Bhakti Sastri, but I haven't got many time.We're coordinating a bhakti vriksa group in the temple, I'm helping to Yadunandana Swami in the Bhaktivedanta Institute and I'm still serving as Madrid's Temple's president (vaisnava dasa anudasa) Uffffffffff!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

We had a preaching program in Ciudad Real to 200 kilometres from Madrid last weekend. There were around 25 people. The program's tittle was "Material Problems, Spiritual Solutions: The suffering" and then we had other program about Kirtan Yoga with a session of open questions and answers. Came on from Madrid Carcika Devi Dasi (my wife), Mantri Rama Das and Jambula Das. It was fine. The people want to go to New Vrajamandala and following more periodic programs there.

Now we are making a new program in Tarragona, near of Barcelona:

• Material Problems, Spiritual Solutions: The suffering
• Material Problems, Spiritual Solutions: The forgivenees
• Workshop about Kirtan Yoga
• Workshop of Japa
• Ayurveda
• Hatha Yoga

It'll be twoo days. We'll rent a big house to give acommodation 20-30 people.

Please, give me your mercy to be better person and bit by bit to be a better aspiring to devotee.

When do you come back to Spain? You said me you'll come back in 2015. We are waiting for you. When Gurudeva?

Thank you for all.

Your humble and fallen servant.

Dandava Das.

HpS - ASA -  AGTSP Paoho. I hope your get translations of DTC!!!   Looks like we are going to go to Spain end of May. Is O.K?   The programs sound very nice, but doesn't the Barcelona Yatra participate, organize, the programs there?
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