Letters to the editor

Hare Krishna Gurumaharaja,

Please accept my humble obeisances, all glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Thank you for your reply. What i'm up to, after quite a long period of unemployment i started working in the facility department of a bank a two weeks ago. It's a capitalist walhalla, and i try not to associate too much with the people there but be a devotee, so i strive to work by myself as much as possible, listening katha and kirtans on the faithful ipod, my lifeline.

Besides that, still serving Radhadesh congregation dept by helping to publish the bi-monthly magazine for Benelux with translating, editing and content. Now that salary is coming in again i can decide on some course to take to be more equiped in making future livelyhood in the field of publishing. That is my wish and it seems feasible. 

Also, still busy with final paper necessary for the paperwork for residence permit for M. Hope to submit in August. Time consuming! Need time to adjust anyway: old life is over, new life is here. Last but not least is that a brahmacari offered us to use his house while he's serving in Gadeigiri. His desire is to do that for five years. We were happy to receive that offer, and are curious to see how things will work out. That's all things major going on. Perhaps there's something here that pleases you. 

An aspiring servant,

Richard van Dijck

HpS - ASA   - AGTSP    paoho.   We are sick, weak near death, but that's O.K. because we are immortal and after leaving this body we will get a better one for playing with Gopal, maybe.           If you're trying to make money then try to make money for Krsna.

   Then all of your work is devotional service.

Dear Hanumatpresaka Swami,

Please accept my respectful obeisances,
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Thanks for your answer and detailed purport.
You showed me the main point in this theme (temporary insanity but then api cet su-duracaro) so i have to put things in order in my mind and try to be Krsna conscious and not fault conscious.
When i wrote i miss personal instructions i didn't think about this subject but how can i serve You better and how can i make You satisfied. But maybe it's too early, first i have to prove i'm able to follow You. I'm in big rajas and always want everything immediately :(
Please forgive my offences!

Thank you for your help and compassion.

Your useless servant,
Sri Radhe devi dasi

HpS - ASA - Jaya!    AGTSP.      It's nice when you hear people repeating what you preach it helps you organize your own life.          I am confused, not with any individual so much, right now, but rather my Project Tasks.   We have this projects, this project, this project.              If we are going to do Sankirtan then we have enter into Time and Space for the most part.  Enter the mode of Passion.  Yet, how much of that is our contamination rather than compassion.

We want to destroy overything, but we have to "get into good things consciousness, rather than fault consciousness".        Today, especially, it is Balarama purnima, Happy New Year for our Guru's Guru, so we have to make big reviews and changes.    Thank you.
I guess the way to "please us" is to read the Kapi Dhvaja and then participate in thei Blog!

Hare Krsna  Beloved Gurudeva:

AGTSP ¡¡¡ AGTU, PAMHO ¡¡¡

Gurudeva today we had a very nice festival in ISKCON CHOSICA the deities were so gorgeous in Their typical clothes I will show U tomorrow on japa joe ¡¡¡

HpS - ASA -  Jaya!      We saw the photos.   We are not normally to impressed by how Deities are dressed, but we don't remember any nicer dresses and ornaments than the traditional dress that Radha Madana-mohan were wearing for Juhlan Yatra.   Thank you for the honor to see them. Thank you for the honor to be able to visit your glorious country.

We are basically continuing with our sadhana ¡¡¡ our rounds are much better with your daily association devotees included of course and due to this culture media we are blessed watching your classes on Mayapur TV ¡¡¡¡¡ I am so happy for that 

We continue on wilson as head pujari sometimes we are in peace and sometimes Gaura Nitay keeps calling us but we do not feel any burden we feel so blessed ¡¡¡ also we are envolving more and more people in Their service ¡¡¡

We are organizing Balaram Purnima festival ¡¡ we are kind of tense for that but we have to keep on mind that Krsna controls not us¡¡¡¡ HE will help if we are sincere ¡¡¡¡

HpS - ASA - Right now it is 6.42PM here in Boise, Idaho.   We arrived yesterday by airplane across the great summer desert.   Now the arati is going on.  We see many people coming in Sarees andn children.   We went to Mangala-arati, Guru-puja, noon-arati, so we are taking time to write now and then will go to give class in a few moments. Festival is nice here.  We were realizing that Balarama-purnima is being celebrated all over the world!

Personally our mouth and throat ar MUCH better, but we are feeling some interesting vertigo.   Ha!   Ha!     Fast to remove the heat and the life-airs start to spin.  We don't know what will become of our life. Only Krsna know.             

{:0)]        If we live it is in a bubble of Japa and Kirtana.  Sounds like your life is the same.

We are also working on my doctorado thesis it is almost complete I just need to elaborate the surveys and evaluate them ¡¡

HpS - Very nice...    very, very nice.....   Your father will come to your graduation ceremony.

Dear Maharaja,

pamho, AGtSP! Was nice to get your association again, though it seems briefer each time, fortunately quality over quanity in this case.

You are doing so much nice work and enlivening so many people. My insignificance widens seeing your service, but I guess it is for the best, since there are so few devotees in this area I easily get puffed-up. SF Ratha-yatra was great and service there was blissful for me, though I am noticing defects in my mind & bodies performance and know that in time I will have to find some other services if I am to continue. Local authorities sure have plenty of suggestions for service and I appreciate it, yet I am now starting to say, "No" to some offers, it is difficult and I know it is a priviledge to get devotional service....I feel it is time to regulate things a bit more. Main concern is not commiting offenses and keeping my pale sadhana going. Almost to the point where if I do 16 rounds and follow the 4 regs I'm done for the day. Obviously there is so much more that is needed in spreading the Sankirtan movement, am still attempting to give some books out though I am not getting any Laksmi points going, what's a fool to do?

Always in your service,
sincerely,

ccd.

HpS - ASA -  Jaya!     AGTSP      paoho.    It was so enlivening to spend Saturday with you Subhra and Laddu-rani.        Thank you.      The rounds are the essence.   Get those done well and everything else is play.     Of course, that is a stuggle, but the result is so great.

Yes, old age is a good friend for a devotee.  Pushes us to work more with the intelligence than the senses and mind.  When the intelligence is purified we ar practically speaking Krsna Conscious.  Follow two addresses for Subhra to write to about getting in touch with the Krsna avanti Schools in England or other places.  Also, they could give information about other programs!!!     Don't give up!

Yadunandana Swami (Bhaktivedanta College - BE)

<[email protected]>

Mahendra das Radhadesa <[email protected]>

All glories to Sri Sri Caitanya Nitai!
All glories to Srila Prabhupada's loto feet!
All Glories to you!

Hare Krishna Gurudeva!
I hope you get a strong health soon. 
My sadhana get down, but I fighting with myself and make some serious decisions to make a real change. I chanting more than 10 rounds and following principles. With your and Srila Prabhupada's mercy I will can keep on. I eating less at night and it help me to wake up at the morning, IT WORKS hahaha.

I doing the course of Bhakta, finish the module two, and left two modules more. About that I have a question, the academy of studies offer me to be the administrative secretary,  it's nice, but they pay for that, gurudev I feel bad to recibe money from the devotees. I think it have to be a devotional service, unpaid. Is correct earn an economy benfit from devotees?

HpS - ASA ---   AGTSP.   No, its fine.   Srila Prabhupada wrote that Grhasthas who were living in the Temple apartments in Los Angeles and taking Prasadam from the Temple could keep 15% of their Sankirtana collections for their personal use.

Please guide me dear gurudev.
Yesterday Murti Murti mataji your spiritual sister, come and talk a lot of pastimes of Srila Prabhupada, oh caitanya! It was great! She inspired me a lot! She talked about Prabhupada's qualities, incredibles!
The next sunday I will finishing the course of communication course of Iskcon, I learn a lot!

Gurudev, I have a powerfull atraction with Prahlad-Nrisimha. I want to know if I can adore him with Sri Sri NitaiGauraNataraja, without install the deity, only putting the murti of Prahlad. Nrisimha in the altar, with them. Please forgive me if my ignorance, commit an offense, with that question, it's not my intention.

The next Sunday will be the reunion of spiritual brothers, the topic is, ¿what can we do to help in the preach from our place? I'll tell the result in my next letter, please bless us, to be more qualify to serve your and Srila Prabhupada's lotus feets.
Well Gurudev thanks a lot for your valious time!
 

no words can express my gratitude, thanks, thanks, THANKS!

surrender to you.
your servant
Bhaktina Romi

HpS - ASA ---   Jaya!     Yes. It's O.K. to have Murti of Nrsmha.   He is worshipped, served, by Laksmi Devi!   Very nice to hear from you.   As we said in the last letter, if we just maintain what we have with enthusiasm then growth will automatically take place!  10-rounds will become 11-rounds!     Bhakti is alive!

Todas las Glorias a Sri Guru y Sri Gauranga¡¡¡¡¡

Todas las Glorias a Srila Prabhupada¡¡¡¡ 

Todas las Glorias a Usted¡¡¡

Querido Gurudeva por favor hacepte mis respetuosas reverencias¡¡¡

Estamos cantando 16 rondas, 4 principios e intentando llevar un buen sadhana,  conectandonos a Japa Joe cuando es pocible  ya que estamos viviendo practicamente en el Templo y  es un poco complicado hacerlo Nama Ruci Prabhu es quien puede hacerlo con mas regularidad, como le habia comentado estoy cocinando para Sus Señorias Sri Sri Radha Madhan Gopal de Lunes a viernes las dos primeras ofrendas del dia es muy bello realizar ese servicio y poder servir a los devotos de esa manera pero al mismo tiempo la purificacion y las realizaciones tambien son muy buenas aveces se me dificulta el poder comprender el deceo de servir que tenemos cada uno y la forma de ver el servicio devocional, oro mucho a Srila Prabhupada para que pueda tener la actitud y  comprencion necesaria para intentar asistirlo a Usted.

Por favor perdone mis ofensas

Su Sirviente Saranagati Dasi 

HpS - ASA ---  Jaya!   1) Alevio de sufrimiento,     2) Entonces todo convierta auspciouso!                       Mantener la programa que tiene va a ver cosas mejorando automaticamente.   Va a ver su situcaion en el Sankirtana de Srila Prabhupada!