Letters to the editor

Jay Maharaj HK PAMHO AGTSP!

how r u? Here Im soing good, had some days being ill, and now Im gradually getting back to my regular Sadhana, well, regarding the falling of the jiva, I’ve read the verse you mentioned, and frankly speeking I’ve been hearing some of Bhaktisundar Maharaj’s classes and I got to know that he has another opinion on the subject, and I adhere to it.

You Maharaj have always been a great inspiration for me and you will always be, regardless of that topic.

Many times when I speak in English I remember you, I feel you inspire me to speak better :)

I’ve been through some struggle in my life, we are not seeing more each other with my ex conjugal partner, and I quit some bad habits which make me feel better, also have to be very strict with my diet in order to feel ok :) so that’s in part a thing I like because tapasya is the only way to get to know Krishna.

I’ve been following a local Ayurvedic doctor and now I’m seeking another one from India looking for some more advanced Ayurvedic treatment and knowledge as the one I was having some years ago. In spite of the doctor I’m learning new stuff about ayurveda, which may seem very basic for some people, like the importance of being well shaved, having a cold shower, sometimes I need to hear it from the right person and other times it works reading or informing me about the subject to desire it or to begin to practice it. I’ve always been really curious. Now Im reading the 3rd canto, the answers from Maitreya Muni, Im really enjoying it.

Also Im working a lot and trying to sabe some money for the future. I reduced my spendings to the minimum, just buying the best bhoga I can get to perform the simplest diet which keeps me in good health.

Thank you for let me perceive more my feelings.

Maharaj, how can I develop more tolerance? how can I be very careful with the medical diet and the sadhana?

hope you are well Maharaj!!

please accept again my obeisances!

your servant,

Federico

HpS - AgtSP!!!!! Text Three of Upadesamrta gives so much information about tolerance.

Hope you are having nice association with devotees.

Are you in Mexico?

My respects to Bh. Sundara Maharaja if you meet him!!

Hari Bolo.

Todas las Glorias a Srila Prabhupada!!

Hare Krsna Guru Maharaja, por favor reciba mis respetuosas reverencias.

Nuevamente escribiéndole después de unos meses para informarle lo que vengo haciendo en la actualidad y también para comentarle algunos temas personales.

Sigo viviendo acá en Huancayo-Perú.

Hace aproximadamente 3 meses que no estoy haciendo sankirtan (distribución de los libros de Srila Prabhupada), por diferentes circunstancias.

Estoy trabajando con Prabhu Devarshi Narada, el devoto da clases de manera virtual sobre temas de (Jyotish, Vastu, Ayurveda, etc). Se le encuentra en facebook (Astrología Védica Perú).

Mi trabajo consiste en editar libros de Jyotish, Ayurveda, etc; también algunos libros como el Uddhava-gita, Paramatma-Sandarbha, Bhagavat-Sandarbha, etc.

También estoy estudiando Diseño Gráfico, prácticamente me estoy actualizando. (Los tiempos son diferentes).

Aprendiendo Palmistry-Samudrika, muy interesante por que también lleva Jyotish.

Con respecto a mi Sadhana, 4:30 am Mangal-artik me conecto con usted y los hermanos espirituales por GotoMeeting, 16 rondas, cuatro principios, mí lectura personal, Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 4, primera parte “La creación de la cuarta orden”, Capítulo 15 “Advenimiento y coronación del Rey Prthu”.

Mi servicio es todos los días atendiendo a la Govardhana Sila y Saligrama Silas, bañándolas y dándole sus alimentos, también atiendo a Gaura Nitay.

No estoy asistiendo al templo de Huancayo, hay mucha política, mi asociación es con mis amigos devotos a través de redes sociales y llamadas por celular y en Mangal-artik con usted y los hermanos espirituales.

Tengo comunicación con la madre Nadiya Nivasi Dasi, por asuntos de la casa y terrenos, queremos vender la casa. También mantenemos una bonita amistad sin rencores.

Ahora mi enfoque es cultivarme personalmente y espiritualmente.

Me despido de usted Guru Maharaja, que Nrsimha lo proteja siempre.

Hare Krsna.

Atte.

Gadai Gauranga Dasa.

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All glories to Srila Prabhupada!!

Hare Krsna, Guru Maharaja, please accept my respectful obeisances.

Writing to you again after a few months to inform you of what I am currently doing and also to discuss some personal issues.

I still live here in Huancayo-Peru.

I have not been doing sankirtan (distribution of Srila Prabhupada's books) for about 3 months, due to different circumstances.

HpS/ASA - ...but we meet people that KRSNA sends to us in our regular work and to them we can preach and distribute books, no?

I am working with Prabhu Devarshi Narada, the devotee teaches virtually on topics of (Jyotish, Vastu, Ayurveda, etc). He is found on facebook (Vedic Astrology Peru).

My job is to edit books on Jyotish, Ayurveda, etc; also some books like Uddhava-gita, Paramatma-Sandarbha, Bhagavat-Sandarbha, etc.

I am also studying Graphic Design, I am practically updating myself. (The times are different).

Learning Palmistry-Samudrika, very interesting because it also has Jyotish.

Regarding my Sadhana, 4:30 am Mangal-artik I connect with you and Godbrothers by GotoMeeting, 16 rounds, four principles, my personal reading, Srimad-Bhagavatam, Canto 4, first part “The creation of the fourth order ”, Chapter 15 “Advent and coronation of King Prthu”.

HpS - Srila Prabhupada said that for understanding Political Science we shall study the speeches of Maharaja Prth! Then you can teach the Mayor, Governor, President!

My service is every day taking care of Govardhana Sila and Saligrama Silas, bathing them and giving them their food, I also take care of Gaura Nitay.

I am not attending the Huancayo temple, there is a lot of politics, my association is with my devoted friends through social networks and cell phone calls and in Mangal-artik with you and the spiritual brothers.

HpS - I heard from Srila Prabhupada's lips that there will always be problems in the Temples. This is the material world, but we should take shelter of Krsna and Balarama (Hare Krsna, Hare Rama!), and then go on with our service to Srila Prabhupada in ISKCON making friendships with devotees in terms of their purity and avoiding their material attachments.

Fine art.

Associate as you can.

Watch for KRSNA to adjust the politics!

I have communication with mother Nadiya Nivasi Dasi, for house and land issues, we want to sell the house. We also maintain a beautiful friendship without grudges.

HpS - Very nice. By your advancement in Hari Kirtan and the association of devotees, we can establish Daivi Varna Ashrama Dharma in the proper form in the current Age.

My focus now is to cultivate myself personally and spiritually.

I bid you farewell Guru Maharaja, may Nrsimha protect you always.

Hare Krsna.

Atte.

Gadai Gauranga Dasa.

HpS - Thank you!! Expect Krsna to send many opportunities for Sankirtan. Catch them. Maybe He will do big magic.

Dear Guru Maharaja

Please accept my humble Obeisances

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Kapi Dvaja family ki Jay!

I left China for three months. There are some difficulties by government forcing us to leave from there. We are trying to get student visa to India hoping to see you in Kartik in Vrindavan. Past 3 years Chinese are unable to get visa and small hope is now there to get student visa.

I was in Malaysia Pengnan temple for a while doing seva in kitchen. My husband was invited by New Govardhan devotees in Australia for book distribution. We made all arrangements for that but somehow ended up on Bali Indonesia.

Prabhuji got to talk to nama hattas that they have and devotees expressed their desire that he stays and helps out here which he complied. Last year in Bali, government banned public activities and made a bad name to devotees.

TP here is however favorable to prabhus proposal of doing books to foreigners only and books from BBT Mumbai are already on the way. Plenty of "spiritual" towns here with weekly new crowd coming for spiritual tourism. Please give us your blessings and mercy on us to do some service for Prabhupada.

HpS - Hare Krsna. Hare Krsna!!! 👍 Maybe Krsna one Prince.

Maharaja, me and my husband, we always talk about you ,we are eager to listen to your classes. On the another day, we listened your class from Houston and Melbourne. We keep doing our daily reading. My husband made a reading list for me. There are so many wonderful books in Krsna Consciousness. I am trying to do my best with my limited English and limited English surrounding devotees. Prabhuji is determined so I follow his tail.

I bow down to your lotus feet and serve you with my heart.

Your aspirant servant

Bht. Rukmini/Wang Pan

HpS - ASA - Esteemed Wang Pan and Family,

Very esteemed husband can send us some news also?

What kind of people he meets on Sankirtan?

You are following all the rules strictly and with enthusiasm for one year? Time for initiation?

Thank you so much for this news. It is very, very, very enlightening fore us.

So many wonderful things we can all do together, all the different nations. Why do war together?

Maharaj, PAMHO AGTSP!

I felt like a mother can’t hurt her child even in self-defence, I couldn’t file FIR on my husband despite green signal from my spiritual and material guardians. So I hired a lawyer and found that his untruthful abuse affidavit will not affect me much.

What a story Krsna is writing. It feels maybe his gf needs my money, home, all the things I bought in my home, my husband and a child from him (facing infertility issues at ~40) more than me, now that she’s left her own husband.

Regarding being exiled, I feel I should tolerate. But, Im not sure if I also shouldn’t strive to recover my husband on the path of dharma (solely for duty’s sake, nothing can be expected of him. I can do this by filing FIR on gf for extramarital affair, he will not be able to openly support her and it will create dissension between them. Or inform her parents that she’s creating problems in a marriage and she will never get marriage here.) He’s been thinking about engagement with her.

It is due to his vikarmic tendencies that always brought out my disciplinarian side (why I was avoiding this marriage). If someone met Mandodari on an ordinary day with Ravan, maybe she would be a little wary with him too, though Ravana may seem innocent.

My father asked him to give me access to my home as a bare minimum, but he refused saying first file seperation etc and I can give some money, (gives no estimate what to speak of alimony as you guided to pin him down with to make him accountable and thus help him become more self-controlled). Money is his noose. Now until he is court ordered to start paying alimony, he won’t even try to improve current immoral position.

Or should I just completely leave them to their painful karma 🥹🙏 and focus on something sublime instead of this vibhatsa situation. Please guide 🙏.

If Rama entertained Surupnakha, what should have Sita’s relatives done with her?

your servant,

Yajnaseni DD

HpS/ASA - AgtSP. As usual, American Spring can hit us with 175% disability from hayfever.

Adhibautica klesa, adhidaivika klesa - distress caused by others, d. caused by the demigods ie. Spring Devi.

They are all less than disturbances caused by death.

We have to take them as a chance learn to chant HK/HR in all circumstances.

Can you chant HK//HR withe vocal apparatus of a dog, and me with it of a frog?

Ribit, Ribit.

[?} Ritvik, Ritvik???

Very bad situation, I hold my breath, and sure enough lot of energy in the body still.

Use it to serve Krsna.

Arjuna killed Bhisma as service to Krsna.

Try to help your husband, that's what Mandodhari did, no?

But in proportion to whatever other service Krsna wants from you.

Stay in touch with Abhiseka Das, in proportion.

Develope your dance, cinema, projects with partners as much as Krsna allows.

Keep a copy of a letter from lawyer showing why you made decision not to file.

Hari Bolo.

asa(e), vad, sannyasa, stri dharma, conversations

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Bhaktin Priya Texted HpSwami:

"I would like to tell you about my experience today going to an ISKCON temple in which there was an attempt to seriously extort me - arranged by a devotee calling me “Maraji” but misrepresenting the cost of fuel x10. You can give me a call."

ASA 🐵:

Thank you for your text message. Bhakta T. Brown here. We are HpSwami, Anjana Suta Academy (ASA), Secretary. He said to explain that someone in Sannyasa Ashrama, like himself, has got these rules to follow.

I guess it is like your good self. You have to follow rules as a lawyer.

He said that he tried to explain this before but guess he missed the mark.

Very nice explanation of ths Sannyasa Dharma, Rules, is in Srila Prabhupada's BG. Starts at the following link and then especially goes through the next two paragraphs.

Is it clear? ?? 😕

Someone like yourself can do so, so much needed service in ISKCON.

https://vedabase.io/en/library/bg/16/1-3/#bb3635

". . . .forbidden to have any intimate relationship with a woman."

It goes on to explain this as even having conversations in a "secluded place". Of course, this also means individual telephone calls in a rigorous sense.

It is not to just avoid the tricks of Maya in causing gross fall downs. It is also to avoid becoming habitualed to an informal ambience in our dealings with the opposite sex.

Is O.K.?

If you like we can put you in touch with very nice Grhasta family in Houston who can answer a lot of these questions, and give practical help in catching Con Artists.

Please answer in this Blog 🐸. At least five more people will find this dialog personally useful.

Thank you.

Go ahead. Go back home, back to Godhead.

Todas las Glorias a Srila Prabhupada

Querido gurudeva por favor reciba mis reverencias. 

Ahora nos encontramos en New Vrindaban, Vidagdha, los niños y yo. Decidimos que uno de los objetivos familiares de mayor importancia, es darle a Mukunda y Muni más experiencias agradables con devotos y ampliar la perspectiva de su entorno y personas de quienes ellos aprenden.

Hay devotos tan increíblemente dulces, maduros espiritualmente y entregados a la misión de Srila Prabhupada de una manera excepcional. Talves sea raro y desalentador decir y pensar esto después de 20 años de conocer Conciencia de Krishna 🙈, pero pienso en lo corta, diminuta o casi nula de mi experiencia práctica en seguir con seriedad y entrega el proceso de bhakti. He analizado que la vida de un devoto soltero es muy fácil y feliz 🙈😅. Asi que, trato de entender la razón del porque estuve tantos años en un estira y afloja en mi vida espiritual. Por supuesto hay madres que pueden lograr más, pero mi experiencia fue así y ahora me acepto y motivo para hacer lo mejor que puedo. Es como si de repente puedo ver con un poco de claridad como es que avanzan tan rápido y de manera tan sencilla tantos devotos. En verdad, es como me dijiste, su corazón se ha vuelto tan suave, y sin presunciones han llegado a ser tan expertos en su área, tan dedicados en su servicio a guru y Krishna. Pienso también en ti y todo lo que has logrado. Es muy muy alentador ver que es muy posible cambiar tu vida y llegar a ser tan maduro y bien situado en tu varna.

Han sido años de trabajo de tantos devotos. Me siento como la rana en el pozo que no sabe cómo es el mar. Es tan inmenso el mar, pero la rana sigue pensando que su charco es lo más grande y agradable que existe, hasta que logra salir de ahí. 

Y aquí me encuentro en New Vrindaban, como una ranita despistada (talves más, como una osa🐻) descubriendo solo una pequeña parte del legado de Su Divina Gracia Srila Prabhupada.

Gurudeva, Vidagdha y yo estamos pensando en el bienestar de Mukunda y Muni, en todos los aspectos, y de toda la familia. Estamos analizando opciones para permanecer por más tiempo en EU. Nos gustaría que ellos pudieran continuar sus estudios aquí. En New Vrindaban casi no hay devotos tenns, así que, veremos como ellos van encontrando su lugar. Por lo pronto, Mukunda decidió aprender el cuidado de las vacas en el goshala y continúa con sus prácticas de guitarra y piano. Muni ayuda en momentos a su papá en el restaurante Govindas. Aún no encontramos actividades recreativas y sociales que ellos puedan realizar con chicos de su edad, pero esperamos pronto encontrar alternativas.

Recuerdo que en tu visita a México mencionaste que Mukunda y Muni podrían obtener una beca para estudiar en tu academia en Nashville, qué debía llevarlos a Nashville?

Mukunda y Muni continuarán por el momento estudios del idioma inglés y en un par de años ver las opciones de estudios universitarios. Pero dentro de nuestras prioridades, esta el dar seguimiento a tu proyecto en Nashville. También he revisado información del programa para jóvenes devotos, Krishna House, en Florida.

El tiempo pasa rápido y por supuesto dependemos de la misericordia de guru y Krishna, esperando hacer lo necesario de nuestra parte.

Estos días me a sido posible conectarme a tu programa matutino y tantas actividades espirituales aquí en New Vrindaban, Mangala Arati, Japa, clases, kirtana, puja, etc... 

Muchas muchas gracias Gurudeva, por todo tu esfuerzo. 

Tu sirviente Gopi Radha DD. 

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All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Dear gurudeva please accept my obeisances.

We are now in New Vrindaban, West Virginia, USA, Vidagdha, the children and me. We decided that one of the most important family goals is to give Mukunda and Muni more enjoyable experiences with devotees and broaden the perspective of their environment and people from whom they learn.

There are devotees who are so incredibly sweet, spiritually mature and exceptionally devoted to Srila Prabhupada's mission. It may be weird and discouraging to say and think this after 20 years of knowing Krishna Consciousness 🙈, but I think about how short, tiny or almost none of my practical experience in seriously following and surrendering the bhakti process. I have analyzed that the life of a single devotee is very easy and happy 🙈😅. So, I try to understand the reason why I was in a push and pull in my spiritual life for so many years. Of course there are mothers who can achieve more, but my experience was like this and now I accept myself and motivate myself to do the best I can. It's like I can suddenly see a little clearly how so many devotees move so quickly and so easily. Indeed, it is as you told me, their heart has become so soft, and without presumption they have become so expert in their field, so dedicated in their service to guru and Krishna. I also think of you and all that you have achieved. It is very very encouraging to see that it is quite possible to change your life and become so mature and well situated in your varna.

It has been years of work by so many devotees. I feel like the frog in the well that doesn't know what the sea is like. The sea is so immense, but the frog continues to think that its puddle is the biggest and most pleasant thing that exists, until it manages to get out of there.

And here I am in New Vrindaban, like a little clueless frog (maybe more like a bear🐻) discovering only a small part of the legacy of His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada.

Gurudeva, Vidagdha and I are thinking of the welfare of Mukunda and Muni, in all respects, and of the whole family. We are analyzing options to stay longer in the US. We would like them to be able to continue their studies here. In New Vrindaban there are almost no Teen devotees, so we'll see how they find their place. For now, Mukunda decided to learn cow care at the goshala and continues his guitar and piano practice. Muni helps her father at times at Govindas restaurant. We have not yet found recreational and social activities that they can do with children their age, but we hope to find alternatives soon.

I remember that during your visit to Mexico you mentioned that Mukunda and Muni could get a scholarship to study at your academy in Nashville, what should I bring them to Nashville?

HpS - I don't remember anything specific. NIOS is only involved in development of publications and conferences. The university here, MTSU, might be an option when they are ready for university, but beyond that I think that devotees like Subra Devi Dasi would know more. They will be visiting us on next Saturday, Memorial Day Weekend. Call us then and you can talk with them. Send us your USA phone number in this Blog. We won't publish it but will use it to connect with you by telephone!

Mukunda and Muni will continue studying the English language for the moment and in a couple of years they will see the options for university studies. But within our priorities, is following up on your project in Nashville. I have also reviewed information from the program for young devotees, Krishna House, in Florida.

Time passes quickly and of course we depend on the mercy of guru and Krishna, hoping to do what is necessary on our part.

These days I have been able to connect to your morning program and so many spiritual activities here in New Vrindaban, Mangala Arati, Japa, classes, kirtana, puja, etc...

Thank you very much Gurudeva, for all your effort.

Your servant Gopi Radha DD.

HpS - Jaya. I think ISKCON is coming to maturity. The problems you found in your spiritual life in Mexico, I think you would have found the same in New Vrndavana a few years ago. Our whole society is blossoming with the flowers of the years of hard work of devotees like yourselves, and even ourselves under.

under,

under,

the causeless mercy of Srila Prabhupada.