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AGTSP

Paoho

We are weak minded, or have a limited amount of mental strength. Getting up in front of 65-people and expressing your ideas is a very intense experience for us. Our Ayurvedic doctor, Rupanuga, tolds, "One, maybe two lectures a day". We see it's true. Yesterday we got up early. Did full morning program. Did two personal interviews. Was always the Example of  many eyes. Did an intense breakfast with five people as planning meeting. Class befor and after breakfast and then planned to come back for the afternoon, but... as soon as we were alone, we almost collapsed. Felt Krsna grounding us.

Ooof.  Afternoon off doing nonsent mental work (with one more intense meeting with Hare Krsna Dasi and Patraka Das when they came to see us at our Ashrama.)
Part of the reality is that this goes on Day after Day.

We think it is a good thing. We have to learn how to adjust our selves. This is the spiritual world. Surrounded by devotees. We all just have to learn how to live in this atmosphere, no?
O.K. Answered all the mail to three days ago.

3.47AM.  Rush with bath,Puja and 12-minute walk to the Temple.

Hare Krsna!!!!!!    Japa, Japa, Japa....  vidya vadhu jivanam.

Today we have packed progam until about 3.30PM, Then we go to Lima and meet with Rupananuga and Abhirama Thakura.  Thank you so much Radha Gokulananda.  We hope this KC movement expands to give you relief from Your suffering in this material world.

Hare Krishna, por favor acepte mis respetuosas reverencias

En esta oportunidad quería comentarle un poco mi situación para que la sepa. Bueno, como le comentaba, el año pasado acabaron los estudios de psicología pero decidimos venir al templo este año para mejorar en el apego a Krishna e intentar ayudar al movimiento de Srila Prabhupada. La idea es estar durante este año 2016 y el próximo año 2017 comenzar a buscar empleo y volver al lugar donde estaba viviendo. La idea también es poder vivir este proceso en el templo para generar una base, y luego llevar las practicas durante toda esta vida. Generalmente tratamos de absorber todo lo posible del proceso para que nos sirva permanentemente.

Quería darle las gracias por las respuestas que nos ha dado y es inmensamente valorable que nos ofrezca su ayuda para acercarnos a Srila Prabhupada. Es muy importante su ayuda para quienes queremos volver a Dios lo antes posible.

Finalmente, quería pedirle algun consejo para la situación en la que estoy, y además preguntarle ¿cuál es la importancia de la prédica para mantenernos concientes de krishna de forma permanente? pregunto esto ya que he leido una carta en la que Srila Prabhupada menciona que la persona que predica pertenece realmente a la cadena de sucesión discipular. y además los amados asociados de Sri Krishna lo hacían en los pasatiempos junto a Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

Muchas gracias por su servicio a los Vaisnavas y a los que estamos intentando serlo, todas las glorias sean a Srila Prabhupada, todas las glorias sean a Sri Sri Nitay Gauranga.

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HpS - ASA --  Predica es natural, no?  Cuando aprendemos algo quieremos compartirlo con otros, no?    Predica puede ser con personas con quien relacional de una manera agresivas para el primero vez, parar la gente en la calle, pero tambien con miembros de nuestra iglesia.

Ramananda Rai occupado en nirjana bhajana, solitary worship.

Nityananda en Sankirtan

Padre y hermanos de R. Rai en negicio y administracion.

Gadadhara en Ksetra sannyasa, staying one place with a vow and serving the Deity.

The Spiritual Master knows the aptitude of each disciple and engages them all properly.

O.K?

Hare Krshna Maharaj, 

All glories to Srila Prabhupada and all glories to you...

Please accept my most humble and respectful obeisances.

I am really happy to know you are doing well, for me, Im doing well too; I am happy here in the temple going to get flowers for our Lordships and also trying to chant more rounds than the ones established and also following the principles, I am on a period of vacation from University but one of my family members passed away couple of days ago and I still feel some pain.

HpS - We have heard that Prabhupada said that that is natural. It is like some family member goes to a foreign country to work for 9-months. The whole family comes to see his boat leave and all feel very intense separation. They will exchange letters and phone calls, but their is a natural separation, but we dont think that the personal associate has ceased to exist!

I have a list of the ones who lead Mangala Arati Kirtan here in Mexico mandir from last week, there is nine of them: Mataji Alina, Prabhu Dharmaraja, Prabhu Ramacandra, Prabhu Adoksaja, Prabhu Mahasankarsana, Prabhu Uddharana, Prabhu Efraín, and Prabhu Hari Gopal

I hope this is useful for you. Please let me know if there is something I can do to serve you.

HpS - It is such a nice list!  Thank you. We hope people send us lists like this from other Temples.
What are the Bhagavatam class verses?

P.S.:Dear Maharaja...I also write to you.. to confirm my assistance to the airport on the 13th of July.

Your insignificant servant Bhaktin Diana

HpS - I hope all goes well and we can exit the airport and meet with everyone.

Hare Krishna Guru Maharaj,

Please accept my humble obeisances.  All glories to Srila Prabhupad.

I just read your thoughts on Divorce, and they are extremely positive, thought-provoking and Krishna Conscious. Having read them, I felt shame on myself, since some people in the community had asked my opinion about it and I gave them very wrong advice. But now, my eyes are opened and as a result, I would call those people who had asked my advice in the past, and would share your letter with them, thank you so much.

I am going to India in the 2nd week of Nov with all the family-members to attend the marriage of my Ganganagar sister's daughter (Silky) for two weeks.  Guruji! you were saying that His Grace Nitai-Gaur Sundar Prabhu is going to India with his family-members for Kartik, and since there is no association of anyone for you in Nashville during that time, you were thinking where to go? My humble advice is that you may go to India for Kartik with them, they would be happy to have your loving assoiciation or may be you can kindly come to India bit later, then, we can have your holy assoicitation and even I can arrange some preaching programs in Punjab, what do you think? I am giving all these suggestions because you were thinking where to go when Shriman Nitai-Gaur Sundar Prabhu is not there.

Thank you very much, HARE KRISHNA.

yours servant,

Raktak Das

HpS - AgtSP.  Hare Krsna.   Thank you so much for your news and help in our travel plans.    These are just our thoughts on Divorce and polygamy from practical point of view.   We may go to India for the Guru, Swami, GBC Sanga in the beginning of February, and to go twice may kill us. The travel was so so hard on our body last time.
We are just finishing this INTENSE program in Peru with the National Library et al.  Hansadutta told us in very intense moments: Your job in this movement is to see that people who come, dont go away, and your will be appreciated after you are gone. This is the same comment we have gotten from so many sources from first grade to PhD work.  O.K. Seems we have to learn how to write.    Please help us a little bit with that.

You write a few short poems!
All best wishes for Silky and all your family and friends.

All Gloritis to A.C. Prabhupada Maharana and Sripada Maharaja

Sri Guruji Maharaja and Gouranga Mahaprabhu

Radha Krsna Ki Jay and Goura Bhakta Vrnda Ki Jay

Dandavat Pranam

Thank You so much for Guruji's reply and advice from time to time.

Please accept my humble obeisances unto Sri Guruji's pdmacharan that last Saturday the 2nd July, 2016 Bonomali prabhu and Sadhubusan Das along with other young bhaktas of about 15 came and performed Nama Sangkirtana, Gita Prabachan by Bonomala Prabhu and Sandhya Aarati at the end. This time some more invitees of local area also participated and from our side two mataji and six other initiated members also joined the above mentioned programmes.

Verbally we have decided to continue such functions at the same time and place for one year, then gradually some more new members will automatically join in our Nama Sangkirtana.

Guruji Maharaja, in every reply please advice me  one or more instructions to be done or not to be done so as to increase my spiritual knowledge. Now I am reading Bhagavatam of 6.5.20. Daily, after mangal aarati, I remember some slokas of Gita such as 4:7-8, 9:25,26,34 , 10:8-11, 18:65-66 and Bhagavatam 1:1:1, 2:9:33-36, NOI sloka 1-11, Brahma Samhita 1-5, Namaparadha 1-10 and Gurubandana.

The rules instructed in the book "Guide to Bigginers" for Pujah and Arati is sufficient or is there any more to be performed for personal daily arati?

Yours fallen servant,

Yamunesvara Das

Dear Guru Maharaj

Please accept my humble obeisances all glories to Srila Prabhupada!

Even before I came to ISKCON I realized that the principle of spiritual advancement is sacrifice. I never had a whole lot of money or fame or opulence but I had something I loved more than life itself. I realized that art would have to be my sacrifice for Krishna. But I'm in pain. I see no reason to give that up forever, if I can use it in Krishna's service. But I'm full of religious guilt because nobody appreciates what I do. I've had to fight my whole life to justify my existence to the world. It literally almost killed me. This feeling of worthlessness is not new by any means. But I'm good at what I do, and I think I could do it in a way that would be beneficial for me, for the public, and for the movement. It's not like I'm into big game hunting or carjacking. For God's sake I'm an artist. Why not give me a chance?

Your servant,

Ekāśma Das
ISKCON, New Dwaraka 3764 Watseka Av.
Los Angeles, Ca, 90034

HpS - Hare Krsna.   We are doing four hours of intense lecturing a day here in Peru, day after day to intense audiences, then two hours of personal consultations. It is too intense. We have to minimize or die, or get deeper source of energy. Using this Blog is wonderful. We hear that six more people will take advantange of this letter.

1. Hare Krsna. Paoho.

2. Hare Rama, Paoho.

3. We answered the more "robust" version and it was nice. This version is very, very nice also but it is like both are needed. Kardama Muni was intense devotee but was still attached to material life. That was fine with Lord Visnu. He arranged a nice material experience for him that allowed him to see that his real love was Krsna.
Arjuna showed face of person attached to his type of service,  Karma-yoga, and Krsna denied him to go to higher yoga by jumping over. Quickest way to to Goloka is through Ayodhya.

We recomnend Karma yoga for those on that platform. (Like us).

4. If the drive to do art is very intense, then it is probably not Karma yoga,, but Bhakti yoga through our Karma (which is what Arjuna really is. He just acts like a Karma yogi for our benefit.).

5. Be social about your Karma/Bhakti-yoga. Have friends. Dovetail with the administratiive, institutional aspect of yoga.

O.K??