Letters to the editor

dear Swamiji, 

AGTSP, PAMHO. In your last letter you said that I should take harinam diska. Will you give me harinam diska?

HpS - ASA - Jaya! Read www.jayarama.us/kd/guru-tattva.txt !

Dear Swamiji,

AGTSP, I have asked a number of devotes and non devotees that I know. Most of them tell me to forget her and go to the Philippines. I've also been told not to marry a muslim. she seems favorable and willing to learn bhagavad gita.

HpS - ASA - AGTSP I sure can't help much from here, but the basis is get fixed in the service of Lord Caitanya then you can see everything in the powerfil perpective of doing good service!

All glories to Srila Prabhupada
Dear Gurudeva
Please accept my most humble and respectful obeisances <img alt="smiley" height="23" src="http://www.hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/regular_smile.png" title="smiley" width="23" />

Here is  Bhakta Rodrigo Hernández Piceros from Santiago, Chile. Sorry. Sorry. I can’t to write  before!

The last times have been very intense and complicated for me. Many things in the material world, many things in my life conditioned. Chaos and confusion, too much MAYA.

1-Honestly the last time we have experienced an existential crisis, where we are reviewing our lives: past, present and future. Our mistakes, our triumphs. Our desires, our attachments, our lust, our sins, our failures, our falls, nuestras caídas, etc.

Now on October 12, I’m 40 years old!!

We thought a lot about:

What do we do with our lives?

What are our goals and objectives?

What are our challenges and problems in our spiritual life?

How to solve our problems?

Why we write poetry?

The final conclusion is that we want to live and die in Krishna Consciousness. But we have so many anarthas!

2-Thank you very much for your "TPP" Composition book / 7.  it's beautiful and surrealist!

It's one of the best gift that I received in my life. I received it 26 days ago from the postman. Thanks so much. For me it is so important to get the association of my spiritual master. Thanks Gurudeva, thanks!

3-In 1997 we created Surrealist Group DERRAME  with friends (Chilean poets and painters). They are also our family. This September 1 Braulio Leiva, poet from Grupo Derrame,  left the body. He died at age 35 years old of a heart’s attack. Braulio was a conference of  You and he was very impressed, very happy. He wrote a surrealist poem after  your  conference (details in another letter).

I understand that  Bhagavad Gita (Gita B. 2, 11) says that "Those who are wise lament neither for the living nor for the dead" but how I can explain this to the parents of Braulio and his girlfriend?

HpS - AGTSP Thank you for your letter. You have a fight to make with Maya. Always keep a little peaceful and cheerful. Krsna will help. He is a nice person. Even if we have got ourselves in a complicated situation He will help is get out without great problems.
I don't know them. It may be very easy to explain it to them. They may already know from previous lives or it may be new to them. Try to listen to them and then explain what you know simply expecting them to do their work of trying to understand.

Also, since the beginning of August my friend Roberto (another Grupo Derrame’s member)  is in the psychiatric hospital for schizophrenia. My friend left her medications and entered into a deep crisis. I visit my friend in the hospital whenever I can, several days a week (details in another letter).

4-Fortunately  our bipolar depression is controlled. For almost 7 years ago we took  Quetiapine (900 mgs) every night.
We are going to  workshops about bipolar disorder. We are 4 patients with bipolar depression and 3 psychiatrists. Our idea is in the future to help people with this disease, perhaps write a book. Once you gave me the instruction to "write for the benefit of others".

5-Our current problem is overweight, almost 100 kilos. All this is causing problems for our body: Chest pains, in the heart, high  cholesterol and high blood pressure. Our problem is to eat more than necessary, we suffer from anxiety. Before practicing Krishna Consciousness I smoked cigarettes all day.

6-For some months ago I'm  with Adaba Therapy. The therapist is very good. She found three “Cuerpos sutiles” (bhutas) in us, these 3 “cuerpos sutiles” and they were stealing our energy for the last time! Fortunately she managed to expel them. Our therapist is helping us a lot, a lot.

7- We're in meetings to work for next visit to Chile from you. Jagat Guru dasa, Priya Sakhi dd and other devotees.

Dear Gurudeva sorry for  this long letter!!

To your  lotus feet

Your aspiring disciple
With my eternal obeisances
Bhakta Rodrigo Hernandez Piceros

HpS - Very nice letter. I wish I had more time to be with you, but again, Krsna is your friend. Try to follow His advice and expect to see rapid progress, but be patient also. We can solve millions of lifetimes of problems in one minute.

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I hope you’re doing very well. I write you, firs of all, to pay you obeisances and respects.

I thank and glorify Srila Prabhupada for showing me his mercy in this way.

There are some philosophical issues that have been very clear for my understanding in your classes and have helped me a lot in daily life. I find so much inspiration in your preach and many realizations in your recommendations. This is why I’m very thankful with you and your disciples who share your classes in both, audio and video.

I wrote you in march, exposing my wish to serve you, before I did it I have already told to Jiva Sakti prabhu, who answered me telling me that he had talked to you and told me that if I was ready what it takes to take the disciple test, I could do it when I feel ready. I haven’t done it because, in the first place, I want to strengthen my sadhana. Once you said that doing spiritual life is like building a skyscraper and it need to have very deep foundations.

At the present time I’m studying the last semester courses of my graphic designer career and I’m trying to carry out your instructions, my duties at school, home and the Bhakti-vrksa program to which I belong.<img alt="smiley" height="23" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/regular_smile.png" title="smiley" width="23" />

I still chanting sixteen rounds and I keep practicing the four principles. I’m reading the second volume of the Mahabharata and I’m trying to learn more songs that glorify both Radha- Krsna and the vaisnavas.

Generally, everything looks as a beautiful and sunny scenario, a bit hard, but my growing devotion for Lord Govinda inspires me to keep on trying. It’s a tough battle against mind and ego to make them understand which are the most important things to sustain my saddhana and the likes to be detached from. That’s why I’m asking you for your mercy to understand what devotional service is so I can serve Govinda, Srila Prabhupada and you in the best way.

It’s okay if I write you once a month through this blog? I wish, if your mercy allows me, to keep in touch and receive your guidance.

My obeisances to you

Hare Krishna

HpS - ASA --- AGTSP.   Santa Isabela!    All respects to you and the German. Yes, please write as you need to. We try to answer as best we can. I think you will find many answers in letters from others. We have many challenges in common.

Your reading sounds nice. Maha bharata gives real perspective on the BG and even the SB. Of course, we have heard from Hrdayananda Goswami that Madhava acharya says that the Maha-bharata that we have has been corrupted. SOme things have been added, some things removed, and some things in the wrong place. BG is standard. So, take what you find there in terms of Srila Prabhupada's books!

TODAS LAS GLORIAS AL SANKIRTANA ETERNO DE SRILA PRABHUPADA

TODAS LAS GLORIAS A SRILA PRABHUPADA SALVADOR DEL MUNDO

Hare krsna  querido Gurudeva, porfavor acepte mis reverencias y esperando que ésta carta lo encuentre bien de salud.

      HpS - Jaya, Srila Prabhupada!  Gracia su carta.      Salud, no vamos a vivir para siempre, pero 10-anos mas aparece como un buen estimado del longevidad del Hermano Burro.

Seguimos en Chosica en el puyari, aquí en el templo han pasado muchas cosas buenas y malas, y yo tratando de ver que Krsna pone en nuestros ojos para poder aprender y mejorar nuestra conciencia, ahora estamos sin presidente de templo y muy pocos puyaris en el templo, tratamos de ayudar en lo que podemos.

Cantanto 16 rondas, 4 principios,mangala artik, lectura del C.C. con p. gadai g. y personalmente terminé de leer guerrero espiritual I, cuando estuve leyendo este libro tuve un sueño con La ciudad de Ramakeli y desperté pronunciando Ramakeli, yo jamás había oído de ésta palabra y cuando lo busqué en internet  me enteré que ramakeli es el lugar donde nació Jiva Goswami, semanas mas tarde p. Gadai soñó también con el nombre.

                ASA - Ooooooo!! O!   OOOOoo!  Interesante.

 M. Adi adri con su esposo, p. Jitendriya estuvieron por aquí para la fiesta de janmastami y Radhastami, el festival de janmastami lo organizó p. jitendriya y fue todo un éxito, vinieron muchos jóvenes, ellos me han inspirado mucho, y he aprendido de ellos, ahora ellos se fueron a Australia y gadai y yo extrañamos mucho su asociación.

Por otra parte, ya no estoy saliendo a sankirtana  y tampoco me estoy levantando a las 2:00am, espero poder mejorar esto, estamos con el servicio de puyaris al medio dia y la cocina en el dia, creo que ahora yo estoy enfocando el puyari, ¿está bien eso gurudeva?

     HpS - ASA -- Si esta, bien. La vida espiritual es dinamico!   Basicamente 4-prncipios estrictos, 16-rondas entusiasta, entonce "try different things".

Ahora por coordinación del grupo BBT de chosica, P. Gadai  llevará las cuentas de los libros hasta el tiempo que estemos en chosica, si no puedo salir a distribuir libros al menos me complacerá ver a otros devotos que llevan libros , P. Rupa Gosay esta de sankirtana viajero. Hay planes de distribuir libros los domingos y con P. Rupa armar un grupo de sankirtan viajero para el próximo año,todo para poder complacer a Srila Prabhupada, P. gadai ama mucho la distribución de libros.

Guru maharajá  en realidad me doy cuenta que todo es predica y la base de conciencia de krsna, creo que si no realizo esto en mi vida estaré varada en un solo lugar sin avanzar.

HpS - No entiendo la ultima???? Vamos a Peru primero semana de Enero!!  Espero visitar mas pronto!   Krsna es el mago, vamos como El quiere.

Nos hemos enterado que ud. Va a venir para el 31 de diciembre, esperamos estar en el servicio de la cocina para verlo, de lo contrario nos estaremos viendo en alguna de las ciudades donde usted vaya, quizás cusco, Cochabamba-bolivia, queremos conversar con Ud. Personalmente de nuestros planes, pensamos que es necesario.

Bueno me despido con mucho cariño, siempre lo recordamos con amor, sabemos que sus instrucciones están en nuestro corazón,tratamos de mejorar cada dia seguir con mucho amor lo que más nos hace felices dar a otros lo que Prabhupada nos dejó.

Nadiya Nivasi Dasi.
HpS - Jaya! La conciencia de Krsna en realidad siempre es un gran adventure!

Dear Swamiji,

AGTSP, PAMHO! I have a problem in my devotional life that I need your guidance on. Haraj I am 46 years old and still desire to have family life. I am very interested with the devotee who manages Manila Temple. Also my ex gf wants to marry me. She is muslim but has agreed to keep vegetarian house and start attending temple with me. Maybe later she can become a devotee. Should I take a chance with the Indonesian girl? Marry a Philippine devotee, or do like Navina Narada told me and give up any thought of marriage?
Your servant,
Bhakta Ken

HpS - ASA --- AGTSP! I don't know. Even if I knew a lot more about the situation I really doubt if I would know. The basic principle is that marriage is a service to Krsna. So, so, many examples of Grhastha ashrama and all its facets in the Bhagavatam. One of the earliest in detail is the Marriage of Devahuti and Kardama.
The ideal perspective is follow whole standard for one year, take Harinam Diska, continue with that level of intensity for at least one more year and then your intelligence should be clear enough to figure out your ashrama and find a suitable partner.

It is kind of like finding a suitable auto-mobile!

Better to ask a lot of local friends, associates, who know you and the lady what are there opinions, no?

"Victory comes from good advice, and good advice comes from many counselors." - Canakhya Pandita.