Letters to the editor

All Glories To Srila Prabhupada

All Glories To Hanumat Presaka Swami.. Pamho....Hare Krishna Gurudev,

I Hope You Are In Very Good Health.

Thank's Very Much For All The Effort You Are Doing To Take Us Back To Godhead.

I Am Eternaly In Dept (debt)

And I'm Always Feeling I'm Not Doing Enough. Here We Are Yet In Sri Govardhana Krishnas Land Mar de plata. With Bramacaris Closing A Cycle Of Construction,

Its Geting Cold Down Here...Prep For Brazil 2 Month Sk Travel Maybe With Adi Yajña Das And Other Bramacaris In Vw..

This Last Month Was Very Intence ..

We Did service Of Oficial Priest Twice In The Ceremony Of Initition For Gdg Maharaja,

Once In Mdp And Othe In Bahia Blanca 500k Souther.

On The Last 10 Days Ago We Been In Bs As With The Asociation Of Jayapatka M. And Lots Of Devoties More O Less 25bramacaries,  Vijaya Prabhu, Etc...

I Been Realy Admired Off Some Brasilian Bcris And Inspired Me A Lot..

Last Two Ekadsis Were quite Good Bimas And Yogini ..

Nirjala, Extra Round And Lots Of Reading Sb 3.29..

This Weekend 28 June We Are Going To Vyasa Puja Of Hhgdg

In Bs As And Stay There For 10 Days Skt..

And On The 9 July We Reciebe Hh Bhakty Vidya Purna Swami In Mdp For Two Days Seminar Of Education And Varnasram...

Every Day Trying To Put, Open Our Heart, In Every Thing We Do So We Can Offer To Krisna More Than Our Simple And Insignificant Actions..

How Can Our Mind Be Full Satisfy In Our Service??

Trying To Control Our Sences,  Chanting Good Heartly Rounds.....

Your Eternal Servant Panca Tattva Das

             ASA - AGTSP paoho. Your letter is very inspiring. Of course, you must have been a Brahmacari in your last life time or a Brahmacari in Grhastha Ashrama. "How Can Our Mind Be Full Satisfy In Our Service??" Of course, the first place to look for an answer is SB 1.1.11. After that the whole SB is trying to answer this question. The Gopis are trying to answer this question. It goes in progressive stages. In the beginning we have so little mental satisfaction that we have to destroy our mind with beer every now and then, but later we just need Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, or Spider man and Harry Potter. The NOD answers the question, but it is just a rapid summary of the SB. So, for you, from a great distance, reading your letter I might ask if you have your own deities that you plan to keep for every?
 

Hare Krshna dear Gurudeva

Please accept my obeisance, I wait that you are very well totally Gurumaharaja, although your heart always are with Sri Krishna so always you are protected.

   HpS - ASA - AGTSP. Paoho. We still have material desires but they are under control today and diminishing. Guess that means we are Madhyama-adhikari, but there are higher and lower such things.

In this moment I finish the 4° semester in the university with 9.7 of qualification,

    ASA - Out of possible 10 or 100???

I’m happy but  too I’m unhappy because I could not wake up early to mangalartik in this month, and my rounds were bad, and I didn’t sankirtan, I cannot  be strong and I´ve neglected for my biggest responsibility Gurumaharaj, forgive me please… <img alt="crying" height="23" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/cry_smile.png" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5;" title="crying" width="23" />

     HpS - ASA - No, you must become a rat in Vrndavana unless you change your priorities. Ugggh.  They live in the sewer canals where the water from everything that comes from peoples houses flows. They crowd together and sleep during Mangala arati and then when the sun comes up they go to look for the best garbage. <img alt="devil" height="23" src="http://hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/devil_smile.png" title="devil" width="23" /> What about finishing with 8.7 and getting up early and getting your rounds done. Then your 8.7 will be very, very, useful to Krsna and you can become a peacock in Vrndavana rather than a rat. Deal???

 Now there is much change, I live now in other place, still with women devotees, it’s yet near to the temple,  we are 5, and all we are associated, I mean we have a relation with men devotees,  so we are studding the manual grihastha ashrama and preparing for the responsibilities that the future we are work. Prabhu Aravinda says that it’s a kind of Ashrama pre grihastha, we have an altar in the house. I feel happy and protect, it’s a new world for my and I’m learn to much especially tolerance.

      HpS - ASA --- Sounds pretty good. Still possible peacock but not gopi right away. Uddhava was happy if he could get a job as a blade of grass in Vrndavana. Iskcon, Ki Jai!

In summer vacation I want to do sankirtan every day, and improve my sadhana, I have a new service in the temple, I will participate in ASA kids in a children seminar, every Sunday with Matayi Gopi Radha, I’m study the manual and help to translate it, please Gurudeva I need your blessings because I don’t have nothing coalification but I want to participate in your Sankirtan mission and understand if the education is a place where I can service.

         HpS - Jaya! HOw is your Temple President????

Prabhu Marco and I study the 3° chant of SB, I get the book because in internet it’s difficult for we, and too we study together the manual grihastha. We are well so far, and the next plan is go to the vyasa puja of HH Bhakti-bhusana Swami in my dear Cuaramaro the next week.

 In the projects of school I was speak that spiritual energy in the elements materials that were in our corporal structure. I wanted used your recommendation, the pantheism, and my master of multimedia is very happy with the project, basically is  a rongoli that is moved with the wind in a video but the video is reproduction when a person blow a pinwheel. That is possible with mechanism electronic, now I don’t have well photos but this project is for December and can prepared better.

A lot of changes in myself and the world around me, I don’t know how I will to do that my mind keep fixed in the holy name and how I will you pay as all it does for me, only I know that as well as time, this cannot stop, and not fail to pray how Srila Prabhupada for not stop dancing.<img alt="laugh" height="23" src="http://hps-d6.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/teeth_smile.png" title="laugh" width="23" />

Jaya Srila Prabhupada!!!

    O.K. - but what about changing from 9.7 to 8.7 at school and from 3.7 to 5.7 in ISKCON??!  The whole world is waiting for your decision. [Pictures look mystical]

Hare Krsna Maharaja,

Please accept my respectful obeisances,

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Thanks for your answer.

I hope we will meet next time in Summer and we can give sweet watermelon to your beloved Nrsimhadeva ;)

It was a long journey but finally i received your TPP-CB. Thank you very much!

This is very cool and interesting. Actually it seems to me this is your diary. But i can see the connection between this and the Upadesamrita because you live according to the book, so your life (and your diary) is exemplary. You wrote didn't expect to understand everything immediately and read it at least six times. So i will do it.

I did my BS exam in Budapest if you need it i can send You my diploma.

In Hungary there are no courses (just for the Bhaktivedanta College students) everybody study for BS and BV independently. The devotees offered me their lecture notes so i can prepare myself from them but if there will be a new course it would be nice to join it. But if there aren't enough people or energy or time etc it's no problem for me i can study alone.

Thanks for your company.

All the best!

Your servant, Sri Radhe dd

HpS - ASA - AGTSP paoho. If you look at Kama-gayatri's letter you will see some thoughts about the TPP-CB project.

What about joining the Mayapure Institute program??? We are trying to post our materials in our archives. Namacharya Das in Croatia is part of the program in California. Maybe you and he can start a program in Europe! 

16 rounds a day keeps Maya at bay.

ASA - Sixteen rounds a day and one day with Krsna you will play.
GUARANTEED!

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hare krsna maharaj, pamho, agtsp..

thank you very much for replying to our two letters in detail...
you once said the solution to illicit sex is deity worship..
now we have intreseting question to you...

in this video Srila Prabhupada  talks about deity worship, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNaUyWdJeZw&hd=1
1.
he gives example of letter box and iron box. because the letter box is authorized by govt hence the letter can reach miles away, but if one put letter in iron box, it will stay there..

2. another place SP says because the pictures resemble the description of Krsna. hence it is krsna, as krsna names, form, qualities are absolute

now my question 

--> if i buy an idol (lets say laddu gopal) from market and starts worshipping it, will it be called deity worship ? Generally i have seen in the temple there is "prana-prathistha" ceremony of idols, then they are worshipped as deities.

--> similarly how can i worship pictures? if prana prathistha is not done for it.

--> can i worship anything, which has form of krsna... then what about the Pamphlets which are distributed in temple counter, many of those pamphlets goes in to garbage, is that not offensive, to print pamphlets which ultimately goes to bin.

a good article on importance of deity worship
http://backtogodhead.in/deity-worship-not-idol-worship-but-ideal-worship-by-caitanya-carana-dasa/

regards,
harsh

 HpS- Jaya! AGTSP paoho. First chant Hare Krsna. Follow Lord Caitanya's instruction, example to chant a fixed number of rounds on Japa Mala. Read Prabhupada's books, all in association of devotees. Simple, healthy program. Then naturally, nama, rupa, we want to have a picture, statue of Krsna. He begins to reveal ourselves. It does not become Archana formally until the Pujari has second intitaiton. We can see the Archana being done by a 2nd intitited devotee and get benefit.
In the house, as we understand, it is more Pada sevanam at your level. It is O.K. have nice statue or picture of Krsna and offer little incense, flower, fragrance, lamp and regular food. 1. keep it clean, 2. make a regular service. 3. rituals. You will feel affecetion and gratitude from Krsna and protection. Then all the household activities can be focused on Krsna as owner of the house.
Yes, is offensive for pictures of Krsna to go in the trash, but if we try to minimize it then Lord Caitanya accepts responsibility.

This is what we have understood from what we have heard.

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada .

Hare krishna maharaja, debido a que es más fácil dirigirse a usted a travez de cartas, lo saludo y espero que su prédica en la misión de Srila Prabhupada sea mejor cada día. Debido a los diferentes procesos de las personas que están en este mundo mejorando su conciencia, estimo lo mejor cada día para seguir sobreviviendo a este mundo material con lo que me queda de inspiración espiritual y tiempo, por eso le escribo para preguntarle , sobre el canto del maha mantra hare krishna, cuando Prabhupada estableció este mantra lo hizo abiertamente considerando que todos podiamos ser beneficiados del canto del amor del señor krishna. Pero por que a veces es recomendable cantar con la guía adecuada, ya que podemos cometer ofensas. ??? por qué a veces es indispensable tomar iniciación de un guru para cantarlo mejor?, puede suceder que nos iniciamos, y caemos o tocamos fondo en nuestro karma, y no continuamos bién, y es mejor no haber tomado esa iniciación.?...       Le cuento, que ahora quiero comenzar a retomar algunas rondas al día, pero yo no sé si esto es beneficioso ya que cantar mantras sin una guía preescrita puede ser perjudicial. La verdad es que me siento muy comoda cantando algunas rondas, por salud, mente y corazón.  Es posible cantar solo bajo el refugio de un maestro como Srila Prabhupada? Me gustaría que hubiera mas actividades de los devotos por acá en Valparaíso, pero se han dejado de hacer programas. .. También quiero contarle que mi hija ya cumplió dos años, y sigo con los estudios de música aplicados a diferentes contextos. .. .. Mis reverencias a su persona y cualidad. Hare Krishna. 

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All glories to Srila Prabhupada. 

Hare Krishna Maharaja, because it is easier to talk to you travez letters, greeted him and hope that his preaching mission of Srila Prabhupada better every day. Due to the different processes of people in this world are improving their awareness, I think your best every day to keep surviving in this material world with what I have left of spiritual inspiration and time, so I wanted to ask you, on the edge hare krishna maha mantra when Prabhupada established this mantra did openly considering all we could be benefited singing lord krishna love. But sometimes it is advisable to sing with proper guidance, because we can commit offenses. ??? why sometimes it is essential to take initiation from a guru to sing better?, may be that we started, and we fall or hit bottom in our karma, and also did not continue, and it is better not to have taken this initiation.? ... Le story, now I begin to pick up a few rounds, but I do not know if this is beneficial as chanting mantras without prewritten guide can be harmful. The truth is that I feel very comfortable singing some rounds, for health, mind and heart. You may sing along under the shelter of a master like Srila Prabhupada? I wish there were more activities of the devotees here in Valparaiso, but have stopped making programs. Also .. I want to tell my daughter and served two years, and continue with music studies applied to different contexts. My obeisances .... his person and quality. Hare Krishna. 

HpS - ASA --- Por favor utiliza translate.google.com
Lord Caitanya is God. He is the cause of all causes. He knows you better than anyone. He says that by chanting Holy Names people will become purified. It is like eating food. If you eat there will always be some effect, but if you eat according to a good standard then there will be a good effect. At some point you start to get advice from a nutritionist about how to eat. At another level you formally accept him as your instructor and he guarantees that if you follow his diet then you will recover your health. Diksa is this formal contract.

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