The threefold miseries are not fun
I fought the mind and the mind won
Working hard in the hot sun
I fought the mind and the mind won
The best Krishna seva I ever had
We ate pakoras cooked in ghee
Giving up that sanga, I must have been mad
Now what can be said about me
I fought the mind and the mind won
I fought the mind and the mind won
ASA - See music at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsS0cvTxU-8
Good poem!!!!
Back to the fight!!!!
Todas las glorias a Srila Prabhupada
Querido Gurudeva
Por favor acepte mis humildes reverencias
Vanca Kalpa Gurudeva. Acá Bhakta Rodrigo de Santiago de Chile.
Disculpe que no haya escrito antes. Muchas actividades de fin de año y muchas cosas ahora los primeros días de enero.
Muchas gracias por permitir que este burro necio como yo pueda hacer servicio devocional para usted.
Muchas gracias por su confianza y apoyo, pese a nuestros errores y ofensas en nuestro servicio. Gracias por su infinita misericordia.
En mi carta de hace 10 días atrás hablamos sobre el nombre de su conferencia. Usted dijo que estaba bien nuestra propuesta: “Psicología y lo Sagrado: Carl Jung y la tradición Védica”.
Ayer martes surgieron algunos problemas de última hora, problemas que escapan a nuestra voluntad, problemas con el lugar donde va a realizarse la conferencia.
Usted llega mañana jueves a Santiago de Chile, entonces podemos hablar en persona en el templo, si Krishna y usted quiere.
Espero para mañana jueves tener buenas noticias.
HARE KRISHNA!
HARE RAMA!
Su aspirante a sirviente
Burro bipolar surrealista nacido en Chile.
HpS - Si, estamos hablando de todo aqui. Muy bueno ver Vd. Quedar aqui. Por que no Tri-polar??? Va ser mas interesante, no?
Hare Krsna Respected Guru Maharaj,
Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
All glories to Guru parampara.
All glories to you on the auspicious occasion of Vyasa Puja.
You live as your realize for Krsna. Never seen you, without Krsna. You always obliged to Krsna
for everything on your way. You accept Krsna in everything. You appreciate Krsna in everything.
whether he makes you without food for many days.
You are always in Vrndavana, serving, playing with Krsna and the cowherd boys in the deep
beautiful forest....serving, teasing boys, chasing Krsna, calling Krsna. You feel Krsna in your
heart....giving everything to Krsna.
You float with two stream, one - always in Krsna. Second, you come down to enlighten us for Krsna.
Very perfect balance, like - Parsurama, you personally very deep in spiritual level for Krsna and
for other, perform duty by cultivating, for Krsna. Your stage is so high that material things do
not affect your spiritual level. You float with both the level frequently and easily. You are perfect
balance of both the level. This shows you are at very high level of Satva.
When you are in very deep level, you don't want to continue with this material world and
want to...back to be with Krsna and cowherd boys in the beautiful forest, near the river.
You are always pass in Krsna's plan, even though he makes you to do a big battle of Kurukestra.
You as example allows us no excuse for weakness. On the occasion of Vyasa Puja, we beg for the
strength to become steady in sadhana and service. We are not able to do it without your blessings.
your fallen servant,
Girivaradhari-Gopal Das
HpS - ASA - Well, your glorifications apply mostly to Srila Prabhupada. We seem to get some taste sometime, but not always in Goloka internally!! Thank you for your association and example. It gives us impetus. Aren't we very fortunate to get Srila Prabhupada's association!!!!
AGTSP !!
Please accept our humble obeisances
Dear Maharaja
It's that time of the year when we realize how much you signify and mean to us, how much we've being walking the long way home following your marks in the forest, traces, memories, inspiration, how mamy times we've been lost but found in a whisper coming through you from Srila Prabhupada.
HpS - ASA - Yeah! That's thing. Coming through us FROM PRABHUPADA... and we are messing up the message to some degree, so always good to have other connections also.
How things unsaid and beyond prakriti between us are as real as the temple walls I've walked by throrugh the years. In this time of the year we wish we could make visible in a verse the dept and the impact your siksa and association has had in us. Today my offering is my stead fast commitment to never give up no matter how though the circumstances are or will be.
ASA - Oink!!! Undeviating, like a boar with his nose in the ground!
And here we are once more knocking on your door like beggars. We have a bramachari friend who is doing tremendous preaching in Canada and Cuba and he needs preaching, educational tools in spanish language. If you so kindly could point the way on where or how to get them so we can serve and improve this preaching program in Cuba then our service to Srila Prabhupada's mission could improve much.
Dandavats dear Maharaja
forever at your serice
Raul GC
PS we may be travelling to Vrindavana, Mathura, Naimisaranya, Kuruksetra this year.
HpS - ASA - Wow! India trip. Why not check at Krsna.com for resources. If they don't list them on line then contact their Contact adddresses!!! AgtSP!!!!!
Sadhana Slipping or re-gripping?
January 4, 2016
Dear Maharaja Hanumat Presaka Swami,
Please accept my humble obeisance’s, All glories to Srila Prabhupada, all glories to your service!
Concluding another year, (2015 on the Christian calendar) has brought some very poignant realizations. Of course your report request is a good reminder of the need for perfection.
This year was pushing the limits of my japa more than any, the 16-4 rule is “written in stone” as is sincere service. Where is the difficulty? It is in the latter, service/seva. Taking on many projects, personal demands of perfection have brought havoc on the japa. Always catching up on the Mala, some days only getting partial rounds in, then have 20-24 rounds the following days.
Unfortunate for my seva-holic-ness or bless-fully fortunate for the Soul, the Lord reminds us that japa is the Supreme sacrifice, “…of sacrifices I am the chanting of the holy names [ japa]” Bhag-gita 10.25. In all context it is something that must be performed. Some exceptions were noted by his divine grace, Maharaja Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura (MBST), in the “Bhakti Vaibhava” within the service of bhakti-seva. One should be especially careful, for rationalizations can pave the road to hell better than good intentions and I easily fall in this category.
The great fortune I’m grateful for is in your reciprocation when I dwell on and over-signify errors, with sluggish sadhana, am so glad to have things cleared up in your association, even your nuances bring relief.
Accept that limitations exist due to karma and acknowledge it can be changed. As time passes gentle reminders of the dangers at every step are there (just broke a bone in my foot). While hoping to finish with a happy-ending in my sadhana report, reality is it has declined in some aspects this year. Though there was one positive gain, managed to read more books by MBST and many S.P. disciples.
Regardless; trading association, Mandhir programs & reading for daily sadhana is not rational. As heard, “If you’re not getting your rounds done, you’re dumb”. In the latter I’m qualified & could rest on those laurels of ignorance. Initiation is a vow to change and have had wonderful results in your association along with other Vaisnava’s. In keeping that advancement going, shall continue on the bhakti-path though limitations may invade from the past as a Dr. Spock groomed, “Baby-boomer, T.V. cartooner and a flash-back doomer” the battle is not over for this ol’ brain.
Won’t dwell on what has been, just hope I’m not condemned…may have to use a few more lifetimes to get dialed in. Though, Srila Prabhupada’s resend, “Do it in this lifetime”… would be a Godsend.
Thank you for your most valuable time, please excuse my piteous ramblings and taking advantage of your association. Have to get back to japa and accept that in this lifetime it can be perfected.
Again, All glories to your service!!
Your servant in training,
"Burning-Mud"
caitanya caritamrta das, das anu das.
HpS - Oink!!!!! Get a Japa partner. Report to them and them to you, no? In general you seem to be doing good. Yes, the Karma yoga temptation is very real: Doing what WE like to do for Krsna, rather than what KRSNA likes us to do for Krsna. Then easy to sink down.......
AGTSP
Pamho,
Hare Krsna gurudev,
Like I told you, this is the information that I promise one weeks later maybe. Im completly incompetent.
HpS - AGTSP. Only Krsna is completely incompetent. You are about 75% competent!
I have not ask tou much help in this step, the next one organizing, yes, but plannig im little alone because bad time managment. Im working now and is completly different.
ASA - More fun!
All the information about the congress is here available to the world: www.iskcon.cl/educacion
The form is in www.iskcon.cl/congreso
Our request from you will be
1) Little talk at opening celebration and introduce the program and Ram Giridhari / 28th January
2) A 30 min. conference about the sastric education apply South American reality. / 29th January
3) A workshop in the afternoon about The Integrity of the Preacher. This is one option but, the other option is Grhasta, because this field empty because Mahajana didn't attend because his wife is in the last step of her pregnancy. / 30 th January
This is the detailed program of the congress, but you're the first we ask the opinion:
http://bit.ly/programacongresoiskcon
The devotees are waiting for this program to get ready.
Hare Krsna.
HpS - Of course, we talked about this when we met yesterday. Some Grhastha should do the Grahastha workshop, but we could join with a Sannyasi perspective.
We accept what you have done and what we have heard so far. We can even change it after we get there just by asking everyone if it is alright. I need to see printed copy with you present to make good comments now.
\'o'/ Hare Krsna. Should be lots of fun!!!!!
Fun produces results!
