Letters to the editor

NitayGouraPremanande, querido y siempre recordado Gurudev,

HpS - ASA --- Jaya, Jambavati Devi Dasi. Tenemos su foto otro lado del cuarto en nuestra altar. Muy bien oir de Vd.

por favor acepte mis humildes reverencias, 

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada!!!

Estamos comenzando la época mas bonita del año que es la fiesta trascendental de la Maraton de los Libros de Srila Prabhupada,

Podemos consagrar nuestra meditación en planear como distribuir mas libros, estoy organizando mi participaciòn de tal manera que no afecte mi salud, intercalando una semana de descanzo, actualmente me encuentro en la ciudad de Morelia y luego continuo en Uruapan estas ciudades estan en el Estado de Michoacan en el Centro del Pais, desde hace un mes invitè a varias Matajis que participen en la Marathòn junto conmigo pero, siempre una excusa de respuesta,

Las devotas internas quieren apoyar los servicios del Templo y las devotas externas estan muy ocupadas con sus labores familiares,.....la invitacion es sencilla y divertida: quieres venir a jugar con el Señor Nityananda? èl es Suki y los devotos que por su misericordia ingresemos al juego trascendental con èl,

Vamos a andar  embriagados de felicidad por las calles con los libros, sonrientes jugando con todas las personas, al comienzo con timidez luego poco a poco nos volvemos adictos, las cosas de este mundo material se perciben como murmullos lejanos,  

" aha prabhu Nityananda premananda Suki, mocsama patita Prabhu....Querido GuruMaharaja cómo agradecerle tanta misericordia?  sólo por su Compasión ésta alma caida puede acceder a tan elevado servicio!!.....

HpS - ASA --- Al maximo somos canales para Srila Prabhupada, y aun mal canales.

En tres dias mas interrumpo el Sankirtan y regreso Mexico por un lapso de tiempo que se recupere mi riñón, despues, continuo a la ciudad de Puebla y Veracruz,.....Sankirtam Yajña Ki, jay!!!  quieres jugar? si ?

su inutil y torpe sirvienta

m. jambavati d.d.

HpS - Super.    Mas noticias como puede.  En el libro KRSNA dice que ver Krsna cada dia, aun los ancianos eran llena de energia juventil.  Mejor moriendo en Sankirtan, no?
Espero que todo pasa muy tracendental. Si Krsna quiere puede arrelegar encuentra con alguien quien comprar mil BG, o cualquiere cosa.   Mantiene su pureza.  Krsna haz los milagros, no?  Tambien puede ser muy, muy pequeno milagros exterioramente.

Dear Gurudeva,

Please accept my obeisance’s. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!!!!  

Here we are. A long lone time no writing here in the blog.

HpS - ASA -- AGTSP!    That's what Mani-sati-sita Devi Dasi said in the last letter also.

Always following it. This has been a year of much traveling, looking for balance. Working with therapies, yoga, Ayurveda, Prasadam. Giving courses, etc. Also some Sankirtan book distribution traveling to Bolivia, learning natural building techniques.

In the long way to move from Bs As, very crazy life, to Cordoba, little bit less crazy life. First with the idea to go to the lonely hills, but then changing the idea to a more civilized place with more human interaction.  Times of many doubts, very strong mind.

By moments reflecting in the materialistic perspective of life of how everyone is living as they are never thinking going to leave this body. Many times finding difficult to find some sense to this no sense theatre material world; other than make an inner transformation or help others in that way. Apathetic many times, but then finding light in connecting all as Krishna s gift. Trying to change the paradigm of my heart.

Principles are OK, 16 Rounds are Ok , but with a large debt. Chanting Gayatris, losing many.

HpS - ASA -- Our personal experience, again and again and again. Statement of scriptures... 15% weak/behind rounds = 15% suffering, 22% = 22% etc.   We only neglect our rounds because we are STEWPID.  I am stupid sometimes, chant bad rounds.

Last weeks getting more involved in looking for interested people for your preaching in Bs As, January, is like a dead month in Bs As, but we are trying to look for some possibilities with  Rati manjari, Jhanava, and Dhanya Lalita.

ASA - Jesus says, "The Kingdom of God is only for the completely dead!". Looks like we have the right month.

Talking with some institutions waiting for their answers. There are some important people and institutions that are interested in you and in  Jung and Psychology of Yoga Kundalini, but they are on holidays or closed in January.

ASA - That means they are PERSONALLY available.

Gurudeva, here I attach some photos of some encounters of meditation japa, Mantra Proyect,I was facilitating during this year.

Always remembering you in my heart and in my little intelligence,

Aspiring to serve you,

Madhavendra Puri Das

HpS - Well, its good to hear from you. Yes, KC is 97% internal work (resulting from a lot of external work).
Let's look maybe for personal meetings in January rather than institutional meetings, no?   Also, if all the institutions are closed, the people left in BsAs may be very bored and looking for something different. Kundalini Yoga. . . Sex and Celibacy(?)  ....   Weird, but let's have lots of fun.  Lets have a revolution. Lets get 15% of the BsAs population coming to our program.  Three Radio Shows?

Nice pictures.

Hare Krsna Guru Maharaj, por favor reciba nuestras humildes reverencias.

Nosotros estamos ahora en la ciudad de Lima - Perú, despues de haber estado en Arequipa por 5 dias, estuvimos de Sankirtan y también participamos del programa de Maha Vishnu Swami y los Harinan Ruci, programas de Sankirtan, Harinama y distribución de alimentos (Prasadhan[Prasadam] ), muy bonitos e inspiradores programas.

Ahora aquí en Chosica, pudimos encontranos con Prabhu Jagaj Bandhu, Brahmacari, lider de Sankirtan y encargado por el GBC de difundir la distribución de Libros en Bolivia, Perú y Ecuador, discipulo de Jayapataka Swami.  

Tuvimos la misericordia de conocerlo hace 3 años y este año lo vimos en Bolivia, organizando la Marathon de libros y  ahora volvimos a encontrarnos en Chosica con el Prabhu.

Le pedimos a Prabhu Jagaj Bandhu que sea nuestra autoridad de Sankirtan, a lo cual ACEPTO muy amablemente.

Nuestro Sadhana esta bien, tratando de que mejoremos en la salud, los 4 principios siguiendolos...lectura de los libros Caitanya Caritamrita y Nityananda Caritamrita, 16 rondas y mangal Artik.

Bueno Guru Maharaj me despido.. Hare Krsna!!!!

Gadai Gauranga Das

Nadiya Nivasi Dasi

HpS - ASA -- Hare Krsna!    Muy bien!     Pienso encontre al Jagadbandhu, Ji una vez en el pasado. Esperamos va a ser relacion muy util! Kirtan, Conderencia, Kirtan, Prasadam. Una formula de Srila Prabhupada. Muy bien!  Por favor mas noticias como desarrollan las cosas.
Cuales libros tiene para distribuir?

Guru Maharajá quiero comunicarle como estoy hoy

En este momento estamos con los preparativos en el templo del festival del Ratha Yatra con mucho servicio

Las jornadas aquí son intensas. También estoy participando de una jornada de estudios varios que se dictan los viernes por la mañana, que incluye: lectura de las escrituras, música y danza devocional.

En lo personal estoy leyendo el cap 5to del Bhagabad gita.

Lo que mas quiero resaltar de esta carta es comunicarle que el día 19 de este mes los devotos que vivimos en el templo nos vamos a Uruguay para participa de la maratón de Sria Prabhupada del mes de diciembre. Mi servicio va a ser cocinar prasadam para los sankirtaneros  junto con mi hermano espiritual Adiyajña . Vamos a estar 46 día en Uruguay hasta el 5 de enero aprox.

En un principio la maratón iba a ser en Santiago de Chile, pero las autoridades del templo decidieron ir a Uruguay.

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada!!!

GuruMaharaja, espero que se encuentre realmente bien.

Aquí en Bs As estamos muy contentos y con muchas ganas de verlo para que nos brinde su asociación en el mes de enero. Estamos con los preparativos por su llegada con algunos de los hermanos espirituales.

Su sirviente

Lomasa Rsi das

HpS - ASA -  TlgaSP.  Muy, muy bien. Esperamos puede cocinar y aveces va afuera buscar si puede encontrar unos personas amistoso, inteligente motivado pare presentar un poco de nuestra cultural para ellos.   Por favor unas noticias del marathon.

AGTSP

Esteemed Jayapataka Swami et al,
Paoho....     We hope this meets you in the best of spirits and good health. First we are writing to try to get the best means of communicating with your good self, especially in these GBC functions for Peru et al. Of course, we are super happy to communicate for any other purpose.

Specifically, Peru, Bolia, Ecuador, we are personally experiencing and hear more and more often some distress from devotees about the administrative situation.
1. We very, very, very, much appreciate the efforts of Yamunesvara, Omkara Das, M. Ganga et al, but in trying to organize things we run up against, among others, a problem in the functioning of the National Council. We have been Temple President three times, organized many Congresses etc. and our mode of work is more bureaucratic than Ksatriya, but been praised by devotees etc. for very efficient work.

To cut directly to the essence, some of the National Council members are approaching us about delaying initiations etc.because of certain Resolutions of the Council. These were supposed to have been passed and communicated years ago. We don't remember ever being informed. We asked for copies of the Resolutions so we could all be working on the same basis. The result was that all the Members present expressed that there is no Record Book for the Council's work and that Minutes of Meetings and Resolutions are scattered everywhere and the present Secretary, Jiva Shakti Das, has expressed concern that he has asked repeatedly for the documents so that they can be put in order and has not received them.

I realize that these are formalities. The basis of our administration is our Vaisnava relations, but without these minimal administrative abilities it seems to us that the work cannot go on in a straight forward fashion and we should admit that the Yatra is not functioning and go from there.

So, just to make it a practical action statement, we are requesting now that the operation of the National Council in Peru be suspended unless a practical copy of its Record of Meetings Book can be made available and the function of the Council be taken over by your good self, Zonal Secretary.

2. O.K. Moving onward to the next parade: What about making Mathuresa Das Regional Secretary for Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador? We have discussed this with many others, proposed it about 5-years ago and think it would be very practical. I feel that Prabhuji would be able to communicate your mood as Zonal Secretary and has been doing a lot of the work already.

3. Individually and with our contacts in Peru we have been developing this academic sankirtan slowly but steadily. The practical result is that the National Library has very enthusiastically agreed to co-sponsor an internaltional symposium in June on "Psychology of the Sacred". We are already in contact with very prominent scholars in India and Europe to participate.

We are keeping this letter short, and we certainly are only proposing things in any strong fashion because we sincerely feel that it will give fantastic help to all the devotees, and heroic administrators in our Peru Yatra. As far as I am concerned ISKCON Peru can be very reasonaly considered one of the most crucial countries in saving the world.
Thank you,
Hanumatpresaka Swami
USA phone +1 209 505 3219

Hare Krsna!

Esteemed Advisors, Directors, Officers and Friends,
We are in ISKCON's Nila-madhava Dhama in Houston Texas.

1. We have a short meeting scheduled with the accountant for the proposed Goloka Foundation incorporation at 6.30PM. We will try to find out what is the extent of the work he will be doing. We need to know if the Incorporators need be be personally present. We sent him a short e-mail and then had some sharp exchanges by texting.
2. Dr. Samaresh said that he would read our last letter with Mission Statements for Solaris magazine, and Goloka Foundation, and if there were any comments he felt he should make he would get back to us. We have not got any news from the esteemed Prof. but this may be because of personal inconvenience or failure of the internet from India.
3. We will call him as scheduled, Sunday at 9PM India hour, 9.30AM Houston hour.
4. We sent an e-mail to Dr. Mabbett in Australia expressing our solicitations and warm feelings and asking for his current address and phone number so that we can send a copy of "Bharata-samskriti" to him.
5. We tried a few times to meet by telephone with Rama-giridhari Das about all of the ISKCON and NIOS educational work, but are still trying. We will succeed.
6. We have tried twice to contact H.H. Bh. Caru Swami's staff to see who in the ISKCON Kolkatta Temple can help us and Dr. Samaresh with NIOS work in Kolkata. One of his disciples is working here in Houston and we will try to get his USA phone number and other contact details from her as soon as we finish this letter.
7. The Peru Symposium, 'Psychology of the Sacred', has moved ahead with Abhirama Thakur now charged with making up a serious budget in consultation with Miguel and Ramon. Also the Logo competition for Solaris is being published

Still pending is:

1. HpS's Welcome Address for the "Man Making..." volume.
2. The Promotional Brochure for "Bharata-samskriti" being edited by Dr. and Sanjaya.
3. We will see if the first announcement for the Peru event is at the Library Web-page and then we will contact Shonu Shamdasani at University of London and we can start serious arrangement for Dr. Samaresh and Smt. Nandini's visit to USA and participation in Peru event.

Thank you.
Our health is O.K. as long as we are sane in our habits.