Letters to the editor

Hare Krsna Respected Guru Maharaj,
    Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
    All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
    All glories to Guru parampara.

    Hope you are in good health & writing a nice book for us.

    After a long time, am writing to you. While we check the blog, every day.

    First, want to share about KG:
    1. Wake-up between 3:00 - 3:15 AM
    2. Chanting 17 rounds
    3. Lecture and Study - BG
    4. Lecture - SB
    5. Puja
    6. Cooking
    7. Offering
    8. Office
    9. Study - BG

    We have changed our schedule a bit. More focused on BG Study. Has set target date to complete by December 31, 2014.
    Then, will start SB.

    Schedule has been changed as per instruciton of Shiksa Guru (H G Gopendra Prabhu, Vrndavana). And the same has been informed to local Shiksa Guru (H G Balram Hari Prabhu, Pune).

    Office work as usual.

    Gurudev, Do you have any schedule for India for "Kartik" in Vrndavan?

             HpS - We are so so happy to hear from you. We saw your letters and wanted to read them sooner but they were not marked 'Urgent' so we are just coming to them in order of receiving them. It is so nice to hear from you.

Are you using some Study Guide for the BG study???
We go where Krsna takes us but now looks like we will get to India like October 2015. It is a long way to travel and our Donkey is rather old.

    Gurudev, Please advise on 2nd Initiation. If you permit, would like to go for 2nd initiation.

    HpS - ASA -- Your Sadhana seems like a Brahmana. Your association seems the same. I think you just have to get the Bh.Sastri certificate and then of course approval by President. We would like to visit Pune. In three days is the Kapi Dhvaja. We will try to write more about our "Book Writing".

    Gurudev, Question : How you chant in your mind, how you meditate on Prasadam!!

     HpS - We remember that Prabhupada says that in Kali yuga best is Maha-mantra with lips and voice and three Gayatri sandyas silently.

Prasadam we meditate on many ways but one of the best, most fun is meditating on what we will offer to Lord Nrsmhadeva. We want a nutritious diet for Him. O.K. You??

    Thank you, Guru Dev.

your fallen servant,
Girivaradhari-Gopal Das

                 HpS - What kind of preaching are you able to do at work?

 Hare Krishna dear gurudev, my reverences at your feet TLGASP.

 I'm happy to tell you this good new, Prabhu Ajatasatru is back in Chiclayo, he will write you for the email, he send you his reverences, yesterday on sunday we enjoy again with his asociacion, I'm send you pictures of this great times, I still studying the course Introduccion to the Bhakti Yoga, and tryng to improve my daily sadhana with my excelents tutor (Prabhu Laksmana) and coach (Prabhu Yadu). I pray to Krishna for your good health and your asociacion, we miss you.

your aspirant to servant .

             HpS - ASA - AGTSP!  So, so, so, so nice to hear from you. We WISH we were in Chiclayo! Maybe Krsna will take us there. He does the most amazing things. Don't think the biggest miracles are not possible. Yes, Ajatasatru Das should please write to us, the Blog!   We all want to know his adventure as guest of the USA government. Very, very good with the Intro. Bh.Yoga program. Are you keeping the principles, Mangala-arati? What are you growing in the Cakra. How is the Payonidhi Das. Who else is there regularly???

Querido Gurudeva, por favor acepte mis respetuosas reverencias. 

¡Todas las Glorias a Sri Sri Guru Gauranga!

¡Todas las Glorias a Srila Prabhupada!

¡Todas las Glorias a usted, Guru Maharaja!

             HpS - ASA - AGTSP!!!

Quería  comunicarle que estoy viviendo en el templo desde hace un mes.

               Muy Bien!!

Aquí en el templo he encontrado una tranquilidad que no encontraba cuando vivía fuera del mismo.

Mi ansiedad disminuyó más de lo que me imaginaba. Estoy trabajando temas importantes en mi vida como el de tener una buena asociación con los devotos y mantener un servicio activo dentro del templo con un mínimo o cero de ansiedad.

             HpS - El templo puede ser mas en bondad si es fucnionando bien!

Los servicios que estoy haciendo son: asistir a los devotos en la cocina para la fiesta de domingo, limpieza de diferentes sectores del templo como el baño, por ejemplo.

Me estoy levantando temprano, canto las 16 rondas, mantengo los 4 principios regulativos y solo tomo prasadam.

Su sirviente,

Bhakta Luis.

                   HpS - ASA -  Muy! Bien!  Va a advanzar!!!  Puede tomar iniciacion Hari-nama pronto!

AgtSP,Pamho...Dear guru maharaja ekadasi are so nectarean since I practice the nirjala vrata, lots of reading(SB 3.26,27) and extra japa(24rds)...this is helping us to control our sences and dont commit so many offences..this last week sankirtana 1kapiladev ,10 noi and othes 40small and medium,working finishing asram in Sierra, prepearing van for skt travel. This week we had the trascendental visit of Krishna Ksetra Prabhu... All glories to you, Srila Prabhupad and Goura Nitay your eternal servant Panca Tattva das

 HpS - AGTSP! We did Nirjala ekadasi for one year except for two times. One time it was too cold and one time it was too hot. Was very interesting!
K. Ksetra Prabhu visited the Govardhana Ashrama? We hope you are in real rhythm with Krsna!!!
 

IAll Glories to Sri Sri Gaura Nitai.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

All Glories to you.

Please accpet my humble obeisances to your feet.

Hare Krsna Dear Guru Maharaja.
    I happy to know about your health improve :)
Many time since my last letter. Sorry for that. This months was hard for me, but things still happend more and more intense, not in a bad way, but intense at last... 
My Japa get worst, and because of that things got worsen. intelligence still there and push me to improve. Keep on the Bhakti Sastri, now NOD. I occupy in service much more I can. 
I started to upload your classes to Interntet http://grooveshark.com/#!/hanumatpresakaswami/collection and ask to godbrothers for send me more of them. 
Well, I hope can establish again in my own, and focus on. I try to do my best for my surrender not be empty words. Sorry for fall down from my position. Hope my idiocy not affected to you. Thanks for be so patient with me. I Hope be cualified to be yours and Srila Prabhupada sincere servant.

Thanks for your time and for the answer.

Your disciple who want to be your servant
Rati-Manjari Devi Das

              HpS - AGTSP. Paoho. We are under enormous stress now. A lot of it always is our fame and prestige. If we say we will do something, and then we can't do it and everyone attacks our prestige then we feel great loss. That is the basis of the struggle with the Pandavas, no? So we have to let our Saree, our prestige go if we can't hang on to it all (for Krsna). We have to be able to identify very quickly, very flexible what are the priority items to hang on to, what can be the basis of regrowth.

Canakhya Pandita says like:
1. Save your life. Because if you are dead you can't do anything.
2. Save your religious principles because without those you are as good as dead.
3. Save your wife because she will automatically cause the family to prosper materially and
4. Save your wealth.

Interesting, no?
What have you learned are the priority things to save when your Karma, Destiny put you in Chaos?

All Glories to Sri Sri Gaura Nitai! 

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!

All Glories to You!

Please accept my humble obeisances!

Hare Krsna, Guru Maharaja! I hope that by the grace of the Lord, You are fine <img alt="angel" height="23" src="http://hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/angel_smile.png" title="angel" width="23" />

I’m really fine. Now I’m feel in the prime of life as this Kriya Sakti dd <img alt="cheeky" height="23" src="http://hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/tongue_smile.png" title="cheeky" width="23" />. On several occasions of my life I've been in treatment with psychologists , psychiatrists, Bach flowers and other. Not today, because I think Krsna is deeply healing my mind and my heart <img alt="heart" height="23" src="http://hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/heart.png" title="heart" width="23" /><img alt="yes" height="23" src="http://hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/thumbs_up.png" title="yes" width="23" /><img alt="smiley" height="23" src="http://hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/regular_smile.png" title="smiley" width="23" />

In april Patrak informed me that I approve the Bhakti Sastri exam and probably in somewhere next visit to Chile You can personally give me the certificate. What an honor! <img alt="cool" height="23" src="http://hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/shades_smile.png" title="cool" width="23" />

             HpS - ASA - AGTSP paoho. Very, very nice. I hope you developed some friendship with Krsna through the BhSastri books. They are so big. So much information. We have to get to know them a little bit and then find out which books, which parts, and in what way we have to deepen our relationship. Our advancement in devotional service means advancing our relationship with scriptutre. Very personal. Can be very simple.

I'm chanting at least 16 rounds (also with my finger digital counter<img alt="cheeky" height="23" src="http://hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/tongue_smile.png" title="cheeky" width="23" />, during the day I manage to chant some more) and following the 4 regulative principles. I'm waking up every day at 5 am, get up at my little Sri Sri Gaura Nitai, I make a brief arati and chant my rounds to 7 am, at which time I prepare to go to work. 

I’m doing a postgraduate of digital comunication. I’m going to classes on tuesday and thursday evenings. I will conclude in november.<img alt="enlightened" height="23" src="http://hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/lightbulb.png" title="enlightened" width="23" />

I continue with my service as pujari assistant <img alt="heart" height="23" src="http://hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/heart.png" title="heart" width="23" /><img alt="laugh" height="23" src="http://hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/teeth_smile.png" title="laugh" width="23" />, now on wednesdays, after work hours.

I’m currently reading the first canto of Srimad Bhagavatam and the Mahabharata.<img alt="cool" height="23" src="http://hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/shades_smile.png" title="cool" width="23" />

Something that has me excited is that since march i'm participating in a Bhakti Vṛkṣa <img alt="laugh" height="23" src="http://hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/teeth_smile.png" title="laugh" width="23" />. They are many young people average age of 25. The leader group is Constanza Valdivieso, aspiring disciple of Sankarsana Das Adhikari. 

I feel I’m in a very stable stage of my life where my devotional service and materials occupations are fairly balanced <img alt="heart" height="23" src="http://hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/heart.png" title="heart" width="23" />. I pray to Radha and Krsna, and I ask Your blessings to maintain and increase that energy and inspiration without Mayadevi cover me (all the more). 

Something bad <img alt="no" height="23" src="http://hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/thumbs_down.png" title="no" width="23" />. At this time I went back to drinking Coke <img alt="blush" height="23" src="http://hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/embarrassed_smile.png" title="blush" width="23" /><img alt="indecision" height="23" src="http://hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/whatchutalkingabout_smile.png" title="indecision" width="23" />, and I’m addicted again <img alt="crying" height="23" src="http://hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/cry_smile.png" title="crying" width="23" />, like before meeting Krsna consciousness.

    HpS - Why? What is it that attracts you? Chant HK/R all the time your are drinking and see the contrast. Must be some real reason. 

Question. The Krsna West movement of Acaryadeva Maharaja is becoming very popular, and I've used that example to preach to people that it costs them to make Krsna consciousness because of external and aesthetic aspects. What do you think of this and the movement in general?

      HpS - Maharaja spends a lot of time here with NGD and in Nashville. As usual he has good ideas and good efforts, but Devamrta Swami and others are doing similar things. The point is to get people to adopt the technical values and the rituals and clothing can change in different ways.

I hope You are very well upon receipt of this message. Thanks a lot for everything You do for us daily. <img alt="heart" height="23" src="http://hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/heart.png" title="heart" width="23" /><img alt="blush" height="23" src="http://hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/embarrassed_smile.png" title="blush" width="23" />

Your servant, 

Kriya Sakti devi dasi <img alt="cool" height="23" src="http://hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/shades_smile.png" title="cool" width="23" />

HpS - O.K. We wait for your analysis of Why People Drink Coca-cola.