Hare Krsna Gurudev - Janmastami Report, from Vrndavan

Hare Krsna Dear Gurudev,
    Please accept my humble obeisances at your lotus feet.
    All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
    All glories to Guru parampara.

    Gurudev, Thank you so much.

    i was in the team of Janmastami flower decoration for entire Temple. We were total 26 (23 external + 3 internal (ISKCON)) member.

HpS - Krsna-Balarama Mandir!!!

    Continuously, around 54-56 hours of service, with no sleep. We decorated the entire temple, SP Samadhi and all. I was surprise
    even after 56 hours none-stop, i was not feeling tired, sleepy !!

HpS - Hmmm!   Must have been a vaisya in India in you last life time. Managing many people in the town with very religious sentiments.

    To see this, Our one Lead, asked me to come for next day again for whole night....i was happy.

    Actually, we had started service from 4th Sep to till 6th Sep. Double decoration of SP Samadhi Mandir.

    Have collected SB + BG Preparation materials and few thing need to discus with few seniors from temple. Then i will be able to
    Finalize one 15 days preaching schedule for a new location. Once everything fix then i will share the detail with you. As of,
    it is under discussion and planning.

    Eager to meet few more Brajwasi Vaisanava for sadna and want to visit few more bhajan kutir or Bhajan stali of Vaisanava.

    Please let me know if you have any thing for me.

your fallen servant,
Girivaradhari-Gopal Das

HpS - ASA --- Yes, yes. More news as it happens  and  are you going to take second initiation?  Then you can go on the altar!

Malaga news!!!!!!!!

9 years, 9 months ago by bhaktajosemadrid in Personal Sadhana Reports

         Pamho. TlgaSP.

      Querido Gurudeva: Perdone por favor mis multiples ofensas, pienso que soy un ofensor a sus pies de loto, entre otras cosas por no escribir en tanto tiempo, esta carta no será muy larga pero espero sea el reinicio de una mejor comunicacion. Gracias por su misericordia sin causa.

 
HpS - ASA -  Gracias su carta. No sentimos ofendidos!  Muy feliz oir de Vd en su lugar de lucha en moviemiento de Sankirtan de Gaura-hari.

     Continuo con mis 17 rondas, 4 principios en plano burdo, y ahora  3 gayatris.  Puede que esten saliendo muchas impurezas, como cuando uno hace ghee, pero pienso que hay cada vez menos apego a seguir en esta condicion dormida del alma. Siento que mi deseo de mejorar es más intenso, y no tan facil de hacerlo como pensaba, pero no me identifico tanto com mi mente, ni con los objetos de los sentidos.

     En general estos meses en el templo, estoy sustituyendo al Jefe de pujaris cuando el tiene que viajar ( Abhimanyu prabhu) cuidando a las Deidades pequeñas, (muy intenso).  Servicio a Sus Señorias,  cocino Rhaja [raja] bhoga 3 o 4 dias a la semana, visto Sri Sri Gaura Nitay grandes una vez a la semana, baño a las pequeñas 2 veces al mes para estar entrenado en eso, hago el aratic [arati] de el mediodia 6 veces en semana, Mangala aratic todos los dias, limpieza, etc

    Bueno tengo que retomar la lectura estos meses han sido un poco desatre en este sentido por una causa u otra entre otros esta claro que la mayor parte del tiempo por desorganizacion. Estos meses han resultado ser maravillosos pero tambien ha habido pruebas, pienso por falta de conciencia de Krishna,  (ejemplo falta de limpieza o tratos desagradables entre devotos, creo que estas cosas no tienen nada que ver con Conciencia de krishna).

    Estoy pensando que estoy en un cargo que no es el mio, pero como espero algun dia poder ser devoto, y ese es un cargo más elevado y dificil, seguir intentandolo sin tener en cuenta el cargo, o sea mantener mi objetivo, ser consciente de Krishna.

   Sigo tocando un poco pero no tanto como me gustaria.

     Estoy realizando que a veces me resulta muy duro vivir en el Templo, pienso que tengo que buscar la manera de vivir fuera dentro de unos años, estoy pensando volver a Madrid pero no vivir en el templo, y tampoco para el resto de mi vida. Será como vivir una vida totalmente distinta a todo el mundo en general.

    Tengo que mejorar bastante ciertos aspectos, cuando maya me pone a prueba con comportamientos de devotos totalmente inapropiados, mi conciencia queda bastante perturbada. Entonces mis deseos materiales salen a flote, me doy cuenta de mi miserable condicion material, me lo recrimino y se me pasa. Es algo asi como querer comprarse un avión, hacer planes y de repente ver que no hay dinero, entonces se me pasa,jajajaja. Mi inteligencia me dice que por lo menos hay que intentarlo hasta la muerte (ser consciente de Krishna). Maya es muy atractiva pero realmente es muy bromista, cuanto más atractiva es, mas se sufre despues. Todavia hay apego pero cada vez hay más apego por Krishna. Pienso que la vida material no conduce a ningun sitio, y tambien pienso que hay muchas maneras de tratar de llevar vida espiritual, hoy por hoy mi predica es que no es necesario vivir en un templo.  Hay muchas más cosas, espero poder escribir más regularmente. Gracias de nuevo por su misericordia infinita,  estoy totalmente incualificado para recibirla, se que tengo una deuda dificil de pagar, una deuda eterna. Uno puede ser muy famoso en 10.000.000.000....000 de universos y aun asi ser muy poco conocido. Soy muy insignificante.

    Su desastroso sirviente, Jharikhanda-gaura Das.

HpS - Gracias su carta, muy pensador. Desculpa Espanol horrible. Por que no queda Brahmacari, viaje a India con unos mas B'caris para estudiar para unos meces. Desarrollar buen amistad con unos B'caris, toma Sannyasa con profundo compreshension de la filosofia y Krsna en Sus libros y su corazon, y ayuda todo el mundo?

report from mumbai

9 years, 9 months ago by harsh_horse in Sankirtana / Temple Activity Reports

hare krsna, maharaj, pamho, agtsp.

I will come to point directly
you wrote "We have not heard from the Mumbai, Pradhan. We hope that he has also been able to make some progress in assembling the list of possible consumers for Bharatiya-sanskriti and the wonderful Felicitations volume."
In my understanding I think my work was just to compile list of contributors not consumers. Can  you please guide on the path to distribute these books.

HpS - Always so nice to get the straight news from a real horse. Can you contact Dr. Samaresh and see about updating the list? He says that some of the people have changed. Then we can draft an exciting, motivating promotional letter and sell 500 books in three weeks. Then you can retire to the country with your wife and six servants and invite devotees to come and visit you and make your entire village devotees of Lord Sri Krsna. Then . . .

Hope you have got my second long long letter. Hope it was help.  gradually i am finding writing helps one to see and control one's mind. Become an author become an authority

regards
horse

HpS - Yes, you saw our great appreciation for your letter on sense control. Again thank you. What is happening with your PhD?  Can you give us a little summary of your doctorate? Are you going to write for "Psychology of the Sacred" in Lima, Peru, in June 2016?

FROM CHILE FERNANDA LEIVA

9 years, 9 months ago by Bhaktin Fernanda L. in Personal Sadhana Reports

AGTSP!!!

PAMHO!!! DANDAVATS TO YOU!

Hare Krsna Gurudev, long time without write, i am  sorry for that,

HpS - ASA - AGTSP paoho. Long time to answer. Traveling VERY hard. Sorry about that. Is very, very nice to hear from you.  What has happened to Bhaktin Fernanda?

. . . but now i have internet so i have not more excuse for not write you and i will do it.

HpS - ASA -- We shall all be benefited.
 

We are living with my dad, my husband, and my son Syamasundar, who have almost 1 year old.
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ASA - Una Dama recta! [Un esposo noble].


16 rounds almost all days. but i will try to be better.

ASA - Keep count of your deuda and make it up!
Our service still is the festival of sankirtan in Paseo Ahumada, of course now i go there with my baby, and thats been very nice.
the worship to the deities is better, i wish cultivate tulasi, please some blessing or advices for get it.

 
ASA - She likes 1. association, 2. warmth, 3. sunligh, 4. water.


i finished my studies about flowers of bach, and now i am distributing prasadam (bread).....

sorry for my bad english.

ALWAYS TRYING TO BE YOUR SERVANT
BHAKTIN FERNANDA LEIVA

 
HpS - How are you good husband and father. You are surrounded by 100% men. Get fixed in you Japa so your baby has an initiated disciple of Srila Prabhupada for a mother!

Details about trip to chile

9 years, 9 months ago by Juan Carlo Rosas in Personal Sadhana Reports

HpS - AGTSP.   Paoho.   We are getting so old and forgetful that it is hard to function as Diksa guru more. Maybe we can do it. At least we can try to answer your letters in this Blog!    Where are you?    We will see you in Mexico or Peru???

All glories to Srila Prabhupada,

All glories to your lotus feet

Hare Krishna maharaja 

Pleace accept my humble obesciences

I feel deeply Maharaja inside me that you are my Diksa Guru , i will be really like your instruction and advice as Diksa Guru . I am the Bhakta from Panama Juank and i will see you at Chile Maharaj .

your aspiring servant

Bhakta Juanka 

HpS - August 19 - AGTSP paoho. Send us more details!  Who are you close associates!

Hare Krishna Maharaja

Well maharaja i dont know if you remember i have wrote bunch of times i am from panama i lived in panama , i have friends that are devotees and lived at CHILE a few are your disciples one of them is TRIVIKRAMA DAS // I will travel to chile in January to see you ,what other details do you need maharaja let me know please.

Haribol

Your aspiring Servant

Bhakta Juanka

HpS - AGTSP. How are you Sr. Juanka?  I hope you have been reading the letters and DTCs here. You can see why it has taken two weeks for us to answer. In any case it is very nice to hear from you. Yes, we think we remember getting letters from you. Thank you also for the photo. There was big Rathayatra in Panama recently, no? Bh. Sundara Goswami was there and others. Are you steady in your Japa vrata? 16-rounds minimum daily?    Chanting Japa, sitting with attention, it is so natural to begin to experience Krsna's Form, Qualities, Associates and Lila, "NOI 7-8".  Any questions?   Are you married with five wives and 26-children?   Are you a brain surgeon?    Do you have a father and mother?????

Demon and devotee

9 years, 9 months ago by pnd in Special Category A

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

I would like to ask you if you can clarify me following questions which are unfortunately somehow due to my bad nature relevant to me.

When somebody gets purified by bhakti yoga proccess do unfriendly qualities get transformed/destroyed? Or when soul purify and fully self-realize he still need to behave in body like it is programed by modes of nature, similarly as actor who plays bad character?

We can sometimes see devotees which are close friends of Krishna, His devotees, same time they may have some kind of interesting (non-traditional for vaisnava) nature (e.g. drinking blood of enemies, anger). Similarly Krishna didn't allow Arjuna to go to forrest as his nature will not allow him to properly stay there as yogi. So may we understand that 'varna' or human nature cannot be avoided even when after we will become purified devotees? 

Whatever understanding of myself/my psychology is purely based on body/mind/inteligence. At least theoretically I understand that I am not that, but can I realize what are the emotions, logic, behavior of the real me, the soul? When soul is purified and is back in Krishna's pastimes he has own personality. While in material body, does this personality, characteristics get manifested over out material conditioning or we simply live inner live, while outsite be still same bad character?

Your servant Prahlad-nrsmha das

 
HpS - ASA - AGTSP.  Paoho.    Wonderful question, but first, in the name of so many people, thank you so, so much for this Blog and Vedabase.com.

As far as I know, the answer to your question is in NOI 5-6. There we see that we avoid association with third class devotees unless the WANT to take instructions from the example and preaching of a pure devotee (like Srila Prabhupada) or the scriptures. The second class devotee still has material connection and yes, there is still sometimes accidental falldown to his material conditioning, but he is trying to avoid that by intelligence.

First class devotee is described in Text Six, no?  He still may have bad complexion and Bhakti Siddhanta Sarasvati says that he may also have rough character in his Anuvrrti. It is like bubble, foam and mud in the Ganges. So, he completely connects all his resources to Krsna's service unless Krsna wants something else. Draupadi didn't know why all this weird stuff was happening to her, but she never lost faith that Krsna had a plan, although she certainly made requests to understand what they were.

Internally he knows that Krsna is in control, but he may not know why he is acting in certain ways.   That is somtimes Krsna makes him act wrongly, like Arjuna, so that Krsna can use him.

O.K?  Read those Texts.   Sometimes Krsna wants him to control his Karma and gives him power and sometimes Krsna wants to use his Karma and doesn't give him power to control it, but deep within himself he knows that this is Krsna's plan.