Daily/Saturday SB (7.6)

8 years, 5 months ago by hps in Special Category A
Hare Krsna, AGTSP,
Paoho
Here we are in our briskly chilly room in Manipur with moderately tough stomach ache. We are scheduled to present lecture etc. from 7.30-11AM then again from 3.30-4.20PM. We tried to reduce it with firm argument but it seems that we would have to resist being physically carried to the Temple by our own physical struggle not to go, so better to surrender and die preaching SB.
One of our highest priorities is this Saturday morning, ASA, ABC, Sanga. Thank you.
We hid and listened to the class given by Srinivasa Swami and comments by everyone. Very enlightening. Here in Manipur there is caste consciousness that one must be born in a Brahmana family to do certain things, I think even be a first class devotee of Lord Caitanya. I will give the first class today on chapter six.
We were interested in what M. Sundara-Radhika Devi Dasi thought about Srinivasa Das' comments about with good b'cari training one can easily renounce his family life.
We had about one hour meeting with Bala-Govinda Das and Toshan Nimai Das while they were in Kolkata for Radha-Nathan Swami's Mela. Then they went to the lecture that we gave at the Asiatic Society and were very enthused to see that we can present this culture and philosophy to the academic heads of society. They are two of Radha-shyama Prabhus most prominent leaders.
We can go ahead (with Srivasa, Anantarupa das et al?) to see about co-operating with ISKCON Pune in these Bhakti-Vedanta studies and accreditation.
We will read Chapter Seven and next week join live on line!
We are dying to get back to "our country". on the 8th, but when we are intelligent about it we realize that it will not give the relief from stress that we are seeking.
We just have to accept that dying in position is the only relief and happiness in this material world.
Thank very much you,
HpS

Eagerly waiting for Guru Maharaj at Manipur

All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!! All glories to Guru Maharaj HpS. PAOHO at Your Lotus feet.

Hare Krishna Guru Maharaj,

We regret that Prof. Samaresh is not making it, we had already distributed the invitations ...trying to make some adjustments with the program. We had sent the attached programmes at the email address of Guru Maharaj and Prof Samresh.  We are so sorry. We seek forgiveness.

Had been very busy Guru Maharaj....almost every evening we go house to house program and sing Damodara Astakam ...we cover about 4 to 7 houses a day. We come back from work late in the evening and go with senior devotees....today we will cover 4 houses....

We need Your mercy Guru Maharaj. Silchar devotees arriving today...Sending the program once again....we are keeping the inaugural function as simple as possible. We would request Guru Maharaj to speak for about 5mins at the brief Inaugural function. The main Talk for Guru Maharaj has been kept at 1455hrs. This would include interactive session of about 25mins.

Waiting eagerly for Guru Maharaj.....its been raining for the last couple of days....

Your most fallen servant,

Sarada Gaurangi DD

HpS_COMPUTER_FAILURE_KRSNA KNOWS SINCERE AND LAZY EFFORTS_SEE YOU IN A FEW HOURS! WILL BE WONDERFUL PROGRAM>!!!!

URGENTE! Baby vaisnava! Gracias! Haribol!

8 years, 5 months ago by Julieta Corzo Fillmore in Personal Sadhana Reports

Jaya Gurudeva!

Toda Gloria a Sri Sri Adi Goura Nitay!

Toda Gloria a Srila Prabhupada!

Toda Gloria a Usted! 

 Por favor acepte mis respetos y reverencias a Sus Santos Pies. 

Guru Maharaja cómo se encuentra usted?

HpS - Almost dead body with Sankirtan and Gaura-Kishore Ekadasi, but spiritually making real progress! Thank you.

  Esta carta es inesperada incluso para mí, y tiene el propósito de pedirle un favor a usted y una bendición. Una amiga muy querida por mi, la madre Delia, ella participa de las actividades de Iskcon hace un año y medio aproximadamente, y ayer a las 12.40 pm, dió a luz una bebé muy hermosa y ella le pide, si es posible, que usted le de un nombre para esta almita y una bendición para que siempre pueda estar en asociación con los devotos.

ASA - We don't know but "Radha" is a nice name.

 No quiero robarle mas tiempo Guru Maharaja y personalmete pronto le enviaré mi reporte anual. 

 Muchas, muchas, muchas gracias por su valioso tiempo. 

 Espero que usted se encuentre muy bien. 

 Siempre recordandolo en mi corazón. Disculpe por favor cualquier ofensa.

 Jahnava Devi dasi, su sirvienta.

 Hare Krishna!!!!

PD: le adjunto una foto de la bebé.

ASA - Ha!  Ha!  Es un robot. La persona es lejos con Krsna in Goloka.

ASA Lectures on-line & Visit Vrindavan

8 years, 5 months ago by srinath in Personal Sadhana Reports, Special Category B

Hare Krishna Dear Guru Maharaja

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

Thanks to Dhruva prabhu, we were able to get your lectures and photos from Australia on Facebook. Hope you are getting some rest in India after the busy schedule down under.

I am travelling to India in December to get my work visa stamped. My mother has been wanting to go to Vrindavan for some time now and I have never been there either as I have never felt qualified enough to go to Vraj alone. Radhika Raman prabhu is also there in India during that time and said he can take us to Vrindavan. I wanted to request your blessings and shelter for our visit to Vrindavan so that we may go to the Dham in the proper mood.

My company's facility in SLC is shutting down in June 2018 and they laid off many people. Fortunately by Krishna's mercy, I have been offered relocation to Richardson, TX. It is about 20 minutes from Dallas. On one hand I feel relieved that I still have a job and on the other, I want to look for a job in SLC as I have very nice association here. Radhika Raman prabhu is only a 1.5 hours away and Boise is 4.5 hrs from here. Moving to Richardson seems the logical choice career wise as I like the work I am doing in my company and they value me a lot, but I am not able to make that decision easily.

Gurudev, please guide me on how I should proceed. 

I have also uploaded lectures of yours that I had and most of them from IDT to a common soundcloud account - https://soundcloud.com/user-938973912

I request all my godbrothers and godsisters to send the lectures they have to [email protected] so that I can upload them to the soundcloud account and have all the lectures at the one place.

Your servant

Srinatha Krsna dasa

HpS - Hare Krsna. AGTSP Paoho. Thank you for the letter. Best wishes for visiting Vraja. It is very covered by the bright glare of Kali-yuga, Bollywood, materialism, but with some mercy from Srila Prabhupada you can see behind that.

Richardson sounds nice if it is just twenty minutes from Dallas ISKCON. Nice devotees there. Also taking association of Radhika-Ramona Das can be nice also. Read the Damodara lila story in the 10th cannot of whether M. Yasoda should have stopped giving her milk to Krsna or let the pot of milk boil over.

Saturday workshop

8 years, 5 months ago by hps in Special Category B

Hare Krishna
We are sitting alone in a room in ISKCON Kolkata after just having listened to the Saturday morning ASA Srimad Bhagavatam workshop recording, SB 7.5B, from Startmeeting.com.
Of course it is extremely difficult for us wandering miscreants to get internet connection etc but the motivation to get the association of devotees is so powerful.
Thank you.
We were enlightened by M. Sundara-Radhika DD's presentation and then the comments from the devotees were practical and heart warming. We hope LAD's cold improves.
Our first principle is just get association. Go to the Sunday Feast. Then later, for members of ISKCON the requirement is daily SB class. We have tried to develop this in our part of ISKCON and gone as far as we can considering or Ashrama and the mercy of others. So next step is to approach our GBC man, Badri-Narayan Swami and his help.
SB 1.1.1 - This SB focuses on the highest truth, reality distinguished from illusion for the welfare of all.
In the end we must all go to Srila Prabhupada for any direction, intelligence and strength.
Our respects to every one. Two weeks more and we can join on line.
Anjaneya, Hanuman Ji, Ki Jay.
 

URGENT: 3rd report THE ART AND THE SACRED

8 years, 5 months ago by abhiramdas in Other

Hare Krishna Gurudeva, please accept my humble obeisances
All glories to Srila Prabhupada !!
All glories to Hanumatpresaka Swami !!
By the mercy of Sadai Nimai-Nitai, things have turned out to be very favorable for sankirtan:

  1. The meeting with Dr. Alejandro Neyra, Director of the National Library of Peru, was a success. At one point during the meeting he told me: "I want to congratulate NIOS for the organization of their events, I have seen with pleasure the videos in your Youtube channel. " At the end of the meeting, I instruct the Image Director and other officials to provide us with all the facilities and all the environments we need to carry out THE ART AND THE SACRED in October 2018 (this includes the web and using the logo of the BNP and the Ministry of Culture). HpS - Very, very nice. Do we have a signed contract?
  2. Our calendar of activities for 2018 is the film THE ART AND THE SACRED, THE PATH OF A PILGRIM, the exhibition of Art SACRED IMAGES and the I INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM. For 2019 we have planned the MEGA-EVENTO EL ARTE Y LA SAGRADO at El Teatro Nacional. By arrangements of Mr. Nityananda, 2019 Peru will be the WORLD HEADQUARTERS OF THE FORUM OF ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS, FINDING IN THE CULTURE ANSWERS TO THE PROBLEMS OF THE HUMAN SOCIETY, the Forum is made up of India, China, Greece, Egypt, Peru, Mexico, Italy , Iraq and Iran. The Minister of Culture participates actively in this Forum. The Director told me that if we do a good Project it is possible to join the activities that the Ministry of Culture is organizing for 2019.
  3. Robert Conlon is officially the SOLARIS style proofreader in English. He is a senior at Literature at the University of Austin in Texas His mother is Mexican and I teach him Spanish to communicate well with his maternal relatives, so he handles both languages ​​very well. I already pass the articles to him, he weekly will send the advances. HpS - We tried to talk with him before we left USA but could not. It is on our Calendar to call him as soon as we arrive back in Texas.
  4. Walter proposes a preliminary event for February, within a week we have a meeting together to refine details. Everyone (Ramón, Hector, Walter and Miguel) suggests that we make a fine bilingual brochure (printed and digital) about ART AND THE SACRED. Please, what is your suggestion? HpS - It sounds very nice. Can we start looking for local sponsors also?
  5. I have already passed on to your main mail the progress of all the transcripts of the NOI. HpS - O.K. We will try to find the first one and edit it. We need your little reminder to do this.

Gurudeva, I humbly apologize for sending this report a few days late. The health of my donkey a little delicate, I have been with severe bronchitis and now I have a strong irritation in the eyes. Hare Krishna respected Gurudeva, his insignificant servant, Abhiram Thakur das

HpS - If you are chanting 16-enthusiastic rounds daily and following four principles strictly then all that is happening to your family, friends, community and body is under Krsna's control for you to advance in devotional service. We will be in Srila Prabhupada's Sankirtan movement life after life.

What do you think of the thesis that I published on WhatsApp? There is no response from Miguel, Hectar nor Ramon. Our basic suggestion that all art trying to achieve the sacred, eternal life, has as its first impulse fear of death, old age and disease.

Telecommunications here in India is difficult but if you can call us please try. +91 88 00 58 67 45. We are free after noon.

Everyone thanks you so much for this contribution. So much. We will go on with the work of developing the Web-page and fund raising.

URGENTE: 3er informe EL ARTE Y LO SAGRADO
Hare Krishna Gurudeva, por favor acepte mis humildes reverencias
¡Todas las Glorias a Srila Prabhupada!!
¡Todas las Glorias a Hanumatpresaka Swami!!
Por la misericordia de Sadai Nimai-Nitai las cosas han salido súper favorables para el sankirtan:

  1. La reunión con el Dr. Alejandro Neyra Director de la Biblioteca Nacional del Perú fue un éxito, en un momento de la reunión él me dijo: “quiero felicitar a NIOS por la organización de sus eventos, he visto con agrado los videos en su canal de Youtube”. Al finalizar la reunión instruyo al Director de Imagen y a otros funcionarios para que nos brinden todas las facilidades y todos los ambientes que necesitemos para realizar EL ARTE Y LO SAGRADO en octubre de 2018 (eso incluye la web y usar en la publicidad el logo de la BNP y del Ministerio de Cultura).
  2. Nuestro calendario de actividades para el 2018 es la película EL ARTE Y LO SAGRADO, EL CAMINO DE UN PEREGRINO, la exhibición de Arte IMÁGENES SAGRADAS y el I SIMPOSIO INTERNACIONAL. Para el 2019 tenemos planeado el MEGA-EVENTO EL ARTE Y LO SAGRADO En El Teatro Nacional. Por arreglos del Señor Nityananda, el 2019 el Perú será la SEDE MUNDIAL DEL FORO DE CIVILIZACIONES ANTIGUAS, ENCONTRANDO EN LA CULTURA RESPUESTAS A LOS PROBLEMAS DE LA SOCIEDAD HUMANA, el Foro lo integran India, China, Grecia, Egipto, Perú, México, Italia, Irak e Irán. El Ministro de Cultura participa activamente en este Foro. El Director me dijo que si hacemos un buen Proyecto es posible integrarnos a las actividades que el Ministerio de Cultura está organizando para el 2019. 
  3. Robert Conlon es oficialmente el corrector de estilo de SOLARIS en inglés. Él es alumno de último año de Literatura en la Universidad de Austin en Texas Su mama es mexicana y le enseño español para que se comunique bien con sus parientes maternos, así es que el maneja muy bien ambos idiomas. Ya le pase los artículos, él semanalmente va a enviar los avances. 
  4. Walter propone para febrero hacer un evento preliminar, dentro de una semana  tenemos una reunión para afinar detalles. Todos (Ramón,Hector,Walter y Miguel) sugieren que hagamos un folleto fino bilingüe (impreso y digital) acerca de EL ARTE Y LO SAGRADO. Por favor cual es su sugerencia.
  5. Ya le pasé a su correo principal el avance de todas las transcripciones del NOI.

Gurudeva, humildemente le pido disculpas por enviar este informe con algunos días de retraso. La salud de mi burro esta un poco delicada, he estado con bronquitis severa y ahora tengo una irritación fuerte en los ojos. Hare Krishna respetado Gurudeva, su insignificante sirviente, Abhiram Thakur das.