Letters to the editor

     AGTSP!      paoho.   We received a nice hand written letter from Radha-carana Devi Dasi in Vrndavana. She is from Panama but has got the mercy of staying in Vrndavana Dhama for a long time now!!!   (What has happened with Cakori Radha, Vrnda, Prabhu Ji?)...     We are not sure the address of internet where we sent the answer is correct so we are posting here also.  Contains news about chance to serve Radha kunda:

Hare Krishna Maharaj,

Please accept my humble obeisnaces, all glories to Srila Prabhupada.

To night I was on my work related issues and I have some free time (as I was kept on hold, waiting for others to finish their work) and I went to "jayarama.us" archives and when I'm reading (Vedic Vs Myth and optical illusion document), somehow I got  this question.

What is the ultimate goal of this life, "Knowing the truth" or "feeling the truth". What is the purpose of reading all these Sastra's, is it to gradually to raise to the level of "feeling". Knowing the truth or having the knowledge makes the "heart to respond instead mind".

Or serving the Lord, knowing that, he is Supreme or anything else beyond it, in this yoga.

Please pardon my ignorance in regards to the above question Maharaj. I'm trying to make a habbit of the reading the sastras on a regular basis, some how some days, I feel more motivated and some days more like just reading. How do I make the mind go beyond the lines.

Your humble servant

-Srinivasa from Richmond, VA

       HpS - ASA -  AGTSP!    paoho   Is so, so nice to hear from you.  More, more.  We have letters of recomendation for your inititation and for your good spouse and we will deal them more officially when we get to USA after June 1st.  Now we are in the last week of this four month traveling sankirtan!     We are in Spain and Monday we go for the education symposium in Belgium.

Your questions are very good.  Usually, in these industrialized societies we take "knowing" as what Prabhupada calls, "Jnana".  There is very nice essay on this in the Foreward to the Isopanisad, "What is Veda?"   Please read it.    Modern guys, science, is Rational Empiricism. That is Pratyaksa and Anumana as you read the Isopanisad essay.  We see - I know, I see it.   And we speculate - algebra, grammar, logic, on that perception.

    Feeling for modern man is usually feelings that relate to the body, stomach, etc.   When we talk about feelings in the heart it is coming to the fundamental feelings of the Vrajavasis for Krsna.  These dont relate t the body.  This is the ulitmate goal. In the beginning our heart is clouded so we "feel" in the heart through our intelligence, Buddhi, contemplation.  Its very close to the soul.

      So, the answer is, that the jnana, rational understanding that Sastra gives, is to help us get off the gross level of Karma, senses, work without understanding.   It is useful.  We need it.  This is jnana, knowing.  But the goal is feeling.  Not feeling in the stomach, but feeling in the heart.  And to start that will mostly be dhyana, meditation, contemplation. We will be able to read Prabhupada's books with attention. We don't have to understand so much.  We are there with them.

Is a little clearer?   Read the Essay at the start of the Isopanisad!

Hare Krsna gurumaharaja. Por favor acepte mis reverencias a sus pies y sean todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada!

Es mi deseo que se encuentre muy bien y felíz. Se que es así por que está muy cerquita de Krsna. Yo todavía espero que terminen la casa, la está haciendo un devoto, me dijo 3 meses y van 10, huyy. Trabajando mucho con la ira. Leyendo el Bhagavatam y de La lujuria al amor de BTS., mis Deidades Jagannatha, Baladeva y Subhadra me ayudan mucho. Canto las 16 rondas y sigo los principios. Creo que Krsna quiere que deje de ser rebelde y me concentre en El, en el amor, darlo y recibirlo. Realicé que siempre me enojaba cuando algo no salía como yo quería, y ese enojo me alejaba del amor, de las personas, de conocerlas, de relacionarme, quitándome la posibilidad de un intercambio amoroso. Estoy aprendiendo a no enojarme. Mi corazón está muy sucio pero quiero mejorar. Esperando también para empezar a trabajar, cuando tenga la cocina lista. Haciendo hata yoga. Relacionándome con los devotos de aqui. Estoy contenta de vivir en el campo. Esperando su llegada. Muchas gracias por ser mi maestro espiritual, lo quiero mucho gurumaharaja. 

Aspirando a poder servirlo algún día, madre Campakalata dd.

HARE KRSNA! 

        HpS - ASA -  TlgaSP.   Campa de Cordoba, Ki Jai!   Muy bien oir de Vd.  Tenemos noticias del Mar de Plata y ya de Cordoba.   Vamos a ser muy bien informado en la busca para Sita Devi!    Eso es.  En NOI hay mucho de ira.  Claro: Yukta virodha krodha.  Puee encontrar en Texto 1 Significado?      Frustraction >>  Ira.   Entonces necesita ser ocupado en SU Sankirtan. Bien?  Entusiasmo es mas importante que paciencia per sin paciencia se convierta a pasion > ignorancia = ira.   Tiene que ser entusiasta cumplir la casa, su base de Sankirtan. Cual es la definition de entusiasmo por NOI?   Como puede aplicar a cumplir la Casa-Base de Sankirtan?      Como puede desarrolla su Sanirtan sin esperar para la casa??

Todas las Glorias a Srila Prabhupada!!!

Hare Krsna Guru Maharaj, por favor reciba mis reverencias y un coordial saludo desde aqui Chosica - Mandir. Despues de algun tiempo le vuelvo a escribir para manifestarle los planes que tenemos ahora.

           HpS -  TlgaSP   pfanrh.  Dice "URGENTE" en el Subject Field.  Espero que si!!!   "Lobo!   Lob!!"

Nuestro servicio en el Pujari esta finalizando para el 29 de mayo, para lo cual los devotos ya encontraron a otro cocinero, estamos felices por que  cunplimos 8 meses de servicio acá en el Pujari, ahora  nuestro objetivo son los planes de Sankirtan.

          HPS - Pienso Radha Madana-bihari son felices con su asociacion tambien.

Tenemos un plan de Sankirtan para el 15 de Junio, viajaremos a las ciudades de Arequipa, Puno, La Paz, Oruro, Cusco, Cochabamba, estaremos viajando durante 2 o 3 meses entre esas ciudades.

Viajaremos Prabhu Ram Viyai, Nadiya Nivasi y yo, probablemente también nos aconpañe Prabhu Vansi Govinda. Entre mi esposa y yo estaremos llevando 850 libros entre pequeños y grandes.

Por otro lado queria pedirle su permiso para poder adorar a una Sila Dwarka, un devoto me la esta trayendo de India.  Prabhu Tattvavit me va a enseñar y me va a dar todos los detalles de como adorar la Sila Dwarka.

Bueno Guru Maharaj me despido y nuevamente reciba mis reverencias y un abrazo.

Hari bol, nos vemos en las calles...

Gadai Gauranga Das

Bueno Guru Maharaj me despido

HpS - Jaya!   TlgaSP.  Hmmmm..... claro estos noticias de sankirtana siempre son URGENTES....   Muy, muy bien sus planes para Sankirtana.  Super.  Reverencias a Vds.      Pienso el Dvaraka Sila es bueno.  Un Bebe para Vd. y Nadia.             Muy bien!  Entonces esperamos que no solamente encontraron a personas para recibir libro de Prabhupada pero piden a ellos su le gusta, volver y ayudar con la distribution!

Hare Krsna Respected Guru Maharaj,
    Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
    All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
    All glories to Guru parampara.

    Guru Dev, Two question:
    1. What are your projects?

              HpS - ASA -  Jaya.....    AGTSP.....    paoho.   In the Kapi Dhvaja we try to update this.   More than projects we are concerned with associates.   Then the projects are determined by whom we associate with.  SOme work with MED, Ministry of Educational Development, writing a manual of how to start Bhakti Sastri in any Temple and the MED web-page and Bhakti-vaibhava development and other general meetings.  With Latin-America we are working on developing a Tour in October-November-December and a little of Bhakti-vaibhava developement.  WIth NIOS we are trying to develope publick, academic, educational programs but that depends on how young fellows start taking responsibility.

    2. What is your Syllabus for Bhakti-sastrai course.

             HpS - ASA  -  I think this is current!  http://www.jayarama.us/archives/tpp.doc

We think Aja-govinda Das will be helping to edit it.

    I am waiting for new Bhakti-sastrai course batch to start her in Pune. So till the time, I
    want to prepare my self, if you advise your Syllabus for Bhakti-sastrai course.       

your fallen servant,
Girivaradhari-Gopal Das

                 HpS -  Thank you!!!   AGTSP....   Some fotos of temple??

All Glory To Srila Prabhupad millions and millions of times

and all Glory to the Sankirtana Movement by Sri Caitanya that the ISKCON way 

Dear Gurudev

here in Guadalajara we are staring a relation with the universities, we can take cultive of some scholars

we are planig make a good relation with the institution for the Sankirtan program

at date we are staring this relation but with your mercy we can do it

first we are makeg a sankirtan group, for  present performans about Srila Prabhupada books topics, and maken presentation with slade shows, and ever time make more miscellaneous presentation. there are a few devotees in the team but we are inviting so more. I make a record of every devotee about education and service. 

This is the Sankitana strategy.

I'll can send news about the progress

Thaks a lot for your consideration, I study the Guru Astak means that you maked.

your crew member Aniruddha Krishna Das

                   HpS - Jaya!   TlgaSP.     University preaching means intellectual work, but also so, so important is Prasadam distribution, cooking classes...