Letters to the editor

Your Holiness,

                    Please accept my prostrated obeisances. All glories to your good self.

I am again writing to you after a very long time. I pray and hope that you are doing exceptionally well. 

One argument that theists make is that there has to be an origin of everything which implies the existence of a Creator. Some reply with the question that if God has always existed then why can’t we just assume that matter has also always existed. I thought of replying in the following way:

If I say that a black box has travelled on its own, from Mumbai to Washington, most will question the veracity of this statement. But if I say that a human being has travelled like that, the statement will be less questionable. This is because a human being is more complex than a black box. Thus we can expect the human being to have greater properties or abilities than the black box, which is why the human being can be expected to travel on his own but the box can’t. Similarly God being more complex than matter has more versatility than the latter. Thus one can expect God to have always existed on His own whereas matter needs a Creator.

HpS - Very neat.

Another explanation could be that empirically we observe that every effect has a cause. If we take any object and observe its cause and then find out the cause of that cause and proceed like that then we end up with a regression which either ends or doesn’t. If the regression doesn’t end then we end up with an infinite regression, which becomes inexplicable. If we consider that the regression terminates then all matter has to have had an origin, which implies the existence of a self caused cause of all causes. This explanation was given by Thomas Aquinas, a Christian Theologian.

Maharaja, I will be very grateful, if you could kindly consider my reasonings and give your kind impression of them, and/or if you have anything additional to say.

Your servant

Jashodev

HpS - AGTSP.  Thank you for your letters. I guess one thing is that all these arguments depend on a certain logical structure. We use Euclidean geometry to organize our thoughts, reality, but others make the obvious comment that even in the actual world there are cultures that use different logic. Why can't there be an infinite regression. At least beyond our ability to reason.      Why do we assign one cause to things. Why not accept that many causes are interacting with many things to produce many results in a way that really does not reduce down to unique points and lines.

This is like Statistical Mechanics, no?  At least it may be useful to consider these things with our intellectual, cultural tools, but in the end the honest mind comes to the conclusion that we need to be informed by a higher authority that knows.
O.K??​

Hare Krishna Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

I would like to ask you if you can clarify me following questions which are unfortunately somehow due to my bad nature relevant to me.

When somebody gets purified by bhakti yoga proccess do unfriendly qualities get transformed/destroyed? Or when soul purify and fully self-realize he still need to behave in body like it is programed by modes of nature, similarly as actor who plays bad character?

We can sometimes see devotees which are close friends of Krishna, His devotees, same time they may have some kind of interesting (non-traditional for vaisnava) nature (e.g. drinking blood of enemies, anger). Similarly Krishna didn't allow Arjuna to go to forrest as his nature will not allow him to properly stay there as yogi. So may we understand that 'varna' or human nature cannot be avoided even when after we will become purified devotees? 

Whatever understanding of myself/my psychology is purely based on body/mind/inteligence. At least theoretically I understand that I am not that, but can I realize what are the emotions, logic, behavior of the real me, the soul? When soul is purified and is back in Krishna's pastimes he has own personality. While in material body, does this personality, characteristics get manifested over out material conditioning or we simply live inner live, while outsite be still same bad character?

Your servant Prahlad-nrsmha das

Hare Krsna Beloved Gurudeva

AGTSP

PAMHO

It is very nice to hear that U are recovering your energy little by little

As I told U I am on internet cause of work most of the time and in my spare time I read or listen to classess.

I read the very good letter that Harsh posted ¡¡¡¡ And I am writing because I have a point of view of a lady 

I was talking with M. Jambavati more frequently now...and she told me that U said to her that she is a Grhastha due to she has to work to support herself and her father so I think I am in the same situation. I personally belive now that Krsna is taking care of me because I want to surrender to Him... 

I guess that this disease is the most difficult to overcome ¡¡ Until the point you realize that the 4 pillars of religion are pretty real they exist for a reason ...The 4 principles are really helpful PRETTY REAL ... I am sad to share that a friend of mine has a sexually transmitted disease (her husband was with many other ladies so....) So the best policy is to follow 4 principles strictly, but what happened when U follow and your partner no?? U get a disease and ??? karma I guess no??

ASA - Uncle Gismo --- Esteemed Candra-mukhi Devi Das et al, Thank you for your perspective on this topic. HpS is too stuffy to discuss such things but we are practical people, scientists. First, as our old High School teacher, Mr. What's His Name used to say they are not "other ladies". She may be a lady, but they are "women or to call things bluntly as Srila Prabhupada does ...". Second, a lady should not associate with a husband who is fallen, associating with other women. She should only associate for religious reasons. Happy life.

So at least in order not to get a disease U restrain to break principles ¡¡¡ 

About this point on Harsh letter ¡¡

9. Many men think they dont themselves dont need sex , but their wife does, so they indulge in it. In my understanding women can be happy in peaceful home,with a respecting and caring husband, and basic mateiral comforts.  If she does not get these then her sex desire might be more. Secondly if she is really (lusty), then tell her, there are no free lunches in this material world (atleast be a Karmi).  The price for having sex is to care of Kid for atelast 20 years.

CMDD:

Most of the comments that I heard is that women are lustier than men ¡¡ yes this may be true but ¡¡¡ deeply we want to feel protected , loved and most importantly we want to please our husbands or partners, (but in a mundane way) BIG MISTAKE ¡¡¡ Now I realized that our aim MUST be to please Krsna.. So in order to try to please our partners we get wrong advice.... from materialistic mentalities and what we obtain?? DISTRESS ¡¡¡ Until we realized or experienced a HIGHER TASTE ¡¡¡ so  Those wrong ladies need association ¡¡¡ from those who made this terrible mistake.. and learned the lesson  but again .. Do they really want to get advice?? They have to suffer again and again as I personally did until as I said U experienced a Higher taste. Sadly as NOI says an intelligent person do not do what is wrong if they hear but many of us have to experience once, twice .... until finally we understand ¡¡¡

So I have realized that yes ladies need to be protected but not only  by their fathers, brothers, husbands.. but also by elder ladies ¡¡ like M Murti Murti, etc... Because ladies feel more comfortable with other ladies ¡¡¡, also following their Gurus instructions and being sincere etc. 

ASA - Yes!   We all need Ashrama Gurus.

9.  Outside  you will see many women (advertisement or workplace) dressed inappropriately. Have compassion on them as they are being misled that way to be happy is to flaunt one self and have wealth.

CMDD: yes .. most women do not dress properly, in order to get jobs they show their breast etc ¡¡¡ they go to discos and bars to pick up men ¡¡ awful..

I guess that we are influenced by stereotypes if u are slim, beautiful u can get a job a good husband so they struggle to try to fit in that stereotype. And we forget to cultivate within ourselves ¡¡¡¡ But here I want to point out that some girls like me or others go to the beach for example to get sunlight not to show off.. we do not want to feel madonna or any other jajaja we just want to feel comfortable and relax from work or problems...also chaste married ladies do so... others like me feel good wearing designers clothes ¡¡ jaja (lust) yes but not to show off to feel good within ourselves.... maybe I am wrong but I am just being sincere... most of men say She forced me to rapped her look the way she dress ummm ¡¡¡ yes sometimes may be true but also I think that is also the actitude u have ¡¡¡, and convey.

Thanks GM for this blog ¡¡¡ for listen to us ¡¡¡ please forgive my stupidity

An unintelligent, lusty lady

Candramukhi dd

ASA - UG - HpSwami says thank you and you seem to be losing a few rounds to The Witch, but She has completely smashed many others, so you got some devotees ahead of you and some behind you. Serve them both and give The Witch a Knock-out Blow in round three!

Hare Krsna Beloved Gurudeva:

AGTSP

PAMHO

Hope U are better ¡¡¡

I was being asked about sila worship today, but one question I could not answer.. is the following

In Govardhana puja for example if one has a personal sila (not worship in the temple).. and one wants to make a program at home, others who do not have second initiation or not properly following or followed the standard of a Brahmana should bathe Him or not??

Thank U Gurudeva in advance

trying to be iur disciple

CMDD

Hare Krsna Beloved Gurudeva:

AGTSP ¡¡
PAMHO

I was remembering the thing about the fourth monkey that U told us on Janmastami POST NO EVIL,,, I spend most of the time on the computer and now I will spend more ¡ I am working on long distance education.. giving classes about Renewable Energias Solar energy, biomass, Eolic etc..my carreer actually I have to read more and to catch up on a lot.. nice ¡¡¡

  I felt identified so I am the fourth monkey who will post no evil ¡¡

Thanks Gurudeva, sorry to bother U

YS

Candra4thmonkey