Hare Krisna Gurudeva. Please accept my humble obeisances. All Glories to Srila Prabhupada.
I hope you’re fine.
Carcika and me are very well by Krisna’s Mercy, trying to work for Krisna and His devotees.
The Madrid’s Temple goes very well. We have a great team of devotees. The ashram is full and we opened a matajis’ ashram in the flat close to temple. The last week was Urmila Devi Dasi prabhu and some matajis took accommodation in the new ashram.
We have a very strong summer programs with itinerant preachers: Vrajasaki Das Prabhu, Urmila Devi Dasi Prabhu, Harisauri Das Prabhu, Bhakti Nityananda Maharaja, Vraja Krisna Das prabhu, etc ... The connection with New Vrajamandala and other temples of Spain is very strong by Krisna’s Mercy and His devotees, but lamentably we want to take away from some devotees from Navalakunda, because they have established a power fight with the GBC. t seems they don’t accept the GBC’s authority and your disciples in the Rector Council don’t follow your instructions about the GBC’s authority line, instructions that you wrote by email about what Srila Prabhupada said and you sent to some devotees like Hrdaya Caitanya Das Prabhu, Bhakti Gauravani Goswami, Yadunandana Swami, Jayanta Das Prabhu or myself.
HpS - ASA - AGTSP Paoho. Oink! WHoop! Gronk... Brank!
This is very important topic, but it is also admnistrative topic so comes in third level of importance after Devotee Relations, Brahminical Relations and before Money and Technical Details.
In the letter we wrote we said that as far as we knew everyone involved was following 4-principles, chanting 16-rounds so the dispute basically seems to be an administrative one. That's O.K. Radharani and Candravali argue about how to serve Krsna best.
That kind of finishes our diksa guru involvement in the situation and from 7,000 miles away we can't do too much in detail. As a consultant it seems to us from what we know that Jayanta Das and others may have been dealt with little rudely, not appreciating all of their incredible service. However, looking at what we know, and considering the distance and the language barrier, we don't know that much, it seems that Naval-kunda Yatra should have more respect for the National Council opinion and then the GBC Secretary opinion above that. To waste Srila Prabhupada's money to build a second Rathyatra cart seems insane to us.
Hrdaya's GBC deciscion about delivering the cart and disputing the other issues at the next National Council meeting seems sane.
He seems like a sane person to us.
On the other hand, maybe the Naval kunda Yatra has some super important issue to make by this expense of Srila Prabhupada's money that the GBC Body will listen to and then make a decision that will have strategic global value for Spain and the world.
My point was that this is administration. One should not get too close or too far from three things: A Brahmana, A King or A Fire.
If you get too far away you will derive no benefit and if you get too close you will get burned.
Taking such a dispute past the GBC appointed Zonal Secretary to the GBC Body, (to Prabhuapda?) . . . is very, very intense business. We've seen Prabhupada chastise devotees (with love) so intensely for doing this that they were vibrating and could not sleep for two days. Prabhupada recounts a similar experience he had with his Guru-maharaja.
That is all we said on the matter and just can't do much more unless it is in English.
We can't possibly offer opinions on details of administration from here.
A possible transcendental fight has become in a problem to follow the GBC's authority. We are very sad. Nobody understands why they don’t want to give the Lord Jagannatha’s cart to Lord Jagannatha takes a walk on the Madrid’s streets during the Ratha Yatra's day. We don’t want to generate more karma by this issue. The time will put the matters in order. They are a very good devotes but it seems as if an ant had become in a mad elephant. I don’t know. May be I’m too fallen down to understand it.
HpS - Just step back and laugh a little bit and keep trying to do your job as President of your Yatra. Krsna didn't let Draupadi know all of His plans either.
On other hand, the last Saturday we celebrated the International Yoga’s Day in Madrid. Many yogis came, and we distribute more than 100 Prasadam’s plates, some books and more than 80 yogis were chanting Hare Krisna with Yasodanandana Prabhu as leader of the Kirtan, Janardan prabhu and Bhakta Marcos playing the caratalas, and Krisna Avatar prabhu playing the Mrndanga. Carcika Devi Dasi (my wife) and Sananda Devi Dasi dancing, everybody were in ecstasy and they went away with a great smile on their faces. We had many preaching. At the same time we had the lunch program in the temple with a hundred people. Many many Krisna’s Mercy.
HpS - ASA - Very nice!! Many times we have seen great programs with ISKCON and Yoga ashramas. Thing is to talk to the participants and do another one better later, no?
Well Gurudeva. Thank you for listening me, for Japa Joe and all the inspiration you give us to spread the Sankirtana’s movement in Madrid.
Please, let me keep at your service.
Your humble servant, Dandava Das.
HpS - ASA - Thanks to all of you!!!
