Letters to the editor

AGTSP!

Dear Gurudev, my obeisances to you again and again.
Thank you very much for answer my letters, and give me the valuable opportunity to receive your association through your letters, it's like a shower of enthusiasm in my spiritual life,
My husband is fine, working on topography, he is who translate the plans of an architect, is working with Madhavendra Prabhu (yours disciple) who is the assistant of the topography.

But really what he likes is to make music and paint pictures, he's good on that, he would like to work on that later, also is practicing with devotional paintings to paint the new hall of the temple, in fact, he had ​​the mercy of painting the deities of Lord Jagannath on the last ratha yatra. 

But, he have a big obstacle to advance in his spiritual life, he have problem with some of the basic principles of our ISKCON standard. Its something very difficult to me, of course for him too because tries to fight with that all the time, I try to give him strength, and always pray for him. The point is that this problem is destroying his enthusiasm slowly and that is dangerous, i never told you about this, because did not want to bother you with problems of married life, but in fact this is also a problem in my spiritual life, big anartha. He is a good person; i need help him, because i feel in other way I’ll be lost too, eventually.    Please i really need your mercy some times i feel so, so sunk in the material puddle, how can I advance in my situation?,

Well my father its fine, always going to the sankirtan programs with us, he is part of the team, its very nice being in service with my father, I feel very fortunate for that.

thanks for all,  wish you a nice ekadasi,  I hope your headaches are gone,

always trying to be your servant.

Bhaktin Fernanda Leiva

PD: in the last sankirtan festival, prabhu Vijaya came, the minister of sankirtan in iskcon , and helped us with his shakti on book distribution, I´ll send you a photo

ASA - AGTSP paoho. Very nice to hear from you. Some of these attachments to sports, lady's fashions, marijuana, lottery, tea, chocolate are very deep-rooted. They can be based upon problems and attachments that we have that extend over many lifetimes. In the beginning it may seem like a little weed, but as we try to remove the root we find that it is deeper, deeper, deeper and ultimately some of them go back to the original, absolute reason why we left Krsna.

So, removing these bad habits can be quick or slow depending on how deep they are.

I know one devotee who had an attachment to marijuana. He was a kind of artistic person. He tried so many ways to get free from the habit, but then he explained that he made a deal with his mind that is could smoke until the room floated but it had to chant the Maha-mantra the whole time.

He explained that he chanted while he was getting intoxicated, while intoxicated and while coming down; and he could see all of what the experience was for the first time, and that was it. He gave up the habit and turned to ice-cream and Sprite and never was attracted again.

That is one solution. Another is that in general, intoxication can be replaced by Prasadam. Take the time to cook nice offering for Krsna and then honor Prasadam nicely and you will feel nice satisfaction, natural intoxication; but that may solve the superficial addiction but then you may find a deeper problem. Good luck to everyone. Everyone has their own problems to solve. We are each different and that is why Krsna is really happy to see us learning how to control our senses for Him.

Hare Krsna Guru Maharaj,
Please accept our humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

We inquired the head of the Synergy school if she was aware of the Educational Symposium. Nampriya Mataji is aware and we were both hoping to have the symposium projected for the teaching staff.

HpS - ASA -- AGTSP paoho. Very nice to hear from you. Please call Mother Subhra Devi Dasi immediately and register. 209 918-9058 or you may not get a Seat. 

We have also received the Tava Pache Pache Manuscript Afterwards to the Nectar of Instruction and we felt very fortunate to be able to read it especially considering it is hand written and illustrated!  Bhakta Nick and even our 3 year old enjoyed the illustrations and poetry. Aja was very captivated! Our opinion is it is a great book to motivate a KC family of all ages to study Upadesamrta and should be read by all!!! 

On a side note it would also be a great zine, photocopied with a nice thick paper cover, maybe a watercolor of Rupa Goswami's Samadhi??? For the sections that have song references, possibly a folded copy of the song can be glued and folded in half so it is easy for readers to sing immediately! We will also be teaching 3rd and 4th graders and we feel this study guide will really captivate them with pictures, poetry and creative prose. A few other devotees who we have shown it to are also of the opinion that it should be copied and distributed. Maharaj, will you allow us to make these transcendental zines? We can let you know the progress in the coming month before your NW tour. Maybe it can be distributed with NOIs?

             HpS - ASA - Distribute it as you wish! As the basic description says at www.jayarama.us/archives/tpp-cb.htm
they are full of errors but we expect to get better with practice. Already we have changed our production formatting 7000% and number six we are composing them on 8-1/2 x 11 graph paper so they should be more regular and easy to reproduce. Got bless us!

We are reading TPP  with our Bhakti Sastri self study Curriculum and now are on text one of NOI. Still trying to keep up with children's Bhagavatam study, one chapter a week. Left a message with Srivasa Prabhu but no reply. KC Arts and Crafts summer camp next week, we are doing lots of prep for this and hope to give a more detailed critique if you would like of TPP next week.

Your servants,

Kamagayatri and Aja Narayana

HpS - Very good. We certify you as an Monkey Warrior based upon your report and Aja as a Junior Monkey Warrior, but please keep after Srivasa Das for formal study. Call him again. Uncle Gismo says, "The squeaky wheel gets the grease".

Hare Krsna Gurudeva ¡¡¡¡

AGTSP 

PAMHO 

Thanks to your blessings yesterday was a great day we had the opportunity to do some seva for RMB in chosica since till change their pijamas I started with Gaura Nitai and I told the autorities that I will do it just once a month ¡¡¡¡ I always remember what U say: DO NOT TAKE MORE SERVICE THAT U CAN DO OTHERWISE IS OFFENSIVE ¡¡ Once a month is OK plus it is very tiring but extremely pleasing

In wilson we have now 3 more deities more nectar but less pujaris jaja and I also have to focus more on that, the service for Krsna is unlimited we can always can to new things to improve our service

Rohini kumar das is organizing 12 hours kirtan in wilson periodically and it is very very nice ¡¡¡ last time we during the 12 hours the curtains were open and we can feel that the energy was completely different ¡¡¡¡

I have to catch up on with my thesis, I am taking harmonium lessons, yoga, I want to learn more things improve my cooking, my pujari skills, one of my goals is to train myself to be a better tool for SP and U with your blessings I am planning to do these things the rest of the year and forever up and up ¡¡¡ 

My japa was not so well but now that we have internet Japa Joe helps a lot ¡¡¡. Also BV  I have to put more heart on this now with my study partner I will have more strenght. It is funnny my mind was making me a fool I am too mental  and then on thursday I started reading the JADA BHARATA INSTRUCTS KING RAHUGANA and it was really helpful it is kind of amazing that whenver I read SB the topic is related with the suffering that I am passing through

Thank U Gurudeva for iur inspiration and shelter 

Always trying to be your disciple 

Candramukhi dd

HpS - ASA - Letter number five --- 1,000 created tasks and Japa Sufering. We do exactly the same thing, but we are getting better and scheduling rounds as a higher priority.  We do 26-rounds/day. We do a lot of work on ISKCON Sankirtan. A lot. We would be rich if this was a regular job, and we have lusty sense gratification of sweets, milk and nuts. But we are putting our Japa more and more in first place and  everything else is getting better. We are getting as much service as we can do. We are not thinking we are the supreme controller. We are dying a good death!

We were not born to be happy.

Todas las glorias a Sri-Sri Goura Nitay

Todas las glorias al Srila Prabhupada

Mis más respetuosas referencias son hacia usted.

Hare Krishna Maharaja. Por favor acepte mis referencias, mi nombre es Natalia Lizama, tengo 19 años y soy de Santiago, Chile.

Hace aproximadamente tres años conocí el movimiento para la Conciencia de Krishna por su discipulo Parasurama Avatar Dasa, y hace dos años comencé con mi servicio distribuyendo prasada y limpiando la cocina, y recientemente he comenzado a ser asistente de Pujari  en la fiesta de Srila Prabhupada los días viernes en el templo de ISKCON Santiago, Chile.

Cuando comencé a asistir al templo mas seguido, en Enero del 2012 fue la primera vez que lo pude ver en persona acá en Chile y fue el primer maestro espiritual a quien tuve la oportunidad de conocer. Me inspira su forma de prédica y como se relaciona con este movimiento.

Desde que comencé con el servicio canto las dieciseis rondas y cumplo con los cuatro principios regulativos.

Este año en especial ya que comencé con mis estudios en la universidad, se me ha hecho un poco dificultoso el cantar concentrada mis rondas cada mañana, en estos momentos es lo que me dificulta con mi avance espiritual.

Espero seguir con la misión de Sri Caitanya y Srila Prabhupada.

Se despide muy afectuosamente su eterne sirvienta,

Bhaktin Natalia Lizama

            HpS - ASA - AGTSP This is four letters today with same comment. Hmmmm. The university, work are only needed if they help us chant our rounds. Otherwise Krsna will personally supply the Prasad!

Querido Gurudeva:

Please, accept my humble obeisances.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

All glories to Hanumatpresaka Swami

Ante todo espero que Usted se encuentre muy bien de salud y le pido a Krisna que Usted tenga mucha energia para realizar todas sus tareas.

Le pido una disculpa por no escribirle mas seguido.

Tuve muchos cambios en este tiempo y estoy tratando de adaptarme a ellos, mudanza, trabajo, estudio, muchas cosas.
Por eso tuve que dejar mi servicio en el templo, pero considero que sigo haciendo servicio con cada actividad que realizo como psicóloga. Ese es mi dharma en ésta vida.
Le pido otra disculpa porque mi sadhana está muy malo en éste momento de mi vida. Me cuesta mucho cumplir con las rondas. Mi mente está demasiado focalizada en mi trabajo y en mi estudio. Me cuesta mucho pensar en otra cosa. Por favor, perdoneme por eso, pero yo  sé que encontraré la manera de adaptar mi vida actual a mi proceso espiritual, es cuestión de tiempo. Krisna y Usted están  y estarán siempre en mi mente y corazón.

Mis más humildes reverencias y todo mi agradecimiento por leer ésta carta y por recordar a ésta humilde sirvienta .

ss Dhanya Lalita, la psicóloga argentina

             HpS - ASA - AGTSP! Paoho. It is amazing. Every single letter so far has been exactly the same:

Please forgive me for not writing so hard, I have been forced to work like an ass, I am struggling to chant and follow principles, I have bad association.

Ooooof!   Amazing!   Any "psychology" that minimizes the value of Japa is insane. Carl Jung, the whole world of competent psychologist can recognize that introspective chanting of the Names of God following the process of Rupa Goswami is without equal, if you really want to become secure, happy, ecstatic.

We love to drown in self-pity. Give ourselves rewards for our suffering, but it is all little pig like pleasures that don't even satisfy us but we try to make ourselves so stupid that they do.
We are all in Goloka!. We have become confused. Krsna is saying "Wake Up! Wake Up! Wolves are attacking the cows! We need your help!"

Put your Japa first and to hell with your family, body, life, country, fruitive activities described in poetical language. To hell with it all. Make universal happiness not universal blood-sucking!

This is what we tell our mind daily!!!

Todas las Glorias a Goura Nitai

Todas las Glorias a Srila Prabhupada

Todas las Glorias a sus pies

por favor acepte mis humildes reverencias ...

Querido Gurudeva.

Espero que todo este bien con su salud y que sus dolores de cabeza esten decayendo (es culpa de nosotros y nuestros errores)

HpS - ASA -- AGTSP!!!  Paoho. The chest pains only come rarely. We usually have one discomfort and then another. I guess a lot of people are just the same.

Le pido disculpas por no escribir antes, he estado bajo el embrujo de maya, con el trabajo fruitivo como burra y otros problemas.

          HpS - ASA - Ja. Ja. Ja!   Mangala-ananda, you and me! But we can keep some conection to Krsna and then it is happy, hard, work!

...Mas que un reporte quiero contarle un poco de las cosas que me estan pasando.

Empece a trabajar hace 3 meses y ya estoy cansada, el trabajo y el relacionamiento con el mundo material es algo muy dificil para mi,

                         ASA - Para todos!

. . .no me gusta, no me adapto y creo que tambien tiendo a caer en malos habitos... esto realmente me afecta por que tengo un hijo que mantener y ademas vivo en una casa que no es mia, debe ser que soy muy ignorante y caida.

              ASA - Casi universal!!!

. . . Con todo esto ya no puedo hacer servicio directo en el templo por que el poco tiempo que tengo debo darselo a mi hijo, y he sentido que esto me a afectado muchisimo en mi vida espiritual.

Tambien debo decirle que estoy conociendo a un devoto (hermano espiritual), ha sido agradable y tambien ha sido un apoyo para mi, el pasa por un proceso dificil en su vida y yo quisiera poder corresponderle de una buena manera, y una de las cosas que a ambos nos a costado es el no romper principios, por que maya es muy fuerte y nuestra conciencia esta muy contaminada, yo en mi condicion de mujer he tratado de pedir consejos a una hermana mayor Priya Sakhi Devi Dasi ,que ella ya esta casada . He racibido buenos consejos de su parte, pero yo siento que me comporto de una manera hipocrita al faltar al compromiso que hice con usted cuando recibir Iniciacion.

A pesar de todo lo malo, canto mis 16 rondas a diario, con esfuerzo, trato de leer el Bhagavat Gita y algun libro de Srila Prabhupada y sadhu sanga los Dias domingo por lo general.

Yo se que de alguna forma estoy arruinado mi vida espiritual, y que tambien mi condicion de ignorancia me haga pasar por todas estas cosas, siento mucho defraudarlo y a Krishna Tambien, creo que hay muchas cosas que no merezco, pero el Señor me sigue dando su misericordia.

Solo le pido perdon  por mis ofensas, Por mi Falta de compromiso, mi falta de amor, mi falta lealtad, mi falta de palabra y tambien la inmadures.

Su Eterna Sirvienta

Krisangi Devi Dasi.

               HpS - ASA --  Wake up! All of this is a dream! You are trying to change a dream! Krsna says: You can chant 16-nice rounds every day. You can follow the 4-principles strictly. I will give you all the money, shelter, food, health, intelligence, association you need to do that. Yes, you have to work a little, but I am very generous and will do most of the work.

Bonk!

Then Krsna will take care of our family, everything and we will become HAPPY! Krsna and the other devotees in Vrndavana will become happy playing with us. Ooof.

Yes, maybe Krsna wants to kill you. Maybe Krsna wants you to live on the streets like a home-less lady for 14-years, but He will always give you the strenght to chant good rounds, follow four principles get up for Mangala arati, read SB, associate with ISKCON devotees, do Sankirtan. We have to give up our external image and be happy with our real life. Our secret life with Venudhara.