Letters to the editor

Hare Krisna Gurudev!, please accept my humble obeisances dandavats. All Glories to Srila Prabhupada.

Dear  Gurudev, I hope you have a good health. First I want to thank you your last letter responding to my email. I’m sorry not responding earlier, but Carcika d.d. and me had ten vacations days in Malaga.

             HpS - ASA --  Jaya!!   AGTSP......      paoho.....   Krsna, says that among bodies of water He is the ocean!

We were in Malaga Temple with Yadunandana Swami having meetings about the Bhaktivedanta Spanish Institute, preparing the academic program for the next year and enjoying the Hindu festival. I think so near of 600 persons were there.

Three weeks ago we were in New Vrajamandala in a Spanish leaders meeting about Spanish Yatra with Hrydaya Caitanya Prabhu (GBC), Yadunanadana Swami, Kripamoya Prabhu, Jayanta Prabhu, Patita Pavana Prabhu, Gundica Prabhu, Caitanya Candra, Nityananda Prabhu (from Portugal) and others great devotees. We were talking about how we can join the Yatra in Spain through three ways: Training, communication and congregational development.

The 8^th August I went to do sankirtan with Jaramara Haridas, and Krisna gave me his mercy and I distribute my first book of Srila Prabhupada (Science of Self Realization). It was very hard for me, because I have a very strong mind and I wanted to control the situation, but Krisna said: “No!!!!!!!!, I’m the Supreme Controller and you’re my servant”. So, when I said: “Ok, take the control” came to me a philosophy professor, he listened me and took the book I gave him. I finally had to say: “My Lord, You are the Supreme Controller, and I’m your fool servant. You are the Knowledge”.

In Madrid Temple, well (+/-). Tomorrow in the morning Jayanta prabhu sent his demission letter and now it open a time of reflection for all devotees. From here I want to give my humble obeisances to Jayanta prabhu for his service during last thirteen last years. I’m very grateful to him and to all devotees of the Madrid’s Yatra. I think so we must reflect on what we did right or wrong. We must be closer, chant together, take responsibility for the services in the temple and we should be friends and best devotees. All together. We must think which is what Srila Prabhupada wants and how can we serve him and Krisna in the Madrid’s Temple, following the GBC guide in the administration organize and the Guru instructions in the spiritual develop.

              HpS - ASA - It is very hard to appreciate Jayanta Das' service enough. He has given his life for ISKCON Madrid.

Carcika d.d and me are fine, following our daily Sadhana, chanting, etc, working in Bhaktivedanta Spanish Institute and waiting for temple open to serve there. Krisna has the control over Madrid city and we only can serve Him and Him devotees, what else can we do?.

We are thinking about to go to India in November-December for two weeks. Maybe one week in Mayapur and the other one in Vrindavan or two weeks in Vrindavan. I would like you give us your blessing to do that, and I would want to know what are you thinking about our travel program.

              HpS - AGTSP.  If you can go with devotees to Mayapura, Vrndavana, that is nice, buy is important to go to visit those Holy Places. Our travel plans we will put in the DTC in just a few minutes. 

Thank you for all Gurudev, I keep at your Lotus feet.

Your humble servant Dandava Das.

      HpS - ASA -  Please just go ahead as you are. Have a little patience, but we can expect rapid progress!   Please offer our obeisances to Jayanta Das if you see him!!

Querido Gurudev: Pamho. TgSP y sus seguidores fieles.

Espero que se encuentre bien de salud cuando reciba este mensaje y lamento mucho que se haya visto involucrado en "problemas" ? caseros.

Nosotros estamos esperando la llegada del bebé y yo, ya me estoy acostumbrando a vivir con las molestias en la espalda........"asasvatam dukhalayam". La naturaleza material es algo divino. Está claro que Krisna es el Creador Supremo.

En cuanto al Templo de Madrid le diré que me alegro mucho de ver la carta de Sananda y Bhadra Vardhana y saber que hay un grupo de unos diez devotos dispuestos a comprometerse. Para mí a llegado el momento de dar un paso atrás para que ellos puedan tomar responsabilidad y trabajar con tranquilidad. Ahora tendré que dedicar mas tiempo a la vida familiar. Tanto Purnamasi como yo trabajamos y con dos niños pequeños tendremos que aportar los dos una parte importante de nuestro tiempo.

Gracias por la valiosa ayuda que nos presta y lamento que haya tenido que estar, de alguna manera, en ansiedad por nuestras propias miserias.

Sin más se despide

su sirviente

              HpS - Jaya. TlgaSP.  Pfanrh.....    Nuevo Vaisnava, Jaya!        Espero tambien su cuerpo es mejor....   Estamos bien aqui.   Honestamente los desafios administrativos que yo veo de mi perspective de Madrid no son mal. Hay la misma en casi cualquire proyecto (de ISKCON) en esta mundo. Para devotos, como Vd esta indicando en su carta, es bueno. Yo pienso todos son dignos de respeto por sus esfuerzas (Monocito y Puerquecito tambien) y adelantamos....   Hay muchos, muchos, mas desafilos como convertir participar directamente con Krsna y Arjuna en la proxima vida, no?

Cuando viene la Bebe????????

Aun hay programa para ninos Domingo?

Hare Krishna!

Please accept my respectful obeisances to your softly apple blossom feet

                ASA - AGTSP.....  Oink!      Oink!

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada

All Glories to Sri Guru & Sri Gauranga

I'm sorry for having not write before, i have just recover my mind from the past struggles for adjusting rithms

last time i wrote to you, i was studying SB and doing BBT service, with a nice sadhana, going nice controlling tongue and saving my prasad for next day ;)

The past 27/07 i went for my first day in school (lic. in philology) (since 4-5 years no studying "wordly") it was very exciting, nevertheless, very shocking, i will just present at school once every 2 weeks on saturday, the rest of the time i'm on my own, making research work to present my printed documets to the professor next module, im having bad time to adjust myself and balance BBT service, practical service, sankirtana (actually its almost 2 days per month), making homework and also try to read SP's Books!

In the closing party of Pada-Padma and Bhakti-Sastri the 10th August the prasadam was almost 9-10 oclock so i was really hungry and took dinner (i could not keep the no-dinner vow for 4-july-2014) next day happened the same thing when we moved all of our things to the home back in the town.

After all the rigor i put into myself for advancing in BBT service during the whole curse, i fell asleep on my laurels and took several days of lazyness!! just doing mangalaratik, japa and watching some movies during the day(K.C. and even Karmi) doing just the homework but no BBT for all this week (since monday untill Ekadasi) there i took some inspiration to fast and doing extra japa and 12 Hours of BBT service! i felt so nice.

The thing is all those ups and downs are completely Pasion mode, and with the time i know if i keep like this i will not last maintaining my service, neither the study, i need your blessings and a drop of   enthusiasm and inspiration to improve myself and get the desire to reach at least Goodnes platform.

Thank you for taking your valuable time helping this little little boy

Your ever-aspiring servant

Bhakta Christian

             ASA - Jaya!       We are facing the SAME problems by moving into our office here in Tennessee and trying to focus our service more on writing what we see as essential. We have the same "falldowns" but maybe because we have more experience than you, maybe we start making adjustments faster than you. It is a challenge but fun. On the other hand, even though we may have more experience than you, you may be more sincere than we are so maybe you can adjust faster.

Learning Sadhana bhakti means learning how to do it in many circumstances.  Then we can responded quickly to changes like good soldiers!!!

Todas Las Glorias a Sri Sri Gour Nitay!!!

Todas Las Glorias a Srila Prabhupada!!!

Todas Las Glorias sean a Usted!!!

   Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja, por favor acepte mis humildes reverencias, muchas gracias por Su respuesta, prometo no dejar Brahma Muhurta!!!, quería preguntarle si va a venir a Chile?, espero que esté muy bien, muchas gracias por Su tiempo, Reverencias.

   Su sirvienta,

   Dhanistha devi dasi.

                 HpS - ASA ---   TlgaSP......       pfanrh.....     No se, el calendario de viaje.  Aparece vamos a Sud America como Enero.   Solamente pensando en Vd. estamos recordando mucho bhava en Chile.  Adelante!    El nuevo Chile!!!

Hare Krsna Maharaja,

Please accept my humble obeisances.  All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

I know I should wait until your response to my last letter before writing again, but I have more anguish to express.  Though I am trying to try hard for Krsna and to not fall down, which is always just around the corner, I get so depressed thinking of how my spiritual life has not even begun, no matter how hard I am trying right now or in the past.  I feel so helpless, if I were to die tomorrow, I would be lost to Krsna... it is very dangerous.

My last letter might have sounded like I am jealous of initated devotees.  That is not what I meant.  What I mean to express is I am jealous after initiation itself.  How can I love Krsna if my spiritual life has not even begun?  This is the cause of much anguish and depression for me.  How can I bring others to Krsna if my own spiritual life has not started?  How could I help them if I leave my body before I can love Krsna myself?

No matter how much I might cry and try for Krsna, I am still just a rascal and a fool with no link back to Him.  My prayer is that I might live long enough to begin my spiritual life and receive the bhakti lata bija so that someday I might be able to begin to love Krsna...

Hoping to become,
Your servant,
Bhakta David II

            HpS - Jaya!!!    AGTSP...  We talked  a LOT about this in the last letter.  We will look for any more recent response from you.