Letters to the editor

Hare Krsna!

AGTSP

Esteemed GBC Strategic Planning Team,
Paoho....   Thank you for the following letter and invitation. Let us take this moment to organize and express our thoughts on these topics in a manner that we can also circulate for the criticism of others also.

We attended the GSG Sanga which was in 2015 as I remember. We have also attended the last two ILS and one or two other SPT meetings. Administratively we are now a Member of the Latin American Regional GBC, the Executive Committee of the Ministry of Education, have been Temple President for three ISKCON Temples, worked for years with the large scale programs of the Bhaktivedanta Institute and now are acting in our best capacity as Advisor, Administator and Foot soldier for NIOS (North American Institute for Oriental and Classical Studies) which is graced with Tamohara Das as our GBC and Nitai-gaurasundara Das as our President. NGD is Director of a Psychiatric hospital here in Tennessee and his brother is currently President of the nation-wide Indian Lawyers Association.
So . . . we have been involved in the management aspect of ISKCON.

NIOS organized a program jointly with the Indian National Museum on "The Contribution of of Ancient India to Making a Better World". It was innaugurated by Mukundakam Sharma, former Justice of Supreme Court of India and two former Governors of West Bengal. Now NIOS is organizing a very delightful and taxing International Seminar on "Psychology and the Sacred" with the National Library in Peru.

Just writing about this is exhausting.

We have the dates blocked on our Calendar [Feb 6-9] . Of course we can't come to India just for this three day event, but it could fit in with other travel.

In general we feel that ISKCON has become too much advanced in the mode of passion. We also feel that our feelings and opinions are certainly not perfect and want to express them as much for criticism as well as appreciation. One day during the remembered 2015 GSG Sanga the GBC Members were not present and the meetings were amongst Sannyasis who had not much or no GBC administrative posts. The idea that the GBC should look to its Sannyasa community as its source of protection, strategic leadership and ultimate spiritual authority was expressed by several Sannyasis present with citations from Buddhist history etc. Of course, our ISKCON Sannyasa community may not be capable of doing their role properly, but the theory and ideal should be kept and considered the most essential focus of the GBC to develop, no?

When we were discussing this one of the most well know of the Sanga commented that this was all true but if you expressed these ideas publicly then you would be marginalized politically.

In the written evaluations of the meetings requested the following day, I suggested that there was great necessity for more chance for the administratively uninvolved Sannyasis to meet and try to clarify their ideas about their Ashrama and its relation to GBC and Guru tattva, but there was no more meeting scheduled for this. Hare Krsna...

Of course, there are other efforts along these lines with the Sannyasa Ministry but in conversation with them and others, we feel that is a very key aspect of having an effective GBC, Sannyasi, Guru Sanga in 2017.

Awaiting your opinions for our consideration and to carry to our friends at this corner of ISKCON.

Thank you so much for the work you are doing. Practically speaking we see almost no one else doing it.
Your rather fallen servant,
Hanumatpresaka Swami

Querido Gurumaharaja:
Por favor acepte nuestras respetuosas reverencias! 
Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada! 

Hemos leído Su calendario actual. Estamos muy felices y tan emocionados de tener muy pronto Su santa asociación en Mexico, por unas horas, el día 13 de Julio. 
Por supuesto siempre anhelamos tener Su asociación más tiempo. 

Podemos conseguir un lugar de alojamiento muy cerca del aeropuerto.

Agradecemos mucho esta consideración hacia nosotros. 

REPORTE DE PRENDAS PERUANAS 
En la noche de Sri Nityananda Trayodasi, con el permiso y bendiciones de las autoridades del Templo, se hizo una subasta con las 13 prendas que Ud. envió. 
Con la entusiasta dirección de subasta de parte de Vrajendra Kumara das, la contabilidad de Karuna sakti dd y por supuesto las bendiciones de Usted y todos los vaisnavas, se logró colectar 4,470 pesos mexicanos, equivalente a 846,24 soles, que ya fueron enviados a Sus Señorías Radha Madana Vihari. 

El día de ayer, los  devotos de Perú, enviaron turrones Govinda para las autoridades del templo de México con prabhu Tattva vit.  

Muchas gracias querido Gurumaharaja! 
Por favor perdone nuestras ofensas. 

Su siempre y eterna aspirante a sirviente.
Asta Sakhi dd. 

Adjunto el comprobante de recibido de Perú, me advirtieron no publicar en las redes sociales por cuestiones de impuestos. 

HpS ASA - Hare Krsna! Thank you 1,000,000 tones for your letter. I hope on Braja we can spend eternity together serving Radha Krsna and the eight principle Gopis.

Pujaris should have sent DVDs of Temple.

I hope doesn't take 2-hours to get through Immigration on 13-th July.

We can all go to Houston for a week or two after that?

How is the Manasa et al?

HK PAOHO Querido Gurudeva  caundo lo escucho pareciera que su salud es buena ojalá sea así, hemos estado corriendo de un lado a otro, es por eso que no nos enteramos que estaba dando clases en las noches, he tenido caidas no burdas pero si sutiles, mucha lectura renacentista tiene consecuencias, no vemos televisión, pero de internet nos conectamos con el mundo y tambien nos contaminamos, en fin estamos tratando de mejorar, estamos comiendo a deshoras, gordos no, pero si más flacos, y trataremos de equilibrarnos.

De lunes a viernes estamos dando clases en colegios ahora nos toca geografía, ojala nos vaya bien, en las tardes estamos con niños de 7 años, me agrada su dulzura, pureza  y sinceridad, sabados sankirtaneando, hoy poco sankirtana y salio un Gita, y volvemos a dar clases BS on line. y el domingo pujari.  

La novedad y para lo cual le escribimos es comunicarle que estamos abriendo una escuela dominical el proximo mes, para los pequeños en chosica, catequesis en conciencia de Krsna, por favor sus bendiciones para tener exito en esta aventura. ¿Alguna recomendación?

NIMSAR también inicia un curso de medicina integrativa con P. Ramacandra, quisiera ser menos floja con mis lecturas tener mas ingresos, este año al parecer trabajaremos por amor a la enseñanza y no por el oro.

Estamos a la espera de sus proxima llegada, pedimos servicio, pero si no, nos alegrará hacer un servicio practico, limpiar el cuarto y baño.

Quisieramos hacer grandes cosas mientras no se de la oportunidad seguiremos su instrucción tratar de hacer algo simple pero hacerlo bien.

Hari bolo!!!!!!!!!!!!

Su hija que lo adora:

Yugala Kishora Dasi

HpS - ASA --- Hare Krsna. Puedo entender como 91% de su carta. Espanyol horrible (nosotros), pero muy interesante. Si, la television, internet, YOUTOUBE, es el agente de la Bruja muy fuerte. Pero podemos relacionar con Sankirtan.

Muchas gracias su carta, su vida. Mantener un buen equipo de amigas para consejo de su desarrolla.

Tiene que comunicar con devotos en Mejico si puede acerca de su escuela de domingo. Una carta de ellas va  pasar en unos dis aqui. Busca lo.

O.K. 6-minutos hast clase de Hawaii!!

MUCHAS gracias sus esfuerzas. Vd es una gran esperanza para el futuro de Peru y el mundo.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada and his sankirtana !!!
Hare Krishna Gurudeva, please accept my obeisances again and again.

Thank you very much for the previous letter, and we returned it to the siva linga, with great respect, I am now worshiping my personal deities, reading vastu sastra (feng shui) and cooking for sankirtan devotees; Gadai P. and P. Adveita, I like seeing them happy when they take prasadam, is a service that I always wanted to do it, feel it feels serve the sankirtan and good foot still limping a bit, we hope to be better for another week and go dancing in the streets and try to help find her Krishna Radhe.
with respect to menbresia it is like a permit that grants ISKCON centers nama hatha, then I wanted to know if that's important to or can only be as a Gauranga Club, like you. once told us.
In conclusion, Club Gauranga need a document, permit or authorization Iskcon?
Here in the land there is plenty of space, and we hope to build him a house when you. Visit Huancayo.

Hare Krishna dear Gurudeva, Gadai sends greetings

Nadiya Nivasi Dasi.

HpS - ASA -- AGTSP!   As Grhasthas you can open a center, but you cannot call it a formal ISKCON center. O.K?  Just keep good communication with local GBC, President, Senior devotees and ask them if they have any administratvie needs for you to take care of.

Hope the Nadiya-vasi Dasi is dancing in the streets soon also!!!

Dear guru maharaj. Abhimanu is still here entertaining the kids at BDS and going to harinam. I just finished visiting New Gita Nagari. It's a Vedic village established by Bhakti Rhagava Swami on the island of Sumatra. The village is pretty much self sufficient. They use solar, have a school and are working to fulfill Prabhupada's vision. I think you will like it. I would like to live there and teach English. I will send outline soon. Your servant, Ken

HARE Krsna ASA -- Our respects to Abhi.

How old is your donkey. ? .

Hare Krishna

AGTSP

PAMHO

Mis reverencias querido Gurumaharaja. Espero que se encuentre ud bien. Desde Buenos Aires, Aregtnina. Le escribo nuevamente. Hace unos meses le escribí una carta, pero no se si le habra llegado. Le cuento que estoy empezando el bhakti sastri dictado en el templo de bs as hace un mes aproximadamente. Hace mucho que quería hacerlo y finalmente me decidí entregarme al estudio, ajaj. Lo esta dictando Padmajakanta prabhu, un gran devoto.

Tambien semanalmente estamos juntandonos con pankajangri y lomasa rsi prabhu(discipulo de Hridayananda maharaja) para estudiar BG y NOI, como tambien canciones vaisnavas de Bhaktivinoda Thakur, Narottama das thakur y acaryas. Siento que la asociación con los devotos contínua es muy inspirante y es la base fundamental de este proceso.

Gurudeva, recuerdo con mucho cariño su asociación en cordoba hace algunos meses atrás. Espero que se repita esa experiencia.

El yatra de Argentina esta un poco movilizado en estos momentos. Son momentos dificiles para algunos devotos. Pido sus bendiciones para que todo se acomode pronto

Gracias por leer mi carta

mis reverencias a ud

Hare Krishna Hare Rama

ys

Devarsi Narada das

ASA -- We only expect to find a perfect Temple in Braja. Now we can avoid the problems. Let Krsna and Balaram kill Demons in ISKCON.

Go ahead. We have faults. Were try to control term, but mostly were hope our Yoga to correct them at the root.