Letters to the editor

HARE KRISHNA Guru Maharaja!
PAMHO
AGTSP

This morning through StartMeeting you ask me that I gotta write to the blog, informing about this sankirtan day...

SUN DAY OF LOVE

After StartMeeting, there was a misunderstanding between Luis and Abhimanyu together his girlfriend. So, they held a long discussion and suddenly I saw myself in the role of mediator.

Their respective egos did not agree... At least, the tensions generated in the environment were a little softened. And we went out to delivery the books.

Under the Sun, very hard hours... , on a walk near the beach, also on a pier, later a park... in front of a shoping center... person by person... remembering yesterday, people took many "Sankhya" books, but I forgot to take those books with me today...

I stopped to chant some rounds... sitting on the pier floor, an old woman came to me and asked "What books do you sell?", and she took one... I started to chant again... I closed my eyes because the bodies of women walking around distract me... a group of young people came to me and asked the same thing... they took some books and I felt "Krishna wants me doing sankirtan", so I started again and applied the style of distribution that I observed of Abhimanyu Das: I would approach people, shook my hand and I gave a book... it works...

It is difficult to me again to see women as spiritual souls, and this mind affects my sankirtan.

Tomorrow will be another day to try again. I wanna do it into the city buses.
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Gurudeva, I owe you a report about what happened with my life during the last months.

To day I was remembering our first meet, the interview into the goverment palace...

Thanks, many thanks...

Your aspiring disciple and servant,
CARLOS ROLD
 

HpS - Thank you for the news. Is very, very inspiring. Everybody has problems with the false egos of others!  Not just us!  Just go out with the books!    Send us news of your life as it seems important.

Hare Krishna Maharaj,

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

Following is the summary of 1.1.14 and 1.1.18 as discussed on Sunday.

Verse summaries:

• V14:  One is freed from all sinful reactions just by chanting the holy name. VCT says that this verse talks about Ajamila’s story.  Eludes to Sanketyam Parihasyam Stobanam and Helanam verse in the 6^th canto.

Sanketyam – Indicating some one else. Eg: If some one else’s name is Krishna. Calling him intending to call him not Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead

Parihasyam – Not criticizing but addressing in a joking way. Eg: Are you like Krishna lifting Govardhana Hill?

Stobanam – Entertainment Eg: People chanting Hare Krishna with us on the streets without knowing what it means.

Helanam – Casually mentioning. Eg: Saying Krishna’s name without thinking about him casually.

                                Even if we chant the holy name in any of the above mentioned ways we still get benefit .

• V15:  Glorifies the devotees of the Lord.  Pure devotee association is more powerful than bathing in Ganga.
• V16 :  Glories of the Lord. Real peace comes when we glorify the Supreme Lord
• V17 & V18: Gives us Q4: How does the Lord create the universe, Q5: Incarnations of the Lord.

Your servant,

Sundari Radhika dd.

HpS - ASA -- Hare Krsna!   Thank you for the news!     We tried to join last Sunday but we were just 100% exhausted, with Jet-Lead, etc from this India trip. We talked with Srinivasa Acharya Das and are reading Text 19 through the end of Chapter One, and plan to join next Sunday!

Hare Krisna, dear Gurudeva.

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

I hope your fine in all aspects.

We are fine by Krisna's Mercy.

I only thank you for your last letter. It helped me to see from other point of view.

Are you coming soon to Spain finally? I don't know if Jayanta Prabhu is in charge of that or not.

Carcika is waiting for her medical treatment for the cancer. Manu is growing up fantastically.

Thank you for all.

Your humble servant, Dandava das.

HpS - ASA --- AGTSP.  paoho.... Thank you for your sincere devotion to ISKCON, Srila Prabhupada, Nitai-Gaura, Radha-Shyama and the marvellous Sri Sri Krsna-Balarama.

We got back from this hellish and heavenly trip to [Mexico] India about 8-hours ago. Our body is recovering quickly, but we are VERY, VERY weak at the present moment, so we must be careful not damage Brother Ass.

Hare Krsna. Hare Krsna.

Cancer, disease, these are good friends for a devotee. It would not be a bad thing if we had a heart attack before your read this letter and you and Carcika and Manu all died in an auto accident within 6-hours after you read it.

O.K? 

http://www.vedabase.com/en/bg/13/8-12 ... "Unless we have a pessimistic view of this material life" ...

The body rots so that a new body can be born.

                                                                  =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

We have no big travel expectations until 17th May. Then we expect to visit: Denver, Boise, San Francisco/Sacramento and the Pacific Northwest.

After that Lima, La Paz, Santiago, 21st June through 28th July.

[Pacific] India, for September October.

So, we can visit Madrid, Brihuega any time from now until 17th May.

Got any ideas?

Hare Krsna. Hare Krsna.

Write every day. Read it a week later and let a strategy for Sankirtan develop!

Conquer the world for Krsna!

Hare Krishna, dear Gurumaharaja, Pamho, AGTSP!

I had a nice conversation with Mathures Prabhu. He accepted to be examiner for Bhakti sastri for ISKCON Perú. We agreed to do it with a team. We'll see details later. He likes very much the idea to continue our work with ISKCON Perú. However we have to clarify some issues on the basis of acintya aveda veda tattwa. He says everything through ISKCON, I say that ISKCON and ASA can work perfectly together in a cooperative way. I don't know why administrators have this fear that doing something a little different is a deviation.

I still have this two parallel goals: work for ISKCON and work for ASA. Ultimatetly is the same porpuse. I think that we have to continue with this debate among ISKCON administrators and entrepreneurs for the sake of ISKCON development.

We can talk more when you are in USA.

Thank you very much.

ys LAD

ASA - We will write a DTC addressing this point now.

Hare Krsna Beloved Gurudeva

AGTSP

PAMHO

These days without your association is killing us :(

FMP is ok... Isvaridd, syamananda pandit, Indulekha dd join but they are not to fix... Nevetheless I continue .... with confidence

Regarding preaching.. In wilson.. Centro de Estudios Vedicos from wilson called us and asked that we lead the Bhakti Sastri Program. I accepted It will start soon in February.

I do pujari once a week in Wilson. I give classes of Bg once a month there also, and help.in the festivals like Nityananda Trayodasi.. we made more than 135 preparations for Nitai. We lead abhishek. Etc

We are taking workshops.about health coach, gem and aromatherapy. It helps us a lot. You asked me which gems I use I am attaching pictures. We are helping Jambavan's sister. We feel good helping others. We do.yoga as well

I continue in UAP. This month we have a.worksho for the.teachers.

Mom and sister are Ok. Ulyses is Ok.. we gained weight but now he is normal again. Our little kitty has grown a lot. Sweet Mia. 

Thank U Gurudeva for all.iur inspiration

Looking.forward.to meet U again soon

Your useless servant

Candramukhi dd

HpS - Thank you many for the news and photos. We will write a DTC now with our news.

Hare Krishna Maharaj,

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

Following is the summary of 1.1.3 and 1.1.8 as discussed last Sunday.

Classification of Chapter 1:

• Verses 1-3 : Prelude to Srimad Bhagavatam
• Verses 4-8 : Setting the scene for Srimad Bhagavatam
• Verses 9-end : Six questions

Verse summaries:

• V1:  Absolute truth
• V2 : Srimad Bhagavatam is the essence
• V3: Devotees who relish SB
• V4: Naimisharanya and devotees are well-wishers of everybody
• V5: Qualities required for the speaker and the listener of Srimad Bhagavatam
• V6: Goswamis’ qualifications
• V7: Six philosophies
• V8: Secret of success in spiritual life

Other Important points:

• To really understand Srimad Bhagavatam, we have to come to the stage of non enviousness.
• Verses 1,2 and 3 are spoken by Vyasa.
• Srimad Bhagavatam is the ripened fruit of Vedic literature, full of juice, it is not to eat but to drink.
• Krsna is Akhila rasa murti.
• While reading Srimad Bhagavatam Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and Gadadhara Pandit used to shed so many tears that the whole Srimadbhagavatam’s ink disappeared and it became empty.
• If we hear Srimad Bhagavatm from a non devotee it is like drinking milk touched by a serpent.
• No one should sit on Vyasasana until they are free from the 4 vices: meat eating, intoxication, illicit sex and gambling.
• In Naimisharanya Vshnu never closes his eyes.
• Ashtavakra is a monist.

HpS - ASA -  Thank you!!!   What is the reading for next Sunday???

Your servant,

Sundari Radhika dd.