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Todas las Glorias sean a Sri Sri Goura Nitay

Todas las Glorias a su Santidad Srila Prabhupada

Mis más respetuosas reverencias a sus pies de loto

     HpS - ASA - Pies de loco. TlgaSP!!!    paoho....

Hare Krishna querido Maharaja, como se encuentra usted?

     HpS - ASA - Nobody is happy in this material world, but buy Srila Prabhupada's mercy we are learning how to be happy without a material body!

espero realmente que muy bien.

El motivo de esta carta es por un tema bastante importante; usted recuerda que le mencioné sobre la visita de Gunagrahi Das Goswami Maharaja?, el punto es que esta visita me inspiró mucho, siento mucho más entusiasmo, y realmente quedé conmocionada; tuve la oportunidad de tener un par de entrevistas con él y ahí le comenté que me encontraba confundida con respecto a la correcta elección de Diksa-Guru, le expliqué que estaba aspirando a refugio en usted, pero que me sentía igualmente inspirada con la prédica que él tenía, le pedí un par de consejos. A medida que pasarón los días, me di cuenta que paramatma decía que mi Diksa era Gunagrahi Maharaja; pero no quice pedirle refugio inmediatamente porque primero que todo quería decirle a usted, quería hacer las cosas un poco más pausadas. Consideré importante comunicarle esto a usted primero, porque sentí sería descortes de mi parte dejar de escribirle tan seguido, sin darle ninguna explicación; sin embargo quería pedir su autorización para seguir escribiéndole de vez en cuando, quizás no con la misma frecuencia, pero si seguir en comunicación con usted. Estoy realmente muy agradecida con usted por siempre estar presente mediante su contínua  instrucción maharaja, me inspira mucho en verdad.

Sin querer quitarle más de su valioso tiempo se despide afectuosamente

Su eterna sirviente Bhaktin Valentina Cortés.

HpS - ASA - Jaya! Has visto el diagolo entre nosotros y Bh. Belen. Es casi la misma no, pero Mahatma Das y no Guna-grahi Maharaja. Esta bien. Basicamente Srila Prabhupada is Guru para todos y Diksa por cual quiere de sus discipulos es bueno. Otra cosa, relaciones mas confidential. Pero eso es confidential. Senor Caitanya  tuve esposa de Sikhi Mahiti de uno de los 4 mas intimos discipulos pero nunca habla o acercarse con ella despues de Sannyasa. Nunca oyendo la nombre de ella.

Entonces. Esta bien. Maharaj y yo somos amigos. Para mas detalles esta diagolo con Madre Belen esta bien.

Acepte por favor mis humildes reverencias S. S. de Bhaktin Alejandra Jimenez de Monterrey.

hace un mes que escribí reporte de sadhana y así se mantendré tratando de comunicar mas continuo, escribí a madre Asta Sakhi d.d. de MÉXICO D.F. para poder tomar 6 meses refugio y 6 meses hari nama diksa y tomar todo mas serio. las rondas están bien 16 y 4 principios estrictos tratamos de hacer servicio a como sea posible, con el embarazo todo esta perfecto buena salud y será niño gracias a krishna estamos muy felices mi esposo gadadhara gosai prabhu y yo de tener esta enorme bendición y responsabilidad,

En 3 agosto se llevara acabo el FESTIVAL DE LORD JAGANNATH en el paseo Sta lucia :D en barcos y terminar en plaza central de monterrey con food for life, bhajans, teatro,harinam.... all for lord jagannath baladev & srimati subadra . agradecemos su atención y pedimos sus bendiciones S.S. Hanumat Presaka Swami. ky jaya !!!! le dejo unas fotos de la boda , maratón de sankirtan, mis deidades y mi bebe:)

HpS - ASA - Muy bien.   Adelantamos. Ya una mez desde esta carta, como estan todos. Gadadhara levantando temprano? Eso es gran servicio a su bebe!!!!!!!

Toda Gloria al Movimiento de Sankirtan de Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu!!

Toda Gloria a Sri Sri Nitai Gaurasundar!!

Toda Gloria a Srila Prabhupada!! 

Toda Gloria a UD Guru Maharaja!!  

                                                                                                  Reverencias postradas a Sus Santos Pies...

  Hace un tiempo que no le escribo y queria contarle que tome la decicion de irme del templo en Febrero, consegui un trabajo y sigo con servicio fijo. Adorando cada dia a Sri Sri Nitai Gaurasundar, ya lo dije, Ellos son muy misericordiosos con migo. Lectura del Srimad Bhagavatam, Caitanya Caritamrita y Krsna Book. He terminado con el Bhakti Sastri y estoy participando tambien del curso de faciliatacion. 

 Mi sadhana vuelve a regularizarse de a poco, he caido Gurudeva, y le pido perdon, fuera del templo todo es tan distinto que la verdad hay momentos en que me arrepiento de la decicion que he tomado, se que fue una decicion muy egoista. Ya le habia dicho que tenia el deseo de encontrar un compañero y es por eso que estoy aqui.  Igualmente mi personalidad es asi, muy dual, asi que  sigo y a cada paso hago el mayor esfuerzo posible por ver la misericordia de Krsna y Prabhupada detras de cada situacion,  me aferro a Ellos muy muy muy fuertemente. 

 Tengo varias cosas mas por contarle Gurudeva, pero no es el momento. Espero que Usted se encuentre bien de salud Guru Maharaja, no quiero perder la oportunidad de comunicarle mi admiracion por Usted. Usted es el vivo ejemplo de misericordia, tolerancia, comprension, constancia en persona. Que Sri Nara Hari lo proteja. Una vez mas disculpe mis ofensas por favor. 

Seguimos...

Hare Krsna!

HpS - ASA - Jaya. AGTSP... Hace un mes desde enviando esta carta. Ya que ha pasado????

Hare Krsna gurudeva. AgtSP pamho

I want to convey what he answered me: "Telll him that I am happy to accept you now that he has given his blessings."

thank you so much ,

bhktn Belén 

HpS - ASA - Very nice.    A G T S P !

Of course, "Devotional service is not a matter of sentimental speculation or imaginative ecstasy. Its substance is practical activity." (NoI 3)  So the foreground is doing the work for the satisfaction of Radha and Krsna and then internally we develop our internal life with our confidential friends and eventually our personal private life with Krsna. Prabhupada chastised Atreya Rsi Das when he told him, "Oh, Prabhupada, Krsna is so far away. I just want to worship you!".

Prabhupad told him that that was Mayavada philosophy. Unless we see Guru as representative of Krsna it is impersonalism. Of course, Guru, Prabhupada, devotees can be such strong representatives of Krsna that they also inspire Prema bhakti, but that is Uddipana, vibhava. Prema bhakti in terms of Krsna.

HpS - ASA - AGSTP This letter is one month old!!

Hare krishna maharaj! Please accept my humble obiansces. All the glories to SRila Prabhupada!

Maharaj, I have read the steps to follow to become your diciple or in a first instannce take refugee. It is very clear thank you! 

I wanted to tell you a little bit of my back ground , as i have told you before maharaj my husband and I teach yoga,  we come from an impersonal school, Bihar School of Yoga . I studied there and lived there some months learning yoga  teqniques ( pranayama, concentration, kriya yoga, shatkarmas ) and also took initiation in that school some years ago. since i meet krishna conciusness I have not been to these school again insted I started going to Mayapur.

First of all i wanted to know if there is any problem , any inconvenient regarding that point for me to take initiation with you and follow your instruction Maharaj.

    HpS - AGTSP!! How are you now? No, there is no problem taking initiation in ISKCON, but we have not heard from you for a month. How are you?

As i have continued growing i have reached fortunately bhakti yoga and as ive learned in Bhagavad gita a yogui can continue in the yoga ladder up to bhakti yoga if he wants to serve the supreme personality of godhead. And that is the only thing i want to do now, serve krishna and all his expansions. What i have learned in yoga is very helpfulll for my japa practice and for my sadhana  but now I know there is much more, there is Krishna!!! 

   HpS - Yes! The Hatha Yoga can be very useful for Japa and Sadhana. There is no loss. Of course we hear it that all of the "zeros" we have before, get a "one" in front as soon as we can connect our life to Krsna. Now you can use your Hatha yoga for Krsna!

Regarding my sadhana Maharaj for 6 years I have been waking up at 4:30 and doing all my yoga practices but since i meet krishna conciusness ai changed my sadhana , i still prqctice pranayama , shatkarmas and asana since it  helps me to stay focused in Krishna while doing my rounds and be able to sit confortably. since one year now I have been waking up at 4:30 , chanting 16 rounds with no day exception,  following the four principles.

HpS - Wow! You can be Srila Prabhupada's disciple now! You have to take like a "Disciple Course". I hear it is nice and simple, and then recommendation from Temple President. Nice to be an Refugiado for six months to get final ideas clear about who everybody is and what there role is!

Regarding mangalarati  since i came back from Mayapur I have been waking up the deities  and Tulasi maharani and then chanting 16 rounds near  her. 

In mayapur I went to bhagavatam class every day , here in argentina i listen to classes on the internet. and follow the reading. 

My questions is Maharaj is it ok to preform mangalarati at home?

ASA - Certainly.

Is there something else i should be doing at homr to make it better ? Like chanting the Nrishimhadev pranam ? , sri guru pranam? Is it ok for me to listen the bhagavatam classes from Mayapur tv ?

ASA - Yes to everything. Of course, with local Temple you can make friends with more advanced devotees and get so much advice from them. BG 10.10-11 also.

I will do the bhakti bhaivava course but first i have to finish bhakti sastri ! Iam hoping next year to do it in mayapur! 

I do not have the posibility at this moment of going to the temple every morning since i give clases at the time of bhagavatam class , but i do have a regular practice at home . I have learned to have dicipline in my sadhana.

is there anything else I could do or is it ok how Iam doing now ? Is there something more i could be doing at home ? 

Regarding the service , I will talk soon in this days with Maharari prabhu , the temple president here to start doing a fixed service . 

Is that ok Maharaj ? 

Maharaj, i Also I wanted to ask you if you will be in Peru or in India or in argentina in between december and march 2015 ? 

Because I would like Maharaj if it is posible to be able to meet you in person and maybe I can arrange the ways to be sometime where you will be . 

thank you for everything Maharaj, i feel really fortunate for you to be answering my letters. I apologize for any ofense i could have commited in my writtings.

Today we are having a kirtan at home for five hours  ! We are celebrating 2 years of kirtan at home ! So we are doing sll the preparations and hopefully many devotes are coming! 

Hare krishna Maharaj, I hope you are very well !! My sincere best wishes!

your servant 

Alexa

HpS - What is happening? Sorry taking so long to answer but you see we got innundated with this USA tour and after two weeks back we are beginning to catch up.

Hare Krisna, Dear Gurudeva. Please, accept my humble obeisances. AGTSP.

Thank you very much for your words about our lost child and others things.

What's the problem? The problem is the lack of faith. Lack of faith to be the Krisna's Hand on top of everything. Sometime I haven't any faith, other time I have a little, but I can see something. I have to continue ... where? why?.

Sometimes I don't know, only walking trying to follow to Srila Prabhupada, you, Yadunandana Swami, other devotees, the principles, the 16 or more enthusiastic rounds ... maybe Krishna .... ¿?

Kala, effort and many Krisna's mercy by the Guru.

I only hope to do it well for you, Srila Prabhupada and Krisna.

The Ratha Yatra was fantastic. I write down the link of the Temple's Facebook page with the photo album:

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.702392639844511.1073741838.585687358181707&type=3

Thank you again for your words.

Your humble servant, Dandava Das

HpS - AGTSP.  In the beginning we maybe follow because we get some special mercy and get some high experiences, we have some clear intelligence and then we follow because we have some logical understanding.

As we go on with the help of a Guru like Srila Prabhupada we get more experiences and more logic and the soul actually directly wakes up.

We are getting settled here. It is two weeks now since we got back from this USA tour. Then we had our Annual NIOS Symposium and 12-hour Kirtan. Now we join the Celebrate Nashville Festival Oct 4th. After that we plan to focus on writing for Carl Jung then South America in January and first two weeks of February.
We'll look at the Link!!