Letters to the editor

Dear Guru Maharaja, Please accept my humble obeisances.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

It has been a long time since I have written and I apologize. My life has been a little busier recently. Many things are happening. One of them of course is the new baby we are waiting for.

HpS - ASA - AGTSP!!!  Yessss. . . . no news is no breath for us!!  Six new babies is even better!

I briefly mentioned it in my annual report but I wanted to officially send it in a blog letter. I meant to let you know as soon as we found out but I was having a hard time emotionally trying to adjust to the pregnancy. Now we are very happy and excited. The baby will be a boy and is due in May.

ASA - Maybe he will be something fine like a gorrilla!

We ask for your blessings for the child to be a great devotee of Gaura Nitai.

ASA - O.K. A Rama-gorilla!

Also we got a chance to visit you in Seattle last August ( this is how long I have been waiting to write :) ). I wasn't sure if you recognized us but you gave our little girl your maha garland. It was on the night you showed the video on the Ratha Yatra. It was very nice. I got a chance to meet my godsister Kamagayatri dasi and her son Aja. I have only met two godbrothers so far: her and Jiva Goswami in Huston when I visited you. I wish I could meet more.

ASA - My God!  And you never introduced your selves!!!!!!

My husband Yogendra is busy studying to get his BEd. He wants to teach in elementary schools. Currently he is in his second semester at the university and this is another reason why life is a little busy for me as he is busy himself doing his school work assignments and such.

    ASA - Don't give up! Can be a very useful diploma!!!!

As far as sadhana I am following 4 principles and chanting 16 rounds- although that might change again when baby comes, regarding japa of course. Just wanted to write. I was hankering for your association. I hope you are well. Your aspiring servant, Rasa-mandali dasi

HpS - ASA -  Thank you very much . . .   and  . . . how is the Yatra, President, your parents???  Nice picture!!! The Divine Family... <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" />

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.