Letters to the editor

Hare Krsna !
All glories to Srila Prabhupada, to His loving compassion and magnanimity! (among other transcendental qualities that sometimes we can't appreciate because our blindness)
All glories to the greatest sankirtana movement !
vanca kalpa tarubhyas ca kripa sindhubhya eva ca
patitanama pavanebhyo vaisnavebhyo namo namah
We humbly pray to Lord Nrsimhadeva to protect our dear guru maharaja, HH HpS.
Here our sadhana report:
we are in San Diego, Ca since  October 22th, by the grace of Guru Gauranga we were in New Dwarka,LA  for two months, met wonderful devotees, incredible experiences. Our favorite sacred place to chant our japa are Prabhupada's quarters.  Krsna is so kind with all of us, we know that is the mercy of the spiritual master. We can say humbly that in this special trip Guru and Krsna allow us realize that They are with us always, everytime. Krsna's plans are always perfect! And He take care of us through His beloved devotees. We have received a lot of  inspiration from other devotees. Sadhu sanga is the best! (:
In SD temple there is not asrama for women devotees, fortunately we have an aunt here, so we are living with our relatives. When we were leaving New Dwarka, a senior mataji gave us the best gift: Sri Sri Gaura Nitai deities. The situation was very special, we were thinking 'oh, what to do(?) is so much responsability, and may be we can´t with that, is better if we chant good rounds and pray to Krsna and He will reveal to us what is right, if is like this They going to manifest again' but then we were excited and little curious to take darshan of Them. So we ran to her home, then we saw Them, and we're praying and thinking 'yes or no,yes or no' and in that moment Nityananda let to drop an earring, finally we accept this special mercy. She gave us also her blessings to sankirtana forever. This Gaura Nitai were 31 years with her. We will never understand this great mercy.

HpS - ASA  ! ! !    !       !!!!
 

Daily sadhana:
wake up 4:00 am chant at least 16 rounds in japa, reading 50 pages of SB per day, puja, help in home and with my cousin cause her body is disable, go to the temple at evening (monday,tuesday and wednesday we attend Dravida Prabhu's Bg lectures [so really nice, we are finding a lot of inspiration from him and his Krsna consciousness] thursday Krsna lounge, friday harinama or do seva for the cows in Escondido farm, saturday [depend sometimes there is sankirtana or bhajanas in Balboa Park] sunday feast) sometimes we help making garlands or whatever it takes. By inspiration for the association we are trying to memorize Brahma-samhita (we are 5.53) and other verses. Appreciating every devotee and each person who comes into contact with Kc. Specially we are Thanking to Srila Prabhupada and parampara for saving us. We were thinking that in this life do progress in our path back to home, back to Godhead, as much as possible, with the benedictions of Guru Gauranga and vaisnava devotees. We're appreciating also the grace of Prabhupada to put us in a family of devotees, we must take full advantage.
Thank you gurudeva for be our guidence following Srila Prabhupada's footsteps.
Sincerely and eternally grateful, this neophyte student,ys. Aindavi devi dasi
Jaya Sita Rama Lakshmana Hanuman!!!!! Blissful Rama Navami!!!! 
Devamrita Swami and Bhakti Vasudeva Swami are here with us !!!
Ananta-koti-vaisnava-vrinda ki jaya!!
Please forgive our faults. 

HpS - ASA - What is the Escondido farm like?  Is Dayanidhi and his good family there? He is Treasurer. May be in Argentina.  Thank you for such nice news.  Your Deities just need love, no? Clean, regular service. Can be simple. Chant, read, for Them.

Who gave Them to you?

Dear Hanumat Presaka Swami:

Really happy of knowing you are coming to Spain.

Is great to asociate with you and srila prabhupada through service on a regular base, but also is great to have your personal physical asociation once in a while.

I got a nice present from krisna in the form of the Eneagram, basiclly this eneagram is and old tool used by jesuists to determing and getting a map of your false ego.

I used with my self and I have discover so many things about my false me. I have What I was doing and why.

This proces has really help me to anderstand my condionet posision and is helping me to understand my real essence.

Prabhupada said that we should be frist councisnes and then krisna councisnes and I belive that the eneagram is a great tool to help devotees to become councisnes, of course our main proces is the chanting of the holy names but again, is hard to de Krisna councisnes if you are not councisnes first.

We are working a lot In Madrid about the self responsabillity of your live.

You can chose at any moment how you want to feel and what councisnes you want to do things with.

Of course most of the times we live on a reactive way fallowing all patrons of behavior and thinking but, the good news we may change if we want, we can detec our patrons, we can modify our paradigms and we can choose (Free wheel) How we want to be, How we want to serve and return to our own, pure, spiritual and unique patron.

Working also a lot with the concept of pain, pain is our great friend, is because of pain that we know there is something to modify, some thing that maybe it was usefull on the past but not any more.

And again if when you have pain, you take the responsability, see the lovig hand of krisna and rhadarani after any thing happening to you, then you aceppt you error, you acept and say , yes, I have something I may Change, I may be a better devotte, a better human being, a better father, mother, son, bosss, emploee if I acept this pain as a sign of love, as a sign of god´s love.

Then I may say I am sorry to who ever I need and I may change my patron to be able to avoid this pain in the future.

If I dont aceppt my responsabillity and I course others for my pain I will not recognise my fake patron and I will have to feell again (By the mercy of krisna and my own karma) the nectar of PAIN.

So Thats basiclly What we are doing now in Madrid trying to understand our selfs, Traying to aceppt our liths and shadows, trying to resolve our shadows and acepting our responsability (The abillity to chose the right response).

Asram mood is really nice, we are distributing service trough pairs so 2 devotees in each main area, in this way you my rest if you need our take some days off if you need to atend a seminar or need to see your grandma.

Great Shadana atmosphere with and a strong traditional morning program with tulasi puja.(Tulasi is growing really healthy and seems quite happy inmerse in Madrid temple´s crazy preaching mood)

The feeling of team, and family is growing day by day.

Wi have a new french bramacary named Rasala Das and Mantri Ram Das and Maybe Nittay (17 years old second generation devotee) are thinking about orenge clothes, I think is a good Idea if they do it properlly.

Well, well, well

My good wife Bhaktin Marta is helping me in an unmessurable way, she is a great saint, supporting me in so many ways and being so renounce and tolerant with this poor Donkey tha is trying to serve you an SP as good and honest as he can.

4-16    90% Full Morning program

Miss you

JMHD

HpS - Jaya!  AGTSP. Jnana and Vairgya are excellent for getting a foothold in Krsna Consciousness. Citraketu could not focus on the instructions of Angira until he experienced the suffering of seeing his beloved son die. Then he got vairagya and jnana. All of these techniques you are describing are in Krsna consciousness, but we certainly agree that in the beginning it may be useful to get them in another form. Later Hari-nama is enough, but that doesn't mean that Arjuna didn't go on acquiring modern knowledge, modern weapons, no?

I hope our schedule in Spain is efficient and really useful for all of you!! We will be there in just six weeks...

Dear Maharaja Hanumat Presaka Swami,

pamho, AGtSP!

Thank you so much for your valuable association…I will never look at molasses the same way again.

The few moments of your association brought more realizations in Krsna consciousness. Now seeing levels of scholarship in Bhakti and becoming less hesitant in associating with school (still know I’m a fool). Your superbly executed classes also contributed to this too, unfortunately there are not many instructors at your level, regardless am going to continue in pursuance of bhakti “buddhi” as best as possible.

Personal exchanges on the platform of sattya are amazing, so much sincere dialogue just escalates more inquiries and confirmations of our life’s purpose. Unlike any other communications from professional discourses to casual conversation…the technical emotions and profound logic in devotional relations need no actual definition, yet they are available.  Our Sadhana programs seem to encompass all facets of knowledge and desire even if we aren’t aware of specifics, got to love that mercy!
 

Also appreciate the candor of your frankness, just enhances the mood of friendship for old and new acquaintances. For me it also helps understanding my own shortcomings and the lessons of karma, even in “flood-pants”. Our individual demise and personal inequities are valid lessons if we are keen on acknowledging them; such is the potency of the science of self-realization.

The “Jaw-Paw” is still on schedule, new service times have helped, though seva is always waiting for me, learning to prioritize a little better now. Still actually need to focus using fingers, mouth, tongue, ears and mind (not necessarily in that order) while getting mantra-cadence. If done I am able to beat my average 10 minute per round mark. Not easy though, was born to run and that includes my mind, just doesn’t stop so easy. What is good if I can get the “reins on d’ brain” may actually get much faster, will keep you up dated.

HpS - ASA -- AgtSP!   Try chanting a few 3-second Mantras, maybe one round [with love].

We’re all looking forward to y’all’s return visit to Houston; Subhra always appreciates your support and guidance. However, she’s not completely satisfied with how management is handling school priorities keeping in mind it is a new project/ school. Acknowledging this, we also remember some of the trials and tribulations you’ve tolerated in this movement, so patience is being invoked. Ultimately, if decision-makers get too sluggish and splintered there are other devotee facilities, we’ll jockey this horse for now…Yee Haw!

All glories to your service, thank you for your valuable time.

Your servant in training,

caitanya caritamrta das, das anu das.

HpS - ASA - Thank you. Hare Krsna. Krsna was personally arranging all of the dice games, disrobings and finally the battle of Kuruksetra to achieve his ends, no? So we have to look for His plan and "take our place on the Great Mandala, as it moves through our brief moment of time.". See you in 21 days!

In superable picture.

Hare Krishna Gurudev,

Please accept my humble obeiscences, all glories to Srila Prabhupada and Lord Gauranga.

How is your health Maharaj? Couple of weeks back we heard your lecture that was given in Houston, Tx. unfortunately we could hear it completely (stopped in the middle, some issues with internet) Spoke to Radhika Raman Prabhu an hour back and got your information.

ISKCON of Richmond, VA devotees are waiting for your association Maharaj, Is there any chance that you can accommodate a trip to this place (any week-end or anytime at your convenient) in this summer. Now we are a bit stream lined the process and trying to outreach people through "Book Distributions", street Kirtana and celebrating the festivals (inviting the public).

On our personal front, by the mercy of "Nitai Chaitanya Chandra" and "your belssings", sadhana is going well (Chanting and Everyday reading), Attending BYC @ VCU (every Tuesday) and attending "Bhakti Shastri" (all three of us) along with our weekly ISKCON of Richmond program (Book distribution).

And also we have a plan to visit India this summer (after 3 years), Kids and KPDD will leave JUN 13th and back on Aug 09th and I will be leaving on JUL 12th back on Aug09.

Maharaj, it feels like a long time, please consider a trip to Richmond, Va.

Your Humble Servant,

Subala Sakha Das (Srinivas) and Krishna Pramodini Devi Dasi

HpS - Aaaaah!  AGTSP paoho. Such a long, long, time since we have heard from you. It is so sad not to get more frequent news!  Yes, we would like very much to visit Virginia. How to do it???     Practically speaking it seems with your your travels and our travels we are BOOKED almost day to day until 1st week in Octoboer. If you look at our Calendar - ww.jayarama.us/kd/cal.htm, you can see the details:

Nashville, Houston, Nashville, India-Europe, Nashville, West-coasts - Mexico - Houston, South America, Nashville..... 

How about that? We plan a good visit in the Fall or Winter?

Your preaching sounds wonderful and if your travel coincides with the program on the calendar we can meet their also. Of course, our very deept respects to Mataji and "the next generation" in your house.

Dear Maharaja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances,
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Sorry for not writing nowadays i'm quite lazy and not a big writer :/ but i think about You lot of times and read your blog regularly.
Everything is ok with me and my husband. It seems we had grown up and after 12 years marriage we got used to each other's anarthas so we get along well.

HpS - ASA -- Two frogs in the same well. -[;0)---

In January we didn't have a car for a month so couldn't start the BhVai course in the Manor and i just procrastinate the Bhagavatam study but i don't work at this moment so i can start studying.
Nowadays i read Krsna book, CC and Srila Prabhupada Lilamrita.

We are very fortunate and happy to be here near to Bhaktivedanta Manor. Radha Gokulananda are very merciful. (pic attached) In the last 2 weekends Candramauli Swami gave classes and he will speak on Rama Navami as well. His classes make us inspired.

My chanting is a bit better. I still chant with offenses but by Radharani's and Srila Prabhupada's causless mercy i have a tiny taste from the Holy Name and i feel myself very happy about that. I try to insist on my chanting more and more and try to respect the Holy Name as i can.
The life is not easy with lot of anarthas that i have but by Krsna's mercy everything is possible. It would be nice to leave the anartha nivritti behind this life.
Please say a prayer for me, Maharaja so i want to surrender and give up my bad habits!

I'm waiting for your Spanish visit. We will arrive on the 13th late afternoon and hopefully we can talk a bit to you on the 13th or the 14th.
Thanks a lot for your association.

All the best!

Your servant, Sri Radhe devi dasi

HpS - Very nice. We also arrive a little late and 13th-14th are available. 15th we go to Pisa, and then back to Spain, and then to Radhadesa. All in the ASA Calendar.

We mailed a Tava pache pache journal to Sri Radha Dasi; Flat 5, 38 Clarendon Road; M16 8LD; Manchester U.K. and it came back to us. What is your current address?

We do whatever Sadhana we can when our anarthas are less and then hope the positive stuff will gradually chase away the negative stuff!  Hare Krsna. Well, we should engage in our Anarthas along with Krsna so that we can enjoy them and purifiy them.  SB 2.3.10!!!

Just fun!!!!!   SB.3.2.23

HpS - ASA   ---  Yamunesvara Das, We just answered this letter by e-mail. But it is super, super, super to see it here on the Blog also. Everyone should hear about Manipur. Everyone should help to spread K.C. in Manipur.

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All Glories to Sri Guruji Maharaja and Gouranga Mahaprabhu

Radha Krsnaki Jay and Goura Bhakta Vrnda Ki Jay

Please accept my humble obeisances unto to Sri Guruji’s padmacharan that I am so happy after getting Gurujis reply. On the other hand we are very sorry to know that Guruji will not come to Manipur this year but we are eagerly waiting February, 2016. For our kind information is there any special programme during May 7-12, 2015 in Braja (Vrndavana)? If somebody comes to Braja for other purpose can we see Guruji there or not? If possible please give us the exact location? Is it ISKCON Temple of Vrndavan?

HpS – AGTSP. Paoho. It is always so nice to hear from you and any Manipuri Bhakta. Please be merciful to us. We are just now fixing our program for Delhi. We are trying to meet with Prime Minister to release our next NIOS book, so it depends on his schedule. I think mostly we will be in Delhi temple and then go to Vrndavana just for a day, but I don’t know.

Please highlight the following quotations and questions?

The fortunate inhabitants of Pitrloka, who preside over the funeral ceremonies, made Aryama into a calf Bhagavatam 4.18.18

There are so many lokas mentioned in the previous chapters e.g. Brahmaloka, Chandraloka, Suryaloka, Indraloka, Dhruvaloka, Sivaloka, Satyaloka etc. Again in the Brahma Samhita 43 sloka mentioned that Lowest of all is located Devi-dhama (mundane world),  next above it is Mahesa-dhama [abode of Mahesa], above Mahesa-dhma is placed Hari-dhama [abode of Hari] and above them all is located Krsna’s own realm named Goloka. Then the realm of Goloka stands highest above all other……….  the first in order is this mundane world called Devi-dhama consisting of the fourteen worlds, viz Satyaloka.

From the above statements quoted from Bhagavatam and Brahma Samhita where will be the different Lokas situated and in which levels? And what are the fourteen worlds? In which books and where we could find the fourteen levels including the planet Earth?

HpS – ASA – SB 2.5.38 +  ... there are details:

Below Bhu-mandala (~Earth) there are seven planetary systems: Vitala, Talatala, Atala... then bhur, bhuva, svarga, mahaloka, janaloka, tapaloka and jana-loka. Those are the 14-worlds. Gandhava loka is in Bhuva-loka.  They are in different parts of the 14-worlds. We really know how to get to our ISKCON Temples and how to go out on Sankirtan. –[;0)---

Yours fallen servant

Yamunesvara Das

HpS – We send you more news as we get it, but if you have not done the sequence listed above on the Blog PLEASE try that.   May you have all success in understanding Srila Prabhupada’s books and become the greatest ISKCON leader.