Letters to the editor

All glories to Sri Sri Radha Krishna

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Dear Guru Maharaja, please accept our respectuful obeisances at your feet.

We hope you are in good health, we know you are in Chiclayo with Patraka and Candra Mukhi.

 It's been difficult for us to use the computer, we are not allow to use it if we are with baby Madhu, and that's all the time! Our life it's pretty much the same. We are waking up earlier, to be able to do things while the children sleep. Grihastha life it's a nice way for learning that we are not the star of this movie and to learn that we are not the doer. Life in Vrindavan is hard and so beautiful, so full with wonderful contradictions.  The lord keeps us busy, other wise our mind will explode. we are still very much in the mood of passion. We try to help devotees in all the ways we can, we have taken that service, we are thinking in opening an information center/travel agency. at least we have 3 visits a day of devotees that need seva. We are talking with some devotees to see if we can organize festivals at the temple and start a theater group. there should be so nice plays in Vrindavan!

ASA - AgtSP!        Also puppet shows are nice!   Even simple "stick-puppets" but with nice dialog from behind the curtain!

We want to do Chinese shadow puppets.

ASA - Oh!    We did those.   Can be sophisticated to make the puppets.  Require special light.

We are expecting a new baby, we are almost 4 months. We are going to Chile next month for 3 months to visit family and friends. our mother wants to retire and leave her busines to us. so we will see how that goes. We want to start a reading group. Guru Maharaja, for us will be very important to be able to participate from the skype programs.  We are always asking to the Lord so all is good. Thank you for taking time to write to all of us.

We will never give up, we are very stubborn, one day we will grab Radharani's feet and we will never let go,  We will chant one day and have the taste for it. we beg for it.

Trying to clean our heart, Cakori Radha Devi dasi.

p.s: Our husband made in China a series of Gongbi paintings of the Light of Bhagavata inside glass bottles by a nice artist he knows. He was telling me we could make a special edition of The Light of Bhagavata with hand painted pictures is best quality paper. it would be expensive i told him. do you think someone could be interested on it?  We where thinking to send it to colleges and institutes.

 HpS - ASA  --   Would be very difficult to work with the BBT to get the copy rights etc.   Also, you mean each edition has it's own hand-painted pictures?     Might make selected paintings with few words and distribute in connection with the BBT book???

So you will return to Vrndavana when you are 7 months pregnant?   P'pada said that Mother should not travel after like 4th month I heard!

Thank you for your news.   Association!    We are in Delhi 9th May, Glory of India Temple, intiation etc!  Next day we go to Kolkata, Manipur.

AGTSP

Please accept my humble obeissances

Thanks and more thanks for trusting your poetry to us.  

Our present schedule has been shaken by the loss of laptop.  No more jobs to do.  Or novel writing to follow.   I presently have no desire to go back to mundane job life.  So the loss is working for dharma I believe but still figuring that one out.   Tryng to keep our mind quiet and centered. reading a lot, listening to music a lot, (lots George Harrison)  Celibate for almost three years so I perfectly understand your comment on leaving the itching genitals behind,  it seriously keeps the "mosquitoes"  away and also opens new paths of consciousness. No alcohol or drugs, coffe etc.  No partying.  No credit card, cable tv, internet at home, etc  It Feels like  vanaprastam sometimes but know it is just a fraction of that, a tiny one. We meet with devotees on saturday for musical group and honor prasadam. When chance comes we join the sankirtan with Vijay Prabhu (singing vaisnava teacher) and devotees in Temple.  We`re reading the Teachings of Lord Caitanya and re-reading Upadesamrita, Gita, Isopanishad and others.   Trying hard to keep a strict vegetarian diet but due to health problems (transplanted kidney in `07)  need some protein from chiken or fish, but never ever ever touch anything else. Honor Cows.  (I`ll talk to the dietician of hospital to ask for possible 100% veggi diet)

ASA - HpS = AGTSP    Devotee here in Peru has had first transplant, lasted much longer than normal, now on second and has been strict vegetarian.   While he was between transplants was on dialysis and always many times cleaner blood that normal or others.  Doctors, nurses always asking about his life style.  Plenty of energy!    Maybe he is readin this?

We sleep late due to feeling of loneliness and feel confort in movies so therefore we wake up late.   We feel more and more detached from life in city and dream of peaceful abode somewhere in the woods, mountains or desert. But difficult to accomplish.  Not chanting rounds and still feel that  "I am-I do"  and Cartesian trick  very present. Imprints from years gone and past lifes still around (like rock music) but with a stronger hint of fading away.  Only possible thanks the mercy of the Lord and Vaisnavas.

Hare Krishna  Maharaj     We don`t understand much how this works but intellect not important in such matters. Only a tool given by the energy of the Lord for present life.  We are receiving lots of mercy from siksa Guru and vaisnavas. And mosquitoes have less power over us. 

We wish you a very pleasant and transcendental stay in Peru !  
The fallen jiva with the greatest luck on earth
Raul

 HpS - ASA --   There is no fixed program for anyone, no?    We are all different. Srila Prabhupada took several years to become and inititated devotee after he met and accepted Srila Bh. Siddhanta S. in his heart. In NOD is suggestion of Rupa G. / Srila P'pada to consider carefully with the intelligence what we can do and then take a vow of a fixed number of rounds of Japa and do it.   Eg. "I will chant 4-rounds/day from this Ekadasi until the next". By that proccess he says we can advance!

AgtSP, pamho.

Soy Bhakta Pablo otra vez Maharaja.

Antes de nada espero que se encuentre muy bien de salud y espiritualmente.

Se me olvido decirle que 16 rondas, 4 principios, programa de la mañana y tarde, lectura pero esta vez muy variada, y la verdad es que los dias con Varuna mi Sadhana ha sido muy muy variable, y practicamente ningun dia termine las rondas por la mañana, es culpa mia.

Aqui le pongo unas fotos de Goura_Nitay, de mis Goura Nitay, la de mis padres, espero que les guste.

HpS - ASA --  TlgaSP!!!      Muy bien.   Los Deidades son super hermosos!     Pero pertenece a sus padres??

Todas las glorias para Srila Prabhupada!

Sri Sri Goura Nitay ki!!!  Jaya!!!

Por favor acepte mis humildes reverencias Maharaja, Hare Krsna.

Soy Bhakta Pablo del Parikrama, de España.

Yo estoy aqui en Madrid Mandir. Bhakta Jose ya esta estudiando en Nueva Vrajamandala, se le echa en falta.

He estado ahora en Semana Santa unos dias con Varuna, mis padres y mi hermano pequeño. Ha sido muy bueno.

Hoy hemos empezado a salir Bhakta Jorge y yo de Sankirtana, extatico estar acompañado. Yo soy muy malo, jajaja,  en unas horas solo di uno, Fantasia Vegetariana...no soy muy bueno, pero me gusta mucho las Realizaciones de Sankirtana. Saldremos siempre que podamos, ya le daremos informes.

Estoy empezando a realizar algunas terapias aisladas aqui en Madrid, y espero que pueda ir poco a poco organizandome mejor y acabe el proyecto que me gustaria hacer aqui en Madrid sobre Terapias-Educacion-Meditacion, su nombre comercial es " Amalaki Babaji; Terapias y Enseñanzas Espirituales e Interiores ", en el que quiero incluir Rishi Technology Proyect, estoy intentando darle forma.

Ademas estoy investigando centros culturales o parecidos para hacer exposiciones o seminarios 1 vez cada mes o cada dos meses, esta poco desarrollado pero algo ya he hecho.

En Balarama Loka, con mi ausencia, va lenta, mi hermano solo no puede sacar el trabajo pero estan tranquilos y van para adelante. Hemos estado terminando estos dias las cuadras para la vaca, caballo, gallinas y gusanos. El trigo esta terminando de madurar, los arboles estan terminando la explosion de flores y todo tiene la belleza de primavera. Muy bonito.

Mi alma explota

quien sino Tu?

luces en la acera,

en los coches,

en los giros,

quien sino Tu?

Destellos en las palabras,

en las conversaciones,

quien sino Tu?

HpS - ASA . . . . . . .    Hari Bolo.   Esperamos seguir sus pasos!!!        Su sendero es maravilloso.     Esta haciendo una vida memorable!

Querido Gurudeva:

Por favor, acepte mis humildes reverencias.

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada.

¿Cómo está? Hace mucho que no le escribo, pero es que, la vardad, no tengo muchas cosas interesantes que contarle. Mi saddhana, para ser sencieros, no ha mejorado nada en este tiempo. Sigo cantando las 16 rondas diarias pero  no buenas, así que de poco vale.  Y me imagino que es por esto que no me "muevo" de donde estoy. Respecto a la asociación con los devotos, últimamente voy al Templo los sábado al mediodía y los domingos a la Fiesta del Domingo, pero me sigue costando encontrar amigas entre las devotas de Madrid. En fin, que poco positivo que contarle. Así que no voy a alargar mucho más esta carta. 

Le pido sus bendiciones para poder continuar siempre en la Conciencia de Krisna pero, si puede ser, dar un pasito más. Cómo me cuesta! Gracias por estar ahí para leer estas palabras.
Su humilde sirvienta,
Purnamasi devi dasi

HpS -  Jaya!    TlgaSP     Pfanrh       Gracias su carta.     Pero como pasan cosas con Jayanta y Nimai!    Son sus responsibilidades mas fuertes!

Todas las Glorias a Sri Sri Guru y Gouranga!

Todas las Glorias a Srila Prabhupada!

(4 P, 16 R)

Hare Krsna Guru Maharaja, mis reverencias una y otra vez a sus divinos pies de loto, espero sinceramente que Usted se encuentre bien. Disculpe por no haberle escrito antes, quería agradecerle por su valiosa asociación en Argentina, me siento muy afortunada.  

Aqui en Chile han llegado devotas a vivir en el templo, una de Argentina y otra de Colombia, justo cuando ya se habian ido las demas residentes, Krishna mando muy buena compañìa.  Con madre Janaki (la encargada del ashram) estamos dando cursos de guirnaldas y curso de bhaktinas, los fines de semana. Me siento muy feliz y tranquila, y eso se lo debo a Usted, , bueno sin mas que decir,

se despide su aspirante a sirvienta Fernanda Leiva. 

HpS - ASA --  Jaya!!!   TlgaSP   Pfanrh....   Pero va a tomar inciacion?    Una carta de recomendacion de la Junta??