Letters to the editor

All Glories to Sri Sri Gauranga Nitiananda.
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada.
All Glories to you!
All Glories to devotees.

Please accept my most humble obeisances to your lotus feet.

HpS - ASA - Potato feet. AGTSP!

Dear Gurudeva, I'm Rati Manjari DD, you remember me? jijiji xD

ASA - The second most famous person in Argentina, no?

Hope your health is good!!!!

ASA - At 67-years USA we can really see that 9-more years for this body is a practical and esoteric estimate. Teeth, memory, vision, hearing going, but experience and intelligence increasing. Gotta get ready for service without a gross body, and you?

Gurudev my Japa improve, I can complete it and keep, following 4 principles but my consciousness is so material.
Gurudev we have gave the course of the spiritual scientist which is based on the small books of Srila Prabhupada and give the information of content in a nice and easy way, when we finish to gave the class the students stay in the class room making more and more questions! I am really grateful about that, I can understand how Prabhupadas message can change the life of people. It encourage me a lot!

ASA - \'0'/  Jaya....    ....   You can't do that if you have very material consciousness. Must have only moderately material conscioiusness.

Gurudev in our last godbrothers meeting we talk about keep connected with your preach line, we have debate about which one of yours principal items is more interesting for each one of us, to start to make study groups, it's a initial idea, but I hope we together can make a work team to keep your crops alive during the time you're not in the country and develop compromise and good contacts for get the better places for you.

ASA - Our preaching line is what Prabhupada and the Parampara sends us through different sources. Every sales man has his own technique.

In Bhakti Sastri we have some questions to make to you, can u help us please?

1- ¿How the Maha-Mantra has made accesible for all? We was talking about in the first moment was a secret mantra. ¿Was Caitanya who change the order of the words to make reachable for all?
ASA - We have heard about this in different ways but never read it in any of Prabhupada's books or lectures, letters, even from devotees who heard it from Prabhupada.
P'pada cites the Maha-mantra from the Kalisantara Upanisad. The wikipedia says that it is one of the Upanisads from the Black Yajur Veda. That is about all I know. 

2- The "rasa" of each entity is always the same? Or can evolve? - We always are "the same" and we discover? Or when we obtain prema, Krsna give it to us?
ASA - In NOI the verse 'nitya-siddha krsna prema..." is cited. Look it up and see where it is spoken and then read that section. Send us your thoughts!

 Thank u!

 More questions:

3- You have some estimeed date to visit our Yatra.

ASA - Seems 12 August to 7 September in Peru. Then January in Chile, maybe Argentina then. We would like to live there.

4 - Mangala Arati: the time to make it, the only way is doing it at 4.30am?  can do it at 5.3 or 6.00 this option is possible?

ASA - In NOI Srila Prabhupada says like, up by 4AM and Mangala arati, but in Krsna book he says that we should chant HK during the Brahma-muhurta. So seems we should have Mangal-arati during the Brahma muhurta. Look for Muhurtas on the Wikipedia and tell us your results!

5- GM one devotee make my astrological chart, and told about this is a good time to travel, based on that and my wish to travel, I  decide to go to India next year when you will be there, you agree? What you think about that? I need your blessings.

ASA - I think we will go there after Chile for like three months.

We start again with the congress and visit issues. ;)

Gurudeva please bless me to understand Krishna Consciousness, bless me for understand Prabhupada's mission and for be a tool in your service.  Sorry for my long letter, thanks for your valuable time. The world would be devastating for me if you were not in it.

Who always want to stay by your side. Your practicant of disciple.
Rati Manjari Devi Dasi.

ASA - Monkey and Piggy are still using the pencil bag that you gave us. Whenever we see it we think of you, the second most intelligent person in Argentina!!

Hare Krishna, dear Gurumaharaja, Pamho,

All glories to Srila Prabhupada and you!

I hope you're well and your sankirtan for Srila Prabhupada is going fine.

2:38 in the morning. Rounds almost done. Best ones before mangalartik.

I'm very excited and happy. Yesterday, Panihati festival was great. Then we went to the city and chanted for 2 hours,

I'm sorry I didn't write before. I'm helping again in temple administration. I'll be secretary for a while until they find another one. I hope soon, cause my main service is education. Now, I'm teaching 3 courses and studying 2. Giving class in the temple, etc. My health still needs improvement, but I feel great inside.

HpS - ASA ---  AGTSP paoho....    We are so happy to hear from you.   We all thought you might have been eaten by the great snake of time. Your Sadhana sounds enviable!

NIMSAR Congress for August is taking shape. Many details giving by our fine secretary Gandharva Prabhu.

We need to get together soon to talk about your participation in the Congress. We need your kindly help to invite people to participate with us in this great experience. We already talked to Mathuresh Prabhu and Baladeva Prabhu. They are very excited about their participation, other people as well.

ASA - Because of the one month of travel we did not read his Reports. It seems we should read them all today.

We need to talk about your peruvian tour also in order to allow us to help you a little bit.

It's a great honor working with you and other fine devotees like NIMSAR People and others.

Thank you very much for your advice and mercy to your humble (no much) servant

Laksmana-agraja das.

ASA - But you wanted to fix a time for a meeting, no????    We heard from Daffy Duck that you were considering Wednesday morning. Is that correct?  Seems good for us. Shall we include others, like Swami Sattva???  Who else wants to join?   ASA is a Funcional Family (Ie. nobody is in jail and everybody is talking to everybody else).

 Dear Guru Maharaj

please accept my respectfull obeisances, All glories to Srila Prabhupad 

First of all I apologize for not writing before, when we recieved your mail we had just arrived in the Hong Kong temple, the devotees there where very kind and they infomed us about Sun Wo Kong, the Chinesse Hanuman. Thank you for always showing us how to connect everything with Lord  Krishna  Lord Rama Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Their pastimes ans devotees, by your personal example of how to alway remember Krishna and never forget Him.

HpS - AGTSP!!!!     We apologize for not answering sooner. This letter arrived just before we left for India and Europe so we are only seeing it now. It seems exciting.

Right now we are in Beijing, my husband is working on some artistic presentations with a new devotee here, she is a singer, she met the devotees a few months ago, and came to Mayapur where we were introduced. Li Xin was very atracted by HH Krishna-sketra Maharaj, and  he suggested that we combine forces and prepare a concert on the Bagavad Gita and the Sri Isopanishad, for November-December, so we are here for that purpose now,  Li Xin also want me to dance for that program also. We had 3 presentation last month, the public is very receptive, we hope that it can continues this way, without the authorities realizing that we are presenting KC. There are many devotees here who are very kind, we see them 2 times a week and Premarasarnava pr gives them Mridanga lessons, they have a kirtan group and they perform in local theaters, we cannot go with them because of the political situation, but they are very happy and enthusiastic, Kirtan is being given to the masses, and this gives them life.  

We are also both helping Ananta Sarovara Mataji, with some transliteration work for Garga Samhita, canto 7, when she agreed to teach me , she said that she would help me for our help in return so this is the deal, she is translating for Danavir Goswami and we just help her with the tranlitaration and the word for word, it is a very sweet service we both fell very happy to have been given this as a method to study Sanskrit. About little Madhu-mangal and Aditi, we are stuck on the 5th verse of NOI. What should we do? wait untill everything is done and then send it to you or send you the chapters as they come along? Or send them to some devotees for proff reading and feedback? We did not hear from Prana pr yet, he must be busy. You asked about our Plan to go to Argentina, we are not fixed on anything yet, but we where thinking of going there after December, I have not met Premarasarnava pr's parent yet and they miss him a lot. The devotees in the temple keep asking him when he will return. 

 I hope that you are well and that  your trip to India is smooth, I feel very sorry that we wont be able to meet this time. Thank you Guru Maharaj for all your suport and inspiration, praying to always remain in your service your daughter Sukanya Sita dd. 

HpS - AGTSP.... Please chant Hare Krsna and be happy!   Please send what ever Sanskrit study material you have as soon as you can. Post it here in installments.  Yes, Prana is very busy.   We will go to Chile in January, maybe December.   We are just looking for people with whom we can engage in dialog about Srila Prabhupada's books.
When we were in Madrid we found maybe the last Spanish translation of Journey to the West and captured it for Miguel Polo in Lima. More news.

HpS - ASA -   AGTSP.  paoho.   We are sorry that we were not able to answer this letter earlier. It came just as we were leaving on this intense India, Europe tour.

Dear Gurudeva.

Accept my humble obeisances, All the glories to Srila Prabhupada.

We moved from Chosica, now we are living in Chaclacayo in a house that bought the parents in-law, last year. There they have offered us the airs (???) in the second floor, but they have to build… Karuna mayi has always desired to have something own, and Krsna Balaram have blessed her… I don’t know if we are going to stay there in the future, because Sita and Arjuna will study in Lima. So, at least, we will stay here all 2015…

HpS - Sounds very nice. Seems like it is a place with more trees and gardens. You can meet some neighbors and share your knowledge with them, no?

We are fine, getting used, we get up at 3 am, and we are doing mangal aratik with you in japa Joe and Mayapur Tv, Houston class, from 4:30 am, …

I have to keep traveling to Lima for work, everyday like 5:15 am, and I return between 5:30 and 7 pm…

Karuna and the guys, go to the temple because of their BS classes on Tuesday, with Lakshman Prabhu. And the same day Sita and Karuna do wreaths [garlands]… Sita is still in English, and with Arjuna have retaken to their classes of Violin (Sita) and Guitar (Arjuna). Also we go to the temple on Sundays, since Govinda and then we stay to help in what we can, especially in the kirtans, Bhajans, preaching and sometimes with Srimad Bhagavatam class.

Here we have internet (at home), so we will communicate with you more often.

Thank you so much for your association, we love you so much Gurudeva…

Your foolish disciple Anandamaya das

(Traducción Sita Lalita d.d.)

HpS - ASA ----  Such nice news. We hope that you can find a way to form a Hare Krsna co-operative for transportation to Lima, riding with other devotees, civilized people.   How is Krsna Consciousness changing the heart. That is the real thing. Revolution in our heart means revolution in the world.

Hare Krishna, Dear Maharaja,

Please accept my humble obeisances.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

Its been a while since the last time i wrote , i have no excuse but i had a hard time coping with my uncle death and spend a lot of time with my family, i am still doing my japa rounds and my service at the temple with the garlands for the sunday feast.

Ratha yatra its approaching maharaja its very exciting it always gets me very pump up , its gonna be Saturday 6 of june also i made the flyer and poster for this year Festival ill attach it to the letter so you could see it . Also i invited bunch of people and a friend from costa rica who is also into Krisha conciousness might be coming .

Hare krishna maharaja

Juan Carlo Rosas

HpS - ASA ---- Hare Krsna!    Donde esta Vd?      Desculpa estupidez pero inmediatamente no podemos recordar a Vd! Rathayatra es gran opportunidad.   Eso es Rathyatra de Mexico???????

Hare Krishna Maharaj, please kindly accept my most humble obeisances;

All glories to his divine grace, Srila Prabhupada.

I trust that you are doing well in y your devotional service.

HpS - AGTSP  paoho... Just got back from India, Europe... Little exhausted but recovering well. We stick the news in the DTCs!

Because I am constantly engaged in some mode of material energy I don't maintain adequate association by writing to you more often.  Even I tell myself to that this is important to maintain such association, still, I am a failure.  However, today I am feeling movtivated to write and share some things that have been taking place for a while.

ASA - Oh, goody! News from Gaura-Nitai's house. (Tom Brown) 

First is that because of your blessings, the blessings of his holiness Srila Candramauli Swami, and his grace, Sriman Candra dasa prabhu, I have been blessed with the service of preaching Bhagavad gita to inmates for close to a year and a half.  Most inmates have come and gone, but there is one in particular who has been very nice, very systematically studying not only Bhagavad gita As It is, but many of Srila Prabhupada's other books: Such as the Nectar of Instruction, Sri Isopanisad, and others.  He is very familiar with some of the Srimad Bhagavatam as well.  He chants on japa beads every day, though I am not sure exactly how many rounds: Still, he is chanting everday a fixed number.  There is another devotee who has been attending Bhagavad gita classes since the beginning of this year, and he is also very nicely learning the philosophy, and chanting every day, but I am not sure if it is a fixed number.  These devotees have nice pictures of Radha Krishna, the Panca Tattva and Srila Prabhupada in their cells to create a nice temple atmosphere (all things considered), and I try and explain a simple standard of showing proper honor and respect so that they can experience a greater sense of devotional enthusiasm in their lives.  It is such a moving experience to see their enthusiasm, particularly when the classes are over and I have to leave them behind: Hoping to see them again next week.  These inmate devotees are so much appreciative of the philosophy which not only gives them a whole new perspective about the meaning and purpose of life, but also gives them hope that their lives are so spoiled because of being inmates.  I could go on but it would be redundant to do so.

ASA - "lives are so spoiled " should be "lives are NOT so spoiled", no?? 

And yet at the risk of redundance, there is some other satisfaction that warrants sharing, and is somewhat relevant to the topic.  I was recentl contacted by an inmate who was one of my students.  He is home now with his family in Georgia.  He contacted me via text and cell phone from home, asking for me to supply with some additional books, japa beads, neck beads and photos for an altar.  I sent him all he asked for plus some audio CDs along with a small booklet of Vaishnava prayers as per the morning program.  Then again, another inmate who used to correspond with me from a prison in Indiana and is now free also contacted me with a similar request.  I guess it shouldn't come to me as a surprise considering my own background before I came to Krishna consciousness, but for some reason I am amazed at how some people can be so serious about Krishna consciousness as inmates, and continue to take it to heart after they have been released into the greater world of Maya.

ASA - Yeah, we were were corresponding with a guy for a few years and then when he got out he forgot Krsna!

We have Bhagavad gita classes here in my home every Sunday evening.  Bhakta Reilly, Mother Kama Gayatri, and one client of my massage business, named Bonnie, as well as my wife attend.  It is according to the study guide and everybody paticipates nicely.  I am giving thought to taking the Bhakti Shastri course, but I don't know if I can muster the dedication to complete the course.  Hence, I feel like a fool and a hypocrite because I am willing to give Bhagavad gita classes, but I am not willing to dedicate myself to the curriculum.  I don't understand Krishna's logic in allowing to do this service if I am not able exemplify the practice.  

Anyway, I wanted to take some moments with you, mostly to take shelter of your association by revealing my mind to you.  Please kindly forgive me for not being more of what a devotee should be like, especially for one who has been practicing for as long as I have: Hare Krishna.

Your lowly servant, 

Balabhadra dasa

ASA - Hey, we are all different - Ajamil, Daksa, Srila Prabhupada, HpSwami, Balabhadra. How is your morning program? You can do the BhSastri course in modules, bight size chunks. We get to Boise in like four weeks.