Letters to the editor

Hare Krsna Guru Maharaja,

Please, accept my humble obeisances

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Dear Gurudeva, I am very happy to tell you that the last two weeks have been very profitable for NIMSAR. On Sunday, we got together to work on a 6-hour session defining outstanding issues. Academic and organizational issues were discussed but most  important was to appoint working committees to address important and urgent issues. Need to work regulations and statutes, as well as the mission, vision and values ​​of the institution, not only to define a subtle level, but to be able to commission Mataji Isabelle to the logo design and establish a visual communication strategy appropriate for the blog and the Facebook page. We'll take advantage of Prahladanada Swami and Bhakti Bhusana Swami's visits in november and december and we will request them specific classes organized by the group. We believe necessary to promote academic conferences but also issues related to values ​​and other educational practices necessary for daily and ongoing devotee development. We have defined the details for the NIMSAR's tour group to Chile and Bolivia  and requested the permits for organizing the seminar on the position of Srila Prabhupada in ISKCON commemorating the date of his disappearance. The lecture is in charge of  Karuna Krishna das and he is preparing an interesting and exciting lecture. Furthermore the agenda of the National Education Congress November was defined. 

• 09:30 – 09:45  NIMSAR Introdution (Bhakta Germán)
• 09:45 – 11:00 Philosophy of Education (LAD) (including excerpts of Navigating Academic Waters as a Devotee of Krishna)
• 11:00 – 11:15 Coffee Break
• 11:15 – 12:45 MOE experience (including  excerpts of Sesa dasa and Urmila dd. lectures) (Patrak das)
• 12:45 – 13:45 Prasadam
• 13:45 – 14:15 USA and Europe eduicational experiences (Abhinanda dasa)
• 14:15 – 15:00 Retrospective of education in Perú (Karuna Krishna dasa)
• 15:00 – 15:30 The Bhakti yoga introduction course (Jiva Sakti dasa)
• 15:30 – 16:00 Bhakti-vrksa as an educational alternative (Omkara Krishna dasa)
• 16:00 – 16:15 Conclusions and closing (LAD)

We look forward to your comments

 HpS - ASA - AGTSP!!!  Paoho. We wish to comment that this seems great.

Yesterday we had a chat with Hanuman Prabhu and about 12 devotees on Leadership in education, this event was organized by NIMSAR and had excellent results. It was a high level discussion and many opinions about the educational future of ISKCON were expressed. We also talked about transformations within ISKCON and the role of education in these times. The devotees were pleased with the event. We trust Lord Jagannatha to inspire us to serve more and better to His devotees. I'll be reporting you next ekadasi, Gurudeva.

I say goodbye to you, begging for your health 

Your servant

Bhakta Germán

HpS - ASA -- Very nice. Now we look at last letter. As we have noted in the other letters today we are struggling to stay awake in the warm office afte lunch. Now we are starting to develop a head-ache. Ha! Ja! Ga!!!!

Dear Gurudev please acepte una y otra vez mis respetuosas reverencias a sus pies de loto. Todas las glorias aSrila Prabhupada! todas las glorias asri sri Radha Madhana Vihari!!

Aqui le envio fotos de mis alumnas en chile la primera es del 2011, las otras son cuando viaje por primera vez a chile  por el 2006,2007 y tuve alumnas niñas que son sus aspirantes a discipulas suyas como govinda y radha govinda, seguro las conoce, era un grupo de niñas y adultas, muy muy linda expriencia!. lafoto del niño pintado de azul, hizo de Krsna, esto fue en el primer ratha yatra de cordoba. La ultima foto muestran las deidades de JBS que tallo franco para que se realizara el primer Ratha Yatra de Cordoba y fue la primera vez que vine a Cordoba a bailar para el señor Jaganatha!!

Espero pueda empezar  a dar clases en marzo del prox año, le pido una y otra vez sus bendiciones. 

En breve le envio una carta. Muchas gracias por toda Su gran misericordia y perdone please que le envie las fotos tan tarde.

Please perdoneme cualquier ofensa.

Aspirando a servir el polvo de sus pies de loto:  Japa prati jalpa Radha dd.
ASA - Los Deidades de Jagannatha aparecen muy bueno!

Haré Krsna Querido GM

porfAvor acepta mis humildes reverencias

todas las glorias a Srla Prabhupada

Esa pregunta que me hizo de que si quiero seguir ese programa de joven o durare así hasta viejo me ha puesto a reflexionar mucho.

en el programa del bus tour de centro América tube muchas pruebas debido a que me enferme de dengue y me costó mucho ser consciente de Krsna, casi no salgo vivo y no me refiero al cuerpo.

Decidí pedirle a P aravinda q me enviara a México DF porque no pude resistir el ritmo.

ya llevó casi 4 años de una maratón de sankirtan a otra maratón a de sankirtan sin parar a un ritmo muy intenso, quizá podría durar unos 2 o 3 años más así pero seguro q no toda mi vida.

Viviendo ahorita en el templo me he dado cuenta q me quiero volver experto en cocinar, tocar instrumentos, leer, estudiar, vestir a PRABHUPADA y experimentar un poco de bondad para empezar a desarrollar cualidades brahminicas para poder algún día servir a la deidad en el altar e igual también aquí podemos salir a sankirtan y hacer un grupo de sankirtan.

yo quisiera consultar con usted querido padre espiritual pues he analizado mucho lo que usted me escribe y no quiero especular en esta desicion, a usted que le parece mejor para mi vida, ¿sigo con el intenso ritmo de sankirtan sin parar? ¿O me tomó un periodo en el templo igual con sankirtan pero también aprendiendo otras facetas de la vida espiritual? 

Porfavor instruyame sobre qué es lo mejor para mi, que es lo que más lo satisface GM ?

muchas gracias mi querido GM, lo que más deceo es poder servirlo toda mi vida.

su sirviente

Vrajendra Kumara Dasa

HpS - ASA - TlgaSP.  Pfanrh. No se los detalles. Si es Sankirtan viajero y Sankirtan desde el Templo. Pujari. Eso es la epoca de Sankirtana, entonces acuerdo de la naturaleza de uno, uno tiene que adoptar una posicion bueno.

NOI 8 tiene diferentes niveles de desarrolla de nuestra Sankirtan. Si es Sankirtan viajero o Sankirtan por meodio de adoracion de Radha Madan Gopal tiene que ser continua, continua y inenso, y continua, intenso y amplio.

O.K?

Possible hace tiempo clarificar mas su posicion en el movimiento de Sankirtan de Srila Prabhupada, pero un estandard bueno es: "Como esta mejorando mi Japa y 4-princiopios esta servicio?" Consultacion que sus asociados que conocen su naturaleza bien.

Hare Krishna Gurudev

dandavats 

Please accept my humble obeisances

All glories to Sri Sri Goura Nitay

All glories to His Divine Grace A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami  Prabhupada

All Glories to You Dear GuruMaharaja

Dear Gurudeva I want to thank You for asking about this useless aspiring servant and tell You that due to Your Mercy this donkey is healthy, a bit thinnery  but it is better that way....My dear daughter Radhika is healthy too. I see her in the school in the break time.(every time i can i give her some Prasadam). Now i am not working.

I am following 4 principles without problems, I am chanting 20 rounds daily, woreshipping Sri Sri Parama Karuna Goura Nitay Altar and reading Krshna Book, Nectar of Instruction, Bhagavad Gita however because i am a fallen person i still attached to this material world.

I would like to tell You that i have the association of devotees from Tarapoto; every vaisnava feast we went to distribute some prasadam, sing, and preaching to diferent poor places. I also helped Prabhu Maha Bhandu in two Books Fairs.

Prabhu Yadhu was here two times, he was in my house. He has plans to live here and buy some lands. Also came Prabhu Bhadra Rupa Das and Madre Maha Vidya D D from Germany.

Well this is all for this time... I want to thank You again for all the service You do. May the Lord Nrisimha always protect You .....

dandavats  ..laksmi narayan d

Hare  Krisna  Hare  Rama !!!!!  Srila Prabhupada Ki Jaya!!! Hanumatpresaka Swami Maharaja Ki Jaya!!!

*please forgive my ofensese.

Attached is my altar

HpS - AGTSP very nice. Paoho. Thank you so much for the news. You have the nicest thing to sell, Krsna! So let us see how you get more and more customers.

Relationship with your good wife is more simple now, clear?

Please write from time to time!!  We need a reporter from Tarapoto! Also very nice to hear about Yadu. We worry about him.

Your altar is like heaven!

Dear Gurumaharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

I wish to inform you on how things are going. Principles and japa according to standard, and attempting to inject more feeling and sincerity.

. . . . HpS - ASA - !

Still, honestly said, it's a turbulent mental state, Gurudeva. Not much silence. The last two months i started going out for sankirtan by myself in the next big town. While i'm on unemployment benefits it is a nice thing to do, and it works miracles for my KC. Your question about collecting addresses, i hand out temple cards and invitations, and sometimes i share my personal email, but i don't ask for people's data. I heard some seniors say book distribution is not so potent if you don't keep in touch, but it feels awkward to me because i don't wanna infringe on people. Should i ask people anyway?

   ASA - It is very personal. There is no harm doing what you fell is natural.

Scores are: 3 gita, 25 SSR, 16 Path to Perfection, 20 Chant & Be Happy.

    HpS - Very, very nice!

I was trying to do something useful for Srila Prabhupada by seeing for publishing On Chanting Hare Krishna, but so far i didn't make much progress. Copyrights and the BBT giant needs some understanding from my side, communicating with the Dutch BBT person went slowly. The project is put aside for now, because something else came up. Already for a few years RNS devotees think about translating the Journey Home, and finally it is getting tangible. I am so fortunate to get to do the translation. I deadlined december 4th, with extra space until 23rd. I hope you can appreciate this. It is impertinent to ask for your blessings after things are already decided, but without them it will not be very auspicious.

HpS - ASA - God bless the book.

I'm happy with it, especially now that i finally have some project. So far several attempts to start something didn't really take off. So i will dedicate myself as much as possible, and i shall stay in Amsterdam temple for a while sometimes to get more work done. My wife is not too happy with my 'crazy energy' if i'm at home too much of the time.

My work as editor for Dutch ISKCON magazine will change. People weren't very interested, so subscriptions faltered, Benelux council said. At the same time i was thinking how to make it more attractive, and i started to create some new vision, but then out of nothing i was told GBC decided to terminate, and do a Dutch translation of BTG instead. "In Italy it worked." I wasn't asked anything, just a notice after the decision was made.

    HpS - Hmmmf! People just don't know how to respect a good man! (Or maybe we are idiots and they just did the right thing. Ha, Ha, Hare...)

So after deliberating I decided to quit my contribution. On one side I see the servant shouldn't care about the details, but on the other side I don't like such kind of dealings. Instead I will work more on expansion of Dutch online website content, after Journey Home is finished. It dawned on me that I do serve my own agenda Gurumaharaja, i have to admit.

I had some nice exchanges with Dutch seniors while preparing for RY Amsterdam, and it inspired me to keep growing as ISKCON devotee, so that one day i might be qualified to do something that will please you and Srila Prabhupada Very Much.

I'm very happy for the South American yatra. They derive much inspiration from your coming visit. It's a wonderful life this way. Thank you very much, Gurumaharaja. May you inspire people ever more.

Your aspiring servant,
Raghava Pandita dasa

 HpS - ASA - AGTSP. Paoho.   Just keep going ahead. Look for a nice job where you can give you association to the workforce slowly and gently and make money and preach. Look for place to continue with the publishing efforts. You are certainly on the right path, 20-times over! Krsna will certainly send you all kinds of possibilities!!!

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Please accept my humble obeisances

Dear Guru Deva:

In these days I could have listened to beautiful classes of Mahatma Prabhu. Training to be able for devotees' service. I visiting some devotees but more time a new bhaktas.

I'm tryng to share and learn with them. We have big challenges, as helping to develop a balance in the personal activities that is propitious to Chant. I try to wake me to Mangala aratik everyday just when I sleep too late I wake up late but I'm Chanting in morning. and taking the challenger to keep me in the way to follow ISKCON for all my life. Just appreciating the favorable things and suppressing the envy and lust of my heart.

I'm using siksa program (by Congregational Development Ministry), I think that is very important tryning and learning. The Education Program is very need for development congregation. I pray for you guide to can keep good rounds and chanting between the devotees.

your simple crew member AniruddhaKrsna Das

HpS - ASA --- AGTSP. paoho. It is very nice to hear from you. What book are you going to write? It should be a story about an owl and rat, no?    Maybe somebody else. Tell us about the story.