Letters to the editor

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I present my respect and sincere reverences.

Thank and glorify Srila Prabhupada, who always are giving us shelter in his lotus feet.

And especially I offer my respectful obeisances to Sri Baladeva, who is  showing me His wonderfull mercy.

I ask the Lord Nrisimhadeva always take care of you.

We are so happy because your near visit!!!

We will welcome you with a nice garland and sweet prasadam mangoes <img alt="smiley" height="23" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/regular_smile.png" title="smiley" width="23" />

There are something that I can do to serve you maharaja? I know about graphic design, so if I can serve to you, please let me know.

I would like to tell you that I am very happy! My older sister wants to become a devotee. She has gone through a bad time after her divorce, I tried to support her and to have a conversation about philosophy, this and other events have been helpful with her connection with her spiritual life. Now she is taking care of her 3 children, is becoming a vegetarian and sings 1 round per day <img alt="smiley" height="23" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/regular_smile.png" title="smiley" width="23" /> she is a very nice person. On the other hand, the group of Bhakti Vriksha "Nitai Gaura" is growing, a couple of weeks ago we organized a workshop on vegetarian cuisine and food offering, the class was led by your disciple Rohini Kumara das and the devotees were very pleased, my sister took part also, she is now having the association of devotees. Everyone was happy <img alt="smiley" height="23" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/regular_smile.png" title="smiley" width="23" />

Furthermore, I would like to tell and consult you about a situation. Time ago I bought a kanti having this beautiful very well painted tiny wooden forms of Lord Jagannatha, Baladeva and Subhadra. They are very cute! I didn’t use the kanti because a few devotees told me that while not strictly deities, because they represent Krishna and I cannot expose them to the same use as an accessory. So I had them on my altar. And for months I’ve been feeling a great desire to serve them, make them clothes, turbans and fans, making Subhadra a wool braid and, well, every time I see tiny flowers they seems like garlands of that size. They inspire me so much devotion; I've bought ribbons and laces in the usual colors with the intention of dressing them in dhotis and a sari for Subhadra. I know we should change them daily, they should have their pajamas, beds and all that excites me greatly, but I would like to have your permission to do so.

Meanwhile Krishna is calming my heart and giving me His great mercy, I asked Isvari mataji (NIMSAR’s treasurer) to give me service at the temple and she put me in charge  of the clothes of the small deities of Gaura Nitai and Jagannatha Baladeva and Subhadra in Wilson!!! This makes me feel that Krishna knows the wishes of all and in His infinite mercy He satisfies His devotees generously  =')

About sadhana we maintain the 4 principles, I'm trying to chant my 16 rounds in the best way that I can, sometimes it’s hard to maintain the concentration, but I'm working on it. Germán is teaching me yoga and ayurveda principles,  this is helping me to improve concentration during my japa chanting and other activities, I feel healthier also. He is very strict with his sadhana, that inspired me a lot.  

About readings, I finished the Maha Bharata, Judhistir Maharaja is a great personality! Very inspiring!  It's fine if  I  start to read  SB? Or maybe first,  I should read The Bhagavad Gita? I read it,  but  10 years ago.  Also I think is important the Nectar of Devotion, but I don't know. What is the book I should  read now Maharaja?

I thank to you,  the other day I was sad and confused, and I remember you saying "under a bad situation: smile and chant Hare Krishna" so I did, and like magic, every bad feeling  left me. Then I not only smiled, I laughed.  By the grace of the spiritual master, the ocean of afflictions can turn in a little glass of water! Thank you Maharaja! Sorry for writing so much, the next letter will be more concise.  Please, give me your blessings so I can chant and serve in the right way.

Thank you very much for your time, I appreciate a lot.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

All glories to you.

Hare Krishna

HpS - AGTSP Paoho. Thank you so much for your letter. I can't understand what you mean by "kanti"? Kanti usually means neck, throat. Lord Siva is Nila kanta because his neck is blue from taking poison. So, kanti mala means neck beads. Then if you had some nice little images of Jagannatha and Baladeva and Mataji They would be too small for dressing etc, no????

In any case, yes, we can offer service to Them. First thing is love, second thing is cleanliness and third thing is punctuality. Fourth is all the parafernalia, like bed, clothes etc.   O.K?

Everything, Bh. Vrksa, it all sounds so nice! Hare Krsna.

Krsna will give us different challenges so that our soul will wake up more and more. By the mercy of the previous Acharya and Lord Nitya-ananda, the disciple can do more than the previous Acharya. That means YOU.

I think SB or even CC might be the best book for you to try. Don't be afraid to just pick up books and read them at random and then some systematic program should also develop!

More news!

We will be in Lima in six weeks and like two days. No?

Hare Krsna beloved Gurudeva

AGTSP 

PAMHO ¡¡

 I hope this meets U in really good health ¡¡¡¡

Our Sadhana is ok fixed in mangala artik, 16 rounds daily, our reading MUST improve ¡¡¡ But the new BV semester will help a lot ¡¡¡ 

Our life has changed a lot, we are not in charge of pujari anymore but we have service as pujari in wilson, also we go to chosica once a month, but we guess that on December we will go all Saturdays due to on January we will go the ASA TOUR ¡¡¡ and will be absent for two months ¡¡¡

We continue helping Jagad Guru for the Latin American Congress in Education ¡¡¡ we like really like the meetings and the group we work with ¡¡¡

Being in a relationship is really nice we learn a lot from each other, specially to be tolerant, and symphatetic. For me is a new service. I try to do it with patience and dedication. We as ladies  protect them  and get strong by being chaste right Gurudeva?? What else can I do to help him???

 HpS - ASA - Well, AgtSP!     Paoho....  You are (almost) Bhakti-vaibhvin, no? So, what have you learned practically about Stri-dharma in your studies? Starting from Upadesamrta, NOD, BG, Isopanisad, SRIMAD BHAGAVATAM: Canto One, Canto Two ... Three...  Where are there good instructions how to execute your Dharma.
Everyone is waiting for your answer!
 

It is really nice try to do service together. On Govardhana puja we did service in pujari and the whole festival was really nice ¡¡¡ NBD has so many good qualities that is very easy and natural for us to serve him. But we have a lot of challenges to face also.  However we know that by putting Krsna in the center, worshiping the deitiy and being fixed on Sadhana everything will be all right. Please Gurudeva any further advice may U have???

ASA - Same as above to start with, no?

Tomorrow is Ratha Yatra ¡¡¡¡¡¡ uffffff many many devotees specially young devotees made a lot of effort to carry on with this festival ¡¡¡

We hope that Lord Jagannatha may be at least a little please with us ¡¡

JAYA JAGANNATHA ¡¡¡

We are attaching also one picture from Rama Vijaya we did the flower dress for Sita (the small one)

Thank u for your daily associaton ¡¡

Trying to be your disiciple [disciple] '0'

Candramukhi dd

HpS - ASA -  We add some Rathayatra photos. It is very special chance to go from Vaidhi-bhakti to Raganuaga Bakti to even Vraja-bhakti in the mood of Radharani. Pull Then back to Vraja.
CC Madhya 13.120-133. Then Lord Jagannatha is in Vrndavana for two weeks or more after the Rathayatra, so Wilson will be Vraja for two weeks. Prabhupada requested a festival every day during this time and then a return Rathayatra. You could take little Deities back. If we try to arrange all these festivals Laksmi Devi will help us.

Todas las glorias a srila prabhupada

Porfavor acepte mis sinceras y respetuosas reverencias, querido gurudeva, aquí nadiya reportándose, mangala artik, 16 rondas, 4 principios y lectura del nityananda cartamrta “el señor nityananda rompe la danda de sannyasa del señor caitnya mahaprabhu”, servicio en la cocina del puyari, cada dia aprendo a cambiar a sus señorias radha madana vihari, ya se hacer turbantes <img alt="smiley" height="23" src="http://hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/regular_smile.png" title="smiley" width="23" />, acostamos los lunes, los miércoles levantamos a la deidad con p. gadai, eso hace que me levante a las 2 am y pueda cantar unas 8 rondas como me gustaría despertar todos los días, jeje para poner ese habito en mi vida y también estamos publicando resultados de sankirtana de chosica.

Aquí  con nuevos cambios en chosica, ahora le cuento que tenemos presidente p. kesava das es el nuevo presidente, y justo cuando hubo elecciones en peru el prabhuyi también entró como presidente al templo,  el ambiente se torna como si fuera pasar algo muy maravilloso en el movimiento, los devotos se sienten muy entusiasmados, en las fiestas de domingos el prasadam general es gratuita, y eso hace que la gente venga más seguido entre devotos y personas de afuera,  intento hacer un poco de sankirtana en el templo a la gente que viene.

Tendremos ratha yatra el 9 de noviembre con maharaj praladananda swami, una gran oportunidad para salir con libros, gurudeva los libros de srila prabhupada me está salvando la vida y yo quiero ser agradecida entregando a otros este conocimiento tan puro y perfecto, soy tan débil de entusiasmo que necesito de un grupo de sankirtana para poder realizarlo y que mejor salir con los devotos en el ratha yatra. P. Gadai muy feliz con sus silas, el las adora y son su propia vida.

En este tiempo aqui en chosica experimentando diferenctes servicios me he podido dar cuenta de que yo quiero servir a Srila Prabhupada en su sankirtana como ; Distribución de libros, harinam, food for live, y otros programas de predica, guru maharaj, no me veo estar en un templo toda mi vida, yo quiero salir a afuera a dar a otros lo que me dio  srila prabhupada, y siento que la predica  es lo que me llena y me hace muy feliz, agradesco a krsna y a ud. por darme un buen esposo que le gusta la predica y que siempre me está enseñando con su ejemplo mi vida ya no tiene sentido si no puedo hacer harinama sankirtana, estoy como un leon encerrado con ganas de salir a la jungla.

Gurudeva me entraron muchas dudas respecto a;

1°¿El matrimonio de isckon también dura hasta en goloka vrndavana? Sabiendo que en los vaikuntas hay parejas de esposos que sirven a krsna pero no hay lujuria.

HpS - Pienso normalmente ser esposa en ISKCON, mundo material, no significa ser pareja en el mundo espiritual. Ser mujer aqui no siginfica ser mujer alla. Pero un relacion muy intenso, mas que pareja aqui, entre los jivas quienes fueron pareja aqui eg. dos perritos de Krsna.

2° ¿Cómo saber si es maya o es krsna cuándo hay problemas en un lugar?

HpS - Tiene que consultar con Krsna, Brahmanas y Escripturas Vedicas. Canta Hare Krsna muy bien (Dios, Krsna), ver la situation de los consejos de Srila Prabhupada en su 100 tomos de libros, y hablar con 6-buen devotos como neecesita! 

3° Gurudeva una vez ud. Me dijo que el matrimnio es una formalidad, que significa eso.

HpS - Es un citacion. La boda es una formalidad, pero no sin significado. El matrimonio es un relacion mas subtil. O.K?

 Muchas gracias por su paciencia su hija, nadiya n. d.       

Los chicos en casa:

HPS - Si, los fotos son muy bien. Muy buena suerte con la Rathayatra. No solamente vender libros a la gente pere despues cultivando ellos y convertiendo a sankirtaneros mismos, no?

HARE KRSNA DEAR GURUDEVA,

PAMHO,AGTSP!!!,

WE HOPE YOU ARE FEELING HEALTHY WHEN YOU READ THIS LETTER.

IT IS LONG TIME AGO WE WANTED TO WRITTE YOU TO TELL YOU THE NEWS.

WE ARE GOING TO HAVE NOW BHAKTI VRKSA PROGRAM EVERY SATURDAY AT HOME (ONCE A MONTH IN THE TEMPLE), IN COOPERATION WITH BHAKTIN ANNA WHO LEADS BV GROUPS FOR MADRID TEMPLE. WE ARE QUITE INSPIRED TO DO THIS ( WE HAVE SOME IDEAS TO DEVELOPE IT).<img alt="smiley" height="23" src="http://www.hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/regular_smile.png" title="smiley" width="23" />

I (SANANDA DD) WILL JUST BE PART OF THE DEVOTEE CARE TEAMS (I WILL NOT LEAD IT ANYMORE, DUE TO SOME HEALTH ADJUSTMENTS I NEED TO DO). WE HAVE NOW TWO GROUPS FOR DEVOTEE CARE (MADRID AND SPAIN) IT IS SO NICE. THIS SERVICE MAKES VERY,VERY HAPPY.

WE ARE WRITTING OUR ESSAY FOR THE FIRST CANTO, IS THE LAST THING TO FINISH IT ( EXAM AND PRESENTATION WAS OK, WE THINK).

APART FROM THIS WE ARE ALLWAYS READY TO HELP IN OTHER TEMPLE ACTIVITIES, SUCH DEITY WORSHIP, SOMETIMES GIVING CLASS, CLEANING...ETC, AS MUCH AS OUR ENERGY AND OTHER RESPONSABILITIES ALLOW US TO DO.

I JUST WONDER IF THIS PLAN IS SATISFAYING TO YOU, FOR  PLEASING YOU IS OUR DEEP WISH.WHAT DO YOU WANT? I OFTEN FEEL LIKE A BLIND PERSON TRYING TO HIT THE DARTBOARD, I WISH TO BECOME A SIMPLE DISCIPLE THAT IS ALL. PLEASE GUIDE US.

YOUR ETERNAL SERVANT

BHADRA VD & SANANDA DD

HpS = ASA - Jaya! AGTSP . . . We just want Srila Prabhupada to be happy, and that way it goes back Krsna in Vrndava with all the Vrajavasis, and all They want is two more ducks to decorate and play with them in  Radha-kunda.

So the first requirement is too escape from The Witches Castle.

Ask yourself: How is my Sanga and job and religion helping me to follow the four regs? Have I given up smoking Havana's and a box of Dutch Chocolates each night before I go to bed, forever?  It sounds like you are living like a Brahmana, but Goswami life is still up ahead.

You have to be a part of a practical plan such as: On the third of November we meet with the planning counsel of Madrid to organize this festival which we know will attract this many people and we will educate them like this!

Have you got that situation yet?

hare krsna maharaj, pamho

we saw in DTC 35$ for journal accesss. you can give us the articles name we can do for u. IITB must be able to access it

regards,
harsh 

HpS - ASA - - - A G T S P !   paoho, thank you, but we can also go to Vanderbuilt University (VU) and at least get free reading access. Maybe printing access for free, but that does take about an hour trip and costs about $15, but we can also do other work the same time, but if you can do it with no strain on your baby-milk-money then that is O.K. If there is some expense we could even pay for it from NIOS somehow or other.

Try:

Journal of Analytical Psychology
Number 59.3 pages 391-409, June 2014
Author Vicente L. de Maoura

It is published on-line by Wiley and Sons

Sri Krsna Sankrtana Ki Jai!

Hare Krisna beloved Gurudev,
Please acept my humble obeisances,
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
Here we are at Eseiza airport, soon mangala aratik in SM, we are heading to Pay Roo, meet with CMDD and her family, devotees , Rupanuga das, and of course Sri Sri Radha Madhan Bihari.

I want to ask you about your current sankirtan work in education and with Carl Jung. What is the purpose of both programs? What is your goal with them?

What kind of programs are more suitable to accomplish your goals?

What we should do in order to help you better?

Shall we read Carl Jung biography? Is this program only to psychologist? or more like a bridge to bring people in general to KC?

Shall we make research about education in our local countries? I found out that Peru is number one in education with the 79% of his population finishing high school. Of course we aim to another type of education.

How important is for us to study Bhakti Sastri and Bhakti vaibhava in order to push education in ISKCON?

We are in good communication with our gothbrothers/sisters in order to organize your south american tour. I'm trying to cooperate with everybody, cordoba, bs as, chile, peru.

Our plan is to make a short visit to cordoba, very very short to bs as so we can go to chile for the symposium.

Please enlighten us so we can help you better.

Trying to serve you.

Nikunja Bihari das.

HpS - AGTSP!  Paoho. Are you still in Peru? How was the visit with everyone?
You have asked many questions. Would take a long time to answer in some ways. In general the answer is there in the INtroduction to the Upadesamrta: We want to study the literature left by the Six Goswamis (Srila Prabhuapda's Purports) so that we can help Lord Caitanya in His mission of giving the Science of Krsna to the world.
In that respect we have to understand our spiritual level and our material nature. Carl Jung is a good area for us to work. Srila Prabhupada appreciated him. The practical results just go on leading us forward and help us to refine how we want to approach him.

Lord Caitnya took Sannyasa from Mayavadi sampradaya to reach a certain audience.

If your nature reacts then yes, read Jung's biography. Is nice perspective for a devotee. Abhirama Das in Lima has good copy.

Our approach is to re-read the biography, Tavistock lectures and now we have found some of the Jung Journals and some good articles there. We had so much to do with these other education programs in ISKCON such as primary school, but we are reducing that and also the administrative work in Bhakti Vaibhava etc. We now have time to start reading the Journal article. One we read introduces a very nice scholar and he gives references to other Jung works on Oriental psychology and how to realate to it.

So, that is how we shall go ahead.

Main thing is to meet the people, meet the people, meet the people. As we learn about Jung and his followers lets meet with them. That's all:

We remain pure by our Sadhana
Krsna sends innocent people (Jungians et al)
They remain patiente  to understand the actual situation of this material world.

SANKIRTAN