Letters to the editor

Hare Krsna...

Esteemed Professor Samaresh Bandyopadhyay et al,
Here it is Sri Krsna Janmastami and trying to do anything else for us in ISKCON is I guess what is like trying to do anything else in Bengal during Durga Puja.
Fasting 30-hours on just water, but also bought, transported and planted two trees, pear and apple, and a brilliant red rose bush, . When we were digging we encountered an ENORMOUS root and we had to isolate it and then saw at it for 20-minutes. The sun was blazing, our muscles were straining, but we felt quite happy thinking that this is for Krsna and Radha's satisfaction, we can make excellent fresh juice for Them.
We finally talked with Rama-giri-dhari Das. Of course, after weeks out of station, when he got back his business was in disorder. We discussed all the topics briefly but we will have to do it in more depth on Monday.
We also finalized our Kartika travels: Chicago-Richmond (Virginia)-Raleigh(North Carolina)-Washington D.C. Do you know anyone there we should contact?

We are actually abandoning projects where people are not reciprocating, and hope to get the transcription with our thoughts done by next week of the dialog between Prof. Howard Wheeler and Prabhupada about Carl Jung's thoughts.
We will call on Saturday.

Thought you would want news from S F Ratha.  Forgot to mention, we did not go as I was too weak to sustain travel, plus the event.  The Folsom Group of Prabhupada disciples, not officially connected to ISKON SAC but a very nice group, is having a mini-Ratha first weekend in Sept in Folsom.  Radha-Krsnan inviteded us.  (this is the group he has attended for years primarily).  They all also attended the SF Ratha of course, but have a long tradition of this mini Ratha with a beautiful little cart which also serves as Radha-Krsnan's personal altar.  This is my speed right now and Dave and me are really looking farward to worshipping Lord Jagannatha at this event.   YS, Kalindi Devi Dasi

HpS - Jaya!   Very nice.  Lokanatha Das called me after the festival, and Caitanya caritamrta a Subhra went and gave a report.     In any situation Krsna will always put us in the best service postion, no?  He is a greedy guy. Always puts people in best position for His satisfaction.

Can you do some editing work for our Solari magazine???   How is Captain Dave Prestha??   Thank you so much for the news!

Hare Krishna!!!

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

Dear Gurudeva!!!, a moment ago, I wrote, to Gunagrahi Prabhu with your messaje, and I will wait his answer.
I now read DTC for  know about You, for the moment I don't have computer.

Some news of the Temple? President? Sankirtan?

The temple is well, Now the president is MAha HAri, the other devotee, Mahatma had a crisis, because was very strong shock that his Guru fell, but now He and His wife are well in Brasil with Maharaja Danvanthari, and they are smarth. They are doing the course of Bhakti Sastri. Some devotees give their association and assistence.

The Devotees here, all right, The Sankirtan Program is stable, some brahmacaris in future are changing for the next Ashram, and there are three new Bhaktas.

I will write in the next ekadasi

Thanks for all!!!

Your Servant

Adi Yajña Das

HpS - Jaya!!!        We didn't see a new letter on Ekadasi!   Don't let our slowness impede you. So enlivening us to hear of you and BsAs.   Hope to be there in April.

"In this verse Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī advises the devotee to be intelligent enough to distinguish between the kaniṣṭha-adhikārī, madhyama-adhikārī and uttama-adhikārī. The devotee should also know his own position and should not try to imitate a devotee situated on a higher platform.", NOI 5

So, we should know this if we are actually Brahmanas, no?  Prabhupada is our Acharya and in his light we can see other members of ISKCON and even other people from ISKCON's windows. He wants us to chant 16 enthusiastic rounds daily and follow the 4 principles strictly.    Ooof!   If we just do that, "vidya vadhu jivanam", we will get sufficient intelligence about what to do next: Books, Daily schedule, Institutional work in ISKCON.   Do you feel like preaching to ISKCON devotees, innocent people you meet, is the only real engagment you have? Other than that we cannot maintain our own little bubble of sanity?   Seems that to be "peacefully" situated in Goloka (consciousness), we have to do Sadhana sankirtan in this world until our mind is dead and then the soul's natural  E C S T A T I C love of Krsna comes out.

Push, push, push  ... PUSH!

HARE KRISHNA DEAR GURUDEVA

TLGASP

PAMHO

Dear Gurudeva, le agradezco por su pronta respuesta, le envío el reporte sobre la situación del Yatra. Antes de su visita las cosas estaban un poco confusas, nada estaba claro de como estaba siendo dirigido el Yatra, muchos problemas, en casa donde se encontraban las Deidades. Pero al final se llevaron las Deidades a Casa de P. Goura Rupa, quien estaba manteniendo un programa estable con ayuda de P Rohini y Ananda Maya, entonces Purusam Bhusana, presisente aún, conversó con P. Goura Rupa a quien le pidió acoger a sus Señorías en su casa, con la autorización y bendiciones  de Srila Virabahu Prabhu Maharaja y P. Mathures se llevaron a sus Señorías a la casa de P. Goura Rupa. Poco despues de su visita, pasó algo, P Purususam renunció a su cargo y pidió a P Mathuresh conversar con P . Goura Rupa para que asumiera la Presidencia del Yatra, el mismo que aceptó ya que todo el programa ocurría en su casa. Ahora se estpa procediendo con la devolución de los enseres del Templo, solo hay un problema con las cosas del Restaurant, pues los enseres se enontraban en la casa de B. Marco pero al parecer los llevo a otro lugar sin autorización, pero estamos de tratar de resilver eso, aunque no pertenezco a la junta, tengo cierto grado de responsabilidad sobre esto, pero creemos que eso se resolvera de buena manera. Ahora se esta organizando un Yatra Yatra para setiembre y la visita de Madhava Prabhu, esto lo están organizando Goura Rupa y Rohini Kumar Prabhu, nosotros estamos apoyando con lo que podemos. Creemos que despues de la tormenta viene la calma, se ve que se está iendo por buen puerto, organizar todo, como le comenté en el correo anterior nos vamos a hacer responsables de algunos programas, con las bendiciones de P. Gaura Rupa, nada separada del Templo. Si mantenemos los programas, nuestro sadana y nuestras rondas, satisfaciendolo a UD Dear Gurudeva, vamos a tener sus bendiciones para seguir empujando este barco de nuestro amado Srila Prabhupada. Dear Gurudeva, le seguiré informando sobre la situación del Templo, se ve que los devotos están entusuiastas en levantar y mejorar el Programa en el Templo, con la misma visión. Muchas gracias por su misericordia Dear Gurudeva, que la Misericordia de Sri Krishna se derrame siempre sobre UD. 

Hare Krishna Dear Gurudeva.

su inutil aspirante a sirviente.

GD's

HpS - ASA -  -   Hare Krsna,   We responded to this report before, no?   Hmmm?   Maybe it didn't get posted, but thank you. Keep trying to work with the ISKCON institution. Become the leader of the whole institution if necessary. It is your responsibility to Srila Prabhupada, but also remember that besides the formalities of administration in the Institution we also have our circle of friends in ISKCON and then we also have our own direct experience of Krsna and Srila Prabhupada! More Sankirtan in Cusco, center of the world!

                 HARE KRSNA GURUDEVA,

                 PAOHO, AGTSP!

                 YES!! , PREMA MURTI EVERY YEAR DOES A NICE GARDEN WITH MANY FLOWERS AND VEGETABLES

                FOR SRI SRI RADHA GOVINDA CANDRA (G&N, L&N AND SP). WE GET PUMPKINS ALL WINTER  THANKS TO HIS WORK,

                HE IS  AMAZING.  ALSO SOME DEVOTEES WORK IN LITTLE PIECES OF LAND.

                WE ARE NOT SO GOOD AT TAKING CARE OF PLANTS. CITY RATS, WE ARE STILL...MAYBE WE LEARN AT SOME POINT.

ASA - We will go to the local garden store, run by Amish people, Monday and see what we can plant. We are thinking of gardening in pots, because we are traveling.

                ALMENDRO´S E-MAIL: xxx

                AND SKYPE: xxx

ASA - Aaaah!    Thank you!  What shall be the content of the next Solaris, so that you can give it to a lot of people???

                THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING

                ASPIRING TO SERVE YOU

                SANANDA DD AND BHADRA VD

COpy of Letter to Vais, Srivasa and HLD:

==============================

Hare Krsna, Prabhu,
Distributed one NOI yesterday and working on transcribing Prabhupada's dialog on Carl Jung in "Dialectic Spiritualism" for wide distribution.

What about Lecture Three and Mee-ee-ee Teeing with
The Srivasa Pandita and Hari-lila Das on administrative issues like we mentioned in the the previous broadcast??  Any time???