Letters to the editor

Hare Krsna Dear Maharaja,

PAMHO. AGTSP!.

I want your spiritual energy to increase.

ASA - King Kong of the Spiritual World!

With regard to educational-administrative issues I inform you the following:

1.- Since last year was talking about changes in BS Administrator, then you resigned BS Examiner and then had to find a new pair: Examiner-Administrator.

It began to make proposals from the month of October 2016, but there everything was stopped.

Although it is true the initiative was born of Nimsar, this subject ended up causing a great problem within Nimsar.

Many anarthas appeared.

2.-This time was passing and this task is not defined you also manifest in some letters that there must be seriousness in order to organize courses if we want to work under the care of ASA.

Lad also expressed concern (he is giving courses). We was decided that the proposal should be sent to the National Board: Mathuresh -Candramukhi dd (examiner-adminstrador).

3.- Together with the proposal will send a request for approval of potential teachers to work with ASA.

4.-My collaboration in this, is to take care of the formalities. So I would send the letter of proposal to the National Board.

I decided to first discuss this proposal with the board of wilson (especially with Ganga dd and Yamunesvara d) to know their opinion.

Already lad had commented on this from Chosica authorities and they agreed.

5.-From the conversation with Ganga dd, conclude what follows:

-Wilson's board according to Mathuresh -CMDD

- List of teachers to work with ASA (Lad, Cmdd, Lilasakti dd, Abhinanda d, Isvari dd, Yugala dd). They agreed.

_Ganga dd inquires how would the organization of Asa? With whom they will work?.

(Before asking me this, she clarifies that she does not want anything from Nimsar because she does not have confidence)

Seeing this, I asked some questions and then proposed the following:

A.-The group ASA-Peru would have as authority to SSHPS and to the National Board.

B.-There will be no posts of President, neither secretary nor treasurer, there will be only coordinators of areas:

Lad coordinator of academic material

Cmdd course coordinator

Isvari coordinator of procedures and mediation before the National Board.

C.-Each teacher will give a report of his students to his local board and National Board.

D.-Programs is coordinated with National Board.

A Ganga dd thought this proposal optimum. She asked me to send the written proposal of Examiner-administrator and ASA-Peru and she submits it to the National Board to discuss the issue when present Mathuresh d (20-23 May).

6.-Communicate all this to Lad, but he does not agree to send anything to Wilson's Board but go directly to National Board and talk to Mathuresh d and this is on the recommendation of his authority.

The fact is that my authority is Ganga dd and she asked me something different than what Lad says.

On the other hand the National Board, not only Chosica, but also Wilson, does not explain the topic and talk to them is reckless. We need the blessings of both Mathuresh and National Board.

7.-The best thing for me is that we only send proposals and that the Board decides, if they want to accept the proposal we send or the proposal of Yugala (Mathuresh-Rohini dd) or another, that they see, if they take a good or bad Decision that is their responsibility.

Sri Nrsimhadeva protect you

Ys and spiritual niece

Isvari d

HpS - ASA --  Hare Krsna, Prabhu!  AGTSP...  paoho.  Thank you for all these efforts!    We discussed by telephone with you, Yugala, CMDD, LAD this mornnig and our suggestion is that anybody who is interested in these formal educational programs in Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador arrange meetings with Mathuresa Das and then ourselves and then the National Council and then the local Temples etc.

So, first lets have some discussion with Mathuresa Das. In any case we can all continue meeting on Startmeeting and when we meet while traveling and even have Diplomas from ASA-Nashville.

Hare Krisna Mi querido Guru Deva Hanumat Presaka Maharaja espero que se encuentre bien de salud Todas las Glorias a Srla Prabhupada.

ASA - Jaya!!!

Como sabe sigo en la Eco Aldea Madre Tierra haber si se puede comprar por la Misericordia de Krisna  y realizar un proyecto donde ocupar a los devotos.

Intentando ser su sirviente Jagamohan Das

ASA - Que pasa con la arboles de frutas?

Hare Krishna Gurudeva,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

Thank you very much for your reply to my previous letter. I hope this meets you well.

As a reply to your question on how i managed to get some taste back for chanting, i can not say all of the following is a reason for sure but this first thing surely is. Perhaps already about a year ago I commented to Kadamba Kanana Swami in emotional mood, that in my opinion he should be in Holland more often, because the Yatra needs his powerful presence and internally i felt that because he is of Dutch birth he is obliged.

Upon saying that i literally felt my heart sink in vaishnava aparadha. But because he is not here very often, it took me about a year to get the chance to meeet him personally and beg forgiveness. I happily had the opportunity about a month ago when he did a program in the temple. Later that night i woke up in the middle of the night and started chanting japa, and it was the first time in a long time i had the 'old' experience of chanting; the taste was back.

HpS - Wow!!

Besides this, I often wake up in the middle of the night because of sleep disruption. I am quite happy with that, even though it sometimes creates difficulty in the day, because these are my private moments of prayer and devotional immersion.

HpS - We had the same experience on the Braja-mandala-parikrama, lying on the ground in big Indian cotton tents with 85-devotees snoring around us.

Also, because i don't manage to chant my full quota of japa, in moments of more sattva guna, i manage to actually listen and be enthusiastic about my little japa time. Although it is all very faint, it is promising to me, and encouraging.

I humbly pray that i wish to go deeper in understanding Krishna because as of lately i feel stuck on the same level for years (lifetimes?), and it is all very superficial to me. Please bless me to do so.

HpS - Well, I guess we are already blessing you. You have to just keep looking for little ways to squeeze in one more mantra here and one more mantra there! Try and chant for others!    Giving the Holy Name is an excellent of Dadati, NOI 4.

Do it. Make little progress, every day!      LITTLE!

This week was my first week back on the road and you asked me for a KC moment. I read your request only hours before my first morning and i didn't have to wait long. The first day i drove a Mercedes Benz luxury car (rather than a van, which is common), so i was enjoying myself very much. But two hours later the clutch died and the company had to come tow me away from Schiphol national airport. After i got back i had to take another car, and i then literally got the oldest horse from the stable for the rest of the day. Krishna played a nice joke on me. It was funny.

HpS -  !! ! ! ! ! !!!!     !

Yesterday we did our first childrens program in the temple. I am coordinating it together with my wife. For now it's once a month in the temple and once a month in the home or park at one of the participants. There were eight children yesterday and focussed on the Narasimha Caturdasi and had amongst others an offering of buckwheat Russian pancakes with fresh jam. It was very delightful and every one was happy. As you can see on the photo the kids chanted, there was a storytelling, and drawing, and lots of running and dancing. I funded my part of the prasadam from the tips i received this week. It felt very encouraging to do something active in our yatra, and i noticed how i missed to be doing stuff in the temple amongst devotees.

ASA - Don't complain!   You are a very fortunate person. You may not see the progress, but it is building up, building up. The little blades of grass grow and grow and then one day . . .   they push over the big building.

Thank you very much for encouraging me. I'm not sure what to say or wish to you personally in return, so i hope that my small efforts in service are offering you perhaps a little satisfaction.

Your aspiring servant,
Raghava-pandita dasa

ASA - Ur wyfe is in the pikture???   Do they have trolls in your country?

hare krsna maharaj, PAMHO, AGTSP

its incredible to see that your grace puts so much effort to help others irrespective  of  their evolution level.

ASA - Whoop!   Whoop!    Oink!   Oink!

I am actuall mentally numb to write anything due to my own stupid behavior.

ASA - Numbki!

But SPOG arranged for circumstance leaving us no work on internet, so we thought its better to  write to Blog.

ASA - Supreme Personality of Blog-head.

It was surprising to see in node 7865  by Abhimanyu ji from Chile.

" Yes, if we artificially push Vaidhi bhakti, Japa for example, weeds can grow with the creeper and it can result in many crazy things.. I knew several cases of where people stole the tape of Prabhupada chanting the Gayatri mantra and listened to it and then went crazy."

Can you kindly tell us more  about " artificially pushing Vaidhi"...and how it can water the weeds.  Where does Srila Prabhupada write about it?

ASA - http://www.vedabase.com/en/cc/madhya/19/158   . . .   Is O.K?     Daksa worship the one true God, but he also wanted to hold the the Great King's Rod!

...till now our own assessment was we are just being little lazy/ unintelligent in pursuing Vaidhi bhakti. But your answer seems to direct about something else.

As you are our  guru (not Diksha guru) can you please tell us what rules/angas according to you are not artificial for us?

HpS - We don't live with you so much to give detailed advice, our mis-fortune, but finding a devotee who you can read and share your experiences with is one that we can all do, no?  We just read what they are reading each day at the Boise Temple and then Text our little thoughts, then look for a bigger Sanga once a week.

Of course, as much as we chant HKHKKKHHHRHRRRHH we are always making progress, First thing our of your mouth each morning HKHKKKHHHRHRHRRHH! 

horse victim upastha vegam

ASA - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasta         One thing leads to another. Seek the root of the sin. Then you can apply the Mantra, and the whole tree will be clean again.
If we are sincere for a long time, it means that our attachments are deep. Some of them are rooted in our ontological rejection of Krsna. Those are DEEEEEEEp!      NOI 7!
Usually our sins at this stage are not, something that has to be rejected. They are attachments based upon something valid. We just have to figure our what it is.

One devotee we know. She was always agitated sexually but following the principles. Them she had one more child, the one who seemed to be waiting to be her daughter, and she was never agitated after that.

What is the real cause of our sin?

Are we suppressing a real power?

Hare Krishna!!

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!! All glories to Sripad Maharaj!! All glories to Guru Maharaj HpS!!

GuruMaharaj ,please ...please...accept my humble obeisances.....at Your lotus feet....again...and again!!

ASA - Lettuce feet.

We are now full swing into the project . Banamali Prabhu and Mahabhagavad Prabhu have gone for the final inspection of the land . We shall have a nagarkirtan on Monday......the 8th May....aahhh...Astasakhis...kindly send their blessings to us Maharaj.....this will be followed by the Bhoomi Puja....sorry GuruMaharaj....I got the date wrong in my last mail. Then Bhagavat class..followed by Prasadam distribution. We are planning for Puri and Chickpeas combo.....and a sweet item.  Need Your Mercy here Guru Maharaj.

ASA - We hope Krsna sends some devotees who will be attached to the project, to reside there.

Sending some pics Maharaj.....the land , the hills at the backdrop..everything is Yours ....Kindly bless us.

We have identified a  Vaishnava Brahmin who is willing to serve in this new would-be-temple. We plan to construct a temporary hut as soon as possible....which will be used for almost all purposes...for the time being. We would like to request you to send few devotees who would join us in offering service ....this would take some time though....but again...anything is possible ...with the mercy of Guru Maharaj..

ASA - Please complete the following paragraph: Once upon a time, long, long ago in a different Yuga, a little girl went to a distant village with her Grandfather and she saw _yagna, apple trees.....and ...lots and lots of cows!!.......Now You can start laughing Guru Maharaj!

ASA - Then she learned from her father that the people there made apple cider from the apples and let it turn a little bit, like 1.5% fermented, so that it would not turn to vinegar and then drank it in the winter when everything was covered with snow and all the cows were in the barn.

She asked, "doesn't that break the four principles?"

Her grandfather said, "I don't know? They have not discovered electricity and refrigerators yet in this universe. These people are condemned to live where the land is covered with snow from their Karma.

We ferment the milk a little bit to make yogurt for the same reason.

We hear that Srila Prabhupada told the Japanese people that they could eat fish because it was an island and there was no possilibity of growing enough food, but not to eat cows, and that he said the same thing about Lord Krist Jesus multiplying the bread and fish, it was a desert and there was nothing else to eat."

He told her that they would not take any

Then they came to a Dharmashala and it was . . . [Describe the Dharmashala, the Deities, people, building...activities]

I remain,

Your helpless servant.....

Sarada Gaurangi DD

ASA - Hmmmm!   http://www.vedabase.com/en/bg/6/24  especially last sentence in the Purport.   Thank you for your association.

HK, PAOHO

QUERUDO GURU MAHARAJA. We are very happy to have it very soon again in Peru,

ASA - ISKCON Peru is an eternal idea in the mind of the Gods!

....for important cultural programs, my sister works in the BN, I wish I could meet her, she does not like the Hare Krsna, she read some Prabhupada books, but I think if she has the opportunity To attend the event, his ideas about the devotees could change.

ASA - http://www.vedabase.com/es/cc/adi/7/31-32  ?

When I wrote to this service to REACTIVATE NIMSAR, I did not think about the consequences or reactions of the rest, I simply thought about having their approval and doing this service, there are people who meditate a lot before assuming a responsibility and I think that is very good, but This time, in my case, I only asked for his blessings and we are forming a team, we wait for the approval of our authorities and the blessings of the devotees, and others to calm down. And we hope that is the plan of Krsna, when we went to distribute books, (we have not done it for some time), we understand that we are an instrument, that we do not have the qualification but Krsna gives the intelligence, we attract the appropriate people, , We trust it. We are idealists ?, We do not have FE!

ASA - What is FE??

We want to be servants, I understand that in the Ramayana, Mr. Rama thought about the interest of the kingdom, rather than in his own interest, that I understand that he must be a leader.

Until the subject of the examiner is resolved, as BS teachers. What would be the accreditation, the Anjana Suta Academy can give ?, How do we solve this difficulty?

HpS - I talked about this with H. H. Bhakta-vijnana Swami and he looked at me a little perturbed and said, "I am not a fruitive worker." I could see he was write. We do not study for titles for any fruit in this world. So, we will work with the institution, ISKCON Peru, Bolivia, Norther Market, to resolve these problems with the institutional diplomas, but we can work something out for Diplomas from ASA, Tom Brown and Buck White if that is too slow. They won't be Bhakti-sastri but we can give some other title, like, Sastra-Bhakta (???). To do that we need to talk with people like the Blue Baboon in Lima, Mathuresa et al. For the institution, maybe ASA can just work with ISKCON Bolivia?

Arrrange for us to talk with Mathuresa Das.

I take the opportunity to invite you to the Pato Yatra 2017, which will be held in Chosica on Sunday, July 16 at noon, the day before you are in Arequipa, and on the same day of the pato yatra, return tomorrow, we would like Confirm their attendance for the pleasure of the devotees. Or suggest changing the day, so that it is not too trajinado.

ASA - 'O'ink~~~ It is the day AFTER we are in Arrequipa!  We return from Arrquip at 8AM by airplane and then go straight to Cosica! What will be our service???  Many flags??  Bags of pop-corn and interesting little booklets?

I have a thousand questions as always, little by little I will formulate them, we do not leave the song 7. (I will send my questions) By the way, We will give class for Mother's Day, What could be a verse or approach appropriate?

ASA - http://www.vedabase.com/en/cc/adi/4/58  >>>   Especially Text 68, no?

Santa Rosa of Lima? Mother Mary? Teresa of Avila?

Many thanks and a thousand apologies for importunarlo:

His daughter who adores him:

Yugala Kishora Dasi

HpS - Arrange meeting with Mathuresa Das. Lead the Blue Baboon and Laksman-agra-ja Das onto the right path!

..................

HK PAOHO

QUERUDO GURU MAHARAJA. Estamos muy contentos de tenerlo muy pronto nuevamente en Perú, para programas culturales importantes, mi hermana trabaja en la BN, ojalá pueda conocerlo, a ella no le agradan los Hare Krsna, leyó algunos libros de Prabhupada, pero pienso que si tiene la oportunidad de presenciar el evento, sus ideas sobre los devotos podrían cambiar.

Cuando le escribí para este servicio de REACTIVAR NIMSAR, no pensé en las consecuencias o reacciones del resto, simplemente pensé en tener su aprobación y hacer este servicio, hay personas que meditan mucho antes de asumir una responsabilidad y creo que eso es muy bueno, pero esta vez, en mi caso, sólo pedí sus bendiciones y  vamos formando un equipo, esperamos la aprobación de nuestras autoridades y las bendiciones de los devotos, y que otros se apacigüen. Y esperamos que ese sea el plan de Krsna, cuando salíamos a distribuir libros, (hace tiempo no lo hago), entendemos que somos instrumento, que no tenemos la cualificación pero Krsna da la inteligencia, atraemos a las personas apropiadas, también Krsna enviará ayuda, confiamos en ello. Somos idealistas?, No tenemos FE!, queremos ser sirvientes, entiendo que en el Ramayana, el Sr. Rama pensó en el interés del reino, antes que en su propio interés, eso entiendo que debe ser un líder. 

Mientras no se resuelva el tema del examinador, como profesores BS. Cuál sería la acreditación, la Anjana Suta Academy puede darla?, Cómo resolvemos esta dificultad?

Aprovecho la oportunidad para invitarlo al Pada Yatra 2017, que se llevará a cabo en Chosica el domingo 16 de julio al medio día, un día antes está Ud. en Arequipa, y el mismo día del pada yatra, por la mañana regresa, nos gustaría confirmar su asistencia para el placer de los devotos. o sugerir cambiar el día, para que no sea muy trajinado.

Tengo mil preguntas como siempre, poco a poco las formularé, no salimos del canto 7. (Le haré llegar mis preguntas)  Por cierto, Daremos clase  por el día de madre, Cuál podría ser un verso o enfoque propiado?

Muchas gracias y mil disculpas por importunarlo:

Su hija que lo adora:

Yugala Kishora Dasi