Letters to the editor

I get about three times as much mail per day as I can handle.

A lot of it is redundant eg. where are you, what are you doing, what do you think about this topic.

A lot of it is also quite important, so the Blog is the only solution we have to deal with this.

It eliminates the redundancy and puts people in touch with other people with the same service concerns.

Hare Krsna.

💪💪💪🐕

Todas las Glorias a Srila Prabhupada!!!

Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja, por favor reciba mis respetuosas reverencias, espero se encuentre bien de salud.

Tengo algunas preguntas:

¿Se puede renunciar a ISKCON, sabiendo muy bien que la relación Guru-discípulo nunca se rompe?

Vemos que hoy en día autoridades locales hacen lo que quieren, especialmente en ISKCON-PERÚ, como si Iskcon fuera el congreso ordinario de la república del Perú. Algunos devotos quieren irse, no quieren hundirse con el barco, también ¿que podrían hacer? entonces...

Ésta administración de ISKCON-PERÚ ya es una dictadura, o es que ¿así verdaderamente funcionan las cosas?

pero, ¿como podría funcionar, si no les interesa la prédica y solo les interesa tener la billetera gorda?

¿como encontrar la protección adecuada sin cometer ofensas y no irse al infierno?

MUCHOS no quieren meter la mano, más bien se las lavan como Poncio Pilato y los pocos que tratan de hacer algo son sancionados y sancionados.

Disculpe si estoy siendo ofensivo con mis palabras..

Hare Krishna Guru Maharaja

Gadai Gauranga Dasa

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All glories to Srila Prabhupada!!!

Hare Krishna, Guru Maharaja, please accept my respectful obeisances. I hope you are in good health.

HpS - Our bodies, agtSP, do not get diseases. They are diseases. My body is like your body! 😆

I have a few questions:

Can one resign from ISKCON, knowing full well that the Guru-disciple relationship is never broken?

HpS - Candra mukhi Devi Dasi asked similar question in here post like yesterday or so. If you read that, https://monkeywarrior.com/detail/15575/, I think it will help but...

We see that these days local authorities do whatever they want, especially in ISKCON-PERU, as if ISKCON were the ordinary congress of the Republic of Peru. Some devotees want to leave; they don't want to go down with the ship. So, what could they do?

This ISKCON-PERU administration is already a dictatorship, or is that really how things work?

But how could it work if they aren't interested in preaching and are only interested in keeping their wallets fat?

How can one find adequate protection without committing offenses and going to hell?

Many don't want to interfere; instead, they just brush it off like Pontius Pilate, and the few who try to do something are punished and punished.

Excuse me if I'm being offensive with my words.

Hare Krishna, Guru Maharaja

Gadai Gauranga Dasa

HpS ... we can reiterate what we said to Candra-mukhi Devi Dasi on same topic.

To our understanding from the KRSNA book the Gopis live at three levels and this can be applied perfectly to ISKCON:

1. They are good citizens of Nanda Maharaja's village. They pay their taxes, barter over the price of yogurt. Complain about things that they think are wrong. This is ISKCON at the institutional level.
2. They have their circle of friends within the institution. The Temple President's closest friend may be the Temple pot washer. The Gopis look around to see who is looking at them milking cows and then begin to talk confidentially with other Gopis, their brothers et al.
3. They each experience a direct relationship with Krsna. Of course, this is through so many transparent via media, but those media are transparent, even unconsciously. We, you, me, must be experiencing a transparent, direct relationship with Srila Prabhupada. By the nature of the internally potency you are Srila Prabhupada's most intimate disciple. In our service as 'guru' in ISKCON we only try to act as that media.

We have, and are, personally experiencing this and know others who have, are, also.

You also?

Never leave SRILA PRABHUPADA's ISKCON!

Never be afraid to act with enthusiasm, bravery and honesty, to serve at all three levels.

If there are problems in the Institution, then maybe they are there to just get Peruvian devotees to make improvements, solve problems that will lead the entire world.

There is no restriction to you taking Sannyasa, becoming Chairman of the GBC!

Hare Krsna Gurudeva,

Please find interesting Link

Biograhies - Index

https://www.sushmajee.com/biographies/index-bio.htm

ASA - 🐵 🐷 🔭 Again!!! Hare Krsna!!! Thank you!!!!

Hare Krsna Maharaj ,

pamHo, agtSP,

The word enthusiasm originates from the Greek ἐνθουσιασμός from ἐν (en, “in”) and θεός (theós, “god”), meaning "inspired or possessed by [a] god".

ASA - Thank you!!! Socrates was a very religious guy, no???

Hare Krsna Maharaj, PAmHO, agtSP,

Thank you consistent classes on Sunday.

We were thinking we are uttering and not chanting.

Secondly we could see our attention is less when we are uttering.

We talk to people/we give classes, we are more attentive because their is response.

When we write, Diary or journal, still there seems some reciprocation

While watching YouTube, there seems to be reciprocation.

How can we experience reciprocation during chanting?

Trying to serve

Das of Hayagriva Avatar

HpS/ASA - Thank you!

Krsna says in BG chapter 10, yajyanam japa yajno smi, among sacrifices I am Japa.

so seems it is not easy to do, but has really great result, no?

NoI 7 & 8 talk about the stages of development, no? In Text 7 it just talks about how we get liberated by chanting.

Maybe I don't experience a personal reciprocation, but I get liberated. Teaching geometry to students or watching grand masters playing chess on YouTube may distract us, but we should be getting a deeper liberation from chanting.

Then 7 & 8 say we start to get a regular taste, which we can develop in Raganuga bhakti.

When we are on the platform of Raganuga bhakti we are goswamis: jitatmanam prasantasy, paramatma samahitam.

Then we are getting inspiration from the supersoul whom to talk to, which things to read, how to chant.

Usually it is coming from external sources, but the paramatma is telling us, I sent this person, I'm leading you to read this dialog in the CC.

Of course, the only taste is personal relations. Either with Krsna Himself or things or people eternally, connected to Him.

So, maybe we get a spark of that sometimes. We read in the sastra it will develop. We hear from devotees. So we go on. It is mentioned in Text 8, '.... srila bhakti siddhanta recommends'.

Satsvarupa Goswami asked Srila Prabhupada: how to chant better rounds, and he said that Srila Prabhupada looked at him with a stern gaze and said, "By chanting better rounds".

So, sometimes we know what we should do eg. Chant in the morning. Chant on beads and kirtan, with deities, associate with devetees etc. etc. Yet, there is no substitute for Bhakti, Sraddha. Sometimes is not technique, it is just a fact that we have to do our part and apply everything!! 👍

ASA - Submitted several weeks, months, ago!! Hare Krsna.

Hare Krsna, Guru Maharaj,

Please accept our most humble obeisances! All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

We are very excited to have your darshan at the morning program in Houston on your Vyasapuja. It is so nice to chant with you Guru Maharaj. You have and continue to be our reason to be inspired in Krsna Consciousness. Currently we are watching the Vyasa Puja on YouTube.

We wanted to present a small offering. It is a compilation of your poetry and illustrated manuscripts. There are 30 posts from the last four months on the blog: https://poetry-anthology-by-hp-swami.tumblr.com/ . If we have your blessings, we hope to keep looking through twitter and the blog from the last ten years to create an anthology of your poetry.

HpS/ASA - Amazing! ! ! AgtSP!!!!!! . . . . We looked at the first one third. It seems to be like Moon Beams from a Larger Madness.

Little birds and bees that ornament the forest trees of Srila Prabhupada's cogent symphony.

Read a few a day:\?

We asked Srinath prabhu a few months ago if it was possible to print an anthology that could be up to 300 to 400 pages. We are thinking that it may be that long Gurudev because of how prolific your writing has been through the years and how important it is to preserve your writing that means so much to your disciples and everyone in the Vaishnava community who appreciate your art. Srinath said it is possible to publish this many pages and is happy to help with the process. It would be an irreplaceable gift to the devotees and disciples, as well as every human and of course non-human that could hear near and far.

ASA - Kindle? Printable format like Word and PDF that people can publish as they like.

We have a lot of questions about how you would like to organize it Gurudev. We would also like to find other Vaishnava poets in the ISKCON movement or beyond to help with a preface.

We can ask Radhika Raman Prabhu and others about possibilities. Also in blog form we could make changes and edits and can send the login info to you also to make edits. We can send this in a separate message.

ASA - You can see that even though we wanted very, very much to answer your post, looking at it and others often, we just do not have the strength.

After months in Houston we are getting some kind of working schedule.

Not planning on changing our Camp site before August 15th, Janmastami.

How is the Army!

Spaniards, Cowboy American Kids, Missy's, Potato People?

We also have questions for publicizing such as: Should we have just one poem per page or is two ok if it is under 8 lines? What kind of Titles for each poem would you like? For now we put Date above the poems and if there were more than one publication the time was also included.

We also noticed how special the picture icons are with the accompanying poems. When we transferred from twitter on the computer to word the pictures became very big. If we copied from the phone though they stayed the same. Would you like the pictures with the poems Gurudev? We included some with and some without. We are curious if emojis could be published.

On another note, we felt like Idaho city home got transformed being able to honor you Gurudev for Vyasapuja. We made a veggie pot pie dish and made holiday cookies. Also you requested from my husband pictures. Jahnavi wanted to draw the Syamataka Jewel and was very happy to hear that it was a pastime you are also fond of. Sita wanted to draw Radha Krsna "getting married" and said she really wanted to see them get married. She said it was not in the Krsna book but said it did happen in the forest and wanted to share it with you.

Here is a poem:

Dear Guru Maharaj

The snow falls

The suffering

the hurt continues

like a Robert Frost poem

people are getting lost in thinking...

The woods are lovely, dark and deep,  

But I have promises to keep,   

And miles to go before I sleep,   

And miles to go before I sleep.

We know another road less taken

Where Krsna plays

Gets lost in the woods

with his best friend

holding each other through the storm

and frolicking thereafter

All of the devotees wanted to believe Krsna is theirs only

And when the trees fell down and demigods came up

the rumors spread

Krsna is extra Ordinarily special

Still

they couldn't stop believing that Krsna is our family member, best well wisher

Our life force now and forever

Guru Maharaj we want the same

You gave us a glimpse of

Being our utmost friend, well wisher

We sometimes forget like Krsna's friends and family

Your position

Because we are so happy to be with you

And get this attention we never feel worthy of

From Krsna's special friend

Its other worldly

and we never want it to end

Missing your association means we miss

going to the watery source

We want to draw/leap/forget what is painful with you

and just serve

You gave us a family

Your oasis source of Srila Prabhupada

The spiritual world that's opened up to us like a tent in the middle of Kansas

escorted us to join the circus of our childhood dreams

Thankyou 🙏

You said a few years ago

With a jovial laugh

"Your old enough now to be a grandma"

We are sad to see jealousy, remorse, sadness, lamentation

Not leave us even with the gravity of age

What an exhausted sigh and opening monkey warrior

we get steadfastness to Srila Prabhupada's process

every prose or excerpt is a passage

on how to step into the spiritual world

where every step is a dance

seamless, easy, simple and natural

to just slow...... down

with japa; studying service and gandarva prance

Make it our main skip line and Dandavats

At your and Srila Prabupada's lotus feet

Every waking and evening prayer

We beg to transform dry limerence and notoriety

into being a servant of the ants in the temple or the worm tiller of the rosemary outside

who serves the herbs that find its way to Krsna's plate

In the woods we wait 🙏

We miss you Gurudev. Please let us know when we can see you again. We could take turns going to Houston. Happy Vyasa Puja!

Your servant,

Kamagayatri dd, Murari, Aja, Jahnavi, Sita and Arjun

HpS - Wow! As soon as we ask a question you answer it.

I hope our Blog Posts, Twittttttter and no anveSaka have been able to keep you informed about us.

Poetry is great.

You are putting something very, very substantial on the plate!!!

Don't wait.

Don't hesitate.

Distribute in bite size pieces wherever you go, whomever you meet.

Those who will take to distribute also, to whomever they meet, dump a bagful at there feet.