Letters to the editor

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada

Hare Krsna Gurudev, porfavor acepte mis más humildes y respetuosas reverencias.

Gurudeva voy a serle sincera en el reporte del sadhana de este mes, hemos tenido altibajos al levantarnos temprano, acabamos de abrir  un pequeño Restaurante snak vegetariano llamado "Mukunda", mucho trabajo estas semanas que no hicimos mangala artik pero si cantamos nuestras 25 rondas aunque malas, 4 principios bien y poca lectura.

HpS ASA. - Hare Krsna. Prioridades, no? Desarrolla de un Centro o restaurants es super, pero sin Brahma muhurta convierta modalidad de bondad y no transcendental pronto. Jaya.

Vi a mi padre hace unos dias, viajamos juntos, como extrañaba su compañía, y quisiera estar más tiempo con mi familia. Por ahí mi padre me dijo que estudie educación más adelante.

ASA - Puede ser util, no?

En agosoto P. gadai está viajando de sankirtana viajero, algo que yo estoy de acuerdo, yo entiendo que él es un predicador y por tal siempre voy a apoyarlo y yo me quedaré por Huancayo en el negocio y estudiando.

Estamos muy tristes porque nuestro avance espiritual no esta hiendo bien con las rondas y el sadhana pero el trabajo no es pretexto para no hacer vida espiritual.

Gurudeva, perdone mis ofensas, voy a mejorar el sadhana y leer más, el sankirtana de libros ahora no lo estoy haciendo, no estoy cualificada espero pulir mis ofensas al hablar para algun dia ser merecedora de este servicio y  espero al menos un dia a la semana hacerlo

Hare Krsna

Nadiya nivasi Dasi

ASA - Adelantar es establecer amistad eterno con diferente devotos. Amistad es hacer yoga juntos.

Hare Krsna, Prabhus,
AGTSP
paoho

We leave for Lima on the 15th.  Our main focus there is this symposium being
sponsored by us, NIOS, and the Peruvian National Library.  It has come along
very, very well. We feel like a passenger on a great Cruise Ship. Is beyond our
means to control. The participants are very, very respected, nice people from
Peru, Chile, Canada, Mexico, India etc.
For example, Beverley Zabriskie. She was co-founder of the Jungian Society in
New York and the Philemon Foundation which has an enormously popular following
and is dedicated to publishing the many unpublished works of Jung. Prabhupada
said that of all the Western philosophers, Jung seemed to have the most sense,
and his modern followers seem to fall in that category. It is like preaching to
Sukadeva Goswami and the four Kumaras sometimes.
She is also an arti critic for the New York Times.

We hope to have the results of this symposium available for all of you soon.
Ask us any questions you want to.

While there we will be staying at Abhirama's house in Lima with SB classes
available for anyone. We will go to Wilson for two evening programs. We will go
to Bolivia for a week and Chosica for about 10-days.
If you have any advice please contact us!
HpSwami

Hare Krishna Beloved and esteemed Gurudev,

Please accept my humble obeisances,

All glories to Srila Prabhupada,

What a beautiful time to be in. So much creativity, i sense there is a shifting within ISKCON. Seeing how wonderfully devotees are preaching enlives me up. The Journey Within by Hh Radhanath Swami, Hiding in Unnatural Happiness by Hh Devamrita Swami, Our family business by H Grace Vaisesika Prabhu, Psychology and the sacred by Nios. The new wave is coming! UTSAHA!! 

In the other hand i feel awful cause i feel I'm doing nothing for this movement. Or much less i could do if i were focused.

Preaching is growing nicely here in MDP, we are going out of our centers to different places, schools, clubs, homeless shelters, etc. Many people are coming and programs are growing. We are penetrating more and more into MDP's society, media, governors start noticing our work.

My life is ok for kali yuga in the material world, Manu and Benji are growing nicely healthy and have some sense of KC. Work is fine, i can not find the right pace yet but struggling for that.

I'm chanting 16 rounds, probably 25% acceptable. Little by little I'm catching up with my vrata debt. I'm having problems with illicit sex. We keep with this karma misra bhakti yoga process and We started a strict diet to try to control this. 48 hs of juices, then only 2 meals a week with grains and only ghee as dairy products. The rest just salad and steamed vegetables!!

HpS - For whom are you cooking?

I'm reading Pada padma of SB! Leading BG discussion at El Loft and I'm in charge of book distribution and now Food for life program. I tend to keep busy in the service but sometimes i dont know whether to quit that services and focus only in 4p and 16r. What do you think gurudev?

HpS - If you look at the revised www.jayarama.us/kd/guru-tattva.txt there is a wonderful citation by Srila Prabhupada. He says that like all the other services are choked or illusory unless we are 16/4.    Nothing else will suffer if we focus on 16/4 ... money, fame, entertainment, sankirtan, family, administration...

Thank you so much for always be there for us Gurudev and make huge endeavor for pushing this wonderful movement foward. I really know that purity is the strenght and that is the real mean of conquer. I feel that the only thing i can do is keep trying my best to overcome this anarthas!

I hope you dont kick me off from the shelter of your lotus feet!!!

Trying to purify my service,

Your fallen servant,

Nikunja Bihari das.

HpS - In our current circumstances we get bored and lonely sometimes, so we read stuff from Gutenberg.org, take too much fruit juice and condensed milk...   Somebody else can't stop a heroin addiction. Room for improvement at every level.  Usually there is a good reason why be a subject to greed, lust. What is it?  Probably many valid reasons.  Investigate.Chant HK all the time we are attracted and engaged in our greedy things.

Thank you so much for your association!!!   Respects to everyone.

Your news from MDP is very inspiring.   Who else is there now???

Hare Krishna

Todas las Glorias a Sri Sri Goura Nitay

Todos las Glorias a Srila Prabhupada

Por favor acepte mis más humildes reverencias.

Maharaj, una vez más le escribo un nuevo reporte para que esté al tanto de mis avances, como lo había expuesto la vez anterior. Durante los últimos días he podido vivir con mucha alegría la distribución de libros de Srila Prabhupada. Afortunadamente he podido encontrar aquella inspiración en los devotos que están constantemente en el campo de batalla, y ello me ha llevado a una entrega sin esperar nada a cambio. Hemos estado distribuyendo libros por el barrio universitario aledaño al Templo de Santiago. 

ASA - Jaya. Es area muy interesante.

Lo que es en relación al canto de mi japa, he podido comprobar diariamente, que una buena modulación y apego a los Santos Nombres de Krishna, es algo bellísimo. Gracias a vuestras instrucciones, mis rondas han subido de números y he sentido aquel néctar que necesitaba dentro de mi camino inicial. Todo ello también, va enlazado a la asociación con aquellos devotos que me inspiran y guían dentro de esta senda.

Como muestra de mi gratitud, y como me lo había solicitado, le envío una fotografía de la Salagram Sila decorada para la recién pasada festividad del Señor Nrisimhadeva.

Se despide su  aspirante a sirviente.

Bhakta Miguel Ángel.

PD: Podría sugerirme algún texto en particular?

HpS - Los recuerdos de pasatiempos de Krsna pro Uddhava en primero parte de tercero Canto.

06/03/16  Esteemed Guru Maharaja:   Hare Krsna!!  Dandavats and Pranams     All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!!!!!!!!

For some reason, microsoft kept on blocking access to my account, so there was delay in accomplishing the edit for you.  Computer was at Geek Squad off and on.  Finally got the problem "permenantly" solved and then finished the project quickly.  Did the hard copies arrive on Tues?  I sent them next day mail, so they should have.  Did the attachment of soft copy open correctly?   If I did not correctly perform the assigned task, please let me know so i can further edit it quickly before you leave on next preaching mission.  Thank you so much for allowing me this seva.

Thank you most sincerely for the quality time we were invited to spend with you in Boise!!!! Becoming acquainted with God Brothers and Sister there was really a blessing!!!  Adjusting to non-temple life upon returning was really difficult.  Of course, taking Radha-Gopinatha's darshan upon return did soften the blow!!

etc:  You may remember Jaya Krsna Das.  He and family attended our home program here last year.  He asked you a question.  You said that, by his question, you could see he is in mode of goodness.  Anyway, I mention him because he has asked me to ask you a very specific question.  He is one of the most strict (attention to detail is remarkable) and serious devotees  I know.  It would not have occured to me to ask you the following question.  Knowing him makes me realize how little advancement I have made.

Question:  There is a website developed by a disciple of yours, Prahlad Nrsimha Das.  It is vedabase.com, an offering of Bhagavad Gita As it Is  in Tamil language.  Jaya Krsna Das has been asked to help with the editing or proof-reading of this e-publication.  Prabhu has assured him this project has been ok'd by GBC.  However, it is important to Jaya Krsna Das that you also have sanctioned or "authorized" your disciple to carry on this service.  If you are not agreeing with this service, then Jaya Krsna Das will respectfully decline to participate in the proof reading.  If you have "authorized" your disciple to do this service, he will be glad to help and is waiting for your reply to make his decision.  Authorized by you?

Lastly, thank you very much for teaching me the correct way to lead Maha Mantra kirtan at Boise Temple.  At Sac ISKON, the group just will not respond unless the kirtan leader leads the response.  I don't know if its the size of the room and the devotees are spread out, or the acoustics are poor so they can't hear each others voices, or what.  But, I have just become used to leading the response after doing so for the last two years and now do it without thinking.  When you gave me  instruction during the kirtan, I  lost my train of thought.  Because of my head surgery, this can happen and it is really difficult for me to find the connection in my "data base" again.  When I'm fully engaged and there is an interruption, it's like my brain crashes and I can't find the neuro-connections again for awhile.  It's like i temporarily seriously forget what I previously knew how to do. (Don't get a brain tumor is my advice (;>))

You are always welcome to correct me. I wonder you don't do so more frequently since I'm such a fool.  It may have seemed as if I was offended. I was not.  The truth is that when I suddenly loose the neuro connection mid-task, it is quite un-nerving, quite disconserting, almost like I don't know where I am.  It's a little scary.  Even though I understand the phenomonon, it is an emotional experience for me.  Hope this is clarifying.  You would have no way of knowing this about me.  It is fairly common for people with post-traumatic brain syndrom.

Remaining your devoted and unworthy servant,

Kalindi devi Dasi

HpS - ASA -- Harer Krsna!   AGTSP   paoho.    Yes!    The hard copy arrived.   The soft copy opened and I was able to glance at the contents. They seemed fine. Thank you!      We talked with Dr. Samaresh and Rama-giri-dhari Das in India this morning and now we are editing the Promotional Flyer that will be the first use of the Prospect List. We will use it again and again and maybe update it and put it into a Database.
Thank you very much for the information about the brain reaction. Is very interesting. As a devotee it gives you such a chance to see how the donkey works and realize that you are not this Donkey.

Yes, Prahlada-nrsmha Das', Vedabase.com project is approved by the European BBT, Vanipedia and the BBT Archives. It is officially a branch of the ISKCON Anjana Suta Academy whose GBC Secretary is Tamohara Das, and we, as far as our authority goes have the very best wishes for him in the project. He is a very, very nice person, with a very, very, very, very nice wife and we discuss with him his ideas for the project. I don't really see any better Sankirtan in ISKCON than this project. Of course, there are other projects just good.

Send us more news as it occurs!
Come with us to the next letter!

Estimado Gurudeva si esta carta ya le llego? no estoy segura por eso la mando una vez más, espero se encuentre bien de salud y en su predica, estamos algo locos, comienzo a entender que soy obsesiva como Ud. eñaló en algún momento, y eso me trae muchos problemas, estamos tratando de seguir nadando en medio de este océano, a veces estuvimos muy mal, priorizando cosas temporales, calentura casi a punto de perdernos, pero gracias a Ud. sabemos que es una locura, lo real son los santos nombres nuestra medicina.

Este mes nos visitan muchos Gurus esperamos recuperarnos por completo, volveremos a distribuir libros en otras modalidades no solo buses, y continuaremos solo en la mañana enseñando en colegio, agradezco a Fray Luis de León, a Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, e incluso al hablar del universo pude hablar de la invocación del ISO, tal vez no sea la mejor maestra pero mis alumnos van a cuestionarse mucho, fue un respiro poder  hablar de vida contemplativa, de ideales elevados, etc.

Creo que para mi protección y felicidad puedo trabajar en varias cosas, pero aun así, no puedo vivir sin distribuir libros, llego a esa conclusión, siempre que pueda distribuir un libro es como sentir la sonrisa de Prabhupada, en fin creo que solo los distribuidores de libros pueden entenderme.

Respecto del nombre de la escuela, como estamos en el país de los Incas, quisiera una fusión quechua y sanscrito, porque Little bears school,  suena muy americano. Algo como “Yachaywasi jambavanitos”, “Yachaywasi Lava”, yachaywasi es la escuela del saber en tiempos del Inca es quechua. Ya sabe el orgullo peruano

¿Suena bien o nada que ver?

Por favor sus bendiciones, por el momento tendremos pocos alumnos, el 12 iniciamos y lo invitamos a participar un domingo, nuestra asesoras a pesar de la insistencia no se pronuncian, esperamos pronto saber de ellas.

Lo estamos esperando.

Su hija caída:

Yugala Kishora Dasi

HpS - ASA -   AGTSP. Paoho.  Impossible for us to read the whole letter. We are wooden headed Donkeys in Spanish. So we put it in www.translate.google.com.  Honestly I think we are in the same situation. I guess many people are. We do not have a good relgious community, but that is VAD and is for another age. We can only expect society in Sankirtan parnters and even that is second class. First class is to connect to Krsna through many paramparas as our only, secret lover.

Yes, Little Bears, was just a stimulous. Maybe Little Cuyis, or Little Llamas????    Whoever can learn to fight for Rama.   Send photos of your students.