Letters to the editor

All glories to Srila Prabhupad!

All glories to auspicious appearance day of yours!

I offer my respectful obeisances unto His Holiness Hannumat Presaka Swami who is very dear to Lord Krsna having taken shelter at His lotus feet.

mukam karoti vacalam pangum langhayate girim

yat-krpa tam aham vande sri gurum dina-taranam

"I offer my respectful obeisances unto my spiritual master, the deliverer of all fallen souls, whose mercy turns the dumb into eloquent speakers and enables the lame to cross mountains."

Dear Guru Deva: Please accept my most humble obeisances. I want to express my gratitude to you today for your very determined and steady effort to preach Srila Prabhupada's mission.

Thankyou for training to us in sound Vaisnava principles inline with Srila Prabhupada's instructions and also in painstakingly helping us on all levels of our life.

Thankyou for having a longterm vision for the implementation of Krsna Consciousness in the modern world and not being blind to the inevitable collapse of society as we know it.

Thankyou for taking up Srila Prabhupada's mission so sincerely and pushing all preaching activities, teaching us to make this the basis of our lives.

In Srimad Bhagavatam (8.7.44) it is said that great personalities almost always accept voluntary suffering because of the suffering of people in general. This is considered the highest method of worshiping the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is present in every one's heart.

Purport: Here is an explanation of how those engaged in activities for the welfare of others are very quickly recognized by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The Lord says in Bhagavad-gita ( 18.68-69 ) ya idam paramam guhyam mad-bhaktesv abhidhasyati, na ca tasman manusyesu kascin me priya-krttamah, "One who preaches the message of Bhagavad-gita to My devotees is most dear to Me..."

There are different kinds of welfare activities in this material world, but the supreme welfare activity is the spreading of Krishna consciousness. ...if one tries to spread Krishna consciousness all over the world, he should be understood to be performing the best welfare activity. The Lord is automatically very pleased with him. If the Lord is pleased with him, what is left for him to achieve?

You are an ocean of auspicious qualities, receiving benediction from the ocean of mercy of Srila Prabhupada.

I pray to please you one day. Please give me the intelligence and determination to serve you properly.

krishna se tomara,

krishna dite paro,

tomara sakati ache

ami to' kangala,

'krishna' 'krishna' boli',

dhai tava pache pache

Krsna is yours, and you can give Him to me, for such is your power. This wretch is simply running behind you, crying out, "Krsna! Krsna!"

Aspiring to be the servant of your servants: AniruddhaKrishna Das

HpS - Hare Krsna. Thank you for your encouraging words. Are you going to wrte a book???

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Please accept my must humble obeisances at your lotus feet

Hare Krishna Gurudev

This year has been very intense in my spiritual life and very special because I had the opportunity to personally serve you . It was also very good because my health was a little settled and I managed to offer more service, better sadhana, better rounds and much more reading than in other years.

My base is here in Sri Govardhana MdP and we are doing full time book distribution in the city of Mdp also organizing and promoting the congregational programs based on the Maha Sankirtan where the whole congregation distributes books, cookies and Maha Mantra. "Every day I feel more nectar in doing it and when I do it I feel like I want to do it forever."

I was also traveling through Argentina a bit in Sankirtan traveler, in February of this year I go to Mendoza to do some service by attending with Prabhu Aravinda and Baladeva das in the coordination of sankirtan of the Bhaktas and of facilitator for the Study of Sri Isopanisads, etc.

We are also going to travel in March and April through Chile, I am going to take a few weeks of rest and I plan to organize something with the temple of Santiago for a month or two, for there some courses or training of bhaktas, we are seeing that Krishna wants, humbly accepted Any suggestions you have.

Ufffff every day I'm feeling a little older and that death is approaching and I do not want to waste a single moment to serve in SP mission, also every day a little more detached from the gross enjoyment, family, friends, etc.

Please give me your blessings to become a devotee, control my senses and be able to surrender completely to the Sankirtan movement of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

your insignificant servant

Panca tattva das

HpS - Thank you for your service. Thanks to Sri Krsna and Srila Prabhupada for helping us, using us!!! Thank you for your association in Chile! I think that as you do service you will have very great knowledge about how to improve it. I hope that we can send some information from our learning, Sankirtan, to help you in your service. Let us stay in touch in this Blog and meet later in the year in South America or maybe some other place.

Dear Guru Maharaja

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! All glories to you!

I hope you are having a pleasant trip in India. Please forgive me for not giving you an update on the book before the Kapi Dhvaja. We welcomed Nitai Navadwip Chandra last Saturday and I gave my first Srimad Bhagavatam class at the temple. We were buried with so much work to prepare for the welcoming ceremony and preparation for the class (It was SB 12.3, brume Gita), I missed sending my biweekly update. I apologize again for not sending the update on time.

HpS - ASA --- It is O.K.!! Just a few words are enough. Once a month is fine.!

The transcription for Preface is done and the transcription for Text 1 is almost complete. I am planning to get it done in the next few weeks so that Radhika Ramana Prabhu can start working on editing those files during his spring break on the second week of March. Our target is to get the preface edited and start editing Text 1 by the end of spring break.

Guru Maharaja, it would be wonderful if you can give us your association in Dallas for the Ratha yatra. It is on 30th March. Since you come back from India only on the 27th, we would suggest traveling to Dallas on 29th so that you can get at least a day's rest in Houston. We propose the following schedule.

29-March-2019 - Travel to Dallas

30-March-2019 - Ratha yatra

31-March-2019 - Srimad Bhagavatam Class in the Morning and/or Sunday Feast Class in the evening

1-April-2019 - Travel to Houston

We can either drive you to/from Dallas or book flight tickets.

I meet Mishra Bhagavan Prabhu every day during the mangala arthi in the temple (It has been a month since we moved close to the temple) and today, he was fondly remembering his association with you in Berkley. He wanted to write to you and asked for your email. I gave him [email protected]. Is that an appropriate email to give Maharaja? The temple president Nityananda Prabhu also wanted your email to invite you for the ratha yatra.

HpS - That address would be good for VIPs like Temple President but in general the Blog is always the best way to reach us!!!

Your servant

Srinatha Krsna dasa

HpS - Let us see who is coming from Houston. Maybe we can travel easily with Hari lila Das or others. In Pune now with the Mnistry of Education. Nine hours of lectures and work yesterday!!

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada

Hare Krishna Maharaja

In the last letter I refer to the proces of "rendición de cuentas", there i have to do many paper work to the Fondart, the goverment department of art and culture financing, tomorrow i deliver the "rendición de cuentas" and i wish that all will be right.

ASA - We also! Where does every penny come from. Where does every penny go to. 

In the temple, following your instruction to improve the comunicate part of the temple, one month ago we are release a little bulletin, all the ekhadasi. this bulletin is composed of 3 news that i redact and madre Cintamani is release, is very simple, but we are progresing. Also i generate content periodically in the web page of ISKCON Chile. 

For this year we have another goals, now I going to create a virtual plataform [google drive] to release all the imortant information that the comiunity need (such like GBC resolutions, the reglament of the temple, news for extens) , but in a way more confedintial, not like a public page that all the people can see.

On the another hand, With Rodrigo, we want to create a news paper, more extensive that the bulletin, for the community, but First, I think that we can do news separately, and release in the google drive plataform before to do the news paper.

To end, now i ask you shelter Maharaja. 

Hare Krishna.

HpS - Ooof! No name here. But we hope your communication is good. Basically it is a dialog, no? You try this media, that media and listen to the response and adjust according to the feedback. Also the goal is to increase the broadcast of the words of our spiritual master, Srila Prabhupada. Jaya!!! Krsna Book! Krsna look! Good Luck!

Pamho, tlgaSP, querido gurú Maharaja, sigo siendo un pobre tonto ignorante que trata de rendirse a sus pies de loto.

HpS - TLGASP y Sus Pies de Loto. Esperamos que ambos nosotros tenemos ellos en nuestros manos.

Para mí este año ha estado cargado de dificultades, seguramente sin su misericordia sin causa y también porque, aún así, no he encontrado un refugio mejor en este mundo material (sigo determinado a intentar servirle) me han entrado a veces muchas ganas de salir corriendo. ¿Pero a donde? Entonces es mejor correr hacia sus bendiciones eternas.

Gracias por todo lo que hace por nosotros, si no estuviera ahí difícilmente estaríamos nosotros donde estamos.

Todavía tengo muchas cosas que mejorar y tengo presente que no sabría nada de la conciencia de Krishna sin su inconmensurable ayuda.

Cada vez, gracias a su determinación y gran ejemplo,confirmo que el único refugio es la conciencia de Krishna. Perdone una vez más mis ofensas y gracias por darme la oportunidad de poder ofrecer mi humilde servicio.

Jharikhanda-gaura das

HpS - Hare Krsna. Aun esta Pujari en Malaga? Cada anyo convertiendo mas fuerte. Mejor herramiento.

Hare Krsna Dear GuruDev,

   Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.

HpS - Lettuce Feet. AgtSP!

   All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

   All glories to Guru parampara.

   All glories to you on the auspicious occasion of Vyasa Puja.

   You are always in Vrndavan, serving, playing with group of cowherd boys in the deep

   forest....teasing boys, chasing Krsna, Krsna Krsna and Krsna.....Beautiful lakes, variety

   of flowers, birds, cows, monkeys, trees with fruits, calm footsteps on village roads.

   When you see colors, trees, birds, flowers, lakes....you immediately stand with Krsna...

   with cowherd boys in the beautiful forest, near the river.

   At the same time, You travel around the world to tell about Krsna to all.

   You represent Srila Prabhupada and entire Guru parampara.

   Your "Sattva" stage is untouchable by material energy, Material energy is not able

   affect your spiritual level.

   You are very tough to yourself but very kind to all Jiva.

   You are always accept Krsna's plan and roam accordingly, even he makes you to do a big

battle of Kurukestra.

   Gurudev, Just to see you, we learn - no excuse for material weakness. On the occasion of

Vyasa Puja, we beg for the strength to become steady in sadhana, bhajan and services.

   Thank you so much Dear Gurudev.

your fallen servant,

Girivaradhari-Gopal Das

HpS - We are 90% in Maya but Srila Prabhupada is using us like a puppet. All the things you say are for him but they manifest if he wishes through the crazy dog on the end of his leash if he desires. May we all be his puppets with a little smile and wave from us in the big dance. Thank you. See you in a minute.