Letters to the editor

Hare Krishna Maharaj,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

Following is the summary of 1.2.22 and 1.2.29 as discussed on Sunday.

The theme of this section is “Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead and one should only worship Him”

Verse summaries:

V22:

• Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the svayaṁ-rūpa Personality of Godhead, and all other forms of Godhead are Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s plenary portions and integrated parts.

V23:

• From Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the next manifestation is Baladeva. From Baladeva is Saṅkarṣaṇa, from Saṅkarṣaṇa is Nārāyaṇa, from Nārāyaṇa there is the second Saṅkarṣaṇa, and from this Saṅkarṣaṇa the Viṣṇu puruṣa-avatāras.
• Purusa Avataras : Maha Vishnu, Garbhodaka Sayi Vishnu, Ksirodakasayi Visnu
• Guna Avataras : Brahma(can be a living entity), Vishnu(Supreme Lord), Siva( No Living entity can occupy this post)

V24:

• Fire wood – ignorance, Smoke – Passion, Fire – Goodness
• one has to rise to the platform of the mode of goodness (sattva) so that one can be eligible for the devotional service of the Lord. 
• Even from the platform of tamas, can gradually rise to the sattva platform by the expert direction of the spiritual master.

V25:

• Except for the mahājanas, or the authorized agents of the Lord, no one knows the purpose of religion. 
• Mahajanas: Brahma, Narada, Siva, Four Kumaras, Kapila, Vyasa, Bali, Sukadeva Goswami, Bhishma, Yamaraja, Prahlada and Janaka

V26:

• One should never classify the Vishnu Tattvas, or the plenary portions of Narayana, the Personality of Godhead, in the same categories with the parts and parcels.
• Kala Bhairava, Smashana Bhairava, Chandi, Sani – worshipped in the mode of ignorance
• Brahma, Siva, Surya, Ganesha – worshipped in the mode of passion
• Vishnu Tattvas - worshipped in the mode of goodness
• Highly qualified Brahmanas don’t worship any forms other than Vishnu Tattvas but they respect them.

V27:

• Material enjoyment should be accepted only up to the point of the bare necessities of life and not more or less than that.
• One should work hard and worship the Supreme Lord by the fruits of one’s hard labor for existence, and that should be the motto of life.

V 28-V 29:

vāsudeva-parā vedā
 vāsudeva-parā makhāḥ
vāsudeva-parā yogā
 vāsudeva-parāḥ kriyāḥ

vāsudeva-paraṁ jñānaṁ
 vāsudeva-paraṁ tapaḥ
vāsudeva-paro dharmo
 vāsudeva-parā gatiḥ

• One should accept voluntary bodily inconvenience for the sake of knowing Vāsudeva because that is the way of real austerities. Otherwise all forms of austerities are classified as modes of passion and ignorance. 
• No one should bother himself with fruitive activities or dry speculation about transcendental knowledge. Everyone should at once engage himself in the transcendental loving service of the Lord.
• The Lord is always transcendental to the laws of the material world

Next week’s syllabus is 1.2.30 – 1.2.34. Sorry Maharaj, it was a lot of time crunch resulting in my confusion when I called you.

Your servant,

Sundari Radhika dd.

HpS - ASA -- These summaries are so nice. We noticed many of the same points. It is 6.23AM here in the Castle in Spain. Our clothes are almost dry. We have 10-rounds done. Now we will pack and at 7AM wwe leave for Madrid and the airport. Then Atlanta we change planes and guess we get to our cave in Murfreesboro at 5PM, which will be 12AM midnight here, so we will be traveling fromm 7AM to 12-midnight.

The technical stuff is getting adjusted very well also.

When does our Leader, Ananta-rupa Das, return?

HpS - ASA

 Guru Maharaj,

Please accept my humble obeisances on this auspicious, beautiful day of Ram Navami.

I wish to inform you that after receiving Harinam diksha at Radha Damodara temple at Toubul,the birth place of Sripad Maharaj, every Sunday after Srimad Bhagavatam class, we go for Nagar Sankirtan and it is  a real exalting experience for me.

HpS - ASA -- For everyone, no?!!

I wish to seek your blessings to make this programme more attractive and more meaningful . How best can we go about spreading the sweet Lord's  name through these kirtans? We are a small group of devotees attending Srimad Bhagavatam classes regularly. The response has been indescribably sweet and blissful.

Ardently seeking Your forgiveness always,

Your humble servant,

Sarada Gaurangi Devi Dasi

Manipur

HpS - In Manipur they already have so many nice elements in their Nagar Sankirtan, no?  Many colorful flags is very important. Devotees chanting with pure heart (following four principles). Devotees dressed nicely, some maybe in costumes. Very nice flyers, booklets to hand out. Prasadam in bags. Stop and do some short dramas some times: Scholar and the Boatman, Bird in the Cage...

O.K?   Send some fotos.

Todas las glorias a srila prabhupada y a su sankirtana eterno

Hare Krsna querido gurudeva, PAMHO, aquí seguimos luchando en mantener nuestros votos de iniciada para llegar a ser algún día un discípulo decente de Ud y de Srila Prabhupada, aveces sentimos satisfacción cuando hacemos todo el proceso de conciencia de krsna y aveces lo vemos como una carga y cómo un deber, pero sabemos que es la única finalidad de venir a éste mundo.

HpS - ASA -- In Upadesamrta B. S. Sarasvati Maharaja comments that if we are following K.C. just because we understand it is the correct thing to do, but have no taste yet, that is O.K. If we follow the process given by the Acharyas then (NOI-7) our natural taste will reawaken!

Sin conciencia de krsna no hay sentido de vivir.

ASA - Hallelujah!    Allaha Akbar!!

Le envío fotos de la comunidad de los devotos que hay aquí, p. Hari Harananda.

Lamentablemente no pudimos ir a India, tuvimos que venir a Huancayo  e invertir en los terrenos que le estaba  heredando su padre a p. Gadai Gauranga y bueno yo estaba muy cansada de seguir viajando y por eso decidí poner un restaurante aquí en Huancayo, perdóneme por no seguir viajando en sankirtana.

HpS - ASA -- It is normal. Stay in one place and grow your community to hundreds and thousands and more devotees.

decidimos construir algo aquí y cumplir en hacer una base de sankirtana para hacer marathones de sankirtana. Pero algo que siempre voy a apoyar es que mi esposo pueda seguir viajando aunque yo quizás ya no lo haga, o quizás de aquí un tiempo si tengo la misericordia de nitay y gauracandra.

estámos estudiando bhakti Baivava y ya nos nivelamos con el grupo y ya entramos al canto 2 con p. laksmana.

Aqui hay muchos jovenes animosos, una de ellas es Lindsay, ella como vive cerca al templo viene a mangala artik y está cantando unas rondas, quiere también aprender a hacer sankirtana. El Centro Cultural Bhaktivedanta tiene ya como 6 años haciendo Harinam, Food for Life, clases de Bhagavad Gita.

Si no podemos traerlo a Huancayo, definitivamente iremos a donde ud. vaya en al tour por Perú, tenemos muchas ganas de volverlo a ver. bueno me despido guru maharaj

¿ Cuándo ud. llega a perú?

HpS - Look at the Calendar in the Kapi Dhvaja for the dates!!

 Esperando y contándo los días para verlo

Nadiya Nivasi Dasi.

HpS - ASA -- Gracias su carta y permitanos mantener contacto con Vds. Puede traducir esta carta en  www.translate.google.com.

Dear Hanuamn Presaka Swami Maharaj,

My obeisances from Geneva.

Jay Srila Prabhupada!

Thank you so much for your blessings: now i am and feel  like a running horse for the last meters of this competition of the deadline subbmission for the dissertation.

Your servant,

Bhadra Rupa das

HpS - When in doubt take a deep breath and say, "Hare!

Querido Gurudeva, espero que se encuentre bien al recibir esta carta. Por favor, acepte mis más humildes reverencias. TLGSP.

     Solo quería volver a agradecerle todo lo que hace por mi y la oportunidad que me da al iniciarme en esta próxima visita suya.

HpS - ASA -- Srila Prabhupada, Ki Jai!

Voy contando los días que quedan no solo para mi iniciación, si no también para que usted venga y poder disfrutar de su compañía. Tantas veces deseo que esté usted cerca de mi y por fin eso se va a hacer realidad. 

     Estoy encargandome de la organización del Harinam que se hará el viernes con ayuda de Dandava y Jayanta Prabhú. Esto es una de las cosas que más ilusión me hace poder hacer con usted. Adoro cantar el nombre de Krisna porque cuando lo hago, siento (o por lo menos me imagino intensamente) que Prabhupada y S. Caitanya M. están a mi lado cantando conmigo. Y solo de imaginármelo, siento gran placer trascendental en intimidad con Ellos. Creo que cuando salga con usted a cantar, sentiré como si Ellos estuvieran mucho más cerca de mi.

HpS - Hay realidad en estas meditationes. Especialmente para devotos que mantener su pureza abajo un gran Acharya como Srila Prabhupada.   Tiene Banderas en el Harinama!   Hace un gran diferencia.  Si puede, puede tener dramas cortas: El escolar y el barquero, pajaro en la jaula.
Alguine tiene un loro?  Puede alquilar para Harinam y animar cantar Hare Krsna con abono de uvas. Puede obtener TODO exito solamente para Harinama.

     Le envío todo mi Divino amor y mis deseos de servirle. Hare Krisna.

HpS - Hare Krsna, nos vemos en tres dias!

Apegando tres photos de Sankirtan!

Hare Krishna Maharaj, please accept my humble obeisances.

All glories to Srila Prabhupad.

I had sent this letter on you Vyasa Puja day but I think you were very busy and were not able to read it.

HpS - ASA -- Yes, that is probably a fact, 23-cities in 42-days!

We had a very nice celebration of Vyasa puja on December 30, 2016. It was nice to have all the devotees, namely Anantarupa Prabhu and Family, Murari prabhu and family, Balabhadra Prabhu and family, Amrta Mataji and family, Acyuta Mataji and family, Upendra prabhu and Family, Premalila Mataji and family and Anahi Radha Mataji. I have attached a link to some pictures and videos. Thank you so much Maharaj for your  mercy. My offering is below.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwQZrILjA5BFQ0t1XzFXalAyOHc

HpS -- Thank you. Nice pictures.   Was there a pie with sliced bananas on it?

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Hare Krishna Maharaj, please accept my humble obeseinces all glories to Srila Prabhupad. All glories to you. On this auspicious occasion of your Vyasa Puja I would like to thank you for everything you do for us .You are like a grandfather to me and bring gifts for me. This time I was very fortunate to receive your boarding pass on which you drew Radha and Krishna. Thank you Maharaj for tolerating me in Bhakti Shastri class even though sometimes I don't mute  my microphone and talk to my parents, don't pay enough attention to what you are saying or don't know an answer that I'm supposed to know to a question you ask, you  take no offense and continue to encourage me. It was very nice to take your association this year when you came to Boise in May. I was very happy that you stayed for ten days this time instead of one week. The  morning programs were very blissful and I look forward to them every year. By your mercy, this year we did four Kirtan programs in Idaho. Three of them were in Yoga centers and the fourth one was at a farmers market in Eagle. We sang there for 4 hours in shifts, each devotee singing for a little bit. Thank you Maharaj for visiting Boise every year just to check on the devotees and give them strength to continue for the rest of the year when you are not here. We are eagerly looking forward to your next visit. Please bless me that I improve in my sadhana and serve the Vaishnavas nicely. 

Your insignificant servant,
Sugopi.

HpS - Thank you.  We hope we can share more generous gifts for people than just used Boarding Passes. We habe the picture of Radharani that you colored on the wall of our Office/Ashrama here and see it daily. We hope that you have very good results from going to the Sadhu-sanga!  Be careful, be enthusiastic, like a tree that's four feet tall, any twists or bends that it gets now will probably stay with it for the rest of its life, even when it is 30-feet tall.

Who was Dushala?