Letters to the editor

Respected Maharaja,

Please accept my humble obeisances.

Its always source of great inspiration to hear from you in letters/ posts.

Sorry for delay in reply and reason behind delay:

I always feel that I should not waste your valuable time, so I write only when essential. I took some time to reply as I was really not getting any clear understanding of what to do.

please remove these part before publishing on monkeywarrior.com... * However past few incidents helped me understand that I better fit in a position with loose connection with ISKCON management and focus more in preaching through education. A short history of what happened.. - I was preaching in Darbhanga, but then I was told to come out of that place, some other devotees were put for that project. I was doing some little preaching in Patna, I was removed from the position and some other devotee is put with assurance that I can also preach but no practical help. Now I am fed up with ISKCON management. I need at least one fixed place from where I can't be removed and I may assist preaching at other place. Today, with help of another devotee, we went to a temple in a village. I have planned to serve the deities there- Sri Sri Sita Ram Laxman and Hanuman, which will also provide me opportunity to preach to villagers and a fixed place as my preaching base. I have planned to preach there while keeping a loose touch or at least some basic reporting to ISKCON management. *

Previously I has asked your permission for having a personal Gaur Nitai deities. Somehow I didn't execute that. But as the deities in this temple are of Sri Sri Sita Ram, I desperately want to have Radha Krishna deities and serve Them. But I need your permission and blessings for it.

Study Progress:

Because of Pandemic, we have been auto promoted to second year of MA (Sanskrit). So, if I am able to devote some time for it, I can easily manage to get Masters Degree in Sanskrit. I hope it would make my plans for research easier - either through BRC or IGNOU or any other option.

Hoping and praying for your better health and association,

Your servant

Purushottam Keshav Das

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Hare Krishna Guru Dev, please accept my respectful obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! 

First off, I want to thank you again and again for visiting us in August. We are still riding the wave that you set in motion. So many incredible and enlivening programs one after another. It is always a transformative experience having your association and to see the way you penetrate the lives of all the devotees. You bring us all closer to Prabhupada with your authenticity and kind nature. And your transcendental humor! Also, It was so nice to be with all of the amazing devotees that you brought here. There is hope for us with steady determination and your guidance. 

A few things getting off the ground and moving forward for us here. One being, the Krishna Lounge program. A very nice bramachari named Balarama Das Prabhu visited us in the Fall and I got to serve him and cultivate a nice relationship with him. We invited him to play in our kirtan band for a big music festival we were invited to. We played inside a geodesic dome for about 60 people on yoga mats. It was a great program. I lead some kirtan with guitar and our neighbor Bahkta Caroleena lead some songs with her charango( a Peruvian small guitar). It was a great kirtan band that we would like to bring to other festivals.  

Balarama Prabhu was very encouraging and suggested that we start a Krishna Lounge program like they do in San Deigo. So we’ve been talking with him about it and getting his guidance and we’ve gotten some really nice posters, banners, flyers printed, social media advertisements ready to go. Our first program will be on the 20th of January. Balarama Prabhu as well as two other bramacharis will fly in a week before to help us set it up and light the fire so to speak. And then visit periodically throughout the year. It will take place on the cultural center stage and we are finally addressing the acoustical issues and putting in big thick red curtains at the front of the stage and sound baffles above. We will create a comfortable environment with rugs and and cushions and we will serve hot tea. The program consists of kirtan (sometimes with western instruments), a 30 minute wisdom talk(which is basically a talk geared towards new comers and BSU students). Anadi and I are leading the program. We will take turns speaking. With a special guest speaker every month. Then we serve simple western style Prasadam. This will be every Thursday evening. Please give us your blessings to do this program. 

We are also having a really nice and steady Tuesday and Friday morning Bhagavatam class with some devotees. Very great discussions and perspectives from the advanced local devotees. 

Continuing with my maintenance/janitorial services with Kamalananda Prabhu. We are becoming a great team. I’m trying to remember that this may be my best service. It’s thankless and can be very blissful. 

We are all so much looking forward to your return to Boise in the Spring. At least that’s when I heard you will be coming. I will be praying for this and will do what ever I can to make it happen. When you come to Boise could you be our guest speaker for the Krishna Lounge program? 

In the meantime we are trying to associate with you through your classes as much as we can. I listen at work and try to take breaks and jot down notes so I may learn something and know some things by heart. I have a whole book of quotes from you Maharaja. I’m hoping they can be included in the sequel to Twirl Your Beads. Looking forward to diving into your Nectar Of Instruction commentary as well. I’m also really excited about this film that is being made. Diary of a Traveling Creature: The Last Trip. Looks like such a nice creative set up in Lima. Please let me know if I can assist in any way. 

Please forgive me for all of my offenses. I want to be useful to you and to this movement. I heard the other day that the original meaning of the word sin is to miss the mark. For me the mark is my vows to you. Rising before the sun and hearing Bhagavatam every day. Through this higher taste that you have exemplified and passed down, I am slowly losing my taste for sinful life. I have a long long way to go but please don’t give up on me. I need your mercy and you always inspire me to keep trying. Thank you Maharaja.

Your aspiring servant, 

Nitisara das 

P.S. this is Balarama das, the Krishna Lounge poster and my new 12 minute folk opera thing released a couple of months ago. You suggested that I should write an opera one time so one day I found myself doing that all of a sudden. I have offered it to you Maharaja🙏

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Hare Krishna...Hare Rama...

Dear Gurudev,

 Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet. 

 All glories to Srila Prabhupada. All glories to Guru parampara.

 Gurudev, HG Jibesh Prabhuji is doing excellent book distribution. His 16x4 is fine.

 He stays in Mayapur as per his availability.

Your dependent,

Girivaradhari-Gopal Das

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Hare Krishna, Gurudeva! 🙏🏻

Please, accept my humble obeisances!

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!!

As I told you a few days ago on Full Morning Program, finally we got a full pdf version of "Waves of Devotion" from Dhanurdhara Swami's disciple.

As you suggested...I asked Abhinanda das to participate in our team in order to help us in some areas and he agreed.

Also, Candramukhi dd asked to participate.

Now, we are a team of seven devotees: Abhinanda das, Mitravinda dd, Apsara Gopi dd, Candramukhi dd, Rohini dd, Isvari Radha dd and Sita Lalita dd.

It is OK?

HpS - All we can observe is that this is a super important project. This book has helped us so much in our spiritual growth, that it should be done even if there are faults.

Maybe you can divide up the work and then review to see the quality of the translation and the continuity of the style.

🤔 🙂 🙂 🙂

Also, you told me that our brother Jayanta prabhu from Spain can help.

Please, would you clarify me how can he help us?

Should I contact him now?

We are about to start the work..

Please, your blessings, Gurudeva 🙏🏻

Thank you, for your help and mercy..

HARE KRISHNA!!!

Mitravinda dd.

🐘 🐘🐘

Hare Krishna Maharaja!

PAMHO. AGTSP.

I hope you are well and in good health, or as better as is possible. 

It's very good for my life in general to connect every day to your online programs, thank you very much dear and respected Maharaja and all glories to Srila Prabhupada.

I have many things to tell You, but this letter is exclusively focused on the Nityananda Trayodasi, Iskcon Chile, 2022 Festival, and the tribute we'll make to Rodrigo, remembering 3 exact years since his departure to Vaikuntha.

These have been very intense days to be able to coordinate and manage everything related to this Monday's big event, management in Chile is very complex due to restrictions and capacity, etc. This last Friday I was almost 4 hrs. at the Iskcon Santiago Mandir, I was able to speak and have interesting executive production conversations with the main devotees matajis and prabhujis in charge of the temple and it has been very rewarding, devotees love Rodrigo very much and have shown real enthusiasm to support the tribute to him, so the preview atmosphere is very motivating.

Although, because the capacity it's restricted, we can have 70 people approx in outdoor patios and the inner room it's restricted to 25 people, but the whole event from the bhajans and the abhishek until the end will be done all outside in the front patio.

We'll be online via zoom with You, Abhirama Thakur Das and Jagad Guru Das from just before 4:30 p.m. Peru time (the class you will give will start at 4:30 p.m. Peru time).

This zoom meeting in which we'll all be connected will be broadcast simultaneously through the Facebook Fan Page Iskcon Chile and will also transmit "live" through my social networks and those of Dharma Communications.

During the tribute we'll launch the book "El Universo Mágico de Rodrigo", which is the literary tribute that we have prepare to Rodrigo and that was published in the fifth edition of Solaris magazine and that, later, we decided to release as an offprint.

This book is supported by Nios, Solaris and all Your disciples in Peru and Chile and this is only thanks to Your infinite mercy, Maharaja, thank you very much for everything, simply words are few enough to express what overflows from the heart.

And we have had the honor of having the collaboration of Mr. Raúl Zurita, one of the most important contemporary writers and poets in Chile and South America, writing words and a poem to Rodrigo. I attach images and links.

The event will start at 3:00 p.m. Peru time and Your class will start at 16:30 Peru time. We'll do an online broadcast via zoom and facebook.

So, I send You the program with the schedules in Peru time (in Chile it is 2 hours more):

(at the end of this message we include the zoom coordinates to online connection)

PROGRAM/SCHEDULE OF THE EVENT TRIBUTE TO BHAKTA RODRIGO HERNÁNDEZ PICEROS & LAUNCH OF THE BOOK "THE MAGICAL UNIVERSE OF RODRIGO" (includes outline of texts for the mistress of ceremonies) (SCHEDULES IN PERU TIME):

16:30 - start class of H.H. Hanumatpresaka Swami (from Peru via zoom)

17:00 - homage to Rodrigo begins with words from H.H. Hanumatpresaka Swami and gives the pass to Chile to our mistress of ceremonies, Cintamani D.D.

17:15 - Cintamani D.D. makes a presentation of the event and contextualization of the tribute and launch of the book dedicated to the memory of Bhakta Rodrigo Hernández Piceros. Cintamani gives the pass again to Peru, this time to prabhujis Jagad Guru Das and Abhirama Thakur Das.

17:20 - Words from Jagad Guru and Abhirama (from Peru via zoom) (concluding Abhirama he gives the pass to Cintamani)

17:35 - Cintamani thanks the devotees for their words and presents what follows, which is a collective performance of words, declamations, recitations and sounds dedicated to Rodrigo, accompanied by the Sandriuska and her theremin of the Poetas Marcianos.

Cintamani mentions the speakers in the order of appearance: 1. Sebastián Riveros Zebrah, illustrator of the book "El Universo Mágico de Rodrigo"; 2. Enrique de Santiago, co-author of the book "The Magic Universe of Rodrigo"; 3. Catalina Riquelme Piceros, cousin/sister of Rodrigo; 4. Sandriuska, a multifaceted artist who is a member of the band Poetas Marcianos (marcian poets), who will accompany the words and feelings with her theremin; 5. Carlos Rold, author, compiler and editor of the book "El Universo Mágico de Rodrigo", accompanied by the virtuous musicians of Om Bhakti - Devotional Music (all this artists are close friends and well-wishers of Bhakta Rodrigo). Cintamani takes the opportunity to dedicate her own words to Rodrigo and continues with the presentation of the invited artists (that is why 10 min are included here)

17:45 - words by Sebastián Riveros Zebrah

17:50 - recitation/declamation by Enrique de Santiago

17:55 - performance by Sandriuska with poems by Rodrigo

18:00 - words by Catalina Riquelme Piceros

18:05 - performance by Carlos Rold with Om Bhakti accompanying

18:10 - Om Bhakti music

18:20 - Prasadam / END OF EVENT

ZOOM MEETING COORDINATES

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14 / 15:00 HRS PERU TIME (17:00 HRS CHILE TIME)

NITYANANDA TRAYODASI ISKCON CHILE FESTIVAL 14 FEB 2022 & TRIBUTE TO BHAKTA RODRIGO HERNÁNDEZ PICEROS (IN MEMORIAM 1974-2019)

zoom id: 889 5922 0315

access code: 10816

Direct link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88959220315?pwd=U0dEZndmL01GSjBaOVlCQ2UxSloyUT09

This is my report for now, Maharaja, thank you very much for everything, please accept my respectful obeisances and all glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Hare Krishna!

Your aspiring servant,

Carlos Rold Hernández

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https://www.instagram.com/p/CZuyZiGv0MN/

https://www.facebook.com/iskconcl/photos/a.1314856475340178/2110894962402988

HpS - AgtSP! Paoho. This is so much work for you and for Krsna. Be sure to give Krsna enough rest, exercise and nice diet!! Everyone here is looking forward to joining this program.

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Hare Krishna, Beloved Gurudev!!

Please accept my humble obeisances,

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada,

HpS - AGTSP!!!!!

Five days until visit to Perú,

Main goal for going is taking advantage from the closest tirtha, Sadhu Sanga, Sadhu Sanga, Sadhu Sanga, Krishna Katha, Krishna Katha, Krishna Katha.

It's good idea talking to Eric about his father's library, and how giving it the best use in service.

We can speak about Ayurveda in the kali yuga, also we want to discuss rural development, vedic civilization in the modern world, Gurukula and puppet shows.

See you all soon,

At your service,

Nikunja Bihari das.

HpS - Now just two days before you arrive. With three devotees from Argentina Yatra here we hope to have nive Sanga with the yatra by your news and televicommunications.

You can see from these letters how intense things are!

We feel like this video:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SncapPrTusA&t=26s