Letters to the editor

DEAR GURUDEVA,

PAMHO,     AGTSP!       AGTHPS!,

I HOPE YOUR HEALTH IS BETTER.

WE KEEP GOING TO SUNDAY FEAST TO SUPPORT THE PREACHING, BUT WE SKIP SOMETIMES.

I KEEP DOING MY LITTLE SERVICE IN MADRID TEMPLE ONCE A MONTH IN THE ALTAR.

MY MAIN SERVICES ARE BHADRA,THE DEITIES AND THE HOUSE, I TRY TO DO THIS IN THE BEST POSIBLE WAY WITH LOVE AND AWARENESS.

MY ROUNDS ARE TASTY BUT LATE.

OUR MAIN SANKIRTAN PROJECT IT IS TO BECOME PARENTS, HOPEFULLY OF A DEVOTEE, BUT WE NEED TO ARRANGE A FEW THINGS BEFORE.  

I FEEL THE MORE I CHANT THE MORE I AM FREE FROM THE MIND AND THE BODY, I SUFFER LESS, AND DO MY SERVICE WITH JOY AND HARMONY, I SEE MORE BEAUTY AND GIVE AND RECEIVE MORE LOVE.

I KNOW THIS IS ALL HAPPENING BY YOUR MERCY, AND I WISH TO RECIPROCATE BETTER WITH YOU, I CAN ONLY OFFER THE RESULT OF MY SERVICE AND MY HEART,

WHAT ELSE DO I HAVE?

ALLWAYS TRYING TO BECOME YOUR SERVANT.

SANANDA DEVI DASI

HpS - ASA   -   Jaya very nice to hear from you.   AGTSP      paoho.   Why not give The Jayanta Das a call from time to time and agitate his mind with your association?      Even if the jar is full of big rocks we fill it more by pouring in sand.   Having children for Krsna is fine!!!   Yet, you can still publish and distribute books, meet and enlighten people!!     Jaya!                 More news!

Srila Guru-maharaja, por favor acepte mis humildes reverencias. Todas las glorias sean a Sri Sri Jagannatha-Baladeva-Srimati Subhadraji. Todas las glorias sean a Srila Prabhupada!!

Bueno.

Mi sadhana continúa lo mismo - Despierto no muy temprano (ultimamente a las 8 am :/ ), revezo la adoración a Sri Jagannatha con mi esposa, entonces canto mis rondas en el camino del BBT.  Trabajo... En la noche, pongo Sri Jagannatha a dormir. Me voy a domir tarde. Cumplo mis rondas y gayatris todos los días, mas sin cualidad. Todavia tengo dificultades, pero siempre estoy con los devotos de Krishna, entonces me quedo fuerte.

Pregunta: És correcto decir que los devotos se mantienen solamente por la misericordia de los otros vaishnavas?

HpS - ASA  -    TlgaSP   pfanrh.   Misericordia de Krsna, Radharani, Guru, Vaisnava y NUESTRA PROPIO ESFUERZA.

Otros topicos:

. El principal templo de la principal ciudad de Brasil cerró! El Adi-templo suspendió sus actividades...
Pero tenemos un centro de predica en Vila Prudente, allá hago mucho seva. Prabhu Radhika Prasada y su esposa van algunas veces. El Yatra de São Paulo, tienes que trabajar mucho para nos quedarmos fuertes y satisfacer a Srila Prabhupada. Necesitamos de unión.

. Yo hice una versíon en pdf del archivo (en power point) de "Bahula, la vaca honesta" y me gostaria mucho presentarlo. No puedo hacer upload del archivo acá en Monkey Warrior, pero puedes descargarlo en neste link: http://www.mediafire.com/?ae9p8uf0nosm2um

Es eso;

Perdóneme per el malo español.

Muchas gracias por todo.

Su sirviente;

Gopavrndapala dasa

ASA -  Ha!    Ha!           Todo del movimiento del Sankirtana de Sri Caitanya depende en Vd.   Todos son en Maya sino Vd.     Tiene que levantar para la Brahma muhurta, como soldado y canta Hare Krsna!  Entonces van a abrir templos, no cerrrar!

Hello Gurumaharaja,

Please accept my humblest obeisances, all glories to Srila Prabhupada.

I just came across a collection of pictures of the history of ISKCON Peru on facebook, and it thought you might be interested to see. It made a good reason to write to you. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Historia-Iskcon-Per%C3%BA-Fotograf%C3%ADas/224911294250471?sk=photos

Another thing i want to share with you is a collection of three bhajans sung by your sannyas guru Bhakti Swarup Damodar Swami that a friend gave me. I think they are very sweet, oldskool. Maybe you like them. Link to the rar file: http://www.mediafire.com/?4cy4u406x7vc12m It also had this recording, but i don't know if it is him: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?6dg0xqowzzrzh5r

What else to say, nothing new under the sun but lots of tribulations and mental adjustments to make. Chanting not always so absorbed as could be, but 16/4 going well. Phew! Feel blessed and cared for from many sides! Also, thank you SO much for giving me the instruction to read CC. I haven't started yet as i am still reading Uddhava gita, which is such nectar that i can't trade it in for CC just yet! Guru aparadha <img alt="smiley" src="http://www.hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/regular_smile.gif" title="smiley" /> It is the edition with Srila Visvanath Cakravarti and Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati's comments, and they are very, very merciful and gentle. 

Sorry to read of your bodily discomforts, but i like to read how you deal with them and your other challenges. Ever inspiring! May it not bother you too much and good luck with your San Francsisco activities in serving Srila Prabhupada. 

Aspiring to serve you, and preparing u ntil the day comes,

Richard van Dijck

HpS  -   Ahhh!   AGTSP   paoho.   We will put the links on our desk top and look at them.   We all thank you!            Have you become a brain surgeon?    How are you keeping busy!??

Dear Maharaja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances!

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Thanks for your answer.
Unfortunately i didn't find in NOI 6 what You mentioned: " Personally I am amazed to see how much NOI 6 seems to be a fact. Devotees who have been sacrificing for Srila Prabhupada for many years still seem to have major character faults, attachment to intoxicagtion, power, pride . . . "
Can You explain me where can i find it?

     HPS -  Jaya!    We are just taking it from the Text, "dosaih".   Prabhupada sites BG. 9.30 wherein it says that an "ananya bhak",   a really fixed devotee, may have "suduracaro".  Duracaro means bad habits and Suduracaro means ABOMINABLE habits.    In the Text and Purport we were seeing Srila Prabhupada focusing on bodily defects, but from our psychology background we were thinking that these character defects, results of tramas from childhood or previous lifetimes are even more durable than physical problems. Then, in the Translation of the Anuvrtti of Bhakti siddhanta we see that yes, it is mentioned that an Uttama Adhikari, Spiritual Master, may appear to have harsh character, but if we look beyond the externals we can see how it is engaged in Krsna's service and relate to it properly.

Of course, we also get devotees like Daksa, who were very expert in Visnu yajna and well respected in the Institution, but just hadn't made a lot of progress.  So two reasons at least for character flaws in advanced prominent, older, devotees, no?   ---   They are superficially bad things that are dovetailed with Krsna on a deeeperr  level, and they are real faults that result from never giving up attachements even though associating superficially with the process for many years.

I'm very fallen and unqualified so i can't do big things here. I always pray to Lord Balarama for strength and i hope i will be able hold on to my sadhana in every circumstances in the future.
I try to set a good example to the devotees. If somebody is not open-minded i don't want to push or convince them but if somebody needs help i try to preach them. I'm sure it will be hard work in this institutional and overregulated yatra.

        HpS -  Again, we sure can't make any detailed suggestions without knowing "the Yatra", but it's a fact as Srila Prabhupada comments, that the example is there from Prahlada Maharaja.   He was only 5ive years old, but found ways to keep his Sadhana and preach to his friends!     Jaya!             Oink!    Oink!                Whoop!        WHoooop!

So i can offer these things. Not too much... just drop in the bucket.
But if i can do something for Srila Prabhupada and You i'm happy.
I miss personal instructions, Maharaja. I have no diksa guru and i feel the lack of it.

There are lot of devotees who inspire me; mostly BVV Narasimha Swami, Sacinandana Swami, Krishna Ksetra Prabhu, Bhaktivaibhava Swami, Jananivas Prabhu, Pankajanghri Prabhu. But You inspire me more then anybody else. Your knowledge, simplicity, enthusiasm, serving mood, humility and sense of humour are so unique. You are not just one of my siksa guru. I accepted You as my spiritual master in my heart.
I meditate on You when i chant gayatri mantra and i say Srila Prabhupada's and your pranama mantra also with your subsequent approval. Is it a speculation?
I still can't do any brahmana service here but gayatri mantra helps my japa so much. So thank you for it again.
And thank you for Japa Joe i try to go more often and try to smile more when i chant :)

Best wishes!

Your insignificant servant,
Sri Radhe dd

         HpS - ASA -  Saints are attracted to other Saints and embeciles are attracted to other embeciles.     I guess we all have a place in Srila Prabhupada's marching band!   (Fotos of Dancing Dogs on Internet).

More news as you can!

Por favor acepte mis humildes y reverencias a sus pies de loto!!, todas las glorias a srila prabhupada, todas las glorias a sri sri radha madhana vihari!

Querido gurudev, gracias por sus respuestas!,  aqui le envio una foto de nuestro devotito y  de mi esposo franco , espero la pueda ver. ese fue el dia que nacio a dos horas despues del parto.

HpS - Jaya!    En le historia va a ser conocido dos Francos: Dictador de Espana y Devoto de Krsna!

Estoy ya casi terminando las rondas que debo, feliz por eso.

 ASA -   Jaya!   Enviamos su Premio como 'Super Chica'!

Queriamos leer el SB , pero no lo teniamos ya que dejamos todas nuestras cosas en Peru  y hace poco franco encontro en un lugar donde venden libros viejos y usados , el primer canto del SB  no lo podia creer y ahora podemos leerlo juntos.

Tengo el deseo inmenso de poder verlo este fin de año, y de que mi bebe tome darshan de Usted y de las deidades, le pido por favor me de sus bendiciones, extrao mucho Su asociacion y de las deiddaes , de los devotos, de estar en los kirtans , las clases etc,  estoy tratando siempre de mantener mi sadhana completo, pero necesitamos la asociacion.tenemos algunos proyectos lindos en mente y por su miericordia esperamos poder lograr y asi predicar que  eso le da vida a mi vida.

su discipula que lo trata de seguir con el corazon : radha japa prati jalpa dd.

HpS  -  ASA  ---    TlgaSP.     Pfanrh.     Pero tiene el libro KRSNA, no?    Puede bajar capitulo por capitulo si necesita de www.vedabase.com Click "ES" para Castellano.   Necesita leer para su hijo!!!         Bueno foto.       Buena, Madre....

TODAS LAS GLORIAS A SRILA PRABHUUPADA!

TODAS LAS GLORIAS A USTED!

ASA - 3% para nosotros (o menos)

Hare Krsna Gurudev, i hope you be fine and happy!  so long since the last time that i write to you. after the travel with you in india we went to barcelona for 2 mounth and a half and we return to india because a devotte from south india and the congregational develpment ministry following the disire of Jayapataka Swami propose to us make a series of 60 videos of 15 min each about 

 the holy places in Navadwip Dham. that will be in Tamil lenguage 

then with this material we can do in others lenguages for the devotees in westerns countrys who could not travel to Mayapur. 

ASA - (Tom Brown)   Cool!

I ask for your benediction to do this service in the best way and could be useful to get know this holy place. we expend 2 mounth aprox to film everything and another 2 to edit

we decided to suspend por this time the regular studie of BV with prabhu Laksman because we dont have time to do well, to acomplish

we return to argentina in december

ASA - Oink!    Oink!       Whoop!             Whoop!                    The benediction to do it well is access to daily purification through Hari Kirtana (Japa) and Srila Prabhupada's books.  O.K. Don't do BhSastri, but unless you sharpen your intelligence daily on SB & BG you will become dull and you will produce another useless ISKCON movie series.    Oooof!       We know.   We've done it.          Useless.                Booring.                  Superficial....

              ....  Why not read the "Teachings of Lord Caitanya"  while you are doing this project.   You can read it with Ambarisa and then send small comments to this BLOG   G   G  !!

the time that i was in india and specialy the last time i can experiance a good japa, mangalaarati, etc. then with the travels and the stay in spain all got worst

now i m recover going better all days i chant my 16 round even it is no good in general. 

really i fell that almost all the time i chant in a mecanical way that i can can not keep the mind staedy and the mind moving for everywhere

.i know that and i can change it. it is that i make a habit of a bad habit 

i really want to improve my chanting i fell that the external instability dificult my chanting..

once i heart from Udmila Mataji that the materialistic mentality work in a way that the person think that when everything that is in our  around, space be ordered according to our desire, that will be the moment  when one will be fine

She warned us to not have this materialistic consciousness in our spiritual activities. I realize that I have that materialistic conditioning .

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I also realize how small is my shelter in the holy name, because when there is discomfort, anxiety, instead of praying to Krishna, I can not sing properly, it costs me more.

Mayapur in this time is very beautiful, although very hot, and the rains are beginning and then there are clouds so beautiful, that whensunrise or sunset the color are strongr intense. The breeze is cool when the sun goes down and everything is more tranquil than in times of festival. Somehow I perceive as more privacy. This climate favors the holy dham aesthetically. 

Sometimes it s starts to rain in the middle of filming and we have to run for shelter in a house or temple. Wait until the rain stops gives me the opportunity to be more contemplative and absorbing the atmosphere of the place.

question

Guru Maharaha, I have a doubt about what decision to take.

 My question is about  having children. Sometimes I feel it's a good decisión tand sometimes I doubt about that . When that happens is because I start to wonder where it comes from the desire itself, if it is my feminine nature, instinct, the social order ... . if one is obligated to satisfy the desire.It is also true that the real renunciation is to use everything you have  in Krsna S and guru service and taking care of a person who comes into the world is a great service. I do not know if that's my service and if I have to have children by the fact of be a womanand be Married. i really dont Know.

atached 2 photos of the recently inagurated Pushpa Samadhiof Jayananda Prabhu In the temple Of JAganatha In Rajaspur in Simantadwip. navadwip

Thank you very much for your guide , inspiration and mercy

sorry for this loooooong letter

Your servant Vrsabhanu Nandini devi dasi

ASA - AGTSP!!!        That's why we get up for Brahma-muhurta, Kirtan, SB, because these things will make the chanting enthusiastic.   Prabhupada says that we cannot do enthusiastic service without these basic regulative practices.

Yes, have a few nice kids.

Put them in the Strategy with Ambarisa and your families.

It's a long term service but it doesn't take all you time, and then your can pass your realization on very naturally!

Nice foto!               We how the Manpuri fotos you gave us many times, and will show them more!