Letters to the editor

Hare Krsna dear Gurudeva!!
All glories to Srila Prabhupada and all glories to you, who open my eyes and protect me from ignorance.
Please accept my humble obeisances!

About the last letter, I couldn't avoid read about arrhythmias and I see that most arrhythmias can be harmless, but some can be serious. 
I'm sorry but I can't avoid worry about this. Are you doing some treatment for that?

      HpS - ASA -- Few years ago we had chance to have a general health review by Mother Guru-bhakti Dasi, who is doctor in Houston. We had a heart monitor hung around our neck for one day and she said that there were a few missed beats etc. but they were all from the top of the heart. The ones from the bottom of the heart are dangerous. I think she said that girls have ones from the top of the heart all the time when they 'fall in love'.

One morning they were really frequent, had to lie down. Went to NGD house later in the morning for regular association. Let him take our pulse. He said, "Hmm lots of arythymia. Try a little more salt at lunch". Did that and it went away completely.
In general seems to be stress etc. We have to live our age. Of course, we could have a cardiac arrest at any time. So could you. Be ready!

Did you see a doctor?? Because sometimes it can be inoffensive if the person is healthy... but sometimes not. It's depends of the type of arrhythmia.

Well, thanks for ask about me. I'm ok, but getting a rhythm between daily eating and sleeping and service is impossible for me hahaha.
My weeks never finish, always I have to do something and I feel good. I would feel better if I dont have to waste time sleeping and breathing when I chant japa... And I really think this!
Today I had the last class of ND and I realize that all the service that I do, maybe is not really service to Krsna, because while I do, my conscience Sometimes are not focused in Krsna. So it's karma yoga, not Bhakti yoga and all the time I generate more reactions, no? It's makes me think more about this. I am very pasional and this generate me stress because I don't take rest and while I do service I am thinking about all the other services that I have to do later. Maybe I need to meditate more in Krsna while I do service and I have to find some time to think in my behavior and assimilate theory that I'm studying with my practice.

 HpS - ASA --- Aaacha! Very nice. NOD is like concentrated BG, SB, CC course. Rupa Goswami extracts the fast path. Yes, in the beginning we are doing Karma-misra-bhakti, no? It is Bhakti-yoga becasue we have some little taste of where we want to go, but really we are 'enjoying the service'. Krsna recommeds then in the Gita: You can sacrifice the results for me but you are setting the example of one who cannot yet sacrifice the mode of working. You have to do Ksatriya work for me. A lady has to do lady-work for Krsna, but as we begin to understand the logic of Bhakti-yoga, like this, then we come to Jnana-misra-bhakti-yoga. Even though it is not your Karma you can engage in the service by better inteligence. Then.... xxx-misra-bhakti-yoga.

What is "xxx"?

Following NOI 4!! Thank you so much! I will apply it. One of all anarthas that I have is that it's very difficult to see good qualities of the others. In fact, I have the tendency to do the opposite because it is that I do with myself. And  devotees have great qualities!. I would love to can see just good qualities of devotees all the time.
How can I stay exigent with myself but not with the devotees?

HpS - See what service a devotee is doing and try to help them.

Yes, Online Vaisnava School is Param-padam Das :D

Trying to serve and follow your steps,

Bhktn Belen.

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Picture: the best gift that a devotee gave me. 

HpS - Image is too small and too dark to see on this "Letters to Answer" platform. Will try to see it after we post this Answer. Please give our respects to Maha-hari Das.

On Saturday, July 5, 2014 3:07 AM, Mukta Okram <[email protected]> wrote:

All glories to Sri Guru Maharaja and Gouranga Mahaprabhu

Radha Krsna Ki Jay and Goura Bhakta Vrnda Ki Jay

Please accept our humble obeisanse to Gruji's padmacharan for highlighting our darkness that "By serving the feet of the Spiritual master, one is enabled to develop transendental ecstasy in the service of the Personality of Godhead who is the unchangeable enemy of the Madhu demon and whose service vanquishes one's material distresses."

The association of a bonafide spiritual master like the sage Maitreya can be of absolute in achieving transcendental attachment for the direct service of the Lord".  Bhag. 3.7.19

In these above quotations, the value of serving his Spiritual master is strongly recommended, but my question is that for those devotees who could not get the facility of serving his spiritual master regularly or frequently, what will be the alternative method of serving their Spiritual master? Will it be equal to worshiping in the picture, or meditation in front of the picture, or offering something in the picture or to follow the instructions of their 

Spiritual master?

Please advise us, the duties, so as to enable us to elevate in the spiritual and transcendantal world. The answer of the previous questions also may kindly answer, I will communicate Guruji's amritavani to all neofied bhaktas.

Yours fallen servant

Yamunesvara Das

HpS - ASA - AGTSP!!! H. H. BSDamodara Swami, Ki Jai!

Srila Prabhupada comments that he was able to serve and associate with Srila Bhakti-siddhanta by physical presence only a few times, but by Vani-seva, serving His instructions he was one of the most intimate servants.

Yes, serving picture of Guru in regular Bhakti rituals and by serving his mission.

Of course, Srila Prabhupada is Guru for everyone in ISKCON and as you serve his mission you serve me and everyone else. It is like putting water on the roots of the tree. As you Diksa guru in ISKCON your service to me that I offer to Srila Prabhupada is chanting 16-enthusiastic rounds daily and following four principles strictly.

Of course, we cannot be enthusiastic in chanting our rounds unless we follow the instructions in Nectar of Instruction. Is it translated into Manipuri language?

Please, please, please try to get on to the Blog! Letters to the Editor that will make our communication 10 times better!

Hare Krsna Maharaja Hanumatpresaka Swami

            Por favor acepte mis mas humildes y respetuosas  reverencias. Me dirijo a Ud. para saludarlo y consultarle algunos puntos en los que necesito su sabia orientación. Quien se dirige a usted es Damodara puja devi dasi, iniciada por Srila Atulananda, y ahora en servicio a Sri Sri  Goura Nitai en ISKCON Lima- Perú. En el mes que estubo en Perú me dijo usted que consultara a  Srila Atulananda sobre mi canto del Gayatri.  Un devoto amigo le escribió sobre otras inquietudes y él le respondió la carta que le estoy trascribiendo a continuación.  

Maharaja , es mi deseo poner la foto de usted en el altar, como mi siksa  guru, al momento de realizar la puja. Si usted me da permiso o lo indica alguna de las autoridades del templo, si es posible, le estaré muy agradecida . En la actualidad ofresco a Srila Prabhupada, por indicación del presidente de Templo de Lima, Wilson.

Esperando su respuesta  y con la esperanza de alcanzar sus bendiciones me despido con todo respeto y afecto. Hare Krsna Maharaja

 Respuesta de Srila Atulananda:
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Ella puede ofrecer a Srila Prabhupad e internamente, si así lo desea, puede también pensar en su diksa para no causar perturbación.  También puede poner la foto de algún guru de Iskcon que sea de su inspiración, aunque no sea lo más correcto desde el punto de vista del arcana, los sentimientos del corazón están por encima de esas reglas porque siempre se supone que el diksa va a ser respetado, pero si no es el caso, que no se complique y haga alguna de estas dos opciones, o que ofrezca al diksa internamente antes que a Prabhupad o que ponga la foto de algún siksa que sea de su inspiración. 

Con respecto al gayatri, estrictamente hablando, ella debería recibirlo de nuevo en una nueva ceremonia de sacrificio, pero por ahora lo puede retomar si ha sido bendecida con ese deseo.
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             HpS - ASA - TlgaSP!  Pfanrh.  Oooof!  Muy complicado. Requiere tres abogados bi-lingue.

Nececito comentario del Presidente de su Templo. Pide que el puede escribir aqui... Si Candramukhi, Yugala tambien puede ofrecer ideas muy bien. Adelantamos. Vamos a removar todos obstaculos.

Todas las glorias a srila prabhupada Todas las glorias a sri sri gaura nitay Asepte mis humildes reverencias maharaj soy bhaktin alejandra jimenez (santa silvia) de Monterey mexico. Como le escribio anteriormente prabhu gadadhara gosai ya nos casamos el 13 de mayo en nrisimha caturdasi una boda por civil Realmente entendi ese dia es aseptar la voluntad de krishna y sus bendiciones. \Ò/ .

Tambien la noticia de que seremos padres para. El 24 de diciembre de este año aun no sabemos si sera niño o niña. Los principios ya estamos siguiendolos Las rondas van muy bien 16 rondas y lo minimo 13 rondas , mucha lectura de bhagavat gita bhagavatam, ya 2 años de tomar refugio realmente esta muy presente el deseo de obtener la 1er iniciacion si usted asepta. El yatra de monterrey continuamos predicando, Aun que se tiene poco audiencia y poco apoyo de la congregacion pero continua reciviendo gente nueva :) pedimos sus bendiciones y pueda dar consegeria para la predica

ASA - TlgaSP! Casado en Mayo bebe en Deciembre (siete meces). Entonces los cuatro principios YA esta siguendo pero antes poco flojo, no???   Hare Krsna!    Esta una devota. Quedando con ISKCON. Hay muchas mas opciones pero Vd. esta eligiendo ISKCON. Super!!!  Gracias!!!   Solamante tiene que formalizar cosas. Seis meces siguendo puede ser un Refugiado y sies mas Hari nama Diksa. Esta bien? Itendiamos bien nosotros? Hablamos Espanol como burros! Muy bien. Nuevo Vaisnava. Cuidado su salud y cociencia!

Hare Krishna dear Gurumaharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

First of all, thank you very much for clearing some doubts in my recent letters. The taxi-job was cancelled, not enough contracts to maintain me and a few others. Fortunately, it was necessary to again get into that car to come to a few realizations, one of which is that i need to learn a new skill. All things considered, i decided to investigate my ability for learning Java programming. For starting any new project, so i was told, i should ask the blessing of three brahmanas. Can i have your blessing please?

              HpS - ASA --- Jaya! May all 'Endless Do Loops' and 'Conditional If Statements' remind you of Krsna at the time of death.

We had some nice programs in our temple, and i spent some time with the brahmacaris there. We have the good fortune of having a nice sanga. Not devotees for many decades, but a dedicated group, mainly consisting of thirty something year olds. The temple functions with a council now, after several decades of swiftly changing presidents. As a reply to your question, i'm not in communication, although i was asked last year. I like to, but i see myself in need of some more purification, as i am likely to say things that could make our ISKCON look stoopid. Still a bit too fanatical too. So i'm still in publications.

Can you help me understand how Lord Mahaprabhu, being Krishna Himself, is manifesting Lord Krishna's 64 qualities? 

HpS - ASA - AGTSP Paoho. Well, He manifests all the qualities that the Jivas have, that's obvious, no? He is expert judge of time and place, He is fluent in all languages, He is expert. But the special four qualities that Krsna manifests, eg. playing a flute, surrounded by pretty girls, He doesn't manifest those, but He glorifies them and then that is also stimualtion for love, Vibhava - Uddipana.

Also, we reached a dead end in a discussion about what really is ether. Is it just space, or is there more to it? For instance, the experiment with ringing an alarmclock in a vacuum, that caused the clock to be silent (or so i was told), creates some confusion for us laymen. For then, where do sound and radiowaves travel? Can you enlighten us please?

HpS - ASA - AGTSP As far as we can understand ether, 'kham', is space. Sometimes there is air in space and then that can conduct a certain kind of wave. If there is no gross air then subtle sound like, radio-waves can be transmitted. The planets are held in place by "wind ropes". We say gravity, but it is Prana, air, in Prabhupada's language. So radion waves agitate this type of Prana. The air we breath is more gross.
In space there is no air, texture. It is just what geometry describes, a way to orgnize grosser things, here, there, connected, not connected. Geometers would understand.

Where is Micro-soft word? Where is geometry? Where is Chemistry?

Looking forward to the ongoing blog activity! Thank you for being a guiding light!

Your junior devotee disciple,
Raghava Pandita dasa

       HpS - Blake has a poem, "When Falling Souls Take to Burning Light". I hope we are spiritually illuminating. Jaya Srila Prabhupada

Todas las glorias al sankirtana sublime del Señor Caytania Mahaprabhú

Todas las glorias sean a srila Prabhupada, el salvador del mundo

Hare Krsna Gurudeva, porfavor reciba mis mas sinceras y respetuosas reverencias a sus divinos pies de loto

     HpS - ASA - Pies de loco.

Hace mucho tiempo que no le escribía al blog, el sadhana se fortalece cada ves más,  estoy levantandome a las 2 am, 16 rondas, cocina de puyari, algunas veces entro al altar, 4 principios, y como ud dijo una vez priorizar la predica, me tomé muy en serio esto y he empezado a salir a sankirtana 3 veces a la semana, le he orado tanto a las deidades de Sri Sri gaura nitay para poder distribuir libros en las calles que siento que puedo ayudar a Srila Prabhupada de esa manera y por misericordia de sus señorías aquí en chosica tenemos un bbt con precios razonables, tenemos un grupo de sankirtana conformado por; M. gaura karuna sakti d.d., gadai Gauranga das, Rupa Gosay d., Narayani d.d., bhaktin Esperanza.

     HpS - Wow! Es como Super-chica, Spider-man, Harry Potter del mundo espiritual!

Hemos estado saliendo a sankirtana con Bhaktin Esperanza ella está bajo la autoridad del grupo de sankirtana de chosica y yo específicamente me estoy encargando de ella, algunos dias voy a dormir al asram, salimos a sankirtana 3 o 4 veces a la semana en las tardes, estamos estudiando sobre la etiqueta vaisnava y los libros pequeños, ella es muy buena sankirtanera, cuando fuimos a lima para el seminario de sankirtana con p. Viyaya hicimos persona a persona y ella distrbuyó 30 libros y yo 15 libros pequeños,

              HpS - La Bomba Atomica!

. . . gurudeva tiene mucho entusiasmo, a mi me motiva cuando siento que mi cuerpo está cansado, es muy divertido dar libros afuera. P. Viyaya dió un seminario de sankirtan en chosica muy bueno nos dió consejos al grupo de sankirtana y las autoridades se sienten mas motivados por querer ayudar a la prédica de la distribución de libros, dijeron que iban a bajar el precio del bbt 0.10 centimos menos y apoyar para que un dia a la semana salgamos todos a dar libros, autoridades del templo, devotos mayores, jovenes, etc.

                   ASA - _o'/\____

. . . ahora me siento viva nuevamente cuando puedo dar un libro. Estoy muy feliz en el puyari, con los devotos, aprendo cada día de conciencia de krsna y eso me trae mucha satisfacción.

Gurudeva ¿como podemos mejorar este nuevo programa de predica de libros aqui en chosica?

              HpS - Hmmm! Pienso que Vds. conocen mas que mi!  Super buena suerte!!

, ¿como puedo yo ayudar a m. bhaktin Esperanza, para mi es nuevo cuidar de una bhaktina, pero en verdad lo hago con mucho cariño porque está distribuyendo los libros de Srila prabhupada y desea aprender, ella se siente muy atraida por ud para refugio mas adelante. Ud viene al proximo año????

             hPs aSa - Pienso que si, Feb-Abril!!

Muchas gracias por su valioso tiempo, sus cartas siempre son buenos consejerosv y amigo para mi

hare krsna

Nadiya Nivasi Dasi

              ASA - Nadiya godrume nityananda mahajana!!!!!  Con music, Sankirtana, tiene que convertir Chosika a Nabadvipa!