Letters to the editor

HpS/ASA - AgtSP. Such very , very , very nice photos! You should be a photo journalist. Look at things from a broader perspective and broad cast you perspective, life and travels.

Make 1,000 students!

Respects to The Rukmini Devi Dasi.

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada,

Hare Krishna Dear Guru Maharaja,

I have been far from this blog for a long time, practically since I accepted the temple president service here in Chile, maybe because of my time management problems, which are being addressed now little by little.

I came here today to share this quote from Mark Twain. My thought is that Mark Twain is American. NIOS is North American. And he travelled to India. NIOS travelled to India but it was established in the USA.

The year when those writings came to Twain's mind is interesting too.

“India is the cradle of the human race, birthplace of human speech, mother of history, grandmother of legend, great-grandmother of tradition”

In the original paragraph, he makes even more valuable statements. I have the ebook with me, so I will share with you the whole original paragraph too here:

“This is indeed India! the land of dreams and romance, of fabulous wealth and fabulous poverty, of splendor and rags, of palaces and hovels, of famine and pestilence, of genii and giants and Aladdin lamps, of tigers and elephants, the cobra and the jungle, the country of a hundred nations and a hundred tongues, of a thousand religions and two million gods, cradle of the human race, birthplace of human speech, mother of history, grandmother of legend, great-grandmother of tradition, whose yesterdays bear date with the mouldering antiquities of the rest of the nations—the one sole country under the sun that is endowed with an imperishable interest for alien prince and alien peasant, for lettered and ignorant, wise and fool, rich and poor, bond and free, the one land that all men desire to see, and having seen once, by even a glimpse, would not give that glimpse for the shows of all the rest of the globe combined.”

Source: Book ”Following The Equator: A Journey Around the World” , Chapter 38. First published in 1897. Author: Mark Twain. His travel to India was in 1896 for more than two months. A special year to ISKCON devotees because it when Srila Prabhupada took birth in this planet and Bhaktivinoda Thakur sent his books to the western world. Where we were that year?

Second quote but from Srila Prabhupada now

Another quote that I would like to share with you Guru Maharaja, heard today from Guru Prasada Swami in a meeting with regional leaders about the following Marathon, is from Srila Prabhupada and maybe you can use it in classes.

Maharaja mentioned that he was trained on how to react to nuclear bombs in his school. So, with that feeling a devotee asked Srila Prabhupada once, What we can do if they drop the bomb above us, Srila Prabhupada?

-         If you start to hear the bombs falling, you can start a kirtan… and then, you can continue it in Vaikuntha. – Prabhupada replied.

Hare Krishna Dear Guru Maharaj,

You are my main inspiration in spiritual life, and I try to become a better disciple every day. I’m not being successful in that effort, but the goal is clear at least.

HpS - We consider, agtSP, that we have not been capable of making Krsna and Srila Prabhupada main inspirations in your spiritual life. Hmmm.

We are a greedy mail man.

We seem to be making a little progress, but 99.999% the result of Srila Prabhupada holding our hand. Tolerating our offenses.

We saw Mark Twain's India comments also. We did not read all of his experiences. Many year ago we made a banner of part of the quote above for our festivals.

Yes, we have used Mark Twain in our NIOS work!!!

Also, Walt Whitman, Thoreau, Emerson!

Continue with your own personal Sankirtan, in the perspective of your family, nation, church, Sanga!

If you have no personal spiritual wealth, what can you offer your community.

A community is great, great tool for acquiring personal spiritual wealth.

Hare Krishna Dear Gurumaharaja

All glories to Srila Prabhupada and the Vaishnavas empowered by the grace of the Guru-parampara like you.

HpS/ASA - And you, and all of our Vaisnava readers!

I sincerely hope you are well, as much as this world can allow us. You are always in my thoughts, even though I do not express it so much. I try to compensate for my distancing by always hearing your recorded classes, SP classes, or inspiring Vaishnavas like Bhurijana Prabhu or Amarendra Prabhu.

HpS - Who is Amarendra? Is he from Los Angeles?

I have always felt fulfilled in KC, but since the second initiation in Govardhan, all has become more clear that my contribution to the Sankirtan Movement should be in a more steady manner. However, I’m still fighting to find a way of doing it.

Since your last visit to Mexico, many great ideas developed, but we tried to work on getting a key team, it didn’t succeed. Ricardo was helping at the beginning, but his intentions were not pure. A couple of devotees are there, but I have to be honest, I had felt a fade in my energy to continue pursuing Academic/Preaching efforts, I was worried I could be an offender of devotees or disturb their efforts instead of helping.

Raj Bhoga every Sunday to Sri Sri Radha Madhan Gopal, cooking for festivals, or organizing Drama or Kids activities has been our service to ISKCON Mexico.

The last September we attended the Sadhu Sanga Festival here in Mexico. 30 Tava Pache Paches provided by Srinath Krishna Das and Abhiram Thakur were distributed (15 TPP in Spanish ($150 USD collection sent to AbhTD, 15 TPP in English, Collection $150 USD in NIOS Mexico). All devotees were quite happy to have the Spanish version. Also 1 Bhagavatam Set sponsorship and 3 NOIs were distributed.

Ranchor Krishna Prabhu has been in Bhaktivedhanta Ashram Govardhan/India since August assisting Asita Krishna Swami, and will be back on December 1^st. He has been actively working with the Indian Communities in Mexico and preaching programs have been quite successful .. I send you photos from Asita Krishna Swami visit and Janmastami Festival in Cueramaro Community (Nueva Bahulavana).

Nueva Bahulavana is located in Guanajuato Mexico a very cultural state, the families there have worked hard to have an amazing Cathedral Temple, the workers supposed to travel during COVID pandemic to Rome, but Krishna arranged for them to serve in the construction of the temple.

BBT Latinamerica office and ILAEV School are also based on its premises, an ashram for students, Devotee houses, a Hostel, and recently the cows. A very nice community.

HpS/ASA - We visited several times over the years!

For the month of Karthik, I will be staying in a small cabin in Nueva Bahulavan, since is away from big cities, but still within one hour from the city of Leon.

Mexico City feels heavy on me, the traffic, people rushing, pollution, and all the constant rush sicken my body easily, so we are considering moving to a calmer community like Nueva Bahulavan. But of course, we would like to read your thoughts on this.

Actually, you visited the farm in the 90s when there was nothing but the desire to create a community, Trilokanath Prabhu (The founder and owner of the property) showed me the photographs, and since then your wise instruction to devotees has been to acquire land to develop communities under the principles of KC and Srila Prabhupada teachings.

Since this year I was unable to visit physically Vrindavan, I'm reading Ananda Vrindavan Champu with my dear friend Premarani from Canada via Zoom to try to keep our minds there, obviously is very advanced for me, but is just so so beautifully poetic that I have enjoyed grasping at least a millimetric surface of it. We are currently reading about the seasons in Vrindavan. So we hope to stay engaged during Karthik.

HpS - Jiva Goswami, no?

Gurudeva, please keep accepting our small efforts of Japa, and keep engaging us in your sankirtan because we are weak by ourselves. As every day grihastha struggles, we try to balance work, finances, sadhana, and personal relationships… so forgive us if we are attached to our individual pursuits.

In one of your recent classes, you mentioned that Houston Nilamadhava Dham is planning seminars in Spanish, which sounds very exciting, please let us know if is any opportunities for service.

Also, as the trend in the letters, many disciples are enthusiastic to know where your Vyasa Puja will be held. We are drops in the petal flower, so any of your association on such auspicious occasion is very dear to us.

 Writing this letter with some melancholy (Joep Beving https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qQ5OLwg5f4 ) that I have not written you often and when we communicate, we speak about the secrets of food. Don’t want to let pass another day without telling you that, I feel in real debt to you and Srila Prabhupada, and that I love you deeply. We are learning to kiss the feet of the master.

Your aspiring disciple

Govinda Pramodini Dasi

HpS - Thank you. Sorry little slow to answer.

You can see our response to The Ranchor Krsna Das, no?

Chant as much as possible.

Chant out loud so others can hear.

Read Prabhupada's books to others.

Hare Krsna. Hare Rama.

Thank you.

Querido Querido Gurumaharaja

Por favor, acepte mis humildes y respetuosas reverencias

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada

Deseándole lo mejor y agradeciéndole por toda su infinita misericordia hacia nosotros, que sin su guía e instrucciones no podríamos mantenernos en este hermoso proceso de Conciencia de Krishna.

Primero quiero enviarles un resumen de la situación actual del Templo del Cusco en el último año:

1. El año pasado, el padre GoraRupa, por motivos personales, renunció a la presidencia del Templo. Les pidió a los devotos que ya no podía ceder el espacio de su casa que había dado para los programas del Templo porque tenía que venderlo, y pidió que lo quitáramos. la parafernalia del Templo.

2. Una parte fue llevada a la casa del Sr. Girisutarani y el Altar de las Deidades lo llevé a mi casa. Querido Gurumaharaja, después de regresar del P. Maldonado, estuve apoyando el programa, y como sucedió en el 2014, una vez más me confiaron las cosas del Templo y su Señoriar Goura Nitay.

3. Estábamos a cargo del programa, M. Girisutarani devi dasi y P. Govardhana, quienes con los devotos de Yatra llegaron a un acuerdo: realizar programas de Nama Hatta y hacer colectas hasta que pudiéramos tener nuestro propio local, conociendo las limitaciones económicas del Yatra.

4. Estos programas de Nama Hatta no eran constantes, pero los festivales de Balarama y Janmastami se celebraban en la casa del Sr. Giri y en nuestra casa.

5. La primera reunión que tuvimos en la casa de la Madre Giri en 2022, realizamos un abhisek para su señoría Goura Nitay donde participaron algunos devotos. Fotos más tarde.

6. Este año, los programas de Nama Hatta continuaron realizándose, no con mucha frecuencia, pero las fiestas se celebraron como el año pasado.

7. Estimado Gurumaharaja, todas estas actividades se realizan con la supervisión del P. Mathuresh, quien nos invitó a formar parte de la Junta Nacional y gestores temporales del Yatra Cusco, el mismo que venimos participando en las reuniones semanales (cada 15 días).

8. De acuerdo con las políticas del GBC Regional, en una ciudad puede haber 2 o más namahattas, por ahora están los programas que hacemos y el programa que hace P. Goura Rupa.

9. Empezamos a hacer programas de predicación en las calles, hace dos sábados hicimos Sankirtan. El Señor Krishna hizo arreglos para los trabajadores municipales. Hay una Madre muy entusiasta, participan en todos los programas con su esposo Erick, ella está haciendo el curso INTRO con LAD y es candidata a iniciación. También un amigo del Templo B. Jesús, que a pesar de sus problemas sigue participando en los programas y nos ayudó a conseguir una carpa a juego con los puestos de la feria donde íbamos a vender libros, el Señor Krishna se manifiesta de muchas maneras. . Era muy estático y eso inspira y emociona a los devotos, publicamos todo en nuestra página de Facebook.

10. We will continue to organize more activities and hope that more devotees will participate in the service for the sake of the Yatra. That's all I can report.

Personalmente, les agradezco de nuevo su infinita misericordia y por permitirme participar en su FMP, que es muy importante para nosotros. Por ahora no estamos trabajando en una empresa sino como contable independiente, el mercado es muy competitivo, otros compañeros cobran muy barato, pero estamos más o menos bien. Mi esposa está trabajando en Abancay, a 4 horas de Cusco, están con mis hijos, ella es parte de la Carrera Docente, es decir, trabaja para el Gobierno, de ese lado somos muy buenos, viajo con frecuencia a Abancay para asociarme con ellos.

En cuanto a la adoración a la Deidad, debido a mi situación, no la hago a diario, sino que la hago cuando los devotos vienen a hacer el programa, dos veces al mes. Pero mentalmente ofrezco el bhoga para Sri Sri Goura Nitay.

Querido Gurumaharaja, estamos en una situación complicada, no sabemos si somos la persona adecuada para hacer este servicio, pero aquí estamos, el Señor Krishna nos puso en esa situación (así creemos). Solo recordamos la última vez que pudimos servirle en Cusco, cuando nos dijo: "Una vez Srila Prabhupada envió a un discípulo, sin ninguna experiencia, a dirigir un templo, el devoto tenía muchas dudas, pero SP le dijo que no descuidara a Mangala Arati y sus rondas, entonces todo estaría bien"...

Querido Gurumaharaja, te agradezco tu tiempo y paciencia al dirigirte esta carta, siempre estaré en deuda contigo, y te ruego que, aunque esté en el infierno, me permitas seguir sirviéndote desde allí. Que el Señor Sri Krishna derrame Sus Bendiciones sobre vosotros. Jay Gurumaharaja.

Hare Krishna.

Su inútil aspirante a sirviente

Govardhana das

https://www.facebook.com/IskconCuscoPeru

PD: Querido Gurumaharaja, las fotos son de los programas celebrados este año, en Goura Purnima, Janmastami y Balarama Purnima (M. Girisutarani dd House), el programa de distribución de libros se ve en Bhn Margot y Bhk Jesus.

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Dear Dear Gurumaharaja

Please accept my humble and respectful obeisances

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Wishing him the best and thanking him for all his infinite mercy towards us, that without his guidance and instructions we could not maintain ourselves in this beautiful process of Krishna Consciousness.

HpS/ASA - AgtSP!!

First I want to send you a summary of the current situation of the Temple of Cusco in the last year:

1. Last year, Father Gora-Rupa, for personal reasons, resigned from the Temple presidency. He asked the devotees that he could no longer give up the space in his house that he had given for Temple programs because he had to sell it, and he asked that we take it away. the paraphernalia of the Temple.

2. A part was taken to Mrs. Girisutarani's house and the Altar of the Deities I took to my house. Dear Gurumaharaja, after returning from Fr. Maldonado, I was supporting the program, and as happened in 2014, once again I was entrusted with the things of the Temple and its Lordship Goura Nitay.

ASA - 👏 👏 👏

As you take care of Them, They will take even more care of your and your community.

3. We were in charge of the program, M. Girisutarani devi dasi and P. Govardhana, who with the Yatra devotees reached an agreement: To carry out Nama Hatta programs and take collections until we could have our own premises, knowing the economic limitations of the Yatra.

4. These Nama Hatta programs were not constant, but Balarama and Janmastami festivals were celebrated in Mrs. Giri's house and in our house.

5. The first meeting we had at Mother Giri's house in 2022, we held an Abhisek for her lordship Goura Nitay where some devotees participated. Photos later.

6. This year, Nama Hatta programs continued to be held, not very frequently, but the holidays were celebrated like last year.

7. Dear Gurumaharaja, all these activities are carried out with the supervision of Sr. Mathuresh, who invited us to be part of the National Board and temporary managers of the Yatra Cusco, the same one in which we have been participating in the weekly meetings (every 15 days).

8. According to the policies of the Regional GBC, in a city there can be 2 or more Namahattas, for now there are the programs that we do and the program that P. Goura Rupa does.

9. We started doing street preaching programs. Two Saturdays ago we did Sankirtan. Lord Krishna made arrangements for the municipal workers. There is a very enthusiastic Mother, they participate in all the programs with her husband Erick, she is doing the INTRO course with LAD and is a candidate for initiation. Also a friend from Temple, B. Jesús, who despite his problems continues to participate in the programs and helped us get a tent to match the stalls at the fair where we were going to sell books. Lord Krishna manifests himself in many ways. It was very static and that inspires and excites the devotees, we posted everything on our Facebook page.

10. We will continue to organize more activities and hope that more devotees will participate in the service for the sake of the Yatra. That's all I can report.

Personally, I thank you again for your infinite mercy and for allowing me to participate in your FMP, which is very important to us. For now we are not working in a company but as an independent accountant, the market is very competitive, other colleagues charge very cheaply, but we are more or less fine.

My wife is working in Abancay, 4 hours from Cusco, they are with my children, she is part of the Teaching Career, that is, she works for the Government, on that side we are very good.

I frequently travel to Abancay to associate with them .

Regarding the worship of the Deity, due to my situation, I do not do it daily, but I do it when the devotees come to do the program, twice a month. But mentally I offer the Bhoga for Sri Sri Goura Nitay.

Dear Gurumaharaja, we are in a complicated situation, we don't know if we are the right person to do this service, but here we are. Lord Krishna put us in that situation (so we believe).

We only remember the last time we were able to serve him in Cusco, when he told us: "Once Srila Prabhupada sent a disciple, without any experience, to run a temple, the devotee had many doubts, but SP told him not to neglect Mangala Arati and his rounds, then everything would be fine"...

Dear Gurumaharaja, I thank you for your time and patience in addressing this letter to you, I will always be indebted to you, and I pray that, even though I am in hell, you allow me to continue serving you from there. May Lord Sri Krishna shower His Blessings upon you. Jay Gurumaharaja.

Hare Krishna.

Your worthless would-be servant

Govardhana das

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PS: Dear Gurumaharaja, the photos are from the programs held this year, on Goura Purnima, Janmastami and Balarama Purnima (M. Girisutarani dd House), the book distribution program is seen at Bhn Margot and Bhk Jesus.

HpS/ASA - Your work, agtSP, is certainly inspiring at even the highest levels of Srila Prabhupada's ISKCON. Please accept our humble obeisances.

We read everything and as much as we can help we certainly want to do so.

The more you purify and educate yourself in Bhakti Yoga, the more you can do the same for others.

If we are sincere, then we can expect at least 15% of the population to become KC.

What we said was what we heard from Nava-yogendra Swami. who was sent to foreign country to be Temple President, that Srila Prabhupada told him:

1. "Just chant 16-nice rounds
2. Follow the four principles strictly
3. Keep a full morning and evening program
4. See that everyone under your authority does the same

and you will have no problems."

For us, it is a problem unless we get a chance to preach every day, so we were sure to see that this was one of the opportunities that the above four requirements.

Of course, the FMP and FEP need to be adjusted to your tastes! Krsna book is wonderful part of FEP!!

Send another report at least end of the year? Start of next year?

If we distribute books, do Sankirtan, in Cusco it goes all over the world, no? So many spiritually inclined tourists visit there.

Let us go to another post! :>>>>>

Hare krsna beloved and Remenbered Gurudeva!

Please accep my humble obeisances to Your lotus feet 🙏🙏🙏🌹🌷💐🌻

All Glories To Srila Prabhupada!!!

I hope you are happy in Your wonderful Govinda consciousness.

Here I share a very nice short video of the last event:

https://youtube.com/shorts/PYsc5W4IXpM?si=OTJ-7C1z6izOznWK

Thank you for all your inspiration dear Gurudeva🙏

Trying to serve it:

Radha Japa Prati jalpa Devi Dasi

HpS/ASA - Thank, agtSP, you, and your transcendental though fallible soldiers!!

We will watch:

See the other two posts we just made???

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Got any dance teachers you would recommend?

Haré krsna Gurudeva por favor acepte mis sinceras reverencias

AGTSP

Estuvo Bhakti Marga swami presentando una obra de teatro.

Estamos pensando ir a su Vyasapuja junto a m. Gopi Radha y su familia.

Acá en las colinas de West Virginia ya está llegando el frio.

Muchas gracias por ocuparme siempre en servicio.

Su sirviente Rohini Kumar das.

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I will do [Hare] krsna Gurudeva please accept my sincere obeisances

AGTSP

There was Bhakti Marga swami presenting a play.

We are thinking of going to his Vyasapuja with me. Gopi Radha and his family.

Here in the hills of West Virginia the cold is already arriving.

Thank you very much for always taking care of me in service.

His servant Rohini Kumar das.

HpS - Thank you for this little jewel from New Vrndavana.

Deity is Radha Vrndavana Chandra?

How many devotees for Mangala arati?

What are nice aspects of Their service?

We organize our ASA NoI study now, 7PM, Tuesday.

Thank you!!!

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