Letters to the editor

Hare Krsna querido Gurumaharaja.

AGTSP.

PAMHO.

Mi esposa y yo seguimos viviendo en la comunidad de Campina Grande ayudando a Dhanvantari maharaja con los cursos de Bhakti sastri,  Bhakti vaibhava y otros. Maharaja Dhanvantari es muy determinado en el cuidado a los devotos y en la educaciòn, asi que estamos con mucho servicio. Full time.

Yo continuo trabajando de programador freelance, eso me permite vivir aqui, viajar y trabajar.

Continuamos cantando las 16 rondas, 4 principios, programas matutinos. Estar orientando/educando personas nos obliga a ser ejemplares (acaryas). Tambien entramos 1 vez por semana a servir a Sri Sri Maha gaura nitai, y hacemos servicio de adoracion diario a Govardhan sila.

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En marzo de este año Mitravinda y Yo fuimos invitados para participar de los cursos del GBC-College en Mumbai. Ya hicemos la primera parte presencial y la primera parte on-line. Ahora estamos yendo para Mumbai el 24 septiembre. Vamos a pasar 14 dias haciendo la segunda parte de los cursos del GBC-college.  La idea es poder traer los cursos del GBC-College Para Latino-America, en nuestro caso para Brasil.

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Luego de los 14 das en mumba, vamos 5 dias para Vrndavana y despues retornamos para Campina grande, ya que el curso de Bhakti sastri de este año termina en Diciembre y tenemos que cumplir nuestro deber en el instuto Jaladuta.

Finalmente no fue abierto el foro para compartir material del Bhakti vaibhava. Ustes sabe algo al respecto?

Hoy es Janmastami aqui, estamos todos muy contentos y entusiasmados.

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Reverencias.

Su sirviente, Devaki-nandana das.

HpS - ASA - Jaya!!!   La programa en Mumbai es in Ingles, no?      Estamos trabajando con Param-padam, todos about this 3rd Hispanic SYmposium on Education. It should be in Brazil about May, April 2o17. Sharing Bhakti-vaibhava materials could be done there, but also you can contact Laksmana-agra-ja Das in Peru. He is translating it. What we have is still in the developmental stage but it should help you.

Our respects to Maharaja!   We really miss his association.  Our respects to the other half of the orange.   Please send more wonderful news like this as it comes.

Hare Krsna Dear Gurudev,
    Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.

HpS - Lettuce feet.

    All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
    All glories to Guru parampara.

    Gurudev, Thank you so much.

    In response of http://hps.monkeywarrior.com/node/6795

    You have asked few questions about Second Initiation details, below are my comments.

    March 28, 2016 was the exact date you gave me Second Initiation.

HpS - AGTSP!!!   paoho... We just downloard the guru-tattva.txt file fromthe web page. Added your second initiation data and then saved it to our USB drive. We hope to add the other initiation data from Janardana-hari Das, Etasma Das et al and then post the updated file this next Purnima. Thank you.

    Preaching at work is slow. But two small class on BG going on. (Purpose of class is analytical study).

    Yes, i am thinking of going directly into Sannyasa life, no Grhastha life.
    
your fallen servant,
Girivaradhari-Gopal Das

HpS - O.K. We go to your next letter.  Preaching at work can take the form of discussing Pantheism. Krsna says that He is the taste in water, the light of the Sun. So when these are discussed with an offenceless attitude it elevates the consciousness of the people and then they can go to the next stage.

Hare Krsna SSHPS

PAMHO AGTSP

I hope you have good energy.

I forgot report the following:

1. Baladeva p said it is no necessary for NIMSAR’s teacher to take TTC3, only they need TTC2 because the BS of NIMSAR dont have as finality develop the 12 principles of VTE. (our focus is different).

We just need TTC2 and it is very probable we take the course next year with Parampadam p and Baladeva p here in Lima. (We are in talks).

2. Our connection with National Council is Jiva sakti d (Charge of Education Commission), but several months ago that they do not meet together (they met recently when there where changes). And Jiva sakti d also was as disabled.

Recently I spoke with Jiva sakti d and he will return to perform her (his) duties and then we begin to coordinate face to face meetings with National Council. (very probable it will be mid September when new council take functions).

3. Parampadam p went away (travel), recently come back next week and he coordinate with Jagad guru d for to see the next meeting.

4. With respect to BS guides and Lad, I comment briefly

In May I had a meeting with Chosica Council for talking about educational issues, in this moment Nityakinkari dd (Council treasurer) :

_she made a remark to the BS  guidelines. For she it was no good.

_Lad is not good teacher

_and she compare all with Escuela Vaisnava.

The BS guides are very good level, invite to introspection and analysis but she do not understand it and i explained to her in many times that next year we will have new BS guidelines (with more elements).

Also i explained that Lad uses the method constructivism and only there is 2 students have complained about him and Escuela Vaisnava and NIMSAR are different methods and both are educational options.

Then I suggested she takes BS with Escuela Vaisnava but she ignored (it were 3 times that she complains about the same), too I suggested to Lad do not teach to her BS but he continued.

In July NIMSAR asked permission to Chosica´s Council for to give BV presencial course. They answer (letter send for Nityakinkari dd) that lad and the guides (BS and BV) must be inspected of academic devotees (chosen by them)

We decided do not give presencial BS or BV in Chosica temple for now only online. We had Communication course and 2do Educational meeting there, then it was no time for discussion.

About communication between Lad and SG Jagajivan p we dont know.

5. Our vision is the same like you help and preach in Merconorte.

6. A question, Caitanya Candra d he wants to be president of NIMSAR? or is your proposal?

7. If you let me, I prefer write in English to improve.

Sri Nrsimha protect you

Thank you very much

HpS - ASA -  Thank you so much for your Report. I talked with LAD for 1-1/2 hours this morning. We discussed a lot of things. It was a very good meeting. We are pushing him and Abhirama and others to communicate here in the Blog with you and others.
Point "6." - I feel that we should present this kind of letter to Caitanya Candra Prabhu and the Council. What do you think?:

Esteemed CCD, Peruvian National Council et al,
Congratulations on taking the responsibility again of President of the National Council. We have nice memories of meeting with you in the Office in Chosica with NIMSAR devotees et al.
We only hope to be of service to you. We heard that someone said that we said, that M. Ganga was, that we said ...    Basically, as a Sannyasi anything we actually say about politics we publish right in our Blog, www.hps.monkeywarrior.com, and basically we have very emotional affection for all the devotees in Lima, Mataji, Yamunesvara, Lakmana, Caturatma, Omkara . . . .
We only want to work as friends with everyone.

Within that perspective, with this letter, we are presenting our humble ideas for Sankirtan in Peru, Merco-norte, the world.

1. NIMSAR is a Branch of our Anjana Suta Academy, which is based in Nashville, Tennessee, and Tamohara Das is our GBC-Secretary. We only want to work in Peru if we have friendly relation with the National Council and also also formal letters of agreement describing the institutional aspect.

2. The general idea is that NIMSAR should be like the VIHE in Vrndavana, the Bhaktivedanta College in Radha-desa etc. There are so many institutions like these established by devotees like Bhurijana Das, Saunakya Rsi Das, and even Srila Prabhupada, that are meant to work in full co-operation with the local Temples. NIMSAR would aim to serve Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador with Sastric Education and also Daivi-varna-ashrama-dharma education in the form of Teacher Training, Educational Administrator Training, Pre-school, Primary and Secondary Education, and as well even practical eduction in Motion Picture Production and other fields.
Like the Mayapura Institute, Mayapura Academy, Bhaktivedanta Institute, Bhaktivedanta College, Oxford Center for Hindu Studies, Nimsar is proposed to take care of these multi-national educational necessities. Of course, the Peruvian National Council might want to come up with the same institution, and then personally I have no problem closing our Branch in Peru and working with the National Council's structure.
On the other hand, this administratively independent, harmonious. model is one that is very successful and accepted all over the world. The Temple educational Branch is also working in many place, Russia, India...

What would you like to see personally?

What would the Junta Nacional like to see as an Institution?

Certainly, NIMSAR would be super happy if every member of the National Council was a member of Nimsar and if you wanted to do the work as President of NIMSAR it would certainly be a wonderful possibility as far as I am concerned.

Please contact us about any of these matters. Our real communication is mostly through our Blog, then we get the advantage of being able to work on things as a community, and then (at great personal expense) we can handle "private" details though Yahoo.

Other point is our work with Sattva, Abhirama Thakura Das, and the National Library of Peru, CONCYTEC, San Marcos University etc. This has grown over the years and is just our personal Sankirtan. Again we are always inviting everyone in ISKCON to read about Carl Jung and Srila Prabhupada's dialog etc, and join these efforts.

Please write us about this also.

I think we will be visiting Peru about May, April next year and we hope to be based in Peru from 2019-2022. 2022-2024 in Braja and 2024 leave our body.

Jai Srila Prabhupada.

Todas las glorias a su entusiata sankirtan.

ASA - XXX (Unas cosas particular)

Ys abhinanda das

ASA - Hare Krsna. Esta Blog es Super. Mucha gente lo lea. Y automaticamente no es muy publico. Es como el circulo de devotos que acercarsen despues de una conferencia para hablar en las detalle. Claro, todo el publico de 120 personas puede acercarse, pero usualmente solo 10-12 acercarsan.

Eso es natural. Tenemos que trabajar con nuestra Institution, de una manera instotucional. Las Gopis son buen ciudadanyos del Pueblo de Nanda Maharaja, pero entro ellos: Yasoda y Rohini, las Gopis, los Gopas, tienen su circulo de amigos. En Buddhismo es la Sangha y la Sanga. Finalmente, cada Gopi tiene su relacion tan intima con Krsna, cuando es pensando en eso, ni tampoco pueden relacionar perfecto con las otras Gopis.

No somos miembros de ISKCON completo si no experiencia directo, pero media transparente, una relaciona personal con nuesta Fundador Acharya.

Entonces, tenemos que entender utilar esta Blog bien, y tambien, si son cartas de chicas no podemos leer solo. Somos todos Brahmacaris aqui en la Oficina y si hay cartas privados por chicas tenemos que compartir con un buen Grhasta et al.

Esperamos estamos adelantando en nuestra comprehension de La Ciencia de Krsna. Entonces muy facilmente podemos ayudar el mondo!  Por favor, todo el mundo, educar nostros tambien!

Hare Krishna

PAMHO

Jay Srila Prabhupada!

Dear Guru Maharaj, I just read your Vyasa Puja Offering to Srila Prabhupada, and I have no right words, not even one that avoids my clumsiness and lack of tact to speak.

Also, pardon my offenses, you are now the most important person in my life; forgive my audacity, I am not worthy of his causeless mercy upon me. Excuse my arrogant ignorance, I am also very silly and take for me to learn.

My feeling is that many of us feel like castaways who leads the current and soon only see him far, the ships that ply the banks, through waves of fog; the beloved and missed home. Eternal and royal abode. You're like the ship that plows through the banks, throw me a rope and a life please, I'm drowning.

Guru Maharaj, in the answer you telling me in the last letter, he says, I can develop my relationship with Srila Prabhupada through any transparent way ... This means that apart from reading his books and watching his videos, I can get closer to Him? This development can achieve with the help of my spiritual master? The point is that I am almost fanatic Srila Prabhupada and I see fear, in recent years, which has been a proliferation of websites with characters who try to pass disguised as Vaishnava, or that deviate from the true knowledge, many of them Srila Prabhupada disowning or calling themselves His Divine Grace?!, too.

You then tells me that cultivate my circle of friends and sankirtan partners to learn more, and then to work on the development of the ISKCON institution. This I take it as a mission that I gladly accept and am willing to push myself to the fullest.

The following list shows some Devotees and Bhaktas of Arequipa are inviting you, so please visit us in April next year:

P. Mahamantra d, P. Dajanidi d, P. Gaura Nitai d, P. Govinda Caran d, P. Lokanath d, P. Haridas d,  B. Gustavo, B. Joel, B. Nimai, B. Juan, B. Fernando and B. Renato. Also mothers, M. Ramalila dd, M. Krishna Ekadasi dd, M. Manasi Ganga dd, M. Lila Sri dd, M. Jestha dd, B. Rukmuni, B. Hilda, B. Ana, B. Liliana, B. Mari Luz and B. Paola.

There remains the question: I'm ready for my initiation?

My answer: I'm jumping for joy!!! You imagine, how many millions of lives have gone to arrive at this time??? And how many chances I will have missed!!! Guru Maharaj I'm ready, more ready than ever and I am aware that depart many difficulties and trials along the way, but I have faith, enthusiasm and be steadfast in my service.

Thank you so much, with all my heart and affection towards you.

Your fool servant Renato.

P.D. (thanks to Google translate, excuse me any mistake).

HpS - Thank you...   I hope we can visit Arrequipa as number one priority next time we are in Peru.    Do you have letter of Recommendation from your Temple President for Initiation?

Transparent via media can be the Paramatma. Devotees. Books. Deities. Sadhana. Books are the basis. In ISKCON we do not use the title Divine Grace. Srila Prabhupada is clearly who he is through his books, even NOI, and then we can judge every other Guru in terms of his standard!

More news from Arrequipa for September!

Hare Krishna, dear Gurumaharaja. Pamho, AGTSP!

Thanks for your response.

I couldn’t go back to sleep until I could write this letter.

Well, I was expending something else, and I got an institutional answer. But anyway that’s what I deserve, I guess.

Maybe the message is “stop whining before your spiritual master and do your bloody job”

You are not my shrink or my daddy. I was probably expecting an “attaboy” or “well done”, but I got “we probably better shut down the whole damn thing”. So, people, “don’t brag before your spiritual master, just do your job the better you can”

Maybe I was looking for some sympathy. So “don’t play the victim, just do your job.”

Thanks for teach me a lesson. “Just do your job”.

HpS - ASA --- We don't have a lot of communication here so when you send letters it is with a lot of undevleoped perspective. Actually we were very appreciative of the history you gave. Again. Thank you. Like we said you seem to be doing a whole lot to satisfy Srila Prabhupada!

Tom Brown: Atta, Boy, well done!  You have earned your Sargent's Stripes in the Army of the ISKCON Apes!

However, and not to be cruel of judge anyone more harshly than WE judge ourselves, we have to set practical goals and do them. Without these regualr Nimsar reports we can't run "ASA Branches" of which NIMSAR has been in first or second place.

Yes, we (NIMSAR) need a lot of improvement. I guess what are we doing is not good enough. We need to be more professional, etc. I think we need more people working together to do better things. We are on it.

I still want to do some improvement for BVB in Spanish. Actually I have like 8 new students for Pada Padma so that is forcing me to work on the Tpp study guides. I’m translating the entire material again and I’m adding some little things like photos, etc.  So, If you allow me I can carry on with this job. We need to work on the BVB authorization also. Currently we are working as an informal branch of your own program.  

I’m revising the ppt for Bhakti sastri as well and I got 3 more students on-line for that purpose and of course to remember the thing for myself and help others.

I still need  to prepare myself better and do my master degree but maybe I’ll do it in Peru. It’s going to be way too expensive to do it abroad.

M. Isvari already sent you the report last ekadasi.

NIMSAR is reporting everything to the authorities and always asking for permition, but in a kind of an impersonal fashion.  Jiva sakti prabhu said that we need to approach them to have better communication.  It was a brilliant piece of advice.  That’s probably what they are expecting.

Please, we need your constant advice.

I hope we (NIMSAR and I) can have your blessings to carry on and do a better job.

Your servant,
LAD

ASA - Thank you for the quick response!!!  There is nothing in ISKCON more important than this dialog. We got a letter from Isvari Devi Dasi, our Secretary for NIMSAR, so let's see what she has.

About the the TPP stuff for BhV and BhS we need to talk. I would say that there is no loss in the work you are doing, but we can improve it more if we co-ordinate it.
So, the NOI lectures that we did should pass to Ajata-satru Das and Abhirama Das for Editing?  See, this is what I mean. We have to discuss our priorities here in the Blog. We can communicate here eternally and transcendentally.

Let's look at Isvari Devi Dasi's letter.