Letters to the editor

Hare Krishna Guru Maharaj.

Please accept our humble obeisance. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

Thank you very much for coming to Houston and staying here and giving your association to community.

Me and wife is very thankful to you that since you gave us Brahmin diksha we are able to serve lordship more.

Now we can cook for deity we do more then couple of times in week, also we are dressing Gaur Nitaya and Radha Giridhari and Girirajji, because of your mercy and lord blessings we got opportunity to do abhishek of Radha Giridhari on Janmastami, my wife Sumitra Radha got opportunity to Aartik on Goverdhan Pooja day.

HpS/ASA - We, agtSP, feel very fortunate to be in NMDh. We are trying to contribute!

You are already in Goloka, Nabadvipa, no? You just have to wake up!!!

We are trying to keep ourselves engage in more and more active devotional service.

Both Kids also help us in serving Radha Neela Madhav.

I am planning to visit my parent in India last week of Jan.

Please always keep us in your shelter.

Your Aspiring Servant

Devendra Krishna Das

Sumitra Radha

HpS/ASA - AgtSP. Thank you!!! What are exact dates of your visit to India?

ASA[E] Guru-tattva.. Diksa guru retires.

Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja

Please accept my humble obeisances

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada

All Glories to your enormous service.

I hope you get much better health.

HpS - Our donkey's health is pretty good for 75-years old.

Had littel fever, probably just like you, but recovered quickly.

Hearing, sight, memory are like 40% gone. That won't come back in this life time. It is good. We want to stop watching the movie of mangos and pick real mangos for Krsna!

Would be nice if we died right after sending this letter and you died right after reading it and then we both took birth in Nabadvipa with Nimai, no!!!

We remain firm with all our vows and also with the service in the initiation committee, I wanted to apologize for my mistake in misunderstanding the words in English, I will strive to improve, in fact I am practicing English with a devotee of the Indian community 🙏.

HpS - Your English is better than my Spanish! 😄

In December we helped aspiring devotees for Hari nama initiation and brahminical initiation of Jayapataka Maharaja, we had a very good association with older devotees.

HpS/ASA - Such a nice service!

My letter is mainly addressed to you to tell you about Bhakta Carlos Rold, a devotee of many years who has always felt very enthusiastic about everything related to making your sankirtan grow.

I am a witness of how he has made an effort to qualify and prepare himself.

For a year now, he has been following the four regulative principles, maintaining his sadhana, connecting to FMP, doing practical service in the Iskcon Chile temple, singing its 16 rounds (he tells me that when he cannot finish them, he sings them the next day, adding to the corresponding ones),

he has also approved [passed] the Disciples course and is about to finish the Introduction to Bhakti yoga course.

Also Bhakta Lucciano Macchiavello would also like to formalize his entire process in a certain way, he tells me that he has known you for more than 17 years and that no one like you has understood it, he has never stopped following your institution of donating milk and butter for the deity.

Gurudeva an important question, do you think in the future granting formal Refuge and possible initiation to Bhakta Carlos Rold and perhaps formal refuge to Bhakta Lucciano Macchiavello?, Both devotees have been following his instructions for years.

Your would-be servant

Manjuali Devi Dasi

Santiago de Chile

HpS - Maybe even more than a year ago we decided that we are too old to give any more 1st initiation. The Diksa guru takes Karma. It is a job, and it is a job for a young man. Last time we did it. Few months ago. We felt really crushed.

🙂

However, that does not mean that we cannot be Guru's for Carlitos or Machaivelli.

In Srila Bhaktivinode's 'Jaiva Dharma' one fictional Sannyasi, saint, Babba Mahasai, is preaching, teaching, guiding a young man from Kolkata when he visits Nabadvipa.

Then Bobba Mahasaya tells him that he is ready for initiation, but that he, Bobba Mahasaya is 90-years old and that if he initiates him, he will die, so they should go and see Vaisnava Thakura Bobba who is only 75-years old.

Young man. 😃

VTB says that it is an honor to do the ritual if BM recommends The Young Man (35-years old).

So, that is what we feel.

Carlos and Machiavelli are our friends!

What more can we want!!?

It is an honor if we can be their friends and counselors always.

We are recommending Yadunandana Swami in Spain as a very nice Diksa guru. Radha Krsna Das in Houston.

O.K.

Hare Krsna Beloved Gurudeva:

AGTSP, PAMHO

I am a little concerned about your health. So I hope this meets you in really good health.

This is letter is going to be brief.

On January 9th we will arrive to Houston along with Palika dd.

We kindly ask for your blessings so that we can see your very good self again

C U soon Gurudeva

Trying to be your disciple

CMDD

HpS/ASA - AgtSP.

Monkey and Piggy want to know if you are bringing Ulysses? ???

Mahaprasada of Radha Madana-bihari?

Alfahores?

Think Radha and Nila madhava will be ecstatic to see you.

Visiting 16,108 houses of Krsna.

All glories to You 🙏

AGTSP 🙏

Dear Guru Maharaj,

I wake up regularly before the onset of auspicious Brahma muhurta and then after taking morning ablution I perform mangal aarti, Harinama japa etc.

Sometimes I may fall sick and unwell given to my poor health. Only except those days, I wake up regularly at a same, pre-determined time. But henforth, I would try my best to maintain a fixed time at all cost.

HpS - So nice. Sometimes we can only chant in our mind and must rest! For us it is only a few days a year and even if we can't get to Mangala arati, we are awake during that time.

AgtSP!

Dear GuruMaharaj, some suggested me that I should wait for my second sacred initiation as my husband is yet uninitiated. Is it ok that I remain contended with the first one? Should I aspire for the second also? I am totally confused. Pls enlighten me.

HpS - Hmmm... I don't know the details. In general, Harinama diksa is sufficient to go to Vaikuntha, Goloka, Rasa-lila!!!

Second initiation in some ways is a formality.

Not a meaningless formality.

Boy and Girl may be ship wrecked on an island in the ocean.

After one year they decide that it is very proper to be married, that maybe even it is God's arrangement that they were put in this situation.

So, they say many prayers and promises and are always writing everything down, and then have two children, and after four years a boat finds them and they go home with their family.

Of course, their family is crying in ecstacy!

So much happiness.

Everyone is very happy to meet their new son/daughter/grandchildren.

Family priest(s)... herd them into the church as soon as possible and have a formal wedding. Everyone very happy.

They are very happy.

So second initiation need not be a formality.

What does your esteemed husband think?

Other family?

Devotees?

If you want to worship installed ISKCON dieties, then it is important.

It is also nice example for others.

Your husband may think that way, "I am not ready to take responsibility for Harinama Diksa vows. My wife is more advanced than me on the path. We all have our own progress to make. I am very proud that she is taking the responsibilities of Second Initiation".

I don't know details.

Some thoughts.

O.K.???

Your fallen Servant

BRDDasi

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupāda

Por favor acepte mis reverencias Guru Maharaj

Deseo que se encuentre bien estamos pendientes de su visita a Houston quería compartirle nuevas noticias de la familia, mi esposo a adquirido 5mil libros al BBT para hacer la maratón de Sankirtan 2023 ahora Gadadhar está en Laredo Texas distribuyendo libros en español e inglés. El Sankirtana en Monterrey también es muy bueno previo a viajar mi esposo logró distribuir colección de Srimad Bhagavatam entre otros títulos, yo me encuentro muy feliz de apoyar a mi esposo en este servicio trascendental🙌

. Probablemente Gadadhar lo visite en Houston unos días antes de su Vyasa Puja veremos que planes tiene Krishna, por supuesto también oramos humildemente por sus bendiciones para ser un buen instrumento para el movimiento de Sankirtana de Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

Nueva Goverdhan está muy bien desarrollándose, por ahora los que continuamos activamente este proyecto somos mi esposo y yo, tuvimos una buen programa de cocina con la universidad UVM (Universidad del Valle de México) el maestro chef de la universidad está interesado en continuar más as programas de estudiantes con el Restaurante Hare Krishna en Monterrey y Nueva goverdhan.

Nandita se encuentra muy bien cuidada vive muy tranquila en el goshala, el huerto tenemos diferentes plantas de tomate, papa, cilantro, camote, maíz y calabaza.

Le comparto algunas fotos y siempre orando en las mañanas por su salud Gurudev 🙏

Tu sirvienta Anandamaya Devi Dasi 🐒

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All glories to Srila Prabhupāda

Please accept my obeisances Guru Maharaj

I hope you are well, we are awaiting your visit to Houston,

HpS/ASA - 👍 🐵 👳

I wanted to share some news with you about the family, my husband has purchased 5,000 books from the BBT to do the 2023 Sankirtan marathon, now Gadadhar is in Laredo Texas distributing books in Spanish and English.

The Sankirtana in Monterrey is also very good.

Before traveling, my husband managed to distribute the Srimad Bhagavatam collection among other titles. I am very happy to support my husband in this transcendental service🙌

ASA - Behind every good man is a good woman... [... but does that mean that behind every bad man there is...?] 🙂

. Gadadhar will probably visit you in Houston a few days before your Vyasa Puja. we will see what plans Krishna has, of course we also humbly pray for his blessings to be a good instrument for the Sankirtana movement of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

HpS - Yes, yes.. He is already trying to make arrangements to visit here. So nice.

Nueva Goverdhan is developing very well, for now the ones who actively continue this project are my husband and I, we had a good cooking program with the UVM university (Universidad del Valle de México) the master chef of the university is interested in continuing further. student programs with the Hare Krishna Restaurant in Monterrey and Nueva goverdhan.

Nandita is very well cared for and lives very peacefully in the goshala. In the garden we have different tomato, potato, cilantro, sweet potato, corn and pumpkin plants.

ASA - 😲 🌽 🌽

I share some photos and always praying in the mornings for your health Gurudev 🙏

Your servant Anandamaya Devi Dasi 🐒

ASA - Nandita is cow, no?

Kids?

Sunday programs???

TLGASP!

PAMHR!

Deseo todo vaya tranquilo con su salud, que todo sea auspicioso en su meditación!

lo leo, escucho, y tratamos de lograr grabar palabras claves en nuestro corazón, ( sankirtana, 16r, 4p, SB, Navadwipa y Nimai) y nos emocionamos, rogamos enfocarnos en ello.

He seguido por Asa Carnaval, ayuda bastante esa plataforma, también, escuchando por spotify, las clases que han subido.

Hace tanto no le escribo, y lo poco no llega, pero siempre sabemos de ud. y lo veo con tanto que las enseñanzas que imparte son tan buenas como para madurar y saber manejar nuestras batallas diarias y no interrumpir mucho en su sankirtana, aprendemos a predicar a través de ello! igual perdone si hay alguna ofensa.

Apoyo con programas de food for live, programas de predica en namahata, predico cuando hay oportunidad a la familia, amistades.

estuve en ferias, con los libros de SP y muchos conectando, derramando lagrimas al escuchar otras alternativas que pueden explorar en sus vidas, las personas cuando miran a los ojos y escuchan con atención, corresponden con una sonrisa a nuestras certezas y naturalmente colaboran con la misión y llevan libros convencidos de que hay algo bueno!

visitamos a devotas mayores con amigas devotas, para apapacharlas, llenarlas de cariño y gratitud por lo que hicieron por el movimiento y ser amables con los nuevos devotos.

Mi circulo de amistades intimas cada vez es menor, compartiendo con ellas lo que krsna nos enseña, pero honesto, creo que cuando la edad avanza uno ya no se enreda en los problemas, entiendo que cada persona vive su propio proceso y de acuerdo a su naturaleza actúa, aun bajo una atmosfera "espiritual"

tengo bastante con lo mío, jajaja y ver aun a mis hijos.

Nitay y Balaram, ya ambos en la universidad, Nitay ya con 19 años, estudiando ingeniería de sistemas, vegano, no quiere tener hijos, protector conmigo y con su hermano desde siempre.

Balaran estudia ing. Industrial, muy maduro, hace reflexionar a su hermano en su rebeldía propia de la edad y protector conmigo, son buenas personas, ambos formando sus propios sistemas de creencias y siempre les recuerdo pasar por 2 filtros todo lo que comiencen a conocer, el amor y la compasión!

estoy laborando por ahora, en una empresa constructora, en el área de documentación, es semipresencial.

GM. tu nos conoces bien, sabes que solo deseamos tu bienestar, te amamos y eso es lo más importante para nosotros, nos has dado el maha mantra y con ello inmerecidas realizaciones que sabemos solo es por tu misericordia.

No queremos interrumpir en tu sankirtana, cuando escuchamos injusticias o desordenes de personas cercanas a ti, solo oramos por que Nrsimha te proteja y todo se acomode para tu bienestar. Tenemos naturaleza de no aceptar injusticias, pero aun nos falta mucha purificación.

hay algún servicio en especial que deseas desarrolle? ahora que mis hijos están más grandes, hace años hablaste de educación, me gusta los niños, he probado, laborando con ellos también, de hecho no me gusta el sistema que el gobierno implanta, en los mas pequeños, pero ellos es todo un mundo de aprendizaje, me gustaría ir por el lado del arte con ellos. Aunque tengo una naturaleza más administrativa, un poco. ferias de Libros quizá, un café con libros y poesía, viajar, comunidad de eco aldeas, tantas cosas. o seguir con mi sankirtana silencioso...

Estuve asociándome con la comunidad adventista y de los mormones, solo por deporte (juego vóley con ellos), pero cuando querían compartir su filosofía, yo también les compartía la mía y todos teníamos conversaciones muy buenas y significativas.

perdona por la carta tan larga.

que pases unas lindas fiestas con tus asociados, y muy hermoso Vyasapuja y cumpleaños!

eternamente agradecida al parampara!

intentando ser util;

Gaura Karuna Sakti

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TLGASP!

PAMHR!

I wish everything goes smoothly with your health, may everything be auspicious in your meditation!

I read it, I listen to it, and we try to engrave key words in our hearts, (sankirtana, 16r, 4p, SB, Navadwipa and Nimai) and we get excited, please focus on it.

ASA - ??? "It". ASA lectures?? 🐵

I have followed Asa Carnaval, that platform helps a lot, also, listening to the classes they have uploaded on Spotify.

I haven't written to you in so long, and the little doesn't arrive, but we always know about you. and I see it so much that the teachings he imparts are so good that we mature and know how to handle our daily battles and not interrupt much in his sankirtana, we learn to preach through it! Please forgive me if there is any offense.

HpS - No offense, but sad not to hear from you and your associates!

I support with food for live programs, preaching programs in namahata, I preach when there is opportunity to family, friends.

I was at fairs, with SP books and many connecting, shedding tears when listening to other alternatives that they can explore in their lives, when people look in the eyes and listen carefully, they correspond with a smile to our certainties and naturally collaborate with the mission and carry books convinced that there is something good!

ASA - Super!

We visited older devotees with devoted friends, to pamper them, fill them with affection and gratitude for what they did for the movement and to be kind to the new devotees.

My circle of close friends is becoming smaller, sharing with them what Krishna teaches us, but honestly, I believe that as age advances one no longer gets entangled in problems, I understand that each person lives their own process and according to their nature acts, even under a "spiritual" atmosphere

I have enough with mine, hahaha and still seeing my children.

Nitay and Balaram, both already in university, Nitay already 19 years old, studying systems engineering, vegan, does not want to have children, protective of me and his brother since always.

Balaran studies engineering. Industrial, very mature, he makes his brother reflect on his rebellion typical of age and protective of me, they are good people, both forming their own belief systems and I always remind them to pass through 2 filters everything they begin to know, love and the compassion!

I am working for now, in a construction company, in the documentation area, it is blended.

GM. You know us well, you know that we only wish for your well-being, we love you and that is the most important thing for us, you have given us the maha mantra and with it undeserved realizations that we know are only because of your mercy.

We do not want to interrupt your sankirtana, when we hear injustices or disorders from people close to you, we only pray that Nrsimha protects you and everything falls into place for your well-being. We have the nature to not accept injustice, but we still need a lot of purification.

Is there any special service that you want to develop? Now that my children are older, years ago you talked about education, I like children, I have tried working with them too, in fact I don't like the system that the government implements for the little ones, but they are a whole world of learning, I would like to go on the art side with them. Although I have a more administrative nature, a bit. Book fairs perhaps, a cafe with books and poetry, traveling, a community of eco-villages, so many things. or continue with my silent sankirtana...

I was associating with the Adventist and Mormon community, just for sport (I play volleyball with them), but when they wanted to share their philosophy, I also shared mine and we all had very good and meaningful conversations.

Sorry for the long letter.

Have a nice holiday with your associates, and a very beautiful Vyasapuja and birthday!

eternally grateful to the parampara!

trying to be useful;

Gaura Karuna Sakti

HpS - Thank you!!! Such nice news.

What do you wish for Radha Madana-bihari?

It is normal that Kali-yuga is bad, but... we can create nice little bubble of Goloka, umbrellas, for devotees and Sankirtan.

Chanting rounds and following principles and sharing with whomever you meet is great!

Just pray for Krsna to send you Sankirtan partners.

We try to share our Sankirtan here etc and if you can help us in any way then tell us!