Letters to the editor

   Yasodanandana Das : Por favor Gurudeva, Acepte nuestras humildes reverencias a sus divinos pies de loto! Llevamos tiempo deseando escribirle un reporte sobre.......no sé  por donde empezar; Gayatri, bastante regulado pero necesito profundizar aun más en su significado, como puedo mejorar? Japa, trabajando duro, siempre mejoro cuando conecto con Japa joe........un dia usted me dijo que son 108 salagram silas y que las adorase con todo el corazón, eso intento. Hemos acabado el dico Salsa-rasa-lila, muchas hora  de trabajo intenso pero muy feliz con el resultado, Espero que a usted y al Señor Krsna tambien le resulten agradable. 

   Un amigo devoto, Kesava Bharati Prabhu, Discipulo de Bhakti Caru swami ha vivido y trabajado en swissa como cirujano por 30 años, ahora vá a abrir un centro de predica en Alicante y nos pide que le ayudemos con su proyecto, seria abrir un restorante-biblioteca dentro del campus universitario de Alicante, Kesava Bharati Prabhu pondria todas las facilidades necesarias para cambiar de ciudad minimo por un año, a nosotros nos gusta la idea, pero que piensa usted?  Nos dara sus bendiciones Guru maharaja?

  Ekadrsti d ,d :   Querido Guru Maharaja, el dia 9 de agosto nacio la pequena Yamuna, vispera de Balarama, el parto fue casi celestial como usted nos vaticino. es muy buena y tranquila.  Nitay y Vrinda solo quieren cargarla y besarla. Son unos devotos maravillosos, predican a la familia y a los amigos de manera sorprendente e inteligente! Son muy entusiastas con las fiestas (julan yatran en casa con los devotos) y  se pelean por bañar a las deidades en Janmasthami  y Radhastami. Cantan a menudo la cancion de Radha jaya Madhava dayite y la de Nrsmhadeva, les gusta mucho. Hacen guirnaldas de claveles de la india para Goura Nitay. A veces quieren comer algo y lo ofrecen a sus deities, Radha-Krsna ,  Jaganatha, Baladeva y Subhadra de tela y Hanumanji de madera de sandalo y  Srila Prabhupada en foto. Nitay dice cosas como "que lo mas bonito de este mundo es el amor por Dios·" y Vrinda recoge florecitas y se las pone a Gopal y a Radharani en el altar y le gusta ayudarme cuando vestimos a las deidades. Fue una experiencia inolvidable para ellos los cuatro dias que pasaron en la granja para el cumpleanos de Krsna, jugando todo el dia con amigos, los hijos de los devotos, felices, en su mundo- Vaikuntha! 

     Esperando llegar a tener un dia la cualificación de Discipulos sinceros a sus pies de loto, sin más.......Yasodanandana Prabhu y Ekadrsti D,d le ofrecen respetuosas reverencias.

                GRACIAS GURUDEVA. HARE KRSNA.

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Yasodanandana Das: Please Gurudeva, Please accept our humble obeisances at your divine lotus feet! We time wishing write a report on ....... I do not know where to start; Gayatri fairly regulated but I need to further deepen its meaning, how can I improve? Japa, working hard, always improved when I connect to Japa joe ........ one day you told me you are 108 silas salagram and that worship with all my heart, I try. We finished the doctor Salsa-rasa-lila, many hours of work intense but very happy with the result, I hope you and the Lord Krsna also will prove enjoyable. 

    A devoted friend, Kesava Bharati Prabhu Disciple of Bhakti Caru Swami has lived and worked in Swissa as surgeon for 30 years, is now going to open a preaching center in Alicante and asks us to help with your project, it would open a restorante- library within the university campus in Alicante, Kesava Bharati Prabhu would put all minimum necessary to change city for a year, we like the idea facilities, but you think? We give their blessings Guru Maharaja? 

   Ekadrsti d, d: Dear Guru Maharaja, the day was born August 9 the Yamuna, Eve Balarama, small delivery was almost heavenly like you I predict us. is very good and quiet. Nitai and Vrinda just want to load it and kiss her. Are wonderful devotees preach family and amazing friends and smarter! They are very enthusiastic about the holidays (julan Yatran home with devotees) and fight over bathing the deities in Janmasthami and Radhastami. Often sing the song Jaya Radha Madhava of Nrsmhadeva dayite and, like a lot. Make garlands of carnations to Goura Nitai India. Sometimes they want to eat something and offer it to their deities, Radha-Krsna, Jagannatha, Baladeva and Subhadra fabric and Hanumanji of sandalwood and Srila Prabhupada in picture. Nitai says things like "that most beautiful in this world is the love of God ·" Vrinda and collect flowers and put them to Gopal and Radharani at the altar and loves to help when we dressed the deities. It was an unforgettable experience for the four days they spent at the farm for the birthday of Krishna, playing all day with friends, the children of the devotees, happy in his world Vaikuntha! 

      Hoping to one day get to have sincere qualification to his lotus feet Discipulos no more ....... Yasodanandana Ekadrsti Prabhu and D, d offer respectful obeisances. 

                 THANK GURUDEVA. HARE KRSNA.

HpS - ASA - AGTSP paoho. Super news! You are one damn lucky Cuban!!! <img alt="smiley" height="23" src="http://hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/regular_smile.png" title="smiley" width="23" /> Your kids may be some kind of super stars as they grow up. AGTSP!

Project with Kesava bharati Das seems nice. I cant tell any details from here, so of course use some care and caution, no?

I have trouble with the Gayatri's also. Srila Prabhupada doesn't seem to talk about Their meaning much, so I guess it is mostly, just chant then and They will manifest their confidential meaning to us.

I hope we are getting enough news out about our Sankirtan to be useful to you. Lets look at a few more letters. We really need your association. The Salsa-rasa-lila is available?

AGTSP!!

PAMHO!!!

Hare Krishna querido guru maharaja, espero que se encuentre muy bien de salud, le escribo para darle el reporte del Festival Jala Yatra en Monterrey México.

El festival se realizó el día domingo 3 de agosto en el cual asistieron aproximadamente 120 devotos de la comunidad de Monterrey y Saltillo más los invitados amigos de krishna, se rentaron 3 embarcaciones para realizar el paseo de Sus Señorias Sri Jagannatha Baladeva y Subadra, la procesión se realizó desde el centro de predica hasta el Paseo Santa Lucia, el recorrido en bote duro una hora, después de ahí realizamos harinam a pie alrededor de la Macroplaza, donde la lluvia se hizo presente durante todo el recorrido, la procesión finalizo en un quiosco, donde realizamos algunos cantos de bhajans, clases con S.S. Guru Prasad Maharaja, danza bharatanatyam con Radha d.d., Food for Life: 220 litros de néctar, 700 pakoras, 36 kilos de arroz, 900 platillos distribuidos, Distribución de libros, y actividades con los niños, terminamos a las 8:30 pm con un Kirtan dirigido por mi hermano Bhima Hari, una servidora se encargó de la organización y logística del programa, así como de la recaudación de los donativos para la realización del mismo.

El Periódico El Norte, hizo un reportaje del Recorrido que realizamos en las embarcaciones del Paseo Santa Lucia

Entre otras noticias tuvimos la maravillosa visita de Su Gracia Mahatma Prabhu quien nos acompañó durante 5 maravillosos días de los cuales 3 de ellos estuvimos en un Japa Retreat donde nos enseñó algunas técnicas del canto del Maha Mantra, este retiro fue realmente iluminador, entre otras maravillosas clases como la del perdón, y la vida en el grihasta ashram, yo tuve el honor de poder cocinarle durante 3 días seguidos.

Dentro de las Noticias del Centro de Predica Guru Prasad Swami creó un comité el cual está conformado así:

• Presidente: Gadadhara Gosai das
• Vice Presidente: Sankirtan das
• Tesorero: Abhay Caitanya das
• Secretaria: Draupadi devi dasi

Estamos constantes con el servicio a Sri Krishna, las rondas han mejorado mucho gracias a los consejos de Mahatma Parabhu, mi hija Jahnavi ya cumplió 2 años y le gusta mucho el kirtan, estoy un poco desconcertada en cuanto a la educación para Jahnavi, pues mi madre quiere que ella estudie en una escuela pública, sin embargo a mí me gustaría que ella tuviera una educación con asociación vaishnava y entonces quisiera que usted me pudiera aconsejar, si seguir viviendo en monterrey o vivir en un lugar donde mi hija pudiese estudiar con más devotos ¿Qué puedo hacer?

Su eterno sirviente

Lalita Madhava D.D.

HpS - AGTSP google.translate... Thank you for the report! I guess it was good that there was rain, no? I hope the festival was a lot of fun and now the city and the devotees want to expand it more!

School for children. If the devotees can do it with just a few children that is enough, but if not then Seventh Day Adventists schools are nice

And if they are not available then public school can be O.K. if you have strong program in the morning and even in the evening for the family. If you are Krsna conscious, that is the best teaching!

Hare Krsna
All Glories to SRI SRI GAURANGA NITYANANDA
All Glories to HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada.
All Glories to you.

Please accept my humble obeisances to Srila Prabhupada and yours lotus feet.

Dear GuruMaharaja:
        Hope this letter found you in good health.

HpS - Ha! Ha! At 66-USA years our vision, hearing, memory etc. are going. But by Guru-kripa we are dying a useful death. And your Donkey?
 

16 round ok, some days 20 paying delayed,  4 pples ok. 
I try to be more consciousness in my Japa, not work, searching offences to holy name to improve it ... 
I started to read "vaisnava compassion" of Satswarupa Das Goswami, and BG often.
Janmastami and SP app full of service, thanks of Gaura Nitai's mercy.
Keep helping in building of Gunagrahi Das Goswami place here in the temple. 
Not much association with devotees, only service arrangements...
And Vrindavana Viharini DD invite me to help in the offering to Sri Sri Gaura Nitai.  What u think about that? I should go or my Consciousness is not prepared yet?

HpS - You mean cook for Them? It seems like it would be nice!!

Gurudeva I start to make arrangements with people of my University checking the University webpage I found a seminar of JUNG!!! 3 meetings in 3 weeks. I started to go there with Luis, he is who  organized the seminar with psychologists during your last visit. He is a great devotee to work, we go there hear the class, for be honestly I not understand many thing they talk about but Luis explain to me. We prepared your presentation with the Prof. who give the course, one of them are a important man here because he translated one of Jung books to Spanish, I made the first contact last week and tomorrow i will give them your presentation + cv + cd with your class in health centre. I asked to my senior godbrothers to help me. I´m really afraid to ruin it. If you want I can transcript and translate the seminar.

HpS - AGTSP - Please coordinate calendar with the Ambarisa Das. We posted our visiting days to BsAs in another letter to the Blog today.

The web page, autodidact way continue, but...........  Krsna is so so so so merciful and send Bktn Belén, she know about that web development!!!
Gurudeva please empower me to can make the arranges for yours conferences be successful. I know you will come here only to preach, please ask to Krsna make aside my foolishness and everything goes well.
HpS - ASA - We are trying to contact a B I G Web-designer here in Tennessee who is friend of NGD to help with the NIOS page. He wants to help. We can co-ordinate with him if Krsna wants. You all should go to school here for one year, MTSU, and get a diploma.  <img alt="devil" height="23" src="http://hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/devil_smile.png" title="devil" width="23" />
 

 
I not qualified to make any direct service to your feet but I'm so fortunate and Krsna give me that chance. I will make my best. I confide in my Japa will help me to improve.
In my previous letter you ask me about my goals, my goal is participate in spread Srila Prabhupada knowledge everywhere i can, go somewhere and give Krishna Consciousness to people.  I know is not possible to do it alone. Because of that I adjust to Krsna arranges to show me the better way to proceed.

inutil Please apologize my offences to your feet, hope some day can be your servant. Thanks for encourage me in Sp service. 
My eternal humble obeisances to you. Sorry for my long letter.

Your useless disciple. 
Rati-Manjari Devi Dasi.

pd. I attach the picture of SP chanting gayatri
pd2: In my next letter i will send u my offering to SP lotus feet.
pd3: search bottom is back! Thank u prabhu!!!
 

HpS - Just 134 more days until we arrive in BsAs. Thank you. You are very, very good servant! You will probably get eternal service in Sankirtan movement very soon!!!!!!!

Toda gloria al movimiento de Sankirtan de Sri Caitanya y Nityananda Prabhu y Sus íntimos asociados.

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada, al Guru Parampara.

Todas las glorias a mi maestro espiritual, SS Hanumatpresaka Swami.

 Por favor acepte mis respetuosas y reiteradas reverencias a sus suaves pies de loto.

ASA - Pies de loco. AGTSP!

Hare Krsna querido Gurumaharaja, oro a Sri Nrsimhadeva lo proteja y le guarde su servicio devocional.

Aquí mi reporte, siguiendo los cuatro principios regulativos y tratando de cumplir nuestra promesa, 16 rondas (no tan entusiastas) diarias )= sankirtana, estamos unas semanas en el templo, frecuentemente servimos en la cocina. Gurudeva deseo aprender esa ciencia, es nuestro yajña. Vino un prabhu gurukula de mayapur y nos dió cursos de cocina védica, Wow Krsna! Nimai Nitai! Sólo uno por pura misericordia del maestro espiritual puede realizar Krsna en el Prasadam... cuando honrabamos prasadam tenía humor del Señor Gauranga, era como una lectura del Sri Caitanya Caritamrta !! :´)  ....... Néctar !!!!!!
Gracias a sus bendiciones nos unimos al equipo de ASA Kids, y estamos apoyando en la traducción de los manuales. Es un servicio que me gusta mucho, al igual que los niños, gracias a Krsna tengo afinidad con los pequeñitos. Siempre he de recordar, que cualquier cualidad que uno pueda tener, es de Usted.  == Krsna es la habilidad del hombre==
Estamos tomando clases de danza, nos presentamos en la embajada de la India y les agradó mucho, muchas personas tienen conocimiento de que "somos Hare Krsna" así que aprovechamos la oportunidad e invitamos a nuestras compañeras a que asistan en janmastami como invitadas especiales de Krsna, son súper súper favorables, oramos por ser utilizados como simples y humildes instrumentos.

Hay una buena noticia: nos aprovaron la visa americana :)) los principales tres propósitos de sacarla son practicar y aprender el inglés, visitar y prestar servicio en los yatras de EUA y sadhu sanga. Es mi deseo pedirle consejo y autorización para que esto sea posible, y si Usted está deacuerdo, indicarme por favor, a qué mandir sería bueno ir. Tengo una tía y prima en San Diego y me gustaría visitarla, mi prima después de un accidente hace 8 años había quedado en coma y su recuperación ha sido muy lenta, siento que estarían felices de que me encontrara con ellas por unos días. Las autoridades del templo me dan una carta de recomendación.

Querido Gurudeva ahora le hablaré de mi lado oscuro, cada vez me doy más cuenta que tengo mucho ego falso, que me asfixia... cómo puedo ofrecer servicio así, cómo Usted magnánimamente puede aceptarlo (!?) Dicen que el sankirtana de Sri Krsna limpia el corazón del polvo acumulado por años.....trato de pedirle humildemente que por favor yo pueda desarrollar y cultivar Fé Inquebrantable en mi Maestro Espiritual.

Bondadoso Gurudeva por favor acepte a esta tonta sirviente a sus pies de loto y nunca permita que me suelte. Disculpeme todas las ofensas que constantemente estoy cometiendo. 
La neófita aspirante a la devoción, Aindavi Devi Dasi.

yuga dharma sankirtana yajña ki jaya!
Gaura Bhakta Vrnda Ki jaya!!!

HpS - Jaya! Puede reducir el ego falso por implementar el ego real. Es una vida mucho mas agradable. Claro todo nuestra processo es para esta fin, pero un tecnico especifica es ver o preguntar de un devoto (o cualquire) como puede ayudar ellos en su servicio. Esta "forces" el mente pensar en los buen cualidades to otros.

Piense San Diego es bueno. Dayanidhi Das y sus esposa, de Argentina son tesorero etc por alla. Sus hermanos espirituales. Despues, claro, Los Angeles, Houston.

Follows the letter we just sent off to our local scholars:

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Jaya Sri Krsna!

Esteemed Murfreesboro Pandits and Mahatmas,

It is such a great pleasure to be even writing to you and what to speak of being able to collaborate with any of your good selves in the near future.

Of course, we are Hanumatpresaka Swami, Professor Huber Robinson, from our NIOS - North American Institute for Oriental and Classical Culture.

NIOS has been having excellent success in accomplishing it's mission of offering classical culture to the modern world.

Very specifically we will continue with our 14th Annual Symposium on the Cultivation of the Human Spirit, again hosted by our President and his good wife, Ravi and Meena Singh at their beautiful garden grounds, 2129 Stratford Road, Mufreesboro, TN 37129, on Saturday September 6th from 3.00 - 5.00PM. From 6AM to 6PM there will also be this traditional, Akandha sankirtan, continuous, melodic, sincere chanting of the Holy Names, to which everyone is also invited.

This year our Symposium Topic is, "The Glories of the Holy Name: Theory and Practice".

There is a very excellent chapter on this in the extremely popular 15th century classic, Caitanya Caritamrta:

http://vedabase.com/en/cc/antya/20

Besides this, your humble servant, HpSwami, will be based in Murfreesboro until we take off for six weeks in South America at the end of December and we would be delighted to discuss any of the varied projects in which we are engaged and any other topics that would be of use.

• Vedic Education: We are principal partners in developing a whole educational system in North America which already has five primary schools and is just starting a franchise pre-school system.
• Carl Jung and the Bhagavata Culture: This is our personal passion and we find it a very, very practical way to make a bridge between East and West with reactions from University students, faculty and even Nobel Laureate candidates.
• Local Life: We have a regular program in the Global Mall in Nashville. We are working to establish an outreach program on the MTSU campus and have a lot of response from foot traffic from our presence in our office behind Toots. Of course, September 6th is the Celebrate Nashville Festival which gets about 20,000 people together to experience cultural diversity.
• High End Academic Publishing: Our next scholarly work, The Contribution of Ancient India Toward Making a Better World,is just about ready for release. It includes contributions from several esteemed Professors, University Chancellors and Supreme Court Justices and Governors of India States. Fortunately it is edited by our esteemed friend and adviser, Professor Samaresh Bandhyopadyay of Calcutta University, a very, very renown Indologist.

Please call us as you can,

+1 209 505-3219

Thank you,

HpSwami - Professor H. H. Robinson

GENERAL SECRETARY NIOS

Hare Krishna Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

Sending report.

We are in Europe (Czech / Slovakia, currently Slovakia). Got new Student VISAs for India last week and coming back to Sridham Mayapur on 24th of August. We are looking forward to be back at Holy Dham!

HpS - ASA - AGTSP! paoho. You are so, so, so, so fortunate!!! It is very hard to get these Visas. I think in the future you may not be able to get it. Hmmmm!?!   Just be able to visit India for some time. Maybe last few months there before you go to Goloka!

Recently Madana Priya dd and me got our legal and Vedic marriage. Vedic marriage was specially nice. Our priest was Mahendra Prabhu, who told us that he had very nice feeling from the ceremony.

ASA - O.K! Now five kids!!!

Few days ago I finished core of new version of vedabase.com. Design/theme is more intuitive and improved to facilitate new features without distraction. There are huge backend changes which were needed for some features like categorization which will come shortly (hopefully) after launch of new version. In June there was over 39,000 visitors, now it is less due to holidays.

ASA - AGTSP. Paoho. We promote it wherever we go! We know you are busy and are anxious for the Index, Personal Accounts with Bookmarks etc.  Looks like there is some work at vedabase.net.

After new version will be running I will try to find some remote programming job for some time. It will allow me to stay in Mayapur and same time get money needed to pay for flat we are going to buy. 

Starting SB 10.11, right now. 16 rounds, 4 principles. Brahma-muhurta wake up problems.

ASA - Usually wake up problem is "stay up late" problem, no? What do we wake up for? If is nice program then we want to wake up. We get more work done better!

Your servant Prahlad Nrsimha Das

ASA - Thank you so, so, so much for this Blog!!! Our respects and congratulations to your good wife!!! Priest!!! All Dhama vasis!