Hare Krsna dear Gurumaharaja

Please accept our sincere obeisances

AGTSP!!

I hope you are in very good health.

HpS/TB - AGTSP!!!!! So, nice to get a letter from you. Of course, hoping that anyone in the material world is in good health, even Maharaja Pariksit, is a kind of oxymoron, no?

"This body does not get diseases. This body is a disease", Srila Prabhupada Said, Volume 55, Page 445.

I tell you that for the last two months, I have been doing the research to write my thesis and thus obtain the professional title of the school in which I studied in Mexico.

If I want to continue teaching (which is the only job I have at the moment), I must regularize this issue. The investment of time is great but I learn many things from the amount of material that I have to consult.

Not only am I interested in obtaining a professional degree, I also have a great attachment to the field of knowledge in which I work. I have tried to consider the possibility of disengaging myself from this activity but I am not a good enough devotee to give up.

The smooth life that we lead in Huaraz allows me to dedicate myself to my studies, to work as a researcher and teacher and to the development of our spiritual life, in the silence that has allowed me to be more observant of my process.

These occupations have distracted me from my responsibilities at the Ministry. I have not been able to participate in the recent programs, although I think that unconsciously I have distanced myself a bit from what I consider a little informal leadership on the part of the authority.

I want to have a conversation with your good self to propose some actions that make the service of all easier, hopefully he will listen to me a little. I hope to soon find the enthusiasm that will allow me to continue with my service.

HpS/TB - I think we have very similar perception of the Ministry of Education in ISKCON so we can sit together for some time while we are in Peru and work together for the satisfaction of Srila Prabhupada.

Have you been able to develop connection with Karuna krsna Das and the National Council, Regional Secretary (Mathuresa Das) at all in terms of the Ministries work? We will be in Peru in a few weeks so we can discuss it more then.

However, Lord Jagannatha is merciful and has manifested to us in the form of Radha Damodar an hour and a half from where we live, at the home of Daru Krishna Prabhu. He and his family live in Caraz, in a beautiful house where they have a small temple. My wife and I have been going every two weeks to take Darsan of His Lordships and enjoy the association of cultured, sincere and calm devotees. Meanwhile, we serve Jagannatha at home, more inspired each time.

HpS/TB - As far as I know there is no GBC sanction against visiting Prabhu. There was one for example about Sannyasis visiting Narayana Maharaja's Temples in the past.

To speak quite frankly, as I understand is the job of a Sannyasis, I have not had much association with Prabhu Daru Krsna Das for a long time, but we have exchanged respects through others. I think his idea of Srila Prabhupada and worship of Radha Krsna is pretty standard and of course he is developing his own useful realizations.

The only area where I would like to understand his position more is in terms of Srila Prabhupada, ISKCON and GBC authority.

Bhakti-tirtha Swami and Radhanatha Swami in our knowledge of their public statements were outside of GBC authority for some time, but... they were always seeking to reconcile that relationship and in the end they did.

"Anyone who is avoiding the Krsna consciousness movement, but thinks he is in deotional service, in living in a great delusion", SP as we remember from his books.

So, there is the key. Some people left and did not want to reconcile. They wanted separate life. Some came even recently to horrible ends. Others left and wanted to reconcile.

The rounds are very good and the reading profitable, I currently read Jiva Goswami's Tattva-sandarbha translated and commented by Gopi-paranadhana prabhu in which I have found the value of systematic study in pursuit of a more philosophical understanding of the path we have undertaken.

At the same time I read the Krishna Book for sentiments that balance the scale. My good wife is very well, refining her path and invoking you frequently, she is a very good devotee of yours.

We hope to find the time to visit you in Santa Eulalia, although from what I have read, it will take two weeks of isolation to take your Darsan.

HpS/TB - Telephone will be easy. With distance, outside, we should be able to sit with people who are not vaccinated, quarantined, no? To stay in the house, shoulder to shoulder, that means proper precaution, no?

For the first time, I wish I didn't have a job in the summer to go see you. I trust Lord Baladeva's compassion and your mercy to make this happen.

Always wishing you the best, with love.

Your silly servant

Gandharva das

HpS - Thank you. What about your work as Director, formal representative, for NIOS? I thnk that with a PhD thesis in the works it might be hard to do any other job!

Hope that you Brahminical vows are all doing well and you are a leader in Srila Prabhupada's Sankirtan.

We hope to improve our standard as ISKCON Guru.

Raghunatha Das Goswami sets a very high standard.