Letters to the editor

Hare Krsna, Beloved Gurudeva:

AGTSP, AGTU, PAMHO

Sadhana - Gurudeva I was not present all days in FMP due to on April 12th I have a surgery in my eyes the technical name is eye iridotomy (the thing is that I had I inherited from my father the narrow angle in the eyes and if I did not have an operation there could be the possibility of going blind). The surgery was a sucess Hurray Krsna. ¡¡¡¡ Now I can cross that off my list.

ASA - ... and the Black Witch will add two more things to the list. 😟

Jambavan, before submitting his resignation letter of Miraflores asked me to be in charge of pujari. I was very honor with his offer, nevertheless, I told him that I am busy but my desire is always serve the deities so I was going to be part of the pujari team.

I am not going to enter in details here, but then all the situation started to turn unbelievable, the same authority supports the same "lady " to be part of the junta in Miraflores and all her family involved in the service including the treasure hahah (very subtle). Anyway. Jambavan wrote a very complete, concise and chronological explanation about all the things that happened.

Some devotees including me denounce these facts and some authority replies in one paragraph of his letter and I am quoting " this handful of devotees that are pushing these accusations do not have the right to talk about morals and ethics."

I was shocked when I read this. Palika dd, for instance You know her SHE IS A LADY. Anyway Gurudeva, I am pretty disappointed about this whole situation. We as devotees, we were just requesting something fair and sane for ISKCON Peru and then this authority threatens us

I quote again: " in relation to disturbing the peaceful conduct of the affairs of ISKCON and that they are taking the risk of being restricted of participating in ISKCON:

Well, I can say that I have Krsna, SP's ISKCON, You, some really good friends devotees in my heart and I treasure within it, all the unforgettable things that I experienced being a devotee. I have my deities, my japa, gayatri. And that "the authority" can not take those away from me.

HpS - Sometimes there is lack of communication and "authorities" are acting on that. Sometimes they have been captured by The Witch, as we all can be, like Jayatirtha Das' situation and we have to work sincerely to keep our little part of ISKCON sane and work to keep the International Society sane.

One time the big temple in Berkeley, San Francisco, was going into the hands of Kritana ananda Swami when we was leaving ISKCON. President, local GBC, GBC Executive Committee had all given up on it. Six city lots big in very prosperous part of Berkeley, but we decided to do what we could and that rallied everyone and then they said, "thank you, we can do it from here"!

It is very painful and the level of corruption and impudence has already exceeded my tolerance limit

HpS - NoI 3 ... Niscayena. How much tolerance? Unlimited

How much? UNLIMITED.

??? U N L I M I T E D ???? This is Srila Prabhupada's movement and we will struggle with proper, healthy, happy, proportion to do our share to see it a good institution.

On the other hand, Karuna Krsna das called Janapavana das to request that some of the furniture that you left in the ashrama be stored some place else due to he is going to rent the asram. So in my house I have your bed, one altar, one cabinet (this one is locked I do not know if you have valuable things in there), one desk. I am attaching the pictures. So, Gurudeva what do I do with these things?

Patraka das is requesting if he can have the altar for his gorgeous silas and deities.

HpS - ASA --- None of the things "belong" to us. We bought the bunk-bed for the Ashrama. There is another top part. The table, the altar are just part of the room.

The cabinet has some stuff.

LoB bi-lingual hard copies etc.

Some nice stuff.

It can all be distributed to proper persons.

Gandharva Das had the keys?

Is there a combination lock?

I think I have the combination.

Well Gurudeva this is all I have to inform

See you tomorrow in FMP

Your eternal servant

Candramukhi dd

HpS - Thank you for the news. Which is crazier? ISKCON Peru politics or Peru National politics?

😎

TGSP/PAMHO

Hare Krishna muy querido y siempre recordado Gurumaharaja!

Lo extraño mucho!! pero cada vez que me invade el sentimiento de separación por usted, canto mi Japa con más entusiasmo y le mando mensajes a través de Paramatma🧡 (por eso no le escribo muy seguido)

Mi pareja y yo salimos de Tacna Perú, estábamos trabajando de anfitriones en un parque acuático donde el dueño nos permitió saludar a los 2000 asistentes diciendo"Gauranga! Haribol" incluso el dueño nos pidió los dulces maha Haribolitas para que él pueda regalar. Luego pensábamos ir a México para verlo Gurumaharaja, pero el servicio nos trajo a Bolivia, Prabhu Kavi nos dió la misericordia de realizar un servicio trascendental que no lo merecíamos pero de alguna forma fuimos los elegidos (de seguro es porque necesitamos asociación) el servicio fue llevar en secreto el primer murti de Srila Prabhupada a Bolivia 😱😍 Tontamente yo pensé que sería fácil pasar la frontera de Bolivia con un extranjero europeo (mi pareja) una caja de 67 kilos que decía FRÁGIL (Srila Prabhupada) y mi mente que siempre cree que puede solucionar "todo" ... Pasamos por la fuerza de la naturaleza (huayco justo en el día que estábamos llevando a Srila Prabhupada y tuvimos que regresar de la frontera de Bolivia para quedarnos de nuevo en Perú) la furia de las personas (manifestantes que cerraron la frontera por 3 días) y el compromiso de cuidar con nuestra vida "la caja" (Srila Prabhupada) Nuestra fuerza fueron la Japa y hablar todos los días con prabhu Kavi y madre Govinda Nandini. Estábamos en un pueblo donde no hay pagos con tarjeta, no hay transferencia de dinero, todo muy rústico. Luego nos dimos cuenta que Srila Prabhupada quería predicar los santos nombres en ese pueblo, los pobladores nos ayudaron a pasar la caja con la imagen de SAN PRABHUPADA el Santo Hindú que predicó los nombres de Dios y repartió alimento espiritual por todo el mundo. Así pasamos la frontera Perú - Bolivia después de 4 días.

Ya en Cochabamba Bolivia nos dimos cuenta que hay muy buenos devotos esforzándose por mantener programas de predica en sus hogares. Madre Govinda Nandini se preocupó de que tengamos todo lo que necesitamos y mucho más de lo que merecemos. Prabhu Rangapuri le manda sus reverencias🙏 Una pareja de devotitos jóvenes del programa de prédica de madre Govinda Nandini nos están ayudando a distribuir los dulces maha Haribolitas, empezamos con 19 en Perú y ahora vamos por 60 en Cochabamba. Srila Prabhupada!!! Harinama sankirtan!!!

Estamos tratando de seguir las instrucciones de prabhu Kavi (quizás servicio en el templo de Miraflores que se va inaugurar) las rondas son la base de todo como dice Srila Prabhupada. Luego todo vendrá según sea el plan de Krishna como dice usted. Le pedimos sus bendiciones para que KRISHNA nos revele su plan y Srila Prabhupada nos brinde la fuerza y deseo para realizar servicio.

Le pedimos al Señor Nrishimha que lo proteja siempre 🙏

Tratando de servirlo:

Su hija Yasoda devi dasi

(Aún recuerdo cuando usted confundía mi nombre diciendo Devaki? SITA? Yasoda?)

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TGSP/PAMHO

Hare Krishna, very dear and always remembered Guru-maharaja!

I miss him so much!! but every time the feeling of separation for you invades me, I chant my Japa with more enthusiasm and send you messages through Paramatma🧡 (that's why I don't write to you very often)

ASA - Oh! Those are your messages!

My partner and I left Tacna Peru, we were working as hosts in a water park where the owner allowed us to greet the 2000 attendees saying "Gauranga! Haribol" even the owner asked us for Maha Haribolitas sweets so he can give away. Then we thought of going to Mexico to see Guru-maharaja, but the service brought us to Bolivia, Prabhu Kavi gave us the mercy of performing a transcendental service that we did not deserve, but somehow we were the chosen ones (for sure it is because we need association) the service was secretly take Srila Prabhupada's first murti to Bolivia 😱😍

I foolishly thought it would be easy to cross the Bolivian border with a European foreigner (my partner) a 67 kilo box that said FRAGILE (Srila Prabhupada) and my mind that always believes that can solve "everything"... We went through the force of nature (huayco right on the day we were taking Srila Prabhupada and we had to return from the Bolivian border to stay again in Peru) the fury of the people (protesters who closed the border for 3 days) and the commitment to take care of "the box" with our lives (Srila Prabhupada).

Our strength was Japa and talking every day with prabhu Kavi and mother Govinda Nandini. We were in a town where there are no card payments, no money transfers, everything very rustic. Then we realized that Srila Prabhupada wanted to preach the holy names in that town, the villagers helped us pass the box with the image of SAINT PRABHUPADA, the Hindu Saint who preached the names of God and distributed spiritual food all over the world. This is how we crossed the Peru - Bolivia border after 4 days.

ASA - 😮😮😮 We offer obeisances to the dust of your feet.

Already in Cochabamba Bolivia we realized that there are very good devotees making an effort to maintain preaching programs in their homes. Mother Govinda Nandini took care that we have everything we need and much more than we deserve.

Prabhu Rangapuri sends his obeisances to you 🙏 A couple of young devotees from mother Govinda Nandini's preaching program are helping us distribute maha Haribolitas sweets, we started with 19 in Peru and now we are going for 60 in Cochabamba. Srila Prabhupada!!! harinama sankirtan!!!

We are trying to follow the instructions of Prabhu Kavi (perhaps service in the Miraflores temple that is going to be inaugurated) the rounds are the base of everything as Srila Prabhupada says. Then everything will come according to Krishna's plan as you say. We ask for your blessings that KRISHNA will reveal his plan to us and Srila Prabhupada will give us the strength and desire to perform service.

HpS - Yes, in First Canto Arjuna went to Dvaraka to see Krsna's plan of work. So, we want to also see what little place we can find in Srila Prabhupada's orchestra.

We ask Lord Nrishimha to protect him always 🙏

HpS - Thank you!!! He is so, so, so tolerant. We are so happy when we manage to have a little sincere ability to serve Him lunch, do bath etc.

Trying to serve it:

His daughter Yasoda devi dasi

(I still remember when you confused my name saying Devaki? SITA? Yasoda?)

HpS/ASA - We always remembered who you were! Our rascal mind likes to carry on.

How is your "Hero of the Poor" father?

More news.

ISKCON Florida

🐗🐄🐄

There was an Eco festival at the Alachua, New Raman-reti, temple farm today … was very nice… there were classes on mozzarella cheese making, incense making, making compost… dozens of devotee vendors selling prasad, etc

Will try to write an article about it for the blog tmrw.

Also, thank you very much for the darshan this morning 🙏

ASA - AgtSP We hope to see more details! The towns we live in, in the industrialized world, are basically organized by sewer, garbage, water, electricity, ambulance, hospital structures. The schools are rather impersonal. Parents don't know too much about the parents of their children's students.

Who is your Chief of Police, Mayor?

There is opportunity to develop electronic villages. We connect by telecomunication. We don't walk to neighbors, relative's house, we drive .... or fly ----- .

So using this Blog to build ASA into a member of ISKCON that is a community of friends and not just an institution is great.

Happy life.

Bhakti-yoga.

Next step is building physical communities. Prabhupada trying from the beginning. Are we moving into that stage now?

Build a community in Nashville?

Apéndice:

Estoy mandando copia de esta comunicación a Parama Karuna das, le pido por favor no publicar en el blog para proteger a todas las partes involucradas.

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AgtSP paoho. It seems that you are dealing with these administrative challenges in ISKCON properly, as you describe them. Trying to establish VAD in Kali-yuga is a challenge for the citizens and the Kings!

We can mention these things in a general sense here, not mentioning specific names, as you comment.

Thank you for this news. We are concerned to hear about such things very much.

Hare Krsna querido Gurudeva, por favor perdona mis ofensas y acepta mis humildes y respetuosas reverencias

Nosotros sabemos teóricamente que un devoto como Usted está prácticamente en el mundo espiritual y protegido siempre por el mismo Señor, pero nuestra falta de fé hace que nos preocupemos siempre por su cuerpo... Y en nuestra Puja diaria oramos a Nrshimhadeva por su protección... 

HpS - AgtSP. We pray to Krsna every day to reduce how much we abuse our body. We struggle inch by inch to offer proper Bhoga to Lord Nrsmhadeva so that our Body will be satisfied by honoring the remnants. We try to hear from the Parampara and not mundane tidings of the flickering world.

Nosotros estamos bien, hemos estado sirviendo a los devotos y a Sus Señorías JBS, GN, Govardhan y a nuestros KB y G, aquí en Río por cuatro meses.

HpS - Rio de Janero?

Ahora estamos partiendo por un tiempo a Minas Gerais, un estado de Brasil a cinco horas de Río de Janeiro [Aaah!].

El lugar se llama "El canto del Papagayo", llegando vamos a averiguar porque el nombre.

ASA - Gracias!

Dicen que es un lugar paradisíaco, proyecto con visión de establecer una comunidad rural - eco - turistica cómo ofrenda a Srila Prabhupada al servicio de Iskcon de una mataji de aquí de Brasil... No tenemos mayor información por ahora, nosotros estaremos un tiempo allá y quizás volvamos a Río después de un tiempo... Este mundo es muy cambiante.

ASA - 1) Quien soy, 2) Quien Somos, 3) Cual es la plan, 4) Que parafernalia necesitamos.

Hemos intentado resumir todo lo que quisiéramos contarle acerca de lo que regularmente hacemos, pero no queremos robarle mucho de su valioso tiempo...

Voy a mandarle un apéndice.

Por favor perdóneme por ser incapaz de ganar su misericordia...

Su tonto aspirante a sirviente AmD.

HpS - Super. ===:>> Proxima carta!

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Hare Krsna dear Gurudeva, please forgive my offenses and accept my humble and respectful obeisances.

 We know theoretically that a devotee like you is practically in the spiritual world and always protected by the same Lord, but our lack of faith makes us always worry about your body... And in our daily Puja we pray to Nrshimhadeva for his protection. ..

 We are fine, we have been serving the devotees and Their Lordships JBS, GN, Govardhan and our KB and G here in Rio for four months.

 Now we are leaving for a while in Minas Gerais, a Brazilian state five hours from Rio de Janeiro.

 The place is called "El canto del Papagayo", arriving we will find out why the name. They say it is a paradisiacal place, a project with a vision of establishing a rural-eco-tourist community as an offering to Srila Prabhupada at the service of Iskcon from a mataji from here in Brazil... We do not have more information for now, we will be there for a while and maybe we will return to Rio after a while... This world is very changeable.

 We've tried to summarize everything we'd like to tell you about what we regularly do, but we don't want to take up too much of your precious time...

 I'm going to send you an addendum.

 Please forgive me for being unable to win mercy from him...

 Your foolish would-be servant AmD

Querido Gurumaharaja

Por favor acepte mis respetuosas reverencias.

¡Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada!

Envío el respaldo de los datos Guru Tattva, por si es de utilidad.

INICIACIONES en Ciudad de México, Templo de Sus Señorías Radha Madana Gopal 

Ramanavami 

30/03/23

Harinama diksha:

1. Mani kundali Devi Dasi (Marina Xihuitl Rendón González)

Fecha de nacimiento 

31 de Enero de 1989

ISKCON México

2. Jaya Prema Sakhi Devi Dasi (Julia Cuéllar Torres)

León de Guanajuato

Fecha de nacimiento

17 de agosto de 1971

ISKCON México

3. Damni Devi Dasi (Diana Patricia Sánchez Medina)

Fecha de nacimiento: 

27 de septiembre de 1981

ISKCON Chile 

4. Havihsara Devi Dasi (Estefanía Odette Colella Durán)

Fecha de nacimiento

3 de agosto de 1991

ISKCON Chile

5. Narottama Dvija Das (Narotam Orlando Armijo Salas)

Fecha de nacimiento

6 de diciembre de 2002

ISKCON Chile

2da Iniciación:

1. Laghu 

Bhagavatamrta Das (Luis Xavier Dueñas Suárez)

Fecha de nacimiento

29 de mayo de 1990

ISKCON México

2. Alankriti Devi Dasi (Andrea Alejandra Contreras Rosales)

Fecha de nacimiento 

22 de febrero de 1983

ISKCON Chile

3. Parasuram Avatara Das (Pablo Andrés Alcaíno Bustamante)

Fecha de nacimiento

25 de septiembre de 1986

ISKCON Chile

4. Sripati Das (Sebastián Felipe Velásquez Quezada)

Fecha de nacimiento 

1° de junio de 1987

ISKCON Chile

Refugio:

Manyari Devidasi Sosa Flores

Fecha de nacimiento

10 de diciembre de 2002

ISKCON México

*Se entregaron las recomendaciones impresas en Monterrey.

Adjunto capturas de los archivos que se recibió. 

Vuestra eterna aspirante a sirviente

Asta Sakhi dd

HpSwami - AgtSP!! Paoho otra vez y otra vez. The help you have offered to us, Srila Prabhupada, and the devotees is wonderful. Thank, thank, thank you.

We posted the list to Jayarama.us/kd/guru-tattva.txt

May Krsna help us all control our senses and mind, and become more and more competent members of Srila Prabhupada's Sankirtan chorus.

Let us look at a few more letters.

Thank you!!! ! !