Letters to the editor

We so often hear about men and women who get into an informal, accidental relation and then get abandoned and don't know what to do.

Here are some ideas.

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AGTSP paoho I guess the basic principle is that this is Kali-yuga. We are all alone, but we take some kind of artificial, cheating shelter by political co-operation with others sometimes and feel protected.

When we formally took Sannyasa then the real situation actually hit us. At first I was just staying and working in my little cave in the Berkeley Temple, but I could feel the subtle politics, so we started to travel and stay with different devotees around the Bay Area. This is Kuticak and then Bahudak. The stages of Sannyasa were so natural.

Then even that was not full surrender to Krsna so in ~January 1990 we took off on Parivrajack. We had just enough money to go and no more. It was frightening, but we were pretty convinced that Krsna was there. This was our duty. So we did it and one thing after another worked out and we have been traveling all over the world since then, ~1990, with no money or shelter except from Krsna.

At one point we arrived in New York in the snows of Winter and could stay with Professor Sankar Sastri for a few days but we really had no place to go after that. We did not agree with the way the BI or other Temples were doing things and we refused to compromise our principles. We finally decided that if there was no option we would just go sit behind some hand-ball board in a public park and freeze to death in the snow and let our body be found in the Spring.

Then, we got invitation to come again to Peru and it was not a long-term solution but it was a wholesome thing to do and then we expected that Krsna would arrange another engagement after that, but... the basic principle is that we have to be ready to leave our body if there is no service for us here. 

Read the verses about when the Pandavas leave:

http://vedabase.com/en/sb/1/15

So that is the real principle. Unless you are ready to give up your body for Krsna you will always have to make compromises with the Witch and She is delegated with the task of causing your trouble.

As a Sannyasi, yes, we can't get into all the details of this, but a general principle is that a lady or gentlemand only has intimate relations with their husband or wife. If one has intimate relations with someone he is she is his or her husband or wife.

You can think like that. Then the embecile left you to look for some other associate, O.K. She's an embecile, doesn't understand what a great person you are (Ha! Ha!).

And your attachment, lamentation etc. is natural, but what can you do? What can you do when your mother dies?

Well, you can do a lot... your mother is not dead, your "wife" is not dead. You can try to understand what to do for the welfare of all, not just your self, given the current situation.

O.K?

Don't try to be patient more than enthusiastic. Do something nice for everyone.

Vyasapuja offering

Hare Krsna Hanumatpresaka Maharaja,

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

I mentioned in my previous post the vyasapuja ceremony we held for you in Denver.  It was very nice.

I very much appreciated how you connected aspects of japa with the homunculus.  I never knew that japa engages the largest sensory areas of the brain in such a way, and that is a practical scientific way to show that japa helps to fix the mind on the names in many ways.

I think it is very valuable how you connect the intellectual and philosophic with the spiritual to make it practical for some to begin to see the spiritual reality from the sankhya platform, so that they may further see beyond it.

As far as I have seen, you have mastered the art of preaching according to time, place, and circumstance.  At colleges, it is Sankhya only and strictly.  At large gatherings including those new to the movement, you preach to what their hearts can accept.  And to close gatherings of devotees, we may hear the mercy of deeper realizations.

I feel very blessed and eternally lucky to have had your personal association and the chance to serve you.  You are indeed the ocean of mercy, and ecstatic prema emanates from you, that is how it feels being in your presence.  As far as this fallen soul is concerned, you are the savior of mankind.

I do not feel qualified to serve you or to do anything good, but somehow or other, by your mercy, I hope that I can someday help people become Krishna conscious -- starting with myself, by your mercy only. I would not be where I am now or as fixed in my mangala arati and service without your mercy and inspiration, but I can only try to express my gratitude.  I met you when I just began recovering from a traumatic experience where I could not eat and nearly left my body.  I am much better now and hope to continue to improve, that is the mercy of guru.

Hoping to remain at your lotus feet to become less fallen,
Bhakta David II

HpS - ASA - AGTSP. We see your descriptions of our qualities as things we should aspire for and maybe manfesting a little now by Srila Prabhupada's mercy.

Thank you.

We hope you are successful in find how the Sadhana can make your ability to follow 4 principles and 16 rounds everlastingly y.

All Glories to Radhe Syam

All Glories to the six gosvamis of vraj

All Glories To Srila Prabhupada

All glories to you

Dear Gurdev <img alt="smiley" height="23" src="http://hps.monkeywarrior.com/sites/all/libraries/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/regular_smile.png" title="smiley" width="23" />   Happy Vyasa puja!!!

Please accept my humble obeisances. Today I opened my eyes and i said thank you  to Radharani  for being here  in Vraj …..maybe I don’t deserve all of this, because I have the opportunity to have nice spiritual life even if sometimes is very hard to adjust  , where every day something wonderful happens to make me understand that all this  wonderful manifestation comes from Isvara , Thanks  Gurudev  for give me the blessings to be able to be here and serve you from here as well, because  with your support I don’t feel myself weak in thins battlefield . Narottam das Takhur mentions "i got this human form of life but i did not care to Worship Radha an Krihna, Therefore i have spoiled my life, i have Committed suicide simply by not worshiping Radha and Krishna In this human form of life.

is so difficult for realize all this, but after all the goal of having this human existence is  to understand from where we come from, why we are here and where we're going  and most importantly to who we belong  thanks  Gurudev ..... to make me  understand this . Your vyasapuya we celebrated in / Gopalji mandir in the company of some devotees of Radha Kund and Vrindavan , we did  with you parikrama as tradition here in Radha Kund,  and gave prasad to monkeys bananas.

may Radhe syam bless you always and reside in you great heart always

ys Radha carana d.

HPS - AGTSP thank you so much for this letter, but please tell us where you stay. Who is taking care of you. What is you schedule like. Who are your friends.

Dear Guru Maharaja,

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

All glories to this most auspicious occasion of your appearance day.

I don’t have many words to offer since, again, I left it to the last minute… Having a child kind of takes up my time and I hope you can understand. But please accept the offering of prasadam I prepared for you today- we speculated on what you might like based on an answer you gave to one god sister:

Vegetarian pizza, spinach salad with lemon dressing, strawberry lemonade, and simply wonderfuls with orange flavouring!

Happy Birthday!

Your aspiring servant,

Rasa-mandali devi dasi

             HpS - AGTSP. Lot Lemon!  (Ha Ha Hare!) bUT VERY NICE!

yES, I thnk we can apreciate how busy you are. But I also you got a very nice baby from you husband and Krsna. He (She) can do such wonderful things for Krsna. I feel that to call Srila Prabhupada a "Pure Devotee" or and "Uttama Adhikari" is minimizing his position. Even us block heads are starting to realize the seeds he is planting!!

<big>Dear Gurudeva, please accept my apologies, for in my selfabsorption i have failed to offer you good luck wishes in the first letter. Please accept them anyway. </big>

<big>May Sri Sri Radhe Shyam Sita Ram offer you Their divine audience longer and longer, by Srila Prabhupada's mercy, and may you be ever inspiring disciples, other devotees and not-yet-devotees around the world with such prasadam. May your health be good, and your travels be smooth. May your days be merry and bright, and may all your christmasses be white. </big>

<big>Kind regards,
RPd</big>

<big>Dear Gurumaharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. </big>

<big>Congratulations with your Vyasa Puja. It is the very first offering i write to you, after you've shown me your kindness by accepting me on board the ISKCON boat last year as my diksa guru. The mystery of our relationship eludes me still, although i try to understand it. In my foolishness, i looked at you in a material way, i have tried to use you for material gain and i have surely shown you disrespect, all for which i am sorry and offer my apologies. </big>

<big>You mentioned Srila Prabhupada's words that no disciple can ever take all of his Guru's instructions. I am aware of that. I like hearing your classes, they help me feel close to you. Also, i appreciate your way of presenting spiritual life, and how to apply it into my dense darkness. Many new challenges will arise, but i am confident that all will work out.  You certainly are able to shed the Light of the Bhagavata on society's workings and my personal sadhana, and i understand i have my life to perfect this. So i offer you my gratitude. I cherish your comment in this regard, "You already have my mercy, now you have to take it."</big>

<big>Your fortunate disciple,
Raghava Pandita dasa</big>
 

<big>PS. On days like this i miss being in my Godfamily's association. Your suggestion for visiting Spain certainly was visionary for establishing relationships there. </big>

<big>                HpS - Jaya! RpD.  So nice to hear from you. You can see we are drowning in this South American tour. Just be alert, alert, alert for the chances to preach thatn Krsna sends to you.</big>

<big>The Squeaky Wheel Gets the Grease!</big>