Letters to the editor

Hare Krishna dear Gurumaharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

I would like to offer my services for transcribing whatever you want me to. Please let me know.

Your servant,
Raghava pandit das

HpS - AGTSP paoho. Thank you. We will note your name in our noi-stm, transcription register. The link follows. You could maybe listent to it on line by clicking the link, but you could also download the link, I think. It is 7.3 MB.

www.jayarama.us/archives/noi-stm/noi-1.4[tongue-belly-gentiles].mp3

AGTSP

paoho

We just updated our www.jayarama.us/archives/tpp-iso.docx file with a NOI/ISO Module Review at the end of the file.

Enjoyyyyy (serving Radha-Krsna)

All Glories to Sri Sri Gauranga Nitiananda.
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada.
All Glories to you!
All Glories to devotees.

Please accept my most humble obeisances to your feet.

ASA - Paoho.... !

Thanks for your answers in my previous letter. Hope your health is good!
Rounds debt, have to fix it URGENT 4 principles ok.

Keep On in Bhakti Sastri... I want to make it for all my life over and over again, always learn something new!

You ask me if I'm ready to do more service without my gross body. Hope can keeping fllowing your instructions, and this day will came... Thanks for bless me.

Last letter:
 The "rasa" of each entity is always the same? Or can evolve? - We always are "the same" and we discover? Or when we obtain prema, Krsna give it to us?  ASA - In NOI the verse 'nitya-siddha krsna prema..." is cited. Look it up and see where it is spoken and then read that section. Send us your thoughts!

My thoughts: Always is the same, the process show it to us cleaning our hearts, The rasa is there. That's what I understand about that but I won't speculate, please enlighten me with your knowledge. (It show you I'm not even close to be the second most intelligent person in Arg! hahaha)

ASA - Many people in Argentina think that they are intelligent, but at least we know that we are insane. We need to read that section also, but we understand that, yes, we have a relationship with Krsna and now we have to revive it. Then we go back to our normal work of expanding that ocean of bliss. It is like we start offering all of our Bhoga to Krsna first. Then we get separate plates for Him. Then we start taking a bath before we cook, then ....  in this way we have our Rasa, but we can improve it, add compementary secondary rasas. It is a matter of self discovery also. Krsna does not know His full potential, neither do we. How wonderful is reality, how wonderful is Aksara Dhama.

O.K. Let's look at some other letters. Come with us.

Gurudeva KRSNA make his arranges! Last week I had a meeting (thanks to Lomasa Rsi Das) with a group of therapist who have a Jung Institute, they're so interested to know you, they say they put the place, the students, everything, they really want to know you! We will put the exponent and the snack ;)

Soon  I will start again to give the spiritual scientist in two different places and a Kirtan program in my neighborhood! From here we will invite people to do a Bhakti Vrksa, please send us your blessings. I know nothing of this things will happen in a good mood if i'm not chant good my rounds. I will be more serious in my process, sorry for my faults. I will not say nothing more, I will act. Is abusive of my part keeping asking for blessings and be lazy, Sorry. I have to improve and i will .

Guru Maharaja, thanks for your time and for your causeless mercy, your latest answers enlighten me a lot.

Who always want to stay engage in Prabhupadas mission, your aspirant to disciple.

Rati Manjari Devi Dasi

HpS - Such nice pictures, remembrance. Krsna married 16,108 princesses. Actually more. There are Apsara gopis, Bimal-gopis, why not Bhauma-lila-Argentini Gopis! !

AGTSP

paoho

Our flight is delayed so we recorded the ISO class for tonight. Here is the link!

ISO 15 & 16    http://stme.in/pnh6Uiofk

Dear Hanumat Presaka Swami Maharaj,
Please accept my humble obeisances, all glories to Srila Prabhupada!
I sent this letter through Nikunja Bihari prabhu on the 18th of last month and haven't yet seen a reply. I just wanted to resend in case it slipped through the cracks somehow, if not, please forgive my lack of patience. Haare Krsna!

HpS - ASA - AGTSP!!!  paoho.   Guess it slipped!

I hope you are in good health. I am just preparing for another sankirtan expedition with my team. In spring and summer time we go to music festivals, like Woodstock. Everyone is trying to transcend the daily grind so we're trying to give them something more substantial.

Lately I've been having a little trouble adjusting to temple life again after traveling so much. For almost four years now I've been going out for a month or two, and coming back for a week or so in between. I trained for almost a year with RVC. Outside I have to be surrendered internally, I have to veld motivated, I have to prioritize, and make determined goals; but when I come back to the temple there is a lot of pressure to conform externally to a formula. I realize the importance of setting an example, and I try to get into it, but sometimes I find it hard to stay motivated and sometimes I regret that it may come across as disrespect. I actually like KC activities, but I find it a little frustrating when I feel forced, or if I have to do everything just a certain way. I can't help it, I'm rascal #1 but I'm just trying to contribute what I am able to. I can't seem to live it yet, but I'm at least trying to form a concept of obedience. One brahmacari recently posted this excellent quote by Tolstoy about monasticism. Tasty! https://www.facebook.com/16rounds/posts/10206283068813001

Some high points lately: I managed to complete some new illustrations for my main shiksa guru's translations of Sri Bilvamangalacarya (HG Mukunda Datta prabhu.) I also had the privilege to visit your servant Radhika Raman prabhu and his family; and also Bhakta Adrian and his good wife as well, last time I was in Utah. It was really great to see them again. Bhakta Adrian was my first roommate in LA! 
I was inspired by one of your lectures where you described one interfaith conference where the devotees were talking shop with a Mormon cleric about preaching. He said the most effective preaching is the follow up rather than the cold calling. I'm not such a good book distributor in terms of quantity, so I was inspired to create this website as a recent attempt to build a quality preaching platform on the foundation of my book distribution: Radhakrsna.weebly.com

I'm trying to make some arrangement to visit you in Seattle during your stay there (July 8-11, correct?) Please pray for my colleagues and me, and I will likewise pray to Nrsimhadev for your safe travels as well

Your humble servant,

Bhakta Eric

HpS - ASA -  Hare!   Krsna!      Awwwk!     I can't remember who you are, Prabhu!!!!     Awwwwk.   Past 50-then energy in the body is finished and past 60-the short term memory goes. BUT old age is a great friend for a devotee beause it pushes us from Sensual to Mental to Intellectual platform. Then if we can get completely on the Atma platform we are eternal!!!

Remind us of who you are.

Your clash with Temple Sadhana seems normal. Like you say you just have to learn how to adjust to it, no?   The Tolstoy quote is nice. Compare with BG 4.34, no?  Prabhupada says, that blind faith is condemed. So we have to understand the postion in the administrative structure and the spiritual development (and even esoteric taste) of our ISKCON associates.

Hare Krsna Dear Gurudev,
    Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
    All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
    All glories to Guru parampara.

    Gurudev, Thank you so much for considering my name for second initiation.

HpS - ASA --  AGTSP paoho.  We sent a letter to Temple President and mentioned Siksa-guru with copy to you yesterday asking for their approval!  Second initiation is preparation for 3rd initiation, Goswami. Are you thinking of going through Grhastha Ashrama or going directly to Vanaprastha or Sannyasa???

    You can send mail directly to our temple President H G Radheshyam Prabhuji, also mention my local Shiksha Guru’s name.

    Gurudev, Have prepared note on SB for 7 days SB, for preaching purpose. Find below the SB topics for 7 days.
    Below topics will be covered in 7 day SB Katha. Please advise.

HpS - ASA - Who are your Stew Dents? SB 2.2.12 says we should not go beyond Canto One and Two unless Students are following the 4-principles, no?

    1. Bhagvatam Ki Mahima Part
    2. Creation Of Vedas by Vedvyas
    3. Death Of Draupadi Childs
    4. Chirharan Of Draupadi Part [Shouldn't this come before part 3. This means stealing of her clothes, no?  Ham hindi sik raha hu, and there is not much mentioned in the SB about this, no? It is g r e a t story]
    5. Parikshit Maharaj Request Sukhdeva Goswami to Recite Srimad Bhagavatam [!]
    6. Sukhdeva Goswami Says Listening Srimad Bhagavatam is the Greatest Benefit of Life Part
    7. The Value Of Time
    8. Kapil Dev Preached His Mother Devhuti [!! This is advanced topic, no? If you are engaged in illicit sex with your 'wife' then these descrptions of hell and the gratification of Kardama and Devahuti will be toooo intense!!]
    9. Suniti Guides Dhruva Maharaja [Very specific also advanced, no?]
   10. Dhruva Maharaj Ask Krishna to Provide Devotees Association
   11. Description Of 28 Types of Hell
   12. The Story of Ajamil
   13. The Story of Chitraketu
   14. The Story of King Nabhag
   15. The Story Of King Ambrish
   16. The Birth of Lord Rama
   17. 14 Years of Exile to Lord Rama
   18. The Story of King Subhdyumn
   19. The Birth Of Lord Krishna
   20. God told the Story of the Previous Birth of Devaki and Vasaudevji

ASA - From 9-on seems too advanced unless you have advanced students. Of course, in the 1st and 2nd canto we see summaries of these later cantos and avatars.  Who is your audience??  Is very good project. You should start BhVai as soon as you take second initiation!!

   This notes has been prepared for door to door preaching.

ASA - Aaaaaaaah!    For that seems you really need to stick to first two cantos.  Of course, Prabhupada puts so much information in there about later cantos. You just have to find it.   Monkey and Piggy have a ton of stuff in the archives on the first two cantos: pdp...    It is it useful???

    Thank you, Guru Dev.

your fallen servant,
Girivaradhari-Gopal Das

HpS - Thank you sooooo much of this work!!