Letters to the editor

HpS // ASA - Thank you for your, agtSP, association, Swami Eka chakra nitai candra Das.

This Blog post arrived empty but means so much to see your name daily on the GoToMeeting sanga!!

Hare Krsna, Gurudeva, pamhO, agtSP

we were seeing the usage of word "GLARE" by Srila Prabhupada. There were things like GLARES of Brahamjyoti/ illusory energy/ Sun.

which made us ask question --

"How are dazzlement of Vibhuti of Krsna (which in node 15326 are referred as nice to see vibhutis and then realize how we are seeing an echo of KRSNA.) and dazzlement of illusory energy different. ?

we try to find Krsna in happiness in this wolrd, may be at hear we are still averse to his personal form.

SB 8.14.10 - There are many varieties of philosophers trying to search for the ultimate cause under different names and forms, but they are unable to find the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, who explains in Bhagavad-gītā that He is the origin of everything and the cause of all causes (ahaṁ sarvasya prabhavaḥ). This inability is due to the illusory energy of the Supreme Lord. Devotees, therefore, accept the Supreme Personality of Godhead as He is and remain happy simply by chanting the glories of the Lord.

HpS - A pure devotee sees that KRSNA, shyamasundara is the source of the Lion, Ocean, Sun, like a mother sees a painting done by her grown up son become a respected artist for a church as representing her son.

It can be more intense than the physical form of her son.

On the other hand, as you say, maybe we are willing to appreciate the energetic incarnation of Krsna but not surrender more to the personal form of Krsna.

The glare of the material energy stimulates our lust for sex, food, taste, honor, rational form. The vibhutimat manifestations stimulate, glare, about Krsna's form which we can serve. not exploit. OK?.

Hare Krsna Gurudeva,

PAmho, agtSP

The more we try not to talk to you, more we slacken .

the more try to be serious in Sadhana, the more we realise the need to talk to you.

You can answer our letter any time, since you have given us a lot.

Sb 10.87.2

You say that Brahman is indescribable by words. But if the Supreme Lord had not created the intelligence, mind and senses, then sound and the other objects of perception would all be just as indescribable as your Brahman. You would have been blind and deaf since birth, and would know nothing about physical forms and sounds, what to speak of the Absolute. So, just as the merciful Lord has given us all faculties of perception for experiencing and describing to others the sensations of sight, sound and so forth, in the same way He may give someone the receptive capacity to realize Brahman. He may, if He chooses, create some extraordinary way for words to function — apart from their ordinary references to material substances, qualities, categories and actions — that will enable them to express the Supreme Truth. He is, after all, the almighty Lord (prabhu), and He can easily make the indescribable describable.

We realised that, just like deity is made of woods, but my mercy of lord it's God.

Similarly holy name might sound mundane? But by the mercy of lord he can be sound incarnation. So only by his mercy name is transcendental ? Otherwise it's like the material Radhu kunda is just a sign board to spiritual Radha kunda?

HpS//ASA - That sounds pretty good! It always has special potency but depending on us etc. we get namabhasa, prema nama etc.

We manier [many?] times think. we are upanashidic/impersonal/tamasic and unfit for ISKCON personal form worship.

HpS - Us too. We probably have thoughts from our American/Hippy background that would make your hair stand on end, the blood run cold in your veins and your eyeballs bulge from their sockets... but we also have nice thoughts due to Srila Prabhupada and his ISKCON!!!

But applying SB 1.7.10 akam-sarva kama, we are getting pulled by Prabhupada books.

His books have no meaning for us without you.

HpS//ASA - 👶 🐵 🐷 🔬 We hope that we can give some meaning to them, but aren't there other devotees, in ISKCON who also give some meaning? Don't you get some just from your intellectual grace. Eg. Just read five pages from SB Canto One and see some result??

Next life time you might be Nimai's puppy, you may want us there, our consciousness needs to be elevated by the mercy of Guru-Gauranga, to be with you.

HpS - We have been together in Gaziabad, Graduate Students apartment in Mumbai, sleeping in library in ISKCON Kolkata, Delhi programs.... Think we are stuck with each other. Some maybe relevant fotos attached.

Thank you.

Hare Krsna Gurudeva, PAmHO, agtSP

We remember you saying that, SP said all this books are written to convince one of chanting of Hare Krsna.

We also know that you have realised the importance of Chanting.

Alas! we have not, hence we started reading Books, long way but still eternal progress.

hps//asa - yes, agtSP. yes, even if it is all completely stupid, it is still far and away the best illusion in the universe!!

nothing in our universe makes us doubt SP and his book KRSNA The SPOG!!!

https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/3/26/3/ says

Sunlight is also the reflection of the brahmajyoti. Similarly, brahmajyoti, the spiritual effulgence, is a reflection of the body of the Supreme Lord.

Although the supreme light is situated in His personal abode, Vaikuṇṭha or Vṛndāvana, His light is diffused not only in the spiritual world but beyond that. In the material world also, that light is reflected by the sun globe, and the sunlight is reflected by the moon globe. Thus although He is situated in His own abode, His light is distributed all over the spiritual and material worlds.

Now as we understood the from https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/3/26/52/ this multi layer universal egg. This brahmjyoti may not be able to cross these many layers.

May be scriptures are referring to bodily effulgence of Visnu from whose naval Brahma ji appears.

we are trying to understand difference between mundane sound, and Hari Naam which has descended to this world?

Trying to serve Hayagriva Avatar Das.

asa - the sunlight in my room is coming through the window glass. some falls directly on my keyboard. the window glass is probably opaque to ultra violet.

some is striking the keyboard after being reflected off, re-generated from, the brown colored walls.

the screen is powered by electricity that comes from solar energy from hydroelectric dams.

so it is all echos, reflections of the sun.

if i face the holy names directly. face srila prabhupada's lotus feet directly and chant that is one realation to the holy names. if i read his books that is ... different ... relation to the holy names.

if i hit my finger with a hammer while pounding a nail and say, "God dammit" that is different relation, incarnation, of the holy name.

But I did not say, "sex" or "excrement".

is this related to your enquirery????? 🐵 🔭

Todas las gloria a Goura Nitay

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada

Querido Gurudev este es una pequeña glorificacion a los pies de loto de Srila prabhupada y a usted por seguir sus instrucciones e inspirarme en cada momento de mi proceso espiritual, siempre que pienso en este momento me invado de mucha emoción por lo que significa este día de vyasapuja recordar mis comienzos como devota y las instrucciones que me a dado a lo largo de estos años.

sin la misericordia de srila prabhupada y la de usted esto no se hubiera logrado he entendido en estos años que las instrucciones son lo más importante para avanzar a krishna muchas gracias por todo querido Gurudev por ayudarme a avanzar cada día y ser un ejemplo para la conciencia de krishna y que Srila prabhupada este feliz con mi servicio

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All glories to Goura Nitay

All glories to Srila Prabhupada

Dear Gurudev, this is a small glorification to the lotus feet of Srila Prabhupada and to you for following his instructions and inspiring me at every moment of my spiritual process.

Whenever I think of this moment, I am filled with emotion for what this day of Vyasapuja means, remembering my beginnings as a devotee and the instructions you have given me throughout these years.

Without the mercy of Srila Prabhupada and yours, this would not have been achieved. I have understood in these years that instructions are the most important thing to advance to Krishna.

Thank you very much for everything, dear Gurudev, for helping me advance every day and being an example for Krishna consciousness. May Srila Prabhupada be happy with my service.

HpS - This is nice prayer for anyone, me. Thank you.

Also, so many people have helped you, us, in ISKCON, no???

Even those who just come to the Temple, festivals, and exchange smiles with us.

Maybe we don't even know their names, but we recognize them as regular community members!!

Living in a world of lovers.

Hare Krishna, Maharaja and Devotees;

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

All glories to Guru and Gauranga.

On Sunday, December 29, 2024, at 7.30am, Houston time, we will continue reading chapter 10~~ The Lord's Return to Jagannatha Puri; we will start reading from verses 10.33 onwards, we will cover about 60 verses.

Thank you to H. G. Lakshman Agraja Prabhu for doing nice translation for December 22nd class; & he has graciously agreed to help us with translation for December 29 class. I am sorry for inconvenience to Maharaja and devotees for my very poor internet connection.

Maharaja, thank you for engaging everyone in reading systematically books of Srila Prabhupada.

YS

Upendra dasa