Radhe Radhe! :)

8 years, 10 months ago by Candrarekha Devi Dasi in Personal Sadhana Reports

All Glories to Sri Sri Gaura Nitai
All glories to Srila Prabhupada

P.A.M.H.O.

Hare Krishna Dear Gurudeva

First of all I hope you are well, like your health and your activities. And apologize for not writing some months ago.
I tell you that this year was very run ... I'm in the final stages of the university, and working almost all year ... so I went to go little to the temple... but I'm singing my 16 rounds, following my 4 regulative principles, and making my deities worship at home.


I'm reading the bhagavatam for now, since I've started from the first volume .. now I had desire to take the course with the mother Candramukhi  Bhakti Sastri but I could not regulate the time of my current activities... But then I'm quiet for now, since vendras new times do everything to cultivate more my spiritual life ... for now I am happy that I can have the association of my devoted friends on weekends when I have free, and converse with spiritual brothers through telephone and internet sometimes. 


I was thinking ... maybe ... after completing all of the university...  work a little my spiritual life, take courses, to train more my sadhana, perhaps some temple too ... we'll see that Krsna wants for me ... Gurudeva I will not cheat ... my spiritual life is not perfect ... but do everything possible to stand firm in Krsna consciousness, become a better person, to speak of Krsna always …And I'm constantly reading your blog and your twitter… And excuse me for not always write, sometimes I not have very interesting things to tell ...


Thank you for your time and happy to communicate with you, and please sorry for my bad english!!! ... 

your servant Eternal

Candrarekha devi dasi
Santiago, Chile
 

HpS - AGTSP   Thank you for the news.   Seems you are doing pretty well. In the beginning we have to have a balance of our "spiritual" life and our "material" life.   Maybe spiritual in the morning, making money during the day, and enjoying in the evening, but late we can see how it must all be for the same purpose. Arjuna had to learn material activites, how to use weapons, but of course it was not material, it was spiritual. So, with a good morning program you can gradually see how to make all your activities use full to the King and the Queen.

A herd of 21 cows?

8 years, 10 months ago by ysdamodar in Other
Hare Krishna Hanumat-Presaka Maharaj,
 
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
 
From 2000 to 2005, I was serving in the brahmacari ashram in Vancouver. I hope you remember me.
ASA - AGTSP   paoho.   Hmmmmm?   Not immediately!

I have a question for you. If you would kindly take a few minutes of your precious time to answer it, I would greatly appreciate it.
 
I heard, either from you directly or from another devotee quoting you, that if you managed a herd of cows and you wanted to constantly have milk, you needed to have 21 cows.
 
Could you please explain the reasoning behind that number? Or, in-other-words, how did your calculations bring you to that number?
 
Looking forward to hearing from you,
At your service,
Damodar Gopal das
 
HpS - As I remember, one Bhakta, Mark Chatburn, did his Master's Thesis on the topic and his conclusion was that at 20 cows, the number of births and deaths is equal. Of course, this is a general principle.
If half are ladys cows, and they give milk naturally 1/3 of their life, then at anytime in  herd of 20 cows there willl be 3-1/3 giving milk. And that is suficient for 20 families of 4.  SO each family has to see to the happiness of one cow.
O.K?

Reporte

8 years, 10 months ago by Bhakta Martin in Personal Sadhana Reports

Todas las glorias sean para Srila Prabhupada
Todas las glorias sean para Sri Sri Guru y Gauranga
Por favor acepte mis reverencias...

Espero que se encuentre bien de salud espiritual, aquí seguimos en el templo de santiago de chile intentando servir a los vaisnavas. Quería comentarle que nos ha cambiado bastante la perspectiva de la vida al realizar el proceso dejado por Srila Prabhupada, hemos seguido distribuyendo sus libros, aunque ahora con un poco más de dificultades, pero esperamos esforzarnos más y ganarnos la misericordia del señor. Estamos siguiendo el programa matutino de mangal artik, japa mala, bhagavatam, honrar prasad... a veces el canto del santo nombre se vuelve algo mecanico, pero el tercer verso del sri siksastakam ayuda bastante - trinad api sunicena.. cada intento de cantar correctamente es como un acto de conquista al señor hari.. a veces realizamos puja a Srila Prabhupada (muy bello), en otras ocasiones ayudamos para cocinarle a sus señorias Sri Sri Gaura Nitay, y en otras ocasiones damos clase de Bhagavad Gita tal como es.. todo esto en cuanto a las actividades, internamente tratando de valorar todo, de autoconocernos, mejorar la actitud de servicio y devoción. Por momentos han surgido algunos problemas administrativos en este templo, ante lo cual surgen algunas dudas..
¿Cómo desarrollar tolerancia? y ¿Cómo eliminar el deseo de criticar a los demás?
Le agradezco mucho las respuestas de los reportes anteriores, me han servido para crecer un poco, como aparecen las primeras hojas en una planta, sabemos que esto esta comenzando. esperamos poder servirlo cuando venga a este pais.
Su aspirante a sirviente.
P.D: Lalita Madhava Das me recomendo que le envie reportes en ingles, pero como no manejo el idioma me preguntaba si a usted le acomoda que utilice el traductor de google?

HpS - TLGASP>    No, su Espanyol es bien claro!   Muy agradable oir de Vd.   Siempre hay problemas institucional en la institucion.  Tenemos que basar nuesta vida administrativa en nuestra vida espiritual. NOI Text 3  es bueno como desarrollar la tolerancia y 4-6 muy bien como eliminar critica de los devotos, todo.

Tenemos que ser entusiasta. Por que estoy aqui?  Que puedo hacer para lograr mis metas?   Resolvando estas preguntas vamos a ser entusiasta, y entonces la tolerancia se convierta en parte de el entusiasmo.

Si puede ver como cada devote (mas facil) y cada Karma, Vi-karmi (mas deficil) puede relacionar con su servicion, entonces va a ser facil no criticar a ellos.

O.K???   HARE KRSNA!

Educators in DC/Richmond Area

8 years, 10 months ago by sarita108 in Calendar Development

Hare Krishna Maharaj,


 Pamho. AgtSP.

You mentioned in the earlier letters about potentially meeting some educators while you are in DC/Richmond.

I have compiled a few contacts (chairs of religious departments) and think they may be points to potentially get something in the works. I’m not really sure of what we are trying to accomplish (reached out to Radhika Raman Pr. Have yet to hear back from him)…otherwise I would type up an introduction. Would you like to just discuss options for vedic culture in educational curriculums? Forums and panels? Something more reserved like Goswami academy?

Devaprastha and his wife Padma Malani mataji have a wonderful club they are running at UMD (Maryland). I reached out to them in hopes of connecting to a professor - they are going to contact a few people. They admire your work immensely.

But this is what I have so far…I hope it is of some use. OH and the last contact is for this new Hindu chaplain at Georgetown Univ. who was at our temple for Janamastami! Really nice and humble person. I sent him an email to see if he could possibly connect us with someone. There is a link to the article posted by the WashingtonPost commemorating his arrival. **

 Thank you for an opportunity of service Gurudev!

Your fumbling aspiring servant,
Sarita

HpS - AGTSP.  Thank you very much.   We are getting overloaded. We just got the Houston <> Mexico travel fixed!       Your research looks great.     May thing is that we sent a letter to you, Chicago, Richmond and Raleigh with suggestions about themes and content.  Did you get that?   You can answer it here.

Viaje a Mexico

8 years, 10 months ago by Asta Sakhi Devi Dasi in Hot Topics, Calendar Development

Querido Gurumaharaja:

Por favor acepte nuestras respetuosas reverencias!

Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada! 

Muchas gracias por Su respuesta.

Hemos platicado con varios hermanos espirituales de forma virtual, DF. Guadalajara, Uruapan y Monterrey y personalmente con la autoridad del Templo, Prabhu Dharmaraja. 

A) Estamos muy agradecidos de que Usted considere visitar México en Diciembre, todo lo contrario a ser un disturbio, resultaría ser un gran apoyo para el grupo de sankirtaneros del DF. debido a que la última semana de Diciembre resulta ser la más dificil, la mente y el cuerpo se cansan por el rirmo de marathon e incluso cuesta hacer el sadhana y mantener una buena conciencia. 

Considerando este importante punto, Prabhu Dharmaraja y el líder de Sankirtana de este grupo, Vrajendra  Kumara Dasa le piden a Usted que nos visite por favor en esas fechas, ya que sería una gran inspiración para los sankirtaneros jóvenes y todos justamente en estos últimos días de Diciembre. 

 -Podemos organizar una reunión con los sankirtaneros el 25 de Diciembre, ese día la mayoría de sankirtaneros descansan. 

- Buen mangala arati para entusiasmar.

-Podemos crear estrategias de distribución de libros como sastra dana para Navidad , etc etc. 

- Podemos seguir trabajando en mejores ideas. 

* Prabhu Dharmaraja enviará una carta de invitación formal. 

B) Sus discípulos coincidimos en que lo más importante para nosotros es Su salud y dar apoyo a la prédica ya agendada para India. 

Por tal motivo y por el largo viaje a India también opinaron que la visita en Febrero sería lo más indicado.

Querido Gurumaharaja, Usted es nuestra vida y alma, estamos para intentar servirle y no para ser servidos. Su visita en cualquiera de las dos fechas será muy auspiciosa para todos, en esto estamos de acuerdo con la autoridad del Templo.

Nosotros quedamos  rendidos a Sus sagrados Pies, atentos a tomar Su misericordia. 

Lo que Usted decida estará muy bien para todos .

Muchas gracias por Su paciencia y tanta misericordia. 

 Por favor disculpe nuestras ofensas.

Su eterna aspirante a sirviente 

Asta Sakhi dd. 

HpS - Pies de loco.  TlgaSP.      Ya compramos el boleto:  Llegamos a Mexico, DF, 1.59PM, 24 Deciembre, United 1088.  Salimos 10.55AM, 30 Deciembre, United 1025

Hare Krsna.    Nos vemos pronto!     Gracias....

[maybe urgent] Dialectic Spiritualism - Jung

8 years, 10 months ago by pnd in Other

Hare Krishna Dear Guru Maharaja,
Please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

In this letter https://hps.monkeywarrior.com/node/6911 you wrote

We have so many projects: 1) Transcribe Prabhupada's comments on Jungian philosophy in Dialectic Spiritualism.

If that will help you here is part about Jung from Dialectic Spiritualism in Unicode:

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Your servant Prahlad Nrsimha das

HpS - Worth a Million Dollars.   Thank you for the donation.   We scanned it and ran it through an OCR but still requires a lot of clean up.  This is one more tool in the effort to preach in this area.